Chapter 1867 The Golden Mean
The two kilometers outside Xiangyang City wall was already filled with Cao Cao's elites. They gathered together to form square formations. Some were cooking, some were training, and all were equipped with armor.
It was unlikely that he would be able to bring the two little girls in here without anyone noticing.
"What should we do now?"
After being hunted down by Wei Jun, Cao Jie and Cao Xian felt that Qin An was their backbone and Qin An was their own people.
'"Wait a moment. Perhaps your Royal Father already knows that I'm here. Didn't you create a disturbance before? The black-armored war chariot ran through the camp, and the name of the Heavenly Saint Son was so famous. Who wouldn't know that the black-armored chariot was the driver of the Saint Son of Heaven?"
Qin An was very confident in this point. He had been a neighbor with Cao Cao for almost a year. If this fellow could not figure out his own situation, then it would not be Cao Cao.
Qin An did not continue to walk south. The area was more densely populated and was still populated by civilians. He frowned and looked around. He found that he could not walk any further. He basically had to cross through the gap between the people.
Uh…
"Let's find a random place to stay for a while and see what happens."
After looking at the zombies, Qin An had a new idea.
Perhaps there was no need to rush to contact Cao Cao. If the Emperor simply disdained Cao Cao, then he should take the initiative to find him, right?
It's not a good thing.
Qi Hao had long heard of the Heaven Slaying Eight Trigrams Formation in Jingzhou, and had also sent many people to investigate.
That place was really impervious to wind and rain, and no one who entered could come out again.
Did the Emperor and Zhuge actually have such strong confidence? He really felt that he could fight against himself, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan by himself?
Perhaps they would also send someone to deliver a letter to Sun Quan. For people like them, they naturally did not wish for such a powerful existence in the world. Even if they had been hiding in Jingzhou City and did not leave the city, it would still be a threat.
Besides, Cao Cao could not stay out of this, he would definitely deal with him before going to Jingzhou, and Jingzhou might also think of this matter.
"Sir, do you want some water?"
Just as Qin An was pondering, a boy who looked only seven or eight years old suddenly pulled him to sleep.
After looking at him in surprise, Empress Dowager Qin An looked not far away. There was an old woman in the shed, and there were more than a dozen big buckets by her side.
There were many people standing beside the old woman. They all looked a little tired, and they probably hadn't eaten enough along the way.
When they arrived at the old woman's side, they would hold hands together in the depths. The old woman would use a spoon to pour a spoon of water directly into their hands, and the person who got the water would immediately hold the water up and drink it.
It seemed like this was a porridge shop. To be exact, it was persuasion.
With so many people gathered together, food was a problem, and water was even more of a problem. Where did the old woman get the water from?
After stopping for a while, Qin An had an answer. There were a group of young and strong youths who would occasionally dive back. When they returned, each of them was drenched in sweat. Some of them had bloody injuries on their bodies. They looked like new injuries, and they were very eye-catching.
Qin An lowered his head and looked at the little boy. Then, he asked, "Where did you get this water?"
"Listen to everyone. There's a well fifteen miles away."
Qin An was shocked, fifteen miles away? Isn't this too hard?
"Why are those people injured?"
"Near the water is occupied by sergeants, xiangyang city water supply is insufficient, so adults let everyone get their own water. Within a radius of twenty miles, we have only found that one source of water so far, so everyone went to get it. There were buckets of water, but there weren't many of them. There were too many people gathering water, and they had already emptied the well. The mud in that area was very dense and the speed in the depths of the water was slow. Therefore, it wasn't easy to fill up a bucket of water, and one would often have to compete with others for it! "Most of our older men fight with people from other places to rob them, so they are disabled."
Qin An nodded slightly when he heard this and felt that these people were quite pitiful.
All of them belonged to the Wei Kingdom, but now they had to fight each other in order to snatch water, and Cao Cao was powerless to care about this matter. It could be seen that he must be very busy right now. Perhaps he was gathering his advisors for a secret military meeting.
Qin An reached out and gently wiped Xiao Na Huan's head. He smiled gently and said, "Go ahead. I don't drink water. Thank you very much."
The little boy quickly paid his respects to Qin An and left.
Perhaps it was because he was wearing a sergeant uniform that he came to greet them with such reverence. It was obvious that these civilians were not living well, and there was an irreconcilable conflict with the use of resources by the army.
When Qin An's gaze moved, he finally found a good place to go.
There was a small forest a thousand meters to the south, so he brought the Cao sisters over and discovered that there weren't many people in the forest.
This forest was very dense. Most of the people here stayed by their side with a lot of personal belongings. Perhaps it was inconvenient for them to enter the forest?
After observing carefully for a while, they discovered that something was wrong. It seemed that it wasn't that they didn't want to enter the forest, but that the forest was already occupied.
"Get out of the way. My sage is studying. You lowly people, hurry up and leave. These children are crying so loudly. If you don't leave now, you can blame me for being ruthless!"
Yo?
These words caused Qin An's calm heart to ripple.
Who was this sage? He was reading in the woods, and there were children crying outside the woods, and he was scared to do it, and he had the thought of attacking the children?
If the servants were like this, then the people in the forest would probably not be good birds.
Qi Hao didn't want to meddle in other people's affairs, but now that this matter aroused his curiosity, he wanted to find out more about it.
After circling around the forest, there were almost all the guards in the outer circle of the forest.
These guards were obviously not an informal Wei army, they were just ordinary guards.
Nowadays, most of the people had never seen the market. Most of them didn't dare to take the exam before seeing their aggressive appearance. Therefore, the guards weren't very professional either. Occasionally, they would patrol and go to other guards to brag and fart.
Qin An saw an opportunity and suddenly picked up the two little sisters beside him. He quickly leapt into the tree space behind the tree, avoiding all the guards and entering the center of the forest.
To Qin An's surprise, a wooden fence had been erected here, forming a small enclosed fence with a diameter of about ten meters. The trees inside the fence had been cut down, and the land had been refurbished, forming a courtyard.
Ah? This was really extravagant.
Qin An, who was standing on a nearby tree, suddenly felt uneasy about the two girls in his arms. He lowered his head and found that he had hugged them too hard just now, so they were not used to it.
Qin An smiled and hurriedly relaxed his arms, not wanting to suffocate the two girls to death in his arms.
At this moment, the door to the room within the wooden fence wall was suddenly pushed open. A woman wearing only a red belly hood and bare butt ran out.
This time, he looked straight into Qin An's eyes. It wasn't that this woman was very beautiful, but this scene came too quickly and was somewhat surprising.
"Haha! Sage, you can't catch me!"
In fact, the so-called woman should be considered a girl from the looks of it, that is to say, she was only seventeen or eighteen years old. Unfortunately, her appearance was too explosive, making Qin An unable to find a suitable word to describe her.
"Yan'er, don't tell me you don't know that this Sage's health is not good, yet you're still running around. Quickly come back."
As soon as he finished speaking, an old man with bare arms and only a pair of pajamas ran out of the wooden house.
The old man's muscles were wretched. His skin was dry and his face was full of white beards. He looked a little artistic. However, this kind of medical skill was closer to beggars who were begging on the street. It didn't look tall at all.
After the old man ran out, he chased after the girl. The appearance of the Deep Dragon waving his hand looked very vulgar, but he did not run fast enough to catch up with the nimble girl.
"Sage! Come and chase me! Haha!"
The girl continued to run while shouting.
The old man continued to pursue.
Cao Jie and Cao Xian were stunned by this scene for a moment, then they fell into Qin An's arms and hugged him tightly, feeling ashamed.
Qin An smiled and thought to himself, "What kind of bird sage is this?" He was simply an old man! Sure enough, it's not a good thing.
However, this matter was quite interesting. The two ancient girls had never seen the market before. They were probably going to be scared to death at this time, right?
Qin An's mentality has become much younger since he teamed up with these two little aunts.
That's why I'm having fun now.
He leaned on Cao Jie's ear and whispered, "Look, it's pretty good-looking. That old sage is going to catch the little girl. Quickly take a look. Would it be embarrassing if he was caught?"
Cao Jie's face instantly turned red as he suddenly raised his head and glared at Qin An.
Qin An was stunned for a moment. He didn't think that a cowardly little girl in front of him would have such a sharp gaze. Indeed, a rabbit would bite a person even if it was anxious.
After glaring at Qin An for a few moments, Cao Jie regained her appearance as a young lady. She lowered her eyes and Wei Hong's small face fell back into Qin An's embrace. Then, she spoke softly.
"Master, I know that you are different. You are different from the people I came into contact with when I was beside Imperial Concubine Father and Imperial Mother. I heard that you are from the future! This servant is clumsy and cannot explain the word future in detail. Thus, I asked a lot of people and finally understood a bit.
Right now, I am here. Ten years from now, you may be anywhere. From today onwards, ten years from now, many things will happen to you, and many things will change! Moreover, I heard that you actually came here thousands of years later. You are a person of mine thousands of years later. You must behave differently from me, and you must know more than I do. Just like the records in the book, the ancients still used stones to dig the ground, but today we already know how to use iron tools. This is a kind of progress. Therefore, Master must be better than this servant. Therefore, although you are now hostile to Father Emperor, since Xian'er and I have followed Master, we are willing to remain faithful from beginning to end. Master, please understand this servant's thoughts. Although I am ashamed to share a bed with you, the person in bed is still Master, and we accept it. But other than master, don't let this slave see such absurd things anymore. Don't humiliate this slave, okay? "
Cao Jie's words made Qin An's face turn red.
Ai, after all, I still saw the two sisters clearly. They are not puppets, nor are they supporting characters in novels. It is impossible for them to act within their own three views.
He felt that the scene of the old man chasing after the little girl was very exciting. It was just a thought that didn't go through his head, but he didn't think that this scene in Cao Jie's heart couldn't be seen at all. It was basically an insult to her.
Qin An suddenly remembered that sentence: A woman said, I treat you as a brother, but you want to f*cking sleep with me…
This is the difference of thinking consciousness. Qin An's thinking consciousness does not conform to the three views of the masses, because he is the protagonist of a novel that disorders space and time. Even the author is unable to completely plan Qin An's thinking.
Because of the guilt in his heart, Qin An showed his gentleness to the two girls. He raised his hand and touched their heads.
"Alright, alright, it's my fault. I shouldn't have been so vulgar and dirty to bring you here to see this kind of thing. However… I didn't mean to drop it. You all know that the three of us came here together. It just so happened that they ran out."
"Yes, this servant knows."
Cao Jie replied gently, lying in Qin An's arms, the more he climbed, the more natural it became.
Qin An did not speculate on the little girl's thoughts. As long as he understood his own mistakes, it was fine. In the end, he was still not suitable to be an uncle because he was sensitive and emotional. He was a little too delicate, too young man.
Qin An understood him, so he was able to be calm.
Ignoring the absurdity of the old man and the little girl, Qin An turned around to leave with the two little girls in his arms.
At this moment, the old man suddenly let out a miserable scream.
Qin An quickly turned around and saw that the little girl Zhen was lying on the old man's face and biting him. When the old man and the old man separated, the old man's nose had actually been bitten off!
Holy sh*t, the little girl in her belly pocket has actually turned into a corpse!
This was truly an accident.
Seeing that there was no one around, Qin An did not hesitate to let the two girls stand on the tree. After that, he quickly jumped into the hospital from the tree trunk and killed the female zombie. He looked at the old man and killed him before returning to the tree.
"Master, look over there!"
When Qin An hugged her waist, Cao Xian raised his finger to the distance and covered his mouth, seemingly very surprised.
Qin An looked in the direction of her finger and saw that it was already in chaos. There were at least a hundred corpses in the crowd.
Has it finally erupted?
It seemed that the corpse poison had already been spread by some methods before, but the period of the outbreak had also become longer due to the weakening of the poison.
"Let's go."
At this moment, the so-called Sage's guard had already entered the courtyard and began to roar, saying that the Sage had been assassinated.
Qin An didn't care if this sage was a celebrity of the Three Kingdoms Period. If he killed him, he would just kill him. Next, he should observe the situation of the zombies.
Thus, Qin An left the tree beneath his feet and jumped onto the other trees. He walked all the way to the woods and found the best place to observe.
This tree was big enough. The tree trunk had to be folded together. Qin An simply sat on the tree trunk. The Cao sisters were still hugging Little Man's waist with one hand. The main reason was because he was afraid that they would fall down and lose. It was just two young ladies. What kind of strength did the ladies have? They were even more incompetent on the tree.
After looking at it for a while, Qin An frowned.
The situation was rather unsightly. The zombie virus seemed to be adapting to the laws of this space, so its incubation period was getting shorter and shorter. Some people would even turn into zombies ten minutes after being bitten.
Some Wei Bing rushed into the crowd, but the crowd was too chaotic, they could not play a role in the society.
Qin An did not make a move. This matter should be left to Cao Cao to solve. He had to let him know the pain so that he could know how to choose.
"Let's go. This side will become chaotic. The Wei army outside Xiangyang City will also move. Let's find an opportunity to enter Xiangyang."
Qi Hao picked up the two little girls and jumped down the tree. He found a deserted place and walked in the direction of Xiangyang.
After encountering a few zombies along the way, Zhen Ejian instantly killed them.
The two little sisters already knew how powerful Qin An was, so they were naturally not that surprised.
The surrounding people were indeed a little shocked. They didn't know what kind of shadow was that suddenly flashed in front of Qin An, capable of killing people in half. It looked really scary.
Although they were frightened, all they could do was to roar and see Qin An clearing the way ahead, leading the two sisters all the way south.
Finally, they took advantage of the chaos to reopen the crowd. Ten meters ahead was the Wei Army Company Battalion. They were also dispatching soldiers to attack the civilians in a row, wanting to kill those crazy ones.
Now, Wei Jun called this kind of corpse insanity, which could be considered more appropriate, but they did not have effective measures to stop this kind of disease.
People everywhere were really messy, so there was already a chance. Qin An asked the two little sisters to find a place to stand first, then he went to catch a few people and took off their brand-new military uniforms and put them on again.
The military uniforms they were originally wearing were somewhat untidy, and the clothes of the two girls were even more untidy. It was not easy for Qin An to carry them away.
After the three of them disguised themselves again, Qin An found an opportunity to bring them into the barracks and stealthily sneak towards Xiangyang. In this way, they finally entered the dangerous wall at around 8 pm after nightfall.
He really couldn't walk too fast. There was a section where there was no barrier and no place to hide, so Qin An could only hide in an empty tent with the two of them.
The tent was not empty at the beginning. When Qin An entered, there were two people inside. He sighed lightly and killed them.
The two little girls were so frightened that they immediately threw themselves into Qin An's arms. Qin An also liked to get close to them and didn't feel anything.
Not long after, three more people walked in, so Qin An naturally didn't hesitate to kill them.
Massacring this kind of soldier has become numb, Qin An's heart is not happy or sad, not even sighing.
The smell of blood in the tent became heavier and heavier. Cao Jie and Cao Xian were naturally more and more afraid, but they were not afraid of the executioner Qin An. It seemed that they were only afraid of death.
In short, after experiencing some twists and turns, Qin An finally brought the two sisters to a place less than three kilometers away from their father and found an ordinary commoner to stay at.
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