There was meat for dinner, although it was not much, only a few small pieces per person, and it was still chicken, but it still excited the more than 700 men who were almost going crazy from torture.

After receiving their share of food, most people no longer care about anything else but eating. The confusion and confusion they once felt disappeared in an instant.

This food not only contains meat, but also a lot of pickles, which are very salty and have enough salt. The white rice has no sand or impurities at all.

What's even more unbelievable is that there is actually soup. Although the egg drop is very thin and contains more ginger and wild vegetables, it tastes very warm and delicious.

It had been a long time since they had eaten such good food, and according to the military officer who shared the meal, they could still get more rice and soup if they were gone.

As a result, the endless buzzing sounds could no longer be heard in the large connected forests and open spaces, and the sounds of people eating with their heads buried in their mouths could be heard everywhere.

Han Jiu finished one portion early, and poured soup directly on his rice for the second portion. Then he walked around among the crowds with his half-cut bamboo tube containing the rice.

Finally, he found Zhou Wen who was sitting under a tree, and he quickly walked over.

Zhou Wen held a slightly larger porcelain bowl in his hand, with some pickles on top of the dry rice. There was another porcelain bowl in front of his feet, which was filled with soup. It was obvious that he had not finished the first bowl.

To Zhou Wen's left and right sat several strong men who were eating vigorously. Next to them was a bamboo box and cage for carrying. This box and cage was one of the few items that was not taken away by the soldiers.

Inside were Zhou Wen's books, pens, inks, papers, and inkstones, and even a few pieces of silver. Only these personal items were allowed to be kept, and clothes and swords were focused on being confiscated.

Seeing Han Jiu coming over, Zhou Wen only looked up and without any expression, he lowered his head again and slowly ate the rice in the bowl.

Han Jiu didn't take Zhou Wen's lack of saltiness seriously at all. Scholars have too many things to do and are thin-skinned. He said carelessly to the strong men on the left and right of Zhou Wen who were looking at him blankly: "Oh! Let's do that.

Here, I want to have a meal with my brother."

The men had no intention of moving after hearing this, and continued to look at him expressionlessly. Two of them looked at Zhou Wen.

Han Jiu curled his lips, raised his voice and said, "Brother Zhou, say something!"

Zhou Wen raised his head again, glanced at Han Jiu, and then said in a serious tone: "You go ahead." After hearing this, the men stood up quickly and moved ten meters away to continue staring at this place.

As soon as those people walked away, Han Jiu squatted next to Zhou Wen, picked up the bowl of soup in front of Zhou Wen's legs, and took a big sip without looking at it, causing Zhou Wen next to him to squint and squint.

He frowned.

Han Jiu completely ignored Zhou Wen's gaze. He wiped his mouth with his hand in an exaggerated manner, then took two big mouthfuls of rice in his bamboo tube, then chewed the rice with enjoyment while looking at Zhou Wen and said: "This

The porcelain bowl is really nice.”

This time, Zhou Wen didn't even move his head and just said calmly: "The bowl is for you."

Han Jiu was stunned and said hurriedly: "Something else! I didn't mean that, I was just talking casually."

Zhou Wen turned to look at Han Jiu and said seriously: "Really, I'll give it to you."

Han Jiu immediately felt embarrassed and said anxiously: "It's really not necessary. Your porcelain bowl is afraid of falling. It's not as convenient as my bamboo tube. I just wanted us to get closer, but I didn't want your bowl."

Zhou Wen smiled and said, "It's up to you, I promised to give it to you."

"Then don't do it. It's not good and unlucky for a guy to steal your meal when you first meet him." Han Jiu was honest.

These two people have known each other for a long time. The two groups were finally gathered together for a unified cleaning, and they were inspected one by one. It was difficult to know whether they knew each other. They had already introduced themselves.

Seeing that Zhou Wen still didn't speak and looked worried, Han Jiu said: "Brother Zhou, you are a scholar and knowledgeable. You said they gave us such good food, washed us so well, and gave us new clothes."

Wear, what do you want to do? There won't be another war somewhere, and we are going to rush to the front and be the dead soldiers, right?"

Zhou Wen looked at Han Jiu, and then at a group of guys in the distance who were full and laughing and patting their belly, and said calmly: "You are overthinking, and you want us to be dead soldiers. There is no need to go through such trouble.

It’s too wasteful and expensive to do, and it’s not cost-effective at all.”

After hearing this, Han Jiu straightened up, looked at Zhou Wen and said, "You know! Then what are you worrying about? Let me tell you, you scholars are so proud of themselves that you like to get into trouble, and you think too much.

Look at the soldiers beside me. I looked carefully. There was no bad guy. They were all strong and their faces were red. I also looked at what they were eating. It was the same as what we were eating, and none of them were the same.

It's like being reincarnated by a starving ghost. Although it's quite fast, it's eaten carefully. At first glance, you can tell that you've become accustomed to this kind of eating.

Besides, just wash it, wash it, isn’t it great! You don’t have to be bothered by lice anymore, and you don’t have to worry about being infected by those unclean bastards.

Although he looks like a piece of merchandise, he is a grown-up man, so there is nothing to be embarrassed about. I have never been so clean since I was born, and I even wear dry clothes without patches and these shoes.

Haven't worn it in a long time.

Even if I am asked to work hard tomorrow, so what? Pies in the sky won’t fall. If you want to live like this every day, you should risk your life. I, Han Jiu, think it’s pretty good.”

Zhou Wen was very surprised when he saw Han Jiu's long speech. The expression on his face was very strange. He seemed to feel a little more cheerful. He thought that maybe he was overthinking, but the experience of almost three hours really refreshed him.

The knowledge is unheard of and unimaginable.

Han Jiu looked at Zhou Wen's strange expression and asked with some confusion: "What? You think I talk too much, but am I right?"

"Yes, you're right, I just haven't turned the corner." Zhou Wen said casually, but his thoughts drifted to the recent past.

More than 700 men were asked to strip naked and wash themselves one by one in rows of large wooden barrels and even in large puddles.

Although the water in the bucket and the pit was constantly being heated by the hot water that was constantly burning next to it, it was not cold. But something had been put into the warm water, which gave it a astringent, pungent smell.

Then everyone has to use those loofahs and pitted stones to rub themselves from head to toe. The skin must be rubbed until it is red. There will be people nearby to check, and no one will be allowed out if they are not satisfied.

This is not over yet. After washing a pit of dirty water, we have to wash it again in another cleaner pool, and then we have to go to a completely clear pool to rinse it again, a total of three times.

Zhou Wen has always considered himself a relatively clean person, and he often bathes, so he can probably think of the reason for such behavior. But after these three rounds, his skin was red, and he felt more delicate than ever before.

It hurts wherever I touch it.

The most terrible thing is that after washing, they were not allowed to dress. They were forced to stand in rows, their handles were stared at, and their toenails were cut clean. People of all kinds were constantly checking them one by one, one by one.

Look carefully and judge.

You don’t even look at livestock that way.

All those who dared to resist and were dissatisfied were beaten until they were wailing on the ground, and some were even hung up in public.

Fortunately, those Zijian soldiers knew how to strike carefully, and no blood was seen, and no one's muscles or bones were injured.

But such physical humiliation still made him feel extremely humiliated. His brothers were beaten the worst because there were so many people who were not angry, but most of Han Jiu's group, who were much stronger, accepted the situation and were much more honest.

All the remaining food was taken away with only a few weak shouts.

Fortunately, in the end, he was given a pair of clean new clothes and shoes. Although they were a little worse than his original ones, they were indeed clean and refreshing. Moreover, his personal belongings were also returned, including a lot of other items except for the sword.

Moreover, he found that those with external injuries were carefully bandaged. Only then did he slowly extinguish the rising anger in his heart and became calmer.

The more he looked, the less he understood, and the more he looked, the more curious he became.

He quickly noticed that the clothes they took off were being sorted and processed not far away. Most of them were thrown into a lime pond for soaking. Those that were worse were directly burned by a fire. He was in a daze as if these people were processing

Diseases are common.

Han Jiu, who had finished eating the bamboo tube, saw that Zhou Wen was still in a daze, smiled to himself, and then approached him and said: "Brother Zhou, I heard that you have the largest number of people. There are more than a thousand people here. I guess you can

I have been appointed as the boss, and I may have to rely on my brothers to take care of me in the future. I, Han Jiu, am a rough man, but I have always respected you scholars the most from the bottom of my heart. If you have any use for me, just give me orders."

Zhou Wen came out of his thoughts, smiled and said politely to Han Jiu: "Don't say that. From now on, when we are in the same camp, we should take care of each other, not to mention we are brothers who joined the camp together. As for the boss, let's forget it. Look at that

Chief of Staff Ma is just a sentry officer, I'm afraid the guerrilla master won't think like you do."

Han Jiu said "Oh" thoughtfully, and then asked curiously: "What kind of official do you think the Chief of Staff is? Did the guerrilla master newly promise him? Those soldiers only called him Ma Sentinel, Chief of Staff.

I only heard Master Guerrilla say that, but you didn’t say the same thing, so I thought I heard it wrong.”

"Literally, he is the head of the staff, but I don't know what it is like, and I'm not in a hurry. I'll figure it out slowly." Zhou Wen was also confused.

"That's right. The Chief of Staff Ma looks like he's an old soldier. Not only is he physically strong, but his eyes are full of murderous intent. I just saw him trying a bow. The bow was very powerful, but he pulled it hard.

It's easy, he must be a ruthless character."

"Try the strong bow?" Zhou Wenqi said, he was not impressed at all.

"Well, didn't you see? I just tried there for a long time." Han Jiu was also surprised, but after thinking about it, it seemed that they were not together at that time.

"Maybe you think it's pointless to try in front of me!" Zhou Wen laughed at himself.

"Ah! What do you mean?" Han Jiu was a little confused.

"It's nothing, I suddenly feel that our guerrilla master is a bit unusual."

"Here you go, this guerrilla master is definitely not simple! You look at him and he doesn't seem to be very old, but his magnificence and majesty are amazing. Look at the respectful way Chief of Staff Ma treats him, and look at those soldiers, can he

It's impossible to shock these guys!" Han Jiu agreed with his face.

"If this guerrilla master doesn't have the ability, he won't be able to make such a big contribution. However, we'd better not talk about Shangguan." Zhou Wen suddenly became softer and gently shook his finger in front of his mouth.

Han Jiu looked around and knew it was not good, so he stopped talking.

After a long time, Han Jiu smiled and said: "Hey! It's getting dark. I thought I was going to do some hard work, but I didn't expect that besides digging a hole to bathe myself, I didn't do anything else today. It's really interesting. I don't know.

What kind of person is the other brother?"
Chapter completed!