My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 413 Delicious Porridge
In the cell in Houzhai, Zhu Zhanji stared blankly at the ray of sunlight coming in from the cell door, wondering what he was thinking?
Wang Zhi and other Jin Yiwei also sat downcastly on the side, thinking about their own thoughts. This time Zhu Zhanji was arrested, even if he was rescued in the future, people like Wang Zhi would definitely be questioned for dereliction of duty. It is with a heavy heart.

"time to eat!"

At this time, the guard came over with a small bucket, and then through a small door, put the small bucket into the cell.

Wang Zhi hurried forward, wiped a broken bowl with his sleeve, and then scooped up a bowl of porridge. Until here, other people dared to fight for it.

Wang Zhi brought the porridge to Zhu Zhanji with both hands, and said in a low voice, "My lord, please eat something."

Only then did Zhu Zhanji wake up from his daze, looking at the so-called "porridge" in Wang Zhi's hand, he couldn't help showing a tangled look.

In the past, when Zhu Zhanji was in the palace, he drank green porridge and bird’s nest porridge. Everything was carefully cooked by the chef, and the ingredients used were extremely precious. Zhu Zhanji didn’t like to drink it very much. Just one click.

But the kind of porridge in front of me now is actually a bowl of mush, made of broken rice and mixed noodles. There are not only rice bran in it, but sometimes broken stones. Before Zhu Zhanji saw white clothes in the county When people serve porridge to refugees, they use this kind of porridge.

"My lord, people are iron and food is steel. Although this porridge is hard to swallow, it can at least satisfy your hunger. Please be patient for a while, don't let your body starve to death!"

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji didn't take the porridge, Wang Zhi persuaded him again.

They have been arrested for five days. Zhu Zhanji has not eaten in the past five days, and he has lost a lot of weight visible to the naked eye.

In fact, it's not Zhu Zhanji's fault, it's mainly because the food provided by the guards is too difficult for Zhu Zhanji to swallow.

"Grumble~"

Zhu Zhanji looked at the porridge in the bowl, but his stomach growled uncontrollably. After all, he didn't eat for several days and only relied on drinking water to support himself. He couldn't hold it anymore.

So driven by hunger, Zhu Zhanji finally stretched out his hand and took the bowl of porridge from Wang Zhi.

Holding this bowl of ashes-blackened porridge in his hand, Zhu Zhanji hesitated again. He had tasted it once when he was just locked up here, but he just took a sip and spit out the so-called porridge Come out, he has never eaten such an unpalatable food since he was born.

So now Zhu Zhanji is also worried that he may still not be able to eat this thing.

However, as soon as his stomach growled, it was like beating a drum, urging Zhu Zhanji to take food quickly.

In the end, Zhu Zhanji also made up his mind, lowered his head and took a sip.

"what?"

What Zhu Zhanji didn't expect was that he actually felt that the porridge tasted good. Although it had a strange smell, it still made him feel the aroma of the food, and made his empty hungry stomach feel extremely satisfied.

After the first attempt, Zhu Zhanji drank it in big gulps. In the blink of an eye, a bowl of porridge entered his stomach. The feeling of fullness in his stomach also made Zhu Zhanji groan in satisfaction.

"This porridge is really delicious, much better than the porridge on the first day!"

Zhu Zhanji put down the empty bowl and said with a satisfied face.

"Uh?"

Wang Zhi next to him heard Zhu Zhanji's words, but he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and finally couldn't help saying: "Young master, this porridge is actually the same as the porridge on the first day."

"Impossible, the first day's porridge was hard to swallow, but today's bowl of porridge is so sweet, it's even better than the porridge I drank in the palace!"

Zhu Zhanji didn't believe it at all.

"My lord, when people are hungry, everything tastes good. You are just extremely hungry, that's why you think this porridge tastes better than before."

Wang Zhi patiently explained.

"This……"

Zhu Zhanji was also taken aback when he heard the words.

He understands the truth, but with his status, he has never been hungry before. Even when he followed Zhu Di to the northern expedition to the grassland, his food in the army was far beyond the imagination of ordinary people, so he has never personally experienced it. What is it like.

"Hey, there seems to be a sound outside!"

At this moment, someone suddenly screamed.

This made Zhu Zhanji, who was in deep thought, finally wake up. After listening intently, he discovered that there was a faint sound of shouting and killing in the distance, as well as the sound of weapons clashing. It seemed that someone was fighting.

"My lord, there are people fighting outside. Could it be that our rescue has arrived?"

Wang Zhi also listened carefully, and then whispered pleasantly.

When Wang Zhi spoke, he took a special look at the guard outside, for fear that the other party would hear it. After all, if the people in the cottage knew that the people outside were here to rescue them, Zhu Zhanji would be in danger.

"Very likely, counting the time, they should also move back from Qingzhou to rescue soldiers, we are finally saved!"

Zhu Zhanji also said excitedly at this time, the other Jinyiwei learned that the rescuers came, and each of them recovered a little bit. Although they knew that after being rescued, they might also be questioned, but at least it was better than falling into the hands of the kidnappers .

While speaking, the fighting outside became louder and seemed to be approaching here.

This made Zhu Zhanji and others excited, as if they had seen that their rescuer was coming soon, and they were finally going to get rid of this cage.

Especially the guards outside the cell also showed a look of panic at this time, and some even rushed out to inquire about the situation, which made Zhu Zhanji and others extremely excited, but in order not to let the guards see it, they still tried their best to hide their excitement.

However, what Zhu Zhanji and the others didn't expect was that the fighting sound outside continued for a while, and then subsided again, which made them all look at each other in blank dismay, wondering what was going on?

However, although the fighting sound stopped for a while, it rang again immediately, and it was louder than before, which made Zhu Zhanji and the others excited again.

It's a pity that the sound of fighting this time also lasted for a short time, and then subsided, and then there was a third and fourth time...

The mood of Zhu Zhanji and others was also like a roller coaster. With the sound of fighting outside, they went up and down for a while, and finally waited for several hours, but they still didn't see the officers and soldiers who came over.

On the contrary, the guard who had gone to inquire about the situation before ran back with a relaxed face, and then several guards got together to chat.

Zhu Zhanhe and the others listened carefully, but they could only vaguely hear words such as "officers and soldiers, casualties all over the place" from the guards' chats.

"Young master, according to the situation outside, it seems that the officers and soldiers have been unable to attack for a long time, and there is no way to take down this stronghold in a short time."

At this time, Wang Zhi expressed his guess, and at the same time, he also had a bad premonition in his heart, because if the officers and soldiers couldn't take down the cottage, it was likely that the cottage would suspect them.

(End of this chapter)