When Dong Ruyi, Xiao Ruide, and Dong Shijie arrived in the border city, the streets and alleys of the border city were already full of refugees fleeing.

Everywhere you look, there are groups of soldiers patrolling.

Xiao Ruide said: "Ruyi, what do you think of this city?"

Dong Ruyi said: "Hope is not the calm before the storm. Let's go, let's go to the Hou Mansion on the edge of the town. ”

Dong Shijie hurriedly asked: "Let's go, let's go for two days, didn't we arrive in the border city in advance to find out the situation here?"

Dong Ruyi smiled and said, "The investigation is over!"

Dong Shijie glared and looked around, "What are you looking for?"

Zhang Feng walked out of the crowd on the street, "Little prince, I heard that the retreat of the people outside the gate was personally led by the town border marquis. I also heard that only General Si Ning stayed in the border city and waited for the imperial court's will this time. ”

Dong Ruyi snorted, "Go to the post station first, and let someone inform General Si Ning, just say that this king has arrived early." ”

Zhang Feng bowed his head, "Back to the little prince, General Si Ning is not in the border city at the moment, he went to Taicheng, which is half a day away from the border city." ”

Dong Ruyi stopped, "Who is stationed in Taicheng?"

Taicheng and the border city become the trend of the corner, and the two cities are only half a day's journey, if you are fast and whip up an hour, you can arrive. In such a heavy city, it stands to reason that the descendants of the marquis at the edge of the town should personally defend it. It's just that......

Zhang Feng knelt on one knee, "Please forgive the little prince, the lower official did not instruct, so he did not inquire about this matter." He suddenly understood why Zhang Yi was able to become the leader of the guards, and these people could only be secret guards.

Dong Ruyi didn't mean to blame, it was a perennial habit for the secret guard to obey orders, and she never thought that it would take a few days, dozens of days, or even a hundred days to make these people change.

Dong Ruyi said: "Let's go and explore again." ”

The official document said that she would arrive in the border city early the next morning, but what if it was mentioned that she would arrive at night? It stands to reason that out of the importance attached to her, General Si Ning should never leave the border city at this moment.

Then the result is ...... There is something going on in Taicheng.

Xiao Ruide said: "Ruyi, but what's wrong?"

Dong Ruyi nodded: "I have checked General Sining's personality before, although this person has a strange temperament, but he is extremely good at being a person, if it weren't for something happening in Taicheng, I think he would never leave the border city at this time." ”

Xiao Ruide was silent, he thought for a while, "I remember that the border city and Taicheng are only half a day's journey, if we hurry up, we will definitely be able to reach Taicheng before dark." ”

Dong Ruyi raised his hand and waved, "Let's go, go to Taicheng." ”

The sweat on Zhang Feng's forehead instantly bubbled up, which was too repetitive. He hurriedly left a note so that his brothers, who had gone to inquire, would come back and know where they were.

Dong Shijie asked in a low voice: "Let's rush over at this time, what if the gate of the city is closed?"

Dong Ruyi said: "Now is the extraordinary period for the people to retreat, unless the enemy calls, the generals defending the city will not leave the city gate and let them go." ”

When Dong Ruyi and his entourage hurried to the outside of Taicheng, the scene in front of them stunned all of them.

Although the border city is overcrowded, the condition of the people is not very bad. And here, you must know that the nights in northern Xinjiang are much colder than the day.

The fires were crowded with shivering refugees.

Crimson walked forward step by step.

The closer you get to the city gates, the more refugees gather.

Dong Ruyi jumped off the horse, and she walked to an old man who looked at the city without blinking.

"Uncle, why don't you open the city gate here?"

The old man turned his head to look.

Under the moonlight, a young man with a delicate face was looking at him.

He looked stunned, and then knelt on the ground: "Ask the gods to save the little grandson of the old child!"

Hungry, his grandson will no longer eat, and he will not be able to see the doctor anymore. He had been praying since the light of day, hoping that the gods would come down and save his only remaining grandson.

The others heard the old man shouting immortals, and they all looked over.

The fire crackled and the sound of wood breaking.

The people who were nearby also gathered around, they didn't know if the person in front of them was a god or not, but they knew that this person had eaten.

Xiao Ruide stood in front of Dong Ruyi and asked in a low voice, "Ruyi, are you okay?"

Dong Ruyi said: "It's okay." She walked past Xiao Ruide and picked up the old man on the ground, "Your old grandson is sick?"

The old man wiped away his tears, "Frozen and hungry." ”

A group of Hu people came to their village for more than ten days, and the prime of life in the village left to resist in order to protect them, old and young women and children. They survived, but none of the prime men came.

Now the city gates are not open, and they are homeless, not to mention children, but adults are freezing to death and starving to death every day.

Where has Xiao Ruide seen such a scene, he didn't wait for the people around him to finish speaking, he was already on fire. "Who are the guards of Taicheng, and why don't they open the gates?"

The old man shook his head, where did he know that.

An angry voice rang out, "Why, for the silver!"

Dong Ruyi turned to see a bearded man squatting next to the fire closest to them.

Dong Ruyi just wanted to step forward to ask, but was stopped by Dong Shijie, "I'll ask." ”

After he finished speaking, he stepped forward and hugged his fists: "It seems that this big brother knows a lot, I don't know if I can tell each other, I'll wait... I also want to go into the city to avoid trouble. ”

The man stood up and patted the dust off his body casually. "Is there any silver?

Dong Ruyi said: "You still have to give silver when you enter the city?"

The bearded man snorted, "There is free food in it, how can it really be free if it is said to be free." ”

Dong Ruyi instantly understood, "You mean they plan to sell the grain from the imperial court for disaster relief to the people?"

The bearded man hurriedly waved his hand: "I didn't say this. ”

Dong Ruyi walked around the beard.

The bearded man was furious, and just as he was about to ask what you were going to do, a sword god unknowingly put it on his neck.

The bearded man's body was stiff, and the danger was approaching, and he didn't even have a chance to react.

Zhang Feng was dressed in black and took a step from behind the beard, and the sword in his hand happened to be the sword against the beard's neck.

Dong Ruyi said: "You are not a refugee, who are you?"

"Please also ask a few of his subordinates to be merciful, he just wants to make some trouble for the Taicheng prefect!" A middle-aged man wearing the uniform of the Great Zhou army walked over.

The bearded man shouted, "Lu Junshi save me." ”

Dong Ruyi raised his hand and motioned for Zhang Feng to release him. She already knew whose person it was.

The sword was taken away, and the bearded man hurriedly ran to the side of Lu Senjun, "Today is thanks to Lu Junshi." After he said this, he whispered, "They are not small. ”

Lu Senjun nodded, and he could see it too. The other party is guessing his identity, why is he not guessing the identity of the other party.

Dong Ruyi said: "Enter the city." ”

The bearded man shouted, "Hey, why do you still want to enter? It's not that I'm scaring you, just your outfit, if you go in, you'll be in a bit of a green skin." ”