The woman's name is Ruizhu, and she is the daughter of a large family in Dongqiu County.

According to what she said, ten days ago, Dongqiu County had just experienced a riot by the victims, and the city was looted overnight, and the crazy victims burned and looted everywhere, and she took advantage of the chaos to escape. All the way to the pomegranate forest, I hid in panic for several days.

She had just experienced the catastrophe, she was shocked, and she spoke intermittently, and at the beginning of the month, she could barely piece together a general meaning from her mouth. Yun Xiang on the side was already dumbfounded.

Seeing that she was still in a trance, Yue Yue sighed lightly and asked Qingdai to take her back to another carriage to rest.

"At the beginning of the month, that girl can't be true, right?" Yun Xiang shook the beginning of the month, and said in a panic.

"I don't know. Before leaving Beijing, I did not hear any news about this matter. At the beginning of the month, she rubbed the corners of her forehead, and when she heard the news, she was really a little uneasy. It's just that for some reason listening to Ruizhu's words, she always feels a little weird that can't be said.

"Then, let's go back to Beijing first, shall we?"

"Back to Beijing?" At the beginning of the month, his eyes darkened and said: "There is no evidence, just her words, let these nearly 100 people return the same way, what do you think the people in the court will say?" ”

Yun Xiang was stunned, his brows furrowed, and his face became more and more ugly.

The sunset hangs in the west, and the fog begins to rise. In the twilight, in the distant woods, you can only see the branches of the black girl reaching into the sky, and when the wind blows, it rustles, which makes people feel a chill for no reason.

"Confess, camp in the woods ahead tonight." At the beginning of the month, he lifted the curtain and said. The little official on the side hurriedly nodded and went away.

When Rui Zhu talked about the Dongqiu riot, there were only three people at the scene, including her, Yun Xiang and Qing Dai, which inevitably caused unnecessary panic, and she specially told Qing Dai and Rui Zhu not to spread the matter.

In the woods in early summer, a cicada chirped suddenly, which relieved the nerves that had been tense at the beginning of the month. There was a small stream running by the woods, and there was still some silt left by the stream, and a few fireflies were flying by the water's edge, emitting a faint light.

Two bonfires were lit in the camp, one large and one small. The big one surrounded the officers and soldiers who escorted the disaster food and the accompanying clerical officials, and the small one was for the women at the beginning of the month.

"What are you going to do now?" Rui Zhu snorted.

As soon as she spoke, Yun Xiang and the others looked at the beginning of the month, and now in this situation, only the beginning of the month can be decided.

"What's next for you?" Without answering the rhetorical question, at the beginning of the month, he threw a dead branch into the fire, looked at the fire little by little, and asked calmly.

"There's nowhere else to go for the slave family." Ruizhu had no relatives and no reason, and was bought by a big family to be a concubine. After the owner was robbed this time, she was the only one left.

"Okay, then follow us first." Yue Yue said lightly, "You should rest early, take care of your body, and I will take care of other things." ”

Ruizhu cautiously glanced at the beginning of the month, wanting to say something more, but seeing her solemn face, she didn't dare to say more, so she went back to the carriage first.

"In the matter of Dongqiu, I have already sent someone to secretly play the emperor." After Ruizhu left, the beginning of the month whispered to Yun Xiang, although he couldn't say it publicly, but he reported it privately and felt that it shouldn't be a problem at the beginning of the month.

"So, we can reply" Yun Xiang's words were not finished, and the beginning of the month shook his head.

"Before the emperor's will is achieved, we must not stop moving forward, and besides, there are still victims waiting for this batch of grain, and there will be more danger one day later."

"Do you want to go directly to Dongqiu?!"

The beginning of the month pursed her lips and frowned slightly. "On this trip, we escorted about 70 officers and soldiers to the disaster food, two chief bookkeepers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, five clerks, one from the Imperial Medical Department and three medical workers, a total of more than 80 people. According to Yi Ruizhu, the number of people involved in the riots is more than hundreds. ”

"What then? You can't go, you can't go. Yun Xiang hung his head in frustration.

"I've already figured it out." At the beginning of the month, I looked at the murmuring of the stream in the distance at night, and my eyes were indifferent. "Diverted to Pushan County." She said slowly: "First send grain to Pushan to give alms, and then borrow troops from the captain of Pushan County to Dongqiu to check the situation." If it is true that she said, the mob can be suppressed on the spot. ”

After listening to the words at the beginning of the month, Yun Xiang's heart calmed down a little. "Yes, as you say."

The next day, at the beginning of the month, he confessed that when he entered the boundary of the disaster area, he changed his route to the east, first to Pushan. Everyone didn't think much about it, since Lord Yushi wanted to go to Pushan first, let's go.

After a few more days, it gradually approached the disaster area.

It was dusk, and the officers and soldiers at the front came to report, "My lord, the front is almost to the village." ”

The moon nodded, "Well, let the team hurry up and camp in the village before sunset." During this time, she has been stationed in the field, and the conditions are a little difficult, and when she finally arrives in the village, she plans to freshen up.

When they arrived at the village, almost everyone was stunned.

It's a deserted village.

As far as the eye can see, there are all broken eaves and broken walls, and there is not a trace of human figures. The charred land and the walls of the houses, and the new weeds that broke the ground, all told everyone that the village had just been burned by fire.

The cold wind was blowing, and on a half-scorched old locust tree at the head of the village, the sound of crows sounded, which made people feel creepy.

"Ruizhu, what's going on?" The beginning of the month turned to ask Ruizhu behind him.

"I don't know." Ruizhu looked at the scene in front of him, his face was pale, "When the slave family escaped, they picked up all the paths that no one walked by, and they didn't pass through this village. ”

At the beginning of the month, his face darkened, and he pursed his lips and said nothing.

"My lord, then, is it still stationed in the village?" The little official on the side asked.

"Pick up a few clean rooms, clean up a bit, and spend tonight first." At the beginning of the month, he paused and said, his heart was a little heavy.

The little official nodded and went down to make arrangements. After a tiring day, they finally had a place to stay, and after dinner, everyone went to rest early, except for the soldiers on duty at night.

I woke up in the middle of the night, I don't know when a thin layer of sweat appeared on my forehead, I raised my hand to wipe it, and at the beginning of the month, I looked at Yunxiang and the others around me, and slept soundly, it seems that after a few days, they should not have paid much attention to the matter of Dongqiu.

The room was a little stuffy, and I couldn't sleep at the beginning of the month, so I put on a thin shirt and went out to cool off.

When I got outside, the wind blew and I felt cool. At the beginning of the month, his brows were slightly relaxed and he didn't take a breath, his nose moved slightly, and he frowned again, and there was a strange smell in the air. I didn't think much about it, and I heard a small cry in my ears.

The first day of the month was stunned, and gently walked towards the cry, only to see a corner of the wall, Ruizhu was squatting on the ground biting his sleeve and crying. Maybe she was thinking about her deceased relatives, and with a thought in her heart, she tucked away the thin shirt on her body and went back to the house without much disturbance.

The next day, leaving the deserted village, the team walked less than 300 miles, only to see a group of people in the distance, about a hundred or so, standing in the middle of the road as if waiting for something.

At the beginning of the month, he was slightly stunned, and before he could react much, the middle-aged man in the lead hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and saluted: "Cao Ji'an, the county commander of Dongqiu County, has seen Lord Yushi." ”