"Yes! Checkmate! Vice Admiral Wang replied, turned around and rode his horse and galloped forward with a few people.

The entire horse team rested in place, Qing Mu and Hong Luo also got out of the car to rest, Hong Luo: "County Lord, what is going on here?" You see, even the roots of the tree have been turned up! Are they really hungry to eat the roots? ”

Qing Mu looked at the situation in front of him, shook his head, and before he could speak, he was awakened by a rapid shout.

"General, General...... It's not good! We had just been on the hillside ahead of us when we saw a lot of hungry people rushing towards us! Vice General Wang said hurriedly.

"Why are there so many hungry people, didn't General Ben ask you to send someone to explore the way? How the hell is this road explored! Qing Lun reproached.

Vice General Wang muttered speechlessly, lowered his head, and asked again: "This place is located on the outskirts of Huaizhou City, what about the history of Huaizhou, so many hungry people, does he not care?" ”

After a while, a soldier replied: "Before noon, we went to Huaizhou City, and we saw Lord Shiyan of Huaizhou pacing around the city tower, looking at the thousands of hungry people under the city, and he was helpless!" We finally came back! ”

"I saw a lot of hungry people under the city and asked to enter the city, but Lord Yan didn't open the city gate and didn't let the refugees enter the city! Those hungry people kept banging on the city gate with big trees, as if they were going to rush into the city to grab food! The situation is very critical! ”

Qing Lun was taken aback and asked: "You have been back for so long, why didn't you report this matter!" ”

The soldier hurriedly knelt down, and his mouth was anxious: "Just now, my subordinates saw that the general had been busy dealing with the matter here, so he didn't report it in time, so I ask the general to forgive me!" ”

"That's it! That's it! You get up first! Qing Lun said, he glanced at Vice General Wang, and said: "Vice General Wang, immediately send someone to inform Lord Shi Yan, the assassin of Huaizhou City, to send someone to maintain order, this general should not see his army clash with the people!" ”

"Yes! Subordinates have orders! Vice Admiral Wang replied.

Qing Mu stepped forward and said to Qing Lun: "Brother! I'm afraid that this Lord Yan is currently self-conscious, it seems that we still have to rely on ourselves here! ”

Qing Lun was really scared in his heart, and asked Vice General Wang: "According to your estimate, how many hungry people are there?" ”

"The whole hillside is full of people, too many to count! According to the estimation of the general, there are tens of thousands of people! Vice Admiral Wang replied.

Hong Luo stepped forward and asked, "Shizi, will we have anything!" ”

Qing Lun recalled the memory he had that he didn't want to look back on, and looked up at the surroundings, and there were already figures on the surrounding hills.

Under this startling, he reacted instinctively and shouted loudly: "Immediately assemble the horse team and move closer to the center, the soldiers of each battalion are responsible for the safety of the belongings of each battalion, as a last resort, don't do it!" ”

Everyone looked at the influx of people, the soldiers drew their blades one after another, protecting the grain and grass and Qing Mu and other female dependents, and the Shenbow battalion moved forward, and they all put their arrows on the strings, and shouted loudly: "You, you ...... Stop now, or we'll let the arrows go! ”

Qing Mu watched many people come around this side, and was a little scared in his heart, surrounded the terrain around Qingqing, and said to Qing Lun: "Brother! Let's move closer to the high hillside on the left, so they don't catch up with us so quickly! ”

Qinglun nodded, and hurriedly ordered: "Vice General Wang, lead the team of men and horses to move towards the uninhabited hill over there, and the speed must be fast!" He said, gesturing with his finger.

"Yes!" Vice Admiral Wang hurriedly replied, and then led everyone to hurriedly go up with a convoy of grain and grass.

Qinglun turned to the refugees and shouted: "Listen, General Ben was ordered by the emperor today to go to Yuecheng for disaster relief, and these grains are the grain and grass for my army and horses!" Stand down now, or you'll be killed!" ”

But the crowd on the opposite side didn't listen to any words from Qing Lun at all, and continued to slowly surround this side. Qing Mu pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Brother! Let the soldiers put away their weapons, and don't let their arrows go, so as not to cause any chaos! ”

Qing Lun shook his head, "Qing Mu! Don't worry, we can all fight well, and if we fight, we must follow me closely! ”

Qing Mu again: "Brother, no! Now it's not a march, these refugees won't listen to us, they won't be afraid of death! If it causes chaos, we may be trampled to death by the rush of people! ”

Qing Lun stared at the crowd in front of him with a solemn face, thought about Qing Mu's words, and asked: "Qing Mu, you have always had a lot of ideas, according to you, what should we do now?" ”

"They're going to come in, it's only a matter of time! We immediately pushed the grain and grass we brought with us to the front side and gathered them! Qing Mu said hurriedly.

Qing Lun looked at the crowd that had been using it this way, and whispered: "Everyone slowly put down their knives, put down their bows and arrows, and slowly retreat to the high ground on the left!" ”

At this moment, suddenly a weak man in the crowd took two steps forward, and fell to his knees on the ground, and the soldier who had already wound the arrow, thinking that he was about to rush over, was startled, and the arrow did not miss, and in an instant, the man fell in a pool of blood.

The crowd of refugees was instantly enraged and rushed towards the horse team. Qing Lun hurried: "The left guard battalion, the right guard battalion, quickly form two teams and stop them!" ”

"Yes!"

Qing Lun was anxious: "Qing Mu, no matter what happens in a while, you have to follow my brother!" Qing Mu was not afraid, and asked, "Brother! Now that we have arrived at the boundary of Huaizhou, there are only two days left to Yuecheng at most! ”

Qing Lun looked at the crowd on the opposite side and his soldiers pulling fiercely, nodded, and asked urgently: "Qing Mu, what do you think, the situation is in crisis!" ”

Qing Mu smiled calmly, "That's it, brother, it's better for us to give up this batch of food, each soldier only brings some dry food with them, and they can reach Yuecheng within two days, and these grains are left for these refugees, which can be regarded as saving their lives!" ”

"At the moment, it seems that it is difficult to be good without giving up this batch of food! That's it! Qing Lun shook his head and said reluctantly.

Qing Mu flashed out from behind him and shouted: "Everyone, stop!" I am the Qincha of this Jiangnan disaster relief, and this official has something to say! ”

The crowd was still very noisy, and he couldn't listen to any words at all, so he was anxious: "Vice General Wang, fire the salute and remind them!" ”

A moment later, several loud thunderous noises resounded through the field, and the hungry crowd slowly fell silent.

Qing Mu again: "The official knows that the people are suffering, and you are all hungry and ruthless, so he will make this decision, and the official promises that it will not be long before you will have food to eat and water to drink, in order to show sincerity." ”

The officer has decided to put down these rations to help you, but you must keep order, or the officer will immediately order all the rations to be burned on the spot!

The crowd was noisy again, and they were about to rush over to this side, when they suddenly shouted, "Stop! ”

Qing Mu looked forward, and a young man in ragged clothes walked up and angrily: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" ”

When everyone saw him appear, they all got out of the way, and the man stepped forward, pushed away the two soldiers who had stopped him with both hands, walked forward slowly, raised his head and shouted: "People can go, all the food is left, I don't care what you do!" ”

Qing Lun glanced at him, "Let's go!" "After this frightening scene, fortunately there was no chaos, if there is a conflict with his own people, he will become a sinner for the ages, I am afraid that the emperor will not spare himself.

Qing Mu also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Brother! It's dangerous! If those refugees rush up without doing anything, we are afraid that we will really have to meet them today, and it will be more than lucky! ”

Qing Lun nodded: "Yes!" Fortunately, you were in a hurry, gave up food, and got peace along the way! ”

Qing Mu shook his head: "Brother! Actually, Qingmu is not smart, I would rather be the little girl who will never grow up, and never have troubles! ”

"You! Well, we have all the food for the refugees, and now we can only hurry up, otherwise we will go hungry! Qing Lun gently touched her head with his hand and said in a low voice.

"Hmm!" Qing Mu replied.

Hong Luo hurriedly rushed over, "County Lord! Princess! It's okay, thank goodness! ”

Qing Mu smiled slightly, "Okay! How can this official see that everyone is in trouble! Let's speed up and strive to reach Yuecheng tomorrow! ”

Hong Luo laughed loudly at Qing Mu, Qing Mu was puzzled and asked, "Hong Luo, what's wrong?" ”

Hong Luo raised his hands and smiled: "County Lord, what do you think this is?" ”

Qing Mu looked at it, overjoyed, and deliberately angry: "Oops! It seems that gluttony is also good! ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! If it weren't for Hongluo's gluttony, when he went out, he prepared a box full of osmanthus cakes, but I was afraid that the county lord would really be hungry! Hong Luo said with a grin.

"Humph! You're right, okay! Qing Mu said jokingly.

Hong Luo walked up to Qing Mu, held her, and said, "Let's go!" My Lord Chincha, let's go back to the carriage and rest first, or let these big brothers wait!" ”

Qing Mu nodded, and pulled Hong Luo towards the carriage behind. Qing Lun ordered everyone to speed up the march and continue to move in the direction of Yuecheng.

Qing Lun looked at Qing Mu who returned to the carriage, the scene of the right talent was still vivid, if she hadn't dissuaded her, she was afraid that she would repeat the mistakes of the desert back then.

Even if those refugees were people from foreign countries at that time, they all had the same right to live as human beings, and there was no distinction between high and low in this world.

No matter how prosperous the country is and how powerful the army is, the foundation of the country is always people-oriented, if the people are abandoned, then this world, this dynasty, and this country will inevitably be abandoned by the people, and it is only a matter of time before it perishes.

The brigade continued to rush south along the official road, and Qing Lun couldn't care about whether Qing Mu was hard, and now the three thousand soldiers and horses had no food and grass at all, if they hadn't arrived at their destination for a long time.

Fearing that it would affect the morale of the army, he ordered all the soldiers to hurry up and strive to reach Jiashan and camp again.

Jiashan is located in the northwest corner of Yuecheng, less than 100 miles away from Yuecheng, if you can get there, I believe you will soon be able to know some of the situation in Yuecheng, now it seems that it is much more serious than what the Yuecheng assassination history played.

The emperor is now handing over this hot potato to Qing Mu, and he doesn't know whether it is a blessing or a curse, and he can only take one step at a time.

After walking for half a day, they had arrived at the vicinity of Jiashan, and it was already dark, so Qinglun ordered the brigade to set up camp, gather the dry food carried by all the soldiers, make a fire for cooking, and distribute it uniformly.

Along the way, I saw that between the whole heaven and earth, it seemed that there was no smell of water, and people were sleepy. Now is also the time to rest for the night, otherwise the army will be attrition before it reaches its destination.

Qing Lun knew very well that there was a great deal to this, and he ordered all the soldiers to concentrate and distribute the dry food and water sources in a unified manner.

Qing Mu followed the rapid march of the brigade and hurried this way, and he also felt very tired. Because of Hong Luo's usual gluttony, he quietly hid a basket of cakes such as osmanthus cakes before leaving.

Therefore, the two of them did not go hungry like soldiers. It's just that all the way down, the weather is particularly hot, although the night is dark, but it still feels hot, not as hot as usual.

It's a very dry heat, and it feels like smoke is coming out of your nose.

Qing Mu and Hong Luo got out of the carriage, followed the team to the fire, and sat down quietly.

As the saying goes, a calm heart is naturally cool, but after what she has seen and heard along the way, as well as the dangerous scenes encountered today, her heart fluctuates and she has never been able to calm down.

Hong Luo felt that Qing Mu's expression was different, pondered for a moment, and comforted: "County Lord, you don't have to worry!" If you come, let it be safe! I don't think it's that bad! ”

When Qing Mu heard Hong Luo's words, he was stunned and sighed, "I'm afraid that the situation may be even worse than what we see, now the people of the sixteen states in the south of the Yangtze River are in suffering, and there is hunger on the road, how can I feel at ease!" ”

"County Lord, don't think about it yet, Hong Luo believes that everything will be fine!" Hong Luo persuaded softly.

Qing Mu pondered for a moment and asked, "Hongluo, what did you say?" How did you suddenly become so knowledgeable! Also "once it comes, it will be safe!" ”

Hong Luo giggled, "Oops! Follow my county lord, if you want to have no knowledge, I'm afraid it's difficult, my county lord can be the first female Zhuge in ancient and modern times! ”

"Humph! Less poor mouth! Qing Mu said deliberately angrily.

After a simple dinner, Qing Lun and the soldiers rested in the tent that was temporarily erected, and he was really tired from the day's journey, so he specially arranged three shifts of people to rotate at night, so that all soldiers could have a good rest.

After Qing Mu followed everyone to eat a little, he returned to the camp with Hong Luo to rest, and he had been on the road for dozens of days, which was really embarrassing for their girls. So as soon as he lay down, he fell asleep and did not think about the troubles of the day.

After Hong Luo Zhaoqing fell asleep with Qing Mu, he lay down next to her to rest.

Now that I can accompany the county lord out of Beijing, and do something that will go down in history, now that I think about it, I can be glad to follow the right master, maybe it is my destiny, she is happy from the bottom of her heart, and slowly closes her eyes with a smile.

In the middle of the night, it should have been a vibrant spring day, but in this foreign land south of the Yangtze River, on the banks of the Yangtze River, it was desolate everywhere. A gust of wind blew, taking away the hot air of the day a little, making people feel a little cool.

The soldiers in charge of standing guard in the camp were also awakened by this coolness, and they were a little sleepy due to the heat wave, but suddenly, they were blown by this gust of wind, which was really very comfortable.

At this moment, a dark shadow flashed, and a gust of wind came to the ground, knocking over the torches hanging on the edge of the camp to the ground, and instantly ignited the surrounding pyre. The soldiers standing guard were stunned by this sudden change, and shouted: "What person? ”

A few soldiers hurried forward, extinguishing the blazing fire, and looked closely, but there was nothing. The soldiers wondered in their hearts, thinking that they had seen a ghost, which was really strange.

But what the soldiers never expected was that because of their suspicions, they put Lord Qincha in danger.

A moment later, a gust of wind blew away Qing Mu's tent, and between the flying sand and stones, they all blew in, Hong Luo was awakened, and glanced to the side by candlelight. ”

The soldiers standing guard heard the shouting, hurried outside the tent, and asked loudly, "Lord Qincha, what is the matter?" ”

Hong Luoqing was not allowed to wear clothes, so he got up in his pajamas and shouted urgently: "Big brothers, come in and take a look immediately, the county lord is gone!" ”

The soldiers who were on the night vigil were startled and hurriedly rushed into the tent, and at first glance, sure enough, the entire tent was searched, and there was no trace of Lord Chincha.

Thinking of Shicai's strange scene, they all regretted it very much, if Lord Qincha made any mistakes, they were afraid that they would be unable to escape the blame for their own death.

Qing Lun rushed over after the sound, saw Hong Luo who was looking anxiously everywhere, and asked, "What's wrong with Hong Luo?" What about Qingmu? ”

"County Lord, County Lord......" Hong Luo was anxious, and his words couldn't be said intermittently.

Qinglun asked angrily, "What's wrong with my sister?" ”

Hong Luo calmed down his emotions a little and whispered: "I lost the county lord!" Shizi, I'm sorry, it's all Hongluo's fault, the county lord slept next to Hongluo, and was taken away by someone unknowingly, but Hongluo didn't know it! ”

After she finished speaking, she shed tears and cried softly.

When Qing Lun heard Hong Luo's words, his head buzzed, and he was in a big mess, and he was angry at the soldiers who came in: "Who was on duty just now?" What's going on? ”

The soldiers knelt on the ground one after another, and reported: "General, it is all the dereliction of duty of the subordinates, just now I found that the outside of the camp tent was unusual, a gust of wind blew the torches to the ground, and the grass was on fire, and I thought it was a ghost." ”

"Now it seems that it should be the other party who deliberately attracted our attention, so he sneaked into the camp and took away Lord Qincha!"

Qing Lunqing was not allowed to reprimand them, and immediately ordered the adjutant general who rushed to the side when he heard the news, and ordered the soldiers to search the surrounding area, and be sure to find Qing Mu back.

I'm afraid that I won't be able to endure this hardship at all, and besides, what the other party's purpose is, it is still unknown, if it is like the General's Mansion, specifically targeting Qing Mu, then her life will be in danger.

Vice Admiral Wang assigned four squads, which were in four directions, and hurriedly searched away.

However, after Qing Mu was taken away, after waking up, he felt that he was in the dark, and suddenly remembered that he should be in the camp.

There was a faint candle lit there, but now it was dark all around, and he muttered for a while, and asked aloud, "Who is it?" I don't know what the purpose of bringing me here? ”

"Hahaha!" Suddenly, a creepy sneer came from far and near in the darkness.

Qing Mu was really scared in his heart, and asked in a low voice: "Who are you, do you know that this official is sent by the imperial court, and he is here for the disaster relief in the sixteen states in the south of the Yangtze River, and now you have arrested the minister of the imperial court, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”

"Humph! Bo Lianguo! Tiny Bo Lianguo! A cold voice came.

"Saving the people is like fighting fire, I hope you will let the official go back to disaster relief for the sake of the common people in the world, otherwise you will offend the people of Limin!" Qing Mu continued without humility or arrogance.

The man laughed loudly again, coldly: "Good! Good! Good! Sure enough! ”

Qing Mu asked suspiciously: "What is good?" What exactly do you want to do? ”

Qing Mu's doubts in his heart couldn't be eliminated, and he asked again: "Who are you?" ”

"Who am I? Hehe, who am I? I don't know who I am, maybe I'm an outcast from the world! He whispered a few words and walked over slowly.

Qing Mu was shocked, took two steps back, and said in a trembling voice: "What are you going to do?" ”

The man didn't answer, slowly lit the candlelight, and suddenly the whole room was filled with light, Qing Mu's eyes flashed, and he looked at the person, slightly surprised, the man was masked, but his figure was somewhat familiar.

She asked suspiciously, "You...... Do we know each other? ”

The man laughed again, "Yes, of course I know!" As he spoke, he gently removed the veil.

At first glance, Qing Mu was very surprised, and after a long time of speechlessness, the man asked, "What's the matter, did my appearance scare you?" ”

"Who is it? Who is so cruel to you that he treats you like this? Qing Mu was secretly surprised and hurriedly asked.

That person was Feng Jingyu, who took away his father by chance in Liangcheng on the border, but now that the veil was removed, a pair of faces covered with scars were revealed.

Feng Jingyu smiled slightly, "It's been a long time, and now I brought you here, just hoping that one day, I can borrow your hand to take revenge!" ”