"My lord, we're almost there." One of them turned to the carriage and said, a slight nervousness on the man's face.

"Uh-huh......" a very low response came from inside the carriage. Immediately after that, he stretched out his hand and handed the things he had taken from Dr. Su to Mianfu's hand.

Not long after, the carriage came to the gate of Xihe City, and was naturally directly blocked by the defenders at the city gate, and the defenders then asked the two men very sternly what they were doing.

Mian Fu naturally informed the soldiers of the matters that Wang Xunyi had entrusted before, but those soldiers did not immediately let the two go, but came to the side of the carriage, and lifted the curtain of the carriage with the long sword in his hand, and Wang Xunyi appeared in front of everyone.

It's just that after seeing Wang Xunyi, everyone's eyes were not attracted by Wang Xunyi, but were engrossed, and their eyes were locked on Wang Xunyi's right hand. At this time, Wang Xunyi pressed a bag of coins in his right hand and sent it to the soldier.

After a few people saw it, they were even more happy, looking at each other, needless to say, just the language exchange a few soldiers were already understanding, without saying a word, they took the bag of coins, and very happily put it into their arms and then retreated, indicating that they were relieved.

A moment later, Wang Xunyi and Mianfu entered Xihe City in a grand manner.

However, after entering Xihe City, Mianfu's expression also changed suddenly. Originally, in his mind, this Xihe City was the capital of the Shallow Dynasty before, and it should be more prosperous, although it is not as good as Taiyuan New Town, but it should not be much worse. However, after seeing it now, it is a big disappointment in Demianfu's heart.

The West River in front of him can be described as a slight depression now, although it cannot be said to be very bleak, but when you enter, you can feel a very clear feeling of desolation.

The overall tone is also very desolate, and then Mian Fu told Wang Xunyi of the question in his heart: "My lord, why is this Xihe City, as the capital of the Shallow Dynasty, now it is this scenery?" ”

Wang Xunyi didn't look out, he had already guessed in his heart what the current situation of Xihe City was, and then explained: "This Xihe City is no longer the capital of the Qian Dynasty. At the beginning, after the shallow sea won the flat city, he moved all the focus to the flat city. ”

In this way, Mian Fu finally understood a little, and then asked: "Even so, as the former capital, why is it so depressed, this doesn't look like the former capital at all?" ”

Wang Xunyi also poked out his head when he heard this, and explained: "The treasury in Pingcheng was all empty, and it was also affected by the war, so if you want to build it again, it will definitely take a lot of manpower and material resources. Let me tell you, not only this West River, but also other shallow cities must have been affected, and for the sake of a peaceful city, the shallow sea can be said to have emptied the savings of other cities for many years. So do you know why I spent a year with the king? ”

Mian Fu also thought for a while, and suddenly said: "My lord wants to reduce Xihe's strength for a while, and it must be very easy to take the city at that time, right!" ”

"Hahahaha, that's right, that's right! You're smart! Wang Xunyi was also quite happy when he heard it.

It's just that after the short smile on Mianfu's face, he was a little worried, which was in stark contrast to Wang Xunyi's state, which caused Wang Xunyi to wonder: "What's the matter, you're not happy to praise you?" ”

"It's not, even after taking Xihe City, the monarch must also spend a lot of manpower and material resources to reorganize Xihe, and it can't be considered a good thing......" Mianfu said with some concern.

In fact, what Mian Fu said is indeed very reasonable, just as Wang Xunyi thought, now the other cities of the Shallow Dynasty except for Pingcheng, under the transfer of the shallow Changhai, are already in a very empty state, just like the rotten trees, the outside looks like nothing big, but the inside is already rotten to the point that it can't work. If it is taken away by the Southern Dynasty, Nan Ke Lin must also spend a lot of manpower and material resources to be able to rectify it like the Shallow Changhai, no matter how deep the foundation of the Southern Dynasty is, so many cities at once may be a big loss to the Southern Dynasty.

But in the face of Mianfu's doubts, Wang Xunyi did not seem too worried, but was very relaxed, just like the appearance of Nan Ke Lin on the main hall that day, very confident. Immediately afterwards, Wang Xunyi returned to the carriage and said: "Don't worry, I understand all this, and I know it in my heart." ”

Since Wang Xunyi said so, Mian Fu naturally didn't think about other things, after all, he could only intervene himself, and it was not his turn to interfere in these things, so he also hurriedly returned his emotions to normal, and drove the carriage towards the palace in Xihe City.

Along the way, Wang Xunyi also observed the current situation in Xihe City through the windows on both sides of the carriage, and the situation was much more serious than he expected. And he even saw someone on the side of the road writing the word "selling women" on the notice. Originally, Wang Xun didn't care too much about the situation of these people, but when he saw this kind of notice, he was furious, and he was even more angry, so he asked Mian Fu to stop the carriage and quickly came to the notice.

Next to the notice, it is a couple who are constantly kowtowing to passers-by, begging to sell their daughters. But among the many pedestrians, only Wang Xunyi and Mianfu stopped and stopped.

Seeing Wang Xunyi and Mianfu stop in front of them, the couple was even more overjoyed, and immediately pushed their daughter in front of Wang Xunyi and said, "Childe, buy her, the price is negotiable, buy it." ”

The first sentence of this meeting was to discuss how to sell his woman, which really made Wang Xunyi quite disgusted, and then asked with a helpless smile: "You two are going to sell her?" ”

Originally, Wang Xunyi thought that when he raised this question, the parents would be hesitant and sad, but the scene that appeared in front of her was completely contrary to his previous thoughts.

When the couple heard about Wang Xunyi's question, they didn't have any sadness on their faces, but were very excited, and even stretched out their hands to push their daughter to Wang Xunyi's side.

Wang Xunyi also shook his head helplessly, then turned his head to ask the little girl, "What do you think yourself?" ”

The little girl just stood still, her head bowed, unwilling to respond, but she could be seen very clearly trembling and could hear the sound of sobbing one after another.

Then Wang Xunyi asked Mianfu to take out a sum of money and throw it in front of the couple, and then gently pushed the little girl back to the two of them and asked, "Forget it, there is no shortage of people around me." I just want to know if Xihe City is so serious now, is something going on? ”

The couple was very excited to crawl to pick up the coin, and the joy on their faces was even more obvious, and then explained: "Since the monarch went to Heisei, I heard that he has been collecting supplies from other cities. But these things are not inexhaustible, in order to avoid the blame of the monarch, the guards in the city privately raised the tax, and then our people naturally suffered. Even if some people resisted, they were all suppressed by force, and after a long time, this city became the scene you see now. ”

After Wang Xunyi nodded again and again, and then sighed, he got up and said, "This money is enough for you to pay the next taxes." Take it! With that, Wang Xunyi was ready to turn around and leave.

The couple was even more overjoyed when they heard this, and kept kowtowing to thank Wang Xunyi, but Wang Xunyi didn't care too much about it, and was about to turn around, but found that the little girl was secretly observing Wang Xunyi, and after hesitating for a while, he added to the couple: "But what, be good to your children, who are so young." If I let me know that you dare to sell your daughter again, I will definitely not be able to spare you two, do you hear? ”

The couple were shocked by Wang Xunyi's words, and they didn't quite understand why Wang Xunyi cared so much about his daughter since he didn't want his daughter, but then nodded again and again in agreement.

Wang Xunyi also leaned down, watched the little girl smile dotingly at her, stretched out his hand and gently stroked her head and asked: "You will live a good life in the future, if they are not good to you, you will come to my brother!" Brother help you teach them a lesson! ”

However, the little girl didn't have much reaction to these words, only the wordless two lines of tears fell, but the couple was quite embarrassed, and could only smile very contrivedly on the side, anyway, the money had already arrived in their hands, so naturally they wanted to do a full set of plays.

Immediately after that, Wang Xunyi turned around and left, got into the carriage, and headed in the direction of the palace gate again, and the voice of gratitude that was originally full of gratitude in his ears also tended to decrease until it finally disappeared.

Wang Xunyi sat in the carriage, but a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

But before he drove too far, he heard the sound of calling behind him, which also made Wang Xunyi quite curious, and when he poked his head out of the window, he found that the little girl was chasing his carriage.

Looking at her, she was also very weak, and there were no shoes on her immature little feet, and it was very obvious that there were clear bloody footprints on the muddy stone road, and finally the little girl fainted in front of Wang Xunyi.

"Stop! Stop it! Wang Xunyi hurriedly called. When Mian Fu was still puzzled, he heard a movement behind him, and Wang Xunyi had already rushed down.

The two hurriedly came to the little girl, Mianfu picked up the little girl, and the little girl was very weak and panting in Mianfu's arms, and her thin body was constantly trembling. It's just that she is not completely unconscious, her eyes are very tired and weak and forcibly opened, and her eyes are staring at Wang Xunyi in front of her in a daze.

I just heard that Wang Xunyi hurriedly said: "Take her to the hospital for treatment first!" Fast! ”

Without hesitation, Mian Fu hurriedly returned to the carriage, placed the little girl well, and when Wang Xunyi entered it, he immediately drove the horse to the medical hall.

And Wang Xunyi was in the carriage, gently stroking the little girl's forehead, and kept repeating: "Hold on, I'll be at the hospital soon, rest assured." Comfort her with your words and actions.

The girl's sight was filled with Wang Xunyi's confused figure, but a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth......