In front of the crossing of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River in Yancheng, Jiangbei, a large group of refugees are baking a fire in front of the ferry.

"Ugh! Have you heard? Then Li Mi marched to Luoyang again, do you think that Li Mi will win this time? ”

"Hey! There are wars everywhere, originally my family of more than a dozen people lived in Jiangnan, Jiangnan was calm, who knew that there was another war, our family had to flee, my wife and children were sick on the road, died, scattered, didn't this just flee here. ”

"As the old saying goes, the world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit, those who have the power and soldiers in their hands want to be emperors, but it just suffers us ordinary people." Among the speakers, a sneaky man poked his head out and left the crowd.

"Grandmother! Where are we going? "In a dilapidated courtyard, several ragged men and women were lighting a fire and cooking in it, and an old woman was holding a little boy and comforting him softly.

"Good girl, when we cross the Yellow River and then go east, we will go to your aunt in Chang'an, and he will take good care of us."

"Grandmother! I'm so tired, we're fine in Jiangdu, why do you want to go? Looking at the child's innocent face, the old grandmother's face was full of bitterness.

"Because there are a lot of bad people in Jiangdu City, and your grandfather was killed by the bad guys. If we hadn't gone, the bad guys would have killed us together. ”

"Haven't the bad guys been beaten away? How can there still be bad people. The old woman hugged the child tightly, tears in her eyes.

"The Queen Mother! The minister is back. ”

"Laiheng! You're here again, didn't I tell you? Now that we are fleeing, didn't we say that after leaving Jiangdu, we will be called aunts and nephews? ”

"Mother's forgiveness! My father taught me many times that etiquette cannot be abolished. Besides, now that no one else is present, the minister should strictly abide by the etiquette law. The old woman and the child he comforted were Queen Xiao and her party in disguise, and the brothers Laiheng and Laiji were both humble gentlemen who said it nicely, and nerds when it sounded bad. Empress Xiao knew the personalities of the two brothers, otherwise she would not have assured that they would escort them all the way.

"! The minister inquired outside, Li Mi marched to Luoyang again, and now it seems that the fight is very fierce, what should we do after crossing the Yellow River? ”

"Humph! Li Mi, I think it is difficult for him to become a big tool, regardless of him, but our itinerary should be changed, continue to go north, and after arriving in Shandong, we will be in the west! Be careful not to reveal your identity along the way. ”

"Yes!" Empress Dowager Xiao and her entourage came to the boundary of Caozhou, Shandong, which had been occupied by Dou Jiande, and there were several soldiers standing at the gate of the city checking the pedestrians.

"The king has an order! Now that the situation is chaotic, the city gate must be strictly guarded and checked, and no one or anything can be let go, so as to prevent the enemy from entering. In addition, no one shall be dismissed for extorting people's money, molesting people's women, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! Do you understand? ”

"Yes! Got it! Looking at everything in order at the city gate, Empress Dowager Xiao couldn't help but sigh:

"Although Dou Jiande is a reckless, he is also a talent for governing the country. We're going into town soon, so hide our things and don't show them. The person behind Empress Dowager Xiao nodded and pressed the package on her body. Waiting quietly, at this time, a scream:

"Someone has robbed something, catch the thief." When the soldiers guarding the city gate heard this, they immediately ran in the direction of the shouting, only to see a young man pulling a middle-aged man, who was holding a package in his arms and refused to let go. There were a few people around who were fighting with another young man. A child cried in the arms of an old woman, who persuaded her:

"Ah Heng! Azie don't fight! ”

"What? Stop! "When the people present saw the officers and soldiers coming, they all stopped.

"What's going on?"

"This soldier, we are the victims of the Jiangnan generation who escaped, and we were waiting to line up to enter the city gate, but who knew that this person snatched my package, and I chased after my eldest brother, and this group of people fought with us."

"Master Bing! Hugh listened to their nonsense, this package was originally ours, and the two robbers clearly wanted to rob it. Please be clear. As he spoke, he took out a piece of broken silver and sent it to the officer at the head. The officer knocked out his broken silver.

"King Dou has an order, not to loot and extort people's money, you don't want to do this to the official, you tell me, what's here?"

"What else? It's just soft clothing. ”

"No, it's 。。。。。。"

"Ji'er, Master Bing, it's nothing, it's a misunderstanding, the package is theirs. We got it wrong. So saying, the old woman glanced at the other two young men, and it was this look that made the officer suspicious.

"Wait! Don't let any of them go. Open the package. After the package was opened with the officer's order, the bright lights flashed the eyes of the people present, and they saw that there were a large number of jewels inside, which were of the highest grade at a glance, and there was also a square jade seal, on which there were nine dragons coiled, the most translucent, and under the jade seal was a deep red color.

"Ugh! What is it? "The officer was about to get it.

"Don't move, don't touch the jade seal of the country." Upon hearing this, the officer was startled.

"Take us to King Dou! I am the empress of the former emperor Yang Guang, and in my arms is the emperor of the Sui Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, Yang Qi, escorting us to King Dou, and you will be rewarded. ”