Chapter 56: The Tragic Scene of the World

Four days later, Dahan, outside Luojing City.

More than 10,000 or so elite elites of the empire camped for several miles, endlessly, and in front of the military gate, Liu Xiu and several generals knelt on the ground together in military uniforms, quietly listening to the holy decree.

Emperor's Divine Will:

King Wei asked for an order, the thief of Yan State was not dead, secretly gathered troops, and tried to go south in vain, and the British King Liu Xiu immediately sent troops to garrison, without delay!

At this time, it was only four days before Liu Xiu returned home, although there was only one day left, but the time seemed to be in a hurry, especially the practice banquet prepared by the ministers was unbearable.

This is the emperor's trick, and there are no flaws.

After the decree was announced, Liu Xiu sent the eunuch Li Gonggong out of the camp, and after the two exchanged a few polite words, Liu Xiu gave the prepared gift to the eunuch, who shirked it and accepted it.

"Your Highness explained, the slave only knew, although Your Highness can rest assured, the old slave will never live up to His Highness's trust!"

Liu Xiu smiled and thanked him.

After Gonggong Li left, the army did not march out of the village, but stood there neatly, following Liu Xiu's gaze, looking into the distance and waiting.

The wind outside the city was strong, blowing the battle flag fiercely, Liu Xiu's army was like a bronze man, standing straight in the wind, facing the strong wind, expressionless, adding a heavy atmosphere.

Soon, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the direction of the city gate behind him, and soon a group of people appeared in the sight, when the horse was ridden on top of a sassy woman wearing a tights, she was heroic, energetic, high-spirited, from a distance, as if a beautiful phoenix stepped on the wind, as long as you look at it more, the mood will be a lot more comfortable.

Liu Xiu, who was standing at the forefront, watched the woman gallop over, and her calm face showed a sincere smile.

He turned his head, smiled at Wan Yanshuo on the left behind him, and said:

"Ziyu is no longer my heart knot."

After speaking, he rode forward, ran against the wind, and went to meet the woman with a happy face in front of him!

The group walked in quickly, and the phoenix-like woman jumped off the saddle and dismounted, and Liu Xiuce immediately stepped forward and said with a smile:

"Are the wounds healed?"

The person who came was Wen Ya, and when she heard Liu Xiu ask her, her face was pale, the corners of her mouth were facing the sky, and she showed a chic smile, and said:

"That's, just that little injury, what can I do?"

Liu Xiu suddenly had an interesting idea after hearing this, smiled slightly, and after walking a few steps on the horse, he kicked Wen Ya's car suddenly, the horse was taken aback, and ran out with a roar.

In the gallop, the wind blew away the sound of Wen Ya's angry scolding.

The soldiers who watched this scene were dumbfounded, and almost all of them subconsciously wanted to rub their eyes to confirm what they had just seen.

But what they saw was the usual indifferent face, as if what had just happened was nothing more than a collective hallucination.

A moment later, the army marched and set off to defend! ――

After marching for more than a month, they camped all the way and finally arrived at Fengcheng, the border of Weijing.

The first heavy rain of autumn swept across the land, enveloping the huge Fengcheng city in a cloud of smoke and rain, making every scene hazy.

Liu Xiu stood in front of the camp, only to see the heavy rain pouring down, as if to wash everything in the world, and the servants flocked one after another.

The breeze sent rain, mixed with a smell of earth, and the rain hit Liu Xiu's face, bringing a coolness.

He squinted his eyes and whispered in his heart:

Autumn, has it finally arrived?

The road ahead is long, and I don't know if it is like this autumn rain, hazy and dim, and I can't see clearly.

He clenched his fists, spun and loosened, and smiled bitterly in his heart, when did he become so sentimental and not have the demeanor of a big man.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, as if startling his thoughts, a trace of impatience flashed on Liu Xiu's face, but it didn't flicker, and when he turned around, he still looked as indifferent as usual.

"Your Highness!"

Wa'er was drenched, ran in in a panic, and immediately knelt on the ground when she saw Liu Xiu, looking flustered.

Liu Xiu's heart moved, and he frowned:

"What's going on?"

Wa'er bowed his head heavily, slammed the ground, and then choked up and replied:

"Your Highness, when it was just raining in the early morning, several soldiers went to check the people's situation nearby after General Yan's order, and found a great tragedy!"

After saying that, he knelt down again and never looked up again.

Liu Xiu saw that Wa'er's rare soul was not guarded, and knew that the matter was not small, so he didn't say much, and said straightforwardly:

"You bring those soldiers in at once, and I'll ask him personally."

Wa'er, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately nodded and said:

"Yes!"

With that, he turned and hurried away.

It didn't take long for Val to return, followed by several drenched soldiers, and a thin old man, who was skinny and "weak."

Outside the window, the rain was even heavier, the thunder roared wildly in the city, and the lightning suddenly lit up, illuminating the house, and the white light made the old man look dead.

He was still holding a small piece of steamed bread in his hand, as if he was afraid of being snatched away by others, the old man held the steamed bun tightly, and his fingers looked pale because of the force.

There was no expression on his pale face, and his bright eyes had dimmed and turned gray.

Liu Xiu took a step forward, stopped in front of the old man, and looked at him, his brows furrowed.

When the old man saw Liu Xiu walking towards him, his body subconsciously shrank, and his other hand stretched out tremblingly, protecting the steamed buns, for fear that the big man in front of him would snatch everything from him like those people in the past.

He watched Liu Xiu slowly stop in front of him, and watched him open his mouth to ask himself:

"What happened?"

The old man didn't know why, he said a few words in a panic while holding the steamed bun, Liu Xiu listened to a few words, but he couldn't really hear it, so he raised his head and looked at the soldiers.

"Your Highness, a few of us were ordered to visit the people around, and then entered a village called 'Ten Mile Street',"

The men hesitated for a moment, and then asked a young soldier to report to Liu Xiuyu.

This person was obviously a talker, and he was not polite, so he bowed and replied:

"The villain's name is Wang Ren, seeing that His Royal Highness has been sleeping in the open air, and the march is hard, the villains can't bear it, so they want to buy a few sheep or a few chickens from the people, and then find a few local cooks, make something good for His Highness and the generals, appetize, let His Highness fight tooth sacrifices, and before entering the village, General Wanyan also thought of this, he gave us enough silver, hey, I have seen so much silver for the first time in my life, in vain."

As if he suddenly realized that this was not to brag with his brothers anymore, it seemed that he shouldn't talk like this, so he stopped, looked at Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu nodded, and said:

"Go on."

Wang Ren breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"We went in with all the money, fearing that we would buy too much and not have enough people, and we would have to bother the people to help, so when we were discussing calling for more people, we found that the village was almost empty, and there was no one left."

Liu Xiuyi frowned, looked at Wang Ren, and said

"What about people?"

"Your Highness, there is no one in the village at all, but thinking that the weather is not good, it is about to rain, and it is normal to see no people on the street, so we planned to go to a house and ask them if they have any livestock to sell, but when we opened the door, we found that there were many corpses piled up in the house."

Wang Ren's tone suddenly became heavy, Liu Xiu frowned deeply, stood there and nodded, and motioned for Wang Ren to continue.

Only then did Wang Ren stabilize his mind and wipe his forehead, but after a while, cold sweat was already pouring out on his forehead. He coughed lightly and continued:

"They must have starved to death, because of the heat, the corpses were almost completely decomposed, and they couldn't be identified at all, although after a long time, they couldn't smell the corpses, but this horrible scene still made us vomit, and finally the villain struggled to get out of the house, and several people went from house to house to knock on the door, and it turned out that the village was full of hunger, and finally found this old man in the north of the village, and we gave him a little food and brought him."

After speaking, the room fell into a deathly silence, Wa'er subconsciously looked at Liu Xiu, only to see the corners of his eyes twitching, and he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in his heart, but he had nothing to persuade and no sound to say.

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed with light, as if he had thought of something terrible, his brows furrowed, and he thought about it carefully, and after a while, he sighed, turned his head to look at the old man, and said softly:

"Old man, what's going on in the village?"

Only then did everyone look at the old man again, and saw that his face was withered, haggard, and his eyes were blank, and it seemed that his days were numbered.

When the old man heard the voice, he slowly raised his head, his eyes subconsciously looking for the person who asked the question, and said something trembling in his mouth.

But no one understood.

The old man's voice was hoarse, like a fingernail scraping iron, which was uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Wa'er hurriedly handed over a glass of warm water, the old man's eyes lit up, and he took it and poured a few sips hard, then sighed, looked around in confusion, and said slowly:

"Our village is called Shili Street, which has existed in the periphery of Fengcheng for hundreds of years, because of the convenient transportation, it used to be a big village, but in recent years, there has been a famine year after year, and the taxes are heavy, so that the people in the village are not able to make a living! At this most difficult time, Shu and Yan came over, and the young and middle-aged people in the village really couldn't stand the poverty, so they left Shili Street, some went out to do long-term jobs to find a livelihood, so as to support themselves, and some simply went to Weiguo as a soldier to receive some military salaries, and only these old people, children, and women were left in the village, and it was even more difficult to make a living. ”

When the old man said this, he bowed his head slightly, sighed, and his face was full of vicissitudes, but he did not have a sad expression, as if he was talking about something very ordinary, as if he was telling a story about someone else.

He suddenly smiled bitterly, took a sip of water, and continued:

"As the war became bigger and more lively, there were several errand men in the village, they were the Han conscription and grain conscription officers, and every time they came, they had to take away a group of old people who could still hold spears, and take away children who still had a little strength! In the end, only the old man who could barely move and the ignorant children were left in the village, waiting to die in the village! ”

Speaking of this, the old man paused, at this time Liu Xiu's eyes were full of sad and angry expressions, but there was no expression on his face, obviously he was trying his best to suppress, he turned his head, looked at the old man's desolate and fragile figure, and said:

"And in the end?"