Hongzhou Continent, Guxi County, Jingliao County.

The sun is shining, a large area of rice fields has long been dry, the sparse rice ears are covered with locusts, originally here should be growing a golden piece of rice, but after several years of drought and natural disasters, the rice fields at this moment have become a big road for everyone to walk, the already sparse rice ears, under the trampling of countless people, completely died.

Refugees can be found everywhere in the dry countryside, their clothes shabby, their bones are as thin as wood, their faces are bloodless, and their bodies have long been overwhelmed after a long walk. "Hey, old man, are you alright?" saw an old man fall, and a handsome young man hurriedly ran over to help him up. But the old man waved his hand and said weakly: "Child, don't worry about me, keep walking, old man, I'm just a little tired and want to rest." ”

"Old man, don't be reckless, look at how hungry you are," the young man picked up the old man, took out a steamed bun and a bag of soy milk from his purse, due to the hot weather, the steamed bread and soy milk were warm, handed the steamed bread and soy milk to the old man, and said: "Old man, come, this is what I brought from my hometown, taste it." The old man was already desperate, but when he saw the food handed by the young man, his eyes immediately lit up, and he grabbed the steamed bun and put it in his mouth, but before the old man could put it in his mouth, more than a dozen old and weak women and children had already rushed over, grabbed the steamed bun and ran.

"Hey, stop,"

"Say what about you, stop, bring it to you." The young man's reaction was not slow, and at the same time as the steamed bun was shot, he immediately rushed forward, ruthlessly snatched the steamed bun back, pursed his lips, and said with a smile: "Auntie, I said that you are fast enough, so many people have never shot you." ”

"Child, look at me, I haven't eaten for a few days, and I'm dying of hunger if I haven't eaten anymore, please, return the steamed buns to me," "Auntie, look at you, and you, you can run and jump, grab the steamed buns so fast, how can you starve to death so easily, look at this old man again, the hungry are fainting, if he doesn't eat again, he will really starve to death, do you just bear to watch him starve to death?" The boy said.

Everyone lowered their heads, the aunt slowly stood up and continued to walk slowly with everyone in front, I don't know whether they felt ashamed after listening to the young man's words or because they felt that they couldn't take back the food from the young man, and when everyone left, the young man turned around and handed the steamed bun to the old man, and the old man immediately took it and devoured it.

Wang Xu, a teenager in the 21st century, came here by accident, and after two days, under Wang Xu's inquiry, he finally knew where he had come.

Here, there is no Luoyang Chang'an, there are no three emperors and five emperors, and there is no Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, this is a different world, everything here is isolated from the outside world, it is an independent space, and everything on the earth has nothing to do with here.

The only thing that is the same as the earth is that there is also an emperor here, the emperor's surname is Zhou, and the country name is Hong Zhou. From the day of the existence of the Hongzhou Continent, it has been ruled by the Hongtian Empire, and it has been 972 years so far, and the empire has continued for nearly a thousand years, so that the emperor at this time has no original benevolence; Officials **, oppress the people, mourn the wilderness, and the people are not happy.

"Child, I'm done eating, let's continue on our way," the old man ate the steamed bun and drank soy milk, and gradually began to recover his strength, and stood up and said.

Wang Xu walked forward with the old man in his arms and asked, "Old man, where are we going, if we continue like this, I'm afraid that we will starve to death tomorrow." ”

"Child, I know you're hungry too, but we have to move forward, and we can only survive when we get to the county," "Go to the county?" Are you going to ask for food? , Lao Tzu would rather starve to death than be a beggar," Wang Xu rolled his eyes, depressed for a while, in the 21st century, I often read time-traveling novels, and people are drunk and lying on the knees of beauties, waking up to control the world. Lao Tzu finally crossed over and traveled to another world to ask for food? Besides, the food here is bad enough, so how bad is the food going to be? Wang Xu couldn't imagine it.

"Child, don't worry, I have a big house in the county town, and I have everything to eat, and when I get there, I will definitely let you eat enough."

Wang Xu stopped suddenly, and carefully observed the old man in front of him, wearing a purple and gray robe, a dragon-patterned belt tied around his waist, and an ancient crown, although he was gray-haired, but it was difficult to hide the nobility of that face, as far as Wang Xu knew, the people in this place believed in the dragon god; As long as you swear to the dragon god, you will keep your promise; Wang Xu laughed twice and said: "Old man, I don't believe that you have a big house in the county town, if you have a big house, what are you still doing here, in order to prove that you are not lying, do you dare to swear to the dragon god?" ”

"How can this be reasonable, who are you to be an old man? Now that my words have been spoken, I must practice what I say, how can such a trivial matter bother the dragon god! The old man looked angry, and said: "You can rest assured, as long as you get to the county seat, the old man will let you eat enough." ”

Wang Xu kept asking the old man to swear to the dragon god, but the old man kept angrily refuting Wang Xu, and the two quarreled all the way to the county seat.

Guxi County, although the palace of Guxi County in the palace is not as majestic and magnificent as the imperial palace of the imperial capital, but it is only slightly small, and its style is also built by imitating the imperial palace of the imperial capital, the golden glazed tiles shine dazzling in the sun, the surrounding of the main hall, the ancient trees are towering, the green trees are shady, the red walls and yellow tiles are brilliant, on the golden lacquer throne in the palace, there is a king who looks down on the world, underneath, singing and dancing, the sleeves are fluttering; The bell rings the chime, the music is melodious, the sandalwood lit on the pedestal, the smoke is filled, the deep palace, the erosion and drunkenness of the gold fan, the human nature is completely decayed.

"Report" A soldier quickly ran into the main hall, and dozens of singers who were dancing on the main hall immediately retreated, this is the ancestral system of the Hongtian Empire, but all major events, or front-line military information, do not need to report, all military information can go directly to the front of the palace; The singer retreated, and the soldiers came to the hall and knelt on one knee, and reported: "Yu Shizi, the prince's carriage passed through Jingliao County, but it was attacked by the bandits of Tianyunzhai, and hundreds of Yulin troops were wiped out, and the prince's whereabouts were unknown, and he didn't know where to go. ”

"Bold bandits, dare to attack the frame of the prince's car, come and immediately transfer 3,000 troops to exterminate the bandits." A majestic voice sounded in the main hall, and Zhou Yi, the son of King Guxi, ruled on his father's behalf when he left the palace. "Wait, Yu Shizi, the prince was killed, his life and death are unknown, he should immediately send someone to look for it, as for the bandits, the generation, He Lao's army will be conscripted and suppressed, so that his local county soldiers will be exterminated."

"What Uncle Wang said is extremely true, the little nephew almost missed the big thing," glanced at the person who spoke, it was the brother of the King of Guxi, his uncle Zhou Bo, in charge of the palace of three thousand Yulin Army, responsible for the security of the palace, guarding the palace for many years, loyal to the King of Guxi, and also the biggest threat to Zhou Yi, this time the King of Guxi was killed, a golden opportunity, as long as he can't return to the royal city, he is a new generation of King Guxi, thinking about this, Zhou Yi's eyes lit up, glanced at the henchman standing next to him, and said: "I don't know which general is willing to go to find the prince." ”

"The last general is willing to go," Zhou Yi cast a gaze, Aguche immediately understood, got up and said.

"Okay, General Agu is loyal to the city, this son ordered"

"Wait," Zhou Yi's evil intentions are not known to everyone, as the commander of the Yulin Army, Zhou Bo can be said to know very well, and he is also repeatedly wary of this nephew, this time the prince was killed, not to mention whether it has anything to do with it, in terms of his temperament, he will never let the prince return to the royal city safely, thinking of this, Zhou Bo did not hesitate, and said: "Yu Shizi, General Agu is the general of the army in my Guxi County, and he has a great responsibility, this matter of finding the prince is still done by the old minister, the old minister is the commander of the Yulin Army, and it is the dereliction of duty of the old minister not to protect the prince. It is supposed to find the prince and make up for it. Zhou Bo will cut a bar, as early as Zhou Yi expected, although he was very annoyed, but he didn't mess up, thought about it, and said: "Uncle Wang, your Yulin army has a total of 3,000 people, if they are all transferred to find the prince, then who will guard the palace?" Uncle Wang didn't have to argue, the matter was decided, and General Agu went. "Shizi, the old minister advises you to think twice, don't go your own way, my three thousand Yulin army can block the palace in an instant, no matter how brave General Agu is, he can't protect you." "Old horseman, do you want to fight? Ben will be able to take your head in an instant. The long sword came out and pointed at Zhou Bo angrily.

"Presumptuous, Aguche, don't put down your sword yet." Zhou Yi was about to be mad by Agu Che at the moment, from the royal city to the palace are Zhou Bo's people, in addition to the three thousand Yulin army, there are also the four forbidden armies, if he really kills Zhou Bo, how can he live.

"No" Zhou Yi's order was a holy decree for Aguche, and when he heard the order, although he was unwilling, he put down his sword and stood aside.

Agu Che put down his sword, Zhou Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Uncle Wang, you said that General Agu can't go, and your Yulin army is not strong enough, I don't know what Uncle Wang's good plan is?" ”

Zhou Bobo straightened his clothes calmly, and replied: "Shizi, the old minister suggested that a thousand soldiers from each of the four forbidden armies should be transferred to find the prince, and General Zhao Qing would be in charge, I don't know if it is possible." Before Zhou Yi could speak, a tiger general came out behind Zhou Bo, dressed in heavy armor, seven feet tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, Zhao Qing said loudly: "Please rest assured, if you can't find the prince, the last general is willing to apologize." ”

"This" Zhou Yi rolled his eyes, Zhao Qing is Zhou Bo's apprentice, Zhao Qing goes, what is the difference between going to Zhou Bo, alas, there is nothing to do today, if you continue to make trouble, it will not be good for you, Zhou Yi nodded and said: "Okay, since this is the case, General Zhao will go, but if you can't find the prince, don't blame the ruthless military law of this world." ”

"Order." Zhao Qing took the order and turned away.