Chapter 21: Departure
The children of the royal family, the proud sons of the sky, have supreme status, identity, and power, as well as hardships, cruelty, and bloodshed that ordinary people can't imagine! The battle for succession is a struggle for power, a battle for fate, or a battle for life and death!
For the throne, although Wen Bin and the four princes have been planning for a long time, they are basically in the wait-and-see stage and have not taken a step forward. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoToday, these two holy decrees are equivalent to a boost, allowing the two of them to officially embark on the road to succession!
The next day, outside the palace of Guoyi County, the flags were displayed, and the people were strong and strong. A group of about 150 soldiers stood at the main gate of the palace, each wearing battle armor, carrying a quiver, a strong bow, a spear in his hand, and a horizontal sword at his waist.
Soldiers and war horses, silent, the momentum of iron-blooded slaughter permeated it, only more than 150 people, more than 150 horses, unexpectedly showing the trend of thousands of troops!
At this time, the gate of the palace slowly opened, and everyone rushed out, and the person at the head was Chen Lixuan, the king of Guoyi County. The slaughter outside the palace gradually weakened with the appearance of these people, Rao was like this, the soldiers were still motionless, looking ahead, and the formation was not chaotic at all!
"Good! It is worthy of being the most elite forbidden army in my Great Chu Country, and the military is at its peak, which is really the luck of my Great Chu! ”
"What the four princes said is extremely true!" Wen Bin stood beside the four princes, looked at the scene in front of him, and said solemnly.
"Haha, it's not too early. Bunzaburo, it's time for you to go! It's a long way to go, and you're shouldering a heavy burden, so you should take care! ”
"Xie Fourth Prince cares!"
"Xuelan, Wen Saburo will entrust it to you, you must take care of it!" After saying this, the fourth prince turned his head to look at the other side again, and said, "Liu Jun! Zeng Chen! The two of you must ensure the safety of Wenhou and never make any mistakes! ”
"Yes!" Fu Xuelan and the two shadow guards replied in unison.
As he spoke, a general in bright armor walked out from the back of the crowd, gave a military salute to the four princes, and then said, "Four princes! Wenhou! It's time to go. ”
The fourth prince nodded, gently patted Wen Bin's shoulder with his hand, and said take care! Wen Bin didn't speak, just smiled slightly, and then turned around and walked towards the carriage headed by him. After Xue Lan and the others saluted the four princes, they hurriedly turned around and followed Wen Bin's footsteps.
The officials of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Metropolitan Water Supervision who accompanied them bowed their hands to the four princes, and later they all walked to their carriages.
After everyone got into the carriage, the general in armor faced the four princes again and said respectfully: "The four princes, now that they are ready, can they go?" ”
"Exactly! Captain Zheng, there are many soldiers on this trip! ”
"Order!"
After speaking, Captain Zheng turned around and walked towards the front of the team, and after a while, he walked to his war horse, turned over his horse, pulled the reins, and shouted loudly: "Go!" ”
At the sound of the order, the army pulled out, and the accompanying convoy began to move slowly, and the whole team rushed in the direction of the city gate. The four princes stood motionless, their eyes moving with the movement of the convoy, and they were speechless for a long time, until the team completely disappeared, and then let out a soft sigh.
"Alas!"
Lizhou in the north is very far away from the capital, and due to the urgency of the situation, the convoy traveled day and night in an attempt to arrive as soon as possible. The hardships along the way were temporarily untabled, and seven days later, Wen Bin and others finally arrived in Lizhou.
If what Wen Bin and the others saw a few days ago was a paradise on earth, then since yesterday, they have come to hell on earth! Along the way, starvation was everywhere, and the people dragged their families with their mouths, all of them were yellow and thin, and maybe in the next moment, they would fall on the side of the road and never get up again.
The victims looked at the convoy with hopeful eyes, hoping that someone would do well and give them a bite to eat. When this gaze fell on the weapon in the soldier's hand, the gaze of hope instantly transformed into a gaze of fear, and there was even a hint of anger in it! These eyes, a mixture of hope, fear, and anger, pierced the hearts of the soldiers and the people in the car.
Due to the crowd of victims on the official road, the speed of the convoy was not fast, and the soldiers had to do their best to protect the carriage to prevent accidents. Although they had great pity on the victims, the soldiers could only keep the suffering civilians at a distance from the convoy through constant reprimands.
Cries, cries for help, begging, shouting, the sound is heard. At this moment, whether it is Wen Bin in the past or Wen Bing from the future, there is no such tragic situation in the two memories, and this trip is too touching for Wen Bin.
After a long time, Wen Bin retracted his gaze, lowered the curtain, leaned his back against the carriage, looked around at the several people in the carriage, and said, "Jiang Yuanwailang, when will the grain allocated by the household department be transported to Lizhou?" ”
"Back to Wenhou, according to the time, the first batch of grain should arrive six days ago, and the second batch of grain should arrive five days later." An official in a green round-necked robe quickly sat up straight and replied respectfully.
"When the first batch of food has arrived, why are so many people fleeing the country, and everyone doesn't look like they have enough food?"
"This ...... I don't know if I'm going to do it! The specific distribution is presided over by local officials! ”
"Oh! Ben Hou knows! Captain Zheng, how much food do we have now? ”
"Back to Wenhou, you can arrive in Licheng tomorrow, in addition to normal consumption, there is still some surplus!"
Hearing Captain Zheng's reply, Wen Bin lifted the curtain sideways, his eyes fell on the surrounding victims through the car window, and after a while, he said, "Then now distribute some surplus food to these victims, okay?" ”
"Wenhou, this move must not be done!"
"I can't help it! Wenhou! ”
Contrary to Wen Bin's expectations, a series of objections sounded in the carriage, and at this time, Wen Bin was stunned and asked puzzled: "Why?" Do you want to watch them starve to death? ”
"Wenhou! Not to mention how much surplus grain we still have in our hands, just how to distribute it? It's enough to stump us! There are so many people in the disaster that it is impossible to take care of them. Only a small percentage of the victims will receive relief, so what will happen to the majority of the victims? Driven by hunger, they will surely storm the convoy and grab food! At that time, Wenhou, all the officials, and the brothers of the forbidden army will all encounter misfortune! ”
"Wenhou! Captain Zheng is right! This opening can't be opened! At this moment, because the victims are psychologically afraid of the officers and soldiers, our safety can still be guaranteed. If they put grain at this time, once the food is not enough, they will pounce on them with red eyes! With more than 150 officers and soldiers, how can they resist? Wenhou! The overall situation is important! ”
Several officials, you and I keep talking word by word, in short, it can be summed up in one sentence, that is, absolutely not!
"Alas! That's it! That's it! Everything is as you say! Just when the sound in the carriage reached its peak, Wen Bin said helplessly.
After saying this, Wen Bin leaned against the carriage, closed his eyes, and stopped talking. Seeing this, several officials also closed their mouths in amusement. The originally fierce and lively conversation in the carriage came to an abrupt end, and everyone was closing their eyes to recuperate.
After two hours, the official road became more and more open, and the number of victims became scarce. At this point, the convoy stopped moving forward and rested on the spot.
When the carriage came to a complete stop, several officials hurriedly said goodbye to Wen Bin, and then jumped out of the carriage impatiently and ran towards their own carriage.
After a while, Fu Xuelan returned to Wen Bin's carriage, and as soon as she entered the carriage, she found that the latter's face was very bad. Seeing this situation, Fu Xuelan hurriedly asked, "Childe! Are you not feeling well? ”
Wen Bin smiled, then turned his head to look out the car window. At the end of the eye, a middle-aged woman was kneeling on the ground and crying, and in front of her lay a child about seven or eight years old. Judging by the child's state, nine times out of ten, he has left the world. There is no saddest thing in the world than this!
Wen Bin couldn't look any further, and after a while, he withdrew his gaze, and then stared at Fu Xuelan deadly, and said word by word: "Moth, worm, defeat, country, I, must, sweep, sweep!" ”