The two emperors were escorted separately. From the day Zhao Huan was relieved, he was forced to change into a green coat, wear a felt hat, ride a black horse, and follow the prisoner brigade to the north. From the appearance, no one can tell that he is an emperor. Because the Jin army was afraid that the local states and counties of the Song Dynasty would raise troops to intercept prisoners. When it was time to cross the mountain, the Jin army tied the emperor like a dumpling and tied it to a horse to prevent escape.

It was still daytime, and when it was time to set up camp in the evening, he and Zhao Xin, the king of Qi, Zhao Zhan, the crown prince and other most important relatives and nobles, were gathered in a small tent, and when they slept, they tied the emperor, empress, horses, and ministers with ropes, and not hand to hand, but the head of this person was connected to the feet of that person. In this way, it is even more impossible to run.

Shameful, unbearable! In the extreme torment, Zhao Huan was sad and indignant, he looked up to the sky and cried, but suddenly there was a shouting and scolding, which made him dumb, so he was also tied to the horse during the day. The respect of the Son of Heaven, the supreme multiplication, has fallen to this step of the field. Just cross the Yellow River like this!

Zhao Ji and his entourage set off by more than 800 ox carts, accompanied by ministers Yang Shidao, Cao Xun, Wang Ruochong, Zhang Wei, Bai Yi, Chen Guoting, Jiang Yaochen, Ding Fu, etc., as well as Yun Wang Zhao Kai, Ma Duwei and others, and then Empress Zheng, Qiao Guifei, Cui Shufei, Wang Guifei, Wei Xianfei and other concubines and palace maids more than 200 people, this group totaled more than 1,400 people.

In order to prevent Huizong and his entourage from colluding with the outside world, the Jin army replaced all the people who drove the car with Jurchens who did not understand the language from the north of Bianjing. Zhao Ji, who has been living a life of brocade clothes and jade food since he was born, has coarse tea and light food along the way. Miserable, humiliated and tortured.

They crossed the river on the fifth day of the fourth month. They avoided the county seat and official road guarded by the Song army on the Hebei Road, and retreated north as soon as possible from the small road. Contrary to the expectations of Zhao Ji and others. Along the way, there was not a Qinwang Song army that came out to intercept it. In the summer, there were days of rain, and every night, the Jin soldiers could also take shelter from the rain in their tents, while a large group of low-level Song prisoners could only be drenched in the rain. Treks on muddy roads resulted in damage to vehicles, the death of cattle and the death of captives.

Due to the lack of food, the Jin army did not provide food, and even Zhao Ji had to pick wild fruits and mulberries to satisfy his hunger. They marched to the capital store in the Qingyuan Prefecture, and his younger brother Zhao Yu, the king of Yan, was starved to death. Zhao Ji stroked the corpse and cried: "Brother, you are still lucky, at least you died on your own land, and we are afraid that we will all become foreign ghosts!" ”

There were no coffins in the army, and the corpses were temporarily collected in a manger, exposing their feet. This is the most unlucky and sad thing for the ancients who attached great importance to funerals. Unable to come to see the dead man, Zhao Ji led King Yan's wife Guo Shi, sons Zhao Youliang and Zhao Youzhang to kneel. He requested that his wife and children send the body of King Yan back to Henan for burial.

Han was not allowed to leave, so he ordered the body to be burned, and his wife and children went to Yanjing with the bones. A fifty-man commander of the Jin army could no longer intercede with the Song captives, and he led a group of soldiers to pick up a pile of miscellaneous wood from the nearby rubble. After lighting the fire, throw the body of King Yan into the fire. Zhao Ji, Guo Shi and others could only crouch on the ground and howl.

At that time, cremation was the most taboo in the upper class, but it was already the most popular funeral among the captives. Because there are a large number of corpses of Song prisoners every day. They were all casually thrown into the wilderness. It is clear that the women have suffered much more than these men. In addition to starving and sleeping in the open, they also have to deal with the insults and harassment of the birds and beasts of the Jin Kingdom at any time...

April 25. When the Jin army arrived in Zhaozhou, Han Li was also relieved, thinking that the work of escorting the prisoners and treasures was already halfway over, so he was not in a hurry to go north. Their top priority was to capture the adjacent Zhending Mansion, which made him very annoyed, Dingzhou was not captured at that time, and now Zhending was lost again, and he ordered Yan Xiyin to go to attack and capture the two towns.

Zhao Ji was also able to breathe, this day was resting, suddenly the chamberlain Bai Yi entered with a person, it turned out that this person was Wuyi Doctor, Pavilion Gate Xuanzan Shesheren, Guan Gou Longde Palace Cao Xun, he and his late father Cao Group were good at writing poems and lyrics, and were used, but according to the rules of the Song Dynasty, although they were scribes, they were awarded military rank officials.

"Wechen got acquainted with a commander of a thousand in the Jin army, and if there was an opportunity, he should escape and return to the south. To the south of the river, there is still King Kang, Hebei heard that the King of Qin occupied Zhending and forced the army to stop, I don't know what the official decree is? Cao Xun entered the house and immediately knelt down to ask An to say.

"Tatar is still alive?" Zhao Ji was stunned.

"Emperor, I have asked Chen Guoting, he was once a member of King Qin's staff to know the inside story, and King Qin just cast a spell and left the Jingshi, and did not pass away!" Bai Yi hurriedly said.

"If you can escape south, it's good!" Zhao Ji couldn't help crying and said, and then ordered Concubine Wei Xian to take a collar of the Jara collar, that is, a vest, unwrap the collar on the spot, and use a brush to write the words "But it is true, come to save your parents", and then ask Concubine Wei Xian to sew it immediately.

"The ancestors of my Great Song Dynasty have not lost their virtues, and the people recommend them, so they can obey the people and protect the temple. If you see anyone, you can tell you, but if you have the policy of clearing the Central Plains, you will hold it, and you don't need to worry about the safety of your parents, just to clear the snow and accumulate anger. Zhao Ji instructed Cao Xun again.

"Wechen obeys!" Cao Xun bowed again and said.

"Yizu has an appointment, hidden in the Taimiao, and swears not to punish ministers, scholars and scholars, and the violators are ominous. Since the ancestors to me, the world has adhered to it, but since the official family ascended the throne, the punishment is too much, although today's disaster is not here, but the new monarch ascended the throne, he should also know this oath, and take killing as a warning. Zhao Ji thought about it and said.

After the instructions were completed, Zhao Ji asked Wei and his daughter-in-law to take out the tokens and hand them over to Cao Xun, and then ordered him to find the Queen Mother to pick up things, and after thinking about it, he handed over his small seal to King Qin. A few more people told a few more words, but Cao Xun was inconvenient to stay for a long time, so he retired immediately...

One day, Han couldn't help but suddenly become interested, and asked Liu Yanzong to find Zhao Ji, Empress Dowager Zheng and others, saying that the second prince wanted to invite them to watch the game. Zhao Ji liked to play football when he was young, and the dead Gao Yu was promoted by his cronies because he was good at playing football, but he didn't have much hobby for polo, but at this point, he couldn't help but go reluctantly. After playing, Han Li asked Zhao Ji to compose poems again, and prepared dinner to eat together.

The 'guest' owner was happy and relaxed his vigilance, and Cao Xun quietly slipped out of the city through the commander who had been paid in advance. But when he went out, he hesitated, whether he was going south or north, but he figured it out in a moment, it was really close at hand, and he had to cross the Yellow River to the south, so he looked at the direction and went north... (To be continued......)