A month later, outside the Hangu Pass, on the official road.

Sima Jingwen returned to Beijing on the way to recover his life, the disaster was even worse, at a glance to the red land thousands of miles, along the way the displaced people dragged their families and mouths, in groups, from time to time walking and walking to the ground to leave starvation, and some people really couldn't stand hanging themselves on trees, and what they saw along the way was like hell on earth.

As a pariah, born in troubled times, life is like a mustard, who would care about the life and death of these people, although Sima Jingwen, the king of Langya, sighed, he could only be busy on the road......

"Childe, the front is Hangu Pass, after entering the customs, we can rest at the post station, and then leave tomorrow." Cultivating the Boundless Dao.

At this time, Sima Jingwen looked up in the direction of the city gate of Hangu Pass, and saw a large number of homeless people gathered outside the city gate, some of them were resting outside the gate, some of them gathered at the city gate and wanted to enter, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city were rudely beating and scolding the homeless people at the city gate.

Sima Jingwen drove his horse to the city gate and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Xiu Wuji shouted to the officers and soldiers guarding the city: "King Langya has arrived, hurry up to greet him."

When the officers and soldiers defending the city saw a young man with a lofty spirit, dressed in golden scale sleeve armor, a golden silk robe in the armor, a golden crown in his hair, a handsome appearance, a refreshing spirit, burning eyes, and a very graceful appearance, presumably this was the king of Langya, and he did not dare to slack off, and immediately fell to the ground to greet him.

The homeless people on the edge of the city knelt on the ground when they saw the officers and soldiers seeing a young general, and they also knelt on the ground one after another.

Sima Jingwen asked, "Why are so many displaced people gathered here?" ”

The officer guarding the gate said: "Back to the king of Langya, the disaster in Guanzhong, these untouchables are wandering around, especially in recent days, the number of displaced people has surged, and I am too afraid that these displaced people will pour into the imperial capital through Hangu Pass, and they are more worried about bringing in the epidemic and breeding epidemics, so they ordered that the displaced people are not allowed to pass through the customs." ”

Sima Jingwen heard the answer of the officer guarding the door, although Taishou's approach was not very humane, for the safety of Luoyang, Kyoto, there was nothing wrong, he looked around at the homeless people all over the ground, and only sighed and said to Wuji: "Go into the city!" ”

"Whoa!"

When the gatekeeper heard the order of King Langya to enter the city, he breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly got up from the ground, and commanded the soldiers: "Hurry, hurry, open the city gate!" ”

Just as the city gate was about to be opened, a woman was suddenly heard crying: "Girl, girl, girl, wake up, who will save my girl?" ”

Sima Jingwen turned his head to look when he heard the sound, and saw a group of people surrounding two young women, one woman was crying, and the other woman fell to the ground, seemingly unconscious.

Seeing that King Langya was watching intently, the officer guarding the city said: "I don't know how many times this kind of scene is staged a day, the untouchables are hungry, but there is nothing to be done." ”

Sima Jingwen ignored the words of the officers guarding the city, and said to Xiu Wuji: "Wuji, you go up and take a look." ”

"Whoa!" Xiu Wuji rode his horse to the homeless people and asked, "Who is on the earth and what has happened?" ”

As long as the woman cried and replied: "We are from Yushan outside Chang'an City, my girl has been running all the way, and she has barely eaten for the past two days, and she is afraid that she will not be able to stand it if she is weak." ”

Xiu Wuji looked carefully at the woman on the ground through the crowd, his face was shocked, he rode back to Sima Jingwen, and said to Sima Jingwen: "Lord, you still need to see it for yourself."

Sima Jingwen looked at Xiu Wuji's expression, remembered Murong Jia's entrustment, and already knew it in his heart, so he suppressed the excitement in his heart and jumped off the horse.

When the officers guarding the city saw that King Langya was so sensitive to the people's feelings, they immediately led the way and shouted: "King Langya has arrived, and he quickly dodged away." ”

The crowd suddenly flashed out of a road, and some homeless people took the lead and knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing: "King Langya, save us, we haven't eaten for a few days, and we're going to starve to death." ”

Sima Jingwen ignored the homeless people kneeling on the side of the road, and went straight to the two women, and looked at it intently, yes, these two were Yang Yun and Zhou Rong.

Sima Jingwen's heart was like a thousand deer running wildly, he calmed down, stabilized his emotions, and said to Xiu Wuji: "The two women are so weak that they can't help it, you can take them back to the post house and settle them down." ”

"Whoa!" Then Xiu Wuji picked up the woman on the ground.

Sima Jingwen just wanted to leave, but looked at the homeless people kneeling all over the ground, and said: "Everyone get up, this king will go to see Taishou now, and go see if there is a way." ”

When the homeless people heard this, it was like hearing the holy decree to save their lives, and they were very grateful, and some people even shouted: "It is this prince who ordered someone to give porridge and medicine some time ago." ”

Hanguguan Post House, Yicheng placed Mu Yixue and invited a doctor, the doctor was fine after the diagnosis, but he was tired and hungry, and he rested for a few days to ensure that his diet was good.

Sima Jingwen went to the Taishou Office, and at this time, Jiang Chong, the Taishou of Hangu Pass, received a report from the soldiers defending the city, and he was already waiting for him. Seeing Sima Jingwen coming, he stepped forward to see and led Jingwen to the public office.

Sima Jingwen said straight to the point: "Jiang Taishou, for the safety of Luoyang, the king agrees very much with not letting the exiles pass. But if there are too many displaced people and there is nowhere to go, I am afraid that the people will revolt, and then you will be punished for the crime of dereliction of duty. So we have to think of a perfect solution. ”

"What King Langya said is very true. To tell the truth, Xia Guan also thought of some methods, but they did not work, borrowed grain and porridge from large families in the city, and suggested that the various fiefdoms of the imperial court under his rule take in some disaster victims, but these big families were unwilling. These big families have an inextricable relationship with the family lords and important ministers of the court, and the lower officials really can't afford to offend. Jiang Chong said in a sincere tone.

Seeing that what Jiang Chong said was also true, and it was not to shirk responsibility, Sima Jingwen sighed lightly: "Jiang Taishou is dedicated to his duties, and this king is also in his eyes, and the current situation is beyond your ability alone." At this, he paused and asked, "How much grain do you have here now?" ”

"There is not much grain in stock, only enough for the sergeant for three months, does King Langya want to give porridge and release grain?"

"This little bit of food is not enough for soup kitchens, and once the porridge field is opened, more displaced people will come."

"What's that for?"

Sima Jingwen thought for a while: "This king suggested that Jiang Taishou should keep enough food for two months, take out some food relief and distribute it to the homeless, so that they can go to the land of Bashu, the country of abundance, through Hanzhong, where the land is rich in products, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the wind and rain are smooth all year round, if the homeless people can arrive, it will be a way to live, and I will ask the court to transfer some military food to you again." ”

"What King Langya said is extremely true, what he said is extremely true, and the lower officials admire it."

When Sima Jingwen came to Mu Yixue's place, it was already dinner.

Mu Yixue stepped forward and saluted Sima Jingwen and said, "The people's daughter Mu Yixue saw King Langya and thanked the prince for saving his life." ”

"Yun'er, I haven't seen you for many years, are you okay, how do you feel physically?"

"Thank you for remembering, it's no big deal!" Mu Yixue showed a slight smile and replied indifferently.

She hasn't been called Yang Yun for a long time, compared with five years ago, her eyes are clear and clean, with a different brilliance, but they are cold, so people don't dare to approach easily!

"Yun'er......" Sima Jingwen called softly.

"The Yun'er that the prince said is no longer alive, and the folk girl Mu Yixue must be a little similar to the prince's deceased."

Sima Jingwen saw that Yang Yun was so angry, and he really didn't feel good in his heart, but he didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, Zhou Rong stepped forward and said: "The folk girl Zhou Rong sees His Royal Highness the King of Langya, my girl is a little tired and in good spirits, please forgive me!" ”

Sima Jingwen nodded.

Zhou Rong continued: "Lord Wang, we are from Yushan near Chang'an, and our family is also a local wealthy family, and my girl is also raised like golden branches and jade leaves, and she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Helplessly, natural disasters and man-made disasters caused the girl's home to be ransacked by rogues. The old man was killed by the rogue, and the lady was too sad and went with the master. The girl and I had no choice but to run out. ”

Sima Jingwen wanted to say something more, but was blocked back by Zhou Rong: "Lord Wang, my girl is already in serious trouble, it is getting late now, the prince is precious, he needs to rest early, and the future will be long." ”

Sima Jingwen had already come back to his senses at this time and said: "Miss Zhou Rong is right, the coming day is long, tomorrow I will ask Xiu Wuji to find a car, and you will go on the road with me!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang, after Hangu Pass, it is not far from Luoyang, and Rong'er and I will be on the road for a few days." Yi Xue and Jingwen said politely.

"There are a lot of rogues on the road, you two women are afraid of accidents, it's better to go on the road with me, so be it, you guys rest early!" After speaking, Sima Jingwen pushed the door and left.

Early the next morning, Xiu Wuji informed the post keeper to prepare a carriage, and Jiang Taishou also brought a group of officials to the post house to see him off.

When Yi Xue got into the car, Jiang Taishou couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that the person rescued by King Langya turned out to be a beautiful woman.

Sima Jingwen snorted: "Jiang Taishou stays, don't leave it at that." ”

Jiang Chong dared to come back to his senses and respectfully bid farewell: "Congratulations to King Langya." ”

After walking for more than ten days, the convoy has been on the official road near Luoyang.

Zhou Rong opened the curtain from time to time to look at both sides, while Mu Yixue sat in the car and took a nap.

The car was bumped, Mu Yixue opened her eyes and lifted the curtain, looked out, and saw that it was still early, Mu Yixue put down the curtain, sighed, and closed her eyes slightly.

Along the way, she was thinking about her younger brother she hadn't seen for five years, how tall Jie'er was, what books she had read, and whether she had practiced self-defense;

Sometimes my thoughts drifted to the heart-rending night five years ago, and helplessness and pain invaded every corner of my heart, so cold and painful;

In the past five years, Yi Xue has wanted to return to Luoyang day and night to take revenge, but this Luoyang City has the memories that she is most reluctant to open, as well as the imperial snobbery that she must face, those pickled villains who step on the Yang family's flesh and blood to soar.

Zhou Rong saw that Yi Xue's eyelids twitched slightly, her palms were tightly clasped, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes, she understood in her heart, she wanted to comfort but knew that no words would help, so she sighed lightly and closed her eyes.

"Lord Wang, it's almost Luoyang City in front." It is Xiu Wujian who speaks.

Zhou Rong lifted the curtain and saw the city of Luoyang from afar: "Girl, it's almost time to Luoyang City." ”

"Yes, it's almost to Luoyang City." Yi Xue opened her eyes and said with a long sigh.

"Girl, are you worried that someone will recognize you?" Zhou Rong found a topic.

"I was originally a daughter in the boudoir, and there are not many people who know me, and the people related to the Yang family, extinguished, degraded, degraded, and escaped, it is estimated that no one recognizes me, not to mention that I don't need anyone to recognize me."

When Yi Xue said this, she lifted the curtain and shouted, "Stop!" ”

The car stopped, the driver put down the step stool, Mu Yixue got out of the car, Zhou Rong followed the car, Yi Xue looked at the red sky, and looked at Luoyang City in the distance: half of the city wall of Luoyang City is under the slanting sun, and the rammed earth of the green skin is glowing with orange-red light, and it is also the evening under the residual sun, but this Luoyang City has long been people........

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