Three days later, in the early morning, under the arrangement of Mr. Wang, Li Zhilian got into the truck of the Zhongluan City merchants who went to Xilin City to buy goods.

This is the first time she has gone far away since she came to this world, which reminds her of her previous life, when she lived in a small mountain village deep in the mountains for 18 years before she was admitted to university and went out

The Imperial Garden in the city of Ning. Zhou Zhi walked slowly in the garden, and the sound of footsteps behind him sounded, and a neestro flew over: "Your Majesty, Lord Shen Zhitang has something important to see."

Zhou Zhi stopped: "Call him in"

Shen Zhitang walked quickly in front of Zhou Zhi and knelt on his knees: "Minister Shen Zhitang to meet the emperor"

Zhou Zhi waved his hand and said, "Okay, get up and talk!" ”

Shen Zhitang stood up: "Xilin City six hundred miles urgent document, some refugees in the Western Zhou Kingdom have eaten the food donated by our country, and there are signs of poisoning, a small number of people have died, Yin Wang Changping of Xilin Mansion went to check, and was beaten to death outside the city by the rebels of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and now the city gate of Xilin City has been closed"

Zhou Zhi took the paperwork, read it quickly, and held it tightly in his hand: "A dignified mansion Yin was beaten to death by the rebels, is there no one in Xilin City?" ”

Shen Zhitang said: "Your Majesty, the minister feels that this matter is not simple!" It seems that someone is determined to provoke a war between the two countries" and then raised his head violently after thinking about it: "No~No~ The Western Zhou Kingdom has already closed the city gate to protect itself, leaving the border refugees to fend for themselves, they will no longer use this to start a war, who did that, and why is this?"

When Zhou Zhi heard this, he felt something in his heart, looked into the distance and said, "It seems that they have made another move."

Shen Zhitang was shocked and said, "Them?"

Zhou Zhiyi waved his hand and said, "I'll leave this matter to you to investigate!" ”

After Shen Zhitang left, a man in black wrapped tightly wrapped in his whole body walked out of the Imperial Garden Pavilion: "Is it too early to hand over this matter to Shen Zhitang now?"

Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "When the first emperor Li Hong gave him the word Zhitang, he said: Shen Zhitang knows the height of the temple, can understand the suffering of the people, and is a person who can do things for the people, I believe he will definitely bring us unexpected surprises."

Outside the southern Xinjiang country, Li Zhilian and his entourage traveled for half a day before leaving the mountain, and the carriage drove on a relatively stable official road, and Li Zhilian, who had been bumping all the way, was already sleepy, and fell asleep by the window after a while

"Give me something to eat!"

"Help us!"

"Give alms!"

Li Zhilian lifted the curtain: "Uncle Gu~ What happened?" ”

Uncle Gu turned around and said, "Alas! It's not those refugees from the Western Zhou Kingdom, it's all along the way, and it's also pitiful."

Li Zhipian looked at the newly built tombs not far away, and the victims kneeling on the side of the road and wailing, and wondered: "There have been neither natural disasters nor disasters here in recent years, how can this be?"

Uncle Gu replied: "It's normal for Miss Li to stay in the academy all the year round and don't know, in recent years, I don't know what happened to the dozens of kilometers near Nansha City in the Western Zhou Kingdom, and the crops can't be planted and haven't been harvested for several years."

Li Zhilian said: "Even the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty, how could they gather outside the Xilin City of the Southern Xinjiang Kingdom?"

Uncle Gu sighed: "Originally, the Western Zhou Dynasty also became a disaster relief service, but after several years of disaster relief, the country can't hold it!" The princes of the other fiefdoms refused to take them in, so they could only abandon the whole city."

Li Zhilian put down the curtain of the carriage, she was born in a prosperous era in her previous life, although she was in a remote mountainous area, she had never experienced such a scene, and her heart couldn't help but feel a little sour

The closer the carriage got to the city gate, the louder the wailing became, Li Zhilian couldn't help but open the car window, and there were women and old people sitting on the ground holding children. ”

Uncle Gu smiled and said: "Farewell girl, outsiders think that we are all traitors and evil people in Zhongluan City, this matter is laborious and unflattering."

A small line of merchants, Ma San, rode forward and said, "Uncle Gu, the city gate is closed, I'll go and ask."

Uncle Gu nodded and said, "Pay attention to the number of etiquette"

Ma San raised his whip and rode away, and came back in less than half a tea time: "Uncle Gu, the defender of the city said that the day before yesterday, these victims were poisoned by eating the porridge of Xilin City, and a group of people died.

Li Zhilian put the package that Aunt Lin had packed for her before going out, tidied up her clothes, and lifted the curtain of the carriage

Uncle Gu, who was sitting in front of the carriage, immediately jumped out of the carriage and helped Li Zhilian get out of the car

Li Zhilian stood firm and said, "Since the gate of Xilin City will not be opened recently, then Uncle Gu, do you want to rush back first?"

Uncle Gu and the several vendors who came with him glanced at each other and replied: "Look at this day, I'm afraid I'm going to go back at night now, so let's stay here for the night with the girl!" ”

The younger servants discussed it

"But this is not a place for people to stay!"

"Miss Li, this place is not far from the abandoned town when we came, let's go there for a night!"

"Yes! Oh, yes! It's better than being with these refugees! ”

Li Zhipian said: "It's okay, a few uncles should leave early!" You should be able to get to Forsaken before dark."

Uncle Gu hung his head and thought for a while, and said to his entourage: "Give the rest of the dry food to Miss Li, and we will go back."

Li Zhilian nodded and said, "Thank you, Uncle Gu."

Several vendors accompanying him handed over the dry food to Li Zhilian and rode away

Ma San rode around Uncle Gu's carriage and asked, "Uncle Gu, Miss Li is just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, is there really no problem with leaving her alone in this refugee pile?" ”

Uncle Gu shook his head and sighed, muttering in a low voice: "What is the problem with a person who can come out of the dark forest alive at the age of twelve?"

The young man didn't hear clearly, so he leaned sideways on his horse and asked, "Uncle Gu, what did you just say?"

Uncle Gu glanced back and said loudly: "I said, let's hurry up!" Otherwise, I will have to sleep in this deep mountain tonight."

Li Zhilian glanced around where her eyes could go, according to the basic knowledge she obtained from the books: the only intersection of the four countries of Zhongluan City, the big city gate in front should be the Southern Xinjiang Kingdom, the big canyon in the west is the direction leading to the Western Zhou Kingdom, and behind her is the road back to Zhongluan City, behind Zhongluan City should be the Beifeng Kingdom, and the big hillside in the east is the host country, but why are these refugees only piled up here, why don't they go to the host country and Zhongluan City?

Li Zhilian walked to the refugee shed built by the Southern Xinjiang Kingdom at the gate of the city, and the laughter of children could be heard in the distance.

Several women who were chatting outside the shed closed their mouths and picked up the wooden sticks on the ground when they saw Li Zhilian coming

When Li Zhilian approached again, he was separated by several women guarding outside with wooden sticks

The laughter of the children in the hut was gone

Li Zhilian raised his hands to show that he had no malicious intent, and a woman in gray linen took a step forward and shouted: "This is our possession, you go somewhere else!" ”

Li Zhilian smiled and nodded, caught a glimpse of several white and pure children in the grass hut coming out of half of their bodies, looking at her, looking up, looking up to see the hands of the women who came out with wooden sticks shaking, the defense on their faces became heavier, and they turned around and walked towards the opposite woods