Bai Ling's heart sank - it's Ah Li, it's really Ah Li!

Soldiers in armor pushed away civilians on either side, emptying the middle of the road.

The homeless man with his hands tied walked slowly forward.

Bai Ling struggled to squeeze through the onlookers in front of her, and she walked diagonally forward step by step, approaching the middle of the road.

Ah Li also saw Bai Ling who was approaching, and he looked sideways in a little panic, wanting to shout to ask Sister Bai Ling not to come over, but he was afraid that this shouting would cause more trouble to himself and Bai Ling.

Bai Ling finally struggled to squeeze to the front.

"Ah Li?" She walked slowly in the direction of the outcasts, and through the guards, she shouted, "What's wrong with you?" Why are they arresting you? ”

"I'm fine!" Ah Li hurriedly replied, "They don't want to arrest me, they want to take all the displaced people in the city to a camp on the south side of the city." I'm not an outcast, I'll explain things clearly when I get to the place in a while! ”

Refugee?

A camp in the south of the city?

Bai Ling was stunned for a moment, she looked sideways behind Ah Li - these ragged men, women, and children, people slowly moved forward with dazed expressions, and there was no end in sight to the flow of people behind them.

"How come I've never heard of any camps south of the city?" "What camp is it?" ”

"I don't know," replied Ah Li, "it seems to have been put up for the past two days, specifically for—"

The guards blocking the crowd on the side of the road tightened their eyebrows, and he raised his scabbard, "Where did you come from, wild girl!" Don't talk to the homeless! ”

Before he could slam his scabbard into Bai Ling, the guard suddenly let out a strange scream, and the knife in his hand fell down - Bai Ling didn't need to look to know what was happening.

But she still stepped back in amusement and stopped talking to Ah Li.

Bai Ling stood there and hesitated for a moment, and when she saw Ah Li walk six or seven steps forward, she frowned again and followed.

In the crowd, she simply threw away the vegetable basket in her hand, and just followed the line of homeless people silently outside.

Little by little, the procession moved south, the streets became more and more scarce, and the houses on both sides gradually fell into disrepair.

The large clouds drifting in the distance covered the daylight, and the sky was overcast, but I was afraid that it would rain again.

Along the way, ordinary people along the way kept poking their heads out of their homes to watch, and then shrank back.

She didn't know how long she had walked, or how far she had walked, until she had reached the gravel road at her feet that had become a trampled dirt road, and the stench of animal manure and the smell of forage was gradually filling the air—it was only at this moment that the southern walls of the city really fell into her view.

She felt a slight thirst in her throat, but there was clearly no place for her to drink.

For the first time, Bai Ling found out that Pingjing City was so big that the lives of people were so different from each other - if the courtyard of his humble alley was placed in the south of the city, it would probably be a good house.

It was at this time that Bai Ling finally saw the camp mentioned by Ah Li.

It was a simple, thick wooden fence with only one semicircle and the southern wall on the other side.

It can be called a camp only because there are dozens of tents set up here.

Bai Ling watched as Ah Li and a dozen people around him were pushed forward, and the soldiers at the door checked their clothes and belongings, then cut the ropes on the wrists of the homeless people, rediverted everyone, and drove them to different places.

After Ah Li and his party entered the camp, it was the turn of a dozen people tied up with ropes behind them.

- Ah Li was obviously thinking too beautifully, and he thought that someone would listen to him explain this place.

Bai Ling retracted his gaze and circled around the camp for half a circle, only to see that most of the homeless people in the camp had a dazed and haggard face.

The people inside were divided into different areas according to their gender and age, but in each area there were people sitting in groups of three or five, looking at the scene uneasily.

There are at least nearly 1,000 people here.

The sentry guarding the gate had already noticed Bai Ling strolling around—just that she was young and cleanly dressed, so he watched for a while, and when he saw that she looked suspicious, as if he was counting the number of tents here, the sentry immediately rushed over with his troops.

Bai Ling sensed the movement here and looked sideways.

She didn't run or hide, but walked in the direction of the sentry.

……

In the tent near the entrance to the camp, King Gong sat there, his expression calm, except that his hands under his sleeves kept knocking on his knees.

Chen Yicong stood behind his father, half-lowered eyes, and did not say a word.

The tents are almost separated from the camp, and there is a special entrance and exit. It is a place reserved for officials to rest and work.

There was a burst of footsteps outside, someone opened the curtain and entered the tent, King Gong looked up, but saw that the person who came was not Yin Zhengmi of Jingzhao Mansion.

The man looked like a soldier underneath, and when he saw that the people in the room were richly dressed, he didn't recognize them, and he was stunned for a moment.

"What's wrong?" King Gong asked.

Before the soldier could speak, Jingzhao Shaoyin came in a hurry outside, and when he entered the door, he severely reprimanded the soldier who broke through the door indiscriminately, and even pleaded guilty to King Gong and the prince again and again.

Hearing the two titles of "prince" and "prince", the soldier was startled, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

King Gong frowned slightly, "This king asked, what's going on outside, just say it." ”

"There was a girl who was sneaky outside, saying that she was from the palace, and the officials didn't know what to do, so they came to tell her...... Please, please show me. ”

"People in the palace?" Prince Gong looked at the man, "What's it called?" ”

"Bai Ling," replied the man, "he is the medicine of the Chengqian Palace." ”

Chen Yicong suddenly raised his head.

King Gong glanced at his son, "Did she tell her what she was here for?" ”

"Well, she said that one of her friends was also imprisoned in the camp, and she came specifically for that friend to meet our Shangguan here."

“…… This king is also waiting for the Shangguan here," King Gong sank the corners of his mouth, "What about Lord Zheng?" ”

That Jingzhao Shaoyin's face was a little ugly, "The lord is still arraigning the prisoner in prison, please ...... the prince"

"The king can wait, the emperor can't wait." King Gong said coldly, "He must give an explanation before tonight, it is useless to hide, if Lord Zheng is really busy, this king can go to see him in prison." ”

"No, no, Lord Zheng said, I will definitely come within an hour, and now half an hour has passed, please calm down and give Lord Zheng some more time."

King Gong took a deep breath and took a sip of the tea on the table.

"Go and ask that Kados medicine outside to come in and wait."