Chapter 112: The Road to Exile
The two of them became prisoners, so naturally they couldn't wear the brocade clothes on their bodies, especially Gu Jue was still wearing the general's armor, which was really not good.
Soon the jailer threw over two jet-black prison clothes and asked the two of them to change into them.
Yu Zhiyan faintly saw the lice all over it through the faint light outside the window, and he didn't know which death row prisoner had passed through before.
Gu Jue stretched out his hand and took off the armor on his body, and then threw it along the fence to the guard. The golden helmet fell to the ground, and there was no more scenery on the battlefield in the past.
After he finished taking it off, he looked at the jailer coldly, "Don't turn your face away yet." β
The jailer snorted coldly, and didn't bother with him, but turned his face away.
Gu Jue stood in front of her, and then reached out to help her untie the outer robe on her body, and the brocade she took off looked very ironic compared to the dirty prison clothes.
Yu Zhiyan was about to put on his prison clothes, but he stopped him.
He untied the last of his dirty garments, and draped them over Yu Zhiyan's body. His broad chest was exposed to the cold of the prison, and even his skin seemed to have a layer of cold condensation.
Gu Jue also threw Yu Zhiyan's clothes to the jailer, and after the jailer left, Yu Zhiyan reached out and took off the dirty clothes again, wanting to put them on him.
"How can a clean man like you stand those prison clothes, so let's put them on." As Gu Jue spoke, a white mist appeared on his lips.
Yu Zhiyan immediately put on the unbearable clothes without care, and then said: "What else can't stand now." β
The two men were talking, but they heard a hurried footstep outside the prison, but it was the eunuch who had come to announce the decree.
Gu Jue sighed, "It's time to come." β
Yu Zhiyan followed him to his knees slowly, just waiting for everyone's end.
The minister who passed the decree quickly finished reading the decree, and then respectfully handed it to Gu Jue, "The Queen Mother remembers your merits, only your life is kept, she asked me to bring you a message, if you have half a point of irregularity in Huaiyin, the Queen Mother will not spare it next time." β
Gu Jue took a deep breath, and then took the edict, "Remember, the slave of sin." β
Yu Zhiyan knelt behind him, but his heart was mixed, and the decree said that he only confiscated the property of her uncle's family, and did not dispose of the two old men, but his cousin would follow them to Lingnan.
And none of the slaves in the Chengguo Mansion were spared, and they were all sent to the land of Lingnan.
Yu Zhiyan knew that Lingnan was a wild place, and the pain was unspeakable, and the way to distribution was even more difficult, she often heard people mention that the Huangquan Road in the Yin Si Hell was the most difficult, and the road to the frontier was worth hundreds of Huangquan Road.
Gu Jue and Yu Zhiyan set off on the second day, and when the sky was slightly bright, they were shackled and escorted out of the prison.
When the first rays of morning light fell on Yu Zhiyan's eyes, there was a stinging pain in her eyes, and then she sighed that she was really alive.
The way out of the city was full of people, but not a single person threw stones and eggs, and they all looked indifferently or wept in grief.
Gu Jue's deeds of going to the Xiongnu have long been circulated in the streets, and in the eyes of the people, he is a heroic man, but this hero was exiled by the Queen Mother.
Standing at the gate of the city, Gu Jue slowly stopped, turned his head and glanced at the city pass, his eyes were full of complexity.
The biting cold wind blew away the last bit of warmth on her body, and Yu Zhiyan turned her head to look at him, "Let's go, Donglang." β
Even if he is already a prisoner under the stairs, Gu Jue does not seem to be half embarrassed, as if he is just a gentleman who goes out of the city to play.
"We'll be back soon." Gu Jue's voice was solemn, "I will never let you suffer too much." β
When he had finished speaking, he turned and followed all the exiles, but before he had gone a few steps, he saw the sound of horses' hoofs, and it was a carriage galloping towards him, supported by the cavalry.
The guard who was riding at the front began to shout from a long distance, "His Royal Highness King Nanjing's carriage is here, don't get out of the way quickly." β
The soldiers who escorted them hurriedly waved the whips in their hands and shouted, "Get out of the way." β
With the sound of the whip falling into the flesh, the exiles soon rushed to their way.
However, just as the carriage passed among them, it stopped. Then Feng Huang slowly got off the carriage, he was wearing a dark narrow-sleeved python robe, and the cuffs were inlaid with gold thread auspicious clouds.
There was only a white jade pendant and a white coat, and the snow-white fox fur on the hood was mixed with snowflakes flying in the wind.
His splendid clothes were out of place with the exiles around him.
Under the strange gaze of everyone, he slowly walked in front of Gu Jue and Yu Zhiyan, and then said lightly, "Zhiyan, I have something to say to you, borrow a stepββγ β
Yu Zhiyan hadn't spoken yet, but Dong Lang beside her sneered and said, "There is something that can't be said in front of everyone." β
Feng Huang didn't care about Gu Jue's sneering words, and grabbed Yu Zhiyan's hand as soon as he stretched out his hand. A dignified prince and a sinner woman are pulling and pulling like this, what kind of system is this?
Gu Jue knew that he and Yu Zhiyan had become prisoners, most of them were thanks to this man, if he hadn't used Mo Shu as bait, how could the Queen Mother have disposed of him so easily.
"Don't let go yet." Dong Lang's eyes were full of anger.
Yu Zhiyan shook his head at him, signaling him not to be impulsive. Then she followed him slowly for a few hundred steps, until she stood under a pine tree.
When he stood still, Yu Zhiyan found that he was still holding his hand, and no matter how she struggled, he wouldn't let go.
"Let it go, dirty." Yu Zhiyan pulled her hand back vigorously, but saw that there were already a few faint red marks on her wrist.
Seeing her say this, Feng Huang smiled bitterly, but saw that her gray prison clothes were really dirty, "How can I ever dislike you." β
She raised her eyes, her eyes full of coldness, "It's not me who is dirty, it's you." β
Hearing this, he slowly let go of his hand, then lowered his head and smiled mockingly, "It turns out that I would be wrong." β
Yu Zhiyan looked up at him, "Gu Jue has fallen to this point, you are satisfied." It's just that you look at your current appearance, the scenery is infinite on the surface, but the heart is already rotten, smelly, and dirty. β
Feng Huang's hand was still frozen in the air, and it seemed that even the strength he had withdrawn had been squeezed dry, "I know you hate me now, but even if it's for Moshu, you just have to listen to what I say." β
As soon as she heard her son, Yu Zhiyan finally relented, and she slowly raised her head, "You say." β
He smiled faintly, and the haze under his eyes turned into rippling spring water in an instant, "I've already taken care of it, someone will naturally rescue you on the way, and those escorts will take care of everything." β
The way to exile was originally nine deaths, and a weak woman couldn't stand it, and died of illness on the way, which was very easy.
"Sure enough, the most scheming person in this world is His Royal Highness King Nanjing." Yu Zhiyan's voice was full of mockery, "Will Donglang come with me?" β
Feng Huang raised his head and landed his gaze on the needles on the pine tree, the sharp leaves piercing the icy snow.
"Let him go to Lingnan but die, which is already my greatest kindness to him."
Yu Zhiyan's eyes were icy, staring at him deadly, and suddenly smiled, "He and I are willing to live and die together, and blessings and misfortunes depend on each other." β
He had already guessed that this would be the answer, but he still showed disappointment. It's as if the originally empty heart has been stuffed with a heavy stone.
Feng Huang slowly took out a letter from his body, and then said: "You keep this letter, and when you get to Lingnan, you may be able to suffer less with it." β
"No need." He decisively refused.
Feng Huang didn't take it back because of her indifference, "If I were you, I would definitely take it well, because a moment of arrogance would make you a fish." β
Although Yu Zhiyan didn't know what was written in his envelope, she couldn't refuse at this time.
She reached out and took the letter, hiding it in her sleeve.
"No matter what you want to do in the future, I hope you never use Moshu as bait again, or I will never let you go." After she said this, she turned to leave.
However, before she could take a few steps, Feng Huang's voice came from behind her, "I will send this world to his hands." β
Yu Zhiyan's body stiffened, and he almost tripped over the iron shackles under his feet, "The world? I just hope that Moshu can grow up in peace and not get involved in your ambitions. β
After she finished speaking, she left without looking back.
Feng Huang stood under the pine tree, watching the exiled crowd slowly disappear into the woods. It wasn't until the sound of the chains grinding on the ground was completely inaudible that he muttered her name.
"Folding cigarettes."
The path of exile was thousands of miles away, and wherever it went, the county magistrates everywhere were in charge of it.
And Gu Jue and Yu Zhiyan were too important, so they were assigned a fairly solid room, and in addition to the two of them, there were two couples who didn't know what crime they had committed.
It turned out that although everyone in the Chengguo Mansion was confiscated, they were indeed exiled in batches, because they were afraid that if there were many people, they would defect, and then they were afraid that people would rob the prisoners.
Those who were exiled together with Yu Zhiyan and Gu Jue were just some former court officials, all of whom were more prominent.
Yu Zhiyan and Gu Jue found a relatively warm place in the house, the two of them sat against the wall, and Yu Zhiyan's head was also crooked on Dong Lang's body.
When he was about to fall asleep in a daze, the door of the house was pushed open, and a guard came in and put food in front of several people in the house.
It's just a steamed bun that looks hard, and Yu Zhiyan felt a flutter in her stomach when she saw it, because she was so hungry.
Two steamed buns were placed in front of everyone, no more, no less.
Yu Zhiyan casually took out one of the two in front of him and bit it in his mouth.
Dong Lang beside her has been pampered since she was a child, and she is only blindly arrogant, where has she ever eaten such a tasteless steamed bun. He picked one up unhurriedly and took a bite nonchalantly.
Yu Zhiyan, who was eating steamed buns, stopped his mouth suddenly, and then glanced at the remaining half of his steamed buns in disbelief.
Dong Lang saw that she was still looking like a hungry ghost just now, why didn't she eat it now, and hurriedly turned her head, "What's wrong?" β
She didn't answer, but reached out and snatched the steamed bun he had only bitten into, and broke it in half behind her.
"What's weird about that?" Dong Lang looked at the white steamed buns, could there be anyone who wanted to harm them.
Who knew that Yu Zhiyan casually handed his other steamed bun to him, and then said softly: "Eat this." β
Although Dong Lang felt strange, he still took a bite according to her instructions, and felt that it was wrong when he only bit into his mouth, and when he looked down, he saw that her steamed bun was full of meat.
He looked around, but saw that those people had already eaten half of it, and it was just ordinary steamed buns.
Only her inside was full of meat, which made Gu Jue a little confused, and only asked in a low voice, "How can this be?" β
She dodged her gaze, but still whispered a name, "It's Feng Huang." β
Feng Huang must have bought off the jailer and asked her to take care of her more, otherwise with her delicate body, she could only die on the way to distribution.
Dong Lang casually stuffed the meat steamed bun back into her hand, "You are weak, eat more." β
"I thought you'd be annoyed." Yu Zhiyan smiled faintly, "I didn't expect you to be so generous." β
"My hatred with him will be clear in the future, but now it is the most important thing to save my life, where to care about this." Gu Jue picked up the steamed bun that she had broken, and then ate it.
After walking for several days, I caught up with a blizzard, which added several layers of frost to the already cold day, but even if it was snowing heavily, I had to hurry.
Because they were afraid of being robbed and imprisoned, the people who left the capital, and the people in other places did not know what crime they had committed, and the people who passed through these cities had long been accustomed to this, and they did not feel novel.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, they arrived at Huaizhen. When entering the city, Yu Zhiyan felt that the two of them were too embarrassed, so he took some snow with his hands, and after it melted, he soaked his cuffs and wiped the mud off his face.
After wiping it, he wiped the mud on Gu Jue's face on tiptoe.
Gu Jue couldn't help frowning, "It's washed up this time, and it's dirty to sleep at night, so why bother." β
She couldn't help but chuckle, "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, naturally it is necessary to be clean, and it is also auspicious." β
And on Chinese New Year's Eve, most of the city is already lively, it is not a very rich town, and the streets are also lined with clay figures, lanterns, couplets, door paintings and the like.
And the arrival of Gu Jue and Yu Zhiyan made Huaizhen uneasy.
The people gathered on the street pointed at the two people, it turned out that their faces were full of dust before, and others couldn't see clearly, and this was cleaned up, and with their faces, they couldn't be separated in peace.
Those girls didn't care whether they were prisoners or not, and threw fake flowers with yarn in their hands into Gu Jue's arms. And those men didn't hesitate to stuff things into Yu Zhiyan's hands.
The soldier saw that he was in confusion, and hurriedly ran over with his sword.