At the end of October of the 31st year of Jingping, Tuoba Jue, the leader of the Xianbei tribe, unified the nomadic tribes and established the Northern Dynasty, with the country name Wei and the capital Pingcheng.

Since then, the vast land of Cangzhou in the northeast has been officially divided into two, with one-third of the land in the north belonging to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and two-thirds of the land in the south still belonging to the Liu Song Dynasty, which is called the Southern Dynasty by the world.

It has been more than 400 years since the founding of the Southern Dynasties, and the people are not able to live because of the mediocrity and incompetence of the current emperor and the gradual decay of the rule of the court officials.

But even so, the people still didn't dare to resist the Liu royal family, which was backed by immortals.

Because the Northern Dynasty also had the support of immortals, and the immortals were unwilling to sacrifice their time or interests for the sake of mortal affairs, the respective behind-the-scenes forces on both sides agreed that neither side would interfere in the disputes between the Song and Wei countries after discussing the distribution of their own interests.

Therefore, although the two countries fought to the death, they never used forces other than mortals.

The Northern Dynasty had strong soldiers and horses, and many people led by Emperor Tuoba were able to fight well and were very brave, while in the Southern Dynasty, only the Ren family army led by the general Ren Zixian could firmly hold the frontier.

After hearing the news that the old emperor of the Southern Dynasty and Liu Yuan of Song Xianzong relied on Ren Zixian and was also suspicious and jealous of Ren Zixian, they immediately spent a lot of money to buy Liu Yuan's henchman eunuch and He Qi, who had a gap with Ren Zixian.

Driven by personal grudges and moved by heavy profits, He Qi soon secretly negotiated a poisonous plan with the envoy of the Northern Dynasty to kill people with a knife.

At the beginning of July of the 35th year of Jingping, Liu Yuan, whose health was deteriorating, was finally moved by He Qi's words, in order to avoid Ren Zixian's self-respect after his death and threaten the throne of the next emperor, Liu Yuan secretly ordered He Qi, a regular servant, to go to the border pass in the name of the army, and find an opportunity to kill Ren Zixian, a general who resisted the invasion of the Northern Dynasties for ten years.

On July 12, the 35th year of Jingping, before Ren Zixian went to war, He Qi ordered a secret medicine called "Immortal Pour" in the Zhuangxing wine given by the emperor, which was colorless and tasteless, but it could make people paralyzed and lose their strength. Ren Zixian was seriously injured and disappeared before the battle, and his life and death are unknown.

The divisive plan was a complete success, and the monarchs and ministers of the Northern Dynasty took advantage of the victory to pursue and captured three cities in a row from July 12 to July 17, and the Southern Dynasty was defeated like a mountain.

In the troubled times, the people of the Southern Dynasties were killed and plundered, and the suffering was even worse.

On July 18, He Qi, who could no longer control the situation, fled to the capital in a hurry.

On July 19, Liu Yuan of Song Xianzong received a secret report from He Qi that he had drugged Ren Zixian, and he immediately sent another confidant eunuch, Zhao Jun, a member of the Zhongchang Chamberlain, to the Ren family's summer retreat in the Funiu Mountains and in the upper reaches of the Ru River to kill the wife and children of the general Ren Zixian.

On 20 July, Liu Yuan, Song Xianzong, who had received several urgent news from the border gates, was so angry that he couldn't afford to fall ill.

On July 24, Zhao Jun, a member of the Zhongchang Chamberlain, led a team of plainclothes guards to surround the Ren family's courtyard, and the general Ren Zixian's deputy general Deng Xibin, who was left to protect his wife and children, asked people to report to Ren Zixian's wife Yao Yuzhi, and at the same time organized the family to desperately delay time.

Zhao Jun, the regular attendant, was afraid that if the time dragged on for a long time, the ladies in the backyard would slip away, so he asked people to pile firewood, pour oil, and set fire to the periphery of the courtyard.

In order to help her master escape, Yao Yuzhi's two henchmen changed her clothes to attract the attention of the guards who had already broken into the courtyard.

One of them set fire to the house in front of the Ouchi guards, trying to misunderstand that Yao Yuzhi was preparing to self-immolate, and the other took the other two girls who were close to Yao Yuzhi, protected by several guards and grandmothers, and left the Ren family's courtyard by water in a small boat.

Like other courtyards built here, the water in the courtyard is directly connected to the tributaries of the Ru River outside, and there are special secret doors on the walls of the Ren family's courtyard.

Yao Yuzhi's three maidens and several guards and grandmothers left from the secret door downstream in a small boat, attracting the attention of the Ouchi guards who were still searching around, while Yao Yuzhi and her two children were knocked unconscious by Deng Xibin and Deng Qin's husband and wife, hid in a box, and quietly transported out of the courtyard from the upstream of the current.

When the fire in the courtyard reflected half of the sky, Deng Xibin and Deng Qin, who were already exhausted, dragged the heavier and heavier wooden boxes ashore.

At this time, they had already arrived at the source of the tributary of the Ru River, which was about five miles away from the Ren family's courtyard, and there were no pursuers behind them for the time being.

"Quick, quickly help the lady, the young lady, and the young master up. Deng Xibin said to his wife, Deng Qin, while opening the wooden box that had already seeped into a small amount of river water.

Deng Qinshi gasped and nodded to him, and then hugged Ren Hanyue and Ren Hantang who were asleep without saying a word.

Placing the two children flat on the flat bluestone next to the riverbank, she reached out to help Yao Yuzhi, who was already awakening.

Yao Yuzhi quickly woke up, sat on the hillside, and saw the raging fire burning in the direction of the Ren family's courtyard below, Yao Yuzhi hugged his knees with his hands and whimpered and cried.

With tears in his eyes, Deng Qinshi whispered to comfort Yao Yuzhi, "Madam, the big guys are all voluntary, so don't blame yourself." This is not a place to stay for long, so let's get out of here. ”

Deng Xibin also persuaded her, "Madam, just listen to Ruxiang." You just don't care about yourself, you should also take care of the young master and the young lady. ”

Yao Yuzhi's blurred vision fell on the two children, and Deng Xibin and Deng Qin's family hurriedly hugged Ren Hantang and Ren Hanjun one by one.

The two children are not very old, Ren Hanjun is the elder sister, who is five years old this year, and Ren Hantang is the younger brother, who is just two and a half years old this year.

At this time, they were groggily leaning on Deng Xibin and Deng Qin's arms, obviously not waking up from their previous coma.

Yao Yuzhi suppressed the heart-wrenching pain and overwhelming guilt in his heart, and wiped a handful of tears, "Let's go." Let's get out of here. ”

Deng Xibin and Deng Qin's were overjoyed, Deng Xibin carried the few things they brought out in a hurry on his shoulders, holding the younger Ren Hantang in his arms, and Deng Qin's tied Ren Hanjun firmly to his back.

Yao Yuzhi and Deng Qin's physical fitness is good, and the two of them can also do some superficial fist and foot kung fu, so although the mountain road is difficult, they still haven't dragged Deng Xibin, the only young man, too much.

The five masters and servants fled along the Ru River all the way to the other side of Funiu Mountain.

The person who led the way was naturally the only man, Deng Xibin, who was Ren Zixian's confidant and deputy general, and after realizing that the old emperor had murderous intentions towards him, Ren Zixian secretly transferred him to his wife and children.