In the south of Peichao Kyoto, under Lin'an, Jingzhou has some advantages near the water, and the topography of the river is excellent. Although it is not as prosperous as the south, there is always a sunset that shines here thanks to the light of Kyoto.

The officials in Jingzhou want to go to Kyoto to become officials, either they have political achievements or connections, so this place will either produce a great Qing official or a big corrupt official, no matter what, the people of this place will always have some more playful superiority than people in other places.

Jingzhou has one county and twenty-two counties, and Jiangling County, as the capital of Jingzhou, is located in the north of Jingzhou, close to Lin'an. Jiangling County radiates the entire Jingzhou territory, in order to facilitate management, several generations of Jingzhou Thorn History's favorite thing to do is to build roads, they relay the entire Jingzhou road connection, postal roads, horse roads, are the best in the country.

It is in such a place where road construction is a political achievement, but there is a county town that is far away from the hustle and bustle, and has stayed quietly in a col surrounded by mountains for hundreds of years.

Songzi County, a small county town in the middle of Jingzhou, is surrounded by mountains and far away from important towns.

Between the county and the outside world, there is only one mountain road that can only pass a carriage, turn from the avenue, sit in a carriage for a day and a night, turn over two mountains, you can see a boulder engraved with the word "Songzi", the boulder is lying next to the mountain road, it is rumored that this stone comes from outside the sky, and the mountain col where Songzi County is now located is smashed out of this boulder. The people of Songzi regard the boulder as a sacred object to protect the county, whether they go out or come back from this mountain road, they will stay by this boulder for a while, reach out and touch it, and ask the stone to bless themselves with a smooth journey, or bless themselves with a safe return.

After the boulder, and then turn a ridge, Songzi County suddenly appeared in front of you, the position and state of the whole county is like a pearl held by the Buddha's hands, especially in the morning from this direction to look at, in the rising sun, Songzi County everywhere exudes fairyland-like light.

"Peace, what's the fuss, keep up"!

A young man was standing on the side of the road in a daze, looking at the scene in front of him, his gloomy eyes were rarely stretched a little, this fairyland-like place, let him forget everything for a while, just watch.

"Oh, here it is", hearing someone call out to him, the young man withdrew his gaze and quickly followed the two carriages in front of him, his right hand tightened the burden on his right shoulder, and a long scar on the back of his hand was faintly visible.

The young man walked briskly to the front carriage to keep up with the small group.

A little head sticks out of the car window: "Hey, pretty, right"?

Hearing this, the young man looked up at the head and smiled: "Well, pretty, beautiful I've never seen before."

"Of course, our Songzi is the most beautiful place in the world!" The little head leaned against the window and said loudly.

"yes, I think so."

"Hey, Ping'an, don't you really know what your last name is"?

"Well, I don't know, since I can remember, I only know that others call me Ping'an, I really don't know what my surname is."

"It's so pitiful", the head pouted, "Or, you have my surname, how about calling Xue Ping'an?"

"Ke'er, don't talk nonsense"! Suddenly, a man in the car said in a deep voice.

The young girl named Kerr let out an "oh", stuck out her tongue at the young man next to the carriage, and retracted her head into the car stupidly, and the young man looked at it and showed a smile.

This young man is none other than Liu Chi.

Half a year ago, Liu Chi and Chen Xiuxiu escaped from Lin'an, and the two fled all the way to Jingzhou. When I stayed in Gangneung County, I learned about the last situation of the First Battle of Lin'an.

Wang Fuyang and Chen Zhiyuan were killed in battle, their heads were cut off and hung on the gate of Lin'an City, and the more than 6,000 people they brought with them were all killed.

Liu Jinglong issued an edict to the world, claiming that he was the one who poisoned the emperor ten years ago, slaughtered the East Palace, and then blamed Liu Jingheng, and now, he is willing to abdicate and let Liu Jingheng be virtuous.

After Liu Jingheng ascended the throne, he put Liu Jinglong in claustrophobia, punished Li Juan and the nine clans, and executed all the ministers who had supported Liu Jinglong before. Lin'an City has just experienced the killing of 10,000 people, and a few days later there was another massacre of 1,000 people, these days of Lin'an, everywhere is the soul of injustice, everywhere is crying, blood has infected all the water sources in Kyoto, the people drink red water every day, crying and silent.

Zhenguo General Dou Yanshan led nearly 80,000 new troops back to Lin'an to rescue, Liu Jingheng held Dou Yanshan hostage in Kyoto with more than 100 people, forcing the old general to abandon the armor and surrender, 80,000 new troops were absorbed, and the old general and more than 100 families were still killed after surrendering.

At the same time, Liu Jingheng captured the families of almost all the border generals of the Pei Dynasty in Kyoto and forced them to defect, so far, Liu Jingheng completely controlled the Pei Dynasty and sat firmly on the throne that he had been thinking about for ten years.

Liu Jingheng, who ascended the throne, did not let the people of Lin'an leave, and under the knife, Lin'an City became lively again, but there was no smiling face on the bustling streets.

The people were not allowed to leave Beijing, but two edicts left Kyoto one after another and were sent to the prefectures and counties of the Pei Dynasty. The first is Liu Jinglong's edict of confession and abdication, and the second is Liu Jingheng's edict.

Liu Jingheng announced in the edict that as the third prince of the Liu royal family, he was the emperor of the Pei Dynasty, changed the Yuan to Jianfeng, and used the era when he was the emperor in Liangzhou, that is, the tenth year of Chengping, and now it is the tenth year of Jianfeng. In this way, it shows the world that he Liu Jingheng is orthodox on the throne.

After hearing the news, Liu Chi and Chen Xiuxiu decided not to go south and stay in Gangneung-gun, which is not far from Kyoto, and maybe they will make a difference. But at this time, the government issued a sea fishing document for the two, so Liu Chi grew a beard, and Chen Xiuxiu put on men's clothes.

During this time, Chen Xiuxiu cautiously tried to contact some of her father's trusted friends and subordinates, but received no feedback. And Liu Chi stayed here because of a little luck hope, maybe, apart from the two of them, is there anyone who will escape from Lin'an, even if it is alone. Time passed, and this hope became more and more faint.

Liu Chi became anxious and irritable, and slowly, began to drink heavily, wandering on the street, lying sloppy at the door of the tavern for the night, Chen Xiuxiu went from scolding and admonishing at the beginning to doing, and then simply stopped communicating, just followed him from a distance and watched him.

After Liu Jingheng sat on the throne, not everyone in the world was obedient, and there were always some people who were unwilling to submit, especially scholars. And Liu Jingheng's approach is simple and rude, as long as he dares to question the rationality of his throne, he will be killed. In a few months, more than 1,000 Confucian scholars were killed, and in Jiangling, more than 100 people were beheaded, and even beheaded all over the house. This hard-line approach caused turmoil in the community, with soldiers patrolling the streets every day, people who read did not dare to speak, and the people laughed less and talked more and whispered.

One day, an old Confucian was raided, and many people were watching in front of the messy door, and a little girl took a sugar gourd and came up curiously, just because the arrested Confucian student glanced at this lovely girl, and the arrested soldier thought that the little girl was also a member of this family, and wanted to catch the little girl. In the crowd of onlookers, Liu Chi, who rarely didn't drink, was also there, because he couldn't stand it, he made a move, and took the little girl to avoid the pursuit.

Later, Liu Chi took the little girl to find her family, it turned out that the girl's father was the shopkeeper of a pharmacy, and this time he took his daughter to Jiangling to buy goods. When a group of people were in a hurry, Liu Chi sent people back. The shopkeeper Xue Baisheng saw that Liu Chi was in rags, but he had good conversation and cultivation, thinking that he was a down-and-out person in the family, and Liu Chi saved his daughter, so he was moved by compassion and wanted to take Liu Chi in. In fact, Xue Baisheng is also a little selfish, this time he came to Jiangling to buy, he never expected that it would be so chaotic outside, seeing that Liu Chi is young and strong, if he can keep him, he can also take care of one or two on the way back.

And Liu Chi originally saved the little girl as he wished, he didn't think much about it at all, and when he heard that the other party wanted to take him in, he was stunned at first, thinking that he didn't have any plans now, and he couldn't wait for some hope in his heart, so he simply agreed.

When Shopkeeper Xue asked Liu Chi what his name was.

Liu Chi did not hesitate: "My name is Ping'an, I don't have a surname."

In this way, Liu Chi followed Xue Baisheng out of Jiangling County and came to the paradise that the little girl Xue Keer said, Songzi County.