The third and fourth bamboo rafts were pushed back by the waves, so they did not reach the river port in Julu Village until late at night. As soon as the prince Tuoba Tao went ashore to visit his father, he saw that everything was okay with Tuoba heir, so he was relieved to rest by the woods.

All the people rested until the next day when it was close to noon before they woke up one after another, and the nine kings grabbed Helian Yunxiu and said weakly: "Princess, this king, this king seems to be sick......." After speaking, he fainted, and Helian Yunxiu was so frightened that he hurriedly supported him.

Hearing this, Emperor Tuoba also came over, and when he saw that the Nine Kings were "sick" again, he sighed: "It's hard for this child, his body is so weak, and he has been tossing for so long, and this time it is so difficult...... Princess, is he okay? ”。

Helian Yunxiu said: "Your Majesty don't worry, it's not much, it's just that you're tired and infected with wind and cold, and you will be fine if you take some medicine."

At this time, another person shouted, "Grandpa, wake up."

Following the sound, I saw a teenage child pounce on the Taishi, shouting incessantly. Tuoba Si hurriedly walked over to check the situation again, only to see that Taishi Er Zhu Yujian had a high fever and couldn't wake up, so he hurriedly called someone to call the poison venerable and asked, "Daxian, what's wrong with this Taishi?" ”。

Poison Zun replied: "If you don't take medicine, you won't take it until you die, and if you are old and tired and run in the water for a while, the young man will also fall ill, let alone him." After speaking, he handed over the medicine he had boiled last night.

Tuoba Si took the medicine, asked people to open Erzhu Yujian's mouth, and slowly fed him with a branch, and soon, Erzhu Yujian woke up, saw that the emperor was feeding him medicine, his spirit was lifted, he grabbed the bowl and drank it all, Tuoba Si smiled: "That's right, no matter what, you still have to take it when you should take medicine." In this way, all the people stayed in the same place for another day, and the guards and some palace people went to the nearby village of Julu to buy some food, and then set up a fire in the forest, set up a pot, and everyone happily filled their stomachs.

When the old people and the village chief of Julu Village heard that there were nobles in the palace, they were busy kowtowing to Tuoba and the others, and invited everyone to live in the village. But Tuoba Si directly refused, the first was that he thought it was too disturbing to the people, and the second was that he wanted to leave early and rush back to Shengle, afraid that if he lived in, this one would greet the guests, and it would be too much time to come and go; The third is that as royal nobles, these young children are too weak, and there are not many opportunities for them to suffer and suffer, so it is good to let them hone more. Therefore, for these three considerations, Takubashi refused the invitation of the village.

When night came, the temperature by the river and in the woods plummeted, and Tuoba originally wanted some old ministers and nine kings to stay in the village, but the emperor was frozen outside, and the courtier was willing to enjoy himself and refused. But when the cold wind blew at night, many of the nobles who had spent so much money in the past were shivering with cold, and wanted to complain a few words, but in front of the emperor, they had to huddle and lean against the fire and hum.

Tuoba and Wang Luo'er also sat by a fire, Tuoba Si looked at the young noble children around him, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Alas, Mencius said: Born in sorrow and died in peace, you look at these young generations, they can't carry them on their shoulders or carry them in their hands, and if they are really thrown into the wilderness, they are afraid that they will starve to death directly." This makes me really worried."

King Luo Er smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you and I were only a little better than them when we were young, so don't worry, this person, when a certain time comes, you can learn to be strong and grow up, we still have to believe in them more."

Tuoba Si smiled slightly, and said: "I don't think so, but the edge is sharpened, how can people grow up without experiencing suffering and confusion, you look at them, alas, pampered, white and fat, where is the demeanor of a hot-blooded man, it is not as good as our guards."

Wang Luo'er smiled: "If they have yellow faces and thin muscles, then Your Majesty, you will be more worried."

Tuoba Siqi said: "Why? ”

Wang Luoer smiled: "That means they can't eat enough or are in poor health."

Tuoba smiled and nodded, and couldn't help but look at the Nine Kings in the distance. I saw that the Nine Kings, the Nine Princesses, Yao Guzi and the Poison Zun were sleeping soundly around the wolf demon, especially the wolf demon also protected the Nine Kings and the Nine Princesses under him, and turned his back to the Medicine Valleys and the Poison Zun.

Following the emperor's gaze, Wang Luo'er chuckled lightly and said, "This wolf demon seems to like the Nine Kings and the Nine Princesses, it's really strange!" ”。

At this moment, the big and small concubines came over in unison and saluted, "Your Majesty, sleep quickly."

Concubine Murong said, "Yes, my sister and I have made the bed."

Tuoba looked behind them, and the two concubines had piled up a lot of brocade shawls, and they looked very warm thickly. So, he said with a smile: "The two concubines go to sleep by themselves, I have been fighting for many years, and I am used to resting by the fire, you are also very tired these days, go to sleep, I still have something to say with Gong Xi."

Concubine Murong, look at me, I'll look at you, or Xinxi Prince Luo'er got up and saluted: "Two mothers, according to Your Majesty's wishes, we are all big men, how can we make women suffer, you can sleep peacefully."

Tuoba Si nodded, gave Wang Luo'er a thumbs up, and praised: "Yes, it's a good thing, it's what a man said."

Helpless, Concubine Murong had to lie down in the thick brocade pile to rest, and after a while, she breathed evenly. Tuoba looked at them, turned his head and asked, "Gong Xi, can you send someone to inform Shengle?" ”。

Wang Luo'er nodded and said, "The old minister has already sent a secret guard to inform Sheng Le quickly."

Tuoba nodded and said, "That's good, I hope everything is safe."

Early the next morning, everyone packed up everything and set off for Shengle. Tuoba had Erzhu Yujian sit on his royal horse, while he himself went on foot with the others. Erzhu Yujian resigned for a long time, but in the end, he couldn't resist Tuoba Hei, so he had to sit on the back of the royal horse tremblingly. In addition, most of the frail and sick people were carried by the wolf demon Dahei, while the Nine Kings insisted on walking, Helian Yunxiu was by his side, and Tuoba Hei was relieved to move forward.

Although most of the crowd is young children, many people are pampered all year round, where have they suffered during this time. There was a crying sound in the procession at any time, and the procession became longer and longer, until finally the emperor and some healthy old ministers walked in the front, while the young people walked in the back, and some young ladies and sons were still walking and panting.

As soon as Tuoba Hei turned around, he saw that he was followed closely by the Nine Kings, the Nine Princesses, Yaoguzi, Poison Zun, the Crown Prince and several entourages of the Prince, and then behind were the big and small Murong clans, a few palace maids and a few Lady Orders, and the young noble children were scattered behind. Tuoba couldn't help but shake his head and said, "This is the hope of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the future?" You see, the young people can't go away with us old people, it's really ......, come on! ”

One of the guards next to him replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Tuoba said with a gloomy face: "Go, go and see how many people are still dragging behind, to spread my will, and whoever reaches the last ten towns in front will be punished with two years of parents, and men will not be allowed to enter the ranks, and women will not be allowed to look for children among the nobles."

The guards walked back after receiving the order, and some of the ministers behind them also asked the servants to urge the children who followed. Tuoba Si shook his head, let the crown prince and the nine kings come forward, and said: "Tao'er, Yun'er, as a prince, you must take the lead, you can't always revel in the achievements of your predecessors and be self-righteous in the future, and only by suffering hardships can you become a master, and as a prince, the burden on your shoulders is not something that ordinary people can afford, understand?" ”。