Thousands of miles away, Jizhou.
Sheng Weiqiao was woken up by Xuan Yu Feng from his deep sleep. He opened his eyes in a daze. Before he could see the figure in front of him clearly, he heard Xuan Yu Feng say in a hurried tone: "Qiao'er, get up quickly and look. Look at the sky to the north, what’s going on?!”
"...What?" Sheng Weiqiao heard her aunt's voice and subconsciously turned over to sit up. She saw that outside the haphazardly rolled up tent, a window facing the bed had been announced to Feng Shi and had been deliberately opened completely. Outside the window, What should have been a dark blue night filled with stars at this moment was suddenly reflected in red, like the endless burning clouds in the evening!
She was so frightened that she suddenly woke up completely and asked in disbelief, "That's that?!"
"That's the direction of the military camp!" Xuan Yu Feng's face was ashen. He took the clothes from the screen not far away and stuffed them into Sheng Weiqiao's hands. "Yi Shan went to prepare the carriage. You hurry up and pack it up. We must Leave immediately!"
Sheng Weiqiao dressed hurriedly, randomly grabbed a gold hairpin inlaid with gemstones and tied it into a bun, plucked some of the loose hair from her temples, and asked Rong Shuihe urgently: "Where is Mi Zhen? Is he up?" "
"When an urgent report came from outside the city, it was reported to him first." Mrs. Xuanyu Feng walked to the dressing table and quickly put the hairpin rings and jade combs into the dressing box that could be carried away. He said in a deep voice, "He arranged for someone to escort us out of the city to the camp where Xu Lianshan was stationed before... That camp is not in the north, and the location is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it is safe for the time being. Mi Zhen himself has gone to General Huaihua's Mansion!"
"What on earth is going on? Could it be an enemy attack? It's just that the army should have sentries scattered nearby... Ordinarily, the base camp shouldn't be attacked so easily!" Sheng Weiqiao was surprised, put on his clothes in a hurry, and took Xuan Yu's hand. Although there were many rare ornaments, brocade clothes, spices, etc. in the room, I couldn't care less about the makeup box that Feng handed me, so I could only leave it behind. When the aunt and nephew went out, they saw that the whole yard was in chaos. Master Wu and several female guards were all dressed in military uniforms, carrying quivers on their backs, carrying carved bows on their arms, and long swords hanging from their waists. Oncoming.
Seeing Sheng Weiqiao, he just nodded: "The princess has packed up? The old lady is here too, this is great. Someone just tried to take advantage of the chaos, and our sisters spent some effort to deal with it, and then they came over... The carriage is here Back door, please ask the princess and the old lady to follow us!"
While walking, he explained to Sheng Weiqiao, "The county prince has just arrived at General Huaihua's Mansion. The information received from General Huaihua should be kept away from us. It has been confirmed that it was not an invasion by Ruru or an accident, but Meng Boqin's doing!"
"Meng Boqin?" Sheng Weiqiao and Xuan Yufeng were both surprised when they heard this. "Although he and his uncle are not on good terms, and each has a group of people surrounding him, there is no clear division in the camp because of this. The fire is so big, he Aren’t you afraid that your own people will be affected too?!”
Moreover, although the fight between Meng Boqin and Zhao Shi was well known in northern Xinjiang.
But setting fire to the military camp in the middle of the night... isn't Meng Boqin afraid of causing public outrage? !
After all, it was bitterly cold in Northern Xinjiang, and supplies all depended on transportation from the Middle Kingdom. In the past, with the joint attention of King Gaomi and Meng to the Northern Xinjiang Army, this issue never needed to be worried about.
But now Chang'an is in chaos, and the Gaomi King is trying hard to capture Shanglinyuan. The Meng family has suffered so many casualties that the only remaining brothers Meng Guiyu and Meng Guihan are too late to support the battle, let alone the Northern Xinjiang Army. Transporting food and other supplies.
Seeing that summer is almost over, I don’t know where to eat in the future. At this moment, the military camp is burned like this, and 80% of the food and grass are hopeless!
How will the Northern Xinjiang Army survive this situation? !
If they can't survive, how can they not ask Meng Boqin for an explanation? !
Even if it is the direct confidants brought out by Meng Boqin, it is not known how loyal they will be when they are hungry!
Sheng Weiqiao's thoughts changed rapidly, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and blurted out, "Could he... just hope that the Northern Xinjiang Army will be cornered?!"
At this time, both Xuan Yu and Feng Shi and Master Wu wanted to quickly send Sheng Weiqiao to a safe place. Xuan Yu and Feng Shi also said: "Fortunately, Ruibin has arrived at sea! Otherwise, he would be alone in this violent situation. How can a child’s family bear this?”
But they didn't pay attention to Sheng Weiqiao's words.
Seeing this, Sheng Weiqiao stopped guessing and just hugged the makeup box tightly in his arms.
After a while, the aunt and nephew were led by Master Wu to the backyard and got into the carriage. This carriage was obviously specially prepared for Sheng Weiqiao. The seats were removed and seven or eight thick winter beddings were laid out in one go. Since it was midsummer now, it was very hot even at night, and there was a layer of mats spread on top. Sheng Weiqiao was the first to be helped up, and when he landed, he almost rolled to the corner as if he had stepped on a pile of cotton. He couldn't help but say: "This is too That’s an exaggeration! It would be nice to have two beds as a buffer, but I can’t even sit down in this situation!”
But Xuanyu Feng said: "You haven't given up yet. It's better to be softer than a hard one... And where can you find the time to take off the quilt now? Just make do and go to the camp where Mi Zhen said. !”
Sheng Weiqiao didn't say anything after hearing this. However, the carriage was of little use because the whole city was in chaos at this time.
I don’t know how the news leaked out. Anyway, Master Wu and a group of female guards escorted the carriage out. When they got to the street, they found people everywhere shouting that the hussar general had burned the military camp and the baggage, and that Chang’an was busy starting a war. If you have too much time to take care of yourself, you will definitely not allocate food to this place in the autumn. By then, 800,000 people will have no food or clothing. As a common people near the military camp, how can you not be in bad luck? !
Therefore, there are people running around like headless flies in the streets and alleys, and there are local hooligans and the like who are smashing, burning, and looting everywhere. In the past, they did not tell the road or pick up leftovers and did not close their homes at night. At least because the army is guarding the nearby Jizhou City, it can be considered well-organized. There was absolutely no order at all.
Many families, like Sheng Weiqiao, packed up their belongings, took carriages, and tried to escape from the city overnight. It’s just that some people want to take the south gate, some people want to take the west gate, and some people plan to take the east gate. In short, except for the North Gate, which was in flames, the other three gates were all chosen, so the carriages and horses blocked each other on the street. Sheng Weiqiao's team took to the street less than half a stick of incense, and they had no choice but to find the left and right sides. There is no room for the carriage to move!
Not only that, when the scoundrels who were looting along the street saw a bunch of carriages that couldn't be moved away, and a female family member who accidentally peeked her head out of a carriage with a beaded head, their eyes lit up, they looked at each other a few times, and they all took wooden sticks. Things like that come around, with evil intentions!
Most of the families who were able to travel by car at this time had guards, and they joined forces to disperse them... However, they were only dispersed. After they received a beating and kicked, they fled far away, but they hid in the corners and alleys, peeking their heads out. Judging from his actions, it is obvious that he has not given up completely.
"How can such a big thing be publicized to the fullest?" This situation made Sheng Weiqiao and others a bit dumbfounded. Xuanyu Feng murmured, "What is the governor of Jizhou doing? Don't you know how to temporarily block the news and stabilize the situation?! Now This mess is like a pot of porridge, if Ruru takes the opportunity to call, the capital of Northern Xinjiang will be given to others for free!"
Sheng Weiqiao looked ugly and said: "Although there is a governor in Jizhou, because of Meng Boqin and his uncle, he has always been a transparent person, so there is no place for him to make decisions! An accident happened at this moment, not to mention whether there is a governor in Jizhou Even though he is determined to turn the tide, his prestige is not enough to suppress the situation!”
He added, "Moreover, for such a big thing to happen so quickly, everyone in Jizhou City knew about it, which is obviously abnormal! This is simply someone deliberately trying to shake the people's hearts! It is probably Meng Boqin who did it, using a two-pronged approach to deliberately damage Northern Xinjiang. The situation... If it is as my aunt said, Ruru is also watching nearby, and the entire Northern Xinjiang may be in danger!"
She breathed out, looked at the carriages and horses with no way out, and said helplessly to Xuan Yu Feng, "Aunt, we can't be in the carriage anymore, otherwise we might still be crowded here until dawn, leaving us alone Carriage...change your mount!"
Xuan Yu Feng said worriedly: "I don't have anything, I can do anything! But you... can you do it?"
In total, Sheng Weiqiao has been sitting for more than twenty days this month, and it is not long before the full moon. When he was in the other courtyard, everything was as usual.
But riding a horse is different after all. Ordinary people don’t care about the bumps. For a mother who has not yet given birth, even if she can bear it at the time, how can it not leave hidden dangers in the future
"It's not a question of whether it can be done, it's a question of whether to leave." Sheng Weiqiao pointed to the chaotic scene outside, "Either go back to the other courtyard, or abandon the carriage... There is still a long way from here to the city gate. Are you going to walk over?!"
Xuanyu Feng was speechless and comforted himself with complicated emotions: "You have always been in good health, and there will definitely be no problem riding a horse now!"
The aunt and nephew then got off the carriage and explained to Master Wu that two horses had been arranged for them to sit on, and they could leave immediately. They were going through the south gate. On the way, a group of people were still worried about leaving the city. Who knew that when they arrived nearby, they saw the city gate wide open and people from far and near fleeing in droves.
"What the hell is going on?" Using the torch in the doorway, Master Wu saw two young men dressed as soldiers from Northern Xinjiang in the corner. They looked like brothers. One was lying down and the other was sitting. The sitting one was holding his arms. The one lying down seemed to be trying to keep the one lying awake.
She whispered to Sheng Weiqiao, drove her horse over, looked at the two of them, threw down a bag of medicine and a bag of dry food, leaned over and asked, "Why is the city gate open in the middle of the night?"
The sitting soldier didn't want to pay attention to her at first, but when he saw the wound medicine and dry food, his face became happy, and he quickly stuffed the dry food into his arms, and carefully applied the wound medicine to his companion. While applying it, he said quickly: " I don’t know who the hell is spreading rumors in the city, saying that the Hussars General colluded with Ruru and sold out Northern Xinjiang! At this time, the General led people to burn down the camp, destroyed the food, grass and weapons, and poisoned her to death. A large number of war horses... And the Ruru army is approaching Jizhou. If you don't escape now, you won't be able to escape if you turn back!"
"A group of unscrupulous people listened to the rumors and gathered a crowd to attack the city gate defenders. They killed a group of our brothers, took the nooses, opened the door wide and fled for their lives... These wretched beasts didn't even think about it. If Guo Ruru came to kill them, With their two legs, they can run better than others with four legs?! It’s not like they can’t live together as a family!!!”
The soldier was obviously very dissatisfied with the people who had seized the door because of what happened to him and his comrades, and he began to curse loudly as he spoke.
Master Wu didn't want to listen to his dirty words. Seeing that he couldn't get any more information from him, he turned his horse back to Sheng Weiqiao and said in a low voice: "Princess Princess, let's go!"
Sheng Weiqiao nodded with a heavy heart. When the group left the city, they saw an endless stream of people on the official road, carrying the old and supporting the young, as if they were fleeing from danger. Everyone looked in a hurry and walked in a hurry.
The people on foot showed envy when they saw someone passing by on horseback.
Probably because even though Sheng Weiqiao and his group were all wearing cloaks to hide their appearance, if you looked closely you could tell they were women, so someone was ready to stop them and snatch their mounts.
When Master Wu saw this, he sneered and said in a low voice: "Princess Princess, please close your eyes for now!"
Before she finished speaking, she pulled out a handful of feather arrows from her shoulder with her backhand, put them all on the bowstring, and shot them out without even looking at them!
Those few people were a little scared when they saw Master Wu showing off his bow and arrow at first, but when they saw her using a feather arrow on the string, they thought she was just a showman who didn't know how to bow or horse, and they were still laughing and threatening, but in the blink of an eye, they all covered her up He fell to death on the road with his neck held open!
"Those who don't know whether to live or die!" After killing the people, Master Wu was not done yet, so he ordered his men, "You two go down, cut off the heads, and hang them on the saddles! Let's teach the people in front an example, if they dare to stop us. The fate of the people!"
In response, the two female guards rolled their saddles and dismounted from their horses. They strode forward and pulled out the long knives from their waists. They grabbed the corpse's hair and struck, one by one, as cleanly as chopping melons and vegetables. In an instant, they were all cut off. Cut off all the heads. Then he untied all the buns on the heads, tied the hair together, carried it back and put it on the horse, and hung the saddle on it. The whole process was calm and calm, just like an ordinary female family member going out to buy groceries.
This scene frightened everyone nearby, and then they realized that a group of female family members were riding horses and had something to rely on. They were by no means easy to deal with. Instead of daring to continue to block them, they subconsciously moved away and abruptly jumped out of the crowd of officials. On the road, make way for horses to gallop!
Master Wu looked around, and saw everyone who touched his gaze shrinking and dodging. Some people even had their arms and legs trembling, and almost collapsed to the ground. He sneered and said, "Let's go!"
Take the lead and leave with a whip.
After their group had gone far away, the family members of the person who had just been killed dared to gather around and cry. However, they did not cry a few times and were persuaded and supported by their companions to go on their way... After all, they were running for their lives.