Beiming Kingdom was in a period of turmoil at this time. Since Beitang Yu was captured, Beitang Xuanyang led troops to fight against Jin Kingdom, the entire imperial court was divided into two factions, and Beitang Yu had not been released for a long time. The two princes The open and secret struggles of the factions have affected the common people, especially the news of the defeat at the border, and Dingdu City instantly became uneasy.
Mingxi and the others entered the Beiming Kingdom from the border, and they were not troubled at the checkpoint, and passed easily with the imitation street signs.
Apart from Ming Xi and Mio'er, Xu Jinbei and Lin Yanbei also followed.
"There are so many beggars in Beiming Kingdom?" Huohuang rode on a horse and looked at the beggars sitting on the side of the road begging. They really met a lot of beggars along the way.
"These are refugees." Ming Xi said with a serious face, "I'll ask where they come from."
Mingxi got off his horse, and seeing their bright clothes, some refugees leaned over to beg for food. Mingxi took out a bag of dry food and handed it to a three or four-year-old boy, "Where did you come from?" ?”
Seeing that Ming Xi had something to eat, the other refugees clamored to come over to snatch it.
Fire Phoenix swept over them with a palm, blocking them, "What are you grabbing!"
"Don't hurt them." Mingxi reminded.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt them." Fire Phoenix said.
Those refugees discovered that these children knew martial arts, so they didn't dare to come forward to snatch them. They just stared straight at the child who was eating dry food, with a fierce light like a wolf in his eyes.
"Go quickly, or you will be robbed." The child's mother whispered to Mingxi and the others.
Ming Xi glanced at those refugees, "Where do you all come from?"
"We...we came from the Yellow River, our village was flooded, many people ran away, and the imperial court had to collect taxes from us, so we had to leave..." the mother whispered, they were all from the same family. They came from one place. In the last natural disaster, several villages near the Yellow River were flooded. They had no choice but to escape.
When they came from the wasteland, they encountered more than just a few villages.
"Why does the imperial court want to increase taxes?" Lin Yanbei asked curiously from the side.
"It is said that there is going to be a war..." An old man next to him coughed and said, "Our emperor was taken away. The crown prince led troops to attack the Kingdom of Jin to save the emperor. He ordered all men to go to war, otherwise the tax will be increased."
Mingxi and Xu Jinbei looked at each other.
Beitang Xuanyang started the war with Jin Guo not to save Bei Tang Yu, but to make Jin Guo not release Bei Tang Yu even more.
"Although the emperor was taken away, there is still the queen. I heard that the queen is a caring person. Will she let the prince increase taxes like this?" Xu Jinbei asked in a low voice.
The old man sneered again and said, "Since the emperor was arrested and the empress fell ill, the court is now controlled by the Qian family."
Ming Xi turned his eyes to the old man, and listening to him, he seemed to know the situation of the court very well.
He gave the old man the water bottle at his waist, "Master, from your accent, it seems that you are not from the same place as them."
"Young man, judging from your accent, you don't look like us from Beiming Kingdom." The old man unceremoniously took the water bottle in Ming Xi's hand, took a gulp of water, coughed a few times and sighed.
"The few of us are on study tours, so we happened to pass by here." Ming Xi said.
The old man took a look at them, and they were indeed dressed as students. He shook his head and sighed, "I advise you not to come to Beiming Kingdom. It's better to go to study anywhere. Don't come here. Now the Qian family is covering the sky with one hand, and the whereabouts of the eldest prince are unknown." , even the empress fell ill, and the crown prince will definitely ascend the throne when he returns, Beiming Kingdom... oh, it's over, it's over."
"You came from Dingdu City?" Ming Xi asked in surprise, even the Eldest Prince's whereabouts are unknown, this old man is definitely not an ordinary citizen.
"The old man used to be an official. He said a few words wrong and was sentenced to exile. The soldiers who escorted him on the road ran away. I followed everyone to this place, but I couldn't walk anymore." The old man hehe Smiling, with a look of seeing through life and death.
Lin Yanbei asked, "Then where do you want to go?"
"It doesn't matter where you go." The old man drank another sip of water, took a sip of the dry food given by Lin Yanbei, "You should leave here as soon as possible, go anywhere, don't go to Dingdu City."
"You said that the eldest prince's whereabouts are unknown, how did he disappear?" Ming Xi asked.
The old man chuckled, "The First Prince insisted on going to the Kingdom of Jin to negotiate to save the Emperor, but he disappeared shortly after he left Dingdu City. Those who came back said they were bitten to death by wild animals on the mountain road."
"You have to see the corpse even if you die. Have you seen the First Prince's corpse?" Xu Jinbei asked.
The old man chuckled, "If you can see it, then it's not missing. Queen Wang fell ill because of this incident. Now the Qian family has wiped out all the members of the Wang family."
Ming Xi looked down at the old man for a while, "Master, you are from the Wang family, right?"
"Nonsense." The old man turned angry, and threw the kettle to Ming Xi, "Let's go, let's continue on our way."
"Don't you want to find your eldest prince?" Ming Xi asked the old man's back.
He looked at the back of the old man, only to realize that the old man looked tall and burly.
"Young man, do you know where the eldest prince is?" the old man turned around and asked with a sneer.
"Besides the Qian family, where else can your eldest prince go?" Ming Xi asked calmly, "Beitang Xuanyang will return to Dingdu City soon, do you want to see him become the emperor of Beiming Kingdom?"
The old man stopped, but did not look back.
"Jinguo has released Beitang Yu." Ming Xi continued.
"What?" The old man turned his head abruptly, "The emperor is coming back?"
"Yes, Beitang Yu left the capital a few days ago." Ming Xi said, "If the Wang family doesn't help him, the Qian family will definitely rebel."
The old man frowned and said, "The Qian family dare to rebel against the emperor?"
"There is one thing you may not know, Qian Danqing once personally went to Jin Country to hunt down and kill Beitang Yu." Ming Xi said.
"How dare Qian Danqing..." The old man's expression changed.
Xu Jinbei saw that the old man's expression was wrong, "Master, who are you?"
"Can you really find our First Prince?" The old man asked hesitantly.
"As long as Beitang Xuanwei is not dead, he will definitely be found." Mingxi said.
The old man hesitated, "Who are you?"
"You didn't say who you are either." Fire Phoenix said.
"My name is Wang Congzhi." The old man said in a deep voice.
Wang Congzhi? The uncle of Beiming Kingdom, the youngest son of the Wang family, is not like the old man in front of him.
"Young master of the Wang family?" Ming Xi raised his eyebrows slightly, it seemed that his appearance was changed.