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Chapter 39 Refugees
Somewhere in the capital, on a branch road where Hu Guang went to the Mangui command camp, he saw a large group of soldiers from the Wucheng Bingma Division in the distance on the left side of the street, shouting something sharply.In front of them, although they were blocked, they could see that there seemed to be a lot of people there.

One advantage of his kind of inspection is that no one knew he was coming beforehand, so what he saw was unvarnished.There was so much movement over there, obviously something happened.

Hu Guang frowned, and as soon as he took the rein, he wanted to turn his horse and move forward.

Gao Shiyue had already followed the emperor's gaze to see the situation over there. Seeing that the emperor was thinking of going there, she quickly stopped him and advised him: "Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on over there. Wait for the slaves to send someone to check and make arrangements. Bar?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Guang waved his hand and said, "This is in the capital city. I have you protecting me. What can happen? Don't worry, let's go!"

The emperor refused to listen, and Gao Shiyue had no choice but to wink at Fang Zhenghua, asking him to protect the emperor.

As soon as the more than 200 horses started to run, the hooves of the horses made a little noise.Before they approached, the people over there turned their heads and looked over.

As soon as Gao Shiyue waved his hand, two servants beside him drove their horses to speed up, ran over first, and shouted at the same time: "The emperor is here, everyone kneels to welcome him!"

One of the main tasks of these two people is to urge all the soldiers over there to put down their weapons, just in case.

Seeing Huang Luosan and hearing the eunuch's high-pitched voice, in this capital city, even if they didn't know it beforehand, they knew that no one would impersonate it. It must be the Emperor Ming who had arrived.

After the initial daze, the people over there put down their weapons one after another under the scolding of the two eunuchs, and all knelt down to greet them.

Seeing the people kneeling down in front of him, and Hu Guang on the tall horse again, he could immediately see that there were countless ordinary people in ordinary clothes on the side of the soldiers of the Wucheng soldiers and horses.

Hu Guang was taken aback as they got closer.These common people looked abnormal at first glance, they were wearing all kinds of clothes to keep out the cold, but even so, there were still many people who were not able to resist the coldness of this severe winter, and they knelt there shivering.

Also, these common people are unkempt, even if some of them wear decent clothes, it is the same. It is obvious that they have not been dealt with for many days.Everyone's face, none of them is normal.Seeing this, I can naturally think of one word: refugees!
When Hu Guang arrived, he reined in his horse and stopped, while Fang Zhenghua and other servants hurried forward, trying to get as close as possible without surpassing him. His spirit was tense, and his eyes were fixed on the front, like eagle eyes scanning possible prey.

This is a square, but it is already full of people.At several street intersections outside the square, refugees and soldiers from Wucheng Bingmasi were confronting each other.Of course, now they are all on their knees.

Hu Guang glanced over, and suddenly his pupils shrank.He saw a lot of people lying motionless on the ground on the side of the refugees who were confronting him. There were men, women and children, most of them were old and weak, and they had obviously been dead for a long time.

Just when he was about to say something, on the silent street, a child suddenly yelled loudly and fearfully: "Mother, mother, what's wrong with you, wake up, mother..."

Most of the people present knew what had happened when they heard the voice.They were either numb, or knelt and did not dare to move because of the emperor's visit.Even the people around the child, no one dared to move.

Hu Guang heard the sound and looked, and saw a child wrapped in various fabrics, and a woman in thin clothes was lying on one side, lying on the ground, obviously unconscious.

Seeing that no one moved, he immediately roared: "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and save people!"

When Hu Guang yelled at the end, he was directed at the servant beside him.Immediately, one of the servants got off his horse immediately, walked quickly past the slightly disturbed crowd, arrived at the child, helped the woman who was lying on the ground to check for a while, and then loudly said: "Your Majesty, she is caused by hunger and cold. Get warm and eat as soon as possible."

Perhaps Hu Guang's performance just now gave the refugees a little more courage, so when the waiter finished speaking, the first voice rang out from the crowd: "Your Majesty, save me and the grassroots!"

When the first sound sounded, the second, third, and then countless voices sounded: "Your Majesty, save us!"

After the refugees finished speaking, many of them couldn't bear it any longer and burst into tears.

While talking, many people who were already on the verge of death, who could have been squeezed together for warmth, now knelt apart because of the emperor's arrival. Without the warmth of the warmth, they were blown by the severe cold north wind. They all fell to the ground and passed out.

Among these people, it is good for those who have relatives around them, because there are previous examples, they can help them down, so as not to lie on the cold ground.And those who no longer have relatives or relatives are not around, just lying on the cold ground.

Looking at this scene, Hu Guang suddenly remembered an event in the memory of the original Emperor Chongzhen, that is, Ma Maocai's "Preparing Chen's Great Hunger".What is written in this memorial is simply hell on earth.

Although what I see right now is not that miserable, but now I can see with my own eyes that lives can disappear in a blink of an eye. This is still at the foot of the emperor, in the capital city.It is far away in Shaanxi. I am afraid that what is written in the memorial is far from the actual situation.

If his soul penetrated to ordinary people in Shaanxi, thinking about the tragic ending that his parents, brothers and sisters would meet one by one, Hu Guang couldn't help shivering, and didn't dare to think about it.

He looked at the crowd shivering in the cold wind in front of him, and he couldn't help feeling a little sore and aching.People's hearts are made of flesh, not to mention Hu Guang's soul from later generations.

At this moment, this situation, and what he was thinking, made him secretly swear in his heart that even if there was no pressure of systematic obliteration, he must do his best to change the history of this hell on earth in the late Ming Dynasty.

"Ding, the system has detected that the subjective initiative of the host Zhongxing Daming has reached the standard, and hereby reminds: Since the third year of Chongzhen, the drought in the north of Daming has become more serious, and it has spread to the northern provinces. Please prepare in advance for the host!"

Hu Guang was speechless after hearing this, and it will be more than ten days after the third year of Chongzhen.But Jianlu is still raging in the capital. According to the historical progress, when Jianlu leaves the customs, the land of Gyeonggi returns to calm, and Chongzhen has passed half of the three years.There is not much difference between the presence and absence of this hint.

Well, let's ignore this in advance, let's settle the matter in front of us first.Hu Guang thought so, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Why are you still standing there, save everyone."

In the middle of the square, there are several fires to keep warm.But the places are limited, and they are all occupied by some strong refugees.It's just that now that the emperor spoke, the rescuers hugged him and easily approached the fire.

Hu Guang looked back, looked at the few officials kneeling at the front, his eyes were a little cold: "Say, what's going on?"

(End of this chapter)