On this day, after more than ten days of arduous trek, the team finally walked out of the high mountains of the southwest and officially entered the prosperous and prosperous Huguang territory.

However, the wealth and prosperity they imagined did not appear in front of them. Instead, there were more refugees, more deserted fields, dilapidated houses and looted villages.

Occasionally, the old, weak, sick and disabled who were unable to escape appeared at the entrance of the village, but they were indifferent when they saw the large troops approaching. Everyone's face showed a look of despair.

"Princess, what's going on?" General Xiao asked in surprise as he drove the carriage.

He had been living in Yunzhou before. Although his life was not rich, he lived a carefree life. He really didn't expect that the world outside was so chaotic and devastated.

"It must be a bandit attack." Iron Hammer said.

She felt uncomfortable in the car, so she had been following the car on horseback for the past half day. She had seen such banditry in Shuzhou, so she didn't think it was strange.

However, Chu Zhao felt that it was not just bandits. Bandits generally numbered less than a hundred people, and the remaining villagers were not surprised at all when they saw such a large force. They had even given up on themselves and were too lazy to hide.

It can be seen that they have seen large groups of people and their homes destroyed by large groups of people. They know that hiding anywhere will not help in this situation, so they can only resign themselves to fate.

"A'ao, go and call Zhang Xingzhou." Chu Zhao said.

Aao took the order and rode away. After a while, he brought Zhang Xingzhou back.

"What are your orders from the princess?" Zhang Xingzhou asked, clasping his fists on his horse.

Chu Zhao said: "I think the situation is a bit wrong. You ask the team to stop first and not go any further. Send scouts to the left and right and fifty miles ahead to investigate the situation in case there is a large force stationed near us, whether it is the enemy or not. Friends, it’s not good to bump into each other.”

Zhang Xingzhou nodded in agreement, turned his horse and returned to the front of the team.

Soon, the team stopped at a relatively flat place and began to camp on the spot according to Zhang Xingzhou's order.

Chu Zhao got off the carriage and planned to take Iron Hammer Aao with him to the village to ask about the situation.

Your father-in-law didn't know what was going on, so he came to ask Chu Zhao: "Princess, there are still nearly two hours until dark, why did you set up camp so early?"

Chu Zhao didn't hide anything and told him his thoughts.

Your father-in-law disagreed and said that things were not peaceful everywhere recently. He had seen this situation a lot when he came here. Generally, bandits and bandits would leave after robbing and would not stay in the place where they had robbed.

"So, let's go a little further while it's still early. If we continue at this speed, how long will the Queen Mother's illness be delayed?"

Chu Zhao felt a little unhappy when he heard that he talked about the suffering of the people in an understatement: "No matter how serious the Queen Mother's condition is, I have to die to cure it. Before the situation is clear, I will not let my troops move forward rashly."

"Is the princess exaggerating?" Your Excellency said fairly, "We have passed through many dangerous mountain passes along the way without any incident. Now, what danger can there be in this flat plain? Besides, there is an army of 5000 people."

Chu Zhao glanced at him: "You are so anxious, why don't you take the first step?"

"..." Your father-in-law shrank his neck and became completely mute.

Princess Jingnan was very kind to him when she was in the palace. Why did her attitude towards him become worse and worse as soon as she left Yunzhou?

Should she find an opportunity to tell her in a subtle way that she is a popular person in front of the Queen Mother? Even the elder Ge and the elder Xiao Ge are polite to him when they see him every day.

When we return to the capital, the princess enters the palace alone. She is unfamiliar with the place, doesn’t she need someone to take care of her?Shouldn't we build a good relationship with him in advance while we are traveling together?

Unfortunately, before he could finish this thought, Chu Zhao had already left with General Iron Hammer Ah Ao Xiao, as if he didn't want to talk nonsense with him.

Your father-in-law was so depressed that he turned back and wrote a letter to Mr. Xiaoge.

By the way, he has sent out several letters these days, why doesn't Mr. Xiaoge even get a reply?

Could it be that the things he wrote were too boring and I didn’t even bother to reply to him?

But marching on the road is boring to begin with, there are so many interesting things.

Besides, the princess seemed to have become much quieter recently, barely saying anything in front of him.

A delicate girl must be tired of traveling day after day, right?

Your father-in-law shook his head and went to write his letter.

Chu Zhao took Iron Hammer Ah Ao and General Xiao to the village. Yun Qi ran over from the team: "Where are you going, Princess?"

This young man has been traveling for these days and has lost a lot of weight, but he is in good spirits. His eyes are bright and full of curiosity about everything he looks at.

This is probably the case for boys who leave home for the first time. Chu Zhao patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'm going to the village for a walk. Do you want to come with me?"

"Okay, okay." Yun Qi nodded hurriedly, pushed A'ao away and walked beside her.

The princess is the ancestor of his family, so of course his grandson must come first.

Aao was squeezed away and felt very unhappy.

Tie Zhui smiled and pulled him away: "Brother A'ao, you walk beside me. If anything happens, I will protect you."

A'ao quickly dodged as if being burned and pushed General Xiao over to get close to the hammer.

General Xiao immediately beamed: "Sister Iron Hammer, I am relatively weak, come and protect me!"

Tie Zhui ignored him and chased Ao again: "Don't run away. You don't want me to cover you, so why don't you cover me?"

Aao ran away without looking back.

Chu Zhao was both amused and worried. She only had these few followers, so how could it develop into a triangle relationship?

So sad!

"Ah Qi, do you have someone you like?" She asked Yun Qi with a smile.

Yun Qi shook his head and said seriously: "I want to establish a career first and then start a family. When I become a miracle doctor like the princess, I will then consider life-long events."

Chu Zhao was very pleased. Just as he was about to praise him for his lofty ambitions, General Xiao, who was ignored by Sister Iron Hammer, said next to him: "Then you may have to be a bachelor for the rest of your life."

"Why?" Yun Qi asked.

"Because not everyone can become a miracle doctor!" General Xiao said.

Yun Qi immediately fell down and replied: "No wonder Sister Tiechui doesn't like you."

"..." General Xiao's face suddenly fell. He looked at Tie Zhui who was chasing A'ao away, and said not to be outdone, "She doesn't like you anyway."

The group of people entered the village while talking, and were soon so shocked by the scene in front of them that they could no longer laugh.

There was blood everywhere, corpses everywhere, traces of fire and knife cuts everywhere, and the smell of death everywhere.

Several elderly people were tremblingly carrying the corpses all over the ground to a place and piling them up. It seemed that they were unable to bury them and planned to pile them together and burn them in the fire.

Seeing Chu Zhao and the others approaching, these people did not hide or run away, ignored them, and continued to carry the corpses with numb expressions. Their hearts were as gray as ashes, and they were no different from the walking corpses.

Chu Zhao and others all stood there blankly, and even General Xiao, who usually liked to be startled, fell silent.

They didn't speak, and the villagers ignored them and just went about their work silently.

After a long time, A'ao was the first to step forward, pick up the body of a seven or eight-year-old child from an old man's hands, and walk towards the pile of corpses that formed a hill.

He walked to the pile of corpses, bent down and placed the child on top.

The old man came over tremblingly, pointed to the female corpse next to him and said, "This is my daughter-in-law. Please put my grandson in his mother's arms so that they can be companions on their journey to hell."

A'ao paused, nodded while holding back tears, and put the child into his mother's arms.

There was a "wow" sound behind him, which was Iron Hammer crying out of control.

She threw down the hammer and started to help move the body, shedding tears all the way.

General Xiao and Yun Qi followed closely and joined the team carrying the corpses.

Chu Zhao looked up at the sky, feeling as if she had swallowed a piece of wood in her throat, making it difficult for her to breathe.

It wasn't like she had never seen dead people. At that time, after a battle, the bones piled up in mountains, far more than those of a village.

However, it is their destiny for soldiers to die on the battlefield to protect their families and country. Although it is tragic, it is a worthy death.

What she couldn't bear to see the most was the massacre of unarmed people.

In her previous life, she had seen so many tragedies like this that she decided to fight for the world with Xiao Chi.

She fights for the world not to be a hero, nor to go down in history, but just to support innocent people and create a prosperous and peaceful age.

Today, the world is still the world she brought, and the country is still her country, but her people have lost their shelter and have once again become victims of the troubled times.

She lowered her head and covered her face with her hands. After relaxing for a moment, she rolled up her sleeves and joined in silently.

After an unknown amount of time, the sky gradually dimmed. With the help of several people, all the victims in the village were carried to one place.

Chu Zhao asked A'ao for some firewood and lit the firewood himself.

A raging fire rose into the sky, and everyone stood silently in front of the fire.

"Princess, there are troops besieging the county ahead..."

The sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, and Zhang Xingzhou galloped towards this side.

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