Everyone's heart sank when they saw it, Liu Yan hurried up to pick up the baby, hugged her tightly, tears rolled down her eyes.

"Why are you crying?" Xiaowa asked.

Liu Yan laughed quickly: "I didn't cry. My brother will take you to play there for a while, okay?"

The little baby nodded numbly, neither crying nor fussing, just looked back at her mother on the ground, twisted her mouth, distorted her smiling face, and said: "Mum says no matter how sad you are, you have to laugh, otherwise there is no way out. I won't cry, Brother don't cry either."

Liu Yan almost shed tears again, raised her hand and rubbed it, nodded and said: "Your mother is right."

Luo Ming patted Liuyan on the shoulder comfortingly, reassuring him to take the child away and take care of it himself.

After Liu Yan and Xiaowa left, Luo Ming took out a bank note from his sleeve and handed it to Xia Zhong: "Buy a good coffin for burial, let's bury it nearby."

Xia Zhong took the bank note, looked at the number on it, and threw it back to Luo Ming in fright: "I don't dare to take it, it's too much, even if a villain goes to the bank to exchange it, he will definitely be taken as a thief." Thank you for your kindness. We are used to people dying every day for the past six months. Today is brother Lin’s mother, but tomorrow it will be me. Take this bank note back, Shengdou Xiaomin. There are no good coffins."

Luo Ming felt admiration for not being greedy for money in such a situation, and suddenly remembered that there was a missing link in his strategy. The appearance of Xia Zhong and others might be God helping him.

I found a place with beautiful scenery, and the dead were buried in peace.Taking Xiaowa to kowtow to his mother, Xiaowa faced the new soil on the grave and said dumbly: "This is not my mother..."

Everyone felt sad for a while, and couldn't bear to say that your mother was in the grave.Xiaowa stayed there for a while, but finally knelt down and kowtowed, stood aside silently after getting up, looking more and more thin and lonely.

Luo Ming revealed his identity, and said that he wanted Xia Zhong and others to return to the capital with three thousand soldiers and horses, and he would find a job for them so that they could support the thousands of elders and fellow villagers.Of course Xia Zhong couldn't wish for it, following Dongli King Jing, he would be able to eat well, and he would not be afraid of being bullied by bandits and mobs again.

Most of the fleeing people were old and weak, women and children, and they accompanied them. The speed of the three armies was more than twice as slow. Jiang Nianbai and others were puzzled, and asked Luo Ming, "It's enough to find a good place to settle down. Why do you have to take them back to the capital?"

Luo Ming smiled and said nothing, saying that he was useful.Seeing that he was confident, everyone didn't ask any more questions.

With these folks, the marching speed of the army was greatly reduced. They walked all the way for half a day and rested for a long time, and walked slowly towards the capital. Fortunately, this place is not far from the capital, and it will be there in ten or so days.

Liu Yan took Xiaowa by her side to take care of her personally, and circled around the child every day, leaving Luo Ming in the cold.It's also fortunate that at this time, Luo Ming's affairs are complicated, and he can't take care of jealousy for a while. If it were normal, Luo Ming would have overturned the jar of jealousy, no matter who he is, Liu Yan who dares to approach him, will fork it out.

The little baby is easy to take care of, she can eat and dress herself, she doesn't cry, she is not as quiet as a child who is only five or six years old.He didn't mention his mother again, but he never slept soundly, would wake up every once in a while, and couldn't sleep well.

The pain in my heart is the hardest thing. Although Xiaowa's understanding of death is half-understood, she gradually understands that he will never see his mother again.

Liu Yan was anxious, Xiaowa never showed the slightest sadness in front of him, she acted obediently and obediently, without the agility of the first meeting by the stream, it made Liu Yan feel distressed and uncomfortable, and she didn't know how to coax her to solve this problem. A child's wounded heart.

Fortunately, the barracks are full of half-grown boys. Ever since Xiaowa came, they would come to Liuyan to play with Xiaowa from time to time. The punches and kicks are well practiced, and the little face is flushed. Gradually, people become more lively and energetic.

Seeing the boundaries of the suburbs of Beijing, Luo Ming began to dispatch troops.

First find Liu Xi and Zhao Meng, and ask them to bring a thousand elite soldiers to sneak into the capital together with Xia Zhong and other fleeing civilians.

Zhao Meng regained his energy immediately, and went to a nearby village to buy a pile of rags and old clothes, processed them again, made them dirty and torn, and distributed them to a thousand elite soldiers.

The soldiers were all tall, strong men, and when they heard that they were going to mix up with a group of beggars and sneak back to the capital, they complained for a while.Their [-] soldiers are enough to fight against a hundred. They can enter the capital to attack and seize, and they can also beat Tai Ping Hou and Liu Pei to their knees. Why are they so useless?

Zhao Meng glared and shouted: "Soldiers must obey orders, why complain?"

Everyone didn't dare to mutter any more, and took off their armor and battle robes one after another, and changed into rags.

Leading the soldiers to meet Xia Zhong, Xia Zhong frowned when he saw it, and sneered, "You don't look like beggars? You all have straight backs and red faces, and you can see flaws at a glance."

Zhao Meng took a glance, they were really conspicuous among the fleeing people, and they could tell something was wrong without interrogation.

Scratching his head, he suddenly had an idea.Zhao Meng grabbed two handfuls of plaster from the ground and smeared it on his face, and asked the soldiers to bend their backs as much as possible, pretending to be downcast, so as not to be seen by others.It is the key to success or failure for this group of people to sneak into the capital first, and there must be no mistake.

After changing their costumes, Zhao Meng and Liu Xi separated from Luo Ming and the others, and headed towards the capital first.

After walking for another three days, they arrived at the gate of the city. As expected, the gate was heavily guarded, and every person who entered and exited had to be questioned carefully.

Zhao Meng discussed with Liu Xi that there were over a thousand of them in total, and they would be suspicious if they gathered together, so it was better to go into the city separately.

Liu Xi nodded in agreement, and explained the reason to Xia Zhong, the group dispersed and entered the city in twos and threes.

After waiting for several days, more than 1000 talents all entered the capital.

In recent years, there have been frequent droughts and floods in the country, and there has been an endless stream of beggars coming to the capital to beg. The soldiers guarding the city have no doubts. Last year, there was a war, and the number of refugees increased sharply.Zhao Meng and others helped the old and the young, and pushed the carts to carry the load. Seeing that it was really the case, the guarding soldiers checked a few words and let them go. They entered the capital without much effort.

The security in the capital was even stricter. Although Liu Pei could not use the people in the imperial guard battalion and the northwest military camp, there were still more than 1 soldiers under the command of Wucheng soldiers and horses, which was enough to guard the capital.

As soon as he entered the capital, Zhao Meng gave Xia Zhong the banknotes, and asked him to lead the fleeing people to Nancheng to resettle. There were old and young among the people, and it was too dangerous to follow them.

Xia Zhong put away the banknotes, and said: "You will not be rewarded for your merits. A villain can't ask for this money for nothing. After I settle down with my fellow villagers, I'll go meet you. As long as General Zhao doesn't dislike our clumsiness, he is willing to throw down his blood!"

Of course, Zhao Meng and Liu Xi couldn't wish more, they were short of manpower, and it would be nice to have one more.He readily agreed and asked Xia Zhong to settle down with the folks, and went to find them at the Duke Protector's Mansion.

Separated from Xia Zhong, Zhao Meng and Liu Xi split up, Liu Xi went straight to the imperial city, and Zhao Meng took a thousand elite soldiers to the Huguo Duke's Mansion.

Not to mention Zhao Meng, Liu Xi went straight to the imperial city alone, dragged one foot, and limped outside the main gate of the imperial city. Brothers from the imperial guard camp had already come out to stop him and shouted: "Where is the beggar?" , I’m so hungry and confused, why did I come to this Forbidden Garden to beg for food, hurry and hurry!”

After yelling a few times, Liu Xi not only didn't leave, but speeded up, and rushed straight at the person who shouted, "Master Bing is pitiful, he stuttered!"

The speaker arrived, and Liu Xi put his arms around the person and called softly, "Qin Ming!"

The man was about to have a seizure when he heard the beggar call his name, the voice was familiar, he shivered involuntarily, he lowered his head to look carefully, it wasn't Liu Xi who was it.

Qin Ming was so happy that he almost jumped up, but he didn't dare to say anything. He deliberately squeezed the clothes on Liu Xi's chest with a cold face, dragging and cursing: "Why are you so annoying! Okay, okay, I see you are so hungry, come with me , I'll get you something to eat."

When the two of them came to a remote place, they really had thousands of words to say, but they didn't know where to start. After a few rough words, Liu Xi opened the front of his chest, and from the gap between the two layers of clothes, He took out a letter written by Luo Ming and handed it to Qin Ming: "This is Prince Jing's secret letter, you must hand it to General Xu Qian personally."

Qin Ming collected the letter and put it close to his body before asking, "What should you do?"

"My brother has a house outside the palace, I will go there to find him."

"No need!" Qin Ming shook his head, "Director Liu doesn't dare to leave the emperor's side for a moment now, and you will have to rush if you go."

Liu Xi was in trouble, "Here, if I can't contact my brother, it would be even more difficult to rescue the emperor."

Qin Ming frowned and said, "The emperor is seriously ill. I heard from the imperial doctor that he can't even get off the bed. Even if you can contact Director Liu, the emperor's dragon body can't stand the toss, and it's broken instead."

Liu Xi was even more worried after hearing this, "What should I do? If the emperor can't be rescued, how can Prince Jing dare to let go of his hands and feet? Isn't it just giving someone a handle for nothing?"

Qin Ming laughed and said: "This is really bad! General Liu has 30 troops, even the imperial guard camp, and General Xu has 1 troops. Even if each of them spit, they would drown Taiping and others. Died. We didn't do anything because the reputation was not right and the words were not right. We brothers don't have to shy away from speaking. To put it bluntly, this is the country of their old Luo family after all. If there is any fight, there must be an old Luo family It's up to someone to take the lead, and if General Liu or General Xu comes forward, it won't be a case of proficient swordsmanship, wrong intentions, and if you catch up with a small-minded person, you will be charged with conspiracy to usurp the throne. Please!"

Liu Xi said anxiously: "How could it be! You know what Prince Jing is like. We are both in the imperial guard camp, we eat and live together. How can he be such a foolish person who hides everything?"

Qin Ming pushed him with a smile: "Look at you, I don't know who Prince Jing is. If I don't know, I wouldn't dare to tell you about beheading."

He didn't tease him anymore, and comforted him: "Don't worry! The brothers in the imperial guard camp are all good. Liu Pei and Tai Ping Hou are intimidating and tempting, and we will not listen to them. The emperor is safe in the palace. Don't worry and go boldly, the brothers in the imperial guard camp will definitely protect the emperor and prevent anyone from hurting a single hair of him."

Liu Xi felt at ease, these people were his brothers in the same robe, how could he not trust them.

He talked with Qin Ming for a few more words, afraid of being suspicious, he didn't dare to delay any longer, and limped back as he had just done.

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