knife cut mountains and rivers

The world is not peaceful, there is war in the north, and there is famine in the central plains.

Bailu City relies on merchants from all over the world, and most of the common people have a little money in their hands.Usually, I only think that Bailu City is remote, but now it also has its advantages. The war is in the north, the famine is in the east, and the westernmost Bailu City is not a big deal.However, the further east you go, the more and more refugees there are. The rotting corpses are scattered on the side of the road, and no one buries them. A black crow is parked on it to eat the carrion.

A woman with a child along the way escaped all the way from the Central Plains, asking everyone for something to eat.Jinling couldn't bear it, and when she first saw it, she would always give some money, but when she gave alms, people rushed to her, and she was caught in the middle and couldn't advance or retreat.

They shuttled among them like a different kind who strayed into another world. The team passed a village, and before they entered, they heard unstoppable wailing. The refugees had nothing to eat, and their voices were extremely weak.All the people in this village who could escape ran into the Suzhou Prefecture, but the Suzhou Prefecture could not accommodate so many refugees. After receiving about [-] people, the city was closed. Those who could not escape could only stay here.

Fucheng and Jinling were walking in the village, she was a little dumbfounded, she had never seen such a scene of starvation everywhere.

A little boy tugged at Jin Ling's clothes and said, "Sister, can I see my mother?"

Jin Ling didn't know medical skills, but she couldn't stand the child's pleading, so she told Fu Cheng and followed the child.

The child walked with her for a long time, and finally stopped in front of a house. It was dark and full of spider webs. Jin Ling asked, "Where is your mother?"

As soon as she finished her question, the little boy tore off the purse from her waist.

Jin Ling almost subconsciously grabbed the little boy's back collar and twisted his arm.

The little boy never expected that this innocent-looking girl would be difficult to mess with. He saw that Jin Ling was dressed well and got off a big carriage, and thought that she was just a lady from a rich family who had never been out. People who have nowhere to rest are the best cheaters.At that moment, the little boy bared his teeth in pain and said, "I was wrong, I was wrong."

Jin Ling frowned, her strength remained unabated, and she said: "I think you are a child to help you, why are you lying to me?"

But the little boy grinned at Jin Ling and said, "The most unbelievable thing in this world is children."

When I can't eat, I am willing to kneel and kowtow as long as I am given a grain of rice. All the etiquette, righteousness and shame are a thing of the past. As long as I can survive, I can do anything.

Jin Ling was stunned for a moment, thinking about the meaning of this sentence, she let go of her hand and said, "You can take the purse, you don't have to return it."

The decline of an empire can be seen by looking at the people, and now it has come to this state, and the capital is rotten to the root.

Seeing such a scene, Fucheng realized that Liu Qingqing was not easy to come by. The refugees had already fled to Bailu City. He had been to Liu Qingqing's yizhuang and helped several times.But Fucheng was so busy with his own private affairs that he only guarded the one-acre three-point land in front of him. It wasn't that he hadn't seen it before, but he chose to ignore it.Fucheng thought to himself that compared with Liu Qingqing, his structure is really too small.

Fucheng turned to look at Zhou Heng, his cold face was always tense, he should be uncomfortable, Zhou Heng received the emperor's education since he was a child, to be benevolent and righteous, and to love the people, but he was slowly involved in the power struggle , Even the foundation of the empire has been forgotten.

Facing such a scene, Zhou Heng didn't say a word, and he didn't lend a helping hand. He knew that the people in front of him could not be saved, and he had to go back to the capital immediately.

Jin Ling came back dejected. Although she was not a good person, she had read too many rivers and lakes stories in the scriptures. Could those righteous chivalrous women just be as useless as her?

The group continued to walk, and the situation improved a lot when they approached Suzhou Mansion.The outside of Suzhou Mansion was crowded with refugees, and the city gates were closed. Suzhou Mansion could not accommodate so many people. If they were all put in at once, there would be a big mess. Fortunately, people would come to give porridge every day.

Hearing that the porridge shop was set up by General Li Xiaoyao of Zhenbei, she put down the front line and came back to live for a few days, and took care of things in the city by the way.But people didn't buy it. People inside were afraid that refugees from outside would come in, and people outside scolded local officials for being unreasonable.Li Xiaoyao's move was just a palliative measure, and it was not pleasing to both sides.

The soldiers of the city guards seemed to know that Zhou Heng and his party were coming early in the morning. After seeing them, they opened the city gate and let them pass. There was still some confusion when they let them go. Blast out, just enter a city gate, the group tossed for a long time.Hands are reaching out from all directions, and you can't tell whether they want something or are going to throw you down as badly as they did.

There was a receptionist at the gate of the city, who was the housekeeper of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion. He led Zhou Heng and his party to the largest inn in Suzhou Mansion. The whole restaurant was booked up for what Li Xiaoyao ordered him to do.After settling these people down, the steward slipped away directly on the grounds that the general was busy with military affairs and waited for a while.

Eunuch Cui played with his nails and said, "This princess is really majestic." People in Suzhou call him General Li Xiaoyao, but in the eyes of people in Kyoto, he is just a princess.According to etiquette, Zhou Heng should be invited to the Zhenbei Palace for a banquet, no matter how luxurious the restaurant is.Eunuch Cui glanced sideways at Zhou Heng, thinking that the young prince's future might not be easy.

Zhou Heng ignored Eunuch Cui and didn't respond to what he said. He is not qualified to talk about the relationship between a monarch and his ministers with Li Xiaoyao in Suzhou.After letting these people rest by themselves, he went upstairs.

As soon as the crown prince left, the subordinates would do their own thing, but there was a clear distinction between the Jinyiwei group and the Dongchang group, and the swords were already on the verge of just sitting down.

Jin Ling, Xiao Wu, and Hu Yikan were outsiders, and the three of them huddled in the corner. Jin Yiwei and Dongchang couldn't fight each other and could only quarrel secretly. I don't have much in mind today.

Xiao Wu was thoughtful and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Jin Ling tilted her head, she still trusted Xiao Wu, and said, "What's going on in the capital?"

Xiao Wu didn't answer directly, he thought about the little girl's question for a while, and then said in words the child could understand: "Here comes a new noble concubine and a national teacher." People from the East Factory were eager to find Zhou Heng. Because of this incident, Concubine Lou Gui had already entered the palace when Zhou Heng was still in the capital, but Zhou Heng lost power at that time, and Li Jianqing even used Zhou Heng's life experience to make a big fuss, forcing Zhou Heng to go to Bailu City to deal with the blood Buddha. matter.However, after only leaving for more than three months, the sky in Kyoto has changed.The much-loved Dongchang fell out of favor, and the original situation where the foreign relatives were in power and the eunuchs were in power was broken. The new national teacher did not speak any reason, did not abide by the old rules, and coaxed Emperor Yongle with a fake trick of calling the wind and rain. I was stunned for a while, and I wanted to seek the elixir of becoming a fairy every day.

"Are they bad?" Jin Ling asked, "Is it because of them that those people outside became like this?"

Hu Yikan knocked on the melon seeds, and felt funny when he heard Jinling's childlike words, he poohed the melon seeds out, and said: "It's much worse than the one who is neither male nor female."

Eunuch Cui had a good ear and said, "Who is talking behind his back?" As he said that, he threw a cup over him.

Hu Yikan turned pale with shock, and Xiao Wu reached out to rescue him, preventing Hu Yikan from being disfigured by the eunuch's cup.Xiao Wu took the cup steadily, took the cup and poured a cup of tea for Jin Ling, and comforted him: "Don't talk about this, Miss, eat first."

Jin Ling silently held the teacup, thinking deeply.

At that time, Xiao Wu didn't know what Jinling was thinking. She was thinking about whether the world would be peaceful after the person in Kyoto died.If so, then she...

As soon as Zhou Heng went upstairs, Fucheng also went up. Zhou Heng was not in a good mood, so Fucheng sat slowly with him, and then he reached out and touched Zhou Heng's head, and Zhou Heng said expressionlessly: "I'm not Kittens and puppies."

Fucheng was used to plucking hair from the tiger's head, so he pulled Zhou Heng over, squeezed his throat and said, "It's a lady's duty to take care of your husband's worries."

Zhou Heng laughed. He said he wanted Fu Cheng to be his wife, but he didn't expect Fu Cheng to be quite involved.

Zhou Heng couldn't tell Fucheng what was in his heart, and he didn't understand Fucheng if he talked about business. He could go to Hu Yikan if he was talking about business, but he felt that things were not so bad when he was with Fucheng.Zhou Heng raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you plan to share my worries?"

Fucheng's voice was still hanging, and he said: "I will serve you a bowl of noodles?"

When Zhou Heng thought of Fucheng's culinary skills, he said, "Farewell, I can't bear it."

Fu Cheng smiled and touched Zhou Heng's head, and said, "I'm here."

Fucheng is a person who can easily give people a sense of security, especially after the life and death education. He would rather die than hurt Zhou Heng.

Fucheng paused, as if after some thought, he said again: "I can kill for you." Fucheng has no world and no rights, and he thinks that he is not worthy of Zhou Heng.If there is anything good, it is only capable of killing people. Fucheng can't kill people, but he can try for Zhou Heng.

When Zhou Heng heard this sentence, he suddenly put on a straight face, and snorted coldly: "No need." If he got Fucheng to let him destroy his own nature and force him to do things he didn't want to do, then he and What is the difference between the people who taught life and death?

Zhou Heng will take what he wants to get by himself, even if the road ahead is difficult, he doesn't need to take Fucheng into it.

Li Xiaoyao never showed up. After dinner, when all the people gathered in the lobby, and everyone was a little tired after eating and drinking, Fucheng suddenly said: "Here comes."

Eunuch Cui strained his ears, listened for a while but didn't understand why, and said, "Who is here?" Eunuch Cui didn't like Fucheng, and he still remembered the slap on his chest by Fucheng.

After a few words, Lu Chuanbai also frowned and said, "Someone is here." Eunuch Cui didn't talk back this time because he heard it too.

Everyone has already arrived at the door, and a woman's loud voice sounded outside, saying: "The Zhenbei Army asks to see you."

With a big tone, he neither claimed to be a great princess nor boasted that he was a great general, but he came up to be an army to suppress the north.It seems to remind the people inside that there is only one person speaking, but there are 10 people behind it.

Fucheng Road: "There are not many people, more than 40."

Zhou Heng glanced at Fucheng, and he absolutely believed in Fucheng's judgment. Fucheng had noticed it when Li Xiaoyao was still a street away.

Zhou Heng ordered to open the door, and Li Xiaoyao stood outside the door. She wasn't wearing armor, but she wasn't wearing women's clothing either. She was still dressed like a man.The daughter's figure cannot be burly. At first glance, she looks like a thin and handsome boy. However, she doesn't even carry a weapon, but she has a murderous aura. This is a woman who rolled out of countless blood and corpses, which cannot be underestimated. .

The people outside the door were just as Fu Cheng guessed, there were only 49 light cavalry, but these 49 light cavalry were all good players. If ordinary soldiers came, they could hear the footsteps of heavy armor three streets away.But the 49 light cavalry approached quietly, and only Fucheng could react. When Eunuch Cui and Lu Chuanbai heard it, the door was already surrounded.

These 49 light cavalry can stand up to a hundred on the battlefield. Li Xiaoyao personally trained them. This is the only team in the world.

Li Xiaoyao clasped his fists and said, "See Your Highness the Prince." Li Xiaoyao didn't kneel down when he saw the Prince, but just clasped his fists, as if he had given Zhou Heng enough face.

Zhou Heng nodded to Li Xiaoyao and said, "General Li."

Zhou Heng and Li Xiaoyao had correspondence but hadn't met each other very much. When Li Jianqing was the heir in Kyoto, Li Xiaoyao was in Suzhou, so this was their first serious meeting.Zhou Heng let her in, this is Suzhou Mansion, even if he wanted to, he couldn't stop her.

Li Xiaoyao glanced around the lobby. There were Jinyiwei and Dongchang in the lobby. Eunuch Cui, Lu Chuanbai, and the swordsman were not to be trifled with.Not to mention Fucheng sitting on the side.

Li Xiaoyao's battle is really strange, she dared to detain the prince in the boundary of Suzhou Prefecture.

Eunuch Cui stroked his hair. His mission was to escort Zhou Heng to the capital, so he couldn't get out even half a cent. He said in a sharp voice, "What is the princess doing?"

Zhou Heng and Li Xiaoyao confronted each other, like a battle between two armies, neither of them spoke at first.Zhou Heng knew that Li Xiaoyao didn't dare to do anything to him, if he wanted to do something, he would have done it long ago, and there was no need to wait until now.But I couldn't figure out Li Xiaoyao's temper, she was not at all different from the people in Kyoto.

Li Xiaoyao looked at people with a calm gaze, but it easily gave people a sense of threat. It was the gaze of a high-ranking person who looked at people, even when facing Zhou Heng.Just when Fucheng thought that the other party was here to mess things up, Li Xiaoyao suddenly smiled. This smile could not be called gentle, it just twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "Your Highness, I am here to give gifts."