Xu Huai was stunned. He looked at the girl who was holding a bunch of cloaks and robes for him stupidly. He saw that she was not wearing any fancy clothes. She was quite thin in this cold weather. She did not have a skirt on her lower body, but
A pair of wide-legged embroidered jacket and trousers that were tightened at the ankle; her pretty and pretty face was flushed, as if she had just run over after a busy day. Then she suddenly realized that this outfit was not what a maid from the Zhu Mansion should wear.
, but in Cuju women’s clothing, she asked in surprise:
"Princess? Which family's princess?"
Dai Viet has stricter restrictions on clan titles, but there are more than a dozen royal brothers, brothers, princes, and grandsons who can be given the title of prince. Xu Huai suddenly couldn't guess which prince's daughter the girl in front of him was, so he ran away.
Go to the side courtyard of Zhufu and look around.
"You crazy guy, how dare you be so rude? How could the Zhu family treat you rude military men as distinguished guests?" When the maid next to the girl saw Xu Huai rushing against the princess, instead of panicking and apologizing, she looked at the princess unscrupulously.
After that, he still asked me such rude questions, which made me frown in anger.
The young girl had never seen such a rude person. She threw a large handful of smelly cloaks in a panic on the stone railing in front of the corridor. She tugged on the sleeves of the palace maid next to her, signaling her not to follow this rude person.
The soldiers were entangled, so they jumped out of the yard.
"Who are they? Are they the maids of Langjun Zhu Kang's house? Why did they leave after just saying a few words to the military lord?" Niu Er walked out of the room, looked at the three girls leaving, and asked curiously.
"I don't know which noble lady from the prince's palace broke into this courtyard." Xu Huai said casually, watching the girl's quickly leaving figure.
The memory fragments have long foretold the tragic ending that the members of the Dai Viet clan will face. From the depths of his heart, Xu Huai can hardly feel even a little bit of awe for these superior clan members. On the contrary, he still has some pity.
"Prince's Mansion?" Niu Er saw the three girls running away faster and looked at the robes on the stone railing. He walked over to pick them up and said, "Mr. Liu's family is not here. I will help the military lord wash these clothes!"
Xu Huai and the others rushed to Bianliang this time. Although they took a shortcut, they were still running non-stop. Even the strong and powerful soldiers could not bear it. Xu Huai did not let Liu Qiong'er accompany him to endure this hardship.
Xu Huai decided to come to Bianjing this time, and many of his previous plans were adjusted. Before they left, more people were evacuated back to Huaiyuan in advance; Liu Qiong'er followed that group of people back to Huaiyuan first.
Now Xu Huai is surrounded by a bunch of rough guys, not even one who can mend things.
However, Xu Huai still stretched out his hand to block Niu Er, fearing that his attack would be careless and would tear the cloaks apart, making it even harder to put them on. He said: "No, give me a rest." Zhu Kanglang
You should send your servants to help us clean up these things. You can call Zheng Tu and the others. You can go to the city for a walk, but the rules must be explained first. We are nothing in Bianliang City, and the situation is extremely urgent now.
We are leaving Bianjing at any time. If you cause any trouble and are imprisoned in some prison, I don’t want to rob the prison and rescue you idiots!"
Although he might not be able to see Wang Zhen for a while, and Zhu Hang might be called into the palace at any time to inquire about the war situation, Xu Huai had to wait in Zhu's mansion.
However, even if Wang Zhen is free, Xu Huai can just invite Wang Ju, Shi Zhen, Wang Xian, Zhou Jing, Xu Xin'an, Zheng Tu and others to accompany him to meet him. There is no need for hundreds of people to follow them noisily.
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He also
I hope Niu Er, Zheng Tu and the others will have the opportunity to experience the most prosperous and prosperous city in the world before it is completely destroyed by the war; and in the future, they will never be able to see such a large and prosperous city for the rest of their lives.
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Therefore, no matter how critical the situation was and how urgent the time was, Xu Huai planned to give them half a day's leave.
However, even if this city is destined to be devastated and destroyed by the flames of war, even if the millions of people in this city are destined to experience miserable struggles and torture, Bianliang, as the capital, still maintains the last false majesty at this time.
Xu Huai didn't want Niu Er, Zheng Tu, Yan Xiaoyi, and Zhu Shicong to cause trouble for him, so he had to be reminded of some rules before he could rest assured.
At this moment, Zhu Zhi, who had hurriedly washed up and changed into a brand new robe, came over and said: "There is an edict in the palace. My father will go to the palace to meet the saint at this time; Grandpa Xianggong is also in the capital hall, and he may have to wait for me.
Come over here to meet my father after the meeting. My father asked me to accompany you to have a drink first. It’s freezing cold, so don’t restrain yourself..."
"Since I don't have anything else to do for the time being, I'll go back home first and not be busy with the Ministry of War. It won't be a problem if I delay it for a day or two," Shi Zhen said. "If Mr. Zheng and Mr. Zhou have nothing else to do, they can arrive first."
I’ll drink two cups at my house!”
The Yellow River will thaw in March. If the Chihu people want to directly attack the Hehuai River and wreak havoc in this winter, the main force of their cavalry may cross over from Hebei at any time and surround Bianliang.
What Shi Zhen is most anxious about now is not accompanying Xu Huai to meet Wang Zhen.
Except for the whole family, he had to try to persuade his relatives and friends to leave Bianliang and take refuge southward as soon as possible.
Shi Zhen served as an official in the Ministry of War for many years and managed to obtain a ninth-grade background. However, he was cautious and gentle in temperament. He knew how to persuade his relatives and friends to withdraw from Bianliang in the snow and wind as the New Year was approaching.
The difficulty is not that great.
He had previously written a letter back to Bianjing to persuade his family to go south first, but the letter sent to Fuzhou by his family clearly did not take his words seriously; now he does not know whether he can persuade his family to leave Bianliang immediately
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He couldn't ask Xu Huai directly for this matter, so he thought of dragging Zheng Tu and Zhou Jing over to help him find a solution.
If it doesn't work, let Zhou Jing and Zheng Tu arrange the manpower to "rob" his family out of Bianliang, which is far better than being besieged in Bianliang City by the red soldiers and horses.
Seeing Shi Zhen's sad face, Xu Huai also guessed that he was looking for Zheng Tu. Zhou Jing was not looking for a drink, so he met Zheng Tu. Zhou Jing said: "You go with Mr. Shi. Mr. Shi, do you have any instructions?"
Do your best to do it.”
Seeing Shi Zhen rush to pull Zheng Tu and Zhou Jing leave, Zhu Zhi asked: "Mr. Shi is in a hurry to arrange for his family to evacuate?"
"..." Xu Huai nodded and said, "Maybe in ten days and a half, maybe three to five days, a small group of red scouts will come through..."
"My father just mentioned this to our ancestors, but he got scolded!" Zhu Zhi said with a sad face.
Bianliang City has three main rivers passing through the city. Although they are all frozen at this time, when spring comes, the Wuzhang River leading to Jingdong East Road, the Bian River leading to Sizhou, and the Bianhe River leading to Caizhou
The Cai River is the main waterway connecting the capital with the outside world.
Through these waterways, millions of stones of grain, charcoal, cloth and other bulk materials are transported into Bianliang every year to maintain the consumption of this city with a population of 130 and hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops.
Once the captive soldiers go south, they will not
Not only were these material transportation channels cut off, but the people in the surrounding states and counties would also flock to take refuge out of their natural trust in the capital's defense. By then, no one knew how many people would flood into the city.
It is not unimaginable to exceed two million, or even reach three million.
Even if Bianliang can be defended by then, the food reserves in the city will be quickly depleted. In addition to the butcher's knives of the soldiers, there is no telling how many people will die from famine and disease.
It is not unimaginable that people can eat each other.
However, don't say that Xu Huai was underestimating his position at this time. Even if Wang Zhen obtained the imperial edict and wanted to evacuate millions of people in the city to the south, how could it be possible in time?
The New Year is approaching, there is heavy snow outside the city, thousands of miles of ice, and there is no strong enough grassroots execution. How many people are willing to embark on the long journey south to escape without hesitation at this time?
Zhu Hang returned home and tried to persuade the old lady to go south to avoid trouble. Wouldn't he be taught a lesson in return?
Faced with Zhu Zhi's sorrow, Xu Huai could only shrug his shoulders, saying that there was nothing he could do about it.
Zheng Tu and Zhou Jing were taken away by Shi Zhen. Xu Huai took Yin Peng, Yan Xiaoyi, Zhu Shicong and others to the city to open their eyes. He, Wang Ju, Wang Xian and Xu Xin'an were accompanied by Zhu Zhi.
I sat down in the Chu Nuan Pavilion and drank while waiting for Zhu Hang to return.
This warm pavilion is located in the middle of the garden. It was originally a pavilion. After winter, wooden windows and curtains were installed. The base was hollowed out and filled with charcoal for heating. People inside are as warm as spring.
The situation was difficult, and no one was in the mood to joke. Xu Huai didn't even care much about the redress of the imperial edict. He felt that it was too hot in the Nuan Pavilion, so he opened a wooden window, looked at the snow scene in the garden and the blooming wintersweet, and took a sip.
Drinking wine.
After a while, there were soft footsteps approaching, and Xu Huai then heard the maid who had scolded him in the side courtyard through the curtain talking on the verandah outside the Nuan Pavilion:
"What a reckless idiot with no sense at all. He actually treated the princess as a maid. He threw a pile of smelly clothes and asked the princess to hold it for you and tell you where the maid could be so beautiful and rich."
A lazy voice that sounded like a young woman said: "I heard that the soldiers in the army are either recruited Tibetan people or prisoners exiled to border states for committing crimes. They live in thatched huts where they bump into each other all day long.
Inside, there is coarse flour, dig in some salty sauce and eat it with gusto. You may have never seen a few women in your life, how can you have good eyesight? But the princess did not listen to the advice and listened to Zhu Zhi’s nonsense, thinking that
He is a great hero, but he wants to run over to watch the excitement, but he is not immune to collision?"
The lazy voice sounded again: "Wang Xuan, you are not happy with the several marriages my mother arranged for you. You are still losing your temper in your Wang family's house and scolding my mother for meddling in other people's business. But you are watching in Lanzhou.
What kind of husband has you fallen in love with, and now he rushes over angrily, fearing that he might be a little late to meet you?"
"Zhu Duojin, what are you talking about? I just heard that Princess Yingyun was here, so I rushed over to talk to her." Wang Xuan's slightly breathy voice came over.
"Yingyun was not here at the beginning. He took a group of people to play Cuju at my place. He also just heard that a group of rough guys had returned from Fuzhou with my father. It seemed that these soldiers looked like something. He insisted on coming to watch the fun, but he didn't know.
How did you know that Yingyun was here?" The young woman laughed at Wang Xuan again and said, "You didn't come here to meet Mr. Ruyi, but how could you predict that Yingyun would come here?"
