Gongsun Zan stared at Liu Qi in the palace in disbelief, "Zhao Yu wants to transfer Youzhou to the Xu family army?"
Liu Qi, who was covered in travel dust, knelt on the ground and nodded heavily, "It's absolutely true!"
"Bastard!" Gongsun Zan was going crazy, "Zhao Yu, an old man, actually did this to me. As a clan member of the Zhao family, he actually did such a betrayal of the royal family, and he was not afraid of being struck by lightning!"
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"How many people know about this matter?" Gongsun Zan quickly came to Liu Qi and lifted him up. "Where is your Majesty? Are you still alive?"
Liu Qi licked his dry mouth and said, "General, calm down..."
Gongsun Zan snorted coldly and let go of him. Liu Qi then panicked and replied: "Only we and the Xu Jiajun should know about Zhao Yu's transfer of Youzhou."
"As for Your Majesty, he should still be alive."
Liu Qi's answer was not very sure, because they had lost news about Zhao Yuanji for more than half a year. Xu Jiajun had such a heavy bargaining chip in his hand, but there was no movement at all. Maybe someone was really killed by them.
After all, they are not afraid of being charged with regicide.
"No." Gongsun Zan affirmed: "The Xu family will not kill him! They will not do this."
Gongsun Zan took a deep breath to calm down his excitement. Looking at the disgraced Liu Qi, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
"How dare you come back!"
Liu Qi plopped down and knelt down again. He knew that he could not escape the death penalty but could not escape the penalty of life, so he did not make any excuses.
Gongsun Zan felt even more heartbroken when he saw his once mighty generals being reduced to such a humble state by the Xu family.
The Cao family in the south is about to make a move, and I don't know what they are planning. The two emperors in the north and south are already in chaos, and now Zhao Yu and Xu Jiajun are coming to intervene. Gongsun Zan only feels that his head hurts.
Seeing Liu Qi's miserable condition, although Gongsun Zan wanted to lead his troops to Youzhou in person and kick away these two hard stones that were most annoying to him, his rationality gradually gained the upper hand and told him that if he sent troops now, he would not have a good chance of winning.
But can you just let Youzhou be taken over by the Xu family?
Gongsun Zan bit his cheek hard and decided to add some trouble to Zhao Yu and the Xu family.
Gongsun Zan looked at the embarrassed Liu Qi and said, "I'll give you a chance to redeem yourself and make meritorious service. Now immediately send my secret order to Wuhuan and tell King Wuhuan that the opportunity for them to go south has come!"
Liu Qi raised his head in shock, stared at Gongsun Zan for two seconds, and then lowered his eyes.
.......
At this time, the weather is getting cooler and it is early autumn.
It had been some time since Xu Yue had received the imperial seals personally sent by Qi Zhou. After discussing with his family, the family of five decided to go north in person to take over the official seals of various counties in Youzhou.
Yuyang County is now on the right track, leaving the three brothers Zhao Bei and Sima Yi to look after the house. Xu Yue and his family did not take anyone with them, so they went north secretly to avoid fraud.
The Xu Jiajun squad responsible for recovering the counties in Youzhou will set off after receiving news from Xu Yue on the front line.
Sima Yi felt that this was a bit too risky, so before Xu Yue and others set off, he came to tell them to disguise themselves so as not to be recognized and die.
Xu Yue and others: "..."
However, what Sima Yi said was not unreasonable. In the end, the family of five disguised themselves as a wealthy family visiting relatives and embarked on the road north.
The family was not in a hurry to go to Zhuo County to meet Zhao Yu, but planned to go around in a circle, first going east to Guangyang County, then north to Shanggu, and finally going to Dai County and then back to Zhuo County.
As for Youbeiping County, Liaoxi and Liaodong counties located to the right of Yuyang County, they are too desolate and full of foreign ethnic groups. Wang Pingping plans to wait until the counties to the east of Youzhou are stabilized, and then go there to meet those who have proclaimed themselves kings.
Alien tribe.
The carriage rolled forward. The unimproved two-wheeled and single-axle carriage left the flat and wide concrete road. It was so bumpy that Xu Erniang vomited directly.
"Xu Dalang, do you know how to drive a car?" After vomiting, Xu Erniang wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and cursed angrily.
Xu Dalang turned around and glanced at her, but he was not angry because Xu Yue was also in the car and he knocked his sister upside down.
The young man first smiled apologetically at Xu Yue, and then glanced at Xu Erniang suspiciously, "You've been really grumpy recently, can't you talk properly? You're not angry at all."
Xu Erniang was startled, "What did you say? I'm very irritable? It's because you didn't drive the car properly, okay?"
Xu Dalang snorted and was too lazy to answer.
Xu Erniang glanced at him, and with a guilty conscience, she opened her water bag and drank a few sips of water, but she did not continue to compete with Xu Dalang to win or lose.
Xu Yue hurriedly stuck her head out and said to Xu Dalang: "Brother, please slow down."
Xu Dalang nodded, "I understand."
Wang Pingping and Xu Da in the carriage looked at Xu Dalang and then at Xu Erniang, who was sitting in the corner drinking water. The couple looked at each other and felt something was wrong.
But before he had time to think about it, the carriage suddenly stopped again.
The four people in the car didn't pay attention, they all stumbled and crashed into a ball.
"Xu Mo, did you do this on purpose..." Xu Erniang got stuck halfway through her angry shout.
A group of sallow-looking refugees rushed out from nowhere and surrounded the carriage.
Twelve or three people knelt in front of the carriage, stretched out their hands to beg, and their eyes were frighteningly bright.
"Sir, please do me a favor and give me someone who stutters..."
"I haven't eaten in four or five days. You can give me something to eat. If you haven't eaten, you can give me some saliva. I'll repay you by working as a cow or a horse in my next life!"
Some people looked at the fat and strong horse, licked their chapped lips, and swallowed hard with their dry throats.
Xu Dalang's eyes turned cold, and the man lowered his head in panic and stopped staring at the horse.
Xu Dalang can guarantee that if these people had not seen the knife on his waist, they would have swarmed up and robbed their family completely.
The long-forgotten memories of the escape flooded into his mind again, and Xu Dalang felt briefly dazed as he looked at these ragged and skinny refugees.
Xu Da and Wang Pingping signaled their two daughters to stay in the carriage, and the couple jumped out of the carriage.
One of them was carrying a sword and the other was carrying a bow. They were both armed. When these refugees saw them, they subconsciously stepped back and became obviously panicked.
But the feeling of hunger was so excruciating that even though I knew that I and others were defenseless and might die, I still couldn't help but pray quietly for food and water.
Xu Yue and others had previously known that the drought situation outside Yuyang County was serious. However, they did not expect that they would encounter people fleeing the scene just after they left the boundary of Yuyang County.
Wang Pingping raised her eyes and looked at the situation on both sides of the road. There were only this group of refugees who had been hiding here for who knows how long.
Autumn had just begun, and the vegetation was extremely withered and yellow. The surrounding parched fields were deserted and uncultivated, and the river was so dry that only a shallow layer of mud remained.
The local farmers nearby have either fled or are dead.
This hot and silent scene is completely opposite to the joyful scene of people celebrating the harvest in Yuyang County.
Although this drought is not as severe as the severe drought in Yanzhou that year, it is almost the same.
