As soon as his subordinates came back and reported it, everyone present was stunned.
Things have just been packed up and the tents have been dismantled. Now we are told that the city gates over there are closed and the three armies are not sending out troops. Not only is everything we are doing now in vain, but also the plans we have been working on during this period.
Everyone blinked and looked at Li Xiao.
Lin Zongqi said angrily: "Young Master, this..."
Li Xiao was poured cold water on him, his face was extremely ugly, and he asked: "Where is Mr. Ji?"
"Mr. Ji Hong and Mr. Cai He will be here later. I have been asked to come back first to report to the young master." the subordinate replied.
Li Xiao nodded, and then the corners of his lips curled up into a sneer: "It's impossible for you to regret it without any reason. The city gate is opened, the army has gathered, and only this last step is missing. Who can do it?"
Lin Zongqi paused and said, "Could it be that fish that slipped through the net? Did he run into Peifeng City?"
"It must be." Li Xiao said.
The pain in the back of his head seemed to intensify again. He frowned, took off the saber from his waist, and said coldly: "Now that we've packed it up, let's leave it at that. Stay where we are and wait until Mr. Ji comes back to take a look."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked towards the rock on the other side, put his sword on the rock, jumped up and sat down, looking ugly.
However, after waiting for a long time, the carriage finally came back, but Ji Hong was no longer on the carriage.
"Where has Mr. Ji gone?" Li Xiao hurriedly stepped forward and asked the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man bowed respectfully: "Master, Mr. Ji got off the car outside the slope ahead. He said he had other important matters and would come to us in a month."
"You just let him go like that?" Li Xiao said angrily, "What about us? What should we do?"
"It's time for us to leave," the middle-aged man sighed. "I'm afraid this tactic of alienation won't work. Mr. Ji said that the rain is about to stop. When the army comes, there's no guarantee that we won't be discovered."
"Then it's all in vain?" Lin Zongqi next to him couldn't believe it.
They didn't just fly here with wings. They worked hard to transport the grain, grass and supplies themselves. They even pretended to be thieves and robbed a lot of them.
The purpose was for Zhao to "collude" with Song Zhiyi or Yao Datian. No matter whether Zhao was willing to accept these things or not, as long as they left the city, these things would become "evidence of crime."
The civil servants in the court can talk about dead people, and there are so many people who regard Zheng Guogong's government as a thorn in their side. If they want to accuse him, there is no reason to hesitate. In addition, the "evidence" is conclusive. I believe that by then, as long as Da Qian is still alive, Zhao Ming will be in trouble for the rest of his life.
Don't even think about entering the capital again, otherwise you will be dead. And for a bloody general like Zhao Zuo, who has been wronged, scolded, and abandoned by his family, what will he do with such a violent temper? Maybe he will really go.
It's the other way around.
However, what I want to see most is how the suspicious Emperor Xuan Yan will deal with the Duke of Zheng. Now the life of the Duke of Zheng is already difficult. Once Zhao Guo "rebels", the drama will become even more exciting.
However, these are all what they imagined. They have been planning carefully for so long, and they are just one step away from completing it. As a result, these things that have been sent over the mountains and ridges have to be transported back in vain?
Lin Zongqi felt irritable just thinking about it.
Cai He didn't say anything. Naturally, he understood how aggrieved he would be if this trip was in vain, so he only looked at Li Xiao.
Li Xiao's chest was filled with panic. He turned around, grabbed the saber, and said coldly: "Let's go!"
After saying that, he went over there to lead his horse, turned over, and reined in the horse. He felt unhappy again, and turned back to look at the dark city in the distance hidden in the mist.
One day, he will definitely kick open this city gate with his own feet!
………………
Xia Zhaoyi reined in his horse and jumped off Qingyun's horse.
Zhi Changle and Lao Tong have done nothing today and have been waiting here.
Seeing the two of them like this, Xia Zhaoyi smiled and said, "What's wrong with you?"
"Ali, are you okay? Those people didn't make things difficult for you, right?"
"I haven't recovered yet, so why did I let you go?"
"It's okay," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile, "Let's go and see the injured."
While walking, I asked about the process of the big ship. I have been studying and pondering over the past few days, and everyone has become proficient. The process is very fast. Xia Zhaoyi was slightly relieved and said: "It's okay, it's okay. My hard work every day is not in vain."
Go find something to eat."
"The methods you mentioned still work!" Zhi Changle said hurriedly.
Lao Tong looked down on him. He had never found Zhi Changle to be so flattering before. Now why would he praise this little girl without even mentioning it? She was so old. It felt really strange.
Xia Zhaoyi smiled, opened the door and went inside.
In order to facilitate the care of others, Lao Tong moved the injured person here with Pang Yi. The two wooden beds were inside the house, which seemed a bit crowded. There were several fires lit in the house, and the light was slightly better.
Xia Zhaoyi took out an oil paper bag from his pocket and said, "I brought some things, which is barely enough."
Seeing that what she brought was gauze and plaster, Zhi Changle suddenly felt a little disappointed: "Oh, I thought there would be steamed buns and steamed buns."
"We don't have those," Xia Zhaoyi still smiled, taking the bamboo basket over there to organize the plasters, and said, "The city is very miserable, and life is not as good as ours. We can't go out from house to house, waiting for the soldiers to distribute food, but the soldiers
I haven’t eaten food for a long time, everyone is very thin, and the horses are also very thin.”
Zhi Changle was stunned.
Lao Tong frowned beside him, with a bit of bitterness in his throat, and said softly: "That's really... too..."
However, when you think about the famine, this is indeed how it should be. You are so poor that you eat your hair and drink your blood, or even exchange your children for food...
After all, they have always had enough to eat and drink, and have no worries about food and clothing these days, so they have almost forgotten what kind of world this is.
Old Tong lowered his head and looked at the clothes on his body. Although they were ripped off from a dead person, after being processed, they were warm and clean enough, and had a very light vanilla smell.
When I think about it, it really feels amazing that they can live so well in troubled times, with a house to live in, meat to eat, and even people to treat them when they are sick.
Thinking of this, Lao Tong looked at the little girl who was sitting by the bed and immersed in doing something. Zhi Changle also looked at her at this time.
As soon as she left today, both of them felt unspeakably flustered. They had no sense of security at all. They were at a loss and had no clue. They were afraid that she would not come back, so what would they do then.
This feels really strange. She is such a small girl and so short, but why does it seem like she can support everything and stand tall like a big man?
Perhaps this metaphor is not appropriate, but the energy she brings is really something they have never felt in other people. It is too tough, too thick, and too powerful.
