A group of about 300 civilians headed toward Hejing along the southern ridge of Quyang Mountain.
Entering Guizhou, on an unknown rural road, they saw a group of soldiers and horses walking slowly from the southwest.
The spears are covered with silver armor, and the war horses are also covered with silver saddles. The headdress and foot ornaments of the war horses are all made of black iron.
The civilians were afraid, so they slowed down and let them pass first.
They continued walking for a day, and after nightfall, the civilians walked to Nanxiyi, only to see that the troop of soldiers and horses were still there.
Common people who have a little money will go to an inn near the inn to stay overnight, or buy some wine and meat.
Most civilians gathered together and slept on the ground in the wilderness outside the inn.
Knowing that they were coming from the west, many nearby passers-by came to quietly inquire about the battle in eastern Washington in early February.
This group of civilians didn't dare to say a word and ignored anyone.
However, sharp-eyed passers-by soon discovered that among the common people, there was a young boy with fine features and an elegant and bookish air who looked up at them from time to time, his eyes bright and full of expressive desire.
"Young man, do you know what happened in Huazhou?" So someone asked him.
"I don't know, I don't know." The young boy waved his hands hurriedly.
"Say what you say." A group of people were aggrieved and tried their best to encourage.
"Don't tell me, don't tell me." The young boy insisted.
But as soon as they left, he opened his mouth again, trying to stop them.
Finally, hey, forget it, it’s better not to say anything.
The crowd left one after another, Zhe Li held his cheek on his knees and watched them leave. To be honest, he really wanted to share.
At nine o'clock the next day, it was just dawn and Nanxi Station was already very busy.
What is different from before is that today, dozens of tables are put together to form a long table in front of the official office of the post station, with six large wooden barrels placed on it, and the white porridge and rice are fragrant and hot.
"The government has sent porridge!"
“There’s porridge to drink!”
“There’s a queue over there!”
"Go quickly, go quickly, there will be no more if you are late!"
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Zhili opened his eyes amid the chaotic noise.
There were already many people standing in front of the official office of the post station.
The common people were all happy, saying that they had porridge to drink, and they were as happy as the Chinese New Year.
There are still a large number of people running in the distance. In addition to passers-by, villagers from Zhuangzi near Nanxiyi are also coming with bowls.
Zhili rubbed his sleepy eyes, and a woman beside him suddenly pushed him: "Young man, you go too!"
"We are all full, go quickly!" A rickety man in his early forties also said.
"I'm not hungry." Zhili replied.
"Young man, this porridge is blessed. It's royal porridge!" the woman said.
"Royal?" Zhili looked at her, "This is the royal family, isn't that Li Zhi?"
"Ouch!" The woman hurriedly waved her hand to silence him, "Why are you calling the Emperor by his first name? Stop it!"
"It's the Ninth Prince. The Ninth Prince is serving porridge!" said the rickety man just now.
Zhili said "Oh" and looked back at the old woman, hehehe: "Looking at your accent, you are from Tangzhou. Tangzhou is Song Zhiyi's territory at the moment. Why do you call Li Zhi the emperor?"
"Hey, you are such a person!" The woman was a little angry, "You don't know what is good and what is evil."
Ignore him.
"Young man, go and have some porridge!" the rickety man continued to persuade.
"Don't drink it!" Zhili said angrily, "Disgusting!"
With that said, he picked up his luggage and planned to stay away from here.
The rickety man looked confused: "I don't mean well, what kind of weirdo is this!"
"Ignore him, I told you, this man is ungrateful!" the woman said.
Zhili walked towards a nearby inn and spent two cents to fill up the water bottle he brought with him.
When the waiter brought out the kettle, he looked at more and more people over there with distracted eyes.
He was really angry and disgusted.
Yesterday, he saw this group of soldiers and horses passing by, and he recognized it at a glance, wasn't it the Li family's cavalry who had killed a thousand swords?
In the battle in eastern Huazhou, both Li's cavalry and the attacking battalion suffered losses.
But when it comes down to it, Li's cavalry still lost.
After all, Huazhou is at the doorstep of Songzhou, and there are so many soldiers and horses on the other side of Fushang County that they can kill you in a wheel battle.
Seeing Li's cavalry return home in defeat, it felt so good to say goodbye.
But now, they just stay here at Nanxi Station.
How could such ungrateful people as porridge, rice, and dried plums be so kind-hearted?
When Li Ju just left the capital, who was he who started killing the refugees on the Guhuai Plain? It was the Li family cavalry!
When Xu Tongzhi, who followed Shen Lie and others to Longdan Mountain and was personally sent to Yuanhe Sect by Dai Yu, brought it up, she burst into tears and had runny noses. She said that she was holding her child in her arms and pretending to be dead among the dead. Neither dared to move.
The Li family's cavalry, no matter men, women, old or young, were not spared, they were all killed.
A one-year-old swaddled baby is killed.
Eighty-year-old man, kill.
This Li family's cavalry was cut to pieces by a thousand cuts and was no better than a pig or a dog!
And Song Zhiyi, who stepped on the corpses of millions of refugees and ascended to the throne of the emperor outside the capital, should also die.
Now I heard that they fought with the attacking camp and both sides suffered losses. It was so satisfying to be separated that I was dancing with joy.
Now you just want to win people's hearts with just a few mouthfuls of porridge?
Nonsence!
"Don't go!" Suddenly, a cute girl's voice came from beside her, but her tone sounded very angry.
Turning his eyes, he saw a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, with bright eyes and white teeth, wearing a multi-character silk satin heddle skirt, simple hair accessories, and a jade hairpin with phoenix beads inserted sideways.
She was talking to her old servant, looking quite impatient.
As Zili looked at it, the girl turned to look at him with some emotion.
The eyebrows are raised, what beautiful eyes!
Flat fan-shaped eyelid arcs that are shallow in front and deep in back, very light pink eye shadow, and clear and bright eyes, like autumn water waves and clear spring beads.
When the girl saw Zhili, she also raised her eyebrows slightly.
Most of the people here were wearing simple clothes and even walking in tatters. Although the color of Zhili's clothes was extremely low-key, it was very clean, with few wrinkles. Coupled with the whiteness and upright fresh facial features, the girl had some affection for him and rushed towards him. He nodded.
It doesn't matter if you don't click. On this point, a little sunshine will make you a brilliant social person. Zhili immediately grabbed his baggage and walked away. He raised his hand and said with a bright smile: "Girl!"
The old servant turned his head and looked up and down, wondering which little boy he belonged to. He frowned and wanted to drive people away, but the girl also followed the example of a confused look and arched her head: "I've seen it before!"
"Haha!" Zhili said with a smile, "My name is Zhili. I saw that the girl has a pair of starry eyes. She is really pretty. From the girl's accent, she is from Xizhou?"
"Yes, but I can't quite hear your accent."
"I came from Zhaozhou and was going to Xizhou to find my senior sister."
"Zhaozhou, wow, it's so far away. Can you come here alone?" the girl said, looking behind Zhili.
"Haha, yes," Mr. Zhili said proudly, "This is the first time I have left my master. I went from Zhaozhou to Zhuzhou, and then from Zhuzhou to here. By the way, what do you call the girl?"
"You can just call me Sese," the girl said, suddenly waving her hand for him to come over, "Hey, have you heard about what happened in Huazhou? Can you come and listen to me?"
