The autumn wind is high and crisp, and the trees are dyed with color.
Li Shan walked in the alley, looking at the mountains in the distance. He didn't know if they were maple trees, but they were already a bright red color.
It's been quite some time since the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Li Shan had forgotten about it. After all, in his profession, he might not be able to take a break during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, National Day, or Spring Festival, let alone the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Afterwards, Li Shan inquired about it and found that at this time, northern folk already had the custom of admiring the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, but mooncakes had not yet appeared.
This year's Mid-Autumn Festival coincides with the Turks moving south, and a large number of refugees are pouring into Beijing. Naturally, there are no activities such as moon appreciation and moon worship.
After exiting the alley, there was a wooden fence to the west. Suddenly, a heartbreaking cry came. Li Shan frowned and looked. A woman with a baby in her arms was staggering towards her. There was also a five or six person below.
The 6-year-old child was picking up her trousers, followed by a man carrying a box.
"She seems to be Aunt Liu's daughter at the east end of the village?"
"Married?" Li Shan was a little wary, "Where did you marry?"
Qing Zhuang on the side yelled a few words urgently, and asked someone to open the fence and let people in, and then said: "Xiaoliu Village, it only takes two or three years to get married."
"How far?"
"Uh, about thirty miles."
Li Shan licked his tongue. It was more than thirty miles away, not too far. Looking at the miserable condition of the couple and listening to the crying, it was obvious that they were not returning to their parents' home to visit relatives.
Eighty percent of the time, it was a disaster, or were the refugees causing trouble?
Li Shan remembered that Li Kai sent a message yesterday that the Tang army had won consecutive battles in Hedong and Guannai Road. The Turks had intended to withdraw their troops, and the government was about to open warehouses to release grain for disaster relief... In other words, the disaster relief had not started yet.
After thinking over and over, Li Shan turned to look at Zhu Wei and Guo Pu who had already heard the news and came over.
Soon, hundreds of people gathered at the intersection, and the news spread chaotically.
Xiaoliu Village was invaded, and the villagers suffered heavy casualties. They were looted and most of the houses were destroyed and burned. Aunt Liu's son-in-law and daughter luckily escaped with their lives and had no choice but to come to seek refuge with their in-laws.
"Turkic soldiers?" Guo Pu shook his head in disbelief, "It's been more than ten days since the army set out, how could the Turks still attack Jingzhao Mansion!"
After carefully asking Aunt Liu's son-in-law, Guo Pu immediately judged that it was not Turkic soldiers, but refugees who were causing trouble. At most, there were only a few dozen horses.
"Although they are refugees, there are more than 500 households in Xiaoliu Village..." Zhu Wei rubbed his brows.
In the past ten days, two groups of refugees have come to Zhujiagou for food, but they were driven away directly without causing any commotion. However, Xiaoliu Village is larger than Zhujiagou, which has less than 300 households in total.
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What's even worse is that rumors about Aunt Liu's son-in-law and daughter's quarrel and that the Turks have invaded Jingzhao Mansion have spread. The young men and women in the village are all frightened. In fact, similar rumors have been circulating for several days.
"It's so sweet, just put it in your mouth."
There was a lot of crying over there, and Li Shan...well, it wasn't that he was indifferent, he was really used to it, so he knelt down and took out the cane sugar to tease Aunt Liu's granddaughter.
At the age of five or six, he was timid, his face and body were covered with dust, and he did not dare to look up at anyone.
Li Shan smiled and stuffed the candy into the child's mouth, "Hold it, don't swallow it."
In just a moment, the child's tongue tasted the sweetness, and there was surprise and dodge in the dark eyes.
"Dalang..."
Li Shan turned around and glanced. The little monk squatted aside in aggrieved manner, denounced Li Shan with his eyes... It's a new person replacing an old one. I was the only one who had such treatment before.
"It's gone, it's really gone." Li Shan turned over his sleeves, "It was the last one just now."
Tears welled up in his eyes... Li Shan was about to tease him a few more words, when his mother called out, "Da Lang."
"Mother is here too." Li Shan hurried over, "Don't worry. Brother Changsun and Brother Demou have sent news that the King of Qin won both battles and made some small gains. The Turks have made peace, and Taichang Qing has already
Let’s set off.”
"But the government has not yet come forward to provide disaster relief. There have been several riots by refugees in Guanzhong, even in Xiaoliu Village..." Zhu Wei looked at Mr. Zhu, "Your mother and son should go into the city to take shelter."
I've been here for more than ten days, and now I'm running away... Li Shan vetoed it without even thinking about it, not to mention anything else. This also violated Li Shan's bottom line.
Besides, if we go to the city to avoid disaster, Zhujiagou will be completely destroyed, and how will the descendants of the Prince of Qin regard him?
Seeing that Li Shan refused to enter the city, Guo Pu and Zhu Wei gave up their persuasion and selected people to go out to find out the details. If the Turks really invaded Jingzhao Mansion, they would send the mother and son into the city no matter what.
"Da Lang, are the Turks really going south?"
"Will the Turks attack Chang'an?"
Li Shan also wanted to tease the little monk and the girl, but all the young people around him came to him.
"I heard that the Great Shock Pass has been breached a long time ago?"
"Has the army been defeated by the Turks?"
"It is said that the Turkic Khan personally led the troops..."
Li Shan looked around and saw frightened faces, and an atmosphere of tension and fear filled the air.
"Are you the second son of the old Zhao family in the south?" Li Shan jumped on a big stone and pointed at a man, "At the beginning of the year, you secretly whispered that you thought I was doing something bad, but now you have no courage?"
The man's face immediately turned red. He lowered his head and kept silent. He kept muttering in his heart. At the beginning of the year, he was fighting Liu Heita. Now, the Turks are marching south. How can this be compared?
"The King of Qin sent troops to Hedong and won consecutive battles. The Turks already wanted to withdraw their troops and return north. How could they attack Jingzhao?"
"It's just refugees causing trouble."
Li Shan took out a piece of paper from his arms, spread it out and waved it, "Yesterday, the military reported that the general manager of Bingzhou sent troops to fight in the east of Fenshui River, beheading 5,000 people and capturing 2,000 of their horses, and then moved to the north of Shahe River.
Defeat the Turks."
"Xiao Yi, the governor of Fenzhou, ambushed the Turks and beheaded more than 50,000 Turks."
Zhu Wei on the periphery grinned when he heard this. It was obviously level 500 and level 5000, but it suddenly increased tenfold!
Zhou Zhao, who appeared out of nowhere, grinned. He saw clearly and remembered clearly that the piece of paper in Li Shan's hand was obviously waste paper, specially kneaded to soften it...
The surroundings became quiet. Li Shan looked around with a calm expression. After a while, he continued: "I just asked my uncle Qi, and I have already made it clear that I will never go into the city to avoid you."
There was a commotion around him, and Li Shan actually escaped into the city. Although the villagers were envious, they were probably not jealous, let alone hateful.
But Li Shan's words made the people around him immediately calm down. This was a very simple judgment. If the Turks were really going south, it would be impossible for a nobleman like Li Shan not to enter the city.
Zhu Wei and Guo Pu spent so much time talking that their voices were hoarse, but it didn't have much effect, while Li Shan calmed people down with his understatement.
It's not because Li Shan is eloquent, but because he has proven himself with practical actions.
Guo Pu whispered: "A truly heroic man."
Zhu Wei stroked his long beard and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Back then, Liu Wuzhou wreaked havoc on Hedong, and the king's army was defeated, causing heavy casualties."
Guo Pu emphasized his tone, "The King of Qin wanted to turn the tide. He shouted in front of the battle line not to take a step back. The morale of the army was firm, and the soldiers fought to the death to finally destroy the enemy army."