"We haven't even arrived in Runan yet, he must be too impatient." From the time King Qian was born to now, no one except the emperor has dared to dislike him. This is the first time that he has been disliked by a local official, and he feels extremely unhappy.
Xia Jing asked him: "Which one can better show his sincerity and his respect for the royal family members, or waiting to welcome you at the border of Jingzhou, or waiting for you in Runan?"
King Qian held back his anger and said, "According to what Mr. Yuan said, Yuan Rujiang has a traitor in his heart, and his heart can be punished!"
Xia Jing sneered, "But what he showed to the world was his respect for the royal family and his loyalty to the Yu Dynasty. He sent people to Runan to welcome you, which is a statement to the world. He, Yuan Rujiang, is loyal to the Yu Dynasty.
Can you tell me clearly?"
Ever since he left the capital, King Qian had been feeling aggrieved. Now he turned to Mr. Zhang and asked, "According to Mr. Zhang, how should we deal with it now? Yuan Rujiang can't just do whatever he wants, right?"
If he could manipulate him so easily, would the people in the world think that King Qian was weak and incompetent and could be bullied by everyone!
"This -" Mr. Zhang hesitated for a moment and then sighed, "We are passing by his territory now, so we can't make enemies. We can only take one step at a time and watch each step."
Mr. Yan also added: "It is not without benefit for us that he is so kind. At present, our food and grass are in short supply. When we reach the border of Jingzhou, Yuan Rujiang, as the host, cannot let the guests eat and live in their own food."
King Qian was so suppressed that his face turned red, "From what you said, sir, it seems that I, a high-ranking prince, have become a beggar in the end."
Jingzhou belongs to the Yu Dynasty, and the Yu Dynasty belongs to the Li family. You have to live like a guest in your own home. Do you think it's aggrieved or not?
Xia Jing's lips curved into a smile with unknown meaning, "Since Governor Yuan is so hospitable, we naturally have to fulfill his wishes."
Mr. Zhang's eyes lit up, "What good ideas does the princess have? Let's talk about it and let everyone give her advice."
Xia Jing yawned and stood up lazily, "There is nothing to ask for advice. This matter has been decided. You can continue chatting. I am tired, so I will go back to rest first and say goodbye."
There were several tents at the edge of the camp. In one of the tents with lights on, several men were drinking wine around a table.
Lai Zi asked Yuan Mingxian, "Yuan Canjun, do you mean they will follow us honestly tomorrow?"
After hearing what he said, Mu Mu couldn't help but sneered, "If they don't follow us, how dare they resist?"
Lai Zi scratched his head and said, "It's impossible to say. If they don't want to go with us, do we really want to force them?"
"Do they have any other choice?" Mumu snorted coldly: "Unless they go back home, they have to go back and forth from wherever they go. If they want to borrow the road from Jingzhou, they have to follow our governor Yuan's arrangement. When they get to Jingzhou's territory, it's like a dragon.
You have to stay with me, and besides, that King Qian is not a dragon, he is at most a python."
"Haha." The others burst out laughing after hearing this, overjoyed.
"Mu Mu, what you said is spot on. Not to mention, I knew at first glance that King Qian was a coward, haha!"
Mu Mu scratched his head, "I'm just a rough man, and what I tell you is the truth. If you ask me, this King Qian simply went back home. We have to watch him when he comes to Jingzhou. We are not looking after cows and dogs."
, following them day and night, I might as well go back and train the new recruits."
"Be careful!" Yuan Mingxian put down his wine glass and warned him, "It's better not to talk about some things in the military camp in Jingzhou outside! If you leak secrets, you will be punished by the governor, so don't implicate the big guys!"
Mu Mu shut his mouth, but he was still a little unconvinced, "What are you afraid of? Our people are guarding the outside. I don't think King Qian's people can penetrate."
Yuan Mingxian's tone became serious, "Be careful with your ship!"
Seeing Yuan Mingxian's attitude, the others found it hard to talk about King Qian anymore, so they changed the subject wisely.
midnight.
Outside the camp, the sound of horse hooves came from far and near, and everyone who was unaware of the situation woke up from their sleep.
Lai Zi climbed up from the ground bunk and saw a figure standing at the door of the tent.
He was startled, and when he was looking for a knife, the figure turned around, and he realized that it was Yuan Mingxian.
Lai Zi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "Yuan Canjun, we are all here to support him, are there still some ignorant people here to hunt the grass valley?"
Yuan Mingxian stared outside the tent and said without looking back: "Have you ever seen bandits with such uniform steps?"
"Not a bandit? That is." Lai Zi stood up from the floor, "I'm going out to see what's going on."
"There's no need to go and take a look. I think it's one of their own." Yuan Mingxian had already seen someone in the camp lighting a torch and heading over to greet them.
"Their people?" Lai Zi was a little confused for a moment.
Yuan Mingxian threw down the door curtain, turned around and sat back on the floor, "Ignore them, go to bed early."
Xia Jing was woken up, listening to the sad crying outside, lying on the bed unable to fall asleep for a while.
"Princess, do you want to get up and go out for a look?"
"Don't go!"
"Oh." Hongmei fumbled and blew out the fire stick to light the oil lamp.
The dim lights dimmed, and the tent became temporarily quiet.
The wailing outside continued. Xia Jing looked at Hongmei and said, "How about you go out on my behalf to check on the situation?"
Hongmei put on her clothes and said with a smile: "Baimei has passed, and my servant is here to accompany the princess."
Xia Jing yawned and lay down again, "It's up to you."
Seeing that the princess fell asleep again, Hongmei didn't dare to say anything anymore and waited quietly for Baimei to come back.
After Xia Jing lay down, she stretched out her mental power, and it didn't take long to figure out the whole story.
The guards sent out during the day came back, but they brought back bad news.
Most of the people who disappeared during the day were killed. When they returned, they didn't even bring back a body.
It's not that there is no body, but that the body was so crushed that you couldn't tell who it was, and the clothes the body wore before death were stripped off by the refugees.
The guards couldn't tell the details of the tragic condition of the body abandoned on the roadside.
When they returned, the refugees had already retreated. Since the bodies could not be distinguished clearly, they had no choice but to dig holes and bury them on the spot, letting them rest in their graves.
It was precisely because it took a long time to clean up the corpse that the guards came back late.
"Father, you must avenge our brother Kun this time. Our poor brother Kun will never die in peace!"
Li Chengxian collapsed on the ground and cried loudly. This time she was really sad. The grandson she had watched grow up, the young boy who would get married in a few years if nothing else happened, was lost in the daytime because of those greedy refugees.
But he died in the wilderness, died in a foreign country, and his death was tragic.
This makes her, a grandmother, not sad or sad.
"Oh, my heart aches to death, my dear grandson!"
King Qian had a headache. He raised his hand and pressed his temples, and shouted angrily at the servant standing nearby: "You are all dead people. You just let your master sit on the ground like this and you didn't help him back quickly!"