The soldiers and horses guarding the capital were in full formation, but the soldiers and horses of King Qin from all over the country did not wait. The soldiers from Beidi also did not wait. However, they waited for the rebels who came from the north to the south and attacked several counties near the capital at night.
Finally, several groups of rebels gathered towards the capital, forming an encirclement!
Several counties around Gyeonggi Province are like locusts passing through, and they are devastated!
This outcome was unexpected by the emperor sitting on the dragon throne and the officials in the court.
People in the capital were panicked, and those who had not left the city in advance were panicking and regretting not fleeing with their families earlier.
The funeral procession of Prince Qian's Mansion fled all night, and when the sky turned white, they finally escaped from the attack range of the rebels near Gyeonggi Province.
After the guards who scouted the way came over to report, the captain of the guard team rode to the center of the team and asked several masters for their opinions.
"Princess, gentlemen, there is a forest on the hill in front of you. It is secluded enough. We can take a rest for the time being. We will make plans again when the people who are sent to inquire about the information come back."
Hearing this, the uncle Li Chengshang looked at Xia Jing with questioning eyes.
After a night of running around, Xia Jing's face turned pale and her lips were chapped and peeled, but she gritted her teeth and remained silent.
At this time, due to her frail body and lack of exercise, no matter how strong her willpower was, she was now at the end of her strength.
Seeing the prince looking at her, she could only nod helplessly.
Li Chengshang breathed a sigh of relief: "Then let's rest in the woods ahead."
Don't think that because he is a man, he has good driving skills. In fact, he is just a young prince who can read a little. After a night of jolting on the horse, the sourness of it cannot be explained to outsiders.
The other masters were not much better, all of them were in a depressed mood and looked disheveled.
When they arrived at the edge of the woods, Xiao Wu helped Xia Jing off her horse. The two of them were fighting so hard that she almost sat down on the ground.
Seeing this, Hongmei quickly put the bundle on her back on the ground and helped Xia Jing sit on the bundle.
"Princess, be careful."
Bai Mei took the water bag, pulled out the cork and handed it over: "Princess, please drink some water."
Xia Jing took the water bag and drank a few sips, then said to the two maids who were surrounding her: "Stop being busy, you guys should sit down and rest for a while. Aren't you tired after traveling all night?"
Bai Mei took the water bag and smiled: "Thank you, Princess, for your concern. It's okay for both of us to ride the same horse, so it's not too tiring. The ones who are most tired are those who are following behind and running on their legs."
After being reminded, Xia Jing noticed that there were dozens of servants at the end of the team, both men and women, wearing the clothes of servants in the palace, but they all had sallow complexions and thin bodies.
Paranoid malnutrition.
By this time the team was waiting, and the group behind them had collapsed on the ground without any image.
"These people are servants in the mansion, why don't I recognize any of them?"
Xiaowu Li Chengmu sat down with a small package. He explained her confusion: "Strictly speaking, these people are your slaves. They are the servants you bought temporarily the day before yesterday. I plan to let them go to the underworld to serve you and provide for you."
You send."
However, later on, he encountered banditry on the way, and his mother-in-law unexpectedly came back from the dead, so the matter was settled.
"Go to the underworld to serve me?!"
Xia Jing's eyes widened in shock. It couldn't be what she thought, right?
What a sin!
I've heard of sacrificial burial before, but that's all I've heard of.
Things that she thought were out of her reach happened to her. How could this make Xia Jingqing feel embarrassed?
The native Xiaowu Li Chengmu nodded indifferently: "Well, it is their blessing to be able to serve their mother and concubine underground. They all volunteered. After getting the money from selling themselves and settling down their families, they can serve you with peace of mind.
, so the money the housekeeper gave me was twice what I usually get for selling myself."
Xia Jing opened her mouth, but was speechless. The times had brought about the prevalence of sacrificial burials, and she was unable to refute for the time being.
"After running all night, I'm already hungry." Xiaowu Li Chengmu opened the small package in his hand: "My mother and concubine still have the foresight and know how to prepare for rainy days and prepare dry food in advance."
After saying that, he handed Xia Jing a piece of sesame seed cake. After finishing it, he didn't forget to boast: "Your son, I am also smart enough. I didn't forget to take my own dry food with me when we came out of the inn. Otherwise, we would be hungry by now."
Already."
Xia Jing took the sesame seed cake, tore off a small piece and threw it into her mouth. It was very chewy, but a bit fiddly for her teeth.
After eating one sesame seed cake, my stomach is almost full.
Xia Jing raised her head and took a few more sips of water, only to find that the two maids were staring at her in surprise: "What's wrong?"
The two maids shook their heads, lowered their heads hurriedly and continued to struggle with the sesame cakes.
When Xia Jing saw this, an idea suddenly flashed in her mind. She remembered that when she first saw them yesterday, their eyes were complicated and difficult to understand. Could it be that they were also among those buried?
Xia Jing doesn't know the truth about herself anymore, and she doesn't have time to find out the truth now. Because everyone's attention was attracted by the guards running towards her on horseback.
The spy is back!
The rebels who raided several counties near Gyeonggi Province last night were rebels from several state capitals near Gyeonggi Province.
The rebels claim to have an army of 100,000 people. Are they really an army of 100,000 people?
No one bothers with this point. In the absence of other troops from the King of Qin in the Gyeonggi region, even if there are less than 100,000 mobs, the 50,000 troops in the capital garrison will not dare to confront each other. The measures they will take is to defend the city.
Not out.
Because today's Yu Dynasty is in turmoil, and it is almost a matter of life and death.
If the counterattack is successful, it will be good to defeat the rebels. If it is defeated, then the emperor will lose everything, and he will not even have the chance to make a comeback.
The emperor cannot afford to lose!
But being besieged by the rebels is not a long-term solution.
"Mother and concubine, what do you think we should do?" Li Chengshang looked miserable. At this moment, the dawn rising in the east was like the setting sun at dusk, making people unable to see hope.
Xia Jing glanced at everyone and raised her eyebrows: "You have already made up your mind. I am a housewife who never leaves the house. What good advice can I give you?"
Li Chengshang was slightly shocked. He did not expect that his stepmother would not accept the offer.
He sighed and changed the topic: "At this moment, I am very confused and I really have no idea."
Xia Jing snorted coldly in her heart, believing your ghost!
It's just that her good step-son wants to be a leader and want her to be the leader, so that he can benefit from hiding behind. Is it possible?
The fourth master, Li Chengyi, walked over slowly with strange steps: "Brother, you are the eldest son. You have to come up with an idea on this matter. We can't hide in the wild and sleep in the open all the time. If the rebels don't retreat for a month, will they?
Can we stay in the wild for another month?"
If he runs away like a bereaved dog all night, his butt is about to burst. If he keeps running away, he will be ruined!
Uncle Li Chengshang pursed his lips and looked serious: "That's impossible! Everyone must have a place to live."
Xiaowu Li Chengmu scratched his head: "What's so embarrassing about this matter? We can send people to find a way to sneak into the city and rescue the father and the others, or ask other state capitals for help and ask them to increase their troops for rescue."
Xia Jing patted Xiao Wu's head gently. The young man who was not experienced in the world was too single and stupid. There is no such thing as simplicity in the world.