Zhang Yuqian was shocked, why should he go? Jin Yongkang is so precious, is he just a piece of grass? Who is not the sweetheart of the family?
"Sir Jin, I am a low-ranking official with few talents and little knowledge. How can I be worthy of such a big responsibility? It's better for you to go!" Zhang Yuqian rebutted angrily.
"You dare to disobey my order?" Jin Yongkang said angrily.
Du Jingyi walked between the two of them and acted as a peacemaker with a polite smile, "My lords, please listen to my advice. There are wild beasts in the mountains and bandits running rampant. There should be no internal strife at this time!"<
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"Why do I have to start internal strife!" Zhang Yuqian complained, "Broom... Sister Yuqing said that the family must be involved with the bandits. It's not credible. Let's just leave here quietly, so as not to alert others.
Mr. Jin is nice, but he wants me to jump into the snake's nest!"
Du Jingyi repeatedly agreed, "Yes, yes, the situation is urgent, and caution is the best policy!"
The more Zhang Yuqian thought about it, the angrier he became, "Master Jin is the eldest son and a superior person. He is used to not taking our lives seriously!"
Jin Yongkang was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. He squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "You misunderstood! I just want to take everyone out of this mountain as soon as possible! Since everyone feels that it is dangerous, then we can't go there and ask questions."
The way to go!"
If he insists on asking for directions, he can only ask for directions himself.
Jin Yongkang doesn’t have the courage.
"I told you before that it's not safe. Who told you two not to listen? No wonder one of you was beaten down by your concubine, and the other couldn't even pass the exam!" Zhang Yuqing sighed, "As the saying goes, it's hard to persuade a damn ghost with good words!" It was really heart-breaking, and the hearts of two people were stabbed with knives until they were bloody.
Jin Yongkang and Zhang Yuqian's faces were as dark as iron. For the thousandth time, they thought in their minds about how the capital should deal with Zhang Yuqing.
"Why don't you two talk? Do you think what I said is wrong?" Zhang Yuqing made a serious face.
"No, no! Mrs. Lu's eloquent words are perfect!" Jin Yongkang struggled to smile.
Zhang Yuqing nodded with satisfaction, "I don't know how many more days we will have to wander around in the mountains. We must work together, follow my command, and strive to return to the capital as soon as possible!"
"That's natural." Jin Yongkang and Zhang Yuqian gritted their teeth with hatred in their hearts, but smiled kindly on their faces.
At night, when everyone was camping, Du Jingyi asked in Zhang Yuqing's ear: "Have you not had enough fun by keeping those two idiots?"
"No." Zhang Yuqing said with a smile.
Du Jingyi suppressed a smile, "Why is that?"
In the mountains in late autumn, the night is particularly cool.
Zhang Yuqing looked at the two people who were hunching their necks, shivering and warming themselves up by the fire. The former noble masters were now in a state of embarrassment, with unkempt hair, ragged clothes, and smiles full of mud, "Of course it's because I discovered a more interesting way to play.
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"Then you have fun, and don't kill people to death in advance, otherwise you won't have the best time." Du Jingyi said with a smile.
The group of people climbed up and down in the mountains for another three or four days. Finally, the terrain gradually became flat, and there were acres of fields and houses. Although the fields were barren and the houses were dilapidated.
Jin Yongkang and Zhang Yuqian almost cried, it was really not easy!
These days, not only do they have to go with Zhang Yuqing's guards to pick branches, pick wild fruits, and fetch water, but they will also be scolded by Zhang Yuqing if they are not careful, and they will not be given food if they dare to talk back to Zhang Yuqing.
The mountain road is covered with the blood and tears of the two noble gentlemen!
Zhang Yuqing is a devil!
However, Jin Yongkang and Zhang Yuqian were not happy for long. They stopped passers-by who were fleeing the famine and asked about them. Their eyes widened more than the other.
According to the original route back to Beijing, they should have entered the relatively stable Sizhou after leaving Liangzhou, and then arrived in the capital. However, they were scattered by bandits as soon as they left Liangzhou. They panicked and fled into the mountains. They got lost all the way and ended up here by mistake.
By accident, we passed through Yizhou and arrived directly at Jingzhou.
Where is Jingzhou?
It was the place where the most intense fighting took place between the imperial army and the rebels of the King of Jiangxia.
What are those people who are hiding behind their families and leaving behind their fields and houses?
Escape from the upcoming war.
Jin Yongkang and Zhang Yuqian were about to cry but had no tears, and had the urge to turn around and flee back to the mountains.
"Let me tell you, it's not safe to go back. There are so many bandits and robbers in the mountains. We were lucky enough to only encounter a few when we came here, but it won't be the case if we go back again!" Zhang Yuqing said.
Jin Yongkang was confused, "What do you think we should do?"
Zhang Yuqing pointed forward and said: "The nearest city from here is Nanyang. After passing Nanyang and walking two hundred miles, you will reach Lingling. The place where the emperor's imperial commander personally conquered. There is a large army stationed by the imperial court. It couldn't be safer. Let's go and join the emperor. Look.
How's it going?"
Jin Yongkang's eyes lit up. The emperor led an army of 200,000 to the expedition. In addition to the 400,000 troops who were originally at war with the King of Jiangxia, as long as they arrived at the emperor's place, they would be as strong as an iron wall if they were not protected by the army!
He brought Zhang Yuqing from Liangzhou to the emperor, which was regarded as completing the task assigned by the emperor. Once the imperial army wiped out the King of Jiangxia, they could follow the emperor back to Beijing, and they would be safe and comfortable all the way. p>
This operation is perfect!
"Just go to Lingling!" Jin Yongkang decided with one stroke, finally regaining some confidence as the boss of the Angel Group.
Zhang Yuqing looked at him with a smile, a flash of light that was so fast that people couldn't catch it in his dark eyes.
However, along the way, more and more people are fleeing. There are abandoned lands and villages all along the way. There are almost no homes with smoke coming from the kitchen, and nine out of ten houses are empty.
Jin Yongkang began to panic.
He and Zhang Yuqian fell out over who knocked on the door to ask for directions, so he stopped asking Zhang Yuqian and walked up to Zhang Yuqing's carriage and said, "Mrs. Lu, this is wrong!"
"What's wrong?" Zhang Yuqing followed the direction of Jin Yongkang's finger and looked at the continuous stream of people fleeing on the road. They were all in ragged clothes, with sallow faces and thin faces, and expressions of numbness and hardship.
Jin Yongkang said: "The emperor personally marched and was stationed in Lingling. Nanyang is behind Lingling and is blocked by the imperial army. It should be very safe here. So why are the people still trying their best to escape in the direction of Yizhou?" p>
He had a very bad premonition in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it outright.
Zhang Yuqing rolled her eyes at him disdainfully, "They are just a bunch of unruly people. They have legs on them and they can run wherever they want! Why do you worry about this? Can you control them, or can I control them?
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Jin Yongkang panicked, "But..."
"The plan for now is to get to Lingling as soon as possible. As long as we find the emperor, we will be safe!" Zhang Yuqing said.
She stared at Jin Yongkang, "What do you mean? Are you hoping that the emperor will defeat the battle?"
"Of course not!" Jin Yongkang categorically denied and bowed his hands respectfully in the direction of the capital, "The emperor is a man of extraordinary talent and a hero. Once he takes action, he will be invincible and uproot the Jiangxia rebels!"
Zhang Yuqing lowered the car curtain and said lazily: "It's okay if you don't. Let's talk about this until we meet the emperor! The emperor will definitely be happy to hear it."
Jin Yongkang suppressed his uneasiness. They would know what the battle situation was like when they arrived in Nanyang and contacted local officials.
If the front line really fails, it will be too late to think of a solution when we get to Nanyang.
Just like what I thought before, the emperor personally marched with 200,000 troops. How could he be defeated again?
Everyone was swimming upstream among a group of fleeing people, heading towards Nanyang City.
When we arrived at Nanyang City, it was already so dark that we couldn't see our fingers on the road, and it started to rain heavily in autumn.
It was quiet at the city gate, the gate was closed tightly, and there were many soldiers patrolling the city tower.
Jin Yongkang ran to the city gate and shouted that he was the eldest son of Zheng Guogong and was bringing the wife of Lu Wei, the ruler of Liangzhou.
Zhang Yuqing held her forehead in the carriage, opened the curtain and complained to Du Jingyi: "Not only is he stupid, he can't speak! Those who don't know think I abandoned Lu Wei and eloped with him! Oh my God, I'll come out with him.
Oh, my reputation is gone, it’s such a big loss!”
Du Jingyi sighed, "You have to keep him."
If I had killed him earlier, it would have been over!
The soldiers guarding the city tower went to report to the superior. Jin Yongkang did not expect that he, a grand relative of his own country, would have to wait when he wanted to enter the city. He jumped to his feet and cursed in anger. He sneezed several times in succession after being soaked by the autumn rain for a long time.
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Finally, a tall soldier wearing armor arrived on the city wall and looked down with squinted eyes.
Jin Yongkang could clearly see the person coming by the light of the lantern on the tower, and his face immediately changed, "It's you?!" Then he yelled, "What are you looking at there! Open the door quickly and let me enter the city!" p>
The soldiers on the tower waved their hands.
Not long after, the heavy city gate slowly opened, and Zhang Yuqing and his party walked in. The sound of horse hooves and wheels clattered on the road paved with bluestones, and the wet stone slabs reflected the dim light of the lanterns. "Why are you here?" Jin Yongkang was very rude to the general who came down from the tower. "According to the original arrangement, shouldn't you be in Wuling and go straight to the rebel den?"
Zhang Yuqing opened the curtain and quietly looked at the general who opened the door for them.
He was a tall young man, who looked to be less than twenty. His appearance was somewhat similar to that of Jin Yongkang. At this time, he was looking at Jin Yongkang expressionlessly as he questioned him.
When Zhang Yuqing saw the man's appearance, he knew in his heart that this man must be Jin Yongxiu, a new nobleman of the Great Xia court who had won the Holy Heart and was promoted to the second rank of general soldier by rocket.
"Wuling was occupied by rebels." Jin Yongxiu said with a sullen face.
Jin Yongkang was stunned, and then tried his best to hide his uncontrollable smile, jumped on his feet and cursed: "What do you do for food? Wuling was snatched back from the rebels, and you lost it again! The Jin family
You will lose all your face! If not, go home, lest the foundation built by our ancestors be destroyed in your hands!"
"Then you lead the troops and take Wuling back!" Jin Yongxiu said sarcastically.
Jin Yongkang's scolding stopped suddenly, and then he became even more angry, "What do you mean? Look down on me?"
Jin Yongxiu said coldly: "King Jiangxia's masked vanguard has returned, bringing with him a lot of troops. In order to protect the emperor's safety, most of the imperial troops stayed with the emperor. We were unprepared and were caught off guard by him.
That’s when Wuling was lost. It was just a temporary defeat. Once the troops and horses are reorganized, I can immediately lead the troops to recapture Wuling!"
