The shopkeeper was a little surprised when Xia Yong asked what happened.
Since Miss Jun came here, these villagers have never asked her about her affairs.
Even when they later went to war with the Jin people, these people didn't care and didn't care. The village chief never asked a question.
Just like the upheaval outside has nothing to do with them, Miss Jun's worry and anger have nothing to do with them either.
For this reason, he had no objection in his mind.
It's wartime now. Do you know how much Miss Jun spent on feeding, drinking, and clothing them?
Do you know how dangerous Miss Jun is going to do this time?
Miss Jun brought all her own people with her, which proved how dangerous this trip was. She was not willing to put these people in danger. She even prepared enough food and drink here before leaving.
It is really like raising a child and offering it to the ancestors.
Fortunately, I finally knew how to ask.
"You know the court is going to negotiate peace, right?" the shopkeeper said.
This incident made Miss Jun angry in public last time, and it spread throughout the village. Miss Jun didn't hide it from them, so they knew about it.
Xia Yong nodded.
"Officials in the DPRK who opposed the peace talks were demoted, dismissed, and held accountable. No one dared to object." The shopkeeper said, "Master Huang and the Jin people have initially reached a peace agreement, but Duke Cheng Guo came from the north.
Send a memorial and resolutely oppose the peace negotiation."
Xia Yong hummed again and said nothing.
The shopkeeper looked at him and suddenly thought of a question.
"What do you think of Duke Cheng?" he asked.
Xia Yong said.
"Very good," he said.
Good?
"Don't you think he is very powerful?" asked the shopkeeper, "Cheng Guogong began to come to the North to drive out the Jin people more than ten years ago. It was he who regained the North. Isn't this powerful?"
Xia Yong's lips moved.
"Conquest is never about one person," he said.
This is, don’t accept it?
The shopkeeper raised his eyebrows, no wonder they were so indifferent to Duke Cheng Guo, whom everyone respected as a divine general.
"Just tell me what happened to Duke Cheng." Xia Yong continued, obviously not wanting to continue this topic. "If you don't tell me, Miss Jun will go away."
So what? Are you still chasing after me? The shopkeeper muttered in his heart.
"Gong Cheng Guo resolutely opposed the peace negotiation, saying that the gold thieves were treacherous and untrustworthy. Moreover, the thieves and slaves are now in low spirits and depressed, while the generals and people in the north are in great spirits." He said, "Now is the time when success is about to fail. I hope your majesty will."
Don’t let the traitors mislead the country.”
"Then what?" Xia Yong asked, "Cheng Guogong is so powerful, has the emperor listened?"
Oh, is this sarcasm? The shopkeeper glared, would this honest man still do this?
But now he was in no mood to laugh.
"The emperor didn't listen. The emperor asked Duke Cheng to withdraw from the three counties." He said, looking at Xia Yong, "Gong Cheng refused."
Xia Yong looked at him.
"Then the emperor was furious and ordered the troops to withdraw from the north," the shopkeeper said.
The emperor ordered the withdrawal of troops. The troops in the north were said to belong to Duke Cheng, but they also belonged to the emperor. Not all generals dared to refuse the emperor like Duke Cheng.
It is conceivable that now in Northland...
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It is conceivable that the current Northland must be in chaos.
Once the momentum is released like a torrent, and once the momentum is retreated thousands of miles away, the Jin people will surely be like broken bamboos and like hungry tigers descending the mountain.
Zhu Zan held the letter in his hand, his hand shaking slightly.
"Dig your own grave, dig your own grave." He suddenly smiled sadly, tore up the letter in his hand and spread it.
Letters are flying like snowflakes on the vast winter day.
"Go north," he said.
The men behind him looked at each other.
"Brother." One of them stepped forward to stop him, "But Madam is in Daming Mansion."
Zhu Zan paused slightly.
"Brother." Another man also stepped forward, "Now that there is an order from the emperor, many people will have different intentions. Uncle Qinghe is already at odds with the Duke of the country, and he is the most flattering person. He will definitely catch Madam. Madam is here
Going to Daming Mansion is a dangerous situation. If we don’t go..."
Zhu Zan looked in the direction of Daming Mansion, and then looked further north.
"My mother must also know the news." He clenched his fists and squeezed out this sentence through his teeth, "My mother is the most powerful, she must have a way to protect herself."
The men around him had complicated expressions.
"Brother." They shouted in unison, their voices anxious.
"Withdrawing troops from the north, the Jin people will definitely break through the defense line and go south. In that case, the people who have no time to escape will be in trouble." Zhu Zan said in a deep voice, "We must rush over to help my father. That is not a matter of my father's situation. Then
It is a matter of life and death for thousands of people."
He raised his hand to stop the men from talking anymore.
"We are traveling day and night, and anyone who dares to stop us, regardless of officers, soldiers or bandits."
He took out the ax from his waist and swung it in a downward slashing motion.
"Walk."
The other men responded in unison, took out their axes, mounted their horses, and galloped across the wilderness.
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There was a creaking sound, and there was the sound of branches breaking. Xia Yong, who had his head down on the mountain, looked up and saw Zhao Hanqing sitting on the tree in front of him.
She was holding something in her arms and looking into the distance, her feet swaying inadvertently.
"Niuniu." Xia Yong shouted.
When Zhao Hanqing saw him, he jumped up suddenly, rushed into the forest and disappeared.
Xia Yong was stunned, then sighed again.
This child has become like this again.
He walked quickly along the mountain road and soon came to Xiao Zhi, who was sitting in the sun spinning thread as usual.
Although Miss Jun sent enough clothes and fabrics, Xiao Zhi still kept working hard every day.
Maybe she just doesn't want to be idle.
"She left?" Xiao Zhi asked.
Xia Yong nodded, but stopped talking.
"If you have anything to say, just say it." Xiao Zhi said without raising his head.
"Princess." Xia Yong suddenly shouted.
The title princess made Xiao Zhi stop spinning and she smiled.
"What kind of princess is she? The country has been in ruins for decades," she said.
Xia Yong salutes.
"The princess is also a princess," he said.
Xiao Zhi looked at him.
"What do you want to do?" she asked.
Xia Yong hesitated for a moment, then summoned up the courage to raise his head.
"Princess, please forgive me. Xia Yong wants to go to the river with Miss Jun," he said.
"Lao Xia, what are you talking about!" Yang Jing's voice shouted from behind, and someone rushed over and gave him a hard punch, "Have you forgotten your elder brother's advice?"
Xia Yong staggered back a few steps, but his expression became more determined.
"I haven't forgotten that my eldest brother asked us to take good care of my sister-in-law Niuniu and take care of everyone." He said, his voice hoarse, "But I always regret it in my heart. I regret that I didn't follow my eldest brother to go outside to seek justice from the government. I regret everything.
Let the eldest brother do it alone, how tired he is, he is also a human being, and he must be very sad when he can't do it, but I am not by his side, and I can't help him with anything."
He raised his hand and beat his chest as he spoke.
"I regret it. I have regretted it every day for the past ten years. I think if my brother comes back and he wants to go out again, I will definitely follow him, just like I did when I killed the enemy. I will follow him. I will follow him, life or death.
Together."
Yang Jing's eyes were red, he clenched his hands and wanted to say something, but nothing came out.
"When eldest brother left, I didn't follow him." Xia Yong pointed down the mountain, "Now the apprentices taught by eldest brother have to do what eldest brother once did, kill the enemy and serve the country and the people. I don't want to wait for her here.
When she comes back, I want to go with her. If we can come back, we will come back together. If we can’t come back, we won’t come back together. I don’t want to wait anymore.”
As he spoke, he knelt down and kowtowed to Xiao Zhi.
"Princess, please forgive Xia Yong for not keeping the promise."
Xiao Zhi looked at him.
"It was he who said that he would lead you to make great achievements, he was the one who said that if you follow him through life and death, you will gain wealth and glory, he was the one who said that you will be respected by all people." She said, "He said everything, even if there is nothing in the end, you will
I never forced him to follow him through life and death, not because of what he said, but he abandoned you just for this, Xia Yong, you must remember, it is not you who are sorry for him, it is he who does not want you, it is he who is sorry for you."
"Sister-in-law, please stop talking." Yang Jing said urgently, then raised his hand and punched Xia Yong, "What are you talking about?"
Xia Yong kowtowed to the ground and said nothing.
Xiao Zhi stood up.
"You have to remember that you are going to Hejian Mansion now, not for him, but for Miss Jun, and even more for the poor people in this troubled world," she said.
Xia Yong and Yang Jing were stunned for a moment, looking at her in a daze.
What did she say?
Xiao Zhi smiled again.
"Of course, I don't do this for the sake of making great achievements and being admired by all the people. It's just that the poor people pity the poor people in troubled times."
After that, he took off the hairpin from his head.
This is not so much a hairpin as a talisman.
"Xia Ganyong, please send troops," she said, handing over the command talisman.
Send troops.
Xia Yong and Yang Jing were trembling, and Xia Yong took the order tremblingly.
"I will obey the order," he shouted tremblingly.
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