In the capital, outside the East City Gate, there is an endless stream of cars and horses.
Su Lu's driver blended in with the crowd and moved forward slowly.
More than a dozen guards surrounded the vehicle, strictly prohibiting anyone from approaching, and the air was filled with various fishy smells.
Su Lu stretched out, got out of the car, and drove Qingfeng out of the car.
"Go and ask what's going on and why there are so many people. When we left, we didn't see so many people wanting to enter the city."
Qingfeng was squeezed out of the carriage, and he pushed aside the guards who were blocking him arrogantly, and squeezed into the middle of the crowd. After a short time, Qingfeng squeezed back from the crowd.
"They are victims of the disaster. They came to Beijing to escape for their lives."
Qingfeng pursed her lips and looked a little ugly. She asked a few people just now, and they all said that they were refugees who had escaped from Xiting. After Ning'an City was captured, the Guards set up defenses in various cities to intercept the barbarians. These refugees who had lost their homes
Hearing what the guards said, he fled northward.
"Where did the refugees come from?"
Su Lu's face was also a little ugly. He stood up and looked around. There were refugees all along the road. It seemed endless. There were at least tens of thousands of them. This was a great escape. Why didn't he know any news before?
Among the crowds of people, Lu Zhan's armor had several big holes in it. His gauze crown had been thrown away long ago, and his head and body were covered with dirt.
Being protected by several guards, Da Zongzheng was in a miserable state. His clothes were stained with black ash, his beard was knotted into small knots, and his whole body was languid, as if he hadn't eaten in several days.
At the gate of the city, the guards guarding the city had relaxed their inspection. When it was their turn, several guards crowded around and blocked the passage.
"A few of you are carrying swords. Please show your official credentials or directions."
The leader of the group looked cautious, put his hand on the handle of the knife, and looked at Da Zongzheng who was being held up. Although these people were walking in a hurry, except for the old man, they knew at a glance that they were members of the army.
Li Weiyuan's eyes were narrowed to a slit, and his expression was very ugly. Have I become so decadent? He even has to show his official credentials when entering and leaving the city gate.
Lu Zhan cooperated very well and took out his official certificate, and then ordered several guards to take out his official certificate. After the team leader checked it, he returned the official certificate to several people and said politely.
"It turns out to be Colonel Lu. The general was ordered to do something. I wonder what military duties Captain Lu performed. Who is this old man?"
Lu Zhan glanced at Li Weiyuan. The old man had also suffered a lot. The last time he sent him to Xiting, he was still well-dressed and well-fed, with carriages and horses to pick him up. However, Xiting fell and everything was lacking, let alone carriages.
, I walked back purely on my feet.
"This is Da Zongzheng. We were ordered by the emperor to escort Da Zongzheng to the battlefield. We have just returned from Xiting."
The team leader was in awe after hearing this, and couldn't complain about being so slovenly. It turned out to be because he had just returned from the battlefield.
"Thank you for your hard work"
The gang leader got out of the way.
Lu Zhan saluted the team leader and the several city guarding sergeants with clasped fists, and then immediately walked into the city. After a while, the city gate was crowded with people. If this continued, something might happen at the city gate.
Li Weiyuan suddenly stood still. No matter how hard the two guards who protected him pulled, he would not leave.
Lu Zhan was helpless: "Sir, why are you not leaving?"
Li Weiyuan pointed to the driver in the crowd behind him and said in a hoarse voice: "I saw the prince just now. The prince appeared in the crowd for a moment, and I saw the prince."
Lu Zhan snorted coldly: "Just daydream, the prince's body is recuperating in the palace now. How could he be here? Sir, you saw the fall of Ning'an and the raging barbarians, did you feel psychological shadow from the fright?"
The faces of the surrounding guards also showed disdain. It was because of you, Li Weiyuan, that the prince was forced to come down from the battlefield and return to the palace to recuperate. It was also because of your recommendation that Xie Wan and Xiao Cong were appointed as frontline generals.
leading to successive defeats.
It is all your fault, Li Weiyuan, that caused so many people to run away from home and drift to other places.
If the prince had commanded the army, how could the war in Xiting have gone so far?
"I really saw the prince"
Li Weiyuan shouted in a hoarse voice, determined not to move forward.
Because there were so many of them, they blocked a place. The flow of people could only be diverted from behind them to the other side, passing through the city gate. Slowly, the curses started to sound.
"Get out of here, occupy the road, and delay my escape."
"What the hell, this is your home's road, don't occupy it."
"The barbarians are chasing us. If you can't get into the city, you will be the accomplices of the barbarians."
Lu Zhan looked a little ugly and pulled Li Weiyuan.
"Sir, let's go. If we stay any longer and arouse public anger, we may be beaten to death."
Li Weiyuan suddenly jumped onto the horse next to him, stood on the wooden beam, and shouted.
"I really saw the prince, and saw the prince's car driving."
"Fellows, brothers and sisters who have fled, I am Li Weiyuan, the chief minister of the imperial court."
"I know you hate me, but I want to tell you, I also hate myself. If I hadn't blocked it, the prince would have been the commander-in-chief of the front line, commanding a large army and presiding over the military affairs of Xiting.
The barbarians will not attack Xiting, and you will not have to be displaced. I, Li Weiyuan, am here to apologize to all my fellow villagers."
Li Weiyuan said and bowed to the crowd nearby.
The flow of people stopped, and from a distance, some experts from Qingfeng Changning who had good breath heard Li Weiyuan's words and looked towards the city gate.
"It's Dazong Zhengli Weiyuan."
Chang Ning introduced Su Lu and said: "These are the refugees who escaped from Xiting. Li Weiyuan is apologizing to these people. This Li Weiyuan is not a thing. In the past, there were only five people and six people in the court. Even His Majesty's face is not good."
No, it seems that this time I went to Xiting, I made a big mistake, and even the refugees lost face."
Qingfeng sneered: "The barbarians kill and eat people. Not to mention that they can't adapt to it. Even I can't adapt to it. If you haven't seen that tragic image, if you had, you would definitely run faster than a rabbit."
Li Weiyuan in front didn't know what he said, and the crowd suddenly moved to both sides, leaving a lane in the middle that led directly to the front of the Su Road car.
Li Weiyuan strode towards the car.
On the carriage shaft, Su Lu narrowed his eyes and asked Changning next to him.
"The war in Xiting has become so corrupt, why doesn't anyone tell me?"
Chang Ning shrank his neck and spoke weakly: "My lord, you are seriously injured. Doctor Xia has told you that you can no longer work hard, otherwise you will become sick from overwork and you will never recover."
Qingfeng added angrily to the side: "Look at you, you are still a prince, you can't even protect yourself, how injured you are, you have countless wounds on your body."
Su Lu smiled and looked at Li Weiyuan who was striding over in front of him.
"Da Zongzheng, I just returned to the city. I didn't want to clean myself up. Why, I thought of Su Lu."
Li Weiyuan stood in front of Su Lu's carriage, grabbed the bridle of the carriage, and screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Your Majesty, please save Xiting, save the people who are trapped in the barbarian encirclement, and save the soldiers who are besieged. I, Li Weiyuan, kneel down for you."
Li Weiyuan knelt down directly in front of the carriage.
Qingfeng's figure flashed and appeared on Li Weiyuan's side, grabbing the reins with his hands.
"It was you who prevented the prince from going south to lead the army. Now it's you who want the prince to save people. Sir, do you want to save the people, or do you just want to have a good name for your own benevolence and justice?"