Chapter 193 Soldiers and Horses from the South There are ready-made pens and papers in Zhiyang Palace.
It only takes an instant to finish writing a secret letter of only six words.
It's just that the early winter is slightly cold, so the ink dries a little slowly.
Zhao Zheng held the cotton cloth close to the secret letter and patted it a few times to remove the wet ink on he threw the cotton cloth on the dowry and put the secret letter into the letter bag.
As if he was afraid that he would regret it, when he handed the secret message to the chamberlain, he almost threw it away.
The waiter picked up the letter on the ground in panic, took a few steps back, turned around, and ran out as fast as flying.
He wanted to send it to the Weiwei Military Office and asked their messenger to deliver it quickly.
It was wartime, and letters continued to be delivered for days.
Whether it was military aircraft reports sent to the Wei State or exploratory letters sent to the Chu State and Yanqi State, they were all delivered by the Weiwei Army.
When the chamberlain rushed into the Weiweijun mansion today, there was only one Weiweijun messenger left here.
That's good, there's no need to ask the deputy commander of the Guard Army to deploy manpower.
"Eight hundred miles urgent! Meng Tian!"
The chamberlain handed the letter to the guard, turned around and left to resume his life.
The eight-hundred-mile expedited route is the fastest transmission speed for military intelligence.
There is a post station for twenty miles, and horses are changed at each stop, and the post horses fly like meteors.
The guard also quickly turned around and went to get the dry food sack hanging on the wall.
"The path."
At this moment, a girl came in from the side door and said hello with a smile.
"Miss Chen, please be busy first. I have a letter to send to Daliang. I'm leaving now."
Sending it to Daliang is the most important it is important, the messenger is also a little proud.
Chen Nanxing glanced at the letter he put on the desk. He wondered if he was too hasty, because the letter was not even sealed with a tie rope.
"Hey, why is my grain bag empty?" Xiao Lu walked over angrily, carrying the sack on his back, "Forget it, it's important to deliver the letter!"
"How can this be done?" Chen Nanxing said, "You fainted from hunger on the way, didn't you delay your errand? The government office is right next to it, go get it quickly!"
Xiaolu also thought of this and ran out in a hurry.
Chen Nanxing did not leave.
She stood in the room, looking at the thin letter, her hands trembling because of panic.
At the beginning of the afternoon, Aqian woke up from his nap in the side hall of Zhiyang Palace.
He first ate a bowl of custard, and then stretched out his arms to be hugged by Cai Ling.
It was very warm in the yard today. Cai Ling hugged him and walked around.
The door to the dormitory was open, and there was no movement inside.
"I heard His Majesty is back."
Cai Ling said to the palace maid who was following her.
"He went out again." The palace maid replied, "I am very anxious, and the servants dare not go in to clean up."
If you don’t dare, won’t you go? Cai Ling glanced at the palace maid.
Really, if the queen is not in the palace, is it possible that the bedroom will be covered with a layer of dust?
But this can't be entirely their fault.
His Majesty originally strictly prohibited anyone from entering or exiting the palace. Later, the queen took Cai Ling to live in the palace, and Cai Ling was allowed to enter the palace.
Thinking of this, Cai Ling walked in with A Qian in her arms and called people into the palace to clean.
On the queen's dowry, she found a dirty white cloth.
There are dots of ink on the white cloth. Although they are not very clear, they are connected into several words.
Looking carefully, Cai Ling found that she knew these words.
——"Don't, kill, Wei Kingdom, royal family."
Suddenly realizing what it was, Cai Ling took a sharp breath, crumpled the white cloth into a ball and stuffed it into her sleeve.
This is the cloth used to remove wet ink stains.
His Majesty must have called for a letter not long ago, and these words must have been written on the letter.
It is true that the maids should not be allowed to enter the palace to clean at will.
It was her carelessness.
"Everyone, get out." Cai Ling immediately turned around and expelled the maids.
The maid, who was already trembling with fear, immediately withdrew as if she had been granted amnesty.
Cai Ling slowly calmed down, put A Qian down, and tidied up the palace herself.
She doesn't understand politics, nor does she understand what the Queen and Her Majesty are busy with.
But the queen is away now, and she has to help take care of the house.
Three days went quickly.
On the first day, there was a lot of cursing and crying outside the palace.
On the second day, the crying gradually decreased, leaving only some curses.
On the third day, the people no longer had the energy to even city gates were opened at midnight, and they did not dare to leave the city in the wasn't until the sky got slightly brighter that I tentatively went out with my family.
Yong's army indeed retreated, but where they will go next seems uncertain.
Those who were originally from Daliang naturally left more people those who escaped due to the war had to consider whether to return to their hometown and become Yong people, or to go north across the Yellow River and go to the border of Wei.
Most people from poor families just accepted their fate and returned home.
But those who had considerable assets wanted to cross the river and go north, fearing that Yong's army would rob them of their property when they crossed the border.
But soon news came that the Yellow River had been blocked by Yong's army.
There was chaos under the city gate again. It was not until Jiang Bi, the son of Qi State, came forward and said that the people of Wei State could take a detour from Qi State to the north, and there were boats to cross the river there, the people felt a little more at ease.
It's just that it takes two or three days to walk from here to the border of Qi.
What will happen in these few days can only be left to fate. "Let's go."
Jiang Ben moved to sit in the carriage early and waved to Wei Zipei.
Wei Zipei still hesitated.
Most of the female members of the Wei royal family, as well as the elderly and infirm, had left before the old queen mother was reluctant in every possible way, under Wei Zipei's persuasion, she got on the carriage arranged by Jiang Ben.
Those carriages will drive northeast into Qi State, meet with Qi State defenders, and be placed by the defenders in a secret place within Qi State.
Jiang Ben believed that it was still wartime, and those people would only become a drag on the royal family, so there was no need to go north.
After that, more than a thousand generals of Wei State protected the king of Wei and his trusted ministers, and transported the royal family's gold cakes and important documents and volumes of the imperial court were loaded onto the oxcart and moved slowly.
At this point, there were only sporadic defenders left in the city.
Seeing the royal family members and courtiers leaving, Daliang City was instantly in chaos.
Many people took advantage of the chaos to snatch property and bully the elderly and weak.
Wei Zipei didn't want to leave, just because of this.
She led two teams of guards to barely maintain order in the city.
Evildoers do not need to be interrogated. As long as someone identifies them, they will be punished immediately on the spot.
Wei Zipei's arrow skills were now very accurate, and it didn't take long for him to scare the villains away from committing who had just revealed their malicious intentions had to restrain themselves.
She rode a fast horse through Daliang City, sometimes holding a bow and shooting arrows, and sometimes comforting the people.
But, you have to leave.
It was already dark, and there was not much time left for them.
But Jiang Ben didn't expect that their carriage would encounter the biggest commotion as soon as they left the city.
The door of the palace was opened by Wei Ji himself.
There were a few rotten vegetable leaves hanging on it, and there was also excrement smeared by someone unknown, and the stench was unpleasant.
He was still wearing white dark was a bit cold in early winter, but he didn't add a big cloak to himself.
Her hair is tied up in a crown, and she is meticulous; her eyebrows are straight and her eyes are starry, her nose is straight and her lips are red, and her bright expression is still that dragon-like and 's just that his waist is no longer tied with red satin. The silver waistband is tightly tied. There are no jade ornaments or other ornaments on the belt, only a three-edged arrow hanging on it.
If you look carefully, you will find that his white collar is embroidered with grains of grain seedlings and the Yellow River with silk thread of the same color.
Wei Ji walked to the street and stood still in the mess.
A child was passing by holding a hen. The rope binding the hen's paws came loose, and the hen broke free and ran away.
Wei Ji leaned over, held down the hen, and handed it to the child.
The child wanted to say thank you, but when he looked up and saw Wei Ji's face, he suddenly froze.
"You are the young master! My mother said that the young master is a bad person!" He wiped his nose and said, "I don't want you to help me!"
Said and ran away.
Wei Ji stood there slumped, with a wry smile on his lips.
"You haven't left yet?" A mocking voice came from behind, a red skirt appeared, and the fragrance of plum blossoms floated in the air.
"You're not leaving either." Wei Ji turned around, looked at Long Yangjun who was approaching with arms folded, raised the hen in his hand, and asked, "Want to eat chicken?"
Lord Long Yang stood farther away from Wei Ji.
"It stinks like hell." The beautiful gentleman showed a look of disgust, "I have used up the last bottle of plum blossom ointment today, otherwise I will have to apply it on the young master too."
Wei Ji untied the hen and put it on the ground.
The hen swayed, was stunned for a moment, and then ran away with a "cuckoo" cry.
"I want to take a look at the city wall." Wei Ji said, "There are still many people who want to leave, so I won't go to the city gate."
"Let's go."
Longyang Jun Shi Shiran spread his hands: "I would like to accompany you for a while. When you go to Xinling, remember to pay me a jar of good wine."
A touch of red and a touch of white figures walked up the city wall side by side.
There is no wind on the city wall.
Although it was daytime, there was no sunlight.
The sky was a rich lead-white color, pressing down low, as if it was about to drop some vicious curse.
Long Yangjun and Wei Ji looked at each other.
"The Yellow River is about to freeze." He sighed.
"It will take another two months." Wei Ji replied.
The Yellow River is so big that it doesn't freeze until the coldest winter weather.
They were defeated because they fled to Daliang City two months in advance.
He was even more defeated because he was fooled by Yong Guo and misjudged the enemy's situation.
"Sir," Long Yangjun said suddenly, "do you regret it?"
Do you regret not sticking to your own judgment and agreeing to send the main force to the north?
Wei Ji raised his head and looked to the west.
A hundred miles away is the Yongguo military camp, and she is don’t know if agreeing to Long Yangjun’s conditions this time will embarrass her.
"There is no regret in life." Wei Ji said, "To this point, you and I have tried our best."
Suddenly there was a gust of wind.
There was a huge noise accompanying this gust of wind, penetrating into the eardrums.
It was dangerous and terrifying, and the two people on the city wall were immediately alert.
Lord Longyang suddenly ran to the south, pointing to a black line pressing in the distance as he ran, "Are those soldiers and horses of the Yong Kingdom?"
Wei Ji stood there and felt that his mind was suddenly empty.
"Yong's army should not come from the south."
As he spoke, he ran towards the city wall and almost subconsciously said to the few soldiers in the city: "Close the city gate! Close the city gate quickly!"
(End of this chapter)