The people and horses were moving very fast on the road, and the baggage cart behind did not slow down because it was pulled by three horses.

We rode quickly through the wilderness, leaving the main road and walking on a path that was barely wide enough for two horses to pass.

The pace of progress slowed down, but the queue remained neat.

The path seemed to have no end. The villages on both sides were in ruins and there was no one else in the area.

Looking at Zhao Hanqing who was leading the way in front, Liang Chengdong's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

"Is this the right road?" He couldn't help but say, "There is no road here."

The people next to him looked straight ahead and seemed not to have heard what he said.

On the other hand, Lei Zhonglian was more kindhearted and couldn't bear to see Liang Chengdong being ignored and embarrassed.

"Are you an officer?" he asked.

They have been traveling together for some time, and Miss Jun has not hidden the identity of Mrs. Yu from Lei Zhonglian.

However, Madam Yu’s guards were not necessarily soldiers and officers, they could also be servants, and servants and officers and officers were completely different.

Liang Chengdong glanced at him.

"I am a soldier," he said.

Lei Zhonglian said "oh".

"I thought you weren't." Lei Zhonglian said, "You're not like them..."

He pointed forward, backward, left, and right... and then withdrew his hand when he reached the right.

"He doesn't count." Lei Zhonglian said, looking at the man on the right.

Jin Shiba looked at him coldly.

Perhaps it was because people had to bow their heads under the eaves, or perhaps it was because they had to endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens. Jin Shiba and the others also put on armor and walked quietly and honestly on their way, just like the villagers.

Liang Chengdong didn't recognize that Jin Shiba was any different, and was too lazy to pay attention. In fact, he didn't want to pay any attention to what Lei Zhonglian said, but he didn't want to hit someone who smiled at him. Since the other person took the initiative to speak, he couldn't just ignore it.

"Why not?" he said.

"They just followed orders and never asked questions, let alone doubts," Lei Zhonglian said. "I thought all officers and soldiers were like this."

Liang Chengdong was furious.

This person is so bad!

I went through so much trouble just to scold him!

That’s too bad!

Of course he was not an officer. If this guy was a soldier under his command, he would whip him first to let him know what it meant to not ask questions or raise doubts.

"There's a river ahead!" Zhao Hanqing, who was walking in the front, suddenly shouted happily.

Interrupted Liang Chengdong's anger.

There is indeed a river.

He raised his head and looked forward. Dusk fell and the earth became even more desolate. Not far away, a river curved and outlined a line.

"We've arrived at Baiyang River." Miss Jun's voice came from the car behind. "We'll set up camp here tonight and enter Hejian Prefecture tomorrow."

So fast? It's really like she said that walking is the fastest way.

Liang Chengdong swallowed his anger and watched as Miss Jun said to set up camp. The villagers began to dismount from their horses and the people on the baggage carts began to take down their tents. He also urged his horse forward to help.

Miss Jun got off the car and looked at the fields around her. Zhao Hanqing and the women began to cook and chat and laugh, making the place very lively.

"Miss Jun, this price is really worth it." Madam Yu's voice came, "Miss Jun is so familiar with this place that she seems to be able to walk around with her eyes closed."

Miss Jun looked back and saw that Madam Yu had also gotten off the carriage, accompanied by Liang Chengdong.

It would have been wise to travel light, but Miss Jun still prepared two carriages. After all, she didn't like sharing a carriage with others, even though this Mrs. Yu was someone she was curious about.

Mrs. Yu seemed to be the same and was very satisfied with her arrangements.

"You can't do porcelain work without diamonds." Miss Jun said with a smile.

"But I think we could have been faster." Liang Chengdong couldn't help but interject.

If we don't rescue the refugees along the way.

Miss Jun understood what he meant.

Although we try to make it quick and simple, it still takes time.

Miss Jun was about to say something but Mrs. Yu spoke first.

“Why did we go to Hejian?” she said. “It was for the people. The people there are refugees, and so are the people here. We are all refugees, so we can’t ignore them when we meet them.”

Liang Chengdong blushed and stepped back.

"He is just a rough guy. If you tell him a goal, he will just run towards it without thinking." Mrs. Yu said to Miss Jun.

Miss Jun smiled.

"But he understood it as soon as you gave him a hint, ma'am." She said, "Ma'am, you are really amazing."

This little girl is quite sweet-talking. Mrs. Yu laughed, then looked at the wilderness in front of her with a heavy expression.

"The peace talks have not been completed, and the Jin soldiers have not yet entered the country. The road ahead is already full of devastation." She said, lowering her head and digging a piece of soil from the ground. "It's good soil, but it's a pity that next year's spring ploughing is over."

"So fighting means life, and not fighting means death." Miss Jun said, "They say that Duke Cheng is ambitious and greedy for war, but they don't know that it is precisely in order to avoid fighting that Duke Cheng fights and never retreats."

Mrs. Yu smiled and nodded.

"Miss Jun is indeed a good doctor and a great one," she said.

Is the best medicine for the country?

Miss Jun also laughed.

"Are we flattering each other?" she asked again seriously.

Mrs. Yu laughed again, then she thought of something and took something out of her sleeve and handed it to me.

"What is this?" Miss Jun asked, seeing that it was a red paper package.

"Today is the first day of the new year." Mrs. Yu said, "This is money for you to celebrate the New Year."

It’s the first day of the new year?

Miss Jun smiled and took it.

"I'm so old now..." she said with some emotion.

I haven't received any New Year's gift money for several years.

First her parents passed away, and then she got married and became an adult, so she no longer had to collect New Year's money.

"In front of the elders, you are always a child." Mrs. Yu smiled and pinched out another one. "This one is for my son. He is quite old."

Zhu Zan? How old? Not that old.

Miss Jun couldn't help laughing, and she was a little curious.

I wonder if Zhu Zan has mentioned me to Madam Yu?

"Sister Jun."

Zhao Hanqing's voice came.

"It's time to eat."

Miss Jun swallowed what she was about to say and extended her hand to Madam Yu. Madam Yu was not polite and naturally put her hand on her arm and walked through the mud towards the camp where the bonfire had been lit.

A few bamboos were thrown into the bonfire, and the sound of firecrackers rang out in the wilderness, spreading in the lonely night sky, adding a bit of New Year's atmosphere.

Under the same night sky, someone also threw a bamboo into the bonfire.

The crisp sounds of firecrackers rang out one after another.

"My mother should give me some New Year's money. I wonder if it's increased this year." Zhu Zan said, looking at the bonfire and scratching his nose with his hand.

Someone came hurriedly, paused when he heard these words, and had a complicated expression under the light of the campfire.

"Just say what you want to say. I'm not a delicate little lady who can't bear any news." Zhu Zan said, as if he had eyes behind him.

"There is no news about the madam in Daming Prefecture." The man said in a low voice.

Zhu Zan's hand, which was pinching his nose, froze.

"We haven't found any trace of the lady in any of the prefectures leading to Daming Prefecture," the man continued.

Zhu Zan's hand slowly stroked the tip of his nose.

"There must be many people who are not happy about mother's trip to lobby, and they will definitely try to stop her. It's normal for her to keep her whereabouts secret." He said, his voice somewhat relaxed. "Besides, they have already negotiated peace, and mother knows that Qinghebo, that scary man, will definitely not cooperate with father again. There is no need for her to go, and she may have already turned back."

The man behind him didn't say anything.

All I could hear was the crackling of the bonfire.

"If you have any other bad news, tell us all at once." Zhu Zan turned around and said unhappily.

The man's face flickered in the light of the bonfire.

"Five thousand Jin soldiers have entered Bazhou from Langchengzhai," he said.

In the end, Duke Cheng’s defense was broken.

"Shit." Zhu Zan cursed while looking at the bonfire and jumped up. "Let's keep going."

Human figures jumped out of the darkness all around, horses neighed, and galloped in the night accompanied by a noise.

But even if a horse had wings and could fly, it would not be able to reach the northernmost point in the blink of an eye.

…

News came from Bazhou Prefecture that Hejian Prefecture was already in chaos.

Refugees from the three states have been pouring in for several months, and the influx has been even greater in recent days.

But the government suddenly issued an order to close the city gates and not allow refugees to enter.

There was wailing outside several towns located within the prefecture, especially those close to Bazhou.

"My Lord, those are our people."

In the government office in Changfeng City, several generals roared with red eyes. They seemed to be unable to see the official robes of the military and civil officials in front of them and had forgotten their ranks.

"Are we just going to watch them get slaughtered by the gold thieves?" they shouted in a noisy manner.

Li Guorui, the military commander of Changfeng, also did not look very good, and his face was trembling slightly.

"Do I want to?" He also shouted, "Five thousand Jin soldiers have already arrived in Bazhou and will rush into Hejian in the next moment. For the sake of those refugees, will you ignore the people of Hejian?"

The county magistrate here, Sun Sanjie, also sighed.

"We are the fortress of Hejian. Once we are breached, the whole of Hejian will be finished." He sighed and smiled sadly, "As for Bazhou, maybe they won't massacre us. Those people will be the subjects of the Jin people in the future."

The news that Bazhou would soon be ceded to the Jin people was already known to everyone.

This made the atmosphere in the hall even more tense, and one of the generals cursed her.

"How could a good man suddenly become a golden man?" he shouted, "I can't watch these people crying outside the castle. I can't tell them that we don't want them anymore, they are golden men. I can't say this."

Li Guorui shouted at him angrily.

"We have no reinforcements. All the soldiers nearby have retreated. How are you going to save them?" he shouted. "Even Duke Cheng couldn't hold the city. How can we hold the city?"

Yes, without reinforcements, once the city gates were opened and the Jin army rushed in, it would be difficult for them to resist.

The general stopped and clenched his fists.

A soldier was cautiously looking in from outside the door.

"Sir," he said with some uneasiness, "there is a group of people outside, they say they are reinforcements."

Reinforcements?

Everyone in the hall was stunned.

"Where did the reinforcements come from?" Li Guorui asked. "Which army?"

The soldier looked even more uneasy.

"I don't know which army it is," he said, pointing outside. "It's just that it's the Qingshan Army."