Chapter 232 Rescue
The Lega people do not have a Mid-Autumn Festival, but they do hold a horse racing event and worship the moon on August 15th.
The grassland was already covered in mist at this time of year, but with bonfires and strong liquor, the princes and nobles sang and danced, and did not feel cold even with their bare chests.
The only ones who felt the cold were the ragged slaves of the Xi State who could not eat meat even during festivals and could only survive on leftovers.
They were originally the people of the border town of Daxi. When the Lega people invaded from the south, they burned their city, killed their parents and children, and took them to the Le Kingdom as slaves.
From then on, they became like pigs and dogs, being slaughtered at will without any ability to fight back.
Companions die every day.
They were either beaten to death or trampled to death, or starved to death or frozen to death.
Death may be happier than life, at least you don't have to suffer from hunger and abuse.
But even ants try to survive, let alone humans.
Even if they want to live numbly like a walking corpse, not many people want to commit suicide.
Although the hope is slim, they still hope that one day the Da Xi army will come to Le State and rescue them from suffering.
It is this little bit of hope that has allowed them to survive until now.
There was no bonfire in their eyes, only the bright moon like the one in their hometown. Thinking of their family members who had long been beheaded, many people burst into tears.
"Look, these two-legged sheep of Daxi are imitating wolves crying at graves again."
Some people laughed out loud.
Someone lashed out with a whip.
"It's a fine day, why are you howling? You've ruined our good fortune this winter, so I'll kill you Jiyue!"
The slaves were angry but dared not speak out. They could only hunch over and lower their heads.
Someone said with a compassionate look, "How about giving you a chance tonight? We'll ride on horses and you'll walk. If you can outrun the horses, we'll let you go, okay?"
No one responded.
They had already seen the fate of those who believed such words - being trampled to death under the hooves of horses.
But tonight these people were drunk and had to make fun of them.
"Get up, everyone, get up and run! If you don't run, the arrows will catch up to you!"
He actually pointed bows and arrows at them and forced them to run.
With chains on their feet, how could they run out of range?
But the only thing he could do was run for his life.
As he stumbled out of the camp, his arrogant laughter resounded through the night sky.
People kept falling down after being hit by arrows.
Just when the others were filled with despair and thought they were about to die, the arrogant laughter behind them suddenly stopped.
"Enemy attack!"
The horn sounded.
There was chaos and war.
No more arrows fell on them, and they stopped to catch their breath and look back.
I saw a group of men in black rushing into the camp and fighting with the Lega people. The princes and nobles who usually took pleasure in torturing them huddled together like frightened quails.
It turns out that these animals also have moments of fear.
The battle was soon over.
None of the Lega people survived.
The camp, which was bustling with activity just a moment ago, became dead silent in the blink of an eye.
Several men in black came forward and cut off the chains on their feet.
A tall and slender figure walked up to them, his black eyes as deep and calm as the North Star in the night sky.
"Are you willing to join me in slaying the Lega wolves and rescuing our fellow Daxi people?"
Everyone's breathing stopped.
Then my heart was beating like a drum.
Daxi sent troops to rescue them!
That glimmer of hope finally came true for them!
"I do!"
"I do, too!"
"I will follow the general till death!"
The hoarse and high-pitched voice tore through the silence in the night wind, stirring everyone's heart.
"Let's have a good meal first," the general said. "We can rest here for one night before we move on."
"good!"
They all agreed in unison.
Then he followed the black-clad soldiers to the seats originally belonging to the princes and nobles, and started to eat the banquet that they had spent a day preparing.
Ji Changqing picked up a raw lamb leg and roasted it on the campfire.
Missing someone while baking.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are so many delicious foods, and I wonder if someone has enjoyed their meals well.
It's a pity that he is now in the Lega grassland and cannot pass the message back to Beijing, otherwise he would definitely ask the chef to prepare a few dishes for her.
"She must have secretly eaten meat, right?"
He thought uncertainly.
"If I were to be a vegetarian every day, wouldn't you be cursing me in your heart every day?"
A strong burnt smell penetrated my nostrils.
Looking down, I saw that the leg of lamb in my hand was already smoking.
He sighed softly, shaved off the burnt part, and put the lamb leg back on the charcoal fire.
Without someone's support, the food seems to lack flavor and is not as appetizing as before.
As the weather gets cooler, the sales of sweaters at Qinghui Warm Velvet Pavilion are increasing.
Most of the raw materials for these sweaters came from the trade routes opened up by Qi Yu. After he returned to Beituo, several more tribes were willing to sell wool to them.
After Feng Qingsui heard what Aunt Xu said, she remembered the cage of pigeons he had left for her.
Ever since she went to Hezhou to provide disaster relief, she had forgotten about the cage of pigeons and didn't know if it had been eaten by peregrine falcons.
I went to the next door and saw that all the pigeons were there.
But each one is as fat as a pigeon.
She was at a loss for words: "How can you fly when you're this fat?"
The peregrine falcon swooped down from the sky with a "crack".
The pigeons in the cage were so frightened that they started pecking at the food.
Feng Qingsui: “…”
She poked the peregrine falcon's hair and asked, "Do you come here all day to scare them?"
They are so scared that they always have to eat to calm down.
No wonder you're fat.
The peregrine falcon looked innocent.
"quack!"
——I didn’t eat any of them!
Feng Qingsui held his forehead with his hand.
"Don't come here again, do you hear me?" she warned the peregrine falcon.
"quack!"
——I really didn’t eat it. If you don’t believe me, count it.
Feng Qingsui sighed, brought a pigeon back to Polangxuan, wrote a letter to express his gratitude to Qi Yu, and then released the pigeon.
The pigeon flapped its wings twice, and although it was a little shaky, it finally flew up.
A few days later, Feng Qingsui received a reply from Qi Yu.
Qi Yu told her not to be polite. After he returned to Beituo, he was highly valued by his father. Now he had his own territory. In the future, he would keep all the wool produced on his territory for Qinghui Nuanrong Pavilion.
He mentioned Princess Yongning again, saying that his father now stayed with Princess Yongning every day.
The other concubines had a grudge against Princess Yongning and joined forces to make things difficult for her. Princess Yongning didn't even dare to leave the palace.
These concubines were all of noble birth. Even if Princess Yongning instigated his father to take action against them, his father would not listen to her.
"Don't worry, she won't cause any trouble for Daxi."
He wrote this at the end of the letter.
"Take care of yourself."
Feng Qingsui was very pleased.
However, just because Princess Yongning can't cause trouble for Daxi doesn't mean that the same is true for others.
That day, Ye Lu, who was in charge of gathering information, reported a piece of news to her: "In the past few days, there have been many suspicious people mixed in with the caravans entering the capital. These people like to hang out in the streets."
Feng Qingsui immediately became alert.
If someone puts dysentery into the well water, all the people in the capital will suffer.
She anonymously reported the matter to the Pursuit Department, who quickly arrested all the people.
At the first trial, it turned out that he had sneaked into the capital and spread the epidemic.
However, unexpectedly, the epidemic did not spread in the city, but spread to various camps in the capital.
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