Ahead is an endless expanse of yellow earth and weeds.

A group of exiles, numbering about a hundred people, walked slowly on the dirt road, raising a cloud of dust with every step.

Everyone was dressed in rags and had dirty looks.

"We have been walking for more than two months. The further north we go, the less green we see. But there are more and more disaster victims on the road."

Qin Guanshan carried a package on his back, a machete at his waist, and his shoes were worn out.

He glanced at the team of more than 100 people behind him, squeezed next to Zhou Fuan, and whispered a reminder,

"Captain Zhou, you have to think of a way. We shouldn't have listened to Su Zhenbei at the beginning and chosen this road, avoiding the official road to the north. This road is getting more and more remote, and there are no mountains or villages. It's just endless yellow soil, and there is not even a wild vegetable."

Zhou Fuan's face was wooden and expressionless.

But I was cursing in my heart.

In the battle of Mujiabao, Su Zhenbei and his men rescued many people.

As soon as the people from Da Liuzhuang and the people rescued from Mujiabao left Mujiabao and reunited with the people rescued from the iron mine, they thanked Su Zhenbei and left.

The imperial guards and Ji Tai were all dead, and the 200 prisoners were nowhere to be found.

Only Lu Zan, Qin Guanshan and the fat official were left in Zhaowei.

Originally, there were five people left in Zhou Fuan's group escorting the officers, but later, Zhang Zheng died, so there were only four people left.

The more than 300 exiles he escorted were the most resilient, with more than 50 men and more than 60 women and children left, totaling more than 110 people.

"We are officials, how can we follow the exiles?"

Qin Guanshan tried his best to add fuel to the fire of Zhou Fuan.

To be honest, he was very angry.

Qin Guanshan felt that this trip was really a miserable one.

Before Mujiabao, they, the officials, were still the masters.

After the capture of Mujiabao, those officials became grandsons.

There were seventy or eighty of them, including the Imperial Guards and the Zhaowei. Now, only seven of them were left, and all the supplies, horses, and equipment were gone.

When they came out of Mujiabao, each of them had only a broadsword, a small package containing some dry food and a set of change of clothes.

All the gold, silver and valuables are gone.

Not to mention giving the prisoners black steamed buns, they even have to ask the Su family for a bite of food.

He is even more cowardly.

Because they were poor and useless, Jinlian hadn't kissed him for a month. She always made up all kinds of excuses to evade him.

"Then tell me, if we don't listen to them, how can we control them?"

Zhou Fuan rolled his eyes at Qin Guanshan and glanced at the several officials in the crowd.

Qin Guanshan also looked at the officers and immediately became discouraged.

They only had seven officers left, and they were not united.

Wu Hai and Qian Tong made their identities clear. They were sent by the Queen Mother to protect Su Zhenbei. It was not their business.

What about Yue Feng? He is a mean person. As soon as Wu Hai and Qian Tongchang knew their identities, he quickly followed suit and expressed his loyalty. He said that he was from the Song Dynasty Merchants and that he was here to protect the Su family.

Okay, three of the seven constables followed Su Zhenbei and ran away.

There is also Lu Zan, who is the most surprising. He actually went directly to the Wang family and followed a palace maid named Wang Yi. He said that he was Zhaowei, General Gu was the emperor's man, and the palace maid Wang was also sent by the emperor. So he had to be with the palace maid Wang. It would be easier to talk to the emperor when he returned to the palace to see him.

This is good, with only three officials left: Qin Guanshan, the fat official and Zhou Fuan.

"Look, there are more than 30 people from the Su and Wang families alone. And those officials followed him. You ask me to challenge Su Zhenbei, what can I do? He can kill the three of us with one slap. How do you think Lu Zan will report it to his superiors? In a word, we died in Mujiabao and the iron mine just like those officials."

The sun was shining brightly in the sky, and Qin Guanshan felt a chill down his spine after hearing Zhou Fuan's words.

"Isn't it because this change is so sudden that I can't accept it?"

Qin Guanshan immediately became timid.

"You really don't have a brain. They can follow Su Zhenbei because they are sent by the Queen Mother to protect him. In a word, they have a legitimate reason. What do we have? We rushed to curry favor with them. At the beginning, we were officials and they were exiled prisoners. We also caused trouble for them. Do you think it will work if we go up now?"

"What should we do? Captain Zhou, how about we leave the team and sneak back?"

"Why do you think Su Zhenbei and Wang Taifu, who are so smart, would spare our lives?"

Zhou Fuan really didn't want to pay attention to this fool. "That's because they are exiles. They don't want to be refugees, nor do they want to rebel. They want to reach the place of exile safely and be settled down normally. So, they need us officials to go with them. I have the official documents in my hand. They need us to go through the formalities. If it weren't for the Northern Frontier, the Third Prince would be going there this time. Princess Chaoyun was sent to marry again. Su Zhenbei didn't want to cause trouble, otherwise we would have died long ago."

Qin Guanshan felt numb all over.

As I walked along the way, all the accumulated anger and grievances dissipated.

What else does he choose?

If you listen to Captain Zhou, you can save this dog's life and make it to the exile place in the northern border to report back.

It is his greatest luck.

You know, dozens of brothers who came with us lost their lives along the way.

"Mom, your arms must be numb from holding Qibao. Come, let me hold you for a while."

There were more than a hundred people in the exile team, half of whom were the elderly, the weak, women and children, and the team was very long.

The Su and Wang families were walking in front. The Su family was pulling a cart and a wheelbarrow, on which were randomly placed some food, bedding and other things.

Mujiabao was burned down. When everyone ran out of Mujiabao, they had nothing but wounds and torn clothes.

The iron mine is too close.

Su Zhenbei discussed with everyone and decided to take the exile team and leave there quickly.

We can no longer use the official road.

Because the guards of the iron mine had gone to get reinforcements, let alone the other 800 guards chasing them, there was no way for them, with more than a hundred old, weak and sick people, to escape.

What's more, the Third Prince's army is nearby.

Therefore, as soon as they left Mujiabao, Su Zhenbei led the exile team to change their route, turning to the northwest and taking the small paths.

Along the way, in addition to encountering villages, they replenished some food and water.

Just keep walking.

It took a whole month of walking before they were completely out of danger of being hunted down.

No matter they were exiles or officials, they all survived. All the things they had with them were left in Mujiabao and burned.

Along the way, they relied on the money from the Su and Wang families.

When we came across remote small villages, we bought food, water, bedding, clothes and other things from the villagers.

In years of drought, people are short of food and clothing, so where can we sell extra food to them?

Everyone knows that if it weren't for Su Zhenbei and Wang Taifu, the two most capable people in Qi, even the officials in their team would have frozen to death or starved to death on the road with everyone else.

"Qibao is eating his fingers again. Is Qibao hungry again?"

Ye Ranqing has already finished her confinement. She practices martial arts, and although she has been traveling all the time during her confinement, she has a good physique and has recovered.

At that time, he was given a medicine called "Hua Gong San" and treated by a ghost doctor. He has recovered now.

At this time, she was walking beside the wheelbarrow and reached out to take her son from her mother-in-law's arms.

"She's only one month old, and she's already fighting with Mi Baby for food."

Old Madam Su was sitting on a wheelbarrow, holding two babies in her arms. As soon as Qibao left, she held Baby Mi in her arms and adjusted her into a comfortable position.

[Oh, I am so annoyed. I am about to become a Buddha. I am so angry. If I catch him, I will bite him a few times.]

Baby Mi, who was sitting in Old Madam Su's arms, had a puffy face and was babbling.

But in my heart, I was vomiting blood: [Ah, I don’t want to be a child forever. Damn Yan Chengji, it’s all his fault, he’s a jinx, he’s the one sent by the heavens to bring bad luck to me. It’s all because of him that I can’t become an adult. Ah, ah, I want to die——]