Chapter 7 King Zhao Rebelled
No one in the Shen family has bad intentions, just like Xiao Lin, who just burst out with dissatisfaction in her heart, but then turned around and started to care about her.
Shen Qingqian applied medicine to the other three brothers and received a wave of gratitude.
"Sixth sister, this medicine is really magical. It doesn't hurt as much once you apply it." Shen Yong grinned.
Shen Qingqian curved her eyebrows and said in a pious tone, "I hope that when I wake up tomorrow morning, all my brothers' injuries will be healed."
"Haha, thanks for your kind words, sister." Shen Yong has a cheerful personality and was not defeated even in such an environment.
At this moment, the group of people behind him also appeared in front of him.
Shen Shan, the third son of the Shen family, blocked a person's way and asked, "Fellow villager, what are you doing?"
"Oh, the King of Zhao is rebelling! He's fighting the imperial army! We're desperate to escape, so get out of our way!"
Everyone in the Shen family was shocked. How could it be possible that the King of Zhao had rebelled?
King Zhao was the only king of a different surname in the Jin Dynasty. He had fiefdoms and military power, and was like a local emperor in Zhaozhou. For more than two hundred years since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, there had never been any problems in the lineage of King Zhao.
Many people might have rebelled, but King Zhao was the first to rebel after the new emperor ascended the throne. This is very intriguing.
The escorts also learned the news, and the leader quickly ordered the exiles to move to the side of the road.
"No one is allowed to move around. Rest here for half an hour before setting off again!" the chief escort shouted.
Shen Qingqian watched as several escorts ran quickly back, probably to confirm the situation.
There were eight or nine other families exiled with the Shen family this time. The entire team consisted of nearly two hundred people, and there were more than a dozen escorts responsible for the escort.
Now that half of the escort had left, the team was naturally not as quiet as before.
"Why did the King of Zhao rebel? Is this true or false?"
"Whether they're rebelling or not has nothing to do with us exiles. You should think about whether you can have a hot meal at your place of stay tonight!"
"That's not the case. Zhaozhou is not far from northern Hubei. If we are exiled to northern Hubei, who knows if we will be dragged into the war?"
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Everyone in the Shen family looked at each other in confusion. Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Lin looked at their two sons again and again, feeling anxious.
The two sons of the eldest wife, Shen Xiao and Shen Jun, are both over twenty years old, and the two sons of the second wife, Shen Shan and Shen Yong, are both over fifteen years old. If the war really spreads to northern Hubei, there is no doubt that the four of them will definitely be conscripted.
However, the most terrifying thing is not being conscripted into the army, but their exiled status. They can only be the lowest-ranking soldiers and are sent to the front lines without any training. They are real cannon fodder.
Shen Qingqian's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could kill a mosquito. Before she even reached the place of exile, she was already facing the possibility of being conscripted. If that were the case, what would the women and children of the Shen family do?
"Mom, let's not panic for now. Let's wait until the escort comes back." Seeing that the discussion in the team was getting louder and louder, Shen Xiao hurriedly spoke up to remind Wu and others.
No matter how chaotic the current situation is, the Shen family, with elderly parents and young children, cannot take any risks.
As everyone was in a panic, someone came up to Chen Xiao and whispered, "Chen Xiao, if it's really the King of Zhao who's rebelling, why don't we take advantage of the chaos and run away?"
Chen Xiao and the other members of the Shen family who heard this all changed expression. Chen Xiao scolded in a low voice, "Chen Er, stop talking nonsense! You and I are both citizens of Dajin. The Emperor has been merciful and spared us the death penalty. We must never do anything to disobey the court again!"
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