The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 759
In Hexi County, on a plain in the east, farmers are harvesting in autumn.

Although there has been a "reign change", wars have always been resolved quickly and have not had a great impact on people's livelihood.

Of course, this "not very big" impact is at the national level, and it is still a life-and-death disaster for ordinary people.

Those fleeing soldiers burned, killed, raped and looted everywhere in order to survive. If they encountered them, their whole families might have to die.

Zhao Yanxun knew about this situation, so when the army went to the capital, he left an elite army to clean up these people.

After capturing the capital, most of the Yong army that withdrew from the capital was resting, and some were sent out to restore order.

After the imperial court resumed operation, the government in Hexi Gyeonggi began to exert its strength, and it was also organizing the young and strong to fight and contain the defeated soldiers.

Those who are guilty will be executed on the spot, and those who are innocent will be directly incorporated into the local area. They will be punished in the form of hard labor and join the ranks of resuming production.

The Yong army and the government's double suppression of the thieves, while clearing away the legacy of the defeated soldiers, also made the fugitive Zhao Weilong miserable.

Before, he had counted on going to the nearest Yongshun Mansion, but after Lu Liqing and the others surrendered, he continued on the road of escape.

It is impossible not to escape. If you stay in one place for a long time, you will risk being discovered.

During this period, Empress Zhen Xianglian proposed to give up her status as emperor and blend in with the common people in order to survive.

At this point, Zhao Weilong naturally wanted to live first, so he agreed to this method.

But in actual operation, it was found that it was not feasible at all.

Most of these people in Hexi moved here from other places. At the beginning, this place was considered a "dangerous place", so many people fled.

In order to prevent such things from happening, the imperial court ordered the local government to organize households for all the common people, with five households as one family, and implement continuous sitting for escape.

The strict management system made it impossible for them, the extra people, to find a chance to get in.

Of course, there must be ways, such as offering enough benefits to bribe officials to create false identities.

But in doing so, it is too easy to reveal your identity, but it is easy to put yourself in it.

The more critical point is that they can't offer any benefits at all to buy off those officials who speak loudly.

After all, Zhao Weilong couldn't even afford to eat.

At this moment, Zhao Weilong was sitting in a bush, with the sleeping queen in his arms.

There was no one around them at the moment, and the soldiers had almost dispersed after fleeing for the past few days.

This is actually very normal, fleeing with Zhao Weilong, making ordinary soldiers see no hope, they will naturally flee when they should.

Even if Yuan Zheng kills people and establishes his prestige, he can't change people's hearts.

"Hu... Husband!"

"Lian'er, you're awake!"

At this moment, the emperor and empress are on par with ordinary couples in terms of address, and it can be regarded as a friend in adversity.

The next moment, Zhen Xianglian's stomach growled, causing her face to blush.

It is said that shy women are more beautiful, but now Zhao Weilong is not in the mood to admire them, he only feels guilty for his incompetence.

"Lian'er, bear with me a little longer, Yuan Qing will find something to eat and come back!"

Right now, only Yuan Zheng and the other three soldiers were protecting the two of them, and all four of them went looking for food.

Right now, they are close to Jishui, the government is relatively weak, and their security is higher, so Yuan Zheng dared to take everyone away.

The husband and wife are snuggling together, and the summer wind is particularly cool. This is a very pleasant moment.

But at this moment, there was movement in the distance, breaking the tranquility of this place.

"Could it be that they are back? I don't know what to hunt today!" Zhen Xianglian smiled.

Every time Yuan Zheng went out before, he was able to bring back prey, allowing the emperor and empress to have a full meal.

Seeing the majestic queen overjoyed over a full meal, Zhao Weilong only felt sad.

"I'm just afraid, it's the same as yesterday, the concubine is half-baked... It's disgusting to you!" Zhen Xiangyu said embarrassedly.

Ever since she was a child, Zhen Xianglian rarely even went to the kitchen, let alone cook, which is actually quite normal.

Holding his wife in his arms, Zhao Weilong firmly said: "Lian'er, if you and I can escape our lives this time, let's be an ordinary couple!"

Zhen Xianglian raised his head, smiled and said, "Husband, we will definitely be able to escape!"

When the two were talking to each other, the movement in the distance began to grow louder, which made Zhao Weilong alert.

"There are a lot of people, maybe it's not Yuan Zheng and the others!"

With such speculation in mind, Zhao Weilong took Zhen Xiangyu to the ground, and observed the situation outside through the gaps in the bushes.

It's a pity that the line of sight is too poor to see anything at all, but it is certain that someone is coming, and it is not Yuan Zheng and his party.

"Who's coming here?"

There are no fields nearby, so it stands to reason that no one will come, unless...

Zhao Weilong had a bad idea, which made him feel uneasy.

"I'll go outside and have a look..."

"Husband..."

Seeing his wife wanted to speak, Zhao Weilong immediately said: "Don't worry, nothing will happen, just wait for me here!"

Zhen Xianglian nodded and didn't say much.

Carefully, Zhao Weilong sneaked out of the bushes.

When he came to the edge of the forest and hid in the bushes, Zhao Weilong stretched out his hands to push aside the branches, and looked at the crowd that appeared in the distance.

The next moment, Zhao Weilong's pupils constricted, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he fell backwards.

"They... how did they find it!"

Looking at the approaching Yong character flag through the branches, Zhao Weilong couldn't help shaking, which is the expression of extreme fear.

The next moment, he thought of fleeing, so he didn't turn his head back, and didn't dare to waste time.

"Didn't you say it's nearby? Why haven't you seen anyone after searching for so long?"

Beside the forest, Bai Hu, the leader of the team, spoke harshly and reprimanded a man beside him loudly.

If Zhao Weilong pays attention to the reprimanded person, he will find that he is one of Yuan Zheng's three subordinates.

This person went out to look for food today, but he directly betrayed Yuan Zheng, intending to lure Yong Jun to arrest Zhao Weilong in exchange for a fortune.

According to Zhao Yanxun's official statement, the little emperor is actually dead in the hearts of Yong Jun.

So when someone reported that the little emperor was alive and on the run, when the generals were suspicious, he rushed over with 100 of his subordinates and more than 300 guards.

But right now, after searching the forest for so long, they still haven't seen the so-called "little emperor", which makes these hundred households not only suspect that they have been cheated.

"Boy, Master Qianhu will come over later, if you haven't found anyone, you will die!"

As soon as the hundred households finished speaking, they heard someone shouting from their subordinates: "My lord...there is movement over there!"

"Hurry up and take a look!"

In the end, Zhao Weilong's escape was not professional enough, and the movement he made was captured, which then attracted soldiers from the Yong army to search.

Seeing her husband who hurriedly shouted back, with a look of fear mixed with panic, Zhen Xiangyu couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

"Go... Hurry up and follow me, Yong Jun is here!"

Originally Zhao Weilong could run by himself, but he didn't do it because he couldn't do such a thing.

As soon as he heard that Yong Jun was coming, even though his stomach was growling with hunger, Zhen Xiangyu could only get up from the ground and run away with Zhao Weilong.

"People come from the east, let's go west!"

When the two fled, the soldiers who let Linnei searched on the carpet found their traces again.

"There is someone in front..."

"Chase!"

(End of this chapter)