"Could it be that the disaster relief officer from the imperial court has arrived?"

"Damn it, it's all because of these damn officials that we are starving and suffering in the heat outside the city. We can't survive anyway, so there's no need to be afraid of them."

"That's right, let's go together and pull them off that horse!"

Someone shouted loudly, and when everyone heard it, they became excited and rushed towards Liu Jinyan's team regardless of anything.

At a rough glance, there are about two to three thousand people.

Liu Jinyan was not at all panicked and directly ordered the guards to take action.

The guards acted without hesitation and with lightning speed.

A large number of people were killed in an instant.

"Ah, murder!"

Someone in the crowd exclaimed.

"You dog official, you shall not die well!"

Someone cursed angrily.

Then the crowd started pushing and shoving.

The refugees who rushed up from behind saw that the situation was not right and wanted to retreat.

Liu Jinyan on his horse sneered at this.

He was holding back his anger.

He is a prince, and these refugees actually dared to intercept him. They are so bold that they deserve to die!

"All soldiers, listen to my orders. Kill without mercy!"

"Yes"

The guards shouted with their knives raised, and then rushed towards the helpless refugees.

They chopped people like cutting vegetables and took many lives in an instant.

Xiao Beiwang, who was standing on the city wall, felt a little angry when he saw this scene.

Emperor Wu Zhao's sons were either weak and sickly or stubborn and self-righteous fools.

Oh, there is another one who is not smart either. He is still detained and has not escaped yet.

These princes were only concerned with fighting each other and had no regard for the country and the people.

This is really the suffering of the people of Xuan Dynasty!

He sighed inwardly.

I wonder what Emperor Mingde would think when he saw this situation in heaven?

He couldn't bear to watch any longer, so he turned around and left with Zhao Qing.

They went all the way to Shijing Hutong, but did not see the teams from Xiao and Tao's families.

The two stopped at the entrance of the alley, hesitating.

But Xiao Beiwang was looking at the big tree at the intersection.

He went forward to check it out, only to see a special mark drawn on it.

If you don't look carefully, you can't find it.

He thought for a moment and understood the message left by Old Madam Xiao.

"It seems that they changed their route and went to the north gate."

Zhao Qing was confused.

"Sir, how did you know that?"

Xiao Beiwang smiled mysteriously and did not answer.

In fact, this is a secret between him and his grandmother. The mark points to the north.

Considering their purpose today, it is not difficult to guess that they went to the north gate.

Of course, this is a secret and he won't tell Zhao Qing.

However, he suddenly thought of Shuxin.

If possible, he could tell Shuxin the meaning of such a mark.

I just hope there's no need to use these.

Xiao Beiwang was lost in thought.

"Sir?"

Zhao Qing called him and Xiao Beiwang quickly came back to his senses.

"Let's go find Qian San and Wu Zhiyong first, and then take them to meet up with the old lady and the others."

Zhao Qing nodded in agreement, and the two of them went towards the county government office.

Speaking of the South Gate.

Seeing so many people dead, the refugees became more and more fierce.

They were fleeing all the way, but couldn't get into the city and stayed outside the city for so many days.

They thought that their court and their officials would save them, but they didn't.

Now this disaster relief team not only refuses to save them, but also tries to kill them.

How can I bear this?

The rage was overwhelming, and more refugees rushed towards this side.

These refugees have no hope of survival, so they are naturally fearless and unafraid of death.

Liu Jinyan was riding on a horse and was stunned when he saw the situation.

After he reacted, he could only retreat under the protection of Shu Hu and other personal guards.

Tao Jiaojiao's carriage was naturally also inside.

She didn't understand what was going on, she just thought it was very noisy outside.

"Miss, what's going on?"

Lily of the Valley looked flustered.

Tao Jiaojiao frowned.

His Royal Highness the Third Prince brought so many people with him, nothing should go wrong.

Tao Jiaojiao comforted herself.

Since the situation at the South Gate was like this, Liu Jinyan and Shu Hu discussed and decided to go to the North Gate.

I plan to enter the city from the north gate.

There was still a large number of refugees following them.

It’s because the refugees who followed behind were not aware of the situation.

I just felt that following the imperial relief team would be the right thing to do.

Liu Jinyan became very annoyed when he saw that these people were still following him.

He felt extremely regretful.

He originally brought a 3,000-man escort with him when he left Beijing this time.

Marquis Yongyi led the rank of a thousand-householder of the Imperial Guards, and this time he also brought two thousand Imperial Guards with him.

However, Liu Jinyan felt that everything was arranged and there would be no accidents, so he only let these people stay in the base on standby, and he only brought two or three hundred people into the city.

He felt that this number of people was enough, and they were just going into the city to discuss business.

It won’t be too late for the follow-up troops to enter the city after they meet Xu Qian.

At that time, it would be even more appropriate for Xu Qian to welcome his troops into the city with great fanfare.

Because of such stubborn and self-willed thinking, he suffered a great loss now.

The refugees kept chasing after him all the way to the north gate.

Because Tao Jiaojiao's carriage fell behind, after turning the horse's head, he almost didn't have time to protect her carriage.

Fortunately, the driver was specially arranged by Shu Hu, and he was an old man.

He reacted very quickly and pulled the carriage out of the encirclement of refugees.

Because the speed was too fast, Tao Jiaojiao and the other two were thrown all over the place and almost hit the wall of the car.

Tao Jiaojiao was extremely angry and hated herself for not listening to her father. She should have returned to Beijing early in the morning.

Soon, Liu Jinyan's team arrived at the north gate.

A large number of refugees followed behind him.

Because someone on the road shouted that this team was the officials sent by the court to provide disaster relief.

When the refugees nearby saw this, they all rushed over.

At this time, the four carriages from the Xiao and Tao families just arrived at the north city gate.

The city gate was not open, so they had no choice but to wait here for Xiao Bei to see them.

Outside the city gate, Liu Jinyan's team had also arrived.

The journey was extremely hectic and Liu Jinyan was in a state of confusion. He felt that this disaster relief trip was not going smoothly.

At this time, he could no longer care about so many things and directly revealed his identity to the general guarding the city.

"We are the disaster relief team sent by the imperial court. His Royal Highness the Third Prince is here. Please open the city gates immediately."

The generals guarding the city were a little skeptical at first, but then they saw Liu Jinyan directly take out his identity badge.

When the general guarding the gate saw this, he dared not disobey and directly ordered the city gate to be opened to allow the Third Prince and his entourage to come in first.

Then he quickly sent someone to notify Magistrate Xu.

The Xiao and Tao families' teams also heard the noise coming from outside the city.

At this time, other families who were preparing to leave the city also gathered here.

Then someone on the city gate was heard shouting, "Open the gate."

Old Madam Xiao originally wanted everyone to step aside and wait for Xiao Beiwang and the others to arrive.

When I heard the news that the city gate was opening, I immediately felt that this was a good opportunity.

Therefore, we decided to leave the city right away.

Old Madam Xiao quickly asked Zhao Shunping to send messages to the other carriages one by one. After everyone agreed, they waited at the city gate.

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