Wei and Jin cooks

News came from the North that Liu He, the new emperor of the Xiongnu, had escaped from the encirclement with his courtiers and successfully reunited with Liu Cong. However, it was heard that their brothers were not getting along. In the past half month, Liu Cong did not even send troops to occupy the Beigong. Both Chun and Zuti were given time to recuperate.

Bei Gongchun even asked for orders to come back to deal with Shi Le.

Thinking that the situation in the north was uncertain and Ming Yu was still in the enemy camp, Zhao Hanzhang did not let him come back and asked him to stay in Jizhou. If the Xiongnu really broke out, they might as well capture Jizhou as well.

Zhao Hanzhang is very ambitious. In the name of Emperor Jin, she has asked the kings from all over the country to kill the Xiongnu and save the Emperor of Jin. However, except for Jingzhou, few other states and counties have responded.

Zhao Ming wrote to her: "You are just the governor of Yuzhou, and you use the emperor to order the world. Your name is not justified. The emperor fell into the Huns and the prince passed away. As an important minister of the Jin Dynasty, you should establish another prince for the Jin Dynasty."

Zhao Hanzhang suppressed this letter for a long time without replying, until there were only a few responders, and Director Wang used the name of King Langya to coerce and lure Jiangdong, Jiangnan, Yangzhou and other places gradually there were voices recommending King Langya as emperor, Zhao Hanzhang then replied to Zhao Ming, " We will do our best to find the direct blood relatives of the ancestors."

When Zhao Ming received the letter, it was already very close to the counterattack time. As he replied to the letter, he wondered if he would be able to receive the letter before the war. If not, it would be difficult to deliver the letter during the war.

Neither of them knew that the person they were looking for was in Ningling County, not far from them.

Yuan Li had a child in his arms, followed by eight people. One of them also had a child in his hand. They hurriedly hid in a village. The two guards spread out and searched around, then came back and said to Yuan Li: " The village is empty, no one is there.”

Another person answered: "There's nothing to eat either."

Xun Fan and Xun Zu, who were surrounded in the middle, were old. They couldn't help but sit down on the ground when they stopped, feeling tired and embarrassed.

Yuan Li put down the child he was carrying and said with a sullen face, "Look around again to see if there is a cellar."

He took out a piece of cake from his arms, broke it into two, and gave it directly to the two children.

The others swallowed and looked away, leaving two people on guard while the others went out to find food.

In fact, there were not many guards, only five people except Yuan Li, and two children, one was the nine-year-old King Yuzhang and the other was the ten-year-old King Qin.

The two old men Xun Fan and Xun Zu were the uncles of King Qin, and there was another person... Yuan Li looked up at each other with a heavy gaze - Yan Ding.

Yan Ding was an old official in Yuzhou. After Zhao Hanzhang took office, he continued to use the former officials. He was called an old official in Yuzhou, which was in contrast to the new officials appointed and dismissed by Zhao Hanzhang himself.

When his mother died at the beginning of the year, he wrote to Zhao Hanzhang to resign and wanted to return to his hometown to mourn.

Zhao Hanzhang agreed, but I don't know why he stayed in Mi County and even entangled many good players. When Yuncheng fell, King Qin and King Yuzhang ran into chaos and fled together under the protection of the palace guards.

On the way, he happened to meet two uncles of King Qin, Xun Fan and Xun Zu.

The two of them took the two princes and ran to Yuzhou. Halfway there, before they entered Yuzhou, they met the former Fu Army Commander Shi Wangbi, Situ Commander Shi Liuchou, Zhongshu Lang Li Xin and others who were also fleeing.

Everyone ran together.

Because there were people fleeing everywhere, their luggage was scattered, and they couldn't run fast with just two ox carts and two legs. They first heard that the emperor had been captured, and then received news that Gou Xi had surrendered to Shi Le.

After thinking about it, Liu Chou and others felt that the Jin State was dead at this point. Zhao Hanzhang and his like would only resist for a few years. If Liu Yuan fought again, it would be a process of unifying the world.

So they took advantage of the fact that everyone was hungry and killed the guards and chamberlains of the two princes with knives, and wanted to take them with them to surrender to Liu Cong.

The two old men Xun Fan and Xun Zui fought hard and ran to Mi County with the two young princes in panic. They happened to meet Yan Ding. Yan Ding fought back and joined the ranks of protecting the two young princes.

As soon as he joined, he asked the team to go west to Chang'an and expressed his willingness to escort them.

His reason was, "Now that the Central Plains is raging with war, and there are rebels and refugees everywhere. The King of Qin and King Langya are in great danger here. It is better to go west to Chang'an, where Fu Zhongshu will be there. Fu Zhongshu can then set up a platform to stabilize the world. "

However, Xun Fan and Xun Zu objected.

Mainly Xun Fan, he thought that this place was not very far from Chen County. There was no need for them to go to Chang'an and they could go directly to Chen County to find Zhao Hanzhang's people.

Yan Ding said solemnly: "I am an official in Yuzhou. I have watched with cold eyes over the past few years. Zhao Hanzhang has acted with a disobedient heart. If I send the two princes over at this time, wouldn't I be sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth? Absolutely not."

But Xun Fan is over sixty years old. Who has not seen anyone at his age? He could see through Yan Ding with just one glance, not to mention that he had only seen Zhao Hanzhang in Chaoshang not long ago.

He didn't know if Zhao Hanzhang had disobedient intentions, but she respected the emperor more than Gou Xi, her heart was softer than Gou Xi's, and she was more normal than the powerful ministers who controlled the government in the past, so even if she had this intention, she would not do it now. Try your best to protect the two princes.

When going to Chang'an, not only are there rebels and refugees on the road, the journey is difficult, Chang'an is still far west, and it is difficult to command the world, so we should still go to Chen County.

Xun Fan insisted, but there were only a few of them, old and young, so they were unable to refuse.

Yan Ding took them to Chang'an.

Yuan Li pursued them all the way and found them halfway. He and Yan Ding fought and almost lost both sides. In the end, Xun Fan intervened to dissuade them, thinking that even if it was for the two young princes, they could not fight among themselves at this time.

Yuan Li joined the team and strongly requested to go back to Chen County.

Before Yan Ding had time to object, they encountered a team from Shi Le. There were not many people. They came out to search for food and grass. They happened to see this group of people who looked like they were not ordinary people.

During the melee, Yuan Li did not forget his own goal, and fought and retreated towards Chen County.

As a result, they went astray and accidentally fell into Ningling. While Shile's army captured Ningling, they did not dare to enter the city. The county was full of barbarians looking for money and fleeing refugees. It could be said that they were struggling.

They had no food with them and had no choice but to grab it with the refugees.

After a while, the guards came back and brought back five pieces of wild taro, which were only a little bigger than a child's fist, but they were very happy. "General, you are very lucky. There is a patch of wild taro behind the house, but it is a pity that it has been dug up." Yes, it took me a long time to find these five."

Yuan Li nodded and motioned for him to light a fire and cook it.

He stepped forward to see the pale-faced King Yuzhang, and comforted him respectfully: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Zhao army has surrounded Ningling. We only need to endure for a while longer to see the governor."

"As long as you see the governor, you will be safe and you can eat whatever you want."

In Yuan Li's view, the most suitable person to be the next emperor is King Yuzhang. He is the prince's younger brother. He is younger than King Qin and has a weak temper, so he can be manipulated.