Herb Family [Rebirth]

Chapter 133 The world is in chaos

With Bai Zhongke's family background, Bai Zhongke was in Xiao Zuo's eyes for the time being.

Although Bai Zhongke's medical skills are not as good as Bai Heng's, at least he grew up in Bai's family, so he naturally knows some basic medicine and herbs, so he can scare people for a while.

Although with Bai Zhongke, Xiao Zuo is still in a bad mood.

There is no other reason, he has been in Tongcheng for several days, but he still hasn't caught Xiao Qi.

This made him wonder whether Xiao Qi had already run away after getting the news in advance.

Not only Xiao Qi, but also King Yu disappeared, Xiao Zuo's temper became worse day by day, and the people under him were all trembling, for fear of offending Xiao Zuo.

On this day, Xiao Zuo received the news that there was no one in the car that Xiao Yu was traveling in incognito.

Xiao Zuo frowned when he heard the words, and asked, "Are you sure there is no one? Didn't you say that his car drove to the southeast?"

It turned out that Xiao Zuo was indeed deceived by Xiao Yu's blindfold. He had been sending people to chase Xiao Yu's car before, and wanted to kill him outside the palace, so as to save the step of forcing the palace.

As a result, Xiao Zuo's subordinates worked hard and finally tracked down Xiao Yu's car, but they were all in vain.

After Xiao Zuo got the news, he was so angry that he swept away everything on the table.

"Damn it! I was deceived by him! Go and find out for me, where is he now?!" Xiao Zuo's face was so ugly.

Xiao Zuo's subordinates quickly retreated under orders, almost all of them scattered out to track down Xiao Yu's whereabouts.

It's just that Xiao Yu concealed his whereabouts when he left the palace, and it was not so easy to find out where his people were.

Therefore, Xiao Zuo's subordinates complained bitterly, but they still had to try their best to find clues to find Xiao Yu's whereabouts. ...

Just when Xiao Zuo sent many people to hunt down Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu and his party were already far away from Tongcheng.

In order to hurry, Xiao Yu and his party had almost no rest on the road, and in order to avoid the enemy, Xiao Yu and others did not dare to take the official route, and chose a path that few people knew.

Due to the continuous several days of rushing, Xiao Yu's body had not yet recuperated, and he completely collapsed.

The moment Xiao Yu fell, everyone had to stop.

Fortunately, before departure, Bai Heng prepared a lot of commonly used medicines for them, as well as nourishing herbs, even Xiao Yu's prescriptions, and with Bai Zhongxuan by his side, there was no need to worry about Xiao Yu's condition getting worse for a while.

When King Yu wanted to take Bai Zhongxuan away, he used this reason to persuade Mr. Bai.

In fact, even if King Yu didn't say anything, Mr. Bai still wanted to let Bai Zhongxuan leave. After all, in that situation, the Bai family could leave alone.

Therefore, King Yu took Bai Zhongxuan away smoothly.

At this time, Bai Zhongxuan was taking Xiao Yu's pulse. After taking the pulse, he took Bai Heng's prescription and looked at it, nodded and said, "Fortunately, it's not too serious. Let's follow Xiao Heng's prescription first."

As soon as An heard the words, he hurriedly took Xiao Yu's prescription to a nearby town to get the medicine.

The other hidden guards stayed in place to protect Xiao Yu and the others.

The timing of Xiao Yu's fall was unlucky, they would be half a day away from entering the city, but now let alone half a day, even half an hour Xiao Yu would not be able to get there.

Fortunately, there was a small village nearby, so Xiao Yu and his party settled in that village.

There are not many residents in the village, only a few scattered households, so the arrival of Xiao Yu and his party caused quite a commotion.

An Er was not there, and An Er was in charge. An Er did not bring Xiao Yu into the village, but found a house near the entrance of the village that had obviously been unoccupied for a long time.

He was guarding around the house with his dark guards. When Lizheng came, An Er had already arranged everything around the house.

An Er didn't talk nonsense with Li Zheng, he handed over some money to Li Zheng, and then said that they were only staying temporarily and would leave soon.

Lizheng didn't want to cause trouble after taking the money, and besides, this group of people seemed to be either rich or noble, and they didn't enter the village, they just stayed at the entrance of the village temporarily, which didn't hinder them.

So Li Zheng didn't say anything, turned around and went back to appease the villagers.

An Yi's footsteps were very fast, and he returned from the town before sunset. He went alone, but came back with a carriage.

When An Er saw that he was back, he hurriedly led people forward to help unload the things.

A lot of food and daily necessities, as well as bedding and ready-made clothes, were piled up in the carriage.

Several hidden guards walked around a few times, and after moving everything into the house, Bai Zhongxuan rolled up his sleeves and went to the kitchen, ready to grab some food.

Seeing this, King Yu hurriedly followed.

Only Xiao Yu and Xiao Qi were left in the room.

Xiao Qi sat by the bed, holding Xiao Yu's hand, his face was full of worry.

"Don't worry...cough...I'm fine...cough..." Xiao Yu wanted to comfort Xiao Qi, but he started coughing as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Just rest, don't talk." Xiao Qi quickly poured a glass of water for him to moisten his throat.

Xiao Yu took a few sips and felt better.

"Next time when you feel sick, you can't hide it anymore." Xiao Qi frowned and scolded Xiao Yu, this time it was because Xiao Yu concealed his illness that he collapsed all of a sudden, catching everyone by surprise.

If Xiao Yu had reported feeling unwell a few days earlier, Bai Zhongxuan would be accompanying him. Bai Zhongxuan used to work in the Imperial Hospital, and his medical skills must be excellent. There are ready-made doctors around him, so he has brought himself to this point.

I don't know what Xiao Yu thinks.

What did Xiao Yu think?Of course what he wanted was to bring Xiao Qi back safely as soon as possible.

If he was not feeling well, he had to stop, which would increase the risk of being overtaken by the enemy. He felt that it was not very serious, so he endured the journey, who knew that he overestimated his body.

In fact, Xiao Yu knew in his heart that his body becoming so weak was not entirely due to the aftermath of the last poisoning. In addition, in order to paralyze his good brother all these years, he used all his strength to ruin his body, and the wine was full of wine. Urn of drinking.

I go to any place where dragons and snakes mingle, although I don't really let the people inside get close to me, but how can the incense that is burned all the year round in the Fengyue place be a good thing?

In order to put on an unrestrained appearance, he even went to the Xiaowan's House before, otherwise there would be no rumors that he dotes on male pets.

After going in and out of those places for many years, eating and drinking are not particular, and the wine is taken for three meals a day, so it is strange that the body does not collapse.

Even though he had been taking care of his body in secret, trying not to let the drinks of unknown origin enter his stomach, but when he didn't know it, he was tricked once or twice, and accidentally took some drugs to enhance his enjoyment.

He didn't let Xiao Qi know about these, and he carried it by himself, so Xiao Qi didn't know that Xiao Yu looked healthy, but his body was almost riddled with holes.

Or after Bai Heng arrived at King Su's mansion, when he helped Xiao Qi recuperate, he also helped Xiao Yu recuperate by the way.

This made his body improve. ...

Xiao Yu and the others didn't stay in the village for a long time. According to what An Er said, after Xiao Yu recovered, they set out on the road again.

It's just that not long after the few people left, Xiao Zuo's men tracked them down here.

It was also a coincidence that Xiao Zuo's men followed Xiao Yu's trail everywhere by casting a net, and finally had some effect a while ago.

On the road from Tongcheng to Beijing, some people had seen Xiao Yu and his party.

Xiao Zuo's subordinates followed the clues and finally fell on the tail of Xiao Yu and his party.

Even stronger clues have been found today in nearby towns.

The few people didn't dare to delay, and followed the clues all the way to the small village, but unfortunately they were one step too late. Xiao Yu and his party had just left. After listening to Li Zheng's description, the few people were convinced that the group of people should be what they were looking for people.

And what's even more surprising is that Xiao Yu seems to be with Xiao Qi.

Xiao Zuo's men hurriedly reported the news to Xiao Zuo.

After Xiao Zuo received the news, he sat behind the table and meditated for a while, then his face suddenly became gloomy.

How could Xiao Yu and Xiao Qi be together?Isn't Xiao Yu's car heading south?

But there was no one in the car, so Xiao Yu didn't intend to go south from the beginning, Xiao Zuo squinted his eyes and thought, from the time calculation, when Xiao Yu let out the wind of going on tour in micro clothes, it seemed that it happened to be the time when he tied Xiao Qi up ?

It seems that Xiao Yu must have come directly to Tongcheng after leaving the capital.

hateful!So, didn't Xiao Yu slip away under his nose?

Xiao Zuo, who had figured all this out, was even more angry, and he couldn't quell his anger after dealing with many servants in a row.

In the end, he pointed the finger at the Lu family and the Bai family.

Although the people who went to search for Xiao Qi came back and suspected that the Lu family used the prince as a spy, the Bai family was indeed very suspicious.

It's just that they couldn't find anyone, so there was no evidence to prove that the other party colluded with Xiao Qi.

But since Xiao Yu was still in Tongcheng some time ago, there are not many places to stay, the first one must be the courtyard of King Yu, and according to what the old man of the Lu family said, King Yu has an ulterior relationship with the third master of the Bai family.

Then when he heard that his army was under pressure and came straight to Tongcheng, Xiao Yu would definitely not stay with King Yu any longer, instead he would find another safe and inconspicuous place.

According to the relationship between King Yu and the third master of the Bai family, wouldn't it be reasonable for a few people to hide in the Bai family?

So Xiao Zuo immediately ordered people to arrest all the members of the Lu family and the Bai family.

Bai Heng and Mu Qi have been paying attention to Xiao Zuo's movements, so as soon as Xiao Zuo's people came to the Bai family, they guessed that Xiao Zuo was going to attack the Bai family.

Bai Heng immediately went to the old man's yard and persuaded the old man to leave.

Mrs. Bai had already been persuaded to leave by him some time ago, and the rest of the female family members and servants also left and scattered. The Bai family, which used to be huge in the past, is now deserted.

Those who stay behind are all old and don't want to make trouble anymore, or there is no one at home, and those who are single and have nothing to worry about, even if they let them go, they don't know where to go, so it's better to advance and retreat with the old man.

These people are extremely loyal. The old man has used them all his life, so he naturally knows their temperament.

Furthermore, if you are not faithful, you will not be able to stay until this time.

Just like the original second manager in the front yard, when he heard that the second master Bai Zhongke had taken refuge in Queen Zuo, he also ran to join Bai Zhongke.

When the second steward left, many people who were just watching also slipped away.

They don't care about the contract of sale, since King Zuo has rebelled, and the world is going to be in chaos. Who cares where your contract of sale is in times of war?

There have been many cases of burning, killing and looting in Tongcheng these days, but Xiao Zuo didn't care about the government's inaction, and many crimes were committed by Xiao Zuo's soldiers.

The government can't take care of it and dare not take care of it. Didn't you see that a head catcher who came forward was killed directly a while ago?

How can anyone dare to take care of it now.

As a result, people in Tongcheng were panicked, not only did no one dare to go out at night, but the streets were very depressed during the day.

However, the duty of government and shops to honor King Zuo cannot be missed.

There was once a businessman who came to discuss with the steward of the palace who came to collect money, but was thrown into prison without saying a word. After the family property and shop were confiscated, no one dared to stand out again.

Xiao Zuo thought that Tongcheng was still operating normally, but he didn't know that everyone in Tongcheng was on the verge of collapse.

The silence at this time is just the tranquility before the outbreak.

******

in Beijing.

The first assistant, second assistant and six ministers were ordered to supervise the country.

Several people buried their heads in piles of memorials day and night, and the court was fairly stable. After all, Xiao Yu drastically changed many courtiers as soon as he came to the throne.

He had trained his own team long ago, so it was impossible for those old officials from the former emperor's dynasty to stay.

The courtiers who were waiting to see his jokes realized that they were the big ones.

It is not easy for Xiao Yu to be able to lurk for many years and achieve success in one fell swoop, so there is no possibility that they will be able to grasp it.

Those courtiers who originally wanted to rely on their elders to sell their elders were all dismissed by Xiao Yu. He couldn't bear the feeling of being threatened the most. Since you are sick, you should go home and take care of yourself.

He has no shortage of healthy and young courtiers to do things for him.

There are also veterans who originally wanted to retreat and tried to put pressure on them by retiring from their old age and returning home, and they really retired.

Xiao Yu doesn't play hard to get and try to keep you, you said you want to retire, okay, I have chosen a good day for you, go back quickly.

After several confrontations, everyone realized that Xiao Yu could not be manipulated by threats.

The former emperor compromised because he lacked confidence and wanted the support of his courtiers. Furthermore, he was not a prince and had no education or training in the emperor's mind.

After ascension to the throne, it is inevitable that there are some difficulties. Those veteran ministers have all become elites. It is natural to be happy to see the late emperor like this.

Fortunately, there was a queen mother behind the first emperor, so that the first emperor did not become an empty emperor.

However, those old ministers made things difficult secretly, which really made the late emperor suffer a little.

After the first emperor had managed to subdue those old ministers, he had the energy to pay attention to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu took advantage of this time to desperately accumulate power, secretly win over the courtiers, and slowly build up his own power.

It was also because of the lessons learned by the previous emperor, Xiao Yu naturally would not let those old ministers climb on top of him after he ascended the throne.

Xiao Yu's brains and skills are not a little bit better than the late emperor's.

Soon all the thorns were pulled out, and Chaozhong was at ease.

It's just that after Xiao Yu left the palace this time, the first assistant and the others found that the stab head seemed to be ready to move again.

And this time the thorn is obviously Xiao Zuo's person.

At this moment, news of Xiao Zuo's rebellion unexpectedly spread, followed by news of His Majesty's disappearance.

People in the capital were suddenly overwhelmed.

The courtiers were a little panicked, could Xiao Zuo really succeed in rebelling?

If Xiao Yu couldn't come back outside, wouldn't the capital be in Xiao Zuo's pocket?

At this time, someone stood up and said: "We can't let that thief Xiao Zuo succeed. If His Majesty really encounters misfortune, isn't there still His Royal Highness? I am willing to entrust His Highness to the throne."

The first assistant and the others jumped in their hearts when they heard the words, and they stabbed at the person at the same time, but the person didn't seem to notice, and continued to express his opinions. The meaning of the words was that at this very moment, His Royal Highness should stand up up.

The news of His Highness the Crown Prince's departure from Beijing naturally did not spread.

Therefore, no one in the court knew that Xiao Qi was not in the palace at all, not even in the capital.

The courtiers were incited by the man's few words, and some people began to think that what the man said made sense, and it was time for His Highness the Crown Prince to stand up. Since His Majesty disappeared on a tour in disguise, His Highness the Crown Prince should come out to supervise the country. .

Slowly, people began to ask His Royal Highness to stand up.

At this time, the person who proposed at the beginning seemed to say casually: "Your Highness hasn't stepped forward until now. Could it be that he feels that he is not up to the task? ... Or is His Highness not in the palace at all?"

Either way, it's a bad outcome.

The first assistant and the others are now confirmed, and this person in front of him is here to provoke.

After listening to the man's analysis, everyone felt that it made sense.

If His Highness is in the palace, it would be unreasonable if he doesn't come forward at this time; if His Highness is not in the palace, then where is His Highness?His Royal Highness the crown prince left the palace privately, this... is really unreasonable.

In fact, no one cares about the prince leaving the palace on weekdays. When the world is peaceful, no one will say anything even if the prince goes on tour with His Majesty in disguise, but now is an extraordinary time.

The imperial court cannot be without a king for a day, and His Majesty can't come back outside, and it is heard that he is missing, so it is time for His Highness the Crown Prince to appear, but His Highness the Crown Prince disappeared.

All of a sudden, everyone exploded.

Someone among the courtiers began to guide public opinion again, saying some specious things, and alleging the reason for His Majesty's departure from Beijing to His Highness the Crown Prince.

The courtier guessed: "Could it be that your Majesty saw that His Highness has not returned to Beijing for a long time, so that's why you went out to arrest people in person?"

Although his guess sounded unreliable, it was really unusual for His Majesty to leave Beijing suddenly and leave in such a hurry.

So as soon as this guess came out, many people believed it to be true.

Seeing that the situation had developed to this point, the first assistant and the others all had serious expressions on their faces.

Although the few of them kept explaining that His Majesty wanted to go to the south to inspect the people's situation and the flood control and dredging project in person.

But under the guidance of caring people, everyone didn't believe their words at all.

The courtiers almost quarreled in the place where they were discussing.

One faction insisted on waiting for His Majesty and His Highness to come back, while the other said that they would introduce someone who could take charge.

Well, the water is muddy, and all kinds of ghosts and ghosts have jumped out.

Push someone who can be in charge to come out and preside over it, with what capacity?What should this person do afterwards?

The first assistant said unceremoniously to the person who proposed, "Are you trying to usurp the throne?"

When this big hat was put on, the original person naturally didn't dare to say anything, even if he and the people behind the scenes thought so, they couldn't admit it in front of everyone, right?

But the chief assistant did not let him go, and continued: "When your majesty left the palace, you temporarily entrusted the matter to me, the second assistant and the six ministers. Why did you say that you have no one in charge? Are you trying to Take my place for you to sit and see, shall we?"

Well, first it was a hat of rebellion, and then a hat of seizing power. The courtier didn't expect that the chief assistant would suddenly attack him, and stood there with sweat profusely and a pale face, muttering his lips for a long while, speechless.

When the others saw Shoufu stand up, they were a little cautious and immediately took it back.

Shoufu usually seems to be a nice gentleman, but if you provoke him, he can argue with you for three days and three nights, and he won't stop until you are forced to surrender.

Even if the disciples of Shoufu are not all over the world, it is almost the same.

There were also many courtiers in the court who were students of Shoufu, and they all stood behind Shoufu at this time, glaring at the man who was speechless by Shoufu.

At this time, the assistant stepped forward, and he smoothed things over slowly, "Stop arguing, the most urgent thing now is to send someone to pick up His Majesty. It is absurd to say that His Majesty is missing, and the adults will not believe it." stop?"

Even if His Majesty really disappeared, Jisuke had to pretend that His Majesty was all right.

Besides, they really haven't heard the news of His Majesty's disappearance. The hidden guards have regularly reported their whereabouts to the capital. It's just a little late these days. How could it be that His Majesty has disappeared?

It seems that there are indeed people in the court who are Xiao Zuo's nails.

The second assistant had long wanted to take the opportunity to pull out those nails, so he let everyone make noise until now, and he stood up and said some imitative words to smooth things over, thinking about catching the big fish behind him.

The first assistant and the second assistant have worked together for a long time, so they naturally have a tacit understanding. Although the two of them usually compete with each other, in the eyes of outsiders, they still have a competitive relationship, but in fact, they are secretly Xiao Yu's confidantes.

At this time, it is natural to work together.

The two sang together and quickly locked on a few targets.

At the moment, neither of them had an attack, and after the crowd dispersed, they sent someone to quietly put those courtiers in prison.

Their actions were hidden, and no one noticed them. It was not until a few days later that everyone found out that they had not seen those people, and the first assistant said indifferently: "Could it be that you are too worried about your majesty, so you went out of Beijing to pick up your majesty?"

Everyone fell silent when they heard the words, is Shoufu really joking?

Those of you who couldn't tell that those people had two intentions, and they were anxious to push someone who was the "principal" out before they were sure whether His Majesty was really missing.

But these people are also stupid, so they will be pushed out as the first birds.

Now the chief assistant said that those people were worried about His Majesty?Hehe, they probably guessed that he was crushed to death by Shoufu.

Although it is not far away, Shoufu hasn't killed them yet, but he has thrown them all into prison.

They also had people interrogate those people day and night, trying to find out who was behind them.

Some of them were stubborn, they didn't mention the torture, but they kept shouting their innocence, and they bluntly said that the chief assistant dictatorship is the number one courtier, and the country will die if he has him.

The jailer in the cell later got annoyed and gagged him altogether, and stopped trying to pry any information out of him.

There are other people on the left and right, but not everyone is tough.

Just as the jailer thought, someone had just been whipped, and immediately cried out all he knew.

However, this kind of person often doesn't know much, and is simply an abandoned pawn. ...

******

Not long after Xiao Yu and the others left the small village, Xiao Zuo's men chased after them.

An Yi led people to stop the pursuers, and let An Er lead Xiao Yu and his party to go first.

King Yu did not leave, he entrusted Bai Zhongxuan to Xiao Qi, and stayed behind with his guards.

King Yu is strong and strong, and he was already a good swordsman and spear dancer. He usually practiced with his subordinates in the fief. This time he accompanied Bai Zhongxuan back to Tongcheng, and he hadn't done anything for quite a while.

These chasing soldiers came just in time, let him practice his skills.

King Yu's guard also knew about King Yu's habits, so he hurriedly handed over a big knife.

King Yu took it over and weighed it, laughed loudly and said, "It's pretty good, Xiao Liuzi has done a good job, and I will be rewarded later."

A few drops of sweat dripped from the forehead of the big guy called Xiaoliuzi. He didn't need to give the reward, but he just begged the prince not to give him a new nickname every time.

The other guards couldn't help laughing. What is the name of a tall and thick man, Xiao Liuzi, who looks like an eunuch.

King Yu slashed a few times, and nodded in satisfaction.

Even An Yi and the others standing aside couldn't help admiring, "Good knife!"

While speaking, Xiao Zuo's pursuers had already caught up.

An Yi and the others rushed over without saying a word and raised their knives, and soon fought with Xiao Zuo's men.

At this time, another team wanted to bypass the battle zone and go directly to hunt down Xiao Yu, but was stopped by King Yu who was waiting at the side.

"Your opponent is this king, let's talk about it after passing this level." King Yu said in a deep voice, the moment the words fell, the big knife in his hand was already slashed out with a thunderous force.

The person standing in front of King Yu was really unlucky. He never expected that King Yu would start a fight when he disagreed with him, and he would fight before he finished speaking.

So he hurriedly raised his saber to block it, but unexpectedly the blade was cut off by King Yu's sword, he could only watch helplessly as the sword cut off his blade and then plunged into his body.

As soon as King Yu made a move, he immediately killed one.

Xiao Zuo's subordinates were startled, and they didn't dare to take it lightly, and hurriedly waited for it.

King Yu didn't pause after killing one, and rushed directly to the next one.

Soon, he also fought with Xiao Zuo's manpower.

Xiao Zuo sent a lot of people, this group is just a vanguard, not very good at their hands, they are mainly responsible for scouting news.

Therefore, when they ran into An Yi and King Yu, they could only consider themselves unlucky.

After beating the last dozen or so people, there were less than five left, and they were still desperate to retreat.

An Yi and King Yu naturally didn't pursue them. After they solved the pursuit, they left in two different directions with a tacit understanding at the same time, trying to make other whereabouts to confuse the public.

An Yi and King Yu led people to detour back to Beijing respectively.

Xiao Yu and his party finally rushed to the county near the capital because of An Yi's divorce from King Yu.

After passing this county seat, we will soon be able to reach the capital.

After entering the county seat, An Er immediately contacted the capital. After receiving the news, the first assistant and the others quickly brought people to meet Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu's departure from Beijing was quiet, but his return to Beijing was very grand.

The main reason is that there have been rumors in the capital that His Majesty has disappeared or has been killed. The chief assistant intends to let His Majesty show off once so that everyone can see that His Majesty is doing well.

But Xiao Qi rejected Shoufu's proposal after hearing this, and said: "Let me do it."

Xiao Yu was about to stop it, when Cifu said: "Your Highness, this is really a good idea."

Xiao Yu was stunned when he heard the words, and he knew Xiao Qi's intentions when he changed his mind.

Xiao Qi intends to take this opportunity to find out those who are hiding behind.

If he returned to Beijing with a high profile, but avoided talking about Xiao Yu's whereabouts, would those people make up the plot of the story by themselves?

He came to take a good look at how many people would show their feet. ...

The next day, the news that His Royal Highness returned to the capital safely spread throughout the entire capital.

It's just that after His Highness came back, His Majesty still didn't come back.

Some time ago, those who agreed that His Royal Highness should stand up and take charge of the matter fell silent.

Xiao Qi also pretended not to know, and called all the ministers to discuss how to proceed.

At this time, Xiao Yu was sitting in the room listening to the movement in the conference hall outside.

After Xiao Yu drove into Beijing with Xiao Qi's car, he was sent directly to the palace, without attracting attention along the way, no one in the palace knew that His Majesty had returned to the palace, only the eunuch from the Imperial Study was summoned to wait on him.

Xiao Qi sat where Xiao Yu originally sat, listening to the quarrel of the courtiers below.

Everyone was arguing about whether he should be enthroned at this time.

In the capital, Xiao Qi and Xiao Yu were cleaning up those thorns.

In Tongcheng, Bai Heng and Mu Qi were leading Mr. Bai to flee for their lives.

Bai Heng finally persuaded the old man to leave, and the two left through the secret passage with the old man and his loyal servant.

After leaving the city, they wanted to go straight to the capital, but they were discovered by the patrolling defenders.

A few loyal servants wanted to rush forward to stop the defenders and let Bai Heng and the others go first.

But Bai Heng shouted: "Everyone back up and hold your breath." Then he took out a porcelain bottle and threw it at the defenders running over.

The bottle hit the ground and shattered, and at the same time, a lot of acrid smoke came out.

Xiao Zuo's subordinates were unprepared, tears and snot came down from the smoke, and they couldn't care less about chasing people, their eyes were so hot that they couldn't keep their eyes open.

Bai Heng and the others took the opportunity to run away.

Bai Heng's move was also reported to Xiao Zuo.

When Xiao Zuo heard it, another Bai family?So he asked, "This one also belongs to the Bai family? How does it compare with Bai Zhongke?"

"Returning to the lord, there is no comparison between the two. This little doctor Bai is the head of the Bai family, and he was awarded His Majesty before... Xiao Yu personally rewarded him with a plaque and the title of Imperial Physician."

"Oh? According to what you say, Bai Zhongke is useless?"

"Returning to the lord, the subordinates found that Bai Zhongke only knew some superficial pharmacology, and he was able to recognize some herbs, which made him appear to be better than others, but when he met Bai Heng, it was a world of difference."

"Okay then, go and bring that Bai Heng back to me." Xiao Zuo took the case and decided to let his men hunt down Bai Heng with all their strength.

Bai Heng didn't know that he had become the target, so he took Mu Qi and the old man to the capital.

At this time, many counties and towns have already been affected by the flames of war.

Xiao Zuo himself led a group of troops to Tongcheng, and at the same time, two other groups of troops were heading towards the capital.

Because there was no restraint from the superiors, the two armies burned, killed and looted wherever they went, wailing everywhere, and some people took advantage of the chaos to join the rebel army, but only to steal people's money.

Apart from the capital city, many county towns have already been in chaos, and a large number of refugees have begun to appear on the road.

It was not so conspicuous for Bai Heng and the others to be mixed among the refugees.

It's just that Bai Heng didn't dare to really follow the refugee group, because those enemy soldiers saw the refugees as targets that would move when they saw them, they laughed loudly and rushed over on horseback, cutting down anyone they saw, and they were not merciless at all.

Bai Heng knew that the world was already in chaos, and whenever the world was in chaos, some people would take the opportunity to vent their evil thoughts.

When in chaos, the evil thoughts in the heart are most likely to be infinitely magnified.

He can't save so many people at the same time, so he can only dodge far away, and save himself and his loved ones first.

But when he was able to do so in time, Bai Heng still extended a helping hand as much as possible, and he could save everyone. ...

A large number of refugees rushed past the capital, and the counties near the capital had already heard the news and closed the city gates early.

Refugees were unable to enter the city and had to camp outside the city.

But the weather is not good, but it has been raining heavily for the past few days.

Bai Heng and his party settled in a small village near the capital.

Coincidentally, this village was where Xiao Yu and the others stayed for a short time.

Afterwards, Bai Heng found out that it wasn't a coincidence that he came to this village, but the secret guards came here specially.

Xiao Yu left half of his manpower to protect Bai Heng and the others. When they arrived near the capital and found that they could not enter the city, they wanted to find a place to settle down first.

After searching, they found the mark left by An Yi and the others.

Anan had expected early on that Bai Heng and the others would leave Tongcheng sooner or later. According to the degree of Xiao Zuo's madness, if he wanted to survive, he had to leave Tongcheng.

As expected by An Yi, Bai Heng and the others also ran out.

Fortunately, there was a sign of An Yi, so everyone had a place to stay.

It's just that when Bai Heng and the others arrived in the village this time, there were no more people alive in the village.

The dark guard went up to check the house and checked, and finally shook his head at Bai Heng and said: "There are no survivors, they are all killed with a knife."

"Who did it?" Bai Heng asked with clenched fists and frowning.

"The method is very neat, I guess it is someone under Xiao Zuo." The dark guard said solemnly.

"Xiao Zuo? Has his men chased him here?" Bai Heng and Mu Qi were surprised at the same time.

"Well, you stay in the house and don't come out." The dark guard asked Bai Heng and the others to stay in the house, while they went around to inspect.

In the room, the old man was panting and sitting on the side resting, accompanied by several servants, all of them had wounds of varying degrees on their faces, and their bodies were also dirty.

Now I finally have a place to stay temporarily.Bai Heng hurriedly treated the injuries and changed the dressings for everyone.

After a while, the dark guard also came back, and the leader, An Wu, said: "It seems that they have left long ago, not chasing us, but chasing His Highness a few people earlier."

It's just that everyone didn't dare to take it lightly, the secret guards took turns guarding the house, and Bai Heng and others also took turns keeping watch.

The old man is getting old, so he can just take a good rest, and besides, Bai Heng still needs the old man's help in dispensing medicine, so how can the old man not keep his spirits up.

The old man did not try to be brave, and went to bed to rest after taking the medicine.

Bai Heng and his party had been recuperating in the small village for several days. It was just dawn on this day when there was a commotion not far away.

Bai Heng immediately woke up from the dream, and met Mu Qi's eyes after waking up.

"Go back to sleep, I'll go take a look." Mu Qi got up and walked to him, and said according to his body.

"No, I'll go with you." Bai Heng wiped his face and got up too.

In such an environment, how could he sleep peacefully, besides, he was not at ease when Mu Qi went out alone.

After the two hurriedly put on their clothes, they opened the door carefully. A hidden guard was guarding the door, and they heard them open the door and whispered: "Don't be afraid, it's just that some refugees came here."

Bai Heng and Mu Qi glanced at each other, and at the same time secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately they were not chasing soldiers.

It was indeed a group of refugees walking towards the village from a distance, but these refugees had flushed faces, shortness of breath, and lack of energy, obviously ill.

When these refugees entered the village, before they could find a place to settle down, several of them collapsed from exhaustion.

Those who fell never rose again.

Bai Heng, Mu Qi and their party nestled quietly in the house, listening to the noisy movement outside, and there were exclamations and crying sounds from time to time.

Bai Heng felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, Mu Qi reached out to hold his hand when he saw this, and the two held hands tightly, absorbing each other's warmth.

At this time, a scream sounded suddenly——

Bai Heng's heart skipped a beat, and they stood up at the same time, but they didn't open the door impulsively to check.

An Wu winked at one of the hidden guards, and the hidden guard immediately climbed up to the edge of the wall quietly and looked out carefully.

Not long after, the hidden guard came back, but his face was really ugly, as if he had seen some unbearable scene.