The reborn prince can't be pushed down

Chapter 331 Reunion, Don't Allow Letting Go!
Soon, the Sentinel who found the way came back.

"Report to Your Majesty, General, there are no defenders around Tongcheng!"

Xiao Jingtian raised his eyebrows slightly, "Wolf cubs like Beiqi, do you also want to play tricks with this general?"

Ning Yuezhao pondered for a while and said, "Get closer to Tongcheng."

There are so many of them, Tongcheng is just a small city, and it is enough to level the city by stepping across it.

Just as the army approached the city gate, the city gate suddenly opened wide.

Xiao Jingtian instinctively stood in front of Ning Yuezhao, and the other soldiers were also on guard.

Unexpectedly, it was not some killer soldiers who came out of the city, but ordinary people in ordinary clothes.

The leader of the old man was a Han Chinese at a glance. He was about 70 years old and his hair was all white. He staggered towards them.

Perhaps aware of their vigilance, the old man raised his hands from a distance to show that he was not hostile.

"This old man is Qiao Zhibai, the prefect of Tongcheng, and this person is from Daxing's army?" His voice was a little excited, but also a little cautious to verify.

The prefect, according to Beiqi's official system, is the highest official in the city.

Ning Yuezhao took a look at Qiao Zhibai, and found that his back was straight, and he did look like an official, but the people behind him were obviously ordinary people. When they faced the army, they obviously showed panic .

She raised her chin slightly, "Exactly, why is there no defender here?"

Qiao Zhibai opened his eyes wide and looked at the beautiful woman surrounded by everyone, "Are you Your Majesty?"

Ning Yuezhao nodded, "You haven't answered my question yet."

Ordinarily, now Tongcheng is still under the rule of Beiqi, it is unreasonable for the eunuch to call herself like this, but she didn't point it out.

Qiao Zhibai knelt down with a "plop" and bowed to Ning Yuezhao, "Your Majesty, although Tongcheng has been occupied by Beiqi for a hundred years, the people of Tongcheng have never forgotten that they are the people of Daxing!"

After he finished speaking, the common people behind him also knelt down and kowtowed their foreheads to the ground in a very respectful manner.

Ning Yuezhao got off the horse, and Xiao Jingtian got off the horse, stopped her, and said in a low voice, "Be careful of deceit."

She smiled, gently pushed his arm away, and walked towards the people
"Get up, Daxing has never forgotten you one day."

Ning Yuezhao helped Qiao Zhibai up, raised her hand with a smile, "Everyone get up."

When the eunuch got up, there were tears in his eyes, and the people behind him also wiped their tears with their hands.

He was about to take a step forward and get closer to the empress, but Xiao Jingtian had already moved to Ning Yuezhao's side, just staggering him and Ning Yuezhao.

Xiao Jingtian said coldly: "You haven't answered His Majesty's question yet, why are there no guards here?"

"Hey." Qiao Zhibai sighed, "General, don't you see that there are old and weak women and children here? Tongcheng had already been forced to recruit young men half a year ago. All the men under ten were taken away. In the past six months, none of the strong men who were forcibly taken away has returned. A few days ago, Emperor Li went, and the new emperor of Beiqi ordered all the men over twelve and under seventy All men need to be recruited into the army. Tongcheng originally had a population of less than [-], but now there are only a thousand or so left, and they are all old and weak, women and children..."

Emperor Li, this is the posthumous title given to Yi Chu by Yi Chen, which means that he has a violent temperament, cruel and easy to kill.

Qiao Zhibai choked up for a moment, and continued: "Now the fields are barren, the whole city is in decline, Daxing's army is unstoppable, how could the new emperor waste his troops on a ruined city!"

It sounds like this makes a lot of sense.

Looking around at this moment, the fields outside the city wall are covered with withered grass, the snow that has not yet melted on it, and the rivers flowing through it are also frozen with the getting colder weather. The whole city looks a bit depressed.

Ning Yuezhao sighed softly, "Tongcheng is the territory of my Daxing. No matter what it turns into, I will never give up my people."

Speaking of this, she glanced sideways at Xiao Jingtian, and there was a hint of darkness in his eyes.

"Your Majesty is merciful!" Qiao Zhibai took the lead in shouting, and the people behind him also cheered together.

"Your Majesty, please follow the old man into the city. You have worked hard on this journey. Although the eunuch's mansion is simple, it is a place where you can shelter from the wind and rain. You can take a good rest and recharge your batteries before you can take back more territory." !" Qiao Zhibo said earnestly.

"No need, I can camp outside the city with my soldiers." Ning Yuezhao waved his hand and declined, "It's too disturbing for the army to enter the city. I'll stay here overnight, and I'll move on tomorrow."

There was a hint of disappointment in Qiao Zhibai's eyes, but he didn't insist too much. He just praised Ning Yuezhao's benevolence again, and brought the people back to the city.

Xiao Jingtian took a step towards Ning Yuezhao, and said solemnly: "There is something wrong with this prefect."

Ning Yuezhao looked in the direction of the city gate, "He really wants us to go into the city."

Xiao Jingtian followed her gaze and said, "I'll take a few brothers to explore the city tonight."

"No." Ning Yuezhao said with firmness in his eyes, "Surround Tongcheng immediately, and not even a fly can fly out."

Xiao Jingtian's eyes lit up, "That's right, we have so many people, why should we fear a small town, surround it directly, and level this Tongcheng."

Ning Yuezhao shook her head, "Don't act rashly for now, Beiqi people are hateful, but those people are innocent."

Just now the eunuch was talking to himself from the beginning to the end, she did not misread the slightly trembling bodies and twinkling eyes of those common people.

It's winter now, and the river is frozen. No matter how few people live in a city, the daily consumption of water and food is not small.

Surround the city, don't worry about them not showing their feet.

Sure enough, when the genius was wiped out, a large number of people poured out of the city gate.

Surprisingly, those who came out were not soldiers from Beiqi, but ordinary people, about several hundred of them.

Among them were old men and middle-aged women, each of them had a ferocious expression on their faces, and despair in their eyes. They rushed towards the soldiers of Daxing, using the weapons they could get—scythes, axes, and even It's a kitchen knife, and it's a fight with the lives of these soldiers.

The soldiers in Daxing also had parents and family members. These ordinary people reminded them of their fathers, wives and children at home. They couldn't even mention the decision to kill on the battlefield at all, so they could only resist as much as possible.

Ning Yuezhao didn't expect the situation to turn out like this. Is Yichen trying to take advantage of the soldiers' compassion?
At this time, Xiao Jingtian quickly ordered, "Don't be soft, don't forget that you are on the battlefield!"

After speaking, he steered his horse forward and beheaded an old man first.Hot blood spattered all over him and his horse.

Xiao Jingtian's ruthless move really frightened the common people, and they froze for a moment.Daxing had a large number of soldiers, and they subdued all these people in one fell swoop.

I couldn't see his expression clearly in the night, but I could sense his madness from his words.

Xiao Jingtian grabbed a middle-aged woman who was in good spirits, "What the hell are you trying to do!"

The woman spat out a mouthful of blood when she opened her mouth. Fortunately, Xiao Jingtian was so strong in martial arts that he quickly threw her away. With a flick of his sleeve, a burst of internal force was released, but the blood didn't even reach his face.

Under the firelight, Ning Yuezhao observed these people.Some of them were seen during the day, and there was nothing wrong with them except that they were a little thinner, but some people were different.

These people were pale, but their cheeks were flushed, panting heavily, and coughing from time to time.

Something flashed through her mind suddenly, her expression changed slightly, "You have caught the epidemic!"

But it's not right. Epidemics usually occur after major disasters, or when the seasons change. It is already deep winter, and Tongcheng has never had a major disaster before. How could there be an outbreak of epidemics?

"We are already mortal. Our relatives are in the hands of the new emperor. If we don't infect you with the epidemic, our relatives will die!"

I don't know who wailed, and the soldiers who were restraining the people were shocked, and some people broke free.The civilians who broke free grabbed the soldier's hand and bit it off.

"Ah!" For a moment, the army screamed everywhere.

More and more people broke free from the restraints of the soldiers, and they were more or less injured. The epidemic was terribly contagious, and it could be transmitted through the air.

The soldiers immediately panicked and avoided these people like ferocious beasts, while those infected people frantically approached the soldiers like water ghosts looking for a substitute, and the army was in chaos for an instant.

Xiao Jingtian, Zhao Qianwei and the others could still maintain their composure. They raised their swords and beheaded those people who were determined to pass on the epidemic to them.

But at this time, there are still people pouring out from the city gate. They don't want to survive, they just want to infect one more person.

Ning Yuezhao was firmly guarded by a team of imperial guards commanded by Wu Zhiyu. She suddenly noticed a line of sight, looked up at the tower, and saw a person standing on it.

"Haha, kill them, these people are originally your Han people, let's kill each other!"

It was the voice of Qiao Zhibai, the prefect during the day.

She still remembered that in her previous life, Linzhao's embankment broke down, and the flood flooded thousands of acres of fertile land. Not to mention the deaths and injuries of countless people, the epidemics broke out in the state capitals near Linzhao. The ruling and opposition parties gained the hearts of the people, but Jiang Nian was notorious for being "narrow-minded and unsympathetic to the people".

Is this a coincidence?Yichen wants to use the epidemic to destroy her army!
Ning Yuezhao's hands were tightly clenched into fists, and she said loudly: "I said, no matter what happens to Tongcheng, I will never abandon my people. In my army, there are the best soldiers from the palace." Imperial doctor, as long as you give up attacking, I will let the imperial doctor and military doctor diagnose and treat you!"

As soon as she said this, the actions of those originally crazy people froze for a moment.

Ning Yuezhao glanced at the common people coldly, "If you are stubborn, then I can only kill. Anyway, there is an imperial doctor, and all my soldiers will be cured. You are just sacrifices in vain!"

With a few clangs, the knife and ax in someone's hand fell to the ground.

"Is what you said true?"

Ning Yuezhao said again: "As for those of you who were captured by Yichen, he has long since turned him into divine guards who are neither human nor ghost, they don't know pain, they don't have emotions, they are pure killing tools! You are going to seek your own death, I don’t mind sending you a ride, let you go underground to reunite!”

"Wow!" Someone in the crowd started to cry, "My son, is he already gone!"

On the tower, Qiao Zhibai's eyes were burning with anger. He took the bow and arrow, drew the string like a full moon, aimed at the beautiful figure among thousands of people, and let go of the bowstring.

Ning Yuezhao was concentrating on convincing these people with the feather arrow. When she realized it, the arrow had already arrived in front of her. She turned her body and the arrow hit her left arm.

"Don't be fooled by this woman's words, if you don't do things for His Majesty, your loved ones will never come back!" Qiao Zhibai shouted loudly.

Xiao Jingtian was furious, rode his horse to the bottom of the city, performed lightness kung fu, jumped off the horse, and flew onto the tower.

Qiao Zhibai's eyes widened in disbelief, he didn't expect Xiao Jingtian to appear in front of him in an instant, he subconsciously wanted to escape, but the sword in Xiao Jingtian's hand would not be polite to him, almost every time the sword stabbed, it left a hole in his body.

Ning Yuezhao covered her arms, regardless of the blood oozing out, she just glanced at the dull people, her tone was indifferent.

"Who is lying, can't you see it now? If it's not what I said, why should he become angry."

"Ping pong pong", everyone put down their weapons and knelt down towards Ning Yuezhao.

Before Zhao Qian waved his hand, the soldiers retreated together.

Fu Liao immediately brought a team of military doctors over, and he divided the manpower into two groups, one to treat the common people and the other to treat the soldiers.

"How are you?" Xiao Jingtian quickly returned to Ning Yuezhao and asked nervously.

At this time, the injury on Ning Yuezhao's arm had been healed, she smiled, "No problem."

Soldiers who had been in contact with civilians were ordered to be separated from other soldiers and observed for a few days for signs of illness.

Ning Yuezhao entered the city regardless of herself, and personally presided over the treatment of the epidemic.Xiao Jingtian was going to go into the city with her, but she ordered him to take charge outside the city.

Even though Xiao Jingtian was unwilling, but seeing that she was so persistent, he obeyed.

The city was filled with a rotten smell. Walking on the street, I could hear coughing and sobbing from the open doors.

It was not yet dawn at this time, listening to these voices made people's heart tighten for no reason.

Maybe it's because Yichen was very reassured about the epidemic's move, there really was no defender in the city.The people in the prefect's mansion were quickly cleaned up by Xiao Jingtian, and the prefect's mansion became Ning Yuezhao's lodging place.

She ordered the soldiers to cremate all the corpses in the city, but burn all the things used by the epidemic patients if they can.

Although the common people didn't understand the empress's behavior very well, but seeing her firm expression on her beautiful face, people couldn't help but be convinced.

Three days later, Ning Yuezhao discovered to her dismay that the deaths of the people in the city had not slowed down, and the soldiers in the quarantine area outside the city had also begun to suffer from the epidemic.

Disappointment and despair began to envelope Tongcheng again.

"Why is this happening?" Ning Yuezhao sat down in the lobby of the prefect's mansion, rubbing her throbbing temples.She followed Yi Chen's previous life's method completely, why didn't it work?
Fu Liao's face was also full of exhaustion. In order to find a way to deal with the epidemic these days, he hardly slept for an hour.

"Your Majesty, I suspect that this is not a simple epidemic!"

Ning Yuezhao got up from the seat, and she didn't know if it was because she moved too fast, her blood rushed to her head, making her dizzy for a moment, but she still stabilized her body, "What is that?"

"I don't know." Fu Liao shook his head, "I'll go back and study."

Ning Yuezhao waved his hand, telling Fu Liao to back down, "Go and rest first, you've been tired for the past few days."

Fu Liao looked at her, moved his lips, but didn't say anything after all.

Ning Yuezhao tightened the cloth scarf on her face, and walked outside the prefect's mansion.In the past few days, she has been visiting sick people every day.

These people were full of hope at first, but now they look desperate and world-weary.

It was she who gave them hope and gave them despair.

Fine snow fell from the sky. Standing on the desolate street, Ning Yuezhao felt powerless for a while. She wrapped herself tightly in the fox fur, but she still couldn't resist the cold from her bones.

"Your Majesty, your complexion is very ugly, why don't you go back and ask Doctor Fu to show you." The guard beside her suggested.

Ning Yuezhao shook her head, "I'm fine."

"Your Majesty, your current appearance..." The guard hesitated to speak, "Your current appearance is almost no different from those ordinary people..."

Ning Yuezhao caressed her cheek unconsciously, feeling that the temperature under her palm was scalding, the throbbing pain in her temple seemed to be getting worse, and her whole head sank heavily.

She had a bad premonition in her heart - she was afraid that she was also infected with the epidemic!
"Go back to the prefect's mansion!"

Ning Yuezhao made a decisive decision and turned back to the house.

When she walked to the prefect's mansion, she suddenly looked at a person standing in front of the mansion.

The sword eyebrows flew obliquely into the temples, the dark eyes were shining like bright stars, like jade trees facing the wind, unparalleled in the world.His plump lips curled up slightly, and the blue cloak on his body was covered with a little snowflakes, as if he had been standing there waiting for a long time.

Ning Yuezhao seemed to have been immobilized, she stared at the person in front of her eyes intently, how many figures that she had dreamed of day and night appeared in front of her eyes without warning.

She opened her mouth, but the name that had been repeated thousands of times was stuck in her throat, and she couldn't say it no matter what.

"Azhao." In the familiar Qingyue voice, he was the first to call her in the end.

Ning Yuezhao covered her mouth, mist welled up in her eyes, which quickly condensed into teardrops, which slipped from the corners of her eyes, and she could hardly stand up...

"Jiang Nian, is that you..." She trembled.

"Fool! It's not who I am!" He smiled helplessly and walked towards her.

One step, two steps, three steps...

He was getting closer and closer to her, just as he stretched out his hand towards her, Ning Yuezhao suddenly remembered something, opened his eyes wide, stepped back a few steps, "Don't touch me!"

Jiang Nian's gentle brows and eyes were instantly tainted with a trace of coldness. He strode forward, put his arms around her waist, and pulled her into his arms.

I don't know if it was because he had been standing in the snow for a long time, his embrace was a little cold, and she subconsciously wanted to break free from him.

Jiang Nian's long arms wrapped tightly around her waist, preventing her from retreating.

She opened her mouth to say something, but he held her head and buried her head in his chest, preventing her from opening her mouth.

He rested his chin on her shoulder, and said firmly in her ear: "Since I have crossed the cycle of life and death and come back to you, I will never allow you to let go!"

　This chapter is very fat, so it will not be divided into two chapters to torture everyone.

　　
　
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