Hou Kun

Chapter 27
Su Ge was confused, so he nodded in agreement.

In fact, she is not very interested in an abandoned city, but she feels that if she doesn't go, her master will be very angry.As for the consequences of this master's anger, she was indeed a little worried.After all, he had to go back to Beijing with his convoy. In the remaining ten days and a half months, he had to be on guard every day, which was really uncomfortable.

Guanglu found a slightly easier path by the river and strode forward.In fact, if you want to follow him, just slide down from the dry grass, that's the most convenient way.But with Sugar, he had to explore the way patiently.

Sugar followed behind him, staggering step by step, twisting his body crookedly to make sure not to fall.It didn't take long to realize that the road just now was not bad, and now I was stepping on the ice of this frozen river.She is not afraid of skating and skiing, but she didn't wear suitable shoes today.

The river was three feet thick and open, and she began to figure out that after crossing the Huntong River, her thin suede soles must be soaked, and her feet would develop chilblains.What she was most afraid of was frostbite on her hands and feet, the itching after touching the hot water, and the grief and anger that could not be scratched, life would be worse than death.

Guanglu was in front, just walking in silence.The guards and Yimo quickly followed, Suge had to encourage herself to walk faster, as long as the soles of the shoes were not soaked, it would probably be fine.Soon, a group of people crossed the river.

When he stepped on the frozen soil, Suge was already sweating on his back, and wading across the ice was actually very laborious. The underwear that fitted him was wet and stuck to his back, which was very uncomfortable.Not long after she stopped, she started sneezing.

If someone told her at this moment that they went to Wuguotoucheng just now, and the shortest way was to return to the post station, then cross the main road bridge, follow the official road, and ride a horse for a quarter of an hour or two, she would probably vomit blood.

The closer he got to the abandoned city, the heavier Guanglu's mind became.

In the abandoned city, there should be a dry well.After 500 years of travel and dust, I am afraid that it has long lost the style of the past.But he couldn't forget it.

Sugar followed her master to find the well.According to reports, there are about five existing wells in the city, and she hopes that the next one will be the well Guanglu is looking for.Unfortunately, it's not right every time.Standing on tiptoe, she followed tremblingly to find the well, feeling more and more desperate.

The coldness on the soles of the feet also began to climb up, straight to the neck.She hoped to find a stove to keep warm, but the deserted city was sparsely populated, and she could never come across it. Her last wish of taking off her shoes and roasting came to naught.

Yimo is a good girl, and she offered to change shoes with her, but she took a look at Yimo's shoes, because they didn't have suede soles, and they were completely wet.The water vapor was warmed by her, escaped, and then froze into a thin layer of ice, which was very cool.Suge was speechless, she was so cold that she didn't even have the thought of "praising" her master in her heart.

The two sat close together on the threshold of a dilapidated house, covered their feet with horse skirts, and rubbed vigorously underneath.Fearing that people would be ashamed and ashamed if they heard the noise, the master and the servant looked up at each other, and both had hearts crying to death in the ruined city.

The guards were sensible, and wanted to remind them of the lord, but Guanglu walked away, thinking about the old feelings, so he didn't have the time to pay attention to them.After walking for a while, I suddenly felt that two people were missing, so I came back to ask.

Guang Lu was quite embarrassed by his lapse, but as a man, how could he think that this little girl was so stupid that she didn't even wear thick-soled boots when she went out?You can't blame him, can you?
Sugar didn't want to leave.Fortunately, her master probably forgot about herself at this moment, leaving her and Yimo to continue looking for a well.The two remaining guards peeked pitifully, then turned their heads to play dumb.She really hated this master today.

After walking through the five-eye wells, I didn't realize which one was the one that trapped the second emperor Huiqin.

Guanglu thought, in fact, probably even the well was buried by later generations and disappeared.After all, it was a period of history that is really difficult to talk about, and the descendants of the Han people would not want to remember it.

He looked around at the sky above the ruined city. Back then, Emperor Huiqin of the Great Song Dynasty was taken captive to the north, and was finally imprisoned in this city of five kingdoms.Presumably what he sees now is also what the Second Emperor saw every day back then.

Rumor has it that they were trapped at the bottom of the well, watching the sky from the ground.The astonishing genius of the emperor of Song Dynasty is useless here.It’s just that after being severely humiliated, he was thrown into the hole as a frog. In the dark days, he looked at a little bit of sky above his head every day, which slowly lit up, slowly turned blue, dark blue, indigo, and finally submerged in darkness .

Week after week, day after day.

The only hope is for Song soldiers to make a northern expedition, defeat the Jin people, rescue them from the besieged city, and welcome the emperor back to Luan.But Song Bing was weak and lost to Jin Jin.In the final analysis, it is a strong and powerful national power that can make people feel safe and shameful. If the poor and weak are poor and the courtiers hate them, they will never be destroyed.

Guanglu sacrificed three cups of wine by each well.Two cups are for the two emperors, and one cup is for the national fortune of the Song Dynasty.

At the last well, Sugar came wearing warm new boots and holding a hand stove.Guanglu's people quickly brought them new boots and cotton padded clothes from the post station. After they hid in the abandoned house and changed them, they held the hand stove, and were a little embarrassed because of the private criticism of Guanglu just now.

After all, it wasn't Guanglu's intention.

"Girl, it seems that the master didn't mean to tease you. It's not too bad if you want to do that." Yimo sat down in her new jacket contentedly.

"Master, who is this offering wine for?" Su Ge hurriedly approached, curiously asking for advice.

Prince Yi's appearance is really serious. "Could it be the mistress of the previous court?" She was too comfortable, and if it was fun, she handed it over quickly.But the master doesn't seem to be very useful.

"..." Guanglu thought about it, then nodded, "That's right, it's the master, and there are ladies."

Suge blinked and said, "Did you fall into the well together? Then this lady's fate is not very good."

Guanglu took a deep breath with difficulty, nodded and said, "It's not bad. It's really the most pitiful master and empress for thousands of years."

When the Jin soldiers went south, no one stopped them all the way, they went straight to the palace, and kidnapped Song Huizong and Song Qinzong. After looting enough, they began to escort the people of the Northern Song Dynasty back.Daughters of the royal family, concubines in the harem, family members of officials, and many folk women were ravaged along the way and many died.

"After arriving in Shangjing, more than half of the women died. The rest also lived a miserable life. These women were either reduced to slaves or prostitutes, and died tragically in foreign countries."

When Suge heard about it for the first time, she couldn't help but sigh.It turned out that the so-called "Shame of Jingkang" was not only the tragedy of the two emperors.Even their wives and children are humiliated like this.

Guanglu continued, "Have you heard of the sheep-raising ceremony?"

Suge shook his head.

When they arrived in Shangjing, these Song people were humiliated.The captured men and women were forced to sit on the territory of the Kingdom of Jin, bare-chested and wearing sheepskins, as a ceremony for leading sheep.

Naturally, the concubine who couldn't bear the humiliation died tragically.

"What about the emperor?" Sugar couldn't listen anymore.

"In the well." Guanglu pointed to his feet.Only then did Suge know that it was really not a frog sitting in a well watching the sky, but the emperor.

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Author's note: In the second year of Song Jingkang, Jin soldiers captured Bianjing, captured Huizong and Qinzong, and finally died in the city of the Five Kingdoms.It is said that there was once a dry well in the city, which was the place where Song Huizong and Song Qinzong sat in the well to watch the sky.

(End of this chapter)