long live the queen

Chapter 12

The soldiers of the Song Dynasty were like dogs seeing a fleeing person. They ran away when they saw Yang Yi, regardless of why he ran, and two people immediately chased him.

Wei Yunqing was afraid that they would hurt Yang Yi, and even more afraid that Yang Yi would reveal his identity in a panic, so he followed closely.Seeing this, the rest of the Song soldiers hurriedly chased after Wei Yunqing.

First Yang Yi was caught by the two Song soldiers, and then Wei Yunqing was caught by the soldiers behind him.

Yang Yi screamed in fright, and Wei Yunqing shouted from behind: "Let go of my brother, let him go!" The voice was loud and clear, even covering Yang Yi's yelling.

She broke free from the two Song soldiers who were not holding her too tightly, and rushed to Yang Yi's side. The two soldiers saw that there was nowhere to escape, and Wei Yunqing looked desperate again, so they let go.Wei Yunqing hugged Yang Yi, and pressed his face to her chest - it would be too suspicious to directly cover Yang Yi's mouth to prevent him from speaking, she could only stop him like this!

Yang Yiben was still struggling in a panic, but when he heard Wei Yunqing's shout, coupled with the sudden bump into two lumps of softness on his face, he gradually calmed down, and wrapped his arms around Wei Yunqing's waist tightly, without any intention of raising his head.

Wei Yunqing and Yang Yi were sitting on the ground with their backs against the wall. Seeing that Yang Yi had calmed down, she was relieved. As long as Yang Yi didn't talk nonsense, they still had a great chance to escape safely!Now she wants to understand that the gates of Xuancheng are so open and undefended, it is because the prefect of Xuancheng surrendered to the Great Song Army!Just waiting for someone to receive it!
Seeing that Yang Yi lay motionless on his chest, and had no intention of leaving at all, although Wei Yunqing felt awkward, he couldn't pull him away, so he just lowered his head and hugged Yang Yi tightly, deliberately trembling, curled up against the wall side.

"What's the matter? Is there someone suspicious?" Footsteps approached, and a voice asked.

A soldier replied: "It's two beggars. Maybe they were intimidated by our Song army, and they ran away as soon as they saw us."

The person who came was probably a small team leader. He glanced at the two people who were huddled on the ground, frowned and said, "My lord has an order not to kill people at will, just drive them out."

"Yes!" The soldiers responded in unison, and then two people came up and grabbed Yang Yi and Wei Yunqing respectively, and took the dirty two people outside.At this time, the road in front of the government office was already full of Song soldiers. Yang Yi was so frightened that his legs were weak after only one glance. .

After hearing that little boss said he would not kill them, Wei Yunqing relaxed a lot.In fact, she wasn't too scared before. After all, the two of them were in such a mess. They looked like beggars. The Song soldiers would not find anything wrong. As long as they killed each other, they still had a great chance of surviving.Fortunately, their leader ordered not to kill people, so they escaped unharmed.But if the Song soldiers were going to kill her just now, she would have sold Yang Yi...

At this moment, the relaxed Wei Yunqing was still in the mood to peek at the neat rows of soldiers, and was immediately worried about Yang Yi's girders.The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty look very good in military appearance and discipline, can Daliang handle it?You won't really be beaten to death, will you?
Should she really consider switching to the court?
Before Wei Yunqing could think clearly, he was thrown to the ground by the soldiers. He warned loudly, "Leave immediately, and if you come back again, you will be killed. Do you hear me?"

"Thank you, Lord Jun, for your mercy. Let's go now! Let's go!" Wei Yunqing thanked repeatedly and pulled Yang Yi up.

Unexpectedly, Yang Yi's leg was still weak, Wei Yunqing pulled it but failed, and he fell down again.

The soldiers laughed heartily, mocking the cowardice of the Daliang people.

Wei Yunqing is not from Daliang, so he doesn't feel angry at all, and now he just wants to get out of the sight of these soldiers.She pulled Yang Yi up again and dragged him away with difficulty.

After leaving that street, Wei Yunqing finally regained his composure.

Yang Yi was silent all the time, but after staying away from those soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, his symptoms of weak legs eased a bit, and he was able to walk normally by himself.In addition to the lingering fear, there was a very faint blush on his face, but it was already late at this time, so he couldn't see clearly.

Wei Yunqing pulled Yang Yi to stop to rest, remembering Yang Yi's unpromising appearance just now, couldn't help but said: "What did you run away just now? After all, you are Emperor Liang, can you have some backbone?"

Yang Yi said anxiously: "Sister, you don't know how cruel those Song soldiers are! All the servants and guards around me were killed by them!" What happened on the battlefield has already become an indelible shadow for Yang Yi, and I am afraid that in the future He would be unconsciously afraid when he saw the soldiers of Song Dynasty.

Seeing Yang Yi's terrified face, looking like he was about to cry, Wei Yunqing couldn't help feeling compassionate.After all, the little emperor is still a minor, and at this age, he has experienced such a horrible thing as annihilated and almost died. It is normal to leave some psychological shadow.

At this time, Wei Yunqing almost forgave Yang Yi's bad teammate's behavior just now, and said softly: "It was on the battlefield, the two armies were facing each other, either you died or I died, and no one will show mercy. But the situation is different now, You can see that Xuancheng Zhizhou opened the city to meet the enemy, and they should have negotiated some conditions with the other party, so that they will not mess around in the city. The Song soldier also said just now that their adults have orders not to kill people at will."

"I have such a spineless official in Daliang!" Yang Yi was not as quick-witted as Wei Yunqing, and now he realized the fact that Xuancheng had surrendered, he couldn't help but angrily said.

Wei Yunqing squinted at him, but said nothing.The so-called top beam is not straight and the bottom beam is crooked, and there can be such a spineless emperor. Isn't it normal to have a group of spineless officials?She felt more and more that escorting Yang Yi back to Shangjing was not a cost-effective gamble. The Great Song army felt quite powerful, not to mention that Shangjing was conquered by Song just as soon as she sent Yang Yi back to Shangjing...

As for how this Xuancheng magistrate opened the city to meet the enemy, Wei Yunqing was not a native of Daliang, and he did not have the idea of ​​being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, so he did not think that the Xuancheng magistrate must be wrong.It is now a time of war, but there is no major disturbance in Xuancheng, and there are still people who manage the refugees pouring into the city. Not only did the magistrate of Xuancheng not run away, but he also controlled Xuancheng, which shows that he is not simply greedy for life and afraid of death. only.Perhaps, he surrendered just to keep the people in this city.Some people choose to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, and would rather die than submit, and some choose not to be famous and protect the people. It is nothing more than a matter of personal value choice, and she thinks they can all be understood.

Of course, in the eyes of those in power in Daliang, the behavior of Xuancheng Zhizhou may be cowardly and incompetent, a traitor's trip, and Daliang has no way to regain Xuancheng.

Wei Yunqing didn't think about it further, her own life was still hanging in the balance, so where did she have the heart to worry about other people's affairs?She once again told Yang Yi not to run away when he saw the Song soldiers, and continued to take him back towards the city gate.

There were almost no pedestrians on the road, and some were just groups of Song soldiers, but they ignored Wei Yunqing and the two of them. Even if someone noticed them, they just looked away in disgust.

For the first time, Yang Yi felt that it was great to look like a beggar all dirty.

Wei Yunqing took Yang Yi back to the refugee's temporary residence, and after listening to everyone's whispered discussions, he learned for sure that Xuancheng was indeed occupied by the Great Song Army, and now the city gates are closed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave.

The weather was a bit cold, Wei Yunqing had no choice but to sit in a corner with Yang Yi, leaning close to each other to keep warm.

Things are a little bit worse now.They finally entered the city, but the city was immediately occupied by Da Song, and now they can't escape.Fortunately, no one knows that Yang Yi is the emperor. As long as they keep their heads down and the Song soldiers don't slaughter the city, they will be safe for the time being.In the vast crowd, who knew that Yang Yi, an unremarkable young man, was actually the emperor of Daliang?
But just hiding here is not a long-term solution.

First of all, the conditions in the refugee camp are really bad. I heard from the guy at the steamed stuffed bun shop that there is a good man here every day to give out porridge. They continue to use the sky as their cover and the earth as their hut, so they won't die from freezing, but they will get sick sooner or later.The level of medical care in this era is so poor, how dare Wei Yunqing take the risk of making himself sick?

Secondly, only by sending Yang Yi back to Shangjing can Wei Yunqing get the capital to survive.I don't know if Shangjing has received the news that Yang Yi's entire army has been annihilated. How did the other side respond to the news?Yang Yi is young, and looks so ignorant, she believes that it is not his turn to talk about court affairs, that is to say, in fact, to Daliang, whether Yang Yi is present or not is the same.But a country cannot be without a king for a day. I don’t know what the old officials in the court, the regent, will do?Should Yang Yi's life and death be determined first, or should a new king be established immediately?
From Wei Yunqing's standpoint, of course she hoped that the people in Daliang would wait a while, after all, an outdated "Supreme Emperor" is of no great use.So for now, the most important thing is time.If you are trapped in Xuancheng, it will be over.

After much deliberation, Wei Yunqing couldn't think of a way to leave the city safely, so he could only focus on the current predicament—the problem of food and clothing.

She still has some broken silver on her body, but according to the current prices in Xuancheng, she can't eat a few meals. Fortunately, she still has a few steamed buns, which can cover a few meals.She was really reluctant to let her exchange the necklace and watch she brought from Hyundai for buns, so naturally she had to use Yang Yi's property to buy something to eat.The dragon pattern jade pendant was too conspicuous to use, and what Yang Yi gave her was hers, so she had to hide it.Those two jade ring fingers didn't have any special patterns, but she couldn't bear to exchange a jade ring finger for a few buns!

Wei Yunqing suddenly remembered some plots in the costume TV series she watched before. She can take the jade wrench to the pawnshop to exchange for money, and then use it!With money, they can go to the inn to live, food and clothing problems can be solved together, and they can take a bath to their heart's content.

After making up his mind, Wei Yunqing decided to spend the night and act tomorrow.Fortunately, it wasn't that cold tonight, and the two of them got together to keep warm, and they could barely cope.

Barely surviving until dawn, Wei Yunqing found that Song soldiers were posting notices everywhere.Although this society is empty, the characters are traditional characters. Although Wei Yunqing has never learned it, but based on the experience accumulated from reading comic books for many years when he was a child, although he can't write traditional characters, he might not be able to recognize them alone, but in the context. Almost understandable.

The notice is aimed at the masses, not written in the way of policy theory. The writing is very straightforward, saying that Xuancheng is now under the management of the Song Dynasty, and the soldiers of the Song Dynasty and the people of Xuancheng will have no crimes. If any soldiers violate the order, they will be severely punished. , People can also go to the government office to file a complaint, and everything else remains the same.

After walking on the street, Wei Yunqing found that the atmosphere on the street today was actually similar to yesterday, not like a city under the control of an enemy country—except that there were always soldiers from the Song Dynasty patrolling the streets.

The current environment where she can move freely is what Wei Yunqing wanted most. She led Yang Yi around the city and saw a total of five or six pawnshops.She chose a pawn shop that looked quite big and went in, but she was kicked out by the clerk as soon as she showed up, as if they were viruses and bacteria.

Wei Yunqing looked at Yang Yi and then at himself, and felt relieved. If she was that guy, she would do the same.It's just that even if she wants to tidy herself up, she still needs money to buy clothes.The current situation is that if you don't pawn the jade finger, you will have no money to buy new clothes, and if you don't have new clothes, you won't be able to enter the pawn shop to pawn things. It's an endless loop.

At the moment, Wei Yunqing could only put down his face and stand at the door of the pawnshop talking to the guy who was staring at him vigilantly.

"Little brother, we are here to be things, so let us go in."

The pawn shop clerk gave a sneer and said, "What can you two beggars be? Our shop does not collect junk, we take all kinds of dirty things in it!"

(End of this chapter)