"Father-in-law, why are you leaving so quickly? Why don't you wait for your humble position?"
Li Fei was holding a horizontal sword and his face was full of heroism, but his clothes were a little wrinkled. Judging from his appearance, he must have just received Murong Bing's order and hurriedly chased him out.
Zhao Rui's face was full of depression. The last time he went to the border town in northern Xinjiang, he was watched closely by the captain of the guard. Now that he was going to the south, this guy finally came out again.
He was surprised. There were so many captains of guards in the imperial city, why did they have to send Li Fei here every time?
There are many rules for the palace guards. The captains of the guards are not allowed to leave the palace multiple times to perform tasks in a short period of time. This is also to prevent the palace guards from getting entangled with external officials.
But this Li Fei was an exception, Murong Bing seemed to have great trust in him.
Zhao Rui sighed helplessly and ordered everyone to set off without saying anything else.
In a daze, he suddenly discovered that Li Fei's chest muscles seemed a little too developed.
By the time he was ready to take a closer look, Li Fei had already straightened out his wrinkled clothes and returned to normal.
Zhao Rui rubbed his eyes. Did he see something wrong just now?
He didn't care so much, he picked up Sima Shang from the ground and hurried out of the palace gate.
Along the way, Sima Shang described the situation in the three southern counties in detail.
This old man was almost in tears when he told the story, which shows how serious the disaster in the three counties was.
The distance to Sanjun is a bit long, and it takes two days to travel quickly.
Zhao Rui and his party rushed out from the imperial city without stopping along the way. In addition, Sima Shang kept urging them, so they missed many places to stay at the inn along the way.
In the end, we could only set up a tent in the mountains.
Zhao Rui could no longer hold on any longer. Not only was he running around for days, but he was also dragged over by Murong Bing to work as a plow ox for the Queen.
Already exhausted by this time, after setting up a tent, he got directly in and fell asleep.
Li Fei divided his fifty Ouchi guards into three groups and took turns keeping watch at night. He even lit more than a dozen bonfires in the surrounding area to prevent surprise attacks by wild beasts on the mountain.
Sima Shang was also honest at this time. After all, he was so old. He ran from Nanjun to the Imperial City and had to return to Nanjun before he had time to rest. He couldn't bear it long ago.
The night was peaceful, but just as it was getting light, Zhao Rui was disturbed by a burst of shouting.
As soon as I walked out of the tent, I saw a group of people in ragged clothes, holding various simple equipment, surrounding them.
These people were sallow, thin, and weak, and they didn't look like bandits.
But hundreds of people appeared here with ferocious looks, and you can't say they are good people.
Li Fei had already led the Ouchi guards to fan out in a desperate posture.
Zhao Rui stepped forward and patted Li Fei on the shoulder.
"Don't be so nervous. They are just a group of hungry refugees. Just give them the food we brought with us."
Li Fei's eyes widened immediately. Those were hundreds of bandits armed with weapons. Why did they become simple refugees in Zhao Rui's place?
Just as Li Fei was about to speak, Zhao Rui had already thrown a large bag of noodles into the crowd.
Those people didn't know how long they had been hungry. When they saw the noodles, they rushed up regardless and scrambled to grab them.
Seeing this situation, Li Fei also hurriedly ordered to take out the dry food they carried.
The hundreds of people who had looked fierce just now immediately put down their weapons.
"Lord Sima!"
I don't know who shouted, and the refugees raised their heads one after another. When they saw Sima Shang, they immediately surrounded him and knelt on the ground.