coobybook Chapter 239 The news of the Northern Barbarians' invasion of Cangzhou spread overnight.
Chapter 239 The news of the Northern Barbarians' invasion of Cangzhou spread overnight.
Ever since transmigrating into the book, Mu Wanjun had already decided that her Mu family would not remain prisoners forever.
After meeting Shen Shuli and her family, her idea became even more firm.
“I also think it is indeed a good opportunity. Anyway, Xue Bufan has been poisoned by me, so he has to obey even if it is for his own life.”
A strange smile appeared on Mu Wanjun's face.
She had wanted to teach Xue Bufan a lesson for a long time, but she had suppressed the thought because of her status as a prisoner.
"Yes, but you have to be careful. He's very arrogant and might refuse to submit even at the cost of his life, even if it means taking you down with him," Shen Shuli warned.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I'll go and call him over and ask him what his plans are next."
Mu Wanjun approached Xue Bufan and said, "Commander Xue, I have something I'd like to discuss with you."
Xue Bufan frowned slightly, immediately becoming wary.
Don't think he didn't see her having a secret conversation with that devilish girl from the Su family.
"What's the matter?"
Seeing that he had no intention of changing his position, Mu Wanjun simply sat down on the ground and spoke loudly so that the surrounding prisoners could hear her.
"The prefect of Yunzhou is clearly targeting us prisoners, and he even sent us to such a dangerous place. He is obviously planning to capture us all in one fell swoop."
"And the guards who escorted us have disappeared without a trace."
“But we escaped, and those people will definitely tell the prefect of Yunzhou that we escaped.”
"Don't you have anything to say about all of this?"
Xue Bufan was surprised that the princess wanted to talk to him about this matter.
How could he not feel resentful about this?
After all, the prefect of Yunzhou was also caught in his scheme.
If it weren't for the Su family, he would probably have spent the rest of his life mining!
The more I thought about it, the angrier I became.
"I haven't figured out how to resolve this matter yet. The princess has come to me, so you must have come up with a solution, right? Why don't you tell me?" Xue Bufan asked in return.
He hasn't had time to calm down and properly consider how to handle this matter.
The prefect of Yunzhou was clearly well-prepared and had no fear of exposing his own secrets or those of the troops.
He simply couldn't send the news back to the capital.
Even if the message is sent back, the people in Yunzhou will have plenty of time to clean up the mess and destroy all the evidence.
At that time, without any evidence, he would be framing someone!
the most important is.
The whereabouts of the fifty yamen runners from Yunzhou who were escorting exiled prisoners are unknown.
This is also a major hidden danger for him.
otherwise.
Why would the prefect of Yunzhou risk such a scandal by openly and ostentatiously hosting a banquet for the Mu and Xie families?
From the moment the Mu family accepted Zhou Hao's arrangement, they had already fallen into a trap set by the other party.
Zhou Hao has every reason to exonerate himself.
After all, Xue Bufan only has one mouth, how can he argue with the fifty mouths of the yamen runners?
What if the Yunzhou yamen runners turn around and accuse him of colluding with prisoners, intending to release them, and plotting against the Yunzhou yamen runners?
At that time, did the master believe him or the evidence?
Mu Wanjun continued to put pressure on him.
"Even if we escape the pursuit of the prefect of Yunzhou and that military camp, and successfully reach the next prefecture."
"How do you explain why none of the fifty constables from Yunzhou who were escorting the exiled prisoners are here?"
"Even if you tell the truth, do you think the prefect there will listen to your explanation?"
Upon hearing this, Xue Bufan looked coldly at Mu Wanjun.
Although his face showed little expression, he secretly wished he could tear the prefect of Yunzhou to pieces to vent his anger.
Feeling she had said enough, Mu Wanjun left after saying, "Think it over carefully."
All the prisoners heard Mu Wanjun's analysis.
My relaxed mood instantly turned tense again.
These are the dangers they are about to face.
It was already bad enough that the emperor suddenly found an excuse to exile him.
This time, they clearly did nothing wrong, so why did they encounter this situation?
It's true what they say, if mud falls into your crotch, even if it's not poop, it'll still look like poop!
We rested for an hour.
The team set off again.
Shen Shuli told everyone about the sudden collapse of the cave at the entrance to the village.
Knowing that the pursuers behind them were temporarily trapped, the group stopped rushing as desperately as before.
As they traveled, they dug up wild vegetables along the way to prepare for their evening meal.
Many of the prisoners were injured.
Mu Wanjun led a few people to collect usable medicinal herbs.
The skillful women would also cut grass along the way to weave baskets for everyone to carry their belongings.
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Beijing.
As battle reports from Cangzhou Prefecture were sent back to the capital, the news of the Northern Barbarian army's invasion of Cangzhou Prefecture could no longer be kept secret.
As if overnight, the news spread throughout the entire capital!
Only then did the people of the city realize that the Northern Barbarian army had actually invaded Cangzhou Prefecture!
Officials below the third rank were also kept in the dark.
Seeing that the matter could no longer be concealed, the emperor had no choice but to order the Ministry of Revenue to prepare military pay and send it to Cangzhou Prefecture.
But the news had already spread, and the entire city was filled with anxiety.
Some timid people have already begun to flee the capital and head south to escape the war.
Prices in the city soared repeatedly as news of the war spread.
The capital city, which was originally as beautiful and prosperous as a celestial palace, was thus brought down to earth.
Gu family.
The Su family has been away from Beijing for nearly ten days.
In addition, news has recently spread that the northern barbarians have invaded Cangzhou Prefecture.
Gu Changfeng grew increasingly anxious.
He had been looking for an opportunity to discuss with his elder brother, Gu Changyao, for the past few days, hoping to persuade him first, and then have him persuade his uncle, so that they could leave the capital with the Gu family as soon as possible.
But Gu Changyao didn't believe Gu Changfeng's baseless accusations and thought his cousin was crazy.
The Gu family was willing to accept the Gu family members from their ancestral home to seek refuge because the northern border was indeed suffering from a severe drought.
This is something everyone knows, which is why the Gu family is willing to accept them.
But he never expected that his cousin would go crazy and want the Gu family to move away from the capital and relocate south!
The Gu family finally moved from the countryside to the capital and settled down there. How could they abandon their ancestral business and start anew in the south just because of unfounded rumors?
What else could my cousin be but crazy?
But today.
The news that the Northern Barbarian army had reached Cangzhou Prefecture was now completely confirmed.
Gu Changyao's hands and feet were ice cold.
You should know that he was a fourth-rank official!
He already held a high position of power in the capital, but he was unaware of such important news!
How terrifying!
Upon receiving the news, he immediately returned to the Gu family home in a daze and summoned Gu Changfeng to his side for questioning.
"Changfeng, how exactly did you find out about this? When did you find out?" Gu Changyao asked, his lips trembling.
"Big brother, you finally believe me now, and you're worried now?" Gu Changfeng looked at his older brother with mixed feelings.
He was no longer in a hurry at that moment.
Anyway, Cangzhou Prefecture wouldn't be captured in a short time, and he had already prepared himself mentally over the past month and a half.
At this moment, it's as steady as a rock.
However, seeing that his elder brother was terrified and turned pale, he didn't keep him in suspense and told him everything he knew.
Gu Changfeng explained, "I learned all my information from Brother Yunhai. If we hadn't been lucky enough to encounter the Su family who had fled to the capital in advance, the Gu family in Qinzhou would probably no longer exist."
"This is too much, absolutely too much!" Gu Changyao picked up his teacup, trembling, wanting to take a sip to calm his nerves.