Chapter 2240 Refugees

Beiming Kingdom is in a period of turmoil at this time. Since Beitang Yu was captured and Beitang Xuanyang led troops to fight against Jin Kingdom, the entire court was divided into two factions. Beitang Yu has not been released yet, and the two princes The overt and covert fighting between the factions has affected the common people, especially when the news of the border defeat came, the capital city instantly became uneasy.

Mingxi and several other teenagers entered Beiming Kingdom from the border. They were not faced with any difficulties at the checkpoint and passed easily with imitation street signs.

In addition to Mingxi and Miao'er, Xu Jinbei and Lin Yanbei also followed.

"There are so many beggars in Beiming Kingdom?" Huo Huang rode on his horse and looked at the beggars sitting on the roadside begging. They really met a lot of beggars along the way.

"These are all refugees." Mingxi said with a heavy face, "I'm going to ask them where they come from."

Mingxi stood up and dismounted. Some refugees saw their bright clothes and approached them to beg for food. Mingxi took out a bag of dry food and handed it to a three or four-year-old boy, "Where did you come from? ?”

When other refugees saw that Mingxi had food, they came over to snatch it.

Fire Phoenix swept over with a palm and blocked them, "What are you trying to grab!"

"Don't hurt them." Mingxi reminded.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt them." Huohuang said.

When the refugees discovered that these children knew martial arts, they did not dare to come forward to rob them. They just stared straight at the child who was eating dry food, with a fierce light like a wolf in his eyes.

"You hurry up or you will be robbed." The child's mother whispered to Mingxi and the others.

Mingxi glanced at the refugees and asked, "Where are you all from?"

"We...we are from the Huangjiang River. Our village was flooded and many people ran away. The court still wanted to collect taxes from us, so we had no choice but to leave..." The mother said in a low voice. They came from the same place. During the last natural disaster, several villages near the Yellow River were flooded. They had no choice but to escape.

When they came from the wasteland, they met refugees from more than just a few villages.

"Why does the court want to increase taxes?" Lin Yanbei asked curiously from the side.

"They said there was going to be a war..." an old man next to him coughed and said, "Our emperor was captured. The prince led troops to attack the Kingdom of Jin to save the emperor, and ordered all men to go to war, otherwise the taxes would be increased. "

Mingxi and Xu Jinbei looked at each other.

Beitang Xuanyang went to war with Jin Guo not to save Beitang Yu, but to make Jin Guo not release Beitang Yu even more.

"Although the emperor has been captured, there is still a queen. I heard that the queen is considerate of the people. Will she let the prince increase taxes like this?" Xu Jinbei asked in a low voice.

The old man sneered again and said, "Since the emperor was arrested and the queen fell ill, the court is now controlled by the Qian family."

Mingxi turned his attention to the old man and listened to his words. He seemed to know the situation in the court very well.

He gave the old man the kettle on his belt and said, "Uncle, your accent sounds like you are not from the same place as them."

"Young man, your accent doesn't sound like someone from the Northern Ming Kingdom." The old man took the kettle from Mingxi's hand unceremoniously, took a swig of water, coughed a few times and sighed.

"We are all studying here and we happened to pass by here," Mingxi said.

The old man glanced at some of them. They were indeed dressed like students. He shook his head and sighed, "I advise you not to come to Beiming Country. You can go anywhere to study. Don't come here. Now the Qian family covers the sky with one hand, and the whereabouts of the eldest prince are unknown. , even the queen fell ill, and when the prince returns he will definitely ascend the throne, Beiming Kingdom...hey, it’s over, it’s over.”

"Are you coming from Dingdu City?" Mingxi asked in surprise. Even the eldest prince's whereabouts were unknown and he knew that this old man was definitely not an ordinary citizen.

"I used to have an official position, but after saying a few wrong words, I was sentenced to exile. The soldiers escorting me on the road ran away, so I followed everyone here, but I can't walk anymore." The old man chuckled. He smiled happily, as if he had seen through life and death.

Lin Yanbei asked, "Then where do you want to go?"

"It doesn't matter where you go." The old man took another sip of water, took a bite of the dry food given by Lin Yanbei, "You'd better leave here as soon as possible, you can go anywhere, but don't go to Dingdu City."

"You said the eldest prince's whereabouts are unknown. How did he disappear?" Mingxi asked.

The old man chuckled, "The eldest prince insisted on going to Jin Kingdom to negotiate to save the emperor, but not long after he left Dingdu City, he disappeared. The person who came back said that he was bitten to death by a wild beast while passing through the mountain road."

"You have to see the body even after death. Have you seen the body of the eldest prince?" Xu Jinbei asked.

The old man chuckled, "If you can see her, she's not missing. Queen Wang fell ill because of this incident. Now the Qian family has already eliminated everyone in the Wang family."

Mingxi looked down at the old man for a while, "Uncle, you are from the Wang family, right?"

"Nonsense." The old man looked angry and threw the kettle to Mingxi, "Let's go, let's continue on our way."

"Don't you want to find your eldest prince?" Mingxi asked the old man's back.

He looked at the old man's back and realized that the old man looked tall and burly.

"Young man, do you know where the eldest prince is?" The old man turned around and asked with a sneer.

"Besides the Qian family, where else can your eldest prince go?" Mingxi asked calmly, "Beitang Xuanyang will return to Dingdu City soon. Do you want to see him become the emperor of Beiming Kingdom?"

The old man stopped but didn't look back.

"Jin Guo has released Beitang Yu." Mingxi continued.

"What?" The old man turned around suddenly, "The Emperor is coming back?"

"Yes, Beitang Yu left Kyoto City a few days ago." Mingxi said, "If the Wang family doesn't help him, the Qian family will definitely rebel."

The old man frowned and said, "Dare the Qian family rebel against the emperor?"

"One thing you may not know is that Qian Danqing once personally went to Jin Kingdom to hunt down Beitang Yu." Mingxi said.

"How dare Qian Danqing..." The old man's expression changed.

Xu Jinbei saw something wrong with the old man's expression, "Uncle, who are you?"

"Can you really find our eldest prince?" the old man asked hesitantly.

"As long as Beitang Xuanwei is not dead, we will definitely be able to find him." Mingxi said.

The old man hesitated for a moment, "Who are you?"

"You didn't say who you were." Huohuang said.

"My name is Wang Congzhi." The old man said in a deep voice.

Wang Congzhi? The uncle of the Beiming Kingdom and the youngest son of the Wang family does not look like the old man in front of him.

"Young Master of the Wang family?" Mingxi raised his eyebrows slightly, appearing to be disguised.