The Huai River has just thawed in mid-February and the weather is still very cold.

In the Xiuxi mine cave in Tongbai Mountain, Zhao Zheng tried hard to drag the cart full of ore to the outside of the mine cave along the wooden tracks. The hemp rope deeply tied the muscles that were rising between his neck; he was half-shirted, and sweat beads rolled down the muscles that were rising.

"Our Duke is becoming more and more hardworking and his mind is no longer confused. Now he knows to go to the mine to earn wages early in the morning. He is really planning to save money to formally marry the widow of the Wang family home to warm up the bed? I think you don't need this effort. You earn as much as the widow of the Wang family. It's better to keep some strength and tamp it a few more at night to make the widow of the Wang family feel good!"

Seeing Zhao Yi pulling the little driver's hands and feet and climbing out of the mine, the miners squatting in front of the mine's straw shed and eating breakfast were joking with him, and some people were unscrupulous in looking at Widow Wang next to the food load.

Although her coat was worn and had several patches, she looked bloated, but in order to facilitate the convenience of carrying the food loads filled with steamed buns, wheat cakes and porridge to the mine for sale, Widow Wang tied her waist tightly with a straw rope and supported her bulging breasts high.

Looking at Widow Wang's slightly black face, but it was considered a beautiful and upright face, and she was tall and tall. Many strong men were salivating in their eyes. However, Widow Wang was so arrogant that she was a little confused about her mind and always called herself a prince. Others dared to come forward to tease her, and her face was light.

Zhao Yi dragged the ore to the pile and unloaded it. He took two counted bamboo chips from the manager's hand, walked to the food load and sat down, pinched Wang's plump butt, which was a response to many workers' jokes.

"Take your dog's paws away!" Widow Wang opened Zhao Yi's dirty hands, and then used a copper basin to fry water, asked Zhao Yi to wash his hands and face, urging him to put on his jacket, and then he picked up a poached egg on the two wheat cakes and handed him the lotus leaves.

"It seems that there is no shortage of trouble at night. When will the Widow Wang be married to the Duke's wife?" more than a dozen miners cheered.

Zhao Yi no longer mentioned that he was the Wuwei Gong of Dayue, but he couldn't help but laugh at him with this matter, so he could only remain silent.

Sometimes he wondered if his memory was confused. Perhaps it was because others said that he was crazy about gaining and losing. He imagined that he was a marquis of Dayue, but he was trapped by a strong man and was trapped in this corner of Tongbai Mountain. He could only sell hard work in the mine for a living.

When he first arrived at the mine, he suffered a lot because of this. He was caught several times of running away. The manager took out a deed and said that he had sold himself as a coolie for the mine for three years. He didn't know which prostitute village he had ruined his money to. He didn't want to escape at this time. He was locked up in a black prison for half of the past few months. It was not until he heard people in the mine that Bianliang was captured by the Chihu people after the New Year. The emperor, the emperor, the princes and ministers, and the princes and grandchildren, and they all escaped, and they all became prisoners of the Chihu people. He gave up the idea of ​​escaping.

Just as a dream was broken, he was honestly working in the mine, and he also hooked up with Widow Wang, who runs a food shop next to the mine. At night, he hugged his plump and smooth body like silk, and he slept beautifully. He didn't have to think about whether he had a beautiful wife and concubine who fell into the hands of the Hu horse and suffered a trampling. He didn't have to think about whether his children had trampled on the Hu horse and became dust.

Zhao Yi patted his head suddenly, as if he was going to slap these random thoughts out of his mind. He swallowed the wheat cake into his stomach with two mouthfuls, took off the coat he was wearing and prepared to go down the mine again.

"Dada" several fast horses galloped towards the mine.

This mine is located deep in Tongbai Mountain. It was newly opened last year. It is not large in scale and has no refining furnace. It is next to a stream. The stone dam downstream can barely open to navigation after raising the water level. The excavated ore materials are transported to the 18liwu iron yard tens of miles away by small mine ships.

The miners used here are mainly recruited by refugees. Except for a few managers and craftsmen, no outsiders usually come. At this time, they saw a fast horse coming and the leader was wearing official robes. Everyone stood up in the fun.

Zhao Yi also looked over. After seeing the person's face clearly, he suddenly became dazed, his eyes turned black and he could hardly stand.

"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Widow Wang asked with concern.

She helped Zhao Yi sit beside him to rest, and helped him put on his jacket to avoid the wind and cold.

When it seemed that the man walked straight to this side, Widow Wang was also confused, but saw Zhao Yi trembling with his hands and feet, pointing at the visitor and asking, "Everything is true, I am not crazy about gains and losses. Is Bianliang really lost?"

"Yes, everything is true. Uncle, follow me to meet Jieshuai, I will tell you about everything on the way." Zhu Zhi said.

"Has no one escaped from the entire Shoulong County Prince's Mansion? Didn't one escape from your grandfather, A Gui, A Yao, and others?" Zhao Yi asked tremblingly.

"The fall of Bianliang                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

The mine manager came over at this time, and Zhu Zhi handed him a letter of order and said, "I'll come and pick up my uncle!"

The manager read the order letter and bowed to Zhao Yi and said, "Duke, I am really sorry for these days. Tang is also following the order. Please forgive me!"

Widow Wang and the miners around him were both dumbfounded:

This Zhao Yi is really the righteous Duke of Wuwei and Duke of Dayue?

Manager Tang knew his identity, so how could he be held in a mine as a coolie?

Zhu Zhi Gang was in a state of dismay, and could not help but crying Zhao Yi put on a patched jacket, and asked someone to bring a horse and help Zhao Yi sit on the saddle.

Zhu Zhi turned over the horse and saw that his uncle Zhao Yi had not recovered. He just sighed slightly, took the reins and walked slowly outside the mine. When he was about to go up the mountain, he heard his uncle Zhao Yi suddenly say, "Slow down! Wait for me!"

Zhu Zhi held the horse in confusion, and saw his uncle Zhao Yi climb off the horse, walked back to the mine, carried a stupid woman directly on her shoulders and walked back, and listened to the woman struggling on the saddle and asked:

"What's going on? What's going on? Where are you going to carry me?"

"The country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, I don't know where I am going," Zhao Yi murmured, and turned over and sat behind the woman, following Zhu Zhi and ran away from the mine.

"The peace talks in the court have no bottom line to bow down to the barbarians and beg for peace. Some people even secretly communicated with the barbarians. The army was disintegrated. We had to sneak into Bianliang to kidnap the palace's censor Xu Jun, the left counsel Qi Zhi and others to give an explanation to the military and civilians who still want to fight, but they did not expect that the king was also present at that time. We cannot kill all the people present and silence them. If we release the king, we will inevitably reveal flaws. We have to imprison the king in the mine. Please forgive me!"

Xu Huai stood in the yard and saw Zhu Zhi and Zhao Yi, Wuwei Kingdom, coming over, and spoke slowly.

"When the Censor Xu Jun was kidnapped, my father and Zhu Zhi were both present. Qin Zhihui, the head of the Concierge, was originally a spy bought by the Khitans. When he saw the Khitans perish, he wanted to join the new master and secretly revealed to the Chihu people about the attack on the camp of Xuanwu Army, which caused the Xuanwu Army's commander Chen Yuan to die in the siege of the enemy. Qin Zihui could know such secrets, and Xu Jun and others were afraid that the Xuanwu Army would anger the Chihu people from the city to attack the camp, and they intended to leak it out."

Zhu Tong talked about the whole story of Xu Huai entering the capital to hijack the Censor Xu Jun and others, and the fact that his father Zhu Han personally participated in the matter.

"At that time, I originally planned to sell a flaw on the way and asked my uncle to escape. However, in the situation at that time, Jieshuai and his father had a premonition that the Chihu people invaded the south again and that Bianliang would not be defended. If they asked my uncle to return to Bianjing, they would not know what excuses they could find to ask my uncle to escape before the enemy soldiers besieged the city, and finally decided to temporarily detain his uncle in Chushan."

Zhao Yi sat on the stone bench, still in a daze.

The mines are all recruited from refugees, and the news is blocked. The only manager who knows the truth is just to ensure that Zhao Yi cannot escape, ensure that Zhao Yi’s personal safety, and it is impossible to reveal any slightest bit of slight talk to him.

Before, Zhao Yi had very limited knowledge of the outside world in the mine. Ordinary miners in the mine knew that Bianliang had fallen before the New Year. All the royal relatives, civil servants, military officials, and millions of soldiers and civilians became prisoners of the Chihu people together with the emperor.

On the way back to Huaiyuan, Zhu Zhi was in charge of the changes in the situation after the change of the palace and King Jing had gone to Xiangyang to set up a government office. He was warmly welcomed by Gu Fan, the general and other generals and officials, who were told to Zhao Yi to know about it.

But at this point, Zhao Yi could hardly imagine that all this was true.

Xu Huai looked at Zhao Yi and said, "Mr. Rongle County has set off from Shangcai to Xiangyang. Zhu Zhi is still in charge of official duties. I will arrange for someone to escort the Duke and Mrs. Zhu to Xiangyang!"

The carriages escorting Zhao Yi to Xiangyang were already waiting outside the yamen. Seeing that Zhao Yi had no reaction, Xu Huai signaled Zhu Zhi to help Zhao Yi directly to board the carriage.

The special envoy sent to Qingzhou in Xiangyang has already set off, but he expected that King Zhao Guan of Lu would not let go easily.

The matter of Gu Fan kneeling to welcome him has already begun. Zhou He and others thought that it would be too late to support him, and it was impossible to wait for King Zhao Guan of Lu to agree to an agreement before proceeding.

Of course, in the current situation, no one wants to turn against the King of Lu, so people need to be arranged to go to Qingzhou to stabilize the King of Lu.

At this time, there was no more suitable candidate than Wuwei Gong Zhao Yi.
Chapter completed!