Confiscated and exiled, the down-and-out general became the queen

“The phrase ‘no joking’ should not be used carelessly.

Only the emperor can say this word. If anyone hears it, they will be beheaded."

When Xiao Lengyue heard this, she just smiled and did not tell him her identity.

When Song Ye found out Xiao Lengyue's identity, he just wanted to bury himself.

Seeing that he was still hugging her, Xiao Lengyue said, "That's enough, let's go back.

Soon, my mother and the others will be worried."

When Song Ye heard this, he said aggrievedly: "Yue'er, in your heart, mother is more important than me, right?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the classic question from later generations suddenly appeared in Xiao Lengyue's mind.

"Me and your mother, who do you choose?"

Thinking of this, Xiao Lengyue shuddered. Song Ye thought she was cold, so he quickly took off his outer robe and used his internal energy to warm her body.

When he saw that her hands were no longer cold, he took her hand and went back.

When Song Tianrui saw Xiao Lengyue appear, he quickly ran over and asked, "Aunt, did my uncle take you away to eat something delicious?"

Without waiting for Xiao Lengyue to speak, Song Ye directly picked up Song Tianrui.

"Your aunt is cold, go in first." After saying that, he pulled Xiao Lengyue in.

When Old Lady Song saw them coming back, she raised her lips and said, "Xiaoyue, come and drink some hot water."

Xiao Lengyue saw the hot water in the bamboo cup and said, "Thank you, mother."

Old Mrs. Song: "We are a family, no need to say thank you."

Sister Song also nodded and said, "Mother is right, Xiao Yueyue, don't say thank you again in the future."

Xiao Lengyue picked up the bamboo cup, took a sip, and felt extremely comfortable both physically and mentally.

When Old Lady Song and the others saw Xiao Lengyue coming back, they could no longer hold back and fell asleep leaning against the wall.

The rest of the family had already fallen asleep.

On the other side, Zhang Wu also waited for the arriving officials.

When the man saw Zhang Wu, he asked, "What happened? Why do you need help so late at night?"

Zhang Wu saw that they were the town officials who had passed by the day before, so he said, "Sir, these people are here to rescue the prisoners.

I still have to continue escorting the prisoners, so I'll have to trouble you with these people."

When the officer saw that these people were wearing black clothes, he believed Zhang Wu's words. He waved to the people behind him, and those people in black were kidnapped.

Zhang Wu thanked him, “Thank you, sir.

These people are really arrogant. They dare to rob prisoners in the area under your jurisdiction. They really don’t know what they are doing. "

When the rescue officer heard this, he rolled his eyes and said, "Then we'll take our leave first."

"Sir, walk slowly."

After sending off the rescue officer, Zhang Wu's younger brother asked curiously, "Brother, what did you mean by that just now?"

After hearing this, Zhang Wu sneered and said, "Didn't they send people to kill General Song?

When the new emperor hears this, he will definitely order the person who comes to be killed."

When Zhang Wu said this, the younger brother asked, "Brother, do you mean to let them kill their own people?"

"Correct."

From the conversation just now, it is not difficult to hear that the person who assassinated Song Ye was sent by the new emperor.

He had just ascended the throne, but instead of thinking about stabilizing the court, he was thinking about taking away the military power.

That’s not all, they also want to kill everyone. They don’t even think about that if the barbarians really launch a large-scale attack and kill Song Ye, who else will be able to fight?

His heart sank even more as he thought of the news he had heard in town.

He thought for a moment and said, "After I go back this time, I want to resign from my position."

When these words came out, everyone was stunned. One of the officers asked, "Brother, what are you doing?"

Zhang Wu sighed lightly and said weakly: "I want to go back to farm and support my family.

I think you have heard the rumors a few days ago. If the tax is really increased, your sister-in-law alone will not be able to come up with so much grain."

Speaking of this, everyone fell silent. Yes, the last time they entered the city, they heard people say that the new emperor had issued an imperial decree that the people's taxes had to be adjusted because the treasury was empty.

Although it has not been announced to the world yet, it should be almost certain.

Zhang Wu's words made everyone fall into deep thought. Only one official came to Zhang Wu and whispered, "Boss, you want to leave for more reasons than this, right?"

Zhang Wu glanced at the person next to him, nodded slightly, and sighed, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the visitor and said, “Since the new emperor ascended the throne, all those I have escorted are good officials who truly serve the people.

And those corrupt officials were promoted to higher and higher positions in Beijing.

"It's fine if you dismiss General Song from his post and exile him, but you even want to kill him all. Don't you think this is stupid?"

Hearing this, the man coughed lightly and said, "Be careful what you say. If someone hears you, you will be exiled too."

Zhang Wu sighed fiercely and said, "I don't want to escort good officials anymore. This time, I will resign and go home."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the man and said, "Consider whether you want to go back or not."

After Zhang Wu finished speaking, he followed the others and went back to the yard.

The next day, just after dawn, Zhang Wu woke him up and started traveling. Ever since he had the idea of ​​resigning, he just wanted to get to the next handover point as soon as possible.

So, the journey that was supposed to take four days was completed in three and a half days.

Xiao Lengyue looked at the city gate in the distance and whispered, "So, you want to hurry to the town!"

After hearing this, Song Ye whispered, “He has more ideas than just this.

If I'm right, he won't take us into the city."

Xiao Lengyue frowned and asked, "Why?"

Song Ye glanced at Zhang Wu who was walking in front and said, "He should want to get to the handover point before sunset and hand us over to the next group of officials."

Mrs. Song: "What about our food?"

Song Ye didn’t expect that Sister Song was listening, but since she asked, he answered: “Anyway, whether we buy it or not, we won’t starve to death.

But if anyone dies or escapes while he is escorting them, it will be his responsibility."

Xiao Lengyue understood as soon as he heard it. It seemed that he was frightened by what happened last time.

Indeed, if I hadn't taken action last time, they would have all been killed.

Sure enough, Zhang Wu did not lead them into the city, but took them in another direction.

Along the way, they kept waving whips to drive people away, so when Xiao Lengyue and the others arrived at the handover point, everyone was exhausted and collapsed on the ground.

The officer in charge of the handover didn't react at all when he saw the man's appearance. It seemed that he was used to it.

Zhang Wu handed all the official documents on his body, as well as the paper of Song Ye and his family's division, to the handover official and said:

"One of the people in Song Mingxi's family tried to escape, so he was sent back to Beijing."

The officer looked at the papers and found nothing wrong, so he carefully put them away. After writing the handover document, they each put their fingerprints on it and the matter was over.

After Zhang Wu collected the receipt, he looked at the officer and said, "Brother Xu, I will take them back now."

"Wait, wait a moment."