The Lanjiang River has long been frozen, and in the vast whiteness, the group of people in front of the Lanjiang Pier looked unusually abrupt.
"Master Imperial Master, how can we get there?" the young eunuch asked, rubbing his hands.
Thinking back to the past month, he felt like crying. It was so difficult for them to get here!
They haven't had a good night's sleep since the day they were rerouted.
Either I would be attacked by wild beasts in the middle of the night, or I would encounter a fight between a bride-to-be and a funeral procession while on the road.
Let's not talk about it during the day. Every night there would be a lot of random noises for no reason. They went out to look for them, but they couldn't find anything.
The National Preceptor said that someone was causing trouble, but their original preparations were disrupted by the other party's failure to follow the routine, and they just didn't catch anyone.
Forget it, after finally arriving in Chenzhou, King Zhao's people suddenly appeared and "invited" them to King Zhao's Mansion.
If it weren't for the presence of the Imperial Master, they wouldn't know when they would be able to stand here.
The little eunuch didn't know what conditions the imperial master had exchanged with King Zhao. In short, they were entertained with delicious food and drinks in King Zhao's Mansion for five days, and were only sent here by King Zhao's people early this morning.
It was a pity that King Zhao's people sent them back and did not provide them with guidance on crossing the river, nor did they mention anything about the situation on the other side of Ezhou.
"Of course I'll go directly there." Yang Chaofan put his hands in the muff and spoke lightly.
The little eunuch was stunned for a moment, then pointed to the carriage team behind him in embarrassment and said: "But we have so many things, if we go directly, can Jiang Mian afford it?"
For people who grew up in the south, walking on the frozen river is really a test, and you have to worry about the ice cracking at all times.
In such cold weather, if you fall in, you will still get frostbite even if you don't die.
Yang Chaofan stepped onto the ice first without even looking at him.
What a bunch of idiots! This kind of weather has lasted for a month, and the temperature doesn't seem to be rising at all. It's strange that the ice surface can crack!
When the others saw this, they looked at each other and could only follow.
They walked very cautiously at the beginning, but after walking for a while, they found that the ice surface was no different from flat ground except for being a little slippery, and everyone became bolder.
"Hey, what is that thing in front of you?"
When we reached the center of the river, someone pointed in front and exclaimed.
Yang Chaofan had stopped and looked up, his eyes darkening slightly.
On the white river surface, it seems that there is no end as far as the eye can see, but along the road from the center of the river to the other side, there are many corpses lying scattered, including old people, children, young adults and women.
"Are they...going to the other side?" someone asked blankly.
Along the way, they had also seen people freezing to death on the road, but those were far less shocking than this moment.
In such a cold weather, why do these people drag their families to the other side in groups?
People who come from Shengjing have a natural sense of superiority. They cannot understand the behavior of ordinary people and don't know why they brave the cold wind and risk their lives to go to the hostile forces.
King Zhao had long ago ordered that people from the six northwest states were not allowed to move to Ezhou. Yang Chaofan and others also knew about this order.
Yang Chaofan stood quietly in front of a dead old man. With his eyesight, he could clearly see the yearning on the old man's face before he died. His hollow eyes were deep-set, as if he could still see the hope in his eyes.
For this group of people, going to Ezhou is their hope.
At the same time, in a village near Lanjiang, in a greenhouse built by the government, a dozen people in thin and ragged clothes were crying loudly.
