Su Cai'er's words have been lingering in Zhao Ce's ears.

Afraid of him getting hurt?

It seems that the little girl also knows that it may be dangerous for her to go out this time.

However, although Su Cai'er was worried, she didn't show it too much.

Just send your husband out as usual.

She believed that Zhao Ce would not put herself in danger.

Even if she encounters danger, her husband will definitely be able to avert the danger.

What Su Cai'er has to do is to protect their home.

By the way, send Zhao Ce out nicely so that he doesn't have to worry about home while he's outside.

Zhao Ce sat in the carriage and left the city. Thinking of Su Cai'er's appearance, he couldn't help but feel a warm current flowing through his heart.

The news from Liu Jin was sent this morning.

By the time Zhao Ce sets off, Zhu Houzhao and others must have already started off.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao had most likely left Juyongguan.

Heading towards the military powerhouse on the border.

Traveling in a carriage is not very comfortable.

After Zhao Ce left the city, he simply asked Chen Liang to drive the carriage behind him, and he changed horses and rode away.

Xu Fang followed him, and the two of them headed towards Juyongguan at high speed.

Liu Jin is a smart person.

Although he was worried that Zhu Houzhao would blame himself after learning about his report.

But he also knew that if something happened to Zhu Houzhao, it would not be as simple as blaming him.

For the sake of his own head, he quietly ordered people he trusted to leave messages for Zhao Ce who was pursuing him along the way.

Fortunately, Zhao Ce had the experience of chasing a naughty kid before, so he didn't make too many mistakes along the way.

It's just that Zhu Houzhao was probably afraid that if he encountered a team transporting baggage on the road, the leading general would recognize him.

Therefore, the places where he rested along the way were all small farmyards that deviated from official roads.

After leaving the pass, the further you go to the border, the worse the environment of those villages becomes.

Zhao Ce sometimes has some doubts. In these places, Zhu Houzhao, who has always been at the top and was at the top since birth, has really passed by?

No wonder Zhao Ce thinks so.

When Zhu Houzhao saw the scenes of these villages, he had a shocked expression on his face.

As he passed another village with dilapidated houses, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask: "Is this here still within the territory of my Ming Dynasty?"

This village is still not big.

At a glance, I could only see the sparse shadows of those houses.

But more than half of the houses were almost destroyed.

Some were burned with only a few tattered frames left, and some were corroded after being abandoned for a long time.

The village where Zhu Houzhao stayed last night was quite prosperous. From time to time, you could hear the distressed voices of children and the scolding and laughter of adults.

But the village was so quiet, it seemed like no one lived there at all.

The attendant who was riding ahead to explore the road has returned.

He reported: "Sir, this village seems to have been looted not long ago. Some horse hoof marks can still be seen on the ground."

"There are only a few families left in the village."

"It's not very safe here. If you want to stay overnight, you'd better go further into the city."

Although the border area has not experienced any major wars in recent years.

But the small wars and frictions never stopped.

Foreigners do not produce.

When the food was gone, they came in and plundered before leaving.

They couldn't enter the city, so they were basically unaffected.

The people outside the city are suffering.

This village is obviously very large, but it only has a few houses.

Nowadays, those houses are basically empty.

These villagers were either kidnapped or abandoned their land and ran away.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the situation in front of him and remained silent without speaking.

The villages outside the city are difficult to defend, and he knows this.

The Tatars crossed the Great Wall, came in and plundered before leaving.

Even if the Ming Dynasty's army got the news and came, they would at most be driven away after they had finished looting.

These people outside the city cannot survive at all.

But it's one thing to know that it's not good to keep it.

Now that I have seen with my own eyes the scene where my country and people were ravaged by alien races, it is another thing.

Zhu Houzhao didn't speak, and others didn't dare to speak either.

After a long time, he slowly said: "That's all, give some money to each household of the people who stay here."

"Let's not disturb them."

"Let's spend the night in town."

Liu Jin and several attendants breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that Zhu Houzhao would get angry, so he had to stay here for the night.

Disturbing people is not something they consider.

The most important thing is Zhu Houzhao's safety.

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Liu Jin and these close servants, although they are Zhu Houzhao's servants.

But they actually didn't have a hard time.

Last night they rested in a private house in the village. They lived in the best house in the village, and at least the environment was decent.

Not to mention food.

Nowadays, in these villages, it is estimated that the houses are full of rags and rags.

They probably couldn't even scrape together enough food to cook a meal for them.

You also have to worry about whether some barbarians will suddenly come here and catch them off guard.

Liu Jin quickly replied: "It's good to go to the city."

"My safety is the most important thing. We will leave the city tomorrow. If we want to go forward, we have to continue on the official road."

"These trails are really dangerous."

According to Liu Jin's estimation, Zhao Ce was already on his way here by this time.

It is very likely that they will see Zhao Ce in the city early tomorrow morning.

By then they will not be far from going back.

Zhu Houzhao didn't speak anymore and seemed to be still thinking about something.

Liu Jin stopped talking nonsense and quickly took out some money and asked the scouting attendant to give it to the remaining villagers.

He winked at him again, indicating that he would leave a mark for those who were chasing after him.

After doing all this, Zhu Houzhao turned his horse's head and prepared to go to the official road to enter the city.ъìＱυＧΕtＶ.℃ǒΜ

The group set off again.

The fields we passed along the way were basically abandoned.

In some fields, you can barely see the shadow of sowing, but more often, there are still the marks of horse hoofs trampling on crops or weeds.

Zhu Houzhao looked solemnly all the way, his usual playful smile gone.

Liu Jin also followed Zhu Houzhao's gaze and felt frightened for a while.

Some of the horseshoe marks are still new.

Liu Jin was so scared that she just wanted to urge Zhu Houzhao to leave quickly.
To be continued...