"What did you say?" Liu Hongjian couldn't believe his ears.

"Your Excellency, the Emperor fell into a coma on the night of November 22, and was treated by Qi Mingyin and other doctors from the Imperial Hospital, but he never woke up.

Jin Yiwei and Lord Liang felt that this matter was very important, so in order to avoid the news leaking, he came to report it in person. Liang Kewang explained.

Liu Hongjian only listened to the first half of Liang Kewang's sentence, and his face changed instantly.

"Niu Zhuang, prepare the horse, this king wants to return to Beijing immediately!" Liu Hong gradually said loudly, taking the windbreaker from the hanger as he spoke.

"Why are you so anxious, it is still snowing in the land of Sichuan and Shu now, and it is difficult to walk in the mountains, at least wait for the snow to stop." As soon as he went out, Qin Yiming heard that Liu Hong was gradually going back to Beijing, and dissuaded.

"No, this king has something important, he must return to Beijing immediately, and someone will lead the way!" Liu Hong gradually glared at Qin Yiming and said angrily.

"The last will be ordered!" Qin Yiming saw that Liu Hong's face was not right, and although he didn't know what was happening in the capital, he no longer dissuaded him.

The white pole soldiers who rushed to the southeast coast were left to garrison, and Liu Hong only brought three hundred personal guards when he came to Sichuan and Shu, and it was difficult to enter Sichuan, and it was not easy to get out of Sichuan.

With an order, five hundred white pole soldiers gathered outside Shiyan City in only a quarter of an hour, and Qin Yiming was dressed in armor and immediately stepped forward.

"Let's go!" Liu Hong gradually rode out of the city with 300 personal guards, and did not stay in front of Qin Yiming's department, and ordered more than 800 cavalry to run to the northeast.

Stone is located in the east of Sichuan and Shu, due north is the junction of Sichuan and Hu and Guangzhou, Kuizhou Mansion, after Kuizhou Mansion and then to the east, you can Pingchuan.

But the difficulty is in this first section of the river, under the heavy snow under the mountain, everywhere is white, and many steep places are impassable.

Since the tenth day of the lunar month, 800 people set off from Shili and walked for four days before arriving at Kaixian County, Kuizhou.

During this period, more than 20 people fell off the cliff due to the steep mountain road, and more than 50 people had to return separately due to injuries caused by falls.

The 800 soldiers were on the road all day, except for the rest when it was dark, and even if they ate on horseback, Liu Honggradually felt guilty but he couldn't take care of the emergency.

After arriving in Dekai County, due to the fact that he entered Huguang further east, Qin Yiming gradually said goodbye to Liu Hong, leaving most of the white pole soldiers to escort him, and he returned with more than a dozen people.

After passing through Xiangyang through Kuizhou and continuing to the northeast, Liu Hong gradually replaced the new horses in Xiangyang and continued to gallop to the northeast.

On the twenty-first day of the lunar month, Liu Hong gradually arrived at Runing Mansion in Henan.

It was a cold winter wax moon, fallow in the north, although there was no snow here but there were not many pedestrians on the road, Liu Hong gradually saw that his subordinates were too tired to do it, so he waved his hand to signal the soldiers to rest in Longkou Town.

After entering the town, Liu Hong gradually inquired and found a big family named Li Xueyong in the town, after all, there are more than 700 people, and the ordinary small inn is not enough to replenish the supply.

Liu Hongjian directly showed the waist card of Jinyiwei, took out another hundred taels of silver tickets, and asked Li Xueyong to prepare a meal for more than 700 people immediately.

Where did Li Xueyong see this formation, his legs were already trembling with fright, and he only accepted the order.

More than half an hour later, there were bursts of cooking smoke inside and outside the Li family's compound, and forty or fifty makeshift stoves were steaming steamed buns.

There are many pasta dishes in the north, and if you want to supply more than 700 people with food as quickly as possible, steamed steamed buns are the most convenient way.

There are not so many vegetables in winter, so Li Xueyong donated several large jars of kimchi prepared for winter at home.

Hundreds of people inside and outside are pinching hot steamed buns and kimchi, and eating and chatting while holding a bowl of porridge from the sea.

Among the hundreds of people there are Sichuan troops, and among the Sichuan army, there are Tujia, Miao, and Han people, plus Liu Hongjian came from the pro-guard camp near Shuntianfu, and the courtyard was lively for a while.

Liu Hong gradually looked at all this and was silent, no one knew that there was an old man in the distant capital even if he was far away, and he couldn't say it.

"Master, you can also drink a bowl of porridge!" Niu Dabang came over with a bowl of hot porridge.

He knew why his master was so anxious, but he didn't plan for his own position, all he could do was protect his master along the way, and everything else had nothing to do with him.

"You eat, I don't ......"

Before Liu Hong finished speaking, he felt that the sky was spinning, and the ground under his feet suddenly trembled, and the soldiers in the compound with bowls were stunned for a moment, and many of the hot porridge in the bowls were spilled.

"It's an earthquake! Fast! Get out of this yard and go out to ......"

"Be careful, sir!" Before he finished speaking, Niu Dabang threw away the big bowl in his hand and was about to push Liu Hongji.

The courtyard wall behind Liu Hongjian collapsed, drowning the cow with a stick and mallet.

"Lord Wang! The prince was hit by the courtyard wall, save the prince! The bull mallet was no longer there, and the wide-ended tiger roared and Liu Hu desperately ran towards the collapsed courtyard wall.

The earthquake continued, and the Li family's compound was in chaos, with some running around looking for a way out, and some at a loss for what to do.

Only the guards brought by Liu Hongjian were either armed with guns to guard the perimeter of the collapsed courtyard wall, or they were using bricks with their hands and feet.

There was a dull thud from below the ground, and many soldiers suddenly felt dizzy and swayed left and right.

"Earth...... The ground is cracking, get out of the way—" said one soldier, pointing to a crack in the middle of the courtyard.

In an instant, the crack in the ground became bigger and bigger, and several soldiers who didn't have time to run away fell into the crack, and one of them cried desperately for help at the edge of the crack.

However, the surrounding area was swirling and the station was unstable, and in just a moment, the soil under the soldier could not bear the weight of the soldier and fell into the abyss.

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The entire earthquake lasted less than twenty breaths, but in just a few moments, the Li family's compound had been razed to ruins.

There were terrible cries everywhere, some of their feet were broken by the courtyard wall, some were directly stoned to death, and some fell and cracks were missing, all of them were born and died in robes, and the soldiers could not accept this sudden bad news for a while.

The aftershocks continued, and in the guard circle of the pro-guard battalion, several big men such as Kuoduan and Liu Hu were still digging bricks and stones under the courtyard wall.

Under the cold winter wax moon, the two of them had sweat on their foreheads, and their hands were also covered with blood.

"Found it! Adults are here! Kuoduan suddenly saw the placket under the masonry and exclaimed.

Hearing this, Liu Hu quickly ran to Kuoduan's side, and the two of them worked together to dig out Liu Hongjian and Niu Da Bang under the masonry.

The bull mallet lay on Liu Hongjian and was already unconscious, and Liu Hongjian woke up under the pull of the soldiers.

Liu Hong's head was gradually covered with dust, and there were still blood stains on his face, and he sat up and shook his head, as if he was a little unconscious.

"Stick! Big sticks! Seeing Niu Zhuang lying on the ground, Liu Hong gradually exclaimed.

If Niu Zhuang hadn't been in a hurry to protect him with his body just now, he would have been the first to smash the courtyard wall.

Niu Zhuang was bleeding from his head, and his right arm was also smashed into a bloody blur, and he did not respond to Liu Hongji's call.

Liu Hong trembled and probed his finger to the snort of the bull's mallet......

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