Ye Yuqing ran away in the middle of the night. Ye Mingxiang and Ye Dazhuang met her outside.
After she came out of the Marquis Mansion, the family drove the hired carriage to the city gate, pulling the belongings they had purchased over the years.
Although it wasn't time to open the city gate yet, there were already many horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians parked at the door, as well as ox carts pulling night fragrances. These people were all waiting to leave the city.
Ye Yuqing looked anxiously at the long queue in front of her. She was afraid that people from the Hou Mansion would chase them.
While she was looking around, the city gate slowly opened.
The carriages in front left the city in an orderly manner.
When they arrived at Ye's house, the guard asked them a few questions and let them out.
But even after leaving the city, the Ye family did not dare to relax and kept running non-stop, running for two hours in a row before stopping to rest.
Only then did Ye Yuqing remember to ask about the belongings she bought in the capital.
"Grandpa, how are the clothing stores and yards handled?"
Old Man Ye said: "The shop and yard were sold to Boss Lu. I told him that your uncle was not allowed to do business and asked us to move in with him, so Boss Lu gave us a good price and we didn't lose anything."
Ye Yuqing breathed a sigh of relief, as long as her belongings were not lost, "Grandpa, where are we going now?"
"Your third uncle and Mingxiang told us to go south. It's rich and a land of plenty and has a good climate. Let's find a town to live in first, and then we can make a living."
Ye Yuqing nodded, "Okay, then listen to my third uncle and eldest brother. They have studied and know more than us."
Looking at the dazzling sun, Ye Yuqing's eyes suddenly filled with tears.
She missed her children, and she couldn't let go of the heartbroken man.
She regrets it very much now. If she had known that her uncle's family was so cruel, she would never have gone to find that dead girl Ye Yutong.
But it's too late to say anything now, let's think about the future.
Ye Zhang and Huang Yunqin took out the dry food they had prepared, but the whole family had no appetite, so they just took a few bites and continued on their way.
After walking for about an hour, they passed a mountain range.
At this moment, a dozen masked men suddenly came down from the mountain, and a nonchalant voice said:
"I opened this road and planted this tree. I want to pass through here and leave money to buy the road."
The Ye family and several horsemen driving the carriage were all stunned.
This place is under the emperor's feet and has not left the capital. How could there be bandits?
Even when there was war a few years ago, no one dared to rob near the capital?
Aren't they afraid that the government will come and raid their home base?
The Ye family had seen people robbing food and money before when they were fleeing famine.
But there were many of them at that time, and people from several villages were together, and they would fight together.
Now, just their family, even with four horsemen driving the carriage, can't defeat these bandits.
Old Man Ye discussed with Ye Daqing, and then took out a bag of silver ingots from the baggage, which contained about seventy or eighty taels.
Old man Ye thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and took out a one hundred tael silver note from his arms.
Only then did he have the courage to step forward and offer the money with both hands, "You guys, please accept it with a smile."
The masked man at the front took the bag of silver, weighed it, and took a look at the bank note.
Suddenly his eyes widened and he said angrily: "His grandma, are you sending a beggar away?"
As he spoke, he pulled out the knife and put it on Old Man Ye's neck.
"Hero, spare your life, hero, spare your life, I haven't finished it yet."
Old man Ye shivered with fright and quickly took out all the banknotes in his arms, which were about five hundred taels.
"Heroes, they are all here. I give them all to you. Please let us go, man."
"Humph, I knew you old man didn't tell the truth. You dared to lie to me, grandpa. I'm really tired of living."
The masked leader waved to his next opponent, "Brothers, go search the car."
Ye Zhang and Huang Yunqin stopped in front of the carriage, preventing anyone from touching their things, and shouted bluffingly:
"What are you going to do? What are you going to do? Is there any royal law? How dare you rob at the feet of the emperor."
At this time, Ye Mingwei pulled out a big knife from nowhere and slashed at the group of masked men.
The leading masked man at the front kicked him several meters away.
Ye Mingwei howled immediately.
Ye Dazhuang saw his son being beaten, so he took the guy over to help.
But before he could raise the weapon in his hand, he was knocked to the ground by another man in black.
He also picked up the stick in his hand and hit his leg hard.
The sound of broken bones and the screams of people sounded at the same time.
Ye Daqing and Ye Mingxiang originally wanted to step forward to help, but when they saw several masked men holding knives behind them, they immediately stopped.
There are only a few of them, and if they fight head-on, there will definitely be no good results.
As the saying goes, a good man will not suffer the consequences before him, so the two men immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, "Hero, have mercy on me, good man, have mercy on me, take all your things, and just let our family go."
The leader glanced at the two of them with disdain and said, "Ask them to hand over all their valuables. If you dare to be dishonest again, I will destroy both of your legs."
When the two of them heard this, they almost peed with fear. They quickly looked at Old Man Ye and said, "Dad, do you still have any money? Give it all to them."
Old Man Ye has already taken out six to seven hundred taels, and now his heart is bleeding.
But if they don't take it, let alone the legs of their son and grandson, their family's lives may be left here.
So he didn't dare to hesitate anymore and asked Ye Zhang to take out all the banknotes and money and hand them over to the masked bandit leader.
He glanced at Ye Yuqing and thought happily, fortunately he brought this girl, even if he gave up his money today, he would not be unable to survive in the future.
The man in black took the silver handed over by Old Man Ye, stared at the other people and said:
"Take out everything you have on you and be more conscious. Don't let my brother do it. Grandpa will not be responsible for whoever is hurt, whether lightly or not."
Mrs. Ye Zhang was so angry that she wanted to curse, but the life of her family was in his hands, so she could only endure it.
Then he threw all the broken silver and silver bracelets on his body to the bandit leader.
Huang Yunqin and Ye Yuqing were also taking off the jewelry on their heads and bodies.
The group of men in black searched several carriages. He started searching for several men in the Ye family again.
Ye Yuqing turned pale with fright. She had thousands of taels of silver notes hidden on her body.
This was her last confidence. If they were searched by these people, how would their family survive in the future?
The leading masked bandit took the gold ingot found from Ye Dazhuang and sneered, "I know you are dishonest. In this case, don't blame me for being rude."
He said to the strong masked man next to him: "Go and search that woman's body too."
Unexpectedly, the masked strong man glared at him and groaned but did not move.
The leading bandit kicked him and threw another pair of gloves to him, "Put on the gloves and go quickly."
The strong bandit had no choice but to put on his gloves and search first from Ye Zhang.
There was nothing on the old woman, and nothing was found on Huang Yunqin.
But when it was Ye Yuqing's turn, before the strong bandit took action, she took out a dagger from somewhere and put it on her neck, crying and shaking her head.
"Don't come here. How can I, an innocent woman, allow you to humiliate me like this? If you really want to search my body, then I will have no choice but to die in front of you."
