"You, the head of the family, how did you say this?! Where did you know it?"
Butcher Fang held her hand steady and said, "Keep your voice down."
Wu was anxious, but also knew that the matter was very important, so she urged in a low voice, "Speak quickly!"
"Every once in a while, refugees attack the city, and everyone is exhausted. I don't know where the refugees got their bows and arrows, but they hit the prefect in the chest a few times. Although they said that the prefect saw the doctor and drew his sword, now Live well. But, but..."
Butcher Fang's voice dropped even lower, "I got off duty tonight and walked down a small road. I found two carriages coming out of the back door of the prefecture. Inside were the young master and the young lady, and there were more than twenty guards protecting them. I don't know where they were going."
"It's getting dark, where can they go when they get on the carriage? Those guards usually follow the adults to protect them..."
Butcher Fang suspected that he had sent the child away for refuge.
Whether it is a battle between two armies or the current struggle with the refugees, if the leader is lost, the military will lose its morale. Half of the city gate guards are civilians, but once the military morale is gone, this city will be no different from an empty city!
It had been so long, but the imperial court had made no movement and had not sent troops to support them. It was obvious that they had given up on them.
Butcher Fang took a deep breath and held his wife's hand, "We have to be ready to escape!"
Mrs. Wu had been living in Fucheng, and she had only heard the old man talk about escaping. She didn't know what would happen. Maybe, they are similar to the refugees outside?
Her legs instantly became weak, and she had to call the children over to discuss how to prepare.
How could the children sleep when they saw their father in such a panic just now? As soon as my mother called, they came over quickly.
Fang Xin cried as soon as he heard that he was about to flee, and was slapped on the butt several times by Fang Lu, "What time has it been! What's the use of crying? Will crying keep you alive? Or will you attract others to steal our food?"
Fang Xin didn't dare to cry anymore, because his sister was so frightened that he hiccupped.
Fang Lu was calmer than her mother. She started to make arrangements, "Dad and brother will sharpen the knives and feed the mules. We will also check whether the mule cart is stable. Mother, hurry up and make more dry food. The harder you work, the better. I Put away all the valuable and important things.”
When Fang Xin saw that everyone was moving, he pursed his lips and ran to find his sister, asking for help himself.
Fang Lu asked him to choose the two thickest quilts in each room and fold them.
It's hard to go knock on Jiang's door at night now. Fang Lu took the paper and pen her father used for accounting, wrote the contents and threw it into the Jiang family yard.
Jiang Nian heard the noise and came out.
Jiang Yue yawned and saw the paper ball, "Why is it like this again? Is there any big bloodshed?"
Jiang Nian's jaw tightened, he opened the ball of paper and handed it to her, "It's really going to bleed."
The note read, "The prefect was seriously injured and the child is missing."
Jiang Yue exhaled. When the generals on the battlefield saw that the situation was bad, they would send their children away. This move was called "leaving a flame".
Fortunately, they have been preparing for the worst and have everything they need to prepare.
Butcher Fang took sick leave the next day and did not go to defend the city. Now that the past has little meaning, it is better to prepare for the escape at home.
Jiang Yue didn't want to owe a favor, so she poured a bucket of water to the Fang family, resolving their urgent need.
Even if the Fang family wants to make more dry food, they still need water. With the water sent by the Jiang family, they can make dozens more dry biscuits.
Two days later, news came out from nowhere that the prefect had died of his injuries.
The city was in panic, and the refugees began a new round of siege.
Some set up ladders, some knocked against the city gates, and the thieves rushed up to plunder the city first.
The guards were overwhelmed and were quickly defeated.
"The city is broken!"
"The city is broken! Run quickly——"
There was chaos outside, and Jiang Yue estimated that there were many people taking advantage of the chaos to rob.
The two put on shabby clothes and put on masks, leaving only their eyes open. Pull out the mule cart and lock the door.
The same goes for the Fang family next door, but they have much more stuff than the Jiang family, which is too conspicuous.
After all, we are fleeing, and we may not be able to survive if we don’t have much.
Mrs. Wu took her youngest daughter and son in the cart to protect the grain, while Butcher Fang and his eldest son sat on the cart frame with knives to drive the cart.
The two families met at the door and nodded. Jiang Nian drove straight away without waiting for the Fang family or asking them where to escape. The two families are not from the same family, and the Fang family is burdened with heavy burdens. It is hard to say how far they can escape.
"Woo-wow-burn it! Burn it all!"
"Hahahaha, I told you not to open the door! You deserve retribution!"
When we arrived in the outer city, fires were everywhere, and the refugees were beating, smashing, looting and burning everywhere. Under the firelight, the refugees looked ferocious, feeling a sense of revenge.
"Let's go search for something first!" Jiang Yue felt it was a pity that other people's life's hard work had been burned away in vain.
The bookstore owner and his family have disappeared, and there is a homeless man at the door who is about to light a fire. Jiang Yue jumped out of the car, held the knife in both hands, and stabbed him in the back of the heart.
"Bang -" Jiang Nian kicked the door open and took away all the books inside.
I don’t know if the shopkeeper, the bookworm, is still alive. Jiang Yue emptied everything. "If it's fate, I'll return it to you later."
"Brothers! There is a mule cart here!" A wave of refugees came over with a fierce look on their faces.
Some of them had kitchen knives and some had wooden sticks, and they surrounded the two of them.
Jiang Yue guarded the mule cart to prevent anyone from hurting the mule.
Jiang Nian had quick eyesight and quick hands, and was able to finish off the mob before they could react.
He jumped on the car, sat firmly, pulled up the rope with his left hand, bent down and hugged Jiang Yue with his right hand, and carried Jiang Yue up, heading to the next shop.
The grocery store has long been emptied out, leaving only some rouge, eyebrow powder and the like. Jiang Yue has taken care of everything, so it will be convenient to disguise herself in the future.
The fire illuminated half of the city, and there were sounds of killing and begging for mercy everywhere.
Jiang Yue received the goods from Wayao.
She kicked the refugee down from behind, stepped on his chest, raised a knife with one hand, and sealed his throat with the knife. Blood splattered all over her.
Wearing a mask in advance is indeed useful.
"Master, please forgive me!"
"Please! Don't kill me! I'll give you everything!"
The Wayao owner knelt on the ground begging for mercy while holding his wife and children in his arms. His parents had been brutally murdered beside him.
Jiang Yue took off her mask and said, "Boss, it's me."
The boss looked up tremblingly and saw that the previous customer had escaped, but he did not dare to breathe a sigh of relief.
The family began to kowtow, "Thank you for your great kindness..."
Jiang Yue had no time to listen to nonsense, "It's all chaos outside. Hurry up and get your money to eat and drink, your knives, stones and sticks, and rush out of the city. You can still survive."
"Yueyue!" Jiang Nian killed two more people outside. Seeing her delay, he didn't know what happened.
Jiang Yue put on a mask and hurried out, regardless of these people's reactions. Act quickly and you can save yourself.
The charcoal shop and the ironware shop were all empty, and all the large items had been taken away, so she collected all the small items and sorted them out later.
After closing six or seven stores in a row, the two of them waved their whips vigorously and rushed towards the city gate.
"There's a fat sheep running away here!"
"Hurry up!"
