Seeing that Ying Shuangsong hadn't let go, the man reached out and pushed away the hand holding his collar, and ran to the city gate in a crawl.
At this moment, the city gate is still closed, with no intention of opening it.
Ying Qingci naturally heard what the man said, and thought that Ying Shuangbai and the others had run towards the two roads to the west, and couldn't help but feel a thump in her heart.
She walked over to a woman who was closer to her and had just arrived, holding a bowl of water in her hand.
"Mom, I want to ask some questions. Where did you come from? What happened?"
The woman saw that a young girl was talking to her, and then looked at the bowl of water she handed over. The woman's eyes were fixed on the broken clay bowl, and she swallowed subconsciously. .
Judging from the chapped lips, it was clear that she had not drank water for a long time. There was not much water in the bowl, only one or two sips, but for a woman, it was as big as the ocean.
She grabbed it, took a sip, and drank all the water in the bowl.
Ying Qingci didn't care, and just waited quietly for her next words.
"I...I came from the west. I met horse bandits on the way. I...my man and my children..." Speaking of this, the woman couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Both my man and my children were killed by horse bandits, wuwu..."
"Then have you ever seen a family, a family of four or a family of three? Those two families are very good-looking, wearing patched clothes. One of the middle-aged men has a scar on the left side of his face, and the other man is very handsome. Looks very honest?"
When her uncle was working outside, he encountered an accident and was hit by a falling wooden stake. This left a scar on his face, right on the left side of his face.
The scars on his face have faded a lot now, but they are still visible at a glance.
When the woman heard Ying Qingci's words, she really thought about it carefully. Her eye circles were red and swollen.
"It seems... there seems to be such a group of people. One of them has a scar on the left side of his face, and he also has a little woman and two children with him..."
"Yes, where are they now?"
"I don't know." The woman shook her head.
"At that time, the horse bandits broke in. All those who could run ran away, and the rest were captured by the horse bandits. Those horse bandits were inhumane, and no one in their hands could survive!"
"Those people you are talking about should..."
The woman didn't say the rest, but Ying Qingci understood what she meant.
"No! How could something happen to them, boss?!"
Huang Xuecao's voice suddenly came. Ying Qingci looked up and saw Ying Wangzhu and Huang Xuecao standing not far away, with shock and sadness on their faces. They must have been standing here for a long time. .
Heard all their conversations.
"Grandma, don't worry, maybe it's just a person who looks similar. We'll wait for uncle and the others here."
"Xiao Liu is right, old lady, don't worry too much. Boss and the others have their own destiny."
Although he said that, Ying Wangzhu still had a bad feeling in his heart. They were caught up by bandits. If it weren't for the appearance of Ying Qingci and the mysterious boy, I'm afraid they would all be dead by now.
As for the eldest brother and the second child, they only have one strong man at home, and they also have a wife and children. Now they have encountered horse bandits... How can they be the opponents of those horse bandits?
Upon hearing the news, the family's mood instantly hit rock bottom, and they could not calm down for a long time.
There was a group of refugees outside Chengxian County, and the outside of the city became even more crowded.
In the afternoon, Ying Qingci vaguely felt that something had changed around her, and there was also an aura of danger.
"Mom, dad, grandma, let's clean up quickly."
"Xiao Liu, what's wrong?"
At this time, the Ying family was completely convinced by Ying Qingci. They would listen to whatever Ying Qingci said.
“There’s something wrong with the people around you.”
As soon as Ying Qingci finished speaking, Zhu Qing subconsciously raised her head, but was stopped by Ying Qingci: "Mom, don't look."
Zhu Qing was so frightened that she quickly retracted her head and looked down at Ying Qinghao, who was sleeping in her arms.
"Grandma, dad and mom, let's pay attention to the situation around us. Something is wrong. We must leave."
"Then your uncle and the others..." Huang Xuecao was worried that if they left here, what if Ying Shuangbai and the others couldn't find them here?
"We will leave a mark of our home for the uncle and the others along the way. When the time comes, the uncle and the others will look for us when they see it."
Even if they can't see the signal, when they get here, if something really happens here, after they hear about it here, they will find a way to find them.
"Xiao Liu is right, we can't take risks now." Ying Wangzhu nodded in agreement, "When the boss hears what happened here, if he thinks clearly, he will follow the path we took."
As time went by, she noticed that the other group the three people talked about last night had now organized themselves into a group with a very large number of people.
This group of people obviously wanted to attack Cheng County by force, but how could a county be easily captured by them.
If a fight really breaks out, the only ones injured will be ordinary refugees who have no strength to restrain a chicken.
"The imperial court doesn't care about us anymore. Instead of starving to death, it's better to fight!"
"Chengxian County doesn't care about us, we have to fight to the death to survive!"
"Capture Chengxian and survive!"
The leader was a sturdy man. He was tall and burly, wearing coarse cloth clothes. He was holding a big iron gun in his hand. There was no rust on it. You could tell at a glance that it had been sharpened.
His face was covered with beard, which was messy and even looked like clumps and knots. As his lips trembled, the beard on his chin trembled.
Looking into his eyes, there was a fierce and cruel light in the coldness.
"Capture Chengxian!"
"Capture Chengxian!"
"Live! Live!"
There was a mess all around, and many refugees joined their ranks when they heard the commotion here.
When he heard this voice, Ying Qingci knew something was wrong. Sure enough, those people planned to attack Chengxian.
"Xiao Liu, what's going on?"
There was fear in Zhu Qing's eyes. Those people had a bloodthirsty aura. Obviously, many of them had blood on their hands. Just like her, didn't she also have blood on her hands?
"Sister~"
When Ying Qinghao woke up, he subconsciously wanted to hug Ying Qingci, his eyes watery.
After taking Ying Qinghao, Ying Qingci looked at Zhu Qing, "Mom, there is going to be chaos here. We must leave here as soon as possible to avoid being affected."
Fortunately, the place where they were originally was at the outermost edge of the city gate, close to the road. Otherwise, they would have been squeezed into the crowd by those who caused unrest at this moment.
