Old man Qi carried Qi Bao'er and ran from house to house. The wives in each house were packing and directing the children. Tian Sanglan and her sons were loading grain in the cellar. This was the most important thing.
"Bao'er, collect everything in this room."
In the study room shared by several children at home, Old Man Qi first put Qi Bao'er on the desk, then turned around and picked up a pile of books on the bookshelf and placed them in front of her.
Qi Bao'er, who hadn't woken up, was still confused. His habitual hands disappeared when he touched them. He yawned and asked, "Master, are you really going to tremble?"
"Oh my dear, now it's not a question of whether to fight or not, the fight has already begun.
Your aunt's family has already suffered a catastrophe. Your eldest uncle and your eldest aunt's cousin have all had accidents. Your brother-in-law has also been seriously injured, and a large piece of meat has been cut off his back.
Burning and confused.
Bao'er, we have to go. If we don't go, we won't be able to survive. You have to remember this journey. You must stay with me and don't run anywhere."
Old man Qi had thought about it. He would not stare at anyone the whole way, but he would just keep an eye on Baoer Guaiguai. If others were to wander off, they would wander off. If Baoer Guaiguai disappeared with his eyes, would he still be alive?
Qi Baoer woke up a little. The sound of death was not scary at all to her ears. It did not wake her up, but it just made her butt uncomfortable sitting on the table.
Instead of sitting down, she got up and stood on the table to touch the things that Old Man Qi had brought over with her feet. This was what Baoer was most dissatisfied with about the space. If she wanted to put something in, she had to touch it.
"Master, where should we escape?" She only knew that the country she was in was called Qilin Country, and the place where she lived was called Qijia Village. She had never even been to the town.
It feels so pitiful when I think about it. She has only been here a few days and she hasn't gotten used to it yet.
"If you go north, you can only go north."
Old man Qi was also confused. He had never encountered war in his life.
Fortunately, Bao'er has no problem communicating with him these days. He also has a feeling that Qi Bao'er has another father who is so awesome. He will feel less panic when facing Qi Bao'er.
"The city of Canaan to the south is no longer safe. Going from there will lead to death. We can only go north and see if we can escape from the Acropolis."
After a pause, he continued: "If the Acropolis won't let us leave, if it doesn't work, we won't go to the official road and take a detour over the mountains. We'll have to fight no matter what."
Fortunately, most of their family is at home, and the third family has asked Da Ling to notify them in the town. The town is close to their village and they will be back soon.
The old man was thinking about praying for blessings when the sound of praying for blessings came from outside.
Old man Qi carried Qi Bao'er out and saw not only Qi Anfu and Da Lang coming back, but also his father-in-law and mother-in-law. There were five bullock carts and a horse-drawn carriage parked outside the door. The carts would be full of cloths.
It was packed high, and it seemed that all the belongings had been moved here.
"What are you doing?"
Did you get the news so quickly?
Old Man Qian trotted over and grabbed Old Man Qi's hand, "My dear, we can't survive anymore. Pack your things and run away. The county magistrate and I are on good terms. I helped him once before and he returned the favor this time."
The county magistrate and his family have already fled. Before escaping, he left me a letter asking me to leave quickly. He will have people post notices early tomorrow morning. There will be chaos in the town. It will be difficult for us to leave again.
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It's a good thing that the old man Qi got the news in advance, otherwise he wouldn't be able to understand what he said with his confused and urgent words.
"We're almost in town?"
"No, in-laws, the county magistrate said in the letter that he is still in Canaan City. He got the letter and knew that General Liu would massacre his own people, so he informed the people to flee first."
This county magistrate is quite conscientious.
To put it bluntly, the people of the three cities in their fiefdom of King Xuan can now be said to be trapped in a urn. Canaan City cannot get out. No one knows whether the Acropolis has also been sealed off. They have millions of people in the gourd.
But it was all a knife held to his neck.
The county magistrate is an official of King Xuan's fiefdom. If the order to massacre the people is given by King Xuan, can he inform the people of this behavior without angering King Xuan?
King Xuan would be the first to take action on him. If he wanted to survive, he would have to become an ordinary refugee.
This is truly for the sake of the people, even if you don’t want to be an official.
I hope the old man admires me.
But now he didn't have time to think about this. He quickly arranged for Qian's father and Qian's mother to go inside to rest. He hugged Qi Bao'er and pulled Qi Kangfu to the old man's house again.
The news is accurate this time and will be notified tomorrow. Those of them who got the news in advance did not have much time to prepare.
If General Liu in Canaan City knew the news, would he send troops to massacre their Peifeng Town first, or even the entire Sendai County, to ensure that King Xuan's fiefdom would not be in chaos for the time being?
Second, if there are too many people fleeing, anything will happen. Mr. Qi has never experienced fleeing, but he has heard a lot about it, such as when there is nothing to eat or drink, how women and children are nothing but food, etc., just think about it.
The heart and lungs are beating wildly together.
Old man Qi didn't know what he was thinking. Anyway, he just thought of whatever was going through his mind, and then scared himself to death.
The old man's house was also in chaos. The whole family was out in force. There were shouts and screams everywhere, and there were even cries from those who had to go to their parents' house to inform them that they had been beaten by the man.
As soon as the old man heard what Old Man Qi and Qi Anfu said, he went to get the gong again with his walking stick. Old Man Qi grabbed him first and said, "Old Master, our family will leave in two hours at the latest. Do you always come together or..."
The old man was a little confused and a little disappointed, "Why don't you go with the villagers?"
"Old man, we don't have much time. It only takes five or six days to get there from Canaan City by oxcart. General Liu and his men have war horses, so they don't need half of the time.
Who knows what the situation is like in Canaan City now. My little sister and the others have been delayed on the road for five or six days.
Think about it, how capable are the imperial soldiers? According to the news my little sister and my in-laws got from the county magistrate, General Liu will retreat as soon as he realizes that he cannot hold the position. Who knows if he is?
It has been withdrawn, is it almost here?"
With little information, he really couldn't afford to gamble.
Old man Qi pointed to a woman in the distance who insisted on going back to her parents' house to inform her that she was having a fight with the man.
"I have to inform my parents' family, call in any relatives and friends, and take care of all my relatives. Old lady, I'm not saying this is wrong, but we really don't have much time to spend. Just mess around and the sky will be bright.
Liang would have posted notices in town."
"Then you mean you don't care about others?" I didn't expect you to be this kind of person, Qi Wenlu, and I misjudged you.
"Old man, who do you think I am? I mean, if we want to go together, no one should nag us. We will leave in an hour or two at the latest. Let's take advantage of this and leave first."
"Then people from other villages don't care?" They all stick to me and take care of me.