Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Mrs. Zhang turned her head and saw Zhang Xiaoyan.Pulling her in front of him with an excited face, he asked anxiously: "Xiaoyan, why are you here? Are your parents also here?"

Hope rekindled in Mrs. Zhang's heart.

They didn't just sit here and wait after Jiang Zhiyue and the others entered the city.

Mrs. Zhang and Da Lang went to find someone outside the city together, thinking that there were so many people here, maybe those from her natal family were also there, and if they were there, they could leave together.

In the end, after looking around, I didn't even see a person.

Who would have imagined that Zhang Xiaoyan found it by herself.

Hearing Mrs. Zhang ask about her family, Zhang Xiaoyan couldn't help but burst into tears again.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Mrs. Zhang just kept crying, and asked anxiously, "What's the matter?"

Jiang Zhiyue comforted the two of them, and said, "Mother, Cousin Xiaoyan said that Grandpa and the others are not here, so let's talk about what happened as we walked."

Seeing Zhang Xiaoyan crying all the time, Mrs. Zhang thought that something happened to the entire Zhang family, so she also started crying along with sobs.

Mrs. Jiang had no choice but to ask: "Zhiyue, why are we leaving now, didn't we mean to rest here for a few days before leaving?"

Jiang Yu took a step forward and said, "Something happened in the city, let's leave first."

A lot of things were already in the car, and everyone cleaned up quickly, and they were ready to go in a while.

After packing up, they set off quietly to the west without disturbing anyone.

But Jiang Zhiyue and the others were not wrong in their thinking. Not long after they left, a team of officers and soldiers came out of the city.

And next to the team of officers and soldiers there was a person impressively.

If Jiang Zhiyue and the others saw it, they would definitely recognize that this person was the butler of the Wang family just now.

The steward said harshly: "I saw those people just came out of the city, and they must be among the refugees outside the city."

"Just now you all saw that our young master was beaten like that. These people must be arrested and severely punished."

"Don't forget how important our royal family's food is to stabilize these refugees outside the city. If they can't be caught, be careful that our master will turn his face and deny him!"

The leader, Lieutenant Lin, was impatient with his muttering, and he had already heard the ins and outs of the matter from the onlookers just now.

It was clearly that Wang Yang was bullying men and women, and wanted to forcefully bring a pair of sisters whom he met on the street into the mansion, but in the end they were beaten up by others, who is to blame.

Heh, many unrighteous deeds will result in self-death. This must be the retribution for Wang Yang who did too many bad things.

If you want him to tell the truth, that girl is really a heroine!
He was not under the jurisdiction of this county in the first place, but was sent by General Liang to help the county magistrate arrange refugees. Naturally, he was not afraid of this Wang family.

His official rank is also the sixth rank, and the county magistrate of Dashan County is only the seventh rank.

He snorted coldly and said, "Butler Wang's tone is serious, but he doesn't know if it's your idea or your master's idea."

Butler Wang felt guilty and didn't dare to say anything.

How can I really say that at home, so I just urged Captain Lin to find someone quickly.

But they searched among nearly a thousand people outside the city, but they couldn't find the few people who were in the city just now.

After inquiring, I found out that a family came to rest on the avenue outside the city gate last night.

When they ran there again, there was already no one there.

When Butler Wang and the others arrived at the place, there was already no one there.

Looking at the ruts and footprints on the ground, they knew that someone must have been here.

Steward Wang glared at these traces, and said angrily, "They must have left early!"

Then he directed to Lieutenant Lin: "Quickly look for clues to see which direction they are running to!"

Lieutenant Lin's contempt for the Wang family was even worse, so many people couldn't catch two of them just now.

He looked towards the traces on the ground, and found that there were ruts and messy footprints in the four directions from that one.

It seems that those people also made sufficient preparations before leaving.

In this case, it is even more difficult to catch them.

He said mockingly: "You have also seen the traces on the ground. They must have left, and we don't know the faces of those people. Steward Wang can choose a direction to follow us to arrest people."

Butler Wang retorted: "Isn't this your business? Hurry up and find out which direction they are going!"

Lieutenant Lin glanced at Steward Wang and said, "Let's chase after him in the woods, and Steward Wang will follow."

Steward Wang immediately refused when he heard that he wanted to go to the forest and wanted him to accompany him.

Everyone has heard that there are unclean things in that forest. Although this forest is not far from Dashan County, local people rarely go into it.

He hesitated for a long time, and then pretended to be deep and said: "The forest is flat, and they must have figured out that if we chase them out, they will think they have fled into the forest, so they must not have gone there."

"They must have gone up the mountain. The mountain road is not easy to walk. They have to push the cart again. They must not have gone far. Let's chase up the mountain."

Lieutenant Lin glanced in the direction of the forest, and his intuition from years of marching and defense told him that those people should have gone to the forest.

But looking at Steward Wang's rejection of Lin Zi, I don't know if there is something in it...

He didn't say anything, and went up the mountain according to Steward Wang's wishes.

Along the way, Steward Wang looked at the footprints and ruts all over the ground, and he guessed right, his back straightened a lot.

"The traces on the ground must be new. They must not have gone far. Chase them quickly."

Butler Wang quickened his pace, feeling that victory was in sight.

Although the young master Wang only likes to spend time and wine on weekdays, the master in the mansion pays more attention to the second young master who was born under the concubine's room.

But after all, he is the legitimate son of the mansion, and he has become like that in front of him. If he can't arrest those people and make up for his mistakes, his good life as a housekeeper will come to an end.

But as soon as they reached the foot of the mountain, they were greeted by two wild boars half a person's height.

Because Steward Wang had just walked in the front, he was the first to be attacked by two wild boars.

One of the wild boars directly flew up Steward Wang's stomach, and when he was about to fall, another wild boar slammed into him fiercely.

The two wild boars tossed Steward Wang in the air as if they were playing.

Butler Wang felt that his internal organs were about to be knocked apart, and he didn't even have the strength to call for help.

It was also because Steward Wang stood in front of him.

Captain Lin and the others had time to react.

Lieutenant Lin said: "Attention, everyone save lives."

The soldiers behind him lined up quickly and attacked the two wild boars.

With so many people besieging it, the two wild boars stopped playing with Steward Wang.

And without the wild boar, those soldiers also focused on besieging the wild boar.

Steward Wang hit the ground with a bang, spit out a mouthful of blood, and lay on the ground like a dead fish.

And two quarters of an hour later, the two wild boars also fell to the ground under the siege of many soldiers.

Lieutenant Lin waved his hand happily: "Kill these two wild boars tonight and let the kitchen cook extra meals for the brothers."

The soldiers also cheered happily.

Naturally, the matter of continuing to follow Jiang Zhiyue and the others was over.

These two soldiers lifted Steward Wang, who was half dead on the ground, and set foot on the journey back to the city with the two wild boars.

As for Jiang Zhiyue and his party, they left the city gate and headed towards the forest more than an hour ago.

Before they left, they also thought about the matter that the Wang family would lead people to chase after them, and originally wanted to do some traces to cover up.

But seeing that there were traces on the ground in the direction of going up the mountain, they naturally saved their effort.

As for the wild boar that Steward Wang and the others met, it could only show that they were unlucky.

Butler Wang, who had suffered this, was unable to take up the post of housekeeper because of his injuries.

The Wang family didn't continue to pursue him for the disadvantage of protecting the Lord because of his serious injury, but they didn't care about him anymore.

Jiang Zhiyue and the others didn't know about these things, because they seemed to be in trouble too.

When they first entered the forest, they didn't know how big the forest was.

But it didn't take long for them to realize something was wrong.

When passing by a place, the lively and active Saburo looked at a big tree as thick as five people hugging each other and said: "The trees here are so big. I have seen three such trees. They grow as tall as they are." It's like that too!"

Hearing Sanlang's words, everyone didn't feel anything wrong, and instead happily picked up the conversation.

Jiang Mingdao: "Yes, I didn't expect the vitality of this forest to be so good. Look at the leaves of this big tree, there is no sign of withering at all."

Everyone chattered about these towering trees.

When did this forest exist, and how old are these trees? Individuals have their own opinions, and they are constantly arguing.

The trees in this forest are very tall, and the lush leaves are staggered together, covering the sun, and only fragmentary sunlight casts fragmentary light and shadow through the gaps in the leaves.

Jiang Zhiyue noticed something was wrong, and said loudly, "Everyone, stop for a moment."

The few people walking in front stopped and turned to look at Jiang Zhiyue in the middle.

Mrs. Jiang asked: "What's the matter, Zhiyue, are you tired, then let's rest for a while before leaving."

Jiang Zhiyue shook her head and said, "Not tired yet, but we seem to have lost our way."

Everyone was surprised: "Lost?"

Didn't they walk in one direction after entering the forest? How could they get lost?

Mrs. Zhang asked everyone's doubts: "No, girl, we have been walking southwest since we came in, and we haven't changed the passage."

Jiang Zhiyue has already walked to the big tree that Jiang Sanlang mentioned just now, and found a deep trace on the back of the tree.

She showed her head from behind and shouted to Ouyang Ming: "Amin, come over and see if this mark on the tree is familiar."

Ouyang Ming walked over in two or three steps, and sure enough, he found a deep scratch on the trunk of the big tree.