On November 15, Situ Yan and his entourage of five people finally entered Yangle County safely after nearly half a month. I found an inn to stay in and had a good rest for a day.

In fact, Situ Yan is really grateful to the imperial court for the decree to arrest Ding Chongjun, otherwise there are disaster victims everywhere along the way, and their party will not go so smoothly, after all, all that is left are some women, children and the elderly, even if they have the intention of robbing them, but seeing the snow wolf following aside, they will not rush forward.

Situ Yan and a few people here are sleeping peacefully, and the houses in Lijia Village have long been empty, and the whole village has no longer the vitality of the past, only the north wind can be heard blowing through the dilapidated window edges, blowing the window paper rattling, and the low mournful whine of the earth dog in the mountains and forests, as if crying that he was abandoned by his master.

The village women who stayed behind were very happy to see the men come back alive, but when they heard that the Turkic soldiers had broken through several cities one after another, and killed all the captured men, they were so frightened that they cried.

"Okay daughter-in-law, don't cry yet, can the girl leave a message when she leaves?" Muramasa sat on the edge of the kang panting. He and Li Aniu, Li Si, and Liangzi all the way to the villagers who had a good relationship overnight, except for being really tired and resting for a while, he didn't even dare to delay and take a nap for a while, for fear that the Turkic soldiers would chase him.

"The girl sent some food before leaving, and I made it into cakes and stored it. didn't say anything else, only mentioned that she was going to Fang County in Changli County first, and would leave a mark at the largest inn in the county where she walked, if we left the village, we could follow the mark. Boss, do we really want to go? Where do we live when we leave home? How can you live this day? "Aunt Fu is reluctant to leave, there is no house, no land, how will they live in the future?

"I'm afraid it's not okay if I don't go, I will kill the beard when I see someone, and nothing matters about my life, okay, you and your father quickly clean up, and I and the little sheep will sleep for an hour and rest."

An hour later, the village called Li Aniu's family, Li Si's family, Liangzi's family, and Li Gen, Li Shan, and Li Quan's family to go west together.

The village was leaving, and the village spread all over the village in an hour, and the villagers who stayed behind dared to stay any longer, and they were busy collecting things, and running all the way to the east, west, and south. It's just that these people don't have Situ Yan's reminder, and the escape road is even more difficult.

Li Erzhu and Li Sanzhu also escaped, but when they entered the village, they were the only ones left in the village, Li Sanzhu asked his daughter-in-law to carry all the food at home, and the two fled south overnight in the dark, and when Li Erzhu woke up in the morning, he found that Li Sanzhu and his daughter-in-law had already run away, and stood at the entrance of the village angrily and scolded.

But he didn't dare to stay, so he hurriedly rolled the covers, and didn't care about Li Daniu and Cao Shi who were lying on the kang, and fled directly to the south. Li Erzhu and Li Sanzhu have been to the border city in addition to Xinchang County in their lives, but they are all following a large group of people, only thinking that they can escape to the capital all the way to the south, how do they know that they can only escape into the Bohai Sea all the way to the south, unless they have a way to take a boat, otherwise they will not be able to rush to the capital in their lives.

And Li Daniu and Cao's lying on the kang starved to death on the kang without food, and Li Daniu only read Li Dalang's name in his mouth until he died, he really regretted it, but all the regrets could not be exchanged for his life, everything could only wait for the next life.

It wasn't until a few years later, when the Wu army drove the Turks out of Youzhou, that Situ Yan and Li Dalang learned about it.

The village was not smooth for a few people, and the family's ox cart had already been pulled away by the government, and everyone had to use their legs to hurry. The younger ones are better, but the older ones are a little overwhelmed after only one day. The crowd had to slow down.

When everyone finally rushed to Fang County, but because there were too many people fleeing, and there were many men who escaped from the border city, Fang County ordered that the disaster victims would enter the city to make trouble, so they sealed the city gate early in the morning, and did not let them in even if they gave money.

A few people had to go around the city wall, and when they found the post road, it was another day to go west.

Where would Situ Yan have thought that these people would not be able to enter the city, except for leaving a mark in the largest inn in the county, she did not make a mark in other places.

"Muramasa, we can't enter the city, we can't see the mark, and we don't know where that girl went?" Li Aniu's family has a simple population, that is, his daughter-in-law's body is not worse than that of men, and he wants to catch up with Situ Yan and Li Dalang.

"I remember that she came from Henan County, Henan County, Sizhou, and we rushed all the way over there, if we can meet God!" Muramasa was also anxious, but his father was old, and his younger brother's family, who was not angry, had to slow down.

"What Muramasa said is right, I asked Xiao Wu before, she is going to the capital all the way, and she can't be wrong." Li Si followed aside, thinking the same as Li Aniu in his heart.

"Okay, when you've rested enough, hurry up. Don't let the Turks catch up, or you won't even be able to save your life! Muramasa also knew that the two families were not dragging down, and he was afraid that the two families would not wait for them, so he saw his father resting, and hurriedly called everyone to continue to hurry.

The people who fled in the north can be seen everywhere, but there are no people fleeing in the south, the city captured by Wu State, not only did not slaughter the city, but also opened the granary for disaster relief, so where the Wu soldiers passed, there were even people holding the county order and the soldiers guarding the city, opening the city gate to welcome the Wu army into the city, as if welcoming the triumphant army.

The hussar general Pingnanhou captured Yangzhou in one go, and directly took Nan'an County, Runan County, the seat of Yuzhou, and the whole army rested in the city for three days.

The Yamen, the county and state capital of Nan'an County, has become the temporary Chinese army tent of the hussar general, and several generals are listening to the general's orders.

Mu Yi, the seventh prince, sat on the side, he just went out with the army, and he didn't receive any orders all the way, he pulled Duanmu Xuan beside him, and chatted with him in a suppressed voice, "Ziheng, is it your idea that the soldiers are not allowed to disturb the people when they enter the city?" ”

"No, that's what my father meant!"

"What about opening the warehouse and putting grain?"

"It's just a passing sentence!"

"You are clean, this food has been given to the victims, what do these hundreds of thousands of troops want to eat?"

"We haven't fought a few battles along the way, if we hadn't opened the warehouse to release grain, you think the people would open the city gate to welcome us, and then we would have to fight a few tough battles!"

"That's the same? Why didn't you ask for an order to be a former peak army this time? ”

"I'm not interested, it's all soft persimmons, and I don't even bother to pinch it. Aren't you also idle? ”

"I'm here to see the show, don't pull me!" The two chatted for a while, but Ping Nanhou snorted, and the two quieted down.

The Wu army in the south was busy attacking cities and plundering land and settling the victims, but it was faster than the Shu state in the west and the Turks in the north.

On the winter solstice of November 23, Situ Yan and his entourage rushed to the mound of Beiping County, and only then did they hear the officers and soldiers guarding the city talk about the Turkic massacre.

"Little Wu, do you think Uncle Muramasa can they escape?"

"It's not difficult to escape, but I'm afraid that this escape road is not easy to walk!"

"Yes, we have worked hard all the way, day and night, if there are no carrots, I am afraid that we will still be in Changli County at this time!"

"But no, I can't believe that I can go so far when I think about it now?"

The four brothers chatted for a while, and Situ Yan wiped her washed hair and sat on the kang to listen to a few people chatting.

"Little Wu, do you say Uncle Muramasa can they see the marks we left?"

"If you don't stay in us, can you see them and do your best, and obey the destiny of heaven!" Situ Yan left these for the sake of the village and them, and for Wu Jin, he was afraid that his brother would send someone to find her, so that people would not have to venture to Liaodong County to find her when they saw the mark.

"Little Wu, do you think we need to wait for Uncle Muramasa and them?" Li Dalang was a little unbearable, in fact, he wanted Uncle Muramasa to escape with Li Daniu and them.

"Big brother, we can't wait at this time, we are still in the border of Youzhou, wait until we enter the border of Jizhou, let's talk about it!" Situ Yan saw Li Dalang's worries, she wanted to persuade Li Dalang not to hold out hope, the village would definitely not take Li Daniu and Cao's who couldn't go down to the ground, this is a flight not to find relatives. Since you can't take these two people with you, it's even more impossible to bring Li Erzhu and Li Sanzhu.

As long as people have not seen it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears, they at least have thoughts in their hearts. She couldn't bear to say it, she didn't want Li Dalang to be sad at this time, and as time went by, she might not be so uncomfortable after listening to it.

Li Dalang nodded, he also understood that this was indeed not the time, they had just heard about the Turkic soldiers slaughtering the city, even if he wanted to stay, he had to think about the safety of his younger brothers and sisters.

A few people chatted for a while before they stopped, at this time in the capital Luoyang Wu Mansion, Wu Jin lit the lamp, sitting in the study, his father asked the emperor to summon into the palace overnight, and he has not returned yet, he looked at the palace newspaper of the imperial court, and was anxious, and even his mouth was blistered.

"Bolt, did you say that Yan'er is no longer there, that's a slaughter city, the entire Liaodong County is gone, my Yan'er, my Yan'er is no longer there?" Wu Jin suppressed his voice, his eyes full of tears.

"Young Master, no, you still remember the letter that the eldest lady wrote before, it doesn't mean that if the military situation at the border is urgent, the eldest lady will go all the way south to the capital, maybe it won't be long before the eldest lady will rush back. If you are suddenly ill, let the eldest lady be anxious! ”

"Yes, why didn't I even forget this, go find the letter for me, and I'll take a good look at it!" The bolt hurriedly went to find the letter, and Wu Jin read it three times in a row, and then he collected his tears.

"Bolt, is there any news from Mr. Li?"

"Dad led people north as early as when the city of Lu'an County was broken, I'm afraid it's almost to the capital at this time, don't worry, don't worry, although the Wu army also attacked the city, but it didn't slaughter the city, Dad, they are just ordinary people, they won't hurt them!"

"These beards can't be the same as the Wu army, only attacking the city and not hurting the people, I hope Yan'er has escaped. But she is a girl who is less than ten years old, even if she is in a hurry, I am afraid that this road will be very difficult? ”

"Don't worry, young master, there are minions waiting, it's not bad!" The bolt was actually desperate in his heart, even if he walked so far, there was a drought and an insect plague, and he was afraid that there was no stuttering on the road, let alone the eldest lady with gold and silver. But he can only comfort the eldest young master like this, otherwise the eldest young master will be excited and go north to find it, I am afraid that even the life of the eldest young master will not be saved.

Wu Jin's worries, Situ Yan didn't know, but she was also worried about this eldest brother, once the country was broken, Wu Fu was afraid that he would not be able to keep it, with Wu De's official position, I don't know what kind of crime he would be convicted of after the country was broken, and whether Wu Jin would be affected by it, when she thought of this Situ Yan's head hurt, but Wu Jin was too far away from her, and she was also out of reach, so it was better to arrive earlier than to be in a hurry, and she could also help Wu Jin.

After sleeping for one night, at dawn the next day, the five of them drove the car and continued in the direction of the capital.