"Brother Mo, why did the woman take off her clothes?" Dumb glanced at the direction of departure with some nostalgia, and saw that Chen Mo's face was not good-looking, so he asked weakly.

"Who knows?" Chen Mo was a little irritable, he also understood some things about men and women these days, but it was only some, besides, it was better for that aunt to take off her clothes than not to take them off, her body was full of dirt, how could she be as good-looking as she had seen before......

I want to be crooked~

Chen Mo shook his head and said, "Let's go, go back." ”

"Don't eat anymore?" Dumb looked at Chen Mo and said.

"Who will give you food in this weather?" Chen Mo shook the snow off his body and said as he walked.

"What about the news?" Dumb looked at Chen Mo suspiciously, he remembered that they came out to inquire about the news.

"I've already found out, let's go to Quyang." Chen Mo thought as he walked.

"Didn't you say there was going to be a war?" Dumb was puzzled.

"It doesn't seem difficult for this Taiping Sect to attack the city, let's catch up with the people in front of us and take a look, it's best to sneak into the city to have a look." Chen Mo heard what Liu Lao said about Xiaqiu's destruction of the city before, and felt that he might think badly, the siege of the city may not be so difficult, otherwise how could the surrounding cities be so easily breached?

The snow was a little bigger, Chen Mo returned to the gathering place of the four, looking at the vast snow, there was no way to hurry today, in this snowy day, it was easy to lose his way.

"Mother, do you know where Quyang is?" Chen Mo asked Dumb to pick up some firewood, and he began to strengthen the shack with the help of his mother and Aunt Cai, I am afraid that I will spend the night here tonight, and the Taiping Sect in front of me is afraid that there is no way to go, he can't let his mother freeze.

"It's about fifty miles northeast." Mother Chen looked at Chen Mo and said, "Mo'er, aren't you ready to go to war?" ”

"I heard that the Taiping Sect has broken several cities, and those county orders and county lieutenants have all abandoned the city and fled, if this is the case, I can rush over first and see if we can find a place to live in Quyang." Chen Mo tied the felt cloth and fur he found on the road all around, barely able to shelter from the wind and snow.

"The city is broken, how can I settle down?" Aunt Cai sighed.

"Then the Taiping Sect can't ignore the city, right? It's not bad for us to take this opportunity to settle down in Quyang. Chen Mo explained, in fact, he also wanted to go back to Xiaqiu, but after coming out for a few months, it was a little unclear where Xiaqiu was, not to mention that he had to walk for a month to say the least, where to eat and drink?

The dozens of dough cakes in Zhongzhongtun, if you can't find the input, are not enough for four people to eat for three days, even if you save food, it will be good to last for ten days.

"The guards everywhere have not resisted?" Chen's mother frowned and said, when Chen Mo's father was alive, she often heard Chen's father say that corruption in the government was rampant, but she never thought that the cities in various places would be attacked by the Taiping Sect so easily.

"Most of them are, Xiaqiu, Lingxian, and Hongxian are all broken, and there is no news about the others." Chen Mo nodded, before this, who would have thought that the Taiping Sect was so powerful, or that the county orders and county lieutenants in various places were so useless? The inaction of officials in these places may also be the root cause of the rampant Taiping Sect today, right?

"Isn't it really going to change this day?" Aunt Cai sighed, and while handing Chen Mo the hemp rope, she said bitterly, how can orphans and widows like them survive in this world? Maybe if you go to Quyang, it's not bad to find someone to continue, there must be a man in the family, not all the children of any family are as sensible and capable as Chen Mo, at least dumb.

Dumb found firewood, and everyone turned some snow into it to cook the dough and ate it, and in order to save energy, they huddled together early and went to sleep.

Early the next morning, the wind and snow stopped, and as far as the eye could see, there was a snow-white sky between heaven and earth, Chen Mo packed his bags, brought his money bag, greeted the sunspot, and everyone identified the direction and headed towards Quyang.

Fifty miles of road is actually not far, there were thirty miles from Zhuangzi to Xiaqiu, you can go back and forth in a day, everyone is not hungry these days, physical strength is quite abundant, plus heavy snow blocking the road, in the afternoon, has caught up with the Taiping sect members who are moving forward.

……

Quyang, Government Office.

A burly young man drank warm wine faintly, looking at the bamboo slip in his hand, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a cold air poured in, the young man raised his eyes and looked, saw the person coming, and smiled: "Why is it so eager?" ”

"Brother Ziyuan can still laugh?" The person who came sighed and said: "The Taiping Sect has been attacking cities and territories everywhere these days, and has just received a message from the government that Linhuai has fallen, and a large number of Taiping Sect thieves have appeared in Guangling, and the counties have been ordered to close their doors and defend themselves. ”

"It's a good thing, Brother Meng Gao is Quyang Ling, if this time can be successful, the day of promotion is not far away, it is better than me returning to my hometown and being trapped here this time." The young man laughed.

"How can it be so simple?" The person who came said helplessly: "These days, the Taiping disciples have burned down the countryside everywhere, brought the people as bandits, and came to my Quyang, I am afraid that there are no less than tens of thousands of people, this Quyang is up and down, but hundreds of county guards, thieves are menacing, I have no soldiers and no generals in my hands, and I don't know the art of war, how to resist?" ”

"Although there are many people, they are all people from all sides, and they have no weapons." The young man stroked his long beard under his chin and said with a smile: "Compared with this, Senior Brother Meng should be more concerned about how many Taiping disciples there are in this Quyang. ”

"You mean......" The person who came was halfway through speaking, and suddenly patted his head and smiled: "With you Zang Ziyuan, and I need to worry, Ziyuan, you need to help me this time!" ”

"I don't care about my own county, what's the reason for coming to help you?" The young man smiled bitterly, he is also a county magistrate, this time he took leave to return to his hometown to visit relatives, who would have thought that he was encountering the Taiping Sect rebellion, if he really studied it carefully, I am afraid that he would be guilty of dereliction of duty.

"Don't you want to see death and not save you?" The visitor glared at him.

"Well, you will order the four gates to be blocked, and let the county lieutenant lead people to arrest the Taiping Sect disciples in various parts of the city, first eliminate internal troubles, and put up more flags on the city wall." The young man thought for a moment.

"Then how do the Taiping cultists get rid of them?"

"You can order the people of virtue in the city to preach the evil deeds of the Taiping Sect, let the people in the city assist, my brother has been an official in Quyang for five years, and he has the name of benevolence and righteousness, Quyang is already rich, and the people have no objection, plus they preach the evil deeds of the Taiping Sect, so that the people are in danger, and they will compete to expose it, this heavy snow has helped Brother Meng Gao a lot." The young man laughed.

"The people outside the city ......," the scribe frowned.

"In times of emergency, there shall be no woman's kindness." The young man shook his head, stood up and said: "If you can repel the Taiping Sect villains, all the crises will be solved, but if Quyang City is broken because of a momentary benevolence, don't talk about Quyang at that time, I'm afraid that Sheyang, Haixi and even the entire Guangling will fall into the hands of thieves!" ”

"How about the matter of picketing the Taiping Sect and leaving it to Ziyuan?"

"Can I refuse?"

"No!"