Meng Temple is in the south of Zou County, and Meng Mansion is in the west of Meng Temple. Meng Wenyu came out of the Meng Mansion to know what the current Zou County had become.

There was not a single errand soldier at the south gate of the city, let alone a village soldier.

Only the people rushed to the city gate in droves, helping the old and the young one by one, with packages tied to their bodies, and their faces were full of uncontrollable panic.

The deterrence of the Qing army was too great, and the killings they made in Qilu were too sensational. So much so that after the people of Zou County heard the news of the Qing army's southward movement, no one was willing to leave behind and risk their lives to verify whether the Qing army was really violent like beasts.

After all, this time is different from the last time. Last time, the Qing army fought Zou County, but there was a large army stationed in this county. And this time? Not a single soldier was seen. It's just that the Meng family still wants to be loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the Tartars are not miserable, and the Qing army is running murderously, can you still expect people to collect the knife?

Naturally, this is also related to the gentry and celebrities in Zou County, all of whom are reluctant to show their heads, and they all hope to be able to support the name of the Meng family and avoid this catastrophe. Now that the wishful thinking is broken, and the time for organizing is over, then don't blame the people in the lower classes who chose to flee instead of staying to defend their homes.

The narrow gates of the city restrict the flow of people, just like the teapot pouring water, you have to wait a while.

Meng Wenyu wiped the sweat on his forehead, lifted the curtain to look, and saw that the people in front of him were like a tide, wave after wave.

The whole order at the gates was all about it, and the strong men were crowding and bumping, which made the crowd even more chaotic.

Those with a solid family background have cars and horses, and even bring subordinates and family members. Ordinary people carry burdens, carry children, and protect the elderly, and everyone keeps rushing and pushing in front of the city gate! Screams, yelling, and cries are intertwined......

It was the Meng Mansion at this moment, and the local gentry and the elders of the Meng family who gathered in the Meng Mansion also seemed to be influenced by the outside world and became impetuous. The more some people talked, the more excited they became, dancing and gesturing, knocking down the tea bowls, and they didn't know it.

"Meng Hongyu!"

Until someone saw Meng Hongyu standing at the inner door and shouted! Many people went looking for prestige, and saw Meng Hongyu coming from behind. At that moment, more than a dozen people, young and old, rushed towards him!

"Everyone, everyone, have something to say......" Meng Hongyu didn't finish speaking, but he was already surrounded by the angry gentry of Zou County!

"Lord Meng! When the text came out that day, you told me that this matter would not hinder Zou County. But now that the Tartars have gone south, they have arrived at the city in the blink of an eye, and the officials and gentry of the city are in danger! What else do you have to say? ”

"Since you don't let me say anything, why are you still coming to my Meng Mansion to do it? Hurry home and pack up your money and run for your life. ”

Meng Hongyu straightened his face, and he was not weak in the face of everyone, but shocked the people in front of him. By the way, he also has the right to speak.

Different from letting Meng Wenyu go out of the south of the city to find Xiao Yuanying, for the gentry and sages in front of him and the elders of the Meng family, Meng Hongyu's method was to pay money and grain to redeem the city, simply put, to spend money to buy peace.

Meng Hongyu's eyes swept over the elders of the Meng family, and at this point in time, it was time for them to contribute.

"The little old man's family still has some small wealth, and this time the hometown father and old man are in trouble, how dare he be stingy. I wish to produce five thousand taels of silver, and one thousand stones of grain and rice. ”

This is one of the elders of the Meng family.

Although the Meng family is far inferior to the Confucian family, the Zou County Lord Bo is the hereditary position of the Meng family, just like the Qufu County order to the Kong family. It is much stronger than Jiaxiang's Zeng family. Although Zou County cannot be said to be the Meng family's final say, it is also similar. How can the county master, who has been changed every few years, compare to a snake like the Meng family? What's more, the current county magistrate has slipped away......

With the elders of the Meng family taking the lead in raising funds and gathering grain, what else can the gentry and sages present have to say? Naturally, they have been generous. Meng Hongyu saw that things were coming to an end, and when he was about to pick up his goatee complacently, he suddenly heard a loud noise outside the house.

After a while, I saw my nephew Meng Wenyu fleeing back from the main gate in a mess.

But he saw that the situation at the south gate was chaotic, so he directly asked the coachman to turn around and go to the north gate.

The Qing army came from the north, and all the people in Zou County fled to the south, to the east, and to the west, and no one would go north.

Meng Wenyu is still very sober-minded, in fact, there are indeed not many people at the north gate of Zou County, compared to the crowds at the south gate, the north gate is definitely empty. At this time, those who came to the north gate were all from some families.

There was at least one carriage.

Therefore, the people in the interior know the carriage of the Meng Mansion, who let Meng Wenyu go out of the mansion with the carriage that he originally walked?

These middle and upper class people in Zou County finally had the opportunity to ask Meng Wenyu and ask him what he thought in his head, so he went to sign such a document?

Of course, if your Meng family wants to be a loyal minister of the imperial court, they don't object to it, but you always have to ask for soldiers and horses, right? Just like the last time, there was a large army stationed in Zou County, and they were not unacceptable. But now that the Qing army has been killed, how can Zou County see a single soldier? And what made them even more angry was that when the Qing army was about to come to the city, Meng Wenyu, the head of the Meng family, actually wanted to go out of the city?

Are you going to go out of the city 'alone'? Where is this going to put the people of Zou County? Is this to discard Zou County?

Then, then, Meng Wenyu became like this.

Meng Hongyu looked at his nephew who was embarrassed, and the more than ten Zou County gentry in the hall looked at Dr. Meng who had his headscarf knocked off, and the whole scene stopped.

"Meng Hongyu, aren't you entertaining...... Shall I wait? While raising money and gathering food, he instructed Meng Wenyu to go out of the city for a year, what the hell are you fighting in your heart? An old man with half a hundred hair shouted loudly. The voice was full of fear, lest he be betrayed by Meng Hongyu.

Although no one has equated Meng Hongyu with a conspirator, the things in front of him are full of uncertainty, and in today's environment, doesn't it make people feel very worried?

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This scene in Meng's mansion did not affect the speed of Yuan Shizhong's march at all. In fact, regardless of whether Meng Wenyu came to the army in person or not, Yuan Shizhong would not sit idly by and watch Zou County be broken.

"Zou County Meng's Naiya Saint Miao descendant, if this military disaster suffers, the spirit of the sages in the sky will not be at peace, what face do we have to live in heaven and earth?" Yanzhou Tong sentenced Yan Ding to cry a handful of snot and tears in front of Yuan Shizhong with a handful of snot and tears. But they didn't mention a word, they Yanzhou City knew this, but they didn't send a soldier Ding Jianyong to guard Zou County.

As mentioned earlier, this Yuan Shizhong Yuan Dashuai is a master who has a lot of feelings for the gentry class.

For the essay jointly launched by Confucius, Mencius, Zeng and Yan, Yuan Shizhong already had a strong feeling, and now it is even stronger.

After passing through Teng County without entering, the army went straight to Zou County.

In Tanma, he met the fleeing crowd in Zou County, and brought back a basket of unreliable news. Some people say that the Qing army has killed the capital city of Yanzhou, and then divided the troops to go south to Zou County; Some say that Yanzhou City has been broken by the Qing army, and the Qing army is heading south towards Zou County; Some people also say that Yanzhou City has not yet been breached, but Zou County has been broken by the Qing army's partial division......

Yuan Shizhong heard the dizziness of his brain, and he couldn't distinguish the real information at all, and only judged that although Zou County was threatened by the Qing army, it was very likely that it was not broken by the Qing army. If Yuan Dahong led the troops to advance, he personally led 2,000 elite soldiers and went straight to Zou County.

And in the north of Yanzhou Mansion, Zheng Zhilong's troops left Tai'an Mansion and were also leading the army straight to Yanzhou City. On the way, the man who was deliberately avoided in Jinan was also sent to him by Tanma.

Zheng Zhilong was confused, looking at the text in his hand, is this true or fake? Isn't it true history that you're traveling?

The Kong family, oh, and the Meng family, the Zeng family, and the Yan family, the three families that have long been swept into the bottom valley by the long river of history, jointly signed and published the text, and the pen was so vicious, and the Tartar was so miserable, no matter how you look at it, there is a fake energy.

In his memory, don't say anything else, the Kong family, a slave surnamed N, is not so loyal to the Ming Dynasty.