As soon as Lan Qing put down the medicine box, Zhang Xiao'e immediately brought her a glass of water.

After Lan Qing drank the water and breathed a sigh of relief, Zhang's mother asked, "Miss Lan, how is the situation outside?" ”

"The streets are generally calm, but there are still a lot of soldiers patrolling around, and it looks like martial law will be under fire for a while."

Zhang Xiao'e, who was standing next to her, couldn't help frowning, and then said with some worry: "I don't know how the head and the lady are now?" ”

Lan Qing comforted: "Don't worry, since the government has posted an arrest list, it means that they have not been caught."

It is estimated that the editor-in-chief Su and the others have followed the Ning family back to the northwest. As long as they get there, they'll be fine. ”

Zhang's mother also spoke: "That's right, with the master here, the aunt and the young lady will be fine."

Miss Blue, what is the current situation in our house? Are there any officers and soldiers guarding there? ”

"I secretly went to take a look, and there were no officers and soldiers guarding outside, but there was a seal at the door, and it seemed that it was seized by officers and soldiers."

"These thieves must have emptied the things in our house." Zhang's mother was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

Fortunately, when they came out, they took away all the gold and silver in the house, as well as the deed and silver tickets and other important items, otherwise the loss would have been even greater.

"What about the newspaper office?" Zhang Xiao'e interjected and asked.

"It's the same, the door is also sealed."

Although she had a premonition, Zhang Xiao'e was still very heartbroken when she heard the news.

After all, Mother Zhang is a person who has seen the world, and she said very calmly: "Those are dead things, as long as the master is safe and sound, there will definitely be a chance to get them back."

Now the biggest question is how to leave the capital and go back to the northwest to meet the master. ”

Hearing this question, Lan Qing and Zhang Xiao'e couldn't help frowning.

yes, how do you get out of the capital now? It's a real headache.

When the mutiny occurred that night, the people in Chi Fei's mansion were also awakened by the officers and soldiers patrolling and searching the streets.

As soon as Zhang's mother looked at the costumes of these officers and soldiers, she knew that they were not ordinary officers and soldiers, but forbidden soldiers.

Looking at this situation, it is estimated that there may be people in the capital who are in turmoil, so the emperor dispatched the forbidden army.

Zhang's mother has been in the northwest, and she has seen with her own eyes the tragic situation of the whole city after the Hu people attacked the county seat.

Although she didn't know what was going on in the capital, she immediately woke up everyone in the mansion just in case, and ordered everyone to pack their bags immediately and be ready to evacuate at any time.

When Hongying returned to the house alone, Zhang's mother learned the truth of the matter from her mouth, and was very angry at the emperor's behavior.

After Zhang Xiao'e read Chi Fei's handwritten letter, she immediately followed the instructions on the letter, first took all the silver tickets and manuscripts he hid in the study, and then took Da Niu to withdraw from Su Mansion with Zhang's mother and all of them, and temporarily hid in the courtyard that Chi Fei rented outside.

This dilapidated courtyard house is really a treasure place for refuge, and it has helped Chi Fei and others again and again, otherwise it is really not easy to find a place to hide so many people in the middle of the night.

After Ah Zhi's married family, including Zhang's mother, settled down, Hongying immediately took Zhang Xiao'e to the newspaper to take Lan Qing, Peng Daqiang and his wife, as well as those homeless children, to the courtyard for temporary refuge.

This matter is the most urgent, because in the near future, whether it is the Soviet Mansion or the newspaper office, there will definitely be officers and soldiers who come to the door to seal up and arrest people.

Sure enough, by the afternoon of the next day, the Su Mansion and the newspaper hall were confiscated by a large number of officers and soldiers, and all the valuable things in them were removed.

Because they couldn't catch the people in the government and the newspaper office, the officers and soldiers issued arrest documents to Zhang's mother and others, and pursued them as traitorous accomplices.

It's just that Mother Zhang, after all, they are just subordinates of the Su family, and even if they are caught, their credit is limited.

Therefore, the officers and soldiers still focused more on searching for other big people related to the eldest prince, and had no time to take care of them for the time being.

Zhang's mother looked at the room full of people, and she also felt a headache, and she didn't know how to place them, especially the more than 30 homeless children.

Fortunately, Chi Fei had already taken this into account in his handwritten letter to Zhang Xiao'e, and he asked Zhang Xiao'e to find the golden shopkeeper of Juyazhai and ask him to help receive these children.

Because all of these children over the age of eight have learned to print or pick words, and at least half of them have already mastered it, they can be regarded as qualified printers and word pickers.

Chi Fei hoped that the shopkeeper could look at him and introduce these children to other printing workshops to work as workers, and even if he couldn't, he hoped to be able to take them in temporarily.

After the golden shopkeeper learned of Chi Fei's request from Zhang Xiao'e's mouth, he immediately went to ask Cao Dangjia.

After thinking about it for a while, Cao Dangjia finally agreed to accept these children to work in various printing workshops in Juyazhai, which was regarded as helping Chi Fei.

When Zhang Xiao'e heard that Juya Zhai was willing to accept these children, she was so moved that she cried on the spot, and immediately thanked the golden shopkeeper over and over again.

Without further ado, that night, the golden shopkeeper found a few carriages to pick up people in the courtyard.

At the time of parting, the more than 30 children all cried into tears, and none of them wanted to leave.

Not only do they have enough to eat here, but also Mr. and Sister Xiao'e and their adults care about them and take care of them.

There are also Peng Daqiang and his wife, one is teaching them to practice martial arts, and the other is taking care of their lives.

Even when they are sick, Sister Lan will help them treat them for free.

All of this made them feel extremely relieved and warm.

All of them have come to regard the newspaper as their home and have developed a deep attachment and sense of belonging.

Everything was fine, but it was just one night later, and suddenly it changed dramatically. Not only was the newspaper closed by the officers and soldiers, but even Mr. Lian became the target of arrest by the officers and soldiers.

Now that they are asked to leave this warm home, they all feel unacceptable, as if the sky is falling.

Of course, Zhang Xiao'e is reluctant to give them up, but now that they can't protect themselves, they have done their best to settle all these children.

Moreover, Juyazhai has such a good relationship with the master, and it is a reputable time-honored bookstore, Zhang Xiao'e believes that these children will be treated well. This is already the best solution.

Zhang Xiao'e hugged them one by one with tears in her eyes, and then comforted these helpless children while sending them to the carriage one by one.

When the carriage drove away, Zhang Xiao'e dared to cry out loud.

After the children were settled, the next step was to get a few adults.

Lan Qing and Peng Daqiang were only employed by Chi Fei and were not subordinates of Su Mansion, so they were not in the arrest documents.

In order not to affect them, Zhang Xiao'e asked the three of them to find a place to move out so as not to be implicated.

Although Peng Daqiang and his wife were very reluctant, they were just ordinary people after all, and they had a young son to raise, so they could only choose to leave.

Fortunately, their son's illness has been cured, and the salary given by Chi Fei is good enough, and they already have a certain amount of savings at this time, so they will not be forced to live on the streets to beg for a living in order to treat their son and even run out of money to rent a house.

They have already decided to find a cheap place to live first, and then start some small business to make ends meet.

After Peng Daqiang and his wife left, it was Lan Qing's turn.

But to everyone's surprise, Lan Qing chose not to leave, she wanted to leave the capital with them and go to the northwest to meet Chi Fei.

The reason she gave was that she was alone and had nothing to worry about, and it didn't matter where she went.

Chi Fei is not only her editor-in-chief, but also her mentor and benefactor, so she has to go to the northwest to help him.

She believes that Editor-in-Chief Su will one day rebuild the literary newspaper. She only wanted to serialize her in the literary newspaper, so she had to go along and help him.

And she is a doctor herself, so she should be able to help a little bit when she arrives in the northwest.

At Lan Qing's insistence, Zhang Xiao'e had no choice but to let her stay.

But fortunately, she is here, and it is much more convenient to go out to buy rice and vegetables or inquire about news.

After all, except for Lan Qing, all of them were wanted by the government and didn't dare to go out casually.

Regarding how to let Zhang's mother and Zhang Xiao'e leave the capital and go to the northwest, Chi Fei, who was in a hurry at the time, didn't think of any good way.

The only way he thought of was to let Zhang Xiao'e and them go to find Jian Shuqi, maybe Jian Shuqi, who had already entered the Hanlin Academy as an official, might have a way.

But in the end, he still didn't explain Zhang Xiao'e to do this, because he didn't want to involve Jian Shuqi.

It is a great crime to harbor or assist the imperial court, and even Jian Shuqi, who was born in a noble family, cannot be exempted.

Moreover, Jian Shuqi has just entered the Hanlin Academy, which is the most critical period, and there can be no mistakes.

Chi Fei didn't want to let his friend risk being beheaded at any time for the sake of the people in his house to help him, this was a clear pit friend's behavior, he couldn't do this.

Thinking about it, Chi Fei could only hope for the red shadow.

I hope that Hongying, the former "man in the rivers and lakes", can have a way to let the people in the house escape the capital safely.

This is also the reason why before Chi Fei left, he asked Hongying to stay in the capital temporarily to assist Zhang Xiao'e and them.

As more and more officials and businessmen related to the eldest prince were arrested and even killed by the officers and soldiers of the Arrest Office, even the well-informed Mother Zhang couldn't help but feel anxious in her heart.

She knew that after the officers and soldiers had caught all the big shots, it would be their turn to slip through the net.

The longer they stay in the capital, the more dangerous they will become, and they must leave as soon as possible.

Just when Zhang's mother and the others were at a loss, the red shadow that had disappeared for several days suddenly slipped back in the middle of the night.

After she came back, she said to Zhang's mother: She found a way to leave the capital. However, it is not by land, but by water.

When everyone heard this, they were immediately pleasantly surprised.

After careful questioning, Zhang's mother learned that the entrances and exits around the capital had been blocked by soldiers from the Fifth Military Camp, and anyone entering and leaving the capital had to go through strict checks, so it was almost impossible for them to leave the capital by land.

However, although it is not possible to use the land route, there is still a chance to go by water.

Red Shadow learned from some friends in the rivers and lakes that because the Detective Office was purging the civil officials who had supported the Great Prince in Beijing, many officials wanted to send their families to other places for refuge.

Some shipowners who specialize in smuggling and smuggling have seized this opportunity and started a business for the families of smuggling officials.

Although the asking price is extremely high, there are still many family members of officials who are willing to flee the capital in their black boats.

Red Shadow has already made an appointment with one of the black boat boats, and tomorrow night at the signal of the lights, they will board the ship and leave the capital together.

After leaving the capital, the group will transfer ships again and set off for the Jiangnan area.

After arriving in the south of the Yangtze River, it enters Jiujiang through a mixed way of water and land.

The reason why he wanted to go to Jiujiang was because Hongying had obtained a very important piece of information: just a month ago, the Northwest Army had taken Jiujiang.

The imperial court was afraid that it would cause chaos, so it kept the news hidden.

Since the Northwest Army has taken Jiujiang, it means that as long as they arrive in Jiujiang, they will be basically safe.

At that time, they will identify themselves to the defenders of Jiujiang, and they can follow the defenders to the northwest.

After listening to Hongying's plan, Zhang's mother breathed a sigh of relief. This is indeed a viable approach.