Although his father-in-law had decided to evacuate the capital, the city gate had already been sealed by the forbidden army at this time.

Coupled with the fact that the Ning clan had so many people, Chi Fei really didn't know how his father-in-law planned to leave.

But soon he knew the answer, it was his father-in-law who told him.

It turned out that there was a secret tunnel at the bottom of Wudao Mountain, which was directly connected to a private horse farm belonging to the Ning family outside the city.

Naturally, there were a large number of horses in the horse farm, and as long as they got there, the Ning clan could leave the capital on horseback or in a carriage.

After hearing this answer, Chi Fei was stunned.

Although Wudaoshan is a suburb of the city, it is still far from the outside of the city.

If there is a tunnel that leads directly to the outside of the city, how long would it be?

In addition, in order to keep secrets, there should not be too many people in charge of digging tunnels, otherwise there will be a danger of leaking secrets.

The project was already huge, and there weren't too many people digging the tunnels.

In this way, this project will not be completed in a few years.

Faced with Chi Fei's question, Ning Zhiyuan replied, "This is one of the Ning clan's biggest secrets.

This tunnel was secretly excavated after the first generation of Zhenguo Gong officially settled in the capital.

At that time, all the people who dug the tunnel were the confidants of this ancestor, and it took more than 20 years to dig it up.

The reason why the first Zhenguo Gong did this was to prevent Wei Taizu and later emperors from one day killing them, the founding heroes, so that they tried their best to leave a way for the Ning clan to escape.

Although none of this happened, the tunnel was kept secret.

Only the patriarch and a few uncles knew about it, and it was the real secret of the clan. ”

Chi Fei couldn't help but admire: "The first generation of Zhenguo Gong was really a wise man, almost all possible adverse situations were anticipated, and he made corresponding preparations, which is really admirable. ”

Chi Fei remembered that his father-in-law once told him about the deeds of the first generation of Zhenguo Gong, this person was not only powerful in war, but even the three ancestral teachings of the Ning family, which were full of officialdom wisdom, such as "delegating power", "not fighting", and "consolidating the army", were also put forward by him.

Now I heard that he even dug the tunnel for escape early in the morning, and I have a deep admiration for this person.

Foresight and insight into people's hearts, such a person can indeed be called a wise man.

Ning Zhiyuan sighed and said, "Indeed, compared with this ancestor with great wisdom, our juniors are really a little unable to get on the stage.

I thought I wouldn't need this tunnel in my life, but I didn't expect to use it in the end. ”

Ning Zhiyuan looked at his injured left hand with a complicated expression, but his uninjured right hand clenched his fist tightly and used force until his skin turned white.

Chi Fei can roughly understand his father-in-law's mood.

The relationship between the father-in-law and the emperor is not only as simple as the monarch and ministers, the father-in-law used to be the emperor's attendant when he was young, and he accompanied the emperor to read and play together, so it can be said that he is a confidant who grew up with the emperor.

As an adult, my father-in-law has always adhered to the ancestral training and walked the loyal monarch route of not leaning on the side and not standing in line, and for many years he has been on the battlefield for the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, and has been born and died countless times.

The father-in-law asked himself if he had done anything to be sorry for the Great Wei and Emperor Jing'an.

However, the person who sat on the throne was worried that the Ning clan was too deeply rooted and respected in the northwest, and one day it would threaten his rule. Therefore, it is necessary to uproot the Ning family and the entire Ning family, and get rid of them as soon as possible.

Heaven is ruthless, and it is indeed not a lie.

Faced with an emperor who treated him like this, the grief and indignation in Ning Zhiyuan's heart can be imagined.

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"What did you say, Shan'er, she decided to stay in the capital? Is she crazy?! Hearing her husband's words, Yao, who was packing her luggage, stood up in shock.

Ning Zhiyuan said helplessly: "This is true, the person who went to deliver the letter came back and reported that Shan'er said that she was already married to a wife, and if she left the capital at this time, it would be equivalent to breaking off relations with her husband." She didn't want to do that, so she decided to stay. ”

"Why is that child so stupid, I would have known that I wouldn't marry her to the eldest princess's family. Isn't she afraid of the royal autumn queen settling accounts? Yao was in a hurry.

"You don't have to worry about this, she is the daughter-in-law of the eldest princess after all.

In the end, no matter which side wins, it will not embarrass the eldest princess's family.

And Ning Shan is already married, and she is considered a member of the Qiu family. Even if others want to ask about the crime, they can't talk about her as a married woman in terms of etiquette, otherwise they will only fall into the mouth.

It would be best if she was willing to go with us, but since she was reluctant to husband, there was no way, so let's let her go. ”

"But is that really good? Leave her alone in the capital. Yao was so panicked that he had no idea.

"Don't worry, Shan'er is my daughter, and I won't really leave her alone.

I will leave a few cronies in the capital to protect her secretly, and if Shan'er is in danger, they will take her away immediately. ”

Hearing her husband say this, Yao's heart was better.

As her husband said, since the eldest daughter is determined to stay, she, as a mother, can't forcibly break up the husband and wife.

That's it, now I can only follow her.

Yao finally had to accept this reality.

In addition to the evacuation of people, it is also important to evacuate various valuables.

Fortunately, when the Yao family left the Zhenguo Mansion, they brought out all the important items such as silver tickets, land deeds, house deeds, gold, silver, jewelry, and letters that were easy to carry.

Otherwise, judging from the current situation that the Guogong Mansion is tightly surrounded by officers and soldiers, it is too dangerous to go back and get things.

Fortunately, for many years, including Ning Zhiyuan, all generations of Ning family heads have been accustomed to storing their belongings in the northwest of the family.

Therefore, even if the Guogong Mansion is copied, the loss will be limited.

There is also a reason why the heads of the Ning family have this habit in the past generations.

Anyone with a little common sense knows that in ancient times, in addition to being easy to kill, fighting a war was also the easiest way to make money.

When Wei Taizu first rebelled, in order to encourage his soldiers to fight bravely, he set a ratio of 46 percent in the spoils of war.

That is, the public takes forty percent, and the other sixty percent goes to the soldiers who participated in the war.

Of course, the spoils used for sharing only refer to goods such as gold, silver, jewelry, etc., and do not include horses and prisoners of war.

Great Wei has always lacked horses, and the captured war horses are all directly returned to the public. Prisoners of war were usually assigned by the public to do hard work such as building cities, mining, digging canals, and dredging rivers.

After Wei Taizu established the country, this proportion gradually changed, and it became half divided between the public and the soldiers.

Later, in the period of Emperor Wu of Wei, it became six four open, six public army four, and this ratio continues to this day.

Although the proportion of the share has been decreasing, the successive generations of Ning family heads who have been guarding the northwest for many years have fought with the Hu people many times, and basically won more and lost less.

After this battle, the net worth of the Ning clan is also soaring.

If you just talk about the richness of the net worth, there is really no family in the entire Great Wei except the royal family that can compare to the Ning family.

It's just that the Ning family has always been low-key, and the reason why the heads of the Ning family have stored a lot of property in the northwest is because these gold, silver and jewelry seized from the war are too eye-catching, and they have not been brought back to the capital in order to avoid others from being jealous.

Unexpectedly, this habit happened to allow the Ning family, who was about to flee the capital, to retain most of their property.

When the evacuation operation officially began, the Ning clan began to carry food and valuables that were easy to carry into the tunnel.

This tunnel has been fully considered for ventilation at the beginning of the design, and there is a special person to maintain it on weekdays, so there is no shortage of oxygen.

For the sake of safety, all the Ning clan members were divided into several groups, and then evacuated in batches under the leadership of the clan elders.

Ning Zhiyuan, as the head of the Ning family and patriarch, was supposed to leave first. But he also had to arrange for spies to stay in the capital to find out the news and the cronies who were responsible for secretly protecting his eldest daughter Ning Yashan, so he chose the third group to go.

Chi Fei and Ah Zhi naturally followed him. But before that, Chi Fei still has a very important thing to ask someone to help do.

And the person he wants to ask for is none other than Red Shadow.

"Do you want me to go back and leave the capital with the people in your newspaper?" Hongying looked at Chi Fei and asked.

Chi Fei nodded and said, "Yes, not only the people in the newspaper hall, but also Mother Zhang, they will also be taken away together."

I believe that it will not be long before this place will be surrounded by officers and soldiers. So even if you bring them to the side of Wudao Mountain, they won't be able to evacuate from the secret passage.

So the best thing to do is for you to take all of them to find a place to hide for the time being, and then find an opportunity to rush to the northwest to meet us.

I know it's hard, but I can't think of anyone else who can do it but you. ”

Of course, Chi Fei also wanted to take Zhang Xiao'e and them with him, but now that there are all officers and soldiers outside, it is difficult to even go out, let alone take so many people with them. That's a self-defeating act.

Red Shadow was silent for a moment, then asked, "What if I'm gone, what about Miss?" ”

"I am Ah Zhi's husband, as long as I still have a breath, even if I don't want to die, I will protect her well."

"That's what you said, if something happens to Miss, I will definitely not let you go."

"When the time comes, you have to kill and kill as you like.

This letter was written by my own hand, so please pass it on to Zhang Xiao'e. When she saw the letter, she knew what to do. ”

Red Shadow gave him a deep look, then took the letter and turned and walked out.

Seeing that she finally agreed to help, Chi Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Red Shadow is willing to help, the chances of Zhang Xiao'e and them successfully escaping the capital will be greatly increased.

Chi Fei can imagine that whether the emperor or An Guogong wins, his father-in-law's Zhenguo Mansion, Chi Fei's own home, and his newspaper will sooner or later be seized and raided by officers and soldiers.

There will be nothing left, and all of them will be snatched away by these people.

Compared with the money and industry that he is about to lose, Chi Fei is more concerned about Zhang Xiao'e's safety and his literary newspaper.

Thinking that the literary newspaper he had worked so hard to build was destroyed in this way, Chi Fei felt very uncomfortable, as if his heart was dripping blood.

He really wants to make the literary newspaper his life's work, just like Mr. Jin Yong's "Ming Pao".

But now there is nothing, and it all happened in a single day. It's so fast that it feels like you're dreaming.

But thankfully, he and the people he cares about are still alive, which is already a very fortunate thing.

As long as the person is still there, everything can be done again.

He swore in his heart that one day, he would rebuild the literary newspaper!