It didn't take long, and Matthew returned with his soldiers.

Ma Chao looked at Ma Xiu with an inquiring expression in his eyes.

Matthew nodded, indicating that everything was done. The two passed the message silently, but Ma Yunlu didn't know the situation. Ma Chao didn't give Ma Yunlu time to ask questions, looked at all the soldiers, and then said, "Let's go, leave the county government quickly." After finishing speaking, Ma Chao walked outside the courtyard.

Ma Yunlu looked back at the room where Yang committed suicide and sighed.

Immediately, she left with Ma Chao and Ma Xiu.

The group left the backyard and walked in the direction of the back door of the county government. After a short time, they came to the back door, quickly climbed over the wall, and disappeared into the night.

Ma Chao and Ma Xiu successfully rescued Ma Yunlu, and they only needed to open the city gate early tomorrow morning before leaving.

When they came to the ruined temple, Ma Yunlu rearranged his clothes and changed his outfit.

In this way, Ma Yunlu, like Ma Chao and others, has become a dirty beggar. After the costume changed, no one recognized Ma Yunlu as the original beauty.

There was no word for the night, everyone was resting, recuperating and preparing to leave.

Once the killing of Hou Fang is exposed, and the news of Ma Yunlu's disappearance comes out, it will definitely cause a huge wave. When the time comes, the county seat of Xinping County will be under martial law, and they will definitely not be able to escape, so they must be cautious.

……

Early the next morning, the sky was bright, and Ma Chao left the broken temple with his fourteen beggars.

Before leaving, Ma Chao asked people to erase the traces of the broken temple, so as not to be found by others.

After dealing with it, Ma Chao took Ma Yunlu, Ma Xiu and others to the city gate, preparing to leave Xinping County first. Along the way, everyone dispersed and became three or five people gathered together, unobtrusively. When they arrived at the city gate one after another, Ma Chao and Ma Xiu's faces changed greatly, and there were surprised expressions in their eyes.

The city gates, martial law!

All the people are not allowed to go out.

The sudden change made Ma Chao's brain buzz, and he didn't understand why this happened. Ma Chao and Ma Xiu frowned, and there was a solemn look in their eyes.

Yesterday was fine, why is martial law today?

Could it be that the East Window incident happened?

Ma Chao thought about it, but felt that it was impossible, because there was no news from the county government. However, Xinping County was suddenly under martial law, and the soldiers standing at the gate of the city made Ma Chao and Ma Xiu very puzzled. Ma Chao looked at Jiang Heng and commanded in a low voice: "Jiang Heng, you go and test it and see what happened?" ”

Jiang Heng nodded in response, and then walked towards the city gate.

Before he could reach the city gate, a soldier quickly walked over and stopped Jiang Heng. The soldier looked displeased, frowned again, seemed to be smoked by the smell of Jiang Heng's body, and waved his hand again and again and shouted: "Go away, don't come here." ”

Jiang Heng doesn't care so much, he still has to listen to the news.

Seeing that Jiang Heng kept giving orders, the soldier pulled out the war knife on his waist with a sonorous sound and drank Jiang Heng.

Seeing the soldier show the murder weapon, Jiang Heng immediately stopped, and did not dare to make any movement. With a flattering look on his face, he said with a smile: "Master Bing, the villain is still hungry and has to go out to forage for food, you can do it, let me go out." ”

The soldier's face turned grim and shouted, "Wait a minute, wait for the army to enter the city, and then you will go out of the city." ”

When Jiang Heng heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Master Bing, what kind of army?" Yesterday was fine, why is martial law suddenly imposed today? Could it be that something is going on? ”

The soldier immediately said: "The king of Shu led the army back, and he has sent someone to inform him to enter the city this morning, and those of you who want to go out of the city will wait, and it will not be too late to go out after the king of Shu enters the city, it won't take long, go back quickly." ”

After Jiang Heng heard this, he retreated in understanding.

He retreated into the crowd, then returned to Ma Chao's side and reported the news to Ma Chao.

"Shhh Hiss! ”

Ma Chao's brows furrowed, and a solemn expression appeared on his face. Wang Can didn't come back early, but came back later, but returned with the army at this time. Not only that, but he was ready to enter the city when the city gate was opened, which was too sudden. Wang Can suddenly came back at this time, which shattered Ma Chao and Ma Xiu's plan.

It's impossible to get out of town!

Ma Chao looked at Ma Xiu and asked, "Third brother, what can you do?" ”

Matthew shook his head and said, "There are too many of us, it's impossible to rush out." Alas, I only hope that the affairs of the county government will not be exposed for the time being. After a pause, Matthew said happily: "Big brother, fortunately no one was allowed to set fire to the county government, otherwise the news of Hou Fang's killing would have been leaked, and it would be even more difficult for us to leave at that time." ”

Ma Chao nodded yes, and now he can only hope that the news from the county government has not come out.

The sky gradually brightened, and after a round of red sun rose, a large group of people finally appeared outside the county.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves came, and the broken military camp arrived outside the county seat first.

Wang Can rode on a black horse, with a sword hanging from his waist, wearing golden armor and a large black cloak, and rode his horse slowly. Wang Can was surrounded by Dian Wei and the soldiers who kept him safe. Behind him were a group of civil and military officials under his command, and nearly 60,000 troops followed behind Wang Can and rushed towards the county seat.

However, the 60,000-strong army and the broken military camp did not enter the city, and only a part of the soldiers protected Wang Can into the city.

At the gate of the city, Lü Meng's soldiers left in Xinping County were in charge of receiving and welcoming Wang Can into the city.

When Wang Can rode to the gate of the city, he suddenly stopped.

His gaze swept inside the city gate, and only found Lü Meng's soldiers, not the county commander of Xinping County. It stands to reason that the news that Wang Can led his troops to Xinping County in the morning has already reached the Hou side, and it is impossible that no one will come to greet him. Even if he gave Hou Fang the courage of an ambitious leopard, he didn't dare not come to greet him.

Wang Can turned his head and asked, "Ameng, has the news reached Hou Fang?" ”

Lu Meng stepped up and said, "Teacher, the disciple has sent someone to deliver the news. As he spoke, Lu Mengze walked to the gate of the city, and asked the soldiers stationed in the city again, and got the news that the soldiers had sent someone to the county government to inform them, but the Hou Fang did not come, and the soldiers did not know the specific situation.

After hearing this, Lu Meng rode back to Wang Can and reported the news to Wang Can.

Wang Can didn't have any expression on his face, and said, "It's just a trivial matter, let's talk about it in the city." As he spoke, Wang Can rode his horse and prepared to enter the city.

He patted the horse's back gently, and the black horse under his crotch moved, and walked towards the city.

All of a sudden, everyone rushed to the city.

When Ma Chao, Ma Xiu and the others saw Wang Can stop, their hearts hung up. Now that Wang Can was heading to the city, they were finally relieved.

As long as Wang Can entered the city and the city gate was opened again, they could seize the opportunity to leave Xinping County. Even if Wang Can found out that Hou Fang was killed and found their traces, he would be looking for a needle in a haystack to catch them. However, when Ma Chao and the others breathed a sigh of relief, soldiers came running on horseback in the city.

The soldiers of the county government rode their horses and shouted, "Report! ”

When Ma Chao and Ma Xiu heard this, the expressions on their faces immediately changed, and they both knew that something bad was wrong.

Hou Fang's matter is likely to be detected.

The two looked around, only to see that the soldiers were stopped outside by Wang Can's guards, and after inspection, they took a few steps forward, knelt down three zhang away from Wang Can, hugged their fists and said: "King Shu, the county commander was killed, and Ma Teng's family members were all killed, and no one survived." ”

Suddenly, Wang Can's face changed greatly.

After hearing this, Lu Meng's face also showed a solemn expression. He had long been ready to sacrifice Ma Yunlu to Wang Can, but Ma Teng's family members were all killed, which was too sudden.

PS: three of the four watches; Xiao Wang appeared and came back.