The distance from the city gate to the county yamen is not far, and it can be said from the city head to say "wait for a reply" to the news that the news really came, and two hours passed.

In such a long time, the refugees who had dispersed before gradually returned, and the number of people on the side of the city gate began to increase again, although the number of people began to increase, the previous confusion and crowding did not appear, because it was found that the people who had returned early were all large families and armed figures, and these teams and figures were armed to protect their positions, so that the latecomers did not dare to offend.

Moreover, after the chaos of the early morning, the refugees and people had no energy to toss, and they waited in line with a languid expression.

Zhu Da and they were at the back of the Ying family's team, which was the second priority to enter the city, and the big families who came back from behind originally wanted to let them get out of the way, but after seeing the Pu knife in Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun's hands, they hesitated and did not move.

While waiting for the door to open, Li He took the girl he picked up and went to the refugee people in each team to ask who lost the child, and no one talked to him at all.

"Either say I don't know, or say no, but there is a village out of the village who replied, saying that since no one cares, maybe it is a child of a lonely and widowed family, this troubled world has many mouths and burdens, and it is a no-handle, who wants to ask for it." This is Li He's retelling,

"Nine times out of ten, the sentence has something to do with this girl, or knows something, but I don't want to recognize each other, or I don't want to say it, if you do this, I'm afraid it won't end well if you send the child over." This is Li He's judgment.

Everyone was speechless, and they had no choice but to put the child back in the basket, two or three-year-old children can speak, Qin Qin will be appeased, this little girl said that her surname is Wang, her name is Xiaohong, whether it is a big name She doesn't know, this is what her mother calls every day, and the names of people in the countryside are generally like this, which is not unusual.

The experience of getting up in the morning made this Xiaohong frightened and tired, her spirit settled down, she ate something and began to fall asleep, Li He didn't wake up when she hugged her to recognize her relatives, if she was awake, the girl herself might be able to recognize something, but with the experience just now, recognizing it may not be a good result.

"Now that it's too peaceful, do we still want to go into the city?" Zhou Qingyun asked this question.

"All over the city has been dilapidated, there is no place for us to rely on, and then all forces will come to fight, it is too dangerous for us not to enter the city outside the city, and now although the Tartars are gone, the only place where there is order to do something is in this county." Zhu Da said the reason again, and Zhou Qingyun nodded and stopped talking.

The sun passed noon, the hottest time of the day arrived, the coolness of the morning and evening seemed to have never appeared, and under this sun, the crowd began to feel a little uneasy again.

At this moment, hearing the sound of "squeak", the crowd suddenly became quiet, everyone's eyes were cast to the city gate, only to see the drawbridge slowly lowered in the continuous "squeak" sound, the city gate under the cover of the drawbridge was also open inward, the crowd outside the trench was still quiet, and then cheers broke out, the city gate finally opened, and it was finally possible to enter the city.

Zhu Da looked back at the cheering crowd, and felt a little ridiculous for a while, now that it is too peaceful, he should hurry back to clean up, rebuild his homeland, and hurry up the autumn harvest and so on, what is the need to cheer for entering the city, the Ying family team also looked back with a strange expression, and must have some sympathy.

The city gate opened, and the crowd was in a lot more agitated, surging forward wave after wave, and the people behind couldn't help but be pushed forward, seeing that the chaotic scene in the morning was about to repeat itself, and at this time, a few gongs were heard, which was very harsh in this noise, and the crowd was quiet again.

The gong that can make such a movement will not be small, such a ringer is only equipped by the government, everyone knows that this is a person from the yamen, although the Mongolian horse team scourge the countryside and do not see the government and the official army, but at this time the government appeared, there is still enough deterrence and deterrence.

Dozens of people came out of the city, the first five people were soap robes and square hats, three of them were equipped with knives, two were holding iron rulers, and the others were mostly young and strong, holding big sticks in their hands, more than ten of which were painted with black and red paint, which was also a symbol of government utensils, and the others were either wooden sticks or knives and axes, which were not very neat.

The expressions of those dozens of people were solemn and vicious, but if you look closely, you can see that they are pretending, but this dress, such an expression, is enough to scare people.

When they came to the drawbridge, the leader hugged his fists and said, "Please give the old man's family a face, and give the brothers an open space to run errands." ”

The Ying family's team didn't insist or anything else, so they retreated and gave way to a vacant land, and dozens of officials and young men who went out of the city put up a triangular wooden frame on this side of the suspension bridge, some people stood on both sides, some people stood behind, and they were in a good position, but a young man flashed out from behind, and at first glance he didn't know what to do, but he felt that his mouth was very big.

Next, the biggest young man put his hands on his lips and shouted: "Folks, the Taizun lord is gracious, knowing that the Tartars are still there, and there are bandits and robbers making trouble, let everyone go to the city to hide, today the city gate is specially opened for three hours, and the door is closed before dark, but there are so many people, it is inevitable that there are Tartar spies, in case they are mixed into the city, it will be a disaster for our everyone, so the Taizun master ordered to be strictly investigated, and everyone is also sensible, if you don't listen to the order, Wang Fa will not recognize people." ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, he let everyone know why he came to shout, this voice is indeed not small, and even some cattle and horses were frightened and restless, hearing this speak, Zhu Da and the Ying family team all looked at each other, thinking that it was not too peaceful? How can you still say that the Tartars are still there?

But everyone immediately reacted, and those who didn't react could also react when they saw the vicious and threatening eyes of the officials, as well as the knives and sticks that raised their gestures, they could also react, this was clearly to take the opportunity to make a fortune, and this time the catastrophe came to an end, and they wanted to make the final national disaster.

But the people who reacted were just two of them, and the refugees who were waiting to enter the city didn't know anything, and they were deeply convinced by the reasons given by these officials, and they didn't think that this seemingly righteous and awe-inspiring reason was nothing more than to make them continue to be nervous and pay the price for entering the city.

After shouting this, several young men and women banged the gong and entered the crowd to maintain order, but the official over there beckoned Ying to come forward and enter the city first.

The officials were very polite to the family, and they didn't see the interrogation and blackmail, and even a few people wearing the uniforms of the servants were a little flattering, and the Ying family was a lot more reserved at this time, and even the stewards with heads and faces did not greet the servants very much, and when the team of dozens of people entered the city gate, a servant took two pieces of money and came over to invite everyone to eat and drink, and the attitude was like a reward.

After they entered, the second team was Zhu Da and them, Zhu Da noticed the expressions of the officials who set up the card, these officials no longer had the kind of caution and politeness in the face of Ying Jia, and their attitude was completely naked when facing Zhu Da, as if looking at the goods or the meat on the chopping board.

Zhu Da put down the basket on his back and let Qin Qin and the girl Xiaohong who picked it up come out, and now it is safe in a sense, Qin Qin is not unsightly, it is better to come out openly, if he is searched in the basket by the messengers, there will be unnecessary entanglement.

The officials exchanged glances with each other, and even whispered about it, the first thing they looked at was the dress and appearance of Zhu Da, and the most attention was Zhu Da's weapons, but the longest time to stop their eyes were the two horses and horse harness, and some people looked at Qin Qin and the girl, and that look made Zhu Da's face turn cold.

"A few bad masters, we are also going into the city." Zhu Da spoke first.

One of the three officials with the knife spoke, but he spoke in an official tone: "You guys look like you're from a good family, but what about the adults in the family?" ”

"The elders of the family died at the hands of the Tartars, and a few of us escaped." Zhu Da told the truth.

In the eyes of outsiders, their team is clearly the young master of the Yin Shi family who came out with servants, although Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun are not richly dressed, they are very neat, and Zhang Jinbei and Li Degui are shabby, as for Li He in between, it is very similar to a companion or a long follower, Qin Qin in the basket on his back is estimated to be their sister, only that Xiaohong can't say it clearly.

As soon as he heard that the elders were dead, the official cha just had an ugly expression and regained his excitement, and they may not be offended by the solid people who can ride horses and carry knives, but if the elders die, these young men and women will be meat to be slaughtered.

Before the official could speak, Zhu Da seemed to remember something and said: "My father-in-law went to Taiyuan to catch the exam, escaped the catastrophe, and has not come back yet." ”

After hearing this, the eyelids of several officials standing in the head jumped, ordinary people don't know, but they understand that Datong who can go to Taiyuan to take the exam must be a showman, in the area of Huairen County and Datong Zuowei, there are really few showmen, these people can not offend or offend less.

It's one thing not to offend, it's another thing to delay getting rich, several officials whispered to each other in their ears, and the one who spoke before said: "You say that you are a family member of the talented Xianggong, who believes it, you ride a horse and carry a knife, what if you are a spy, do you have any evidence?"

There is really no evidence for this, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun carry the road guide with them, but it is what they need when they go to other counties and other health centers, and now they take it out not only can not explain, but it will cause suspicion, after all, there are very few people with road guides, especially the local people in their hometowns.

"Poor master, we are all natives of our hometown, you can hear it by listening to the accent, who will bring any credentials!" Zhu Dabao said with a smile, on this occasion, only he can deal with it.

"You say yes, yes? In case you come in the wrong way, in case you are a spy of the Tartars, what will happen to the people of the city, go quickly, and I can't let you enter the city now! An official shouted angrily.