"Let's take a break, and we will try to rush to Pingyang County in the afternoon." After Mu Chenghu finished instructing everyone, he took out the mint that he had mixed in the morning and began to eat it with dry food.

The people of Mujia Village are extremely eager to reach Pingyang County, and even eat dry food much faster than usual, and when they rush in the afternoon, they are all like chickens.

"Alright, the big guy is camping here today." Walking to a place where there were several hills around him and a relatively flat place in the middle, Mu Chenghu looked at the sky and said.

"Village chief, didn't you say that you went to Pingyang County today, why didn't you leave?" Mu Jiu's mother and youngest son who were suffering from heat stroke asked a little anxiously.

"Don't worry, it's not three miles away from Pingyang County, and we'll go to the county seat early tomorrow morning. Originally, I also wanted to go today, but I am afraid that so many of us will not be able to enter the county seat. Mu Chenghu explained.

"Village chief, why don't we send a few people to the county seat tonight to get some medicine and come back." Mu Chengde looked at the old people and children suffering from heat stroke in the village and said.

"This horror is not good, Pingyang County will probably have closed the city gate. I come to Binh Duong several times a year for business, so I know that the city of Binh Duong will be closed. Mu Chengru's words interrupted everyone's last fantasy, and the disappointed people turned around and set up camp.

During dinner in the evening, Mu Chenghu saw his depressed faces and said, "Everyone's heat stroke will be much better at night, don't worry about this night, eat well, and enter the city early tomorrow morning." ”

As soon as dinner was over, Mu Cheng saw a group of refugees walking from the direction of Pingyang County.

"Third child, how did you say that this group of people came from the direction of Pingyang County, could it be that something happened to Pingyang County." When Mu Qingshan saw someone coming, he hurriedly walked to Mu Chenghu's side and underestimated.

"Let's go, Uncle Thirteen, let's go and inquire." After Mu Chenghu said this, he was about to walk towards the group of people.

Mu Qingshan hurriedly pulled him and pointed to the opposite side. Mu Chenghu followed Mu Qingshan's hand and looked over, and found that the group of people was preparing to camp on the opposite side.

"Looks like we're going to have to wake everyone up at night." Mu Chenghu looked at the one or two hundred refugees opposite and said worriedly.

"Chenghu, just in case, you will call more people to keep vigil." Mu Qingshan was also worried.

The rest of the camp soon noticed that the refugees had set up camp on the other side, and they were all on guard for a while.

Not to mention how worried the people on Mu Chenghu's side were, the people on the other side still camped in an orderly manner.

Dakai is because there are one or two hundred more people on the opposite side of the camp, and the old and young of Mujia Village are all gathered around the fire to chat, and many of them always raise their heads to look at the opposite side.

Mu Chenghu saw that everyone didn't go back to sleep and was about to arrange a candidate for the vigil, when he saw two people coming over from the opposite side.

Seeing someone coming, the villagers of Mujia Village stood up all at once.

When the people who came saw that the people in Mujia Village stood up, they hurriedly said. "You don't have to worry, we have no ill intentions, it's just that it's getting late, and our group has to camp here."

Mu Chenghu saw that the two had no malicious intent, so he motioned for everyone to sit down.

"I don't know, what's the matter with the two of you." Mu Chenghu asked.

"It's nothing, I just want to ask if you want to go together." Said the young man who looked a little thin among the two.

"Everyone is in a different direction, and it is inconvenient to go together." Mu Chenghu glanced at the two of them meaningfully.

"You're not going to Pingyang County, I'm telling you you you can't go there, do you know why we're here? It is because Qingping County is now arresting refugees. The young man, who was a little bigger, said a little bluntly.

The thin young man glanced at his companion and added, "We have heard that the refugees who went in earlier are robbing things everywhere, which has led to the arrest of refugees everywhere in Qingping County now. ”

"Is your news reliable?" Mu Chenghu asked.

"Of course it's reliable, we sent people to go into the city to inquire, but before our people entered the city, they saw that a group of refugees in front of us were still at the city gate and were arrested." The thin young man saw that it was too late to stop the big man from talking, and it was not important news, so he went with him.

"Thank you so much for telling us this news, otherwise our group would not have been arrested if they ventured forward." Mu Chenghu smiled and thanked.

"Then you should think about it, do you want to go together?" The emaciated young man asked again.

"I'll discuss it with you and tell you tomorrow morning." Mu Chenghu found an excuse to shirk it.

"Okay, then you can discuss it and tell me tomorrow morning." The thin young man said with a somewhat gloomy face.

After the two left, Mu Qingshan said helplessly, "It's only been a long time, and these people have started to mess around." ”

"Uncle Thirteen, you see something." Mu Chenghu asked matter-of-factly.

"Teasing me no, that big guy peeked over that way as soon as he came in, and I can't believe you kid didn't see that these people were coming for our stuff." Mu Qingshan smiled and said.

"Uncle Thirteen, that's right, it's just that they said that Pingyang County can't go to this thing, I'm afraid it's true." Mu Chenghu said with a somewhat serious face.

"What should I do then?" Mu Jiu said anxiously.

"So tomorrow, I'll take these people to buy some medicine and come back disguised as ordinary people nearby, and by the way, I will inquire about the real situation in Pingyang City." Mu Chenghu thought about it and said.

"I'll go with the third child tomorrow, after all, I'm familiar with this place." After Mu Chenghu finished speaking, Mu Chengru said that he wanted to follow.

"Let the Hammer come with you! He knows how to do something, and he can take care of everything. Uncle Li glanced at his son and said.

"No, the group of people on the other side don't have any good intentions, Hammer has to keep vigil tonight, and tomorrow he will stay here to prevent the people on the other side from doing evil." Mu Chenghu objected.

Mu Chenghu arranged for the people who stayed for the vigil that day, and after selecting a few people who would enter the city with him tomorrow, he let everyone go back to the tent to rest.

Early the next morning, the thin man opposite came to ask Mu Chenghu if they wanted to go together. Mu Chenghu used his group to wait for the clansmen behind him to push it over.

When the thin man returned to the camp, he told them about the steward, who said with a look of pity, "These men are too alert." ”

"Big brother, if you want me to say that we should have robbed it last night." The big guy said angrily.

"You're a pig's brain. Hard robbery, how to rob? There are so many people on the other side and they are so united, it's good not to be counter-killed. The steward pointed at the big man and scolded.

What happened in the camp here, Mu Chenghu and his party naturally didn't know.

Before Mu Chenghu left, he found Mu Qingshan and asked him to take care of the people in the village during his absence, and guard the group of people on the other side from coming back to be demons.

"Dad, wait for us to go with you." Mu Chenghu and his entourage put on the ox cart and were about to set off when they saw the mother and daughter of Liu Wu following them.

"What are you doing here? Go back quickly. Seeing the visitor, Mu Chengru said angrily.

"Dad, take a look at your group of people for yourself, they are all big men. Don't you think it's suspicious? Mu Yao pointed to Mu Chenghu and his party and said.

After listening to Mu Yao's words, Mu Chenghu also felt that something was wrong, after all, the carload of people was full of middle-aged men, and he felt suspicious no matter how he looked at it.

"Third child, why don't we call a few more old people and women, and divide them into two fronts and two to leave." It was Mu Chengru who spoke.

Mu Chenghu thought about it for a while, so he went back to the camp to find a few bold old men and women, and he and Mu Chengru each led a team of people into the county seat.

Before leaving, Mu Chenghu told everyone that after entering the city, he would act separately according to the groups that had been divided before, and gather at the gate of the city at three o'clock.

"Dad, I'm thirsty, let's go to the tea shed over there and have a bowl of tea." Mu Yao thought that she might be able to find out some news when she went to the tea shed to drink tea, so she said that she was thirsty and wanted to drink tea.

Mu Chenghu understood in seconds when he heard his daughter's words, so he said, "I'm also a little thirsty, go and drink a bowl." ”

Mu Chenghu's family of three entered the tea shed, ordered three bowls of tea, drank for a long time and did not hear useful information, and when they were trying to inquire, they saw a shop and a poor scholar walking in.

"Boss, two bowls of tea." I saw the shopkeeper put the knife on the table and said.

"Lao Hu, do you say that these refugees are sick Pingyang City is kind enough to accept them, who knows that they will rob things everywhere." The poor scholar is a little unfair.

"You know the, those people didn't rob it at all, it was the people above who ordered them to be arrested."

The shop said in a low voice.

"How is this possible?" The poor scholar asked incredulously.

"How is it impossible, you don't know that Chen Guojun is not far from Pingyangcheng, and it may only be three or five days away, those refugees are about to be pushed to the front line, and those who get the news in the city are quietly gone. I advise you to go early! The shop was about to lower its voice, and if the two of them weren't sitting next to Mu Chenghu's family, they wouldn't have been able to hear it.

"Boss checkout." Mu Chenghu's family got the news they wanted and checked out and left.

Mu Chenghu and his party returned to the camp and found that Mu Chengru and they had not come back yet, so they were a little worried, but fortunately, Mu Chengru and his party also came back safely half an hour later.

Mu Qingliu saw the medicine brought back by the two Mu Chenghu brothers, so he said happily: "It's okay now, the old man and the child will not be afraid of heat stroke in the future." ”

Brother Mu Chenghu was in a slightly better mood when he heard this.

After dinner, Mu Chenghu hurriedly convened a meeting of the villagers to tell everyone the news they had inquired about during the day, so that everyone could have a good rest tonight and leave here early the next morning.

"Actually, the village chief also heard more terrifying news." and Mu Chengru's team of Mu Ergou said.

"What's the news?" Mu Chenghu said with a frown.

"Actually, the officials here have already decided to surrender, and they are arresting refugees in order to sacrifice them to Chen Guojun." Mu Ergou said angrily.

"Is your information reliable?" Mu Chenghu asked incredulously.

"Village chief, this news should be reliable, I got this news from a beggar." Mu Ergou replied.

When the villagers of Mujia Village heard the news from a beggar, they all felt unreliable, except for two others.

"The news I heard is the same, and the road to the south is guarded by officers and soldiers." Mu Chengru released an even more exciting news.

"Second brother, don't scare us, you have news from here." Mu Chenggui was obviously frightened.

"I got this news from the cronies of the general of Pingyang County, and that kid has a handle in my hands and dare not disobey." Mu Chengru said a little ruthlessly.

It seems that he usually underestimates his second brother, Mu Chenghu looked at Mu Chengru like this and thought.

Mu Chengru's words became the last straw that crushed the camel, and the villagers of Mujia Village suddenly despaired.

"Actually, you still have a way to go." Mu Chengru saw everyone's desperate faces and hurriedly said.

"Second brother, what you said wouldn't be the path taken by the black salt merchants!" Mu Chenghu asked.

"Third child, that's right, that road is the only way we can go at the moment." Mu Chengru replied

"Second brother, the problem is that none of us know how to go that way." Mu Chenghu said weakly.

"When I came back, I forced the kid to give me the map of the road."

After hearing Mu Chengru's words, Mu Chenghu instantly came back to life full of blood.

"Let's go back and rest, and leave early tomorrow morning." Arrange the road as soon as the road is determined.

Before going to bed, Mu Chenghu whispered to Mu Chengru, "Second brother, next time you have something to say, can you finish it all at once, don't scare my brother anymore." ”

"That's not something you've interrupted again and again." Mu Chengru said a little funny.

Mu Chenghu decided not to pay attention to his second brother's quibbles, turned around and went to sleep, and said nothing all night.