The Xia army that drove away from the city gate only solved the crisis in Yunxian County, and the war was not over, and the Xia army was still entrenched in the border pass, almost wanting to invade the Daning border again.

A few days later, General Zhu arrived with soldiers and horses to join the defenders, and the 100,000-strong army marched out of the city.

Ye Zhi went with the army under the recommendation of Zhao Dutong, while Mei Xiaoren stayed in the city under the obstruction of Mrs. Wei.

Previously, Mrs. Wei led her troops to pass through Xuanzhou and scared away the group of bandits of the Flowing Fire Gang, and the bandits in Xuanzhou subsided. When the army arrived in Yun County, the government soldiers guarding Yun County began to withdraw to Xuanzhou to maintain order in Xuanzhou.

Mei Xiaoren also borrowed to live in the county ya, and in the past few days, documents have been sent from Xuanzhou, and she watched those official letters sent into the yamen with her own eyes, and soon built a hill on the public case in the lobby.

In the past, Xuanzhou was in chaos, and the official letters issued by the imperial court were either difficult to reach Xuanzhou, or it was difficult to issue them to the counties after arriving in Xuanzhou, so that there was a large backlog of documents, and they were sent in batches at this time.

After the clerk of the county government cleaned up the papers, the county magistrate held a stack of documents and put them on the coffee table beside Mei Xiaoren, and said respectfully: "My lord, please take a look." ”

Mei Xiaoren wondered what kind of documents she wanted to see at first, but after flipping through a few books at random, she realized that these documents were all about an order - to summon her back.

As early as when Xia declared war, Chu Yu had ordered her to be summoned back to Beijing, and it should be because he had not received a reply for a long time that he frequently sent so many official letters.

It's not that she doesn't want to leave, but this is her home, her father, her father's family business are here, and now that the war situation is undecided, how can she be alone. She wanted to wait for the situation to calm down a little more, and then set out on the journey home with peace of mind.

Half a month passed, and the good news outside the city was frequent, as if the overall situation had been decided, Mei Xiaoren's hanging heart gradually let go, and he planned to leave for Beijing in three days.

Before leaving Yun County, Mei Xiaoren walked on the street accompanied by the county order.

After Xia Jun evacuated from outside the city, order in Yunxian County was gradually restored, shops opened one after another, and the people continued to live a peaceful and peaceful life.

"Look, my lord, the rest of the closed doors are the shops of the Xiao family, the Xiao family is the pillar of Yun County, and the humble post has been worried that Xiao Yuanwai will move his family west for refuge, and as soon as the Xiao family leaves, then Yun County is only afraid of ...... We have to go back to the way it used to be. ”

Mei Xiaoren shook the folding fan and sighed, her father's stubborn temper couldn't even drive the enemy away, and the county commander was too worried.

She saw the Chu family's shop in a blink of an eye, and said lightly: "Without the Xiao family, isn't there still the Chu family?" ”

"The Chu family? The Chu family used to rely on the Xiao family to support them, but this year it seems that they suddenly made a fortune, I don't know if someone from the clan made a fortune outside and sent back a lot of silver. ”

"Really?" Mei Xiaoren looked at the street entrance while responding, it was the door of the Chu family, the door of the mansion that had faded and lost paint in the past had been repainted, the vermilion paint was particularly eye-catching, and the whole mansion seemed to have been repaired inside and out, and it seemed that the owner of this mansion seemed to have made a fortune.

Mei Xiaoren passed by in front of the Chu family, and asked curiously: "Has the young master of the Chu family ever come back?" ”

The county commander pondered for a while and said, "Young master? I heard that the young master has been away from home for several years, and he has not been here for a long time, so he has never seen him, and he should not have returned. ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded in understanding.

The Chu family is not far from the west city gate, and it is noon, and there are still many people at the city gate.

Mei Xiaoren and the county magistrate walked to the corner of the street and turned back, as soon as she turned around, she heard a piercing scream behind her, and when she looked back, the scene in front of her was really unexpected.

A dozen or so men who had just come in from the city gate held murder weapons in their hands and held the old and weak women and children on the street hostage, looking at her and the county magistrate in unison.

The other people were so frightened by this scene that they scattered and fled, and the long street was suddenly in chaos. The officials rushed up and surrounded the group, but because they had hostages in their hands, no one dared to act rashly.

The county magistrate reprimanded: "Bold fanatics, dare to commit murder here!" ”

They didn't hold it hostage sooner or later, but they didn't show their murderous appearance when she and the county commander passed by, and they should have seen the county commander in official uniform.

Mei Xiaoren originally thought that these people were coming from the county commander, but who knew that what they asked was: "Who is the former Mei county commander of Qiushui County, call him out!" ”

The county commander looked at Mei Xiaoren beside him in shock, and said in a low voice: "My lord...... This ......"

Mei Xiaoren asked, "What are you looking for him?" ”

A man said: "My master asked him to go to reminisce about the old days, let him come out quickly, otherwise the knife in our hands will not be long-sighted." ”

"Who is your master?" Mei Xiaoren asked again.

"Of course, it's the old acquaintance of that Master Mei, don't bother, it's not easy for the brothers to go to the city, if we can't invite anyone today, we have to use these people's lives to make up for the regrets."

Mei Xiaoren looked at the hostages, men and women, old and young, all looking at her and the county magistrate in horror. Some of them were trembling with fright, and some of them were still shouting: "Lord Prefectural Order, help......"

Human life is at stake, is there room for her to hesitate in such a scene?

"Okay, I'll go with you." Mei Xiaoren accepted the folding fan and answered.

The county order was shocked: "My lord...... No......"

"It's just a no-brainer, it's okay." Mei Xiaoren replied indifferently, walked towards those people, and said, "I'm here, let them go." ”

The man was suspicious: "You are the former Meixian Order?" ”

Mei Xiaoren spread his arms slightly, "Isn't it like that?" ”

"That's good." The man glanced at his subordinate, and the man let go of the hostage and came over to hold the dagger against Mei Xiaoren's neck.

Then, the hostage in their hands became her. The rest of the people were well taken care of, and quickly left the street under the evacuation of the officials.

Mei Xiaoren was escorted by those people to the south gate of Yunxian County, and a group of officials were still following behind.

When the gates were opened, the man holding her tighter pressed the dagger and shouted to the soldiers, "If you don't stay any longer, I'll wipe his neck here!" ”

The officials of the county government had to stop at the gate of the city.

Out of the city, they took out ropes and tied Mei Xiaoren's hands and feet, blindfolded her with a black cloth, and stuffed her into a carriage.

The carriage was moving fast, swaying left and right and jolting.

Mei Xiaoren's eyes were pitch black, and she had experienced similar scenes before.

This time, they named and named Qiushui County to arrest the former county order, and said that it was the old man of their master......

So, she boldly made a hypothesis, a hypothesis that could make sense of everything.

The carriage came to a halt after a long drive, and they untied the rope at her ankle and let Mei Xiaoren get out of the car and walk.

The breeze was gusting outside, much cooler than Yunxian, and when the black cloth was taken off, Mei Xiaoren looked around and found that she was in a deep mountain and old forest, and there was a cave in front of her, and there were several red-clothed guards standing at the entrance of the cave.

What he saw in front of him made Mei Xiaoren have to sigh: "The road is narrow!" ”