The Ma family is also in Zhongzhou, about three counties separated from Jiang's mansion, and it takes seven or eight days to take the official road and speed up the horse.

Ma Liangnai, the old lady of the Ma family, is a former scholar of Qilin Pavilion University, and his official residence is secondary. He consciously returned to his hometown when he was old, enjoyed the joy of family at home, and taught his younger generations by the way.

The sons are a little literate, they are not bad at reading but they are very wooden, and they are a little less flexible in dealing with people.

The old man hardened his heart and detained them, so several of them were idle at home, and none of them were involved in officialdom.

On this day, Ma Liang was teaching his juniors to study when an old servant in gray walked in and presented a letter.

Mrs. Ma looked at the arrow-like seal on the envelope, squinted her eyes, and let the children get out of school early.

Entering the study with the gray-clothed old servant, the old servant hurriedly closed the doors and windows of the study.

"Master, what happened to Miss Yurong Sun?"

The gray-clothed old servant looked at the old lady who was stunned with the letter, he was a little anxious, like his master, he has always loved this eldest lady the most.

Seeing that her letter was stamped with the Ma family's urgent sign 'arrow print', I was worried, what was going on!

Mrs. Ma didn't speak, but handed over the letter.

The old servant hurriedly took it, and after a cursory sweep, his heart fell to the ground, but fortunately nothing major happened.

"Master, what does Miss Sun mean by this, is it for us to rush to the Jiang family for refuge?"

She said that she would go to Jiang's house first and then discuss, but she was afraid that there would be other arrangements. How long do you have enough food to eat at home? ”

Old lady Ma looked at the old servant in front of him, shook his head again, and said:

"Ma Zhong, you quickly send someone to check the water level of the Li River, we have always eaten our own well water, let's go and see."

So saying, the old man put away the letter and strode out.

For two days, the whole Ma Mansion was a little nervous.

From the eldest lord to the servant girl, they all think that the old lady is not old and has a bad brain?

The clan study is not open, and I run to the well all day long, and I look at it for a long time. What is there to see in the well water? Isn't it that the old man can't think of it?

After today's morning meal, Mrs. Ma called several rooms together, announced that the industry would be quickly closed, the hired long-term workers would be dismissed, and he would set off to Jiang's house in a few days.

At first glance, I only felt that my father's illness was ruthless, and he was talking nonsense.

The eldest man immediately turned red-eyed, knelt down, and bluntly said that he was not filial, and the old father didn't know that he was unwell!

Mrs. Ma was angry, dropped the teacup and scolded angrily: You have all grown up, your wings are stiff, you don't listen to your father's arrangement and don't worry, my old man only takes away his own grandson, let the Ma family continue to succeed, as for a few of you, it doesn't matter if you die or not!

The words made the sons tremble, thinking that the old father must have received some news and what the court was going to do.

Recently, there has been a lot of turmoil in the north, and there are continuous natural disasters, so it is possible that Zhongzhou is no longer safe!

Although the few rooms couldn't figure it out, they didn't dare to refute it, but they all prepared unequivocally.

……

However, it was said that the ancient father and his entourage had been on the road for more than a month, and finally arrived in Changyu Prefecture, east of Zhongzhou.

This state runs north-south, and along this official road to the southernmost point, you can reach Yasui Prefecture under the rule of King Zhongshan.

There is a county town under it, called 'Anhe County', which is the place where Gu Tianxing wants to take everyone, and it is the real south.

But she chose this place to settle down, mainly because Anhe County is backed by Anjing Ridge, the terrain is high, although the land is barren, but in case the flood is raging, they still have a way to retreat.

Gu Tai knocked on the hard clods of soil, a little worried about his niece Yurong, and he didn't know what happened to Zhongzhou? She pestled her granddaughter:

"Tuan Tuan, do you think your Aunt Yurong can come over safely?"

"Who? Which other aunt do I have? Gu Tianxing was really a little confused, she didn't react at all who Gu Tai was talking about, and she didn't remember which aunt in the family was named Yurong.

The old lady rolled her eyes and counted:

Eat other people's food, drink other people's food, slap your ass and forget people!

Only then did Gu Tianxing remember that it was Mrs. Jiang.

I had to tell her not to worry, and to calculate it herself. After calculating a month later, Gu Tianxing reasoned his thoughts and said:

It's okay now, and it's going to be a month before we start grabbing water! The Jiang family is a wealthy family, and it will be fine. It's just that the plague is about to start, and in more than half a month, the entire central part will begin to break out sporadically, and it may be a little late for them to escape.

Gu Tai was very worried, and immediately called Ma Er and Ma San over, and asked them to hurry out and ride back to report the news.

Gu Tianxing shook his head, how easy is this. If they hadn't "begged for water" by themselves, the eight families who fled in Daao Village would have died of thirst in the middle of the road before they had passed through Zhongzhou, and they didn't see that there were only bones left along the way?

Although Ma Er and Ma San are brave, they have no water to drink, and they still can't escape a dead word.

Lend the green bamboo? She was reluctant, after all, it was much easier for her to have green bamboo.

If you calculate the time, it will only take a month to reach your destination. Hey, it would be nice to build a teleportation array in Jiang's Mansion at that time!

The three Ma brothers knew that this was more than lucky, but they were loyal and both fought to return to Jiang's mansion.

Gu Tianxing sighed, why are these people so solid-eyed? You say, how good it would be if you were a bad person, so that I don't have to think about your life or death, right?

Gu Tianxing reluctantly took off a dark green hairpin on his head, which was given to him by Qingzhu before.

She had originally planned to refine it into a magic weapon, so that it would look better and be preserved for a long time. It's a pity that it failed when carving the inscription, and barely left only a storage effect.

In fact, this storage energy is also brought by the body of Qingzhu, and she can at most expand it from one cubic meter to ten cubic meters. Before I can cover the heat, I have to lend it out, it really hurts!

Over there, Ma Er had already hung the water bladder and baggage on the horse's back, Gu Tianxing took out two large wooden barrels for bathing, quietly filled them with water, and put them into the bamboo hairpin space.

After doing this, she hurriedly walked towards Ma Er, looked at the solid-eyed man and said:

"You can't go back to Jiang's Mansion like this, and you will definitely die of thirst in the middle of the road."

Ma Er knew the kindness of the little girl in front of him, and hugged his fists and said:

"Girl, thank you all the time, I hope you don't dislike it, take in one or two. This way, even if I die in the middle of the road, my Ma Er can be regarded as loyal to my wife. ”

Gu Tianxing shook his head, who is still loyal when everyone is dead?

"I have a treasure to ensure that you will not die of thirst, but this thing cannot be controlled by ordinary people, you need to sincerely recognize me as the Lord and sign a master-servant contract with me."

"Ma Er is willing to serve the girl as the lord and swear allegiance to the death!"

Gu Tianxing didn't expect this person, he didn't even think about it, he should be so happy. She kindly reminded:

"These days, you should also understand my methods. I don't sign this contract casually, once it is completed, you will have the slightest idea of betrayal, and it will be destroyed. Or do you think again? ”

Ma Er insisted very much, because only in this way could he go back alive to report to his wife, and only then could he have more hope of saving the master's family!

Ma San didn't know what his second brother muttered to Miss Tuantuan, but he only heard him say that he had a life-saving baby, and his heart was a lot more relaxed.

After Ma Er left, everyone hurried to the road again, and thanks to the token given by Mrs. Jiang, they really passed the level without much effort.

Gu Tai once again talked about the goodness of her niece Yurong, and the villagers all praised this eldest lady for being such a good person!

Gu Tianxing also sighed, no matter what people thought in their hearts, it was not bad to be able to do this part.

Although this Changyu Prefecture is also dry, the climate is much better, the day is extremely cool, only the night is a little cold, you need to cover a thick quilt so that it will not be frozen.

Further south, refugees become more sparse on the way.

Gu Tianxing guessed that the really poor farmers were either starving to death or had already gone south.

Large households generally have well water, and the water level should drop a lot at this time, but not to the extent of abandoning their homes and businesses to flee the famine.

The main thing is that the day is not scorching, and from time to time there is a cool breeze, and many people always hope that it will rain.

The old father and their group have resumed three meals a day, "kill, kill, kill!" Mobilization slogan.

The big guy looked at the refugees who appeared on the road in twos and threes, and still put the sickle and axe back in the place where they were handy.

No way, be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, in case someone doesn't have long eyes!