Governor Li knew that Mei Xiaoren was going to take grain to Yunxian County, and began to drive her away before it was dark, saying that it was not safe to be late.

Mei Xiaoren reluctantly said goodbye to Lao Li and rushed back to Xuanzhou City with a few guards.

When they entered the city, it was already sunset, and the whole city had lived up to its former prosperity, and there were still a few people walking forward in the streets, and the wind was blowing strongly, and the streets had not been cleaned for a long time, and the dust was flying all over the sky.

"The bandits are coming—run—"

Someone came running from the gate of the city, exclaiming as they ran.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves came with the wind.

Mei Xiaoren could tell from the sound that there were a lot of people, and before she went to the yamen, she had ordered a large group of people to go first with grain and grass, and she only took a few guards to stay in the city for more stays, and these people around her were definitely not the opponents of the bandits.

"My lord, stay out of the way." The guard pointed to the looted shop next to him.

Mei Xiaoren nodded and hid on the second floor of the shop with a few guards.

She walked to the window, opened the window and looked out into the street, silently waiting for someone to come.

Before long, a red color appeared in front of her eyes, and the bandits on horseback and sword in hand were all dressed in the red clothes that she was very familiar with.

She had already guessed that there was such a rampant force in Jiangnan, besides the Flowing Fire Gang?

The Drift Fire Gang came about a hundred men, and they dismounted in the city, and then scattered, and went into the alleys, and broke into the shops, and whenever the doors of the shops were closed, they broke down the doors, and robbed them wantonly, and put everything they had stolen into the streets.

Mei Xiaoren's hiding place had been patronized by them, and no one came in again this time, but she looked at the scene downstairs, and her heart felt as if a needle was pricking.

After a while, a terrible scream came from a small alley, the same terrifying sound as if it had been inflicted on a prisoner, and it was not long before the city was quiet again.

She watched a man in red come out of the alley, his clean knife stained with blood and dripping down, while he carried a bag in his other hand, and threw it into the box when he returned.

The burden was scattered, and Mei Xiaoren saw that it contained only some scattered silver, and silver objects of poor quality.

These red-clothed figures dangled in front of her eyes, remembering Qingying's revenge in her heart, and she still remembered to help Qingying avenge, but now that they were doing evil under her nose, she was helpless......

Mei Xiaoren's hand holding the window lattice suddenly clenched.

Even the guards beside her couldn't help but whisper indignantly: "This group of people is really hateful! ”

Mei Xiaoren was still looking downstairs, and suddenly, there was a different figure in her sight, the man was riding a horse and walking slowly from behind, wearing a golden robe and a golden mask on his face.

He rode near, and everywhere he went, the gang knelt down and kowtowed to him.

The leaders of the Flowing Fire Gang are here, it can be seen that they are relying on Xuanzhou and biting Xuanzhou!

As for the purpose, of course, it is to help the Xia Kingdom add chaos, or maybe it is to turn Xuanzhou into an empty city, and then surrender without a fight.

The weather was hot, even the gang leader was suffocated by the splendid clothes, he pulled his collar uncomfortably, and the gang members on the side hurriedly came over to fan and fan the wind.

As soon as his neckline opened, Mei Xiaoren clearly saw that he was wearing something around his neck, and immediately frowned, and his hand grasped the window lattice tighter and tighter.

She shook her head again, she couldn't believe her eyes, but no matter how much she looked at it, it was all around his neck, not dazzling.

The gang leader suddenly looked up at the upstairs on both sides, and Mei Xiaoren hurriedly withdrew his gaze and hid behind the window.

After a while, when she looked out again, the man in red in the street began to walk forward with the suitcase, and the gang leader was nowhere to be found.

Mei Xiaoren found a place to sit in the house, pondered alone for a long time, and waited until it was dark before leaving the shop with the people.

She walked down the street, and it was quiet everywhere, and the Driftfire Gang had left.

Before leaving Xuanzhou, Mei Xiaoren went to the Xiao family, she thought that the Xiao family should have taken refuge in Xuanzhou, but who knew that the ancestral house of the Xiao family was safe and sound. The door of the house is open, and there are no fewer people guarding the door than before.

In the entire Xuanzhou Mansion, the Flowing Fire Gang only let go of the Xiao family.

Mei Xiaoren wanted to ask Xiao Ru to come out and ask the reason, but Xiao Mei was not there, and she couldn't delay here, so she had to keep this question in her heart and set off for Yunxian County.

As Mu Zhifu said, starting from Qiushui County, several county towns near the border are guarded by government soldiers, and they are peaceful for the time being.

Even if there are no bandits in the city, there is a battlefield not far from the city, and Yunxian County is not as prosperous as before, and there are only a few pedestrians on the street. Other people's shops were closed, but her father's heart was big, and he let all her family's shops continue to open for business.

Mei Xiaoren returned to Yunxian non-stop, and then asked the soldiers to take the food and leave first, and even the guards were sent away.

The city was full of government soldiers, and her people were very likely to come back to report the matter, so she didn't change her clothes when she went home, and only told her subordinates that she was going to visit relatives at Xiao's house.

Mei Xiaoren was dressed in men's clothes, handing over the greeting post as if visiting a squire, and waited for the next person in the family to invite her, she went in, pretending to be a guest.

It was early in the morning, and her father was playing Tai Chi in the garden, and even if he heard her footsteps, he was reluctant to stop, and pushed his hands by himself.

After a while, her father said slowly, "Lord Mei is willing to come back to see the grass people?" ”

Mei Xiaoren glanced at his father, sent away the subordinates who came with him, and sat down under the porch, "Dad, your old man can really see it, and the people of the Xia Kingdom have all hit the door." ”

"That is, there are a few fathers in the world who are willing to let their daughters do men's work, not to see what it is."

"I'm going back to Beijing after delivering grain and grass, during this time, Dad, you quickly pack up, settle down at home, and come with me."

"Let's go? Where to? ”

Mei Xiaoren hurriedly said: "You can go anywhere in the state capital west of Jinzhou, why don't you go to Beijing with me?" I can't stay here anyway, it's not peaceful here,"

"I won't go to Xuanzhou, let alone go to Beijing, your father's old bones are buried here, you can spare time to come back and see your father, your father is already content." Her father suddenly smiled on his face, "If you bring another husband back, it will be even better." ”

Mei Xiaoren leaned against the pillar, stepped on the railing, spread the folding fan to fan the wind, and laughed a few times: "Look at me, do you look like I can get you a golden beetle?" ”

Her father caught a glimpse of her uninhibited appearance, and snorted: "If you go down like this, if you are not a man, a woman is not a woman, who wants you." ”

She didn't go home this time to gossip with her father, Mei Xiaoren said bluntly: "Tomorrow, I will go to the military camp outside the city to see the situation, if the war will endanger Yun County, you have to follow me for anything!" ”