It was not only the Qiu family who was panicking, but the old couple of the Qi family, their three sons, daughters-in-law and children, who were tied up and gagged, also whined in panic, and the subordinates were even more panicked.

The granary was stolen, and the food that could be eaten at home was only a little bit in the kitchen pantry, and the whole family estimated that they had to eat gruel to last a few more days, because it is also very difficult to buy grain in the capital now, and many grain stores in the city are closed, and ordinary people can only go to several grain stores that have cooperation with the official warehouse to buy official rice, which is old and rough, although the price of grain has not risen much, but each purchase is limited, and the long queue for most of the day can only buy ten catties, and if the family population is large, there will be no porridge to eat. The large households that have grain stocks are now supported by their own grain stocks, and at the same time they are using all means to find ways to get more grain in and out of it.

The people were worried that they would be hungry in the future, and the more they talked, the louder they became, and Qi Reliable heard everything he should have heard without moving by the door, and finally had some understanding of the current situation in the capital.

After several years of drought and flooding, even the major grain-producing counties in the land of fish and rice have reduced their grain production, and the local people are about to run out of food and the imperial court will raise taxes, so a wave of tax resistance has broken out in some places.

The news that people hear on the street may be exaggerated and distorted, but one of the advantages of the capital is that the news is concentrated, and some of the essence of the exaggerated news will not change, such as restlessness on the border, there are foreign enemies who invade and plunder the border people's already small grain or occupy land, which is still on land, and the sea pirates often go ashore to plunder, many villages along the coast have been ten rooms and nine empty, and the imperial court and navy have been beaten to pieces.

Qi Ke listened to it coldly, feeling that the internal and external troubles of this dynasty had reached this level, and it was estimated that it was not far from changing the dynasty, and it was not clear that the current reigning emperor would be recorded in the future history books as the last emperor, and the capital had always been a battleground for soldiers, so she had to leave quickly and go to a safe place to avoid the war that might arise in the future.

The question is, when chaos is on, where is there a safe place?

Just when the courtyard was in chaos, the people who came to gather shouted in a mess while stepping into the courtyard gate: "The eldest master is back!" ”

Qiu's heart suddenly swelled with an ominous premonition, and he looked nervously at the courtyard gate with his hands clenched, and after a while, he saw Qi Hongyi striding in angrily.

"What's going on?!"

Qi Hongyi didn't expect to see such a scene when he came back, his eyes turned, and he found his father and mother and younger brother and daughter-in-law who were tightly tied up in the middle of the crowd, and he didn't bother to ask why his father and mother were like this, but walked in front of the second brother first, and kicked his head and face, kicking Qi Lao Wow Wow and shouting vaguely for help.

The old couple of the Qi family were anxious, but they could only whine when they were gagged, but fortunately, there were a lot of people around, and several family members rushed up and forcibly dragged the eldest master away, saving the second master's life, but the person had been kicked and had a nosebleed.

"Xianggong!" Qiu Shi hurriedly walked over, grabbed one of Qi Hongyi's arms, and looked at her angry husband worriedly, "What's wrong?" Is your boss embarrassed you? ”

"I'm suspended! Crown belt idle! Qiu didn't ask, but when he asked, Qi Hongyi was directly furious, broke away from the hands of the people around him, and rushed to Qi Lao Er to punch and kick, "Bastard thing!" You eat me, drink me, and repay me like this?! I'll beat you to death! Shoot you! Bastard thing! ”

“…… Suspended?! Qiu screamed in disbelief, his eyes turned to Qi Lao Er, who was lying on the ground and rolling around to avoid the legs and feet of the eldest brother, there was a spark in his eyes, and he waved his hand to let his companion come over, "Pull the eldest master away!" Bring a stick, don't let the old man hurt his feet! ”

Qi Hongyi was pulled away again, and the family with sticks quickly surrounded him, giving people the momentum that they could beat the second master to death with a stick as long as he gave an order.