Chapter 163: Closing the Crisis
After explaining this, Zeng Haiqi left in a hurry: he was the second leader of Leping Village, so he naturally had to keep up with the footsteps of the army as soon as possible.
The moment he left, Xie Jiangqi's eyes turned red. She is now five months pregnant, and she is pregnant. Seeing that she was taken care of very well by Zeng Haiqi, she was already a lot fatter than when she left the Xie family, and her whole complexion was also much better.
And I heard that although Zeng Haiqi is the second leader of Lepingzhai, since marrying Xie Jiangqi, he has never done anything wrong. is that Xie Jiangqi is pregnant, and now there is not even a connecting room in his room, which shows that the two of them are also very affectionate.
Chu Yue was about to cry when she saw Xie Jiangqi's grievances, and she was also busy stepping forward and grabbed her hand: "Xiaoqi, don't cry." He remembers your mother and son, and he will definitely return safely! ”
Xie Jiangqi used to look weak, but now Ah Yue is a mother, and he has such a wishful relationship, so the whole person is strong: "Don't worry, sister-in-law!" I'm happy to be with you now! It's just that I've been with him for so long, and it's inevitable that I'm reluctant. Before he came, he had many things to say to me, and he wanted to tell my brother and sister-in-law! ”
There is not much time left for them.
Originally, Xie Siyun and Chu Yue thought that they would pack up for three or five days, and then carefully explain the situation here before leaving, but it was too late.
In particular, Xie Jiangqi said that in fact, the situation outside was even worse than they thought, and I am afraid that if they delay any longer, the road to Kyoto will be even more difficult. Xie Siyun immediately ordered: Pack up all your things today, and they will leave for Kyoto early tomorrow morning!
In fact, there are many things to be ordered: one is to ask the farmers in the paddy fields of Pearl Village to stop cleaning up the dead mussel beads in their hands, disinfect the breeding area, and try to keep their doors closed, and if they can dodge, they should also try to hide.
Xie Siyun also asked the people of Yuan Sturgeon and Spirit Tomb Island to help, and they could transfer as many of their people as they could, and then bring enough food and drink items to seal the Spirit Tomb Island, and wait until they heard from them, and then reopen the route.
The location of Spirit Tomb Island is cheap, and the situation at sea is complicated, so if you think that there will be a big disaster outside, it will not spread to Spirit Tomb Island.
Second, their current business in Nanzhou City will definitely not be able to do it soon. Fortunately, they were not in the business of rice, flour, grain and oil, so Xie Siyun and Chu Yue gave an order and asked the people under them to close all their shops. All the fabrics and pearls were hidden in the cellar, and then the shopkeeper and his men had to strengthen the storefront, put water tanks and supplies in the courtyard walls, and always be ready to deal with the crisis that would be brought about by the day the city of Nanzhou was destroyed.
Third, Chu Yue and Xie Siyun and their group of people who were going to Kyoto were divided into two routes, trying to make the target smaller and traveling lightly.
Along the way, I took some baggage and a few escorts to Kyoto from the west. They were mainly carrying goods and some large things that had to be taken away, and they were sent out by strong escorts, and a dart team was hired to keep them safe.
But Chu Yue and Xie Siyun also have a hard requirement for these people: once they encounter something irreparable that may harm their lives, all the materials are not important. Saving lives is the first priority for everyone, and protecting supplies is the second priority.
The other way is to take Xie Jiangqi and Chuyue and their female dependents, Xie Siyun personally protects them, and most of the people left by Zeng Haiqi are protected, with small supplies and enough silver taels scattered on everyone's body, their purpose is to rush to Kyoto safely to settle down.
After a busy day, everyone's strings seemed to be tight.
Xie An went out early in the morning to look for Yao Qingyan, but he didn't come back in the evening.
Chu Yue counted their existing silver taels and silver tickets, and distributed some to Xie Jiangqi and some to the old lady.
When it was distributed to the old lady, the old lady was still a little stunned in disbelief: "Yue'er, you are not afraid...... What bad things am I doing with this money? ”
After going through so much, the old lady is really much older and less energetic than before.
When Chu Yue heard this, she laughed a little: "Not to mention that this silver is not much, just say that if you really want to do something, isn't it asking for hardship?" Now the big guys are busy running for their lives, but you have to do bad things, and you will be the one who suffers when the time comes, I think you can calculate this account! ”
When the old lady heard this, she didn't say anything, but just clutched the silver in her hand, and then turned back and wiped a handful of tears.
Until the evening, except for the closure of their Xie family's shops in large numbers, the people of the city guard retreated quietly, and everything seemed to be the same as on an ordinary day.
When the lights were bright, Xie An came back: he naturally brought Yao Qingyan back, but he tied Yao Qingyan back.
He seemed to have worked a lot, and now Yao Qingyan, who was carrying him on his back, was also very noisy. There were almost flames in her eyes, so that Chu Yue didn't dare to let her go, for fear that if she let her go, she would directly kill Xie An with a knife.
And the little guy outside also came with the news, saying that Jing Lixin's family had left, but he left a message for them, to the effect that they were also told to leave Nanzhou City quickly and go to Kyoto, Nanzhou City is no longer peaceful.
This whole night, the noise in the house and the sound of cleaning up things made Chu Yue not sleep too well.
When the sky was bright, the first moon got up, and although she didn't sleep well, she was still in good spirits.
The people at the bottom of Nanzhou City outside have already started a day of hard work, and they don't know that a catastrophe may be coming.
Comfortable carriages are ready: one for things, the other for people. Especially Chu Yue and Xie Jiangqi, who are now pregnant, Xie Siyun has tried his best to make the carriage comfortable.
The rest of the people rode on horseback, guarding the carriage around it, and looked very good.
When she went out of the city, Chu Yue found that some people had already gotten the news, but most of them were rich or powerful.
The remaining ordinary people only knew that Nanzhou City seemed to be a little different in the past two days, but they didn't know what had happened.
Xie Siyun understood Chu Yue's thoughts, and sat in the carriage together to accompany Chu Yue, and did not forget to say to Chu Yue: "Don't worry, I asked the guys who stayed in Nanzhou City to start notifying them door to door." No matter what happens this time, we can't save everyone's lives, but we can also fight our own strength to save one by one! ”
He sighed lightly and took Chu Yue into his arms: "Yue'er, let's do our best and listen to the destiny of heaven!" Now all I can do, and the only thing I want to do, is to send you and your children to Kyoto safe and sound. Only if we live well can we save more people, right? ”
Yes, Hatsuki agrees with him.
Fortunately, they left early, and although they saw more homeless people and heard a lot of gossip along the way, they were already close to the territory of Kyoto on the seventh day of departure.
The days in this carriage were difficult, especially for pregnant women like Chu Yue and Xie Jiangqi.
Xie Jiangqi is okay, his five-month-old belly is quite stable, he can eat and drink, and occasionally help Xiaocao do some work.
Not so with the first moon: when she was first pregnant, she looked normal. From the third day of departure, she began morning sickness due to the bumps of the carriage and the instability of the fetus.
Even with Qi Duo on the side to help, Chu Yue's morning sickness never improved.
In the end, in desperation, Qi Duo could only prescribe some soothing medicine for Chu Yue, so that Chu Yue spent most of her time in her sleep.
Although in this case, Hatsuki always sleeps unsteadily, but it is better than the pain of vomiting and eating.
However, on the seventh day, when they approached the limits of Kyoto, they were trapped in the city of Haizhou, which was on the outskirts of Kyoto.
In fact, after passing Haizhou City, it is equivalent to entering the territory of Kyoto, and they have a document given to them by the Jingli Trustee, and it is not difficult to enter Kyoto at such a special time.
But just when they arrived in Haizhou City, they heard that the war between the three princes and the prince broke out in full swing.
Several castles along the way from Dongzhou to Nanzhou had all fallen, and Haizhou Castle, as a barrier to Kyoto, declared a state of emergency, closing the front and rear gates of the castle, and not allowing them to enter or enter.
Kyoto is right in front of you, but the city of Haizhou is not completely safe.
Before the night rain and wind army arrived, the soldiers stationed in the city were the first to be in chaos: they took advantage of the ban on the closure of the city and the huge power in their hands, they broke into the homes of the people in the city at will, robbed the finances and even kidnapped the people's daughters.
In the early months, because they had just entered the city, they were fortunate to live in a fairly reliable inn.
Rao is like this, in half a day, there have been three waves of officers and soldiers under different generals, and they have to use money to settle the current predicament.
Seeing that there are only two ways for them: the first one is proposed by Xie An and Yao Qingyan, and they can temporarily hide from the limelight in Haizhou City. Now that Haizhou City is in chaos, they can find an inconspicuous courtyard to hide in. The big deal is to spend a little money to eliminate the disaster, but it is inevitable to live in fear, and the unsealing of Haizhou City is far away, if you really wait for the night rain and wind to enter the city, I am afraid it will be a different situation.
This way is to keep the peace of the moment, and then think of other ways.
The second way was proposed by the old lady: they might as well take advantage of the fact that they still have enough money, and while the city of Haizhou is still in chaos when the city has just been closed, find a way to let the soldiers guarding the city gate open the city gate for them and let them go to Kyoto!