Xu Wanjun's face sank like water, and he said angrily: "What? It's not a fart, her old man actually has nothing to do, the saint just tricked our civil and military officials into house arrest in the palace, and secretly took the old and young men and women, and slipped away together! ”

Old Madam Pang was stunned when she heard this, her eyes widened, and she said in a trembling voice: "Wan Jun, what is going on?" Hurry up and talk to your mother. ”

Xu Wanjun's eyebrows tightened, and he said: "The Northern Liang people are menacing this time, our army of the Southern Zhou Dynasty is retreating one after another, and it is about to attack the capital, and the luck of the Southern Zhou Dynasty is afraid that it will not be long in coming." That's why the emperor fled in advance with those people in the palace! ”

"What? That's what happened! Aren't we all finished? When Mrs. Pang heard Xu Wanjun's words, she was immediately frightened and panicked, and even her teeth kept chattering when she spoke.

Xu Wanjun sighed and said: "Our Southern Zhou army is weak in combat, and it is true that we can't beat the Northern Liang people, forget it, it's useless to talk more, mother, you better go back to the room and immediately pack up the things you want to bring, and let's leave the capital as soon as it gets dark!" ”

"It's really sad to die, I finally can enjoy the blessings at home, I never thought that a catastrophe is coming, a good country, and it will die!"

Mrs. Pang was unwilling, but helpless.

As soon as she raised her feet and took two steps, Mrs. Pang turned around and asked Xu Wanjun again: "Son, does Zhang Shixiao know this news?" ”

Xu Wanjun shook his head and said, "She doesn't know yet." ”

Old Madam Pang bowed slightly, and said with a gloomy face: "Okay, let's not tell her, the left and right are just a burden to eat dry rice, let her stay in the house and wait for death!" ”

After a pause, he instructed again: "In addition, Jingling and Jing'an, the two sisters and brothers, are also thrown in the mansion to save our supplies!" ”

She has always disliked Zhang's daughter-in-law, and she hated the house and the black, so she also disliked her two children.

Xu Wanjun nodded, showed a grim smile, and said, "What my mother thought of, I have already thought of." Hmph, I don't bother to care about the lives of them! Mother go back to the room to clean up first, I now tell the housekeeper to prepare the carriage and horses, try not to alarm the Zhang family, and escape quietly! Ha ha! ”

When the words fell, he clapped his hands happily and walked away.

Xu Wanjun didn't know that the Zhang family, who had been squatting in the corner of the wall, heard the words of their conspiracy word for word, and couldn't help but feel sad and angry, gritting his teeth.

Zhang's dejected walked back to Caiyun Garden, and Mama Cao had already brought Xu Jingling and Xu Jing'an home to her and was sitting on a chair anxiously waiting for her.

"Mother, what happened? Why are you still crying? Xu Jingling saw that Zhang's listlessness seemed to be about to fall down at any time, and he could vaguely find the tears in the corners of her eyes, so he quickly stood up and helped her sit down.

"Mother? I heard that Nan Zhou is about to die, is it true? Tell us about it. Xu Jing'an on the side poured a cup of fragrant tea for Zhang's family, held it in both hands and handed it to his mother.

He had just turned fifteen, with clear eyebrows, a straight nose, bright eyes, deeply embedded in his high cheekbones, and a chin still with a little trace of baby fat, gentle but not pretentious.

Now seeing her mother's sad and angry appearance, I was both surprised and a little sad for her.

Xu Jingling is only one year older than him, with three thousand green silk knotted with two black and shiny braids, eyebrows and sideburns, a beautiful nose, round and plump cheeks, long eyelashes, sparkling, as if he can speak.

In particular, the corners of the mouth are slightly pulled, and the cheeks naturally bloom with two small dimples, which is very cute and pleasing.

After Zhang Shi drank two sips of tea, she was relieved: "Mother, please calm your anger, if you have any grievances, just say it, Brother and I will help you." ”

Zhang looked at his two children, his nose was sour, and when he thought of Xu Wanjun, a thin lover, and wanted to abandon them, tears couldn't help but burst out of his eyes.

She hated herself for being so stupid, and she believed that the master would be good to them from beginning to end, but she made Jingling and Jing'an suffer together with her and live a miserable life.

And now, she has woken up like a dream, and no longer has any expectations for Xu Wanjun, a thin lover, she just wants to leave the general's mansion with a pair of children as soon as possible, and rush to join her eldest daughter Jingluo, so that they can rely on each other for their lives and share the joy of family.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang hurriedly stood up and walked to his room, and came out after a while, with an extra money bag in his hand.

She stuffed the money bag into Xu Jing'an's hand and advised: "An'er, the Northern Liang barbarians are about to attack, and the Southern Zhou Dynasty will die, how can there be eggs under the so-called nest?" We must hurry up and prepare to run for our lives. Now go to the market and buy some light wagons, and a large amount of grain, and in an hour we will meet at the West Point Gate. ”

Xu Jingan was stunned when he heard this, revealing an incredible expression. He just came from the market, and he didn't find anything wrong at all, but now his mother told them that Nanzhou would be destroyed immediately, and for a while he was a little suspicious of the truth of the matter.

But the matter is big, where does my mother dare to talk nonsense, it seems that nine times out of ten it is true!

So, he nodded in response, immediately took the money bag, and hurried away.

Xu Jingling was also frightened when he heard his mother's words, and it took a long time to come to his senses and say: "Mother, I heard that Beiliang is fierce and domineering, and greedy and lustful, if we are caught by Beiliang soldiers, I am afraid the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

Zhang sighed, rubbed her head soothingly, and said, "Ling'er, don't worry, no matter what, my mother will not leave the two of you alone, okay, it's not too early, you go back to the room immediately to clean up, and escape from this ghost place as soon as possible." ”

"Okay, I got it!" Xu Jingling nodded again and again, and hurried back to the room.

Zhang watched his daughter leave, took a few sips of tea, looked at Mama Cao who was standing beside him and said, "Mama Cao, quickly gather all the maids in Caiyun Yuan here." ”

Mama Cao bowed down and asked, "Madam, are you going to release all the maids out of the house?" ”

"Not bad." Zhang bowed his head slightly, and said, "Each person will receive two taels, and then let them out of the house to restore their freedom." ”

When Mama Cao heard this, she said with a sad face: "However, everyone's deed of sale is still with Aunt Zhao, and she is definitely not willing to give it up." ”

When Zhang heard this, he couldn't help but sneer: "This kind of thing like a deed of sale is just a formality, and Nanzhou will cease to exist soon, so what does it matter?" Mama, go and do something. ”

"The minions obey." Mama Cao heard what Madame said, so she left with confidence.

Soon, all the maids were summoned to Liuyuan, and the Zhang family had already ordered someone to dump a large bag of loose silver on the desk, and divided it into eighteen equal parts.