In a fierce battle in the evening, Xu Ping harvested a few silver tickets and some bits and pieces of silver, a book, and some messy things, which he didn't look at carefully, and packed them all.

Go back to the second floor, find a clean dress in the guest room and change into it, then take back your backpack, go downstairs and look back at the inn, sigh, and then turn to leave.

At this time, the sky was not clear, Xu Ping knew that he could not stay for a long time at this time, although someone deliberately closed this street, but so many people died in the inn at once, no one could block it, and the matter would definitely be publicized by people.

The leader who was killed by Xu Ping, although he covered his face the whole time and did not let people know who he was, but after the fight, Xu Ping remembered that this person turned out to be the demagogic Taoist priest, and Xu Ping had seen him on the street at noon yesterday.

Why did you kill everyone in the inn, did you have a grudge against the innkeeper, or did you specifically target him?

Xu Ping didn't understand, but now it's all over.

Along the way, Xu Ping met a lot of patrol officers and soldiers, all of whom he deftly dodged, walked for more than half an hour, from the east of the city to the west of the city, after seeing a bridge, Xu Ping stopped, did not want to go anymore, and planned to rest under the bridge for a while.

"Who? Who are you? ”

There was actually someone under the bridge, Xu Ping accidentally strayed into someone else's territory, a little embarrassed, and was about to quit.

"Are you Xu Ping? Why did you come at this time? ”

Someone came out from under the bridge and asked.

"You...... Are you staying here tonight? ”

The voice of the person who shouted was a little familiar, Xu Ping took a closer look, wasn't it the villagers of Xujia Village? And there was more than one, more than two dozen people hid under the bridge to rest.

"The cost of accommodation in the county inn is too high!"

Xu Ping sighed after hearing this, an ordinary room costs eighty yuan, and it is not safe at night.

There is no money, so you can only live in this place where you don't need money.

"Wasn't this the home of the beggars in the city?"

Xu Ping asked a little curiously, could it be that they came and drove away all the beggars who lived under the bridge?

"Regardless of our business, I heard that some time ago, the officers and soldiers who defended the city drove all the beggars in the city out of the city."

"I see!"

If the beggars in the city were still there, how could they let the villagers of Xujia Village occupy their lair? However, the officers and soldiers defending the city were too cruel, and among these beggars, many of them were lonely children, and they could still have a way to live in the city, but after leaving the city, it was almost like looking for death.

In these troubled times, the common people cannot survive, let alone these beggars who live by begging.

Xu Ping just sighed and didn't say anything.

It's better to rest under the bridge for a few hours, and when it is dawn, find the old village chief and go back to Xujia Village together.

The world outside is too chaotic, it's best not to come in the future, after all, it's better to die than to live.

Xu Ping found an empty spot, put down the back basket, then leaned on the back basket, and began to close his eyes and rest.

After dawn, Xu Ping and his entourage came to the city gate, the city gate was still locked, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city were waiting solemnly.

"Oh no, no, something big is wrong!"

The old village chief walked over with Xu Dali's support, and kept thinking about it, "What can I do about this?" ”

"Village Chief, what's going on?"

Everyone gathered around the old village chief and asked anxiously.

"The bandits of Sancha Mountain and Caomang Ridge are all rebels."

"Ah, how did a bandit become a rebel?"

"The county government has posted a notice, saying that the bandits of Sancha Mountain and Caomangling are all Xuan Wangye's people, Xuan Wangye rebelled in Tongzhou in the north, and the war has burned to the city of Yongzhou, if Yongzhou is taken, the rebels will soon come to Qinan County."

"What do the rebels have to do with us!"

"The county pressure does not allow us to go out of the city, going out of the city is equivalent to the enemy, once discovered, we will be killed on the spot!"

"Ahh So we can't go back today? ”

"When I heard the news, I hurried over to inform you that you should hide in the county seat first, and then go home after the rebels left."

This news was no less than a thunderbolt, which shocked the villagers of Xujia Village at once, and some people cried on the spot after hearing it: "I still have a wife and children at home, and they still need me!" ”

"I'm going home! I don't want to stay in the county! ”

"I'm going home!"

……

Soon attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and when the old village chief saw it, he asked Xu to pull everyone out of the city gate in a hurry.

"Don't cry, everyone, wait for a while, and then I'll go to the county government to ask about the situation!"

In the end, the old village chief left 200 yuan for each person, so that everyone could get through the difficulty temporarily, and when he thought of a way in the future, he would help all the villagers go home.

In fact, the old village chief didn't have a good way, and it was just his excuse to go to the county government to ask, but he knew that the effect was not great.

Xu Ping held the two hundred yuan handed over to him by the old village chief in his hand, and his heart was full of helplessness, although he was not short of money at present, he still took it silently.

Soon, someone left.

In the city, if you are diligent, you will not die of hunger, and the county government is recruiting some reserve troops to defend the city, although they do not give money, but at least two meals a day.

Xu Ping didn't sign up, since he couldn't go back, the most urgent thing was to find a place to live and settle down temporarily.

Buying or renting?

After Xu Ping asked Yaren, he learned that the housing in the city is currently very tight, and it costs eight hundred taels of silver to buy an ordinary courtyard, and only five taels of silver to rent a month.

In the end, Xu Ping thought about it, let's rent a house!

Although there are thousands of good things in the city, it is still not as good as your own shack in Xujia Village, free, and the air is fresh.

With the help of Yaren, Xu Ping found a yard in Daohua Lane in the west of the city and paid half a year's rent at one time.

In the future, if he wants to live in the city, Xu Ping plans to buy some grain at the grain store and hoard half a year or a year's worth of grain.

If you don't make preparations in advance to store grain, when the rebels will reach the county seat, you may not be able to buy food when you want to.

Next, Xu Ping worked hard for a few days, and bought everything he should have bought before he put his mind at ease.

Once, Xu Ping walked on the street and saw a person preaching the Virgin of the White Lotus, although this person was not a Taoist priest, he was still very scared, and he didn't know what this person was doing in the county seat, whether he came to investigate the cause of his predecessor's death, or .......

When he returned home, Xu Ping closed the door and decided not to go out again in the future, and first finished the pill in his hand.

To be on the safe side, Xu Ping dug a cellar under the bedroom, and at night he planned to sleep in the cellar in the future, no matter how big something happened outside, as long as the place where he was hiding did not leak, he would never go out.

Sometimes, curiosity kills.