He Zao was originally walking on the road, along the official road, to the south, and from time to time there were all kinds of pedestrians around him, most of whom were relocated in horse-drawn carts or ox carts.

These people are well-informed, and they already know that war is imminent.

Seeing that a single woman with a child in Hezao looked at it curiously.

He Zao couldn't trust anyone, and he didn't know if walking with these people was risky, so he wanted to stick to the next town and rent a carriage.

However, at noon, she picked up some dry firewood on the side of the road, hung up a small casserole smaller than a bowl on the back of the package, and made rice noodles for Xiao An, when there was a sound behind her, accompanied by a familiar voice: "Mu Niangzi"

He Zao looked up and was very surprised.

This is an ox cart, and the people sitting on the ox cart are the Chang family members she has just said goodbye.

Chang Facai was also very happy to see her, wiped the sweat stains on his face, and jumped off the ox cart: "I finally caught up with you, Mu Niangzi"

He Zao stood up, greeted him, looked the Chang family up and down, and was surprised: "Why did you come here, where did this ox cart come from?"

Chang Facai scratched the back of his head in shame and smiled: "This oxcart is a family in our village, they are going to hide in the mountains, and they are short of money to store grain, so my family bought it at a low price, in fact, I had it at home before, and then sold it."

After saying this, he looked at Zhou who got off the ox cart.

The latter stepped forward and whispered: "Actually, after Mu Niangzi talked to me, I went back and thought about it, and I felt that it was safer to go south, I heard that the south is also very rich, and it is easy to fill my stomach, plus I really don't feel at ease to let Mu Niangzi go alone, so I told my family and chased after me together."

He Zao looked at the ox cart, probably because of the hurry, there were only a few quilts on it, half a bag of thick noodles, a package of potatoes and cabbage, and then pots and spoons, Mrs. Chang, Old Man Chang, and Yuan Fang were all made on the ox cart.

Mrs. Chang greeted He Zao with a smile: "Girl, meet again"

He Zao hurriedly bowed and called out cordially: "Old lady"

Zhou glanced at her with a little trepidation, and when she guessed He Zao's true identity, she admitted that she was selfish, but she was more worried that He Zao would be in danger.

She was a peasant woman, illiterate, but she was the most knowledgeable of the households.

She knew what it meant for her family to save such a noble person, but if something happened to the other party, when Hezao's relatives found him here in the future, then they would have no merit, but a mistake.

On the contrary, if He Zao can be delivered to her family safely, glory and wealth seem to be within reach

Again, staying is not necessarily safe, and escaping is not necessarily a dead end.

Therefore, Zhou decided to fight.

She spoke very well at Chang's house, and persuaded them with words, and everyone agreed, and hurriedly got on the ox cart to chase He Zao, and they traveled all the way, and what they were most afraid of was that they were separated from He Zao on the way.

Now, it's just right

He Zao's gaze on Zhou Shi had already seen the thoughts in her heart clearly, and the reason why she was only willing to say those words to Zhou was because she liked that Zhou was a smart person, and her mouth was very strict, and until now, she has not told the Chang family her true face

appearance

She smiled slightly: "You came just in time, you have been with you all the way, and Xiao An and I will be safer."

When Mrs. Chang heard this, she laughed and said: "I just said that you are a girl with a child, and it is too unsafe on the way to escape, in fact, this time my daughter-in-law said that her mother's family has a distant relative in Huai'an, Jiangsu, and it is better to send you to the south of Huaiqing Mansion than at the feet of the Son of Heaven."

The city of Beijing has always been the center of the power struggle of all dynasties, and in the event of a war, it will definitely suffer

This is what Mrs. Chang said to He Zao during dinner.

He had already glanced at Zhou, who was still not very comfortable over there, and smiled slightly: "Then when you come to my house, you have to come to the door as a guest."

"It must be," said Mrs. Chang with a busy smile.

When the peasant family went out, everything was prepared, so in this simple roadside woods, a pot of pickled gnocchi porridge was stewed, and everyone ate the leftover cakes from last night.

An ox cart slowly pulled so many people, and there were so many salutes, and it was too slow.

When he arrived in the next town, He Zao bought a carriage, spent nearly twenty taels of silver, and hired a coachman, and the people sat on the carriage, and the luggage and grain were put on the ox cart.

They got up very early during the day to hurry, and they didn't even stop to rest at noon, only boiled porridge and drank on the small stove he bought in the car, and then specially washed rice noodles for Xiao An, and walked until the evening, when it was dark and no longer visible.

Chang Facai and the coachman slept on the ground, the eldest man slept on the ox cart over there, and the ladies of He Zao made do with sleeping in the carriage for one night, and set off at dawn the next day.

This was all arranged by He Zao, so the Chang family didn't say it on their faces, but they all knew that He Zao was eager to rush to his parents' house. They were also afraid of a sudden war, so they didn't dare to say anything.

On the way, they once encountered thousands of infantry rushing to the capital. These infantry were loose and crumbling, and they were not at all on the same level as the armies he had seen in northern Xinjiang.

She quietly inquired, only to know that this was a newly recruited strong man, who had not been trained, so she was in a hurry to send it to the capital

After learning the news, the Chang family was like a great enemy.

The only strong man in their family is Chang Fa Cai, now that I think about it, fortunately he came out of his old home, otherwise if the imperial court conscripts troops to them, Chang Facai is unwilling and can only go to the battlefield.

Two days later, they arrived in a town.

This place is already very close to Huaiqing Fucheng, and there is no need to enter the city, and you can rush to the city only from the official road, but He Zao insisted on going to the city first.

No one else had a choice, so she had to rely on her, and after He Zao entered the city, she asked the Chang family to find an inn and ask for a few rooms, while she took Xiao An to the street, saying that she wanted to buy something.

Zhou took the initiative to accompany: "I'll go with you, it's not safe on this road"

Her mind He Zao saw clearly and understood, knowing that she wanted to find a way out for her family by herself, but in the end, she could be regarded as having made a lot of effort, and He Zao had basically not been interrogated along the way, and it was also because she was disguised as a married daughter of the Chang family that it would be so smooth

Therefore, she understands this love.

She thought about it, and she didn't refuse