At this time, the hillside was already deserted, and Qin Wen couldn't find out the way to the Qin family's manor, so he flew out in the general direction, looking for more eye-catching marks along the way.

But the scene before his eyes was shocking, the place he passed was devastated, the villages were burned, only a few small birds circled in the purple-black dry blood stained grain field, and occasionally a few wild dogs sprang out, tearing at the bones of the forest on the side of the road.

Seeing the tragic situation in the nearby villages, Qin Wen couldn't help but feel a little impatient in his heart, the current Qin Manor didn't know what was going on, Qin Lu and they had not encountered the army of the Hu people, thinking of this, Qin Wen's vitality was a little faster, and the speed was also a lot faster.

After running around for nearly an hour, Qin Wen finally saw the familiar manor, but the scene in front of him made his heart sink, like other villages, the Qin manor should have been looted by the Hu people, the most conspicuous thing is that the roof of the high council hall has been flattened out of thin air, leaving only the hollow gap exposed under the sky.

Qin Wen knew that this should be the result of the fierce battle between the two Xuanshi monks, according to the general tribal level of the Hu people, the minimum invasion of the Qin manor was also an army based on a thousand people, although the population of the Qin manor was not a lot, but except for the monks and young men who had followed the army to Qingshitan, most of the rest were women and children and ordinary slaves, and they had no ability to resist in front of the murderous Hu people.

I don't know if the three elders who retreated in the bluestone beach and the remaining Qin family disciples have returned when the Hu people invaded the manor at that time, Qin Wen thought about it at this time and plunged into the manor, the manor after being ransacked by the Hu people was in a mess, and several courtyards were burned down, but because the roads in the courtyard were separated and wide, the fire did not seem to spread to the entire manor.

Qin Wen entered from the side of the manor, and did not find the abandoned corpses and white bones, and his mood eased slightly, at this time he recognized the direction of his courtyard, and then walked into the courtyard all the way.

Qin Wen's courtyard is near the inner courtyard of the manor, and the first thing he saw before he arrived at the courtyard gate was a dilapidated scene, and he walked into his room, which had been basically looted, and only some bulky furniture was also cut into tatters, and discarded all over the ground.

Walked into the study, all the books in it were thrown all over the ground, and there were two torches on the ground that had not been burned, it seemed that Hu Ren was preparing to burn the study, but after throwing the torches, it should be that the books were not ignited, and Qin Wen's courtyard did not avoid this catastrophe.

After turning around the courtyard, and finding no residual bloodstains or anything like that, Qin Wen walked out of the courtyard and walked towards the side courtyard where Qin Lu lived, which was also a mess, but the side room of the side courtyard was burned by fire, and no remains or blood stains were found inside.

Coming out of the side courtyard, Qin Wen went directly to the medicine valley in the back mountain, only to see that the elixir planted in it had been completely pulled out, revealing the bare land, and walked along the paved stone road in the middle to the Dan room, but the inside of the Dan room seemed relatively clean, the two ground fire mouths had been sealed, and there was nothing on the stone table, only a pile of broken clay pots in the corner.

Qin Wen only put his mind at ease at this time, it seems that the Hu people invaded, and the people of the Qin manor had already prepared to retreat, otherwise this Dan room would not have been cleaned up so cleanly, the courtyard in front was so messy, it should have been abandoned in the courtyard after it could not be cleaned up, if it is inferred like this, now the Qin clan people should be in a safe place to avoid the Hu people's rebellion.

As for where it was, Qin Wen didn't know it clearly, and he didn't get any clues in the manor, out of the medicine valley, Qin Wen came to the small courtyard of the Qin Hu brothers again, and there was a mess inside, and there were no clues, Qin Wen didn't stay long, and he went to the ancestral hall next to the council hall to take a look.

When he arrived at the ancestral hall, Qin Wen's heart was completely put down, although the offering table of the ancestral tablet placed in the ancestral hall was pushed down at the door, but none of the tablets on it were seen, it should have been cleaned up by the clansmen, it seems that when the Qin clan withdrew, there was still plenty of time, and it seemed that there should be no problem with safety.

Qin Wen walked out of the manor at this time, and now there is another question, where are the clansmen of the Qin clan hiding, now that the Hu people have withdrawn, why haven't they seen anyone come to the manor to investigate, and there are no clues left in the manor, and he has no clue now.

After thinking for a while, Qin Wen decided that he would go to Luming City first, promising Lao Gao that alchemy was one thing, and it was also more convenient to inquire about the news in the city, as long as the people of the Qin clan did not leave the surrounding area of Luming City, the food consumed every day would not be a decimal, and they would definitely come to Luming City to buy some commonly used items.

After making up his mind, Qin Wen got up and left the manor, and walked in the direction of Luming City, getting closer and closer to Luming City, Qin Wen found that there were more and more pedestrians on the road gradually, so he took out some silver taels from the storage bag, bought an ordinary horse for transportation, and rode to Luming City.

After walking for a long time, just when the city gate was about to close, Qin Wen saw the towering city wall from a distance, which was slightly vicissitudes under the illumination of the setting sun, and a heavy feeling arose spontaneously in his heart.

Because the Hu people occupied the Muzha Pass, and would come to the border from time to time to harass, the defense of Luming City has not been relaxed, and the inspection at the city gate is also relatively strict, after paying the fee for entering the city, he was interrogated a few words, and then Qin Wen walked into the west gate of Luming City.

In stark contrast to the emptiness and desolation outside, as soon as they entered the city gate, the streets were crowded with crowds, and the team of the city guards in bright clothes and armor just passed in front of Qin Wen, grabbed the reins of the horse, and stood quietly waiting for the city guards to pass by, most of these soldiers were in the innate realm, but there were also many monks at the level of Xuantu among the leaders and some veterans.

Xicheng is the place where the largest number of people have poured into the famine, although there are soup kitchens in the city, but there are still a large number of begging refugees cowering by the street where the sewage flows, seeing the city guards passing by, these refugees subconsciously showed a frightened expression, and retreated a few steps towards the shops on both sides, but immediately there were a few scoldings from the shopkeepers.

After the city guards walked by, Qin Wen walked into the street along the flow of people, from time to time there were thin palms stretched out in front of him, all he heard in his ears were muttering begging sounds, looking at some children who were skinny and skinny, and some seven or eight-year-old girls were put on straw sticks and knelt on the ground to be sold, Qin Wen couldn't help but feel compassion.

He took out some scattered silver taels and put them in the hands of a few beggars, in fact, he also knew in his heart that these silver taels could not completely solve the problem of these refugees, but after getting the spirit stone of the Du family, he could be regarded as a little floating wealth, and he could starve to death less than one.

Seeing Qin Wen's generosity, gradually the crowd crowded towards him, and the scattered silver taels were scattered after a while, Qin Wen patted the empty sleeves of his robe, and signaled to the crowded refugees that there were no silver taels left, and the crowd dispersed in disappointment, only a few refugees who got the silver taels carefully hid in their clothes first, and then led their children to buy food.

"Spread out, spread out, if you block Master Wu's way, you will blind your dog's eyes, these untouchables. Suddenly there was a sharp shout in front of him, and when he heard the sound, the refugees who had not had time to disperse just now fled to the side of the street in a panic, and the look of fear in their eyes was even worse than that of the city guards just now.

At this time, Qin Wen saw a group of people coming from the opposite side, and the one walking in the middle was a middle-aged man who was slightly fat, wearing a beige foreign suit, squinting his eyes and constantly scanning the refugees on the street.

The group walked to Qin Wen's side, and the idle man saw that Qin Wen was dressed in clean clothes, and he was also leading a horse, and he didn't look like a refugee, so he restrained himself slightly, held the leather whip in his hand, and gave way to Qin Wen sideways.

Qin Wen knew that this middle-aged man should be the rich man of Luming City or something, and when he passed by, he faintly heard the middle-aged man surnamed Wu say: "Little Si, how about your kid today? ”

A family member next to him said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, master, you can't be wrong this time, the yellow flower girl who has not yet reached the end of the year, the eyebrows and eyes, and the body, are like a tender onion with a watery spring, pinch and drop of water." ”

Qin Wen knew that this refugee poured into the city, and it was common to sell children and girls for a living, so he walked straight along the road to the east, and gradually there were many fewer refugees on the street, from what I saw in the street just now, these refugees were the most in the west gate and the north gate, relatively speaking, there were mostly slums, compared to the mansions in the east and south cities, the angry family in front of the door was more suitable for refugees to survive.

The night is gradually falling, the center of the city is another scene, the Qinglou wine shop is noisy and abnormal, although it is the end of autumn, the scholars wearing thin shirts and holding folding fans can also be seen everywhere, the lanterns hanging outside the shops in various shops shine on the street like day, Qin Wen saw that he was close to the east city, and he had no intention of enjoying the night scene on the street, so he browsed the signboard of the store and looked for the drunken fairy building.

At this time, he suddenly heard a commotion in front of him, Qin Wen walked in and took a look, only to see a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl kneeling on the ground with a straw mark on her back, and a middle-aged man with a thin face standing next to her, was chattering to say something to the onlookers next to her, the girl knelt on the street with dull eyes, and her fingers pinched her pale green skirt tightly.

On this way, Qin Wen was also accustomed to this kind of scene, and was about to lead the horse away, when he suddenly heard a woman's cry behind him: "Daughter, my frost, master, don't sell my daughter." ”