The first thing Fang Zhongjin did after he was released from prison was to secretly go back to his small courtyard to have a look, and sure enough, there was no one to rest. Everything in the house was smashed, the vegetable patch was ruined, and not a single chicken or duck was left. He was sad in his heart, even if his mother was bent on leaving the Fang family, she couldn't escape the involvement of the Fang family in the end. He didn't know whether to hate Fang Xiaoru or Zhu Di at this time, so he forcibly suppressed the pain in his heart and avoided people and went around Liu'anfang, and sure enough, everyone in the clan was in trouble, and no one was spared.

He vaguely heard the man surnamed Wu in the prison say that the people of the Fang family were buried in the mass grave of Jimingpo outside the city, so he thought that he would go to the post and kowtow no matter what.

When they reached the city gate, they found a long line of people leaving the city. The guards pulled out everyone who wanted to leave the city and examined them carefully, and the wagons were opened and examined one by one. He looked at it for a while, and knew that it was impossible for him to leave the city now, so he turned his head and wanted to leave.

But I heard one person drink: "It's you, don't go." ”

Fang Zhongjin looked back, and saw a general guarding the door walking straight towards him, and drank in his mouth: "Sneakily watched for a long time, who are you!"

Fang Zhongjin honestly stopped and let the general search his body. The general searched Fang Zhongjin's body for a while, then took out another scroll of paintings, and looked at Fang Zhongjin repeatedly. Fang Zhongjin didn't know if what the government was going to search for would be his own fish that had slipped through the net of the Ten Clans. He suppressed his heartbeat, and his face looked calm. The general looked at it for a long time, then rolled up Fang Zhongjin's sleeves and saw two white arms. The general still didn't give up and rubbed his arm twice, and he couldn't see any clue when he rubbed his arm red, so he had to say: "Don't hang around if it's okay, go home honestly!"

Fang Zhongjin said yes in his mouth and watched him leave. At this time, an old man who was watching the excitement on the side said to the people around him: "In the past two days, when the government sees a young man, it will inquire about it, and it will also pull people's sleeves and look at people's arms. Are you looking for the rabbit?"

A person next to him lowered his voice and said: "Lao Liang, you really don't know whether you are alive or dead, when is it now, and you dare to chew the root of your tongue?" I heard that it was said that the abolished emperor Zhu Yunwen was not dead at all, and quietly escaped from the secret passage. Now the city is tossing and turning is looking for him. Go home quickly, watch less excitement, live longer. ”

The old man and the surrounding spectators saw that there was no more excitement to see, and they all dispersed to continue their own accompaniments.

Fang Zhongjin was left alone in the middle of the street, only to feel that he had nowhere to go and no one to run to. Since then, "Fang Zhongjin" can no longer be done, the imperial examination can not be re-examined, and the sage books that have been learned by a lifetime of prostitution have really become useless. Even if he wanted to get out of the city gate, he didn't have the paperwork. Fang Zhongjin ran for most of the day, and at this time he was hungry and penniless. Although he tried every possible way to escape the prison, the size of this capital is like a larger cage.

When the world seemed to be dark, he suddenly heard someone call him: "Is it you, Brother Tie?" Fang Zhongjin put away his sadness and looked at the place where the voice came from, it turned out to be the stone he knew in the prison before. At this time, he had regained his original cheerful and talkative temperament, and when he came up, he took Fang Zhongjin's hand and said, "If it's really you, I know you can come out." How did you go back and see it? Is it okay at home?"

Fang Zhongjin said gloomily: "There is no one in the family. ”

Shi nodded as if he understood everything, "I know that many people fled before the city was broken. Now it is said that as soon as you leave the capital, the outside is still chaotic. You are not in a hurry to find them at this time. What do you have to do now? Why don't you come with me to the gang and have a look? I'll take you in to make sure no one dares to mess with you. ”

Fang Zhongjin saw a glimmer of light in the darkness. At the moment, he is penniless and has nowhere to go, and whoever wants to take him in has saved his life. Fang Zhongjin immediately decided to follow and join the gang where the stone was.

It turns out that the gang where the stone is located is called the Qingsha Gang, which is a small gang relying on the Cao Gang, and usually does some bodyguard escort business. The gang has a compound in Xicheng, where the people in the gang usually gather. Shi took Fang Zhongjin into the courtyard, introduced him to a forty or fifty-year-old man, and said, "Uncle Cao, this is my good friend Brother Tie Lu in prison, and he is a good man. He saw all the majesty I had in prison back then. If you want to come and help him eat, you can get a better shortage for him, don't forget. ”

"Hey, I'm afraid that no one will believe me, so I brought a witness. Uncle Cao scolded with a smile. In a blink of an eye, he looked at Fang Zhongjin carefully, and said: "Well, people have lost a little weight, but fortunately, they are still quite tall, and they can bluff people if they wear thicker." You go to the courtyard and learn from Master Wang for a while, so that you can learn a few shelf styles to scare people. I'll pick a good one for you when the time comes. ”

Fang Zhongjin hurriedly thanked him. Then he followed the stone and walked into the courtyard. His heart was surging: there was no going back, and his life had been rewritten from this moment on. Now the road ahead is unknown, but there is no obstacle behind him.