Although the male host wanted to have a good chat with his new "confidant", the situation was pressing. He replenished his dry food and water bag and hurriedly set out on the road of escape with his family and servants. Before leaving, he gave Chu Yao a serious advice: "I have a word of advice for you. Xiaocheng has become a place of trouble. If you can avoid it, please try not to go-"
Chu Yao gave a bitter smile: "I can't help myself..."
As to how he was "helpless", he did not say.
The male host was just giving a casual advice. Chu Yao refused to listen and he had no choice but to believe that Chu Yao was in danger. He said, "Well, my dear brother, please be careful and take care of yourself. We are destined to meet again in the future..."
After saying a few polite words, he got back into the carriage.
Chu Yao smiled and watched until the carriage drove away. The arc on the corner of his mouth disappeared instantly, as if it had never appeared. He turned back to the restaurant and told the information he had obtained truthfully: "The cause and effect of the matter is roughly like this..."
The male owner was a well-known figure in Xiaocheng. Even if his information was not completely correct, it was much better than that of ordinary people. The servants, for example, could only hear about the outbreak of a war somewhere, but he could get the news first.
Shen Tang: "... a bunch of psychopaths!"
She was feeling very complicated at this moment.
She was worried about Xiaocheng's situation and disgusted by the actions of the Gengguo royal family. She thought Zheng Qiao's abnormality was a special case, but now after seeing the actions of Zheng Qiao's half-brothers, she realized that Zheng Qiao's abnormality was probably hereditary.
Anyone who acts crazy and stupid to this extent must be a ruthless person.
One of them took the sow as his wife and the piglets as his children, going in and out with them, eating and sleeping with them, and the other treated them like delicacies. Their own mother was humiliated and their wet nurse was cooked. Anyone with a normal mentality would not be able to bear it. They were as cruel as each other and there was no flaw!
Zheng Qiao, who forced them, is a pervert. They are not crazy and can continue to act after being forced in this way. Their determination is extraordinary. Such acting skills are not something that ordinary people can have. It is not acceptable if they don't receive Oscars.
only-
Shen Tang noticed a detail.
The maids and eunuchs encouraged the "madman" who married a pig to perform "marital ethics" in public for fun. This shows that these maids and eunuchs are not normal people. Would normal people like to watch this? That is no longer a curiosity, it is abnormal!
For a moment, I didn’t know who influenced whom.
Chu Yao: "Psycho?"
Shen Tang explained: "It means that they are mentally ill. They did such an inhumane act. They are definitely mentally ill!"
Chu Yao understood.
Wu Lang is cursing to vent his emotions.
So ignore the details of her swearing and greetings.
"... I just asked that person, and it wasn't just him. Some of the noble families in Xiaocheng who heard the news also fled overnight for the same reason. Zheng Qiao's methods were cruel, and his two half-brothers could endure such humiliation in order to survive. I'm afraid they are even more cruel than Zheng Qiao..."
What did Zheng Qiao do after he conquered Sibao County
When food and grass were scarce, he allowed his soldiers and trusted cronies to burn, kill, and loot everywhere, and even captured living people to fill the gaps. At one point, the people were so scared that they did not dare to go out on the streets. Even the children of prominent families did not dare to go out, for fear that someone would jump out and catch and dismember them while they were walking.
Women and children were not spared either. In recent years, there have been many children whose fathers are unknown in Sibao County. Most of them are the result of the sins committed at that time.
The prefect of Sibao County was one of Zheng Qiao's confidants.
This person took over Sibao County and was extremely fawning on Zheng Qiao. In order to "vigorously revitalize" Sibao County and make up for the deficit, he did his best to support the business of brothels and theaters. As the capital of the prefecture, Xiaocheng had five long streets in its central area dedicated to this kind of business.
It is also popular in other areas of Sibao County.
He doesn't do any production, but has researched this business and found many new ways to do it.
The people of Sibao County all complained, but their voices were too weak, and they could only live in the midst of fire and water every day, taking one day at a time. Now that the war has returned, can those who experienced the catastrophe of the past still sit still
Those who have a way can escape.
I was afraid that I would be harmed if I was a step late.
Shen Tang cursed with an ugly expression: "It turns out that this family won't do anything that any one person can do! Wuhui, Yuanliang, Banbu, we are leaving now..."
Qi Shan asked: "Go back? Have you decided?"
Shen Tang: "What is there to decide? Lin Feng and Tu Rong are still in Xiaocheng, and there are hundreds of lives outside of Xiaocheng!"
That area is too dangerous and needs to be evacuated as soon as possible.
Qishan said: "Okay, go back."
Shen Tang thought that even if the two Geng country lunatics suddenly mutinied, Xiaocheng was the capital of Sibao County, so it should be no problem to hold out for a few days. They rushed back as quickly as possible, bringing Lin Feng and the others out first, and then slowly thinking of countermeasures for the others.
She wasn't naive enough to think that she could turn the tide or prevent a massacre like the heroine in the novel, but she never expected that the Geng family was so crazy that they could not be analyzed by common sense.
Halfway through the journey, they encountered more and more refugees. Most of them were in a hurry, without packing their belongings or even taking their own people with them, and were just busy running for their lives. Shen Tang and his group of four were heading in the opposite direction of them, and they stood out in the crowd.
Some kind-hearted people shouted loudly, reminding them not to go forward, but the only response they got was the sound of horse hooves and human figures receding in the distance.
No one expected that Xiaocheng would fall so quickly.
No, someone did.
That is to pray for good.
He was basically certain that Xiaocheng had fallen, not long after the smoke rose last night. It wasn't that he knew the enemy's strength, but he knew the governor of Sibao County. The leader who always took advantage of the situation and joined whoever was stronger...
He dispatched 5,000 troops from the Sibao County garrison, and none of the powerful warriors were there. It was unknown whether the remaining troops could hold out until the reinforcements arrived... Even if they could wait and Xiaocheng was defended, could he afford to be held accountable by Zheng Qiao
The withdrawal of garrison troops at the critical moment gave the rebels an opportunity to take advantage. No matter how it was explained, in Zheng Qiao's mind, the governor of Sibao County had already defected, and his fate would be "death" anyway!
In that case, why not surrender
That guy may not be good at other things, but he is first-rate when it comes to changing teams and jobs.
As expected, when there were only three hours left before Xiaocheng, Shen Tang heard from the fleeing people that the governor of Sibao County had disappeared. It was said that the governor wanted to surrender and even sent an envoy to secretly go out of the city to negotiate with the rebels, but the result was -
The citizen slapped his thigh and cursed, followed by a string of curses and greetings, and then said: "... and then disappeared."
There is no leader in Xiaocheng now and the situation is critical.
I don't know how many days I can hold on...
The news on the road is getting worse and worse.