The Duan family rented two houses in total, one for the men and one for the women.

The man's loud banging on the door woke them all up, but what he said next made them even more confused and scared.

Are there people killing people in the capital?

What happened in the capital? What happened to their families? What should they do?

A series of worries came to mind, leaving them at a loss. They lay on the bed and stared at the thick night, not daring to move for a while.

"Get up quickly, light a lamp and pack your things, we have to escape." Qiao Lan pretended to be calm and said.

As soon as Qiao Lan finished speaking, the sound of fabric rubbing was heard in the room.

The wives of the Duan family started to move one after another. Unable to sort out the tangled threads in their minds, they could only follow the old lady's instructions.

Duan Sitong put on his own clothes first, and lit the oil lamp in the room with a fire stick. He turned to look at Qiao Lan and was about to help her get dressed, but found that the old lady had already tied the knot on her clothes.

The man standing at the door of the courtyard looked at the sudden light in the room and was stunned. "Mom, are there other people in our family?"

The old woman hurriedly said, "This is the family who came to stay at our house last night and gave us the money."

Hearing this, the man didn't hesitate and said, "Mom, let's go clean up quickly and leave them alone."

Now that the lights are on in the house, I must have heard what he said in the yard. The family is going to escape now. They don't want these mud houses anymore, and they don't care whether other people come or not.

"How can we ignore this? People live in our yard, so we have to knock on the door to let them know!" the old woman disagreed.

With that said, he went over and knocked on the door, "Mrs. Duan, are you awake? Something big has happened! Get up and run for your life!"

"We're awake, Granny Yang, go pack your things quickly," Qiao Lan responded.

The Duan family only had one night's rest before going on the road. They didn't take too many things to get off the carriage, so they just packed them up.

The women arranged their things and patted the child beside the bed awake.

The men of the Duan family on the other side also heard the sound. Duan Mingchen and Duan Mingqing hurriedly put on their clothes and went out without even putting on their heels.

"Brother Yang, may I ask, what happened in the capital?" Duan Mingqing stepped forward and asked.

Yang Dashan had just entered the house with his wife, and was in a hurry to pack his things. Under the dark night, he couldn't see clearly the face of the person walking towards him, so he only responded briefly.

"The shop where I work delivers food to the capital. The worker who came back said that Feng'an Town was on fire everywhere. That group of people came from the capital! I didn't go into the city either. The worker who came back was covered in blood.

I ran back quickly! There were people killed in the capital, and the officials were also dead!" Yang Dashan said in an excited tone.

The Duan Mingqing brothers frowned after hearing this. To be honest, these words were a bit incoherent. They could only know that something had happened in Feng'an Town, but they didn't know what happened.

Who is so bold as to do such a thing at the feet of the Emperor?

Apart from rebellion, they can't think of anything else for the time being.

As for the authenticity of this matter, they felt that there was no need for Yang Dashan to lie to them, and that they and the Yang family had no reason to stay here just passing by.

After Yang Dashan said this, he quickly went into the house to pack things with his wife.

"Third brother, let me wake up second brother!" Duan Mingchen said and went directly into the house.

Duan Mingjing was still asleep at the moment, and the movement didn't wake him up. Maybe he was too tired yesterday.

Duan Mingchen was not polite, stepped forward and patted his second brother's face directly, five or six times with both hands.

"Second brother, wake up! Second brother!"

"Second brother! Get up!"

Duan Mingjing suddenly shrank his neck, opened his eyelids slightly, and asked vaguely, "Why... um..." He yawned and turned over to fall asleep again.

"Mother!" Duan Mingchen shouted.

Mother, what mother?

What's wrong with mother?

After hearing this, Duan Mingjing immediately opened his eyes and asked, "Mother is here?"

"Mom is awake and wants to wake you up," Duan Mingchen said.

"Then, shall I get up?"

After Duan Mingjing finished speaking, he reluctantly climbed up with his upper body supported by his hands, and moved his lower body bit by bit. His posture was a bit weird, as if his leg was injured somewhere.

After Duan Mingjing got up, he found that everyone in the house was packing their things, including his younger brothers and old servants at home.

He glanced at the weak oil lamp in the room and the thick night outside, then slowly moved to the door and glanced at Qiao Lan's house over there.

The dim firelight reflected many figures in the window, all walking around in the room.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Duan Mingjing asked in a panic.

"Did something happen to my mother?"

"Nothing happened to my mother, but something happened to us. Someone in the capital rebelled. We have to leave quickly, otherwise the rebels will come." Duan Mingqing said, with his hands busy.

After hearing this, Duan Mingjing's face became more confused, and he reached out and pinched his thigh flesh.

He bared his teeth and took a breath, it hurt, it really hurt.

"Second brother, stop standing there! Come and pack your things, we are leaving!"

"Where are you going?" Duan Mingjing asked standing there.

"Go wherever you can! In short, hurry up!" Duan Mingchen said seriously.

When the Duan family was almost done cleaning up, the ink color on the east side began to gradually fade.

They cleaned up quickly, and the sun came up quickly.

After Mrs. Shang packed the children into the carriage, she went back to pack her husband's things.

At the end of the day, Qiao Lan asked everyone at home to fill the kettles with water before setting off.

"Grandma Yang, where are you going?" Duan Mingchen couldn't help but asked curiously.

Yang Dashan went to the village now and called people from door to door.

He watched Granny Yang put the things at home into baskets and squatted at the door with a sad look on her face. The Yang family's daughter-in-law seemed to be still coaxing the children in the house.

"We are going to hide in the mountains." Granny Yang said, "There is a mountain behind the village, and there is a big cave there. Do you want to follow?"

Facing Granny Yang's kindness, Duan Mingchen was a little confused for a while, so he ran to Qiao Lan to ask for his opinion.

"Mom, why don't we, the whole family, hide in the mountains before going out?" Duan Mingchen asked.

It's not that Qiao Lan hasn't thought about hiding this matter, but the system has told her that the world is in trouble, which proves that the capital will not be stable in the future. The longer you stay here, the higher the risk factor.

Feng'an Town was set on fire, indicating that this group of people would definitely hurt innocent people.

Their family is an outsider, so it is not a big deal to hide so much food in other people's villages. People are deeply divided. Granny Yang seems to be doing well now, but what will happen in the future? What do the people in this village think of them?

Not to mention when you are in danger.

"We can't stay. Let's go. The sooner we go, the better." Qiao Lan's determined voice came from the carriage.

The Duan family was at a loss for words at the moment. They couldn't think of any solution to the problem, so they could only do what Qiao Lan said.

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