Rescue System: Fleeing Host, calm down

Chapter 256 The unexpected city (two-in-one)

"What the benefactor said is that we will try our best to repay you."

Du Sanniang looked sincere. Both she and her daughter were saved by the girl in front of her. She will do her best to repay her benefactor for the rest of her life.

At this time, a group of women and children crowded over. They had just watched the whole show and knew the situation of Du Sanniang and Yuanyuan very well.

Everyone was talking and laughing with concern, trying to enlighten the mother and daughter. Du Sanniang felt very warm inside. She didn't expect that these were such warm and kind people.

When she drank the hot sweet potato porridge, tears welled up in her eyes. It had been a long time since she and her daughter had eaten hot food.

Yuanyuan finished the bowl of porridge in a few mouthfuls and said happily to her mother: "Mom, this porridge is so delicious, sweet and glutinous. Yuanyuan has never tasted such delicious porridge.

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Seeing her daughter's face filled with satisfaction and a happy smile, Du Sanniang felt very sad.

In the past, at home, all the good things were given to the eldest brother and the third brother. Every time the second brother and the second brother were wronged, they ate the least coarse grains and wotou, drank the clearest porridge, and did the most and heaviest work.

Thinking of this, Du Sanniang felt how ironic it was. Because she could not give birth to a son, she felt guilty and tolerated what her mother-in-law did.

Only today did she realize that outsiders could treat them equally, but her relatives had to be divided into separate groups. This in itself was extremely unfair.

But she resigned herself to it and kept wronging her daughter. She regretted it even thinking about it.

Cheng Xiaoxiao ate eight pancakes and was full.

Seeing the children laughing and laughing, I felt very happy.

This sweet potato porridge is specially made for the children in the team. It uses a small pot with an extra stove. She had to deal with Du Sanniang's affairs before and didn't have dinner. Now she eats it with the children, and also adds Du Sanniang.

and Yuanyuan.

The bright light gradually disappeared into the horizon, and the night was full of wind and snow.

The biting cold wind blew through the treetops and roared across the earth.

Various tents were blown loudly, and large fires were set ablaze throughout the more than a thousand-meter campsite.

Everyone formed a circle around the carts and mule carts, trying to block the wind and snow outside, and set up a blazing fire. They put wooden boards and hay between the fire and the carts to build a tent.

The people were trying their best to keep warm. They racked their brains and put up strange-shaped sheds everywhere. They brainstormed ideas and were very energetic. There was no other way. If they were not careful, they might freeze to death in this snowy night.

A dozen men with evil intentions originally wanted to steal things from Cheng Xiaoxiao's team after dark, but they didn't expect to wait all night and fell asleep. The guards there did not decrease at all. They maintained a shift of ten people all night, and every day

After working for an hour, everyone was in high spirits and didn't even take a nap. As a result, they froze outside all night in vain and almost turned into ice sculptures. They didn't find a chance to make a move.

The system sneered, just a few crooked melons and cracked jujubes, they also want to rob?

Cheng Xiaoxiao sighed, "It's a pity. I didn't freeze to death. I'm quite resistant to the cold."

As long as those people dare to take action, there will be no way for them to come back. This is such a good opportunity to intimidate, wasted.

When the sky was slightly bright, the middle-aged man who had talked with Cheng Yong yesterday couldn't wait to come to them first.

That night, the system eavesdropped a lot of news. This middle-aged man was originally the chief bookkeeper of the county government.

He is now in charge of people who have escaped from several villages and counties, a total of 277 people. Of course, there must be more than these people in a county.

However, the town was looted by King Yu's cavalry, causing numerous casualties. The county magistrate and county magistrate were beheaded on the spot, and the powerful people fled first. Most of the surviving people were unwilling to leave their homes and stay in the mountains.

Hidden.

After the news has passed, or after King Yu's army has withdrawn, they will go down the mountain and return to the town and village to continue to make a living.

Some people felt that King Yu would not give up and would not be able to go home for a while. He was hiding in the mountains. One day he would run out of food, so he might as well find another way out.

So they escaped, and the leader with this idea was Chief Secretary Lin Yiqiu. He led a group of people to leave their hometown and embark on a bumpy and unknown road.

A few more people were lost along the way, but those who can come here are those who are in good health or extremely cold-resistant.

Of course, most of the old people in the village stayed and were not in the team. There were very few people as old as the old man yesterday.

There was also a group of more than 200 people here, and villagers from several villages who had survived the disaster were on the road together.

There were more than a hundred people belonging to the same family. Cheng Xiaoxiao thought they were all ordinary people, but he didn't expect that there was also a third-rate family in the middle. The head of the family was so cruel to King Yu that he did not plan to enter the city and planned to buy food tomorrow and continue the journey.

The other two groups were a mixed bag of people, temporary teams and groups, including traders from Fucheng, workers at the docks, ordinary people from all walks of life.

Therefore, there are five groups here, large and small, with different styles of behavior.

Cheng Xiaoxiao thought that Mr. Lin was a good person, so he asked Father Cheng to remind him to collect more grain.

Cheng Xiaoxiao did not go to the city for purchasing this time. Everything was left to a few captains. Although she was worried, she could not always do everything by herself.

Sometimes, proper delegation of authority will allow them to grow. Success is never achieved overnight and requires the accumulation of a lot of experience and lessons.

In the morning, everyone ran back and forth many times. Even though the supplies in the city were very expensive, they still spared no effort and almost emptied half of their family fortune.

Of course, this is the family wealth on the surface, and the materials collected by Cheng Xiaoxiao were divided into two parts.

Part of it is her private property, and part of it is the property on the team's books.

After lunch, when everyone wanted to enter the city, the city gate was locked and no one was allowed in or out.

Others didn't know the reason, but Cheng Xiaoxiao knew it clearly. It was because the news about Yuanyuan's infectious disease reached the ears of Fucheng Ling in the morning. He was afraid that people from outside would bring infectious diseases to the people in the city, so he simply closed the city gate.

Originally, Cheng Xiaoxiao planned to take a day off and set off early the next morning.

It's a pity...the plan has to be moved forward now. If it is closed, it will be closed. They will pack up their things and set off immediately.

Out of morality and appreciation, Cheng Xiaoxiao kindly told Director Lin.

When Chief Lin found out that a girl was in charge of Cheng Beiniu's team, he was very surprised and puzzled. It wasn't that he looked down on people, it was because Cheng Xiaoxiao was too young. These days, it's not like there aren't capable women, but those are...

She is a woman in her forties or fifties who has grown up through various hardships.

They may have been trained by their families since childhood, and have been exposed to intrigues and intrigues in the business and official circles all year round.

Or they are children of the world who have experienced the bloody storms of the battlefield, developed martial arts, have bold personalities, and are mighty and domineering.

It has nothing to do with the slim girl with a thin figure in the distance.

Did he hear wrongly, or did he open his eyes wrongly?

It just so happened that this girl had the same idea as him.

He followed behind with his team, full of questions and nowhere to vent them, so he could only let time verify them.

Immediately afterwards, people from the third-rate aristocratic families followed, including the common people's group of more than 200 people also set off.

Everyone is not stupid. No one has opened the city gates. They are still waiting outside. There is no shelter from the wind and rain, and there is no place to buy food for food and clothing. In such a heavy wind and snow, there is only a dead end.

Now there are about ten more people in the team. Yes, it was Lu Jingtian who found his family.

Coincidentally, it turned out that Lu Jingtian was the son of Boss Lu of Laifu Trading Company. They were all acquaintances at the meeting, and the atmosphere instantly became more harmonious. There was a sense of familiarity between fellow villagers and fellow villagers.

Cheng Xiaoxiao did not invite Boss Lu’s family to join her team.

As natives of Dingzhou, with their innate sense of superiority, how could they be allowed to bow down to a group of ordinary people?

They have plenty of food and want to bring a lot of money, so they will be able to sustain themselves for a long time. Since they have no worries about food and clothing, they don't need to join any team.

At first, Cheng Xiaoxiao took out the hemostatic medicine in the name of a businessman, which was enough for Boss Lu to take a look at them, but it was just a glance. After getting along for a long time, he naturally knew that they were mud-legged.

Cheng Xiaoxiao didn't care either. She also needed to examine the character of several people. The further back they went, the harder it would be. Lu Jingtian's family would always ask for her. Whether she would take them with her or not would depend on her mood.

Because something made her very unhappy.

Lu Jingtian's younger sister actually knows Ke Mengyao. She is very naughty. She doesn't mean to please her too obviously. She almost regards Ke Mengyao as an idol.

I have a gentle and skillful future sister-in-law. She does not fawn over, but she wants to fawn over Miss Ke, who is unruly and willful and does not distinguish between right and wrong. Thinking about it makes me unhappy, and she also doesn't think so highly of Lu Jingtian's family.

It seems that the little girl was also spoiled by Boss Lu and his wife, and there was some trouble in the team.

Although Boss Lu and his wife were extremely grateful to Cheng Xiaoxiao for saving their son's life and gave him a lot of good things, Cheng Xiaoxiao didn't have much favorable impressions even so.

After they arrived, Miss Ke's treatment skyrocketed. If she couldn't get anything here, she would go to Boss Lu to complain.

The desolate look of a wronged little daughter-in-law who went back to her parents' home to sue her parents made Cheng Xiaoxiao feel the urge to beat her up.

She doesn't have idle people in her team, so Ke Mengyao's life has not been easy these days.

Ke Mengyao was really aggrieved here. She used to open her mouth for food, stretch out her hands for clothes, and did nothing. However, no one in this poor team felt sorry for her. She was a pregnant woman, and she had to wash dishes and light the fire every day.

She must learn all life skills, otherwise she will not be able to stay in the team. Unfortunately, she has frostbite on her hands and cannot rest. She cannot lose her temper. Every time she loses her temper, she will receive a demerit. She will also receive a demerit for damaging public property. She will receive five demerits.

She had to go hungry every time.

Thinking about the experience of being so hungry and dizzy two days ago, she felt aggrieved, resentful, unwilling, but helpless. She had to lower her head and restrain her temper.

But the dissatisfaction in my heart is getting deeper and deeper. It's all because of that damn girl, who ordered her to be treated so harshly, and one day he will make her look good.

Her life has been much better since Uncle Lu came. Sister Lu's kindness to her has gradually brought her back to the way she used to feel when she was the eldest lady.

Ke Mengyao, who was feeling swollen in her heart, gradually stopped paying attention to the rules and regulations in the team, and just made her presence felt in front of Mother Lu when she had nothing to do.

Cheng Xiaoxiao didn't take her seriously at all, but she had to speak openly about this obvious provocation.

If Boss Lu accepts Ke Mengyao, her team will no longer care about her food, drink, life and death.

When Cheng Xiaoxiao put these words out in the open, Boss Lu hesitated. Miss Ke was famous for her arrogance and arrogance. If he really accepted her words, he might have a hard time in the future.

But her daughter begged her again and again to help her, and because of Governor Ke's reasons, she had no choice but to help.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and agreed, but sternly warned his wife and daughter not to favor Ke Mengyao too much. Now that everyone is free, no one is anyone's servant, and they cannot put the cart before the horse.

The entire team was moving slowly, so Cheng Xiaoxiao organized manpower to shovel the snow and reached a consensus with the leaders of the team behind.

Each team is responsible for clearing the snow for a day, and they take turns going back and forth. Otherwise, how can it be possible if she clears the way in front and they pick up the ready-made stuff in the back? She is not taken advantage of.

After half a month of arduous trek, they finally arrived at the outskirts of Yuanyang City. Many livestock and people froze to death in the villages they passed along the way.

Those who could survive closed their doors and windows tightly and stayed in their houses, not daring to go out at all.

With a group of people clearing the way, the queue behind them became longer and longer. Those who caught up with them, as soon as they found out that Liaocheng would not open the city gate, they consciously followed the queue.

There were also many soldiers who escaped from Dingzhou. Fang Zheng and Lu Jingtian gradually gathered many of them, making Cheng Xiaoxiao jealous.

The moment I stepped out of the forest, I saw puffs of blue smoke rising from the city in the distance, and there was a lot of noise in the city. From time to time, there were sounds of clashing weapons and fighting.

Everyone looked at each other. In this cold winter season, how could there be a war in the city?

Could it be that bandits from the mountains came to the city to loot?

Now no one dares to rush into the city.

Each team sent several people to inquire about the news, and Cheng Xiaoxiao had a system plug-in and quickly figured out the general reason for the incident.

The governor of Yuanyang City was assassinated a month ago, but the new transfer order from the imperial court was not issued so quickly.

There are two big officials under the city lord, both of whom are ambitious and want to take Yuanyang City into their hands.

One person colluded with bandits and looted Yuanyang City, and another person robbed all the grain stores in the city, leaving the people with no food to buy.

The people in the city rose up and became a rebel army fighting for survival.

The two waves of forces fighting for the throne of the city were fighting fiercely. The people's rebel army was able to grab the benefits in the cracks, and even the idle young masters of the aristocratic families wanted a piece of the pie.

In the past month, Yuanyang City has been in the flames of war. In order to grab food and territory, everyone inside has gone crazy.

Now it's a situation where everyone is losing. In the big city of 70,000 to 80,000 people, there are now only a handful of more than 30,000 people left, divided into several forces.

Interspersed among them were people from merchant families and official families who had fled from Dingzhou. Those with relatives went directly to their relatives, and then they also followed their relatives to join a certain force. Families with no relatives and deep foundations joined together to form a new

of power.

In short, it cannot be described as a mixed bag of good and bad, it is simply a smaller version of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

Cheng Xiaoxiao, who understood the situation, had a headache, but at this time, the system also issued a mission to save the people in the city.

(End of chapter)