The situation in the town is not much better than that of the village below, and most of them are ruins at first glance.

Afraid of danger inside, Fang Youwei arranged Liuliu in an empty house outside the town and asked him to wait for him there. He went in to see if there was anyone else there and if he could inquire about the whereabouts of his uncle's family.

He had given up hope that his uncle was still in the town. Based on his shrewdness, it was impossible for his uncle to still be in the town. He should have run away with his family long ago.

Entering the town, the inside is a little better than the outside. At least the houses are still in good condition. It may be that the central area is full of brick and tile houses, which are not as easy to damage as the adobe thatched houses.

All the way to his uncle's house, as expected, the house was empty. He then walked around the nearby houses for a while, but he didn't see anyone. It seemed like they had all run away.

Disappointed, they returned to their uncle's house, ready to look to see if his uncle had left them any letters or anything like that.

After searching carefully, I checked every corner, and sure enough, I found a line of small words written in black charcoal on the wall behind the main room door.

I saw it written on it: I heard that the Yue people were attacking, so I took my family to the capital and fled for my life.

Fang Youwei had just noticed that it didn't look like the place had been searched by the Yue people. It was probably that his uncle and the others had escaped before the Yue people arrived in the town.

If Yue people came in and plundered it, it couldn't be so neat. Maybe Yue people came in later and saw that there was nothing, so they left without using furniture or anything to vent their anger. After all, there were only tables, chairs, and benches left.

Fang Youwei thought about it again and found a cellar in the backyard of his uncle's house. He had helped dig it together. The entrance to the cellar was under the trough of the livestock shed.

He blew a fire stick to light a branch, turned over and went down to the cellar. As expected, all the belongings that were difficult to take away were placed in the cellar intact.

There is also a bag of brown rice placed in the most conspicuous place on the outside. There is a letter on the brown rice bag with his name on it.

It seems that the uncle thought that with his skills, he would be safe and sound, and he would avoid Yue people coming to them in the future, so he left two messages for him, one was written on the wall, and the other was placed in the cellar. Which one could he see?

Either way.

The content in the letter was similar to the one on the wall. It said that my uncle heard from the regular customer who sent charcoal that the Yue people were hoarding troops and horses, and he was afraid that they were going to invade the country.

He went to find his sister's family, but it happened to be a flood. The area around Fang's village was flooded and it was impossible to enter.

I thought I wouldn't stay in the village when I came to my sister's house, but I didn't have time to look around anymore, so I had to come back and make preparations early, and take my family to escape south.

According to the old customer, the Yue people have also suffered from drought in the past two years, and the disaster outside the pass is even more serious. The Yue people have already formed alliances with several major tribes and are preparing to invade and occupy the first county in the pass. They want to come here.

There is no way to survive anymore, so it is better to flee south. It will definitely be safer to be closer to the imperial city. It is written at the back that if Fang Youwei sees this letter, he must also find a way to take his family to the south and not stay here.

Fang Youwei collected the letter, picked up the food his uncle had left for them, and climbed up.

No longer staying, I took Liuliu back after leaving the town. I brought this news back first, and then discussed with my mother and the others, what should I do next?

Should I go to find my uncle and the others, or should I stay in the mountains and wait for the imperial court to send troops to drive the Yue people back outside the pass...

...I am the dividing line...

It was much faster to walk back, and he entered the mountain in three hours. However, he went in a different direction to avoid being found by others, so he could find the mountain col.

As soon as I climbed over a short slope, I heard the howl of a wolf!

And it came from a place not far away from him. He took the bow and arrow from his shoulder, strung the bow and walked forward slowly. He thought Liuliu would be scared, and was about to say that he would let Liuliu wait here. He would go up and take a look first.

, it turned out that Liuliu didn’t feel scared at all, but instead seemed eager to try.

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