Abandoned by the best children? I just take out the space

Chen Changli turned around and went to find the county magistrate, only to find that the county government office was surrounded by refugees.

He couldn't help but pause, and then went directly to the county government office bypassing these refugees.

"Where is the county magistrate?" After coming in, he caught a person and asked.

The man's face was full of panic and nervousness: "The county magistrate was summoned by the prefect as early as the day before yesterday."

"Then how come the notice outside was posted today?" Chen Changli noticed that something was wrong, and his expression became colder and colder than a knife scratching one's heart.

"The notice came from the prefect this morning. He also told us that we must handle the conscription as soon as possible." The panicked tone was full of uneasiness and fear. Apparently he was also frightened when he heard about the conscription.

Chen Changli looked at him deeply, then turned around and went to the inn to find Wan Conghe. Wan Conghe, who was getting thinner and thinner, brought him even worse news.

"Sir, the imperial envoy who came to provide relief was the uncle of a concubine of the third prince. The third prince recently had a fierce fight with the second prince, but lost to the second prince. He began to make money. The people fleeing Yangzhou may be related to the third prince. It’s about making money.”

Chen Changli slammed the table: "It's the third prince again! Does he want to force the people to rebel? Why does he always do stupid things?"

Wan Conghe said with a gloomy expression: "The third prince is praised by those around him and does not understand the sufferings of the people at all. He is also quite wanton in his behavior. Your Majesty also favors him, so he naturally has no scruples."

A trace of anger flashed in Chen Changli's eyes, but the corners of his lips slightly raised with a cold meaning, "The third prince... I remember him. Wan Conghe, you send some people to Yangzhou to inquire about things, and then report what they saw." Please pass this information to His Highness the Crown Prince."

"As for me... I will take my family to the capital soon." After saying this, Chen Changli quickly returned to the village without staying at the inn.

He is just a person now, and there are still people in the court who want to kill him. Even if he wants to solve the situation in the town, he cannot directly reveal his identity.

He had to return to the capital as soon as possible, and then cooperate with the prince to suppress the enemy country and the third prince. In this way, no matter how much chaos there was, it could be resolved.

As soon as he came back, Wan Shufang saw him.

She was about to step forward, but the village chief squeezed her away, quickly came to Chen Changli and said uneasily: "Have the refugees really started to attack the townspeople? Chen Changli, you have more experience, do you think we What should we do next? Do we still have to stay in the village?"

"We can't stay in the village anymore. We have to leave here as soon as possible." Chen Changli's voice was serious.

When the other villagers who were guarding the village heard what he said, they couldn't help but burst into an uproar: "We just bought food, and life is getting better and better. Why are we leaving now? Can you not leave?"

Wan Shufang understood their thoughts, but she also understood why Chen Changli said he wanted to leave.

She immediately opened her mouth to answer the villagers' doubts: "It would be best if we could not leave, but the current situation is not like this. The refugees are no longer simple refugees. They are going crazy now, waiting for the townspeople to be robbed by them. , they will set their sights on the village."

"We have many people, but they are more ferocious. How can we be their opponent? What's more, the court has begun to raise taxes and recruit soldiers. If the young and middle-aged people in the family are sent to the battlefield, our village will be a group of old, weak, sick and disabled. Can we deal with refugees?"

The village chief couldn't imagine what it would be like for a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people to face the ferocious refugees, so he said directly: "Chen Changli and his wife are right, we can't stay in the village anymore, we have to leave here quickly."

The far-sighted people in the village also stood up: "We won't have much harvest this year. The court will drive us to death as soon as the tax increases. If the conscription is really imposed on us, our family will really have no way to survive." , so everyone go back and pack your things quickly, and you have to leave here tomorrow night at the latest."

"Then where are we going?" Everyone was panicking and wanted to find someone to make an idea.

Chen Changli raised his voice: "Let's go to Liangcheng first, then bypass Jiayang City and go directly to the capital."

"Going to the capital?" Wan Shufang frowned quietly, then calmed down, looking at Chen Changli with subtle eyes, somewhat suspecting that he wanted to go to the capital because of Chen Hai.

Chen Changli said with a solemn expression: "There have been disasters in many places this year, and the imperial envoys sent by the imperial court are ineffective. The capital is at the feet of the emperor. If a plaque is smashed there, it may hit a high official, and the capital is prosperous and prosperous. Prosperity, we go there to live a better life than now.”

"As you say, we will go directly to the capital." The village chief made the final decision.

The villagers had a backbone and quickly became busy.

Chen Changli was worried that refugees would attack, so he asked a young man from each family to patrol outside the village.

Everyone agreed.

Only then did Chen Changli take Wan Shufang home.

When they arrived at home, Wan Shufang said worriedly: "Chen Ping is still in prison, and Wang Xiaohui has not come back either..."

"Chen Ping was taken away by Chen Hai. As for Wang Xiaohui... Second child, you go find her now and tell her family about our departure. If her family is willing to leave with us, then let them Hurry up and pack your things and come here.”

After Chen Changli explained to Chen Tao, he asked Wu Qiaoyue and Chen Xiyun to take the younger members of the family to pack their things, and then said something to Wan Shufang.

"I have a horse raised in the mountains. I will bring it down now. You go to the carpenter in the village and give him more money to make a carriage overnight."

Wan Shufang nodded quickly and then went to find the carpenter.

After explaining the matter to him, she ran to the cave to collect more food for the outpatient hall.

Then she thought that Chen Changli would come over secretly to move grain and load it into the carriage, so she decided to go home and find the wooden cart at home, and then asked Wu Qiaoyue and the others to put some tattered bedding on it.

The family stayed busy until dawn, when Chen Changli came back with his horse, and he also brought two donkeys.

Wan Shufang glanced at him and said, "The carpenter said the carriage won't be ready until noon. You can help pack things at home first. I'll go to the carpenter with you at noon."

Chen Changli nodded and came to her side to help.

As soon as noon arrived, the couple took the horse to the carpenter's place to fix the carriage, and then returned home.

On the way home, Wan Shufang lowered her voice and asked, "When are you going to move the food?"

"That place is relatively hidden, and ordinary people would not pay attention there. But now the villagers are packing their things, and they have no energy to pay attention to the outside. I decided to move the food now."

Chen Changli took the carriage home and set off to the place where the grain was hidden.

Wan Shufang originally wanted to help, but Chen Changli was worried that the village chief would come to him, so he specifically asked her to stay at home.

Wan Shufang did not go. After thinking about it, she took Chen Xiyun to the kitchen to make dry food from the remaining food.

Not long after it was done, Chen Tao came back in a state of embarrassment, "Mom, Xiaohui's mother's family won't let her go. Please come with me to rescue her."