The escort personally took the imperial edict and went to the city gate to shout,

"County Magistrate of De County, listen carefully and read clearly. This is an imperial decree. If you don't open the door quickly, I will report it to the emperor. You are committing a serious crime of treason and your entire clan will be exterminated. So I advise you to think it over carefully!"

It's almost dark now, and there are so many refugees here. It's too dangerous to stay outside, so we have to find a way to get into the county town as soon as possible.

"You don't have to shout. We won't open the city gates. If you report this to the emperor, we will thank you. If the emperor can send someone, we still have a way to survive."

No one knew who was on the city gate, but he just said this and didn't say anything else.

The captain wanted to send someone to climb up the city wall, so he went to cut down two big trees not far away. However, before he could climb a few steps, he was shot by an arrow.

The captain was extremely angry, but there was nothing he could do. With so few people, it was impossible for them to attack the city. He could only order everyone to retreat.

They could not stay at the city gate any longer. More and more people were fleeing here, and they would become lambs to be slaughtered.

What he didn't know was that the county magistrate inside was no longer the same one as before, but the former chief of police.

When a lot of victims first appeared, the county magistrate wanted to go out of the city to comfort them, but he didn't bring any food or water. The victims were so excited that they didn't believe it at all, and they tried desperately to squeeze towards the county magistrate, and as a result, the county magistrate was trampled to death.

Therefore, the current head of police dare not open the city gate at all. He has not made enough money yet. He will take his family and run away when he has made enough money. He has no control over what happens to this county in the future.

If he let the imperial court in, he would have to run away now. After all, he had looted a lot in the city in the past few days. If he didn't run away, he would be waiting to die.

When Zhang Zhuohao saw this situation, he had already protected Chen Wanqing behind him. He didn't relax until they were completely safe.

"Miss, what should we do now?" Chen Jian came over and asked.

The situation here is not optimistic. They can't continue to follow the exiles as they did before, as they will easily be surrounded and attacked by those fleeing.

Even if they are two brothers, no matter how strong their fighting power is, they can't stop so many people!

"From now on, walk with us, and don't lose the knives I asked you to buy.

When we are really in danger, we must give the knife to the Zhang family as soon as possible, so that it will be safer for all of us."

Chen Wanqing knew that if they all retreated now, no one would be in danger. After all, although the victims here seemed numerous, they were not particularly ferocious. The victims they would encounter later would be even more terrifying!

Even if she knew this, it would be useless as she couldn't make the decision now.

Even if he said it out loud, the officer didn't dare to agree. If he went back, he would still die. That would be against the imperial decree, and the result was predictable.

Soon they arrived at the side of a big mountain and found a flat place. They also had an injured person who needed immediate treatment, so the captain arranged for them to spend the night here.

"Husband" Chen Wanqing pulled Zhang Zhuohao's hand.

"What's wrong? Are you scared? Don't be afraid! I will always be by your side."

Zhang Zhuohao also looked at her, fearing that she was injured.

"I'm fine. I just want to tell you that there are knives in the secret rooms on our carriages. If something goes wrong, you can ask Dad and the others to get the knives from the carriages."

Chen Wanqing whispered in his ear that they couldn't let the officials know yet.

"Okay, how much?" Zhang Zhuohao was a little surprised after hearing what she said. This was a good thing for their Zhang family, and now they hoped for a little more, as long as it was enough for their Zhang family to use.

There are too many disaster victims now, and they may be in danger at any time. With a knife, they will be much safer. After all, most of the men in the Zhang family have served in military camps.

"Don't worry, my husband. There is enough for all the men in the Zhang family."

Chen Wanqing wanted to prepare some for all the Bai family members at that time, but there were not enough swords in just four carriages, so there were only about 4 swords in total, not counting the swords in her space.

"Okay, I'll go tell Dad and the others, and I'll be here to accompany you in a bit."

Zhang Zhuohao glanced at Chen Jian, Chen Jian, and Chen Kang, "Don't stay too far away from Madam in the future. It's not safe now."

"Don't worry, sir. We will stay by your side from now on."

Chen Jian corrected his way of addressing them, saying that they were not from the Zhang family.

Zhang Zhuohao hurried over to his father to tell him the news.

"Zhuo Hao, take Wanqing and stay with us as much as possible. Don't stay too far away. It will be very dangerous if you are separated by the disaster victims."

Although Zhang Xinwu had six sons, he still liked this legitimate son the most, so he gave special instructions.

"Well, Dad, there are knives in the secret room on the carriage, enough for our Zhang family to use." Zhang Zhuohao said in a low voice.

When Zhang Xinwu heard his son say there was a knife in the carriage, his eyes lit up. There are now 87 men in the Zhang family, and more than 60 of them have served in the military.

With a knife, the men of the Zhang family can fight anywhere.

"Okay, I'll let them walk as close to the carriage as possible. If there's any danger, we'll take it out. It's not possible now."

There are still these officials here. If they are taken out, they will be accused of rebelling. When the real danger comes, I don’t know how long these people can survive!

"Then I'll go call Wanqing over, but, Dad, can you please ask my little sister to stop targeting her?"

Zhang Zhuohao thought about his sister who had been targeting his wife, and he couldn't help but tell his father that the situation was not good for the journey now, and if there were more conflicts in his family, the situation would be even worse.

"Don't worry, I'll talk to your mother later."

"it is good"

The next day when they were on their way, Zhang Zhuohao came over and pulled Chen Wanqing to join the Zhang family group.

It was difficult for her to refuse at this time, so she had to let the Chen Jian brothers get closer to her.

He even gave three carriages to Zhang Zhuohao and asked him to arrange them. There were a lot of supplies on the carriages, including food and water.

During the day, although there were horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts in their team, there were also many of them, so they spent the day safely.

But when it was almost dark, they still hadn't found a place to stay.

"Boss, I just asked someone. Hongwen County ahead is also in chaos. I heard that it hasn't rained for more than four months. There is no water to drink. What should we do now?"

The monkey was a little scared, so he went to find a refugee to ask, and only then did he find out the situation ahead.

"Well, I'm arranging for someone to go and find out. If the situation is really bad, then we can only find a place to live temporarily and wait for the court's notice."

The captain sighed softly. If he hadn't encountered this kind of thing, his trip would have been completed smoothly and they would have made a lot of money.

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