When he arranged for a few people to go out and inquire, the results were the same as what the monkey said.

The captain had no choice but to take his men to find a suitable place to rest for the night.

There are so many of them, so the place has to be flat and large. If it's not flat, we won't know who has escaped.

Everyone followed consciously because it would be more unsafe to separate now.

Suddenly, "Ah..." Chen Wanqing suddenly screamed.

Chen Jian and Chen Kang quickly pushed away the other people who were approaching and drew their knives in an instant.

The two people behind didn't have time to stop and their arms were scratched by the knife, so they quickly retreated.

"Wanqing" Zhang Zhuohao turned around and exclaimed, then quickly went to the ground and pulled Chen Wanqing up.

After Chen Wanqing was pulled up, she looked behind her. Most of the others were from the second room, and there was not much intersection between them and the people from the third room. However, Zhang Zihan was behind her on the left side.

There is an eighty percent chance that the person pulling her hair is Zhang Zihan!

"Wanqing, what happened to you?" Zhang Zhuohao asked anxiously. They were walking together just fine, why did his wife suddenly fall backwards? He also looked around.

Other people around him also found him weird. Everyone was walking normally, but she suddenly did this and everyone was startled.

"what happened?"

The police captain also asked loudly. There was quite a lot of noise here and so many people had stopped.

"Husband, someone pulled my hair and caused me to fall backwards."

Chen Wanqing felt that his face was burning with pain because his head was suddenly pulled backwards and he lost his balance and was stepped on by someone when he fell.

If Chen Jian and Chen Kang hadn't reacted quickly tonight, he might have been trampled to death!

When Zhang Zhuohao heard someone pulling her hair, he looked back more carefully.

"Zhuo Hao, don't get me wrong, we didn't pull her hair. I was just walking normally and was almost hurt by the Chen family's guards."

The second wife's sister-in-law quickly explained that if she had not retreated quickly, the knife would have cut her.

"Master, it was definitely not me. I just didn't see Madam fall down, so my hand was injured by the Chen family guards."

He was a servant in the first house, and he would never dare to harm the eldest young lady, and he would never do so.

He was walking fast just now, so he didn't have time to retreat.

"My husband, let's go." She could only swallow this loss in silence because she had no evidence.

She was too careless this time, but it is not certain who will suffer in the end. Zhang Zihan will just have to wait and see!

Chen Wanqing is now very sure that it was she who pulled her hair, because she can tell from her smug expression.

"If you have nothing to do, just keep going. It's getting dark. It will be bad for everyone if we don't find a place to rest." The captain shouted again.

Everyone continued on their way.

But Zhang Zhuohao no longer walked in front, but let Chen Wanqing walk in front of him, while Chen Jian and Chen Kang still walked on her left and right sides.

Just now he was walking in front, Chen Jian and Chen Kang were walking on her left and right, and behind them were all members of the Zhang family. At first he thought it would be safe, but he didn't expect that she would be pulled by her hair and fall backwards!

Of their several horses, only one was left, which was being led by two servants who had bought it. The other three horses had been handed over to the Zhang family.

Zhang Zihan became even angrier when she saw her elder brother protecting a woman like this, but she couldn't do anything now, otherwise her father would punish her if he found out.

"Zhao Lin, Ah Cheng, tomorrow morning, you two will ride back on horseback to report what happened here and ask the higher-ups what we should do next. We will wait for notification here, so you should go and come back as quickly as possible."

After they found a place to rest, the captain quickly arranged for people to return to Beijing. Given the current situation, it would be too dangerous to continue moving forward.

But without the imperial edict, they dared not return to Beijing, so now they could only send people back to see what arrangements the people above had made.

After what happened just now, Zhang Zhuohao paid more attention to Chen Wanqing and pulled her to his father, who was accompanied by several of his former lieutenants.

Because they were their father's confidants, the emperor exiled them together.

Nothing happened all night.

The next morning, the two men who were sent back rode away on horseback.

After two days they had nothing to eat or drink.

"Captain, we have no food now. Can you take off all the shackles and anklets on us?" asked Bai Qin, the head of the Bai family.

"You can remove the shackles, but not the anklets." The captain thought about it and agreed to remove the shackles for them, otherwise they would not be able to find food.

If they have nothing to eat or drink here, they will all starve to death, and he won't be able to report back to his superiors. But there is no need to remove the anklets, because if they run away, he will still be punished.

"Okay." Bai Qin had no choice but to agree and untie the shackles. The men could then go to the mountainside to find some food.

Although some people have already unlocked their shackles before, they all had to pay for it, so only a small number of people could do so.

Now that everyone has been freed from their shackles, Zhang Xinwu asked half of the men in the Zhang family to go to the mountains to find food, and left the other half here to look after the elderly, children, women and children.

Bai Qin thought that Zhang Xinwu was a general after all, so he wanted to team up with them.

"Brother Zhang, how about our two families come together? This way we can take care of each other.

Now we not only have to guard against the wild beasts coming out of the mountains, but also the refugees.

Your family has a higher military power, but we have more family members. If our two families form a team, it will definitely be a win-win situation. What do you think? "

"Yes." Zhang Xinwu had been in the same court with Bai Qin for decades. Although he did not know him particularly well, he had a certain understanding that Bai Qin was upright and honest.

He was exiled because the emperor held a grudge against him. Before the emperor ascended the throne, Bai Qin often helped the ninth prince. After the emperor ascended the throne, he naturally disliked him, so he found a reason to exile his family.

The Ninth Prince is good in every way except that he is too soft-hearted, so he is destined not to sit on the throne. The princes who cannot sit on the throne will never have a good ending.

"My husband, please stay here. I don't want to be separated from you." When Chen Wanqing heard that half of the people were going into the mountains to find food, she quickly stopped them from going.

"Okay." Zhang Zhuohao took the initiative to tell his father that he wanted to stay.

In the end, Zhang Xinwu led 50 people and Bai Qin led 120 people and they went to the mountains together.

Before they left, the captain told them that if anyone did not come back within two days, his entire family would be killed.

"Don't worry, Captain. Our whole family is here. It's impossible for them to run away. Besides, the situation outside is like that now. They may not survive if they run away."

They lived like this for several days afterwards. Although their feet were still tied, the food they found each day was enough for them to eat, so they would not starve to death.

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