Chapter 383 The Scourge

The news of Yan Wushuang's breach of Huludao quickly spread to the capital.

When Yuchen got the news, his complexion turned pale: "Huludao is less than eight hundred miles away from the capital. If you march day and night, you can reach it in five days at most."

Nanny Gui has no idea now, it's okay to leave the internal affairs to her, but she doesn't understand the external affairs: "Wangfei, don't worry, wait for the prince to come back and ask."

Yuchen hurriedly said: "Go to the second gate and wait, the prince will tell me immediately when he comes back." If King Jing didn't say anything, she would want to pack up and beat someone up. The current capital city is too dangerous.

In the middle of the night, King Jing came back. But King Jing came to explain some things to Yuchen, not to come back to sleep.

When Yuchen heard that King Jing was going to fight in the front, his whole body faltered: "My lord, why do you want to go to fight? Isn't there no one available?" In the current situation, going to fight in the front is tantamount to death, when the time comes to stay It's good to let them be orphans and widows.

King Jing held Yuchen's hand and said in a low voice, "Don't panic, I will win the battle if I go to the front, and staying in the capital is a dead end."

Yuchen didn't understand what he meant.

King Jing didn't explain to Yuchen, and said: "Don't worry, Linlu Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is impossible for Yan Wushuang to cross Linlv Pass."

Of course, Yuchen had heard of the Linlu Pass where one man guards the pass and ten thousand cannot open it, but no matter how steep this Linlu Pass is, if there are supporters inside, it will not be able to stop the rebels.

Time was running short, and King Jing didn't have much time to explain to Yuchen: "After I leave, you should stay in the palace well and don't go anywhere. Even if the queen summons you, don't go."

Yuchen didn't have time to think about anything else at this time, and said, "Don't worry, I'll pretend to be sick after you leave, and I won't go anywhere." This matter is definitely not as simple as she thought.

King Jing packed up some clothes and left, before leaving, he said: "You take good care of Yan'er at home, and wait for me to come back."

Yuchen nodded with tears in his eyes: "Don't worry, I will take good care of Yan'er." Her son is her lifeblood, so she can't bear to make a mistake.

King Jing left the capital overnight with a group of entourage, heading for Linlu Pass.

Nanny Gui walked in and said, "Princess, how can this be good?" This battle is too dangerous, and the prince has never fought a war before, so accidents are easy to happen when he goes to the battlefield.

Yuchen gritted her teeth and said, "We are ready to leave the capital. If the situation worsens, we will leave the capital." She was not willing to wait for the rebels to call. It's not that Yuchen is self-confident, but that she has a great reputation, and if she falls into the hands of the rebels, her life will be worse than death.

Nanny Gui said: "Princess, maybe there is a turning point?" Prince Jing took away all the skilled guards, and it was even more dangerous to leave the palace at this time.

Yuchen said: "We must prepare for the worst."

Not only Yuchen, but also people from the South Korean government are preparing to leave. Qiu looked at the crystal sapphire hairpin on Ye's head and said, "When you leave the city, you can't wear any jewelry, remember?" Wearing such expensive jewelry is to tell others clearly that they are rich. man!

Mrs. Ye nodded and said: "Okay, I don't wear any jewelry when I leave, I put them in the box."

Seeing this, Qiu shook her head and said, "Don't take anything with you when you leave. We are fleeing for our lives. The less things we have, the safer we are." With too many things, the carriage couldn't run fast.

Ye's complexion turned pale, and he said: "Mother, you don't bring such a big family with you, what are we going to eat on the way?" The silver tickets have already been invalidated, so what else can we bring without gold and silver.

Qiu said: "Just bring some gold and silver, and when you leave the capital, you will arrange it tomorrow. We don't have to worry about eating and using these. When we arrive in the northwest,

With Yuxi around, we won't be hungry. "

After hesitating for a moment, Mrs. Ye said: "Mother, Fourth Sister is good, but you can't rely on Fourth Sister for everything!" Mrs. Ye felt that it is better to have it yourself than to wait for others to give it to you.

Although he went to join Yuxi, he couldn't rely on Yuxi for everything. With Ye's realization, Qiu felt very relieved: "You don't have to worry about this, it will definitely pay off tomorrow." Han Jianming had previously lent 100,000 taels of silver to Yu Xi. With this amount of money, I have some confidence.

After a pause, Qiu said: "Money needs to be prepared. In case of any accident, you can't do without money, but you can't put it in a box. Didn't I ask you to go to the silver building to exchange some gold leaves and gold beads? Put these things Sewn it inside the clothes, it might be useful on the road.” The trouble is that it’s summer, so it would be nice to sew it in the jacket in winter.

Mrs. Ye nodded hurriedly and said, "Mother, I'll do it when I get back."

Qiu asked again: "Are you ready for the coarse clothes I asked you to prepare?" Seeing Ye's nod, Qiu said: "We wear these coarse clothes when we go out, and those gold leaves and gold beads are sewn on You can't see it in these coarse clothes." You can't wear gold and silver jewelry, and you can't wear silk and satin, these are things that attract thieves.

Mrs. Ye nodded hurriedly: "I understand, mother."

Seeing Mrs. Ye nodding, Mrs. Qiu said: "When we go back, we will change Qiqi and Brother Chang into coarse cloth clothes." Mrs. Qiu's intention is to let the two children get used to wearing them for two days, or wait until they leave Beijing. I am definitely not used to wearing it, and yelling will also attract people's ideas.

Qiu told quite a few of Ye's people, and Ye kept nodding his head, so the old saying that a family has an old man is like a treasure, this old saying is true.

Jewelry cannot be taken away, let alone antique calligraphy and paintings. Mrs. Ye spent a few days picking out those particularly expensive antique calligraphy and paintings in the mansion, and while everyone was asleep in the middle of the night, she moved all these things into the secret room together with Mrs. Qiu, the housekeeper Han Yong and other confidantes. .

Looking at the more than twenty boxes of things, Mrs. Ye said with some regret: "Mother, you can actually put more things in." The so-called emaciated camels are bigger than horses, and the Duke's Mansion has a lot of good things. Adding the dowry of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, it would be no problem to pack another twenty boxes.

Qiu shook her head and said, "It would be nice if these things can be kept." There are eight boxes of jewellery, among the more than twenty boxes. Among them, Qiu's took up four boxes, and Ye's and Lu Xiu's had two boxes each. Not to mention those antique calligraphy and paintings, these jewelry alone are worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Walked out of the secret room, watching the door of the secret room closed tightly. Everyone concealed the entrance again, and then returned to the Changle Courtyard.

Qiu said to Han Yong: "As soon as the Duke's people arrive, we will leave the city. In the past few days, we must not let outsiders see any flaws."

Han Yong nodded and said, "Don't worry, old lady, I have settled everything in the mansion properly, and no one will see the problem." Ever since Han Jianming went to the Northwest, the Duke's mansion has closed its doors to thank guests, except for those from the purchasing department. No one else can go out, so don't worry about the news leaking out.

It is said that the plan could not keep up with the changes, and on the second day, Han Jingdong, the old man who had not returned home and lived in another courtyard, returned home in embarrassment.

Knowing that Han Jingdong was back, the Qiu family called Li's mother: "Go and see, what's going on?" Han Jingdong, who was happy in other courtyards, must have something to do when he came back from this pass.

As Qiu's predicted, Han Jingdong's return to Beijing really happened. That other courtyard is in the suburbs, and it's a mess outside now. The other courtyard was also well-known, so it was remembered by others. Last night, a group of gangsters entered the other courtyard, and it was these gangsters who only robbed things for money, so that Han Jingdong escaped from the other courtyard.

Han Jingdong was so frightened that he fell ill immediately. No matter how indifferent Han Jingdong was, Mrs. Ye also invited a doctor to treat him.

After Han Jingdong was settled, Mrs. Ye came to see Mrs. Qiu and said, "Mother, father-in-law is sick now, what should we do?"

Qiu said helplessly: "He is Ming'er's father, so we can't leave him alone!" No matter how bad the couple's relationship is, they can't leave Han Jingdong in the Duke's mansion. Bearing the infamy.

Ye lowered his head and didn't speak. Ye Shi is very dissatisfied with Han Jingdong, her father-in-law only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, plus sex. However, Mrs. Ye is her daughter-in-law, so no matter how dissatisfied she is, she can't speak out.

Mother Li waited for Mrs. Ye to leave, and explained the matter to Mrs. Qiu in detail: "The old man's generous spending has already attracted the attention of interested people. Now that the world is in trouble, it is natural that some people are eyeing other courtyards." Don't say goodbye The courtyard is in the suburbs, even in the capital they are all trembling.

After a pause, Mama Li and Suo said: "Old Madam, this old slave said something beyond words, we must not take the old man with us when we leave, otherwise, the whole family will never want to live." Mama Li stayed in the Duke's Mansion For so many years, I have known Han Jingdong very well. This is a master who is used to pleasure and can't bear a little bit of suffering. Needless to say, it is difficult to travel thousands of miles to the northwest. Mother Li didn't think that Han Jingdong could endure such hardships, and when the time came, everyone would definitely be dragged down.

Qiu Shi didn't understand why, but she also had some concerns: "It would be fine if he died in another hospital, but he is still alive. Since he is alive, we can't ignore him, or let Jianming behave like a human being." The reputation of the son will be over in his life.

Mother Li scolded in her heart, it was really a disaster for thousands of years, why didn't she die in another hospital? If you die in another hospital, nothing will happen.

Qiu Shi suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Is the old man back alone? What about Aunt Lian?" Aunt Lian has been in the other courtyard for these years, taking care of Han Jingdong's daily life.

Mother Li shook her head and said: "I don't know. But the other courtyard has been burned, and Aunt Lian probably died in the other courtyard."

Qiu sighed deeply, she was the woman who had been with him for so many years, and when something happened, Han Jingdong only cared about running for his own life, and didn't care about the life and death of the person next to him at all. Fortunately, she has long since given up on this man, and she has been relying on her son all these years.

ps: The second update is around nine o'clock. (to be continued)