Old Mrs. Zhu noticed the hesitation on Pei Sining's face, and she pretended to sigh, signaling her sons to take action.

"Fine, since Young Master Pei doesn't want to cooperate with us, we won't force him. Just hide the things."

"Push the car out again when you leave tomorrow."

Pei Sining, still hesitant, looked up in surprise and watched helplessly as the cart returned to the grass, unable to do anything about it.

Pei Sining is proud and arrogant; if we don't provoke him a little, he might not give in so easily.

If we can hit him right in the head, letting him know that he feels he can't survive without the Zhu family's help, then he'll definitely agree.

Zhu Xixi tilted her chin up and ate the melon curiously. Seeing Pei Sining's hesitant look, she pouted and shook her head.

Seeing this, Liu also pretended to feel sorry and sighed, shaking her head as she came to Old Lady Zhu's side and helped her leave the woods.

“Yes, whether Jiangyang City lives or dies is none of our business. If we encounter bandits or refugees on the road, we have weapons to deal with them. But it’s hard to say about Young Master Pei, after all, he is only seven years old.”

Apart from Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chentian, who went into the bushes to hide the cart, the others glanced at Pei Sining and then followed Old Lady Zhu out of the woods.

Pei Sining looked around in a panic at the pitch-black surroundings, and hurriedly stepped forward to threaten, "Aren't you afraid I'll tell the guards who are escorting you about this shipment of supplies?"

"It doesn't matter. Guess why we're prisoners yet we have the ability to own an extremely valuable supply vehicle? If we lose this one, we'll just have another one. Can you report us every time?"

Hearing the sound, Old Lady Zhu stopped in her tracks. She was not afraid of Pei Sining's threat at all, and even shook her head with a mocking tone.

Pei Sining looked at Old Lady Zhu in surprise, her heart filled with confusion, "Who exactly are you people?"

"You don't need to know that. Just tell me whether you want to cooperate or not."

Grandma Zhu could already sense that Pei Sining's heart was beginning to waver. She slowly turned around and uttered a question that he was not allowed to refute.

This time, Pei Sining finally put aside her arrogant attitude, lowered her head slightly and nodded her chin, "Alright, I will tell you the truth, but you must safely escort me to the border."

"Don't worry, the Zhu family always keeps its word." After hearing Pei Sining's words, Old Madam Zhu finally relaxed and smiled as she stepped forward to pat him on the shoulder.

Pei Sining suddenly raised her head, looking at Old Madam Zhu with surprise, "Are you General Zhu's family?"

"Do you know my husband?" This was the first time Liu had encountered someone who knew her husband's whereabouts on the road to exile. She immediately became anxious and ran forward to question him.

Pei Sining never expected to encounter his benefactor's family. He chuckled self-deprecatingly, "I never imagined that General Zhu would save my life a few months ago, and now, in my misfortune, I would be saved by your Zhu family again."

“Child, we just want to reach the border safely and see my son. We hope you can help us.”

Grandma Zhu hadn't expected Pei Sining and Sheng An to have such a connection. She patted his shoulder and sighed.

Pei Sining took a deep breath, raised her head again, her gaze resolute, and looked at Old Lady Zhu. "Old Lady Zhu, I escaped from the Turks. They wanted to enter Jiangyang City as bandits, then occupy the prefectural government office, and finally spread the news that Jiangyang City was occupied by our Liang Kingdom, in order to deceive the Yuan emperor."

"Mountain bandits? When will they make their move?" Old Mrs. Zhu was stunned for a moment, then quickly continued to ask.

After hesitating for a moment, Pei Sining took out a piece of kraft paper from her bosom and handed it to Old Lady Zhu.

"They plan to make their move tomorrow night. This is a map showing their route into Jiangyang City."

"They plan to enter through the stone canal, then storm the government offices and seize control of the magistrate of Jiangyang City, thereby occupying the most important waterway in your Yuan Kingdom."

After taking the brown paper, Old Lady Zhu glanced back at her daughter-in-law, then squinted and carefully looked at the route map drawn by Pei Sining's finger.

After receiving their mother-in-law's instructions, Sun and Tao quickly lit torches and stood beside the group, holding them aloft.

Just as the group was intently examining the parchment, several figures suddenly appeared not far from the woods, followed by Zhu Wen's rough voice.

"What are you doing? Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night?"

Hearing the sound, everyone turned around and saw Chen Xiang, along with Zhu Wen and several guards, walking quickly towards Old Lady Zhu and the others.

Seeing this, Grandma Zhu quickly shielded Pei Sining behind her, stuffed the kraft paper behind her back, and greeted Chen Xiang with a smile.

"Lord Chen, why aren't you asleep?"

"That's a question for you! Why aren't you asleep?"

Chen Xiang pulled out Zhu Dabao and Zhu Xiaobao from behind him and forcefully shoved them in front of the Zhu family.

When Liu saw the two men appear in the hands of the guards, she hurriedly stepped forward to take her sons away, "Da Bao, Xiao Bao, what's going on?"

“Mother, we woke up and found you hadn’t come back. We were worried about your safety, so we came to look for you. But they found us and threatened us to bring them in to find you.”

Upon seeing his mother, Zhu Dabao immediately lowered his head in shame and explained in a choked voice.

Zhu Xiaobao cried softly, feeling even more guilty, and muttered to himself, "Mom, I'm sorry, it's all our fault."

Hearing her two nephews crying, Tao hugged them tightly and comforted them softly.

"Fool, what's it to you? Stop crying."

"That's right! We haven't done anything wrong."

When Mrs. Sun saw her nephews crying in distress, she felt extremely sad. She patted their heads and comforted them with a smile.

The appearance of her grandson made Grandma Zhu feel that something was wrong. She quickly stepped forward and stood in front of her daughter-in-law and grandson, looking at Chen Xiang with a big smile.

"Lord Chen, we couldn't sleep, so we came out to find some herbs. Who knew these two naughty children would disturb you?"

"I'm so sorry, we'll head back now."

Unexpectedly, Chen Xiang's gaze bypassed Old Lady Zhu and went to Pei Sining behind her. He drew his broadsword and lightly tapped the tip of the blade, signaling her to step aside.

"Get out of the way, who's hiding behind you?"

Zhu Haotian and Zhu Chenfeng emerged from the bushes and saw the escorts behind the trees. They hurriedly went to them.

"Sir, this is a child who got lost in the woods and is asking us for directions."

Zhu Chenfeng nodded and bowed, raised his hand, and stepped forward, explaining with a smile.

"Asking for directions? Showing up in the woods in the middle of the night? Do you think I'm stupid?"

Chen Xiang didn't believe Zhu Chenfeng's words. He brandished his broadsword to signal them to move aside and squinted as he slowly stepped forward.

Zhu Chenfeng hesitated, then glanced back at Old Lady Zhu before nervously shifting his feet.

The others were also worried about what would happen if Pei Sining were discovered. Everyone was on edge.

Zhu Xixi suddenly let out a thunderous cry, so loud that it startled Chen Xiang, who had cautiously approached.