Yun Mo took a few steps forward calmly and said with a soft laugh, "Lord Huang, it's been a while since we parted ways in Xincheng!"

Huang Guichang sighed, and his expression instantly became listless.

"General Yun has already seen it all, so why bother trying to assassinate me?"

Yun Mo said, "I wasn't the one who saved your daughter just now, so don't try to pin it on me."

Huang Guichang's eyes widened. "Not you? Is there someone else here?"

Lin Yinan emerged from the shadows, bow and arrow in hand. "Yes, it's me. You should thank me!"

To Huang Guichang's surprise, he hadn't expected the girl to be so skilled in archery.

After a moment of stunned silence, he bent down and sincerely thanked her.

"Thank you for your help, young lady!"

The woman who had been kicked and beaten by the refugees had been helped up by the little girl, who took out a gold hairpin from her bundle.

She walked up to Lin Yinan and stuffed the gold hairpin into her bosom, saying, "Thank you for saving my daughter and son."

Lin Yinan held the hairpin in her hand and said, "I'll accept the thank-you gift. We're even now."

The woman was sensible and knew that she didn't want to have much contact with them, so she quickly pulled her children aside.

"Brother Yun, it really is you!"

Upon hearing Yun Mo's voice, Huang Yinyin ran over from a distance, about to throw herself into his arms, but he skillfully avoided her.

She missed her target and fell flat on her face, almost chipping her front tooth.

Huang Yinyin struggled to get up from the ground, dusted herself off, neither crying nor making a fuss, but just looked at Yun Mo with a mournful expression.

Having been on the run for so long, she has learned to get up on her own after falling down.

Seeing his pampered daughter being treated this way, Huang Guichang burst into tears.

He kept crying out for retribution, "My grain hidden in the mountains was stolen. I brought two hundred men with me, some died and some escaped. We went through many hardships to reach the town, and now almost all of our food and supplies have been looted by refugees..."

Yun Mo's eyes turned icy cold after hearing his words.

"What karma! I never thought you'd end up like this."

Huang Guichang wiped away his tears and snot with his sleeve, "But my child is innocent!"

"Does that mean children from ordinary families deserve to die?" Yun Mo asked coldly, his anger barely contained.

Huang Guichang opened his mouth, and after a long while, he said, "It's not that I don't want to send troops to resist, but I'm really powerless. Our troops are few and our generals are exhausted. Facing the barbarians, we are like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. We are overestimating our strength. Going there would only be sending us to our deaths."

"Moreover, I had already instructed the people to evacuate before the Hu people arrived."

He simply left a step earlier than the common people.

In the firelight, Yun Mo's face was illuminated by flickering light.

"If they had trained diligently on a regular basis, how could this have happened?"

Yun Mo was still unwilling to give up; this was the land that his Yun family ancestors had protected with their lives.

“I’m not the only one who holds a position without doing anything. If the entire court were united, your grandfather and father wouldn’t have died in battle.”

Huang Guichang still does not believe he has done anything wrong.

“Shut up, you are not worthy to mention my grandfather and father.”

Yun Mo didn't want to engage in any more pointless arguments, so he turned and left.

Lin Yinan took a deep look at Madam Huang, whose face was bruised and swollen.

"You'd better watch yourselves!"

Seeing the three people swallowed by darkness, Madam Huang nudged Huang Guichang, who was still in a daze.

"Master, what should we do?"

Huang Guichang came to his senses and glanced at the refugees hiding in the darkness around him. If he stayed here tonight, his family might not even see the sun tomorrow.

He said decisively, "Take the rest of the things and we'll follow General Yun."

"But……"

"Madam, if you want to live, you have to be thick-skinned."

After saying that, he turned around and picked up the things scattered on the ground with the servants.

Lin Yinan quickly caught up with Yun Mo and the other person, who deliberately slowed down to wait for her.

"Young Master Yun, let's make a bet. Do you think Huang Guichang and his family will follow us?"

"He doesn't have the nerve!"

Yunmo knew a little about Huang Guichang.

"You're wrong, they'll catch up."

Lin Yinan shook his head. He still didn't understand human nature well enough, especially in chaotic times.

She had just noticed that there were still many refugees hiding around the villa, and they were used to the thieves robbing Huang Guichang's family.

Having endured countless hardships during their escape, they knew better than anyone how to survive.

Before the three of them returned to the camp, they heard running footsteps behind them.

Yun Qi recognized Huang Guichang's family at a glance.

"Master, it's Huang Guichang and his family who have caught up with us."

"Never mind, let them follow if they want. Go tell the village chief of Linjia Village that Huang Guichang has nothing to do with us. If they cause trouble, we don't have to be lenient."

Lin Yinan curled her lips slightly; this escape route was quite lively.

When the village chief saw Huang Guichang's family of over twenty people outside the hill, he immediately felt a headache coming on.

Yun Qi came to express the Yun family's attitude.

When the village chief learned of Huang Guichang's identity, he trembled and quietly whispered something to the clan chief.

The clan chief wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Quickly go and tell everyone that the victim of that batch of grain in the mountains has arrived. Under no circumstances should a single word be revealed."

"Yes! Yes! I'll have Lin Fu go door-to-door to tell them right away."

"Fortunately, I burned the marked bags at the time."

The two old men took a while to calm down before pretending to be calm and leaving.

In addition to conveying the information about the food in the mountains, the village chief also told Lin Fu that they should spend the night there and head south over the mountains the next morning.

Since ancient times, the common people have never fought against the officials, and the poor have never fought against the rich.

Although Huang Guichang's family is currently down on their luck, they are still a force to be reckoned with.

They might end up like the Yun family, people like us who can't afford to offend them.

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