They are not far from the north, so it is expected that refugees will come here.

Today, they saw refugees in ragged clothes coming to the workshop to ask for food, so Cao Xiangnan immediately went to the town. He went to Yipinzhai to find Manager Zhao to understand the situation, and then went to Zhao Xianzhi to sit down and chat with County Magistrate Zhao for a while.

When Cao Xiangnan came back from the town, he also went to the academy to discuss the affairs of the academy with Zheng Xiucai. Now Zheng Xiucai is in charge of the academy, and everyone obeys him.

It was getting dark outside, so they took the children into the house. Seeing her husband sitting down, Qi Wanfeng wanted to pour water for him.

"No, sit down too." He had just come back from drinking tea in the hall, and he was not thirsty yet. Cao Xiangan pulled someone down to talk to him about the academy. In fact, he just wanted to find someone to tell his knot in his heart, "So I was thinking, why don't we give the children a holiday early this year, so that the children can go back home and it will be safer than going to the academy every day."

Otherwise, if something happens, it will be difficult for them to deal with it in the academy.

The children gathered in the academy became everyone's goal, after all, the children are their future.

But if possible, Cao Xiangnan was actually reluctant to interrupt the children's classes. There is actually not much time for classes in a year. Except for the whole long winter, school starts after the beginning of spring and ends in autumn. If we have to take a holiday early now, it means that we basically won't have any schooling this year.

Mr. Zheng also thinks so, so is there any better way for them to arrange for the children?

"Well, husband, what do you think about this matter?" Qi Wanfeng couldn't make up his mind. He knew that when his husband was talking to him about this, he was thinking about how to best deal with this matter.

Listening to what his husband said, although he couldn't quite understand some things, he still liked listening to his husband talking to him about these things.

In the past, he didn't understand why his husband told him everything when he came back from the outside world, but now he understood his husband's intentions. He was very happy that his husband put him in the same position as him. Even though he had limited knowledge of some things, he was willing to explain them to him bit by bit.

Knowing that her husband came from far away, Qi Wanfeng was not without worries. He was also afraid that one day, just as he suddenly came here, his husband would suddenly return to his original place and leave them.

Today, her husband came back later than usual. They and the children had eaten first and did not wait for her husband to come back. However, there was rice left in the pot to keep warm for her husband. Knowing that her husband had not eaten before coming back, Qi Wanfeng asked Xiu'er to bring the hot rice over.

Xiu'er responded, "I'll bring it right away," and diligently brought the rice in the pot.

The marriages of the two brothers and the young man from the Liu family were all arranged, and they were just waiting for the betrothal gift and a good day to get married. The Liu family meant that they were servants, and there was nothing to do with the children's marriage, and they did not have many relatives here. Qi Wanfeng didn't want to let the children suffer, so he wanted a simple wedding ceremony and a meal for the familiar people.

Cao Xiangnan told Liu Guizhong about freeing them from slavery, but Liu Guizhong was unwilling to do so, saying that they were his slaves in life and his ghosts in death, and he had no choice about it.

Apart from anything else, the two brothers Jinyan and Jinxiu liked their current master and mistress very much, and sincerely felt that being slaves here was a blessing they had earned in their previous lives. After learning that many cities in the north were occupied by the slaves, they were glad that they were not sold to the north, otherwise they would not know what would happen to them today.

Even if they married the boy from the Liu family, they would still serve in the old man's house in the future, and they were willing to do so. The old man and his wife were not difficult to serve, and they did not say that they did not treat them as human beings. The work they did every day was not heavy. Except for the few days of working in the fields, they had some free time.

The food was still hot on the table. Cao Xiangnan sat at the table to eat, and his stomach was also hungry.

Seeing her husband sitting down to eat, Qi Wanfeng grabbed little Baoer and held him in his arms, and said, "Husband, I will take Baoer and Le boy to take a bath." After getting her husband's response, he carried little Baoer to the bathroom.

Every day after autumn is different. The water is cold, so Qi Wanfeng doesn't dare to use the well water he just drew to bathe the two little guys. Instead, he uses hot water to soak the cool water and bathe the two little ones with it at half-warm temperature.

Aning went to fetch water for the two little brothers, Anan and Xing'er, to bathe.

It was dark when the sun went down, and the lights were turned on in the house.

"I'm going out. You go to bed first and don't have to wait for me. I'll be back soon." After dinner, Cao Xiangnan was about to go out. He told the people at home not to wait for him and to go to bed first. He didn't know how long it would take for

him to come back. "Well, husband, go quickly, don't let everyone wait for you." What Qi Wanfeng didn't say was that he would wait for his husband to come back at home, otherwise he couldn't sleep. However, she never hid what her husband did outside from her. Although she would worry about him, she knew what he did outside.

"Close the door at night and don't go out."

"I know."

Seeing that the kids didn't follow him, Cao Xiangnan kissed his wife before leaving. They looked at each other with smiles in their eyes. Qi Wanfeng saw her husband go out and waved to him. When it was dark outside and her husband went into the village with a lantern, he hoped that her husband would come back soon.

Not everyone in the village knew about the secret passage. The secret passage was dug by the Sun family members arranged by Sun Yanmiao. There are many Cao family members in Caojia Village, but because there are so many people, they have all kinds of ideas. On the contrary, the people in Sun family are united, so it is most appropriate to let them take charge of this matter.

However, a village still needs to unite everyone's strength to resist external enemies.

Taking advantage of darkness, they went into the secret passage and dug a part of the secret passage. According to the original idea, they wanted to dig tunnels under the entire Caojia Village, in every household.

But now it seems that this idea cannot be completed in a short time, so they can only dig the emergency evacuation secret passage first. Who knows what will happen after this. If the world is in chaos, they also have to arrange a retreat for their Caojia Village.

"Didn't I tell you not to wait for me? Why aren't you sleeping yet?" When he got home, he saw someone standing at the door waiting for him. Cao Xiangnan turned around, bolted the gate of the yard, and strode towards the person waiting there.

"I want to wait for you to come back." Qi Wanfeng didn't say that he couldn't sleep lying in bed alone. When he heard the noise outside, he knew that his husband had come back, so he ran out.

The smile on Cao Xiangnan's face was both helpless and doting, and he pulled the person back into the house. He

washed up quickly, blew out the lights in the house, and went to bed to sleep with the person who was waiting for him to come back.

The moon waxes and wanes, and the moon hanging in the sky is about to be full, and the fifteenth day of January is coming soon.

Outside the wall at night, several men squatting in the corner of the wall were whispering, "There must be food in here..." This village is the only one with a wall among the nearby villages. It is said that the people in this village are the richest, so there must be food here.

They came a little late, and the food in the fields outside has been collected, so it must have been stored inside.

However, they cannot enter here, but it is convenient for them to go to other villages if they want.

Since ancient times, Zhenmen Pass has been the pass that prevented Zinu from entering Dayong. Unexpectedly, Zinu broke through Zhenmen Pass and then broke through several cities, forcing Dayong's army to retreat step by step. His soldiers were almost dead, and Feng Lingrui was very angry. The battle was getting worse and worse, and even he himself was almost chopped off the head by Zinu's sword.

At this time, the imperial edict came down to summon him to go back. It is conceivable that he would be punished if he went back after a defeat. However, because of his status as a prince, his father did not immediately convict him.

But if he did not go back, it would be disobeying the imperial edict, and even if he was a prince, he would be beheaded.

"Damn it! Is Feng Lingcheng worthy of being the crown prince? Can he be the crown prince himself?!" On the way back from the march, Feng Lingrui learned that his father had appointed his eldest son as the crown prince. And Feng Lingxiao was appointed the General of Zhenbei, holding the tiger talisman, and led the troops to replace him and sit in the town with Zinu.

Haha, Feng Lingxiao is the General of Zhenbei to put it nicely, but to put it bluntly, he is not allowed to return to Fengdu without an imperial edict in his lifetime. He was abandoned by his father and can't even get the title of crown prince. There is no evidence.

But if that tiger talisman could fall into his hands...

After learning about this, Feng Lingrui summoned military strategists to discuss the matter.

"Whatever you have in mind, tell us." It's not that everyone has no ideas in their minds, but no one dares to be the first to speak out. If something goes wrong, it will be a great crime that will lead to the extermination of the entire clan.

After Zhou Yan learned about this, he secretly cried out in his heart, "Oh no!" If the things he did were known, King Yi would never let him go. He thought that the fifth prince who came with Fengdu would finally get out of this, and he hoped that Feng Lingrui could become the crown prince and become the king in the future, so that he and his brothers could have a day to come out.

Unexpectedly, such news came again. Doesn't that mean that the fifth prince can't become the crown prince?

"Your Highness, I have an idea in my mind, but I don't know whether I should say it or not." Zhou Yi became a close minister to His Highness the Fifth Prince because he saved his life on the battlefield. He glanced at the people present and said something but didn't say it.

Feng Lingrui understood and waved his hand and said, "You all go down first."

Seeing that Zhou Yi, the villain, stayed, His Highness let them all go. Everyone was dissatisfied in their hearts, but everyone went out as he said.