Xiao Xiao disagreed, "How can that be? I don't trust just a few of you to go. There are so many officials and soldiers in the government office, and they are deliberately targeting the Zhou family. They probably have a large number of troops lying in ambush, just waiting for us to walk into their trap. If I go, at least I will have one more helper, and I will have one more chance to escape."
After saying that, she pointed to Tang Guo and said, "Why don't you take Yu Ting with you? Although she is good at martial arts and has natural strength, she is slow to react. It would be more suitable for her to take care of Yu Ting."
The problem is that Tangguo is slow to react and has a childlike nature, always thinking about food. Without someone to remind her, who would dare let her take care of a child alone? What if she gets hungry, gets angry, and leaves the child to find food on her own?
Jingjing won't work either; this person is too quiet and not suited to taking care of children at all.
Meanwhile, Xingxing and her group were heading towards Nanyang Prefecture. Two days ago, Xingxing had a mental image of Zhou Laoda's family being arrested and imprisoned, along with Zhao Guizhi, Chen Shunping, Li Quan, Zhong Daya, and others.
"How could Father, Mother, and my eldest and third brothers have committed a crime and been imprisoned? Someone must have framed them. How could Father and Mother, who are so honest, do anything wrong?" Xingxing was both anxious and angry. Ever since she learned that Zhou Laoda and the others had been imprisoned and tortured, she had not been able to sleep well every day.
For the next few days, they traveled day and night without stopping, and several horses died from exhaustion, before finally crossing the northern border and entering the south.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye. Zhou Erfu and his group left Yegou Village, disguised themselves, left the county town, bought several horses, and rushed to Nanyang Prefecture day and night.
Erfu and the others were already fifteen years old and had martial arts skills, so they could naturally withstand the bumpy journey. But Chen Yuting, the little dumpling, could not stand it. Traveling day and night like this was definitely not going to work.
But Erfu and the others were in a hurry to rescue people, fearing that the person behind the scenes might suddenly kill Zhou Laoda and the others, so they dared not delay any longer.
In the end, she had no choice but to hand Chen Yuting over to Tangguo and ask her to take the little one to Changting County to find Chen Tu, who had come to the south three years ago.
At that time, Bai Yushuang and her daughter, along with Bai Yue'e, found Chen Yueru. Later, they helped Zhao Guizhi at Meizhou Tower in the county town. Because Zhu Lin's people went to Changping City, they soon found Chen Tu and his son.
Upon learning from the letter that her master and son had been found, Bai Yushuang felt relieved. Instead of rushing to the north to find them, she wrote to Chen Tu and his son, asking them to come to the south to find her and her two daughters.
With the help of the secret guards, Chen Tu and his son dug out all the hidden silver coins. After Chen Tu recovered, he went south with the secret guards.
After the Chen family reunited, they decided to stay in the south. Although they still had a lot of money, they knew they couldn't just sit around and do nothing. Chen Tu, always quick-witted, decided to find some business to do.
The Chen family used to own many businesses, including cloth shops and jewelry businesses. However, there are already several large cloth shops in Lishan County. If the Chen family were to suddenly enter the market, they might offend people and inevitably face suppression.
Chen Tu took his son and two servants to other counties to look at the market. They eventually chose Changting County, which was the poorest county in the entire Nanyang Prefecture, with a poor geographical location and transportation.
There aren't many shops in Changting County, though there are some cloth shops and jewelry stores. However, Chen Tu found out that the owner of the cloth shop thought business was bad in Changting County and wanted to open a shop elsewhere, so he was going to transfer the cloth shop.
Chen Tu felt this was an opportunity. With his intelligence, he was sure he could make the cloth shop successful and large. Right now, he wasn't in a hurry to make a lot of money. He still had some money to spare, and all he wanted to do was settle down as soon as possible.
Later, Chen Tu spent money and used his connections to transfer the only cloth shop in Changting County. He bought the shop along with the store. Behind the shop was a courtyard with six rooms, which was just enough for his family to live in.
In recent years, the Chen family, Zhao Guizhi, and the Zhou family have become quite close, frequently exchanging letters and visiting each other like relatives during the Lunar New Year.
Last year, the Chen family opened a restaurant in Changting County, which served the Zhou family's bayberry wine and mulberry wine. The wine sold very well, which boosted the restaurant's business as well.
The Chen family also knew about the Zhou family's troubles. They were anxious, but what could they do? They had no power or influence in Nanyang Prefecture and couldn't help in any way.
The Zhou family trusted the Chen family, which is why Erfu sent Tangguo to Changting County to find the Chen family.
"What if Candy gets lost because she doesn't know the way?" Candy was about to cry. It wasn't that she didn't want to take Xiaoyuting with her, but she really didn't know the way.
“I’ll have Uncle Mo and his son take you there. You won’t get lost. Just remember, no matter what happens, you must protect Yu Ting. You can’t let him get hurt, not even a little bit. Do you understand?” Zhou Erfu patiently instructed.
When the authorities came to arrest people, they only arrested the Zhou family and a group of relatives. The servants were not taken away. The Mo family had been working at the tavern in town. Last year, the Mo family saved enough money to buy a small house outside and stopped living in the Zhou family's house.
Perhaps because the Mo family had always kept a low profile, the government officials didn't make things difficult for them and didn't send anyone to keep an eye on them afterwards.
That night, Erfu secretly found Mo Tianzhu and asked him to help escort Tangguo and Yuting to Changting County. He agreed without hesitation.
"Don't worry, Second Young Master. Baoshan, Baodi, and I will escort Tangguo and Young Master Chen to safety." Mo Tianzhu is an honest and reliable man, and Erfu trusts him.
But Erfu was worried that the person behind it would send people to cause trouble for the Mo family, so he said, "Why don't you all go together? I'm afraid someone will come looking for your family."
Mo Tianzhu considered it for a while and thought it was a good idea. "Since the whole family has nothing to do anyway, let's all go to Changting County for a while."
So Zhou Erfu handed Tangguo and Chen Yuting over to Mo Tianzhu's family and asked them to drive a horse-drawn carriage to Changting County. Two horses were harnessed to the front of the carriage so that it would run faster.
Soon after, Zhou Erfu and his group arrived in Nanyang Prefecture. Their portraits were still posted at the city gate, and soldiers were searching for them everywhere. When they entered the city, they disguised themselves again. They had learned this skill from several masters on Xianwu Island.
The five men entered the city separately, but met up in a secluded alley. They were not allowed to bring knives into the city, so they could only sneak into the homes of wealthy families and steal a few kitchen knives and axes.
The kitchen knife was taken from the kitchen, and the axe was found in the woodshed.
The Mo family was hurrying towards Changting County in their horse-drawn carriage. The journey from Shanshui Town to Changting County took four days. They had been safe for the first two days, but on the third day, they were stopped by a group of men in black in a desolate wilderness.
Over the past few years, Mo Baoshan and Mo Baodi have been learning to read and write with Brother Fu and his friends, and they have also learned some martial arts. At eighteen or twenty years old, they are young and vigorous. When a dozen men in black appeared with knives, the two brothers were not afraid at all.
He grabbed the large sword that had been prepared on the carriage and jumped down to block in front of him.
The man in black standing at the front sneered, "I advise you not to struggle in vain. Surrender obediently and we might spare your lives."
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