Chapter 893 Discussing Escape
Bai Shan's face flushed red, and he couldn't help but kick Bai Erlang. "What kind of books do you usually read? If you read the book you bought from outside again, I will tell the teacher."
Manbao looked at him speechlessly, "How could I be Bai Shan's sister? Can you use your brain? I am my uncle's daughter and my father's niece!!!"
Bai Erlang was stunned for a moment after being beaten. "Ah, so complicated?"
"Isn't this much simpler than what you thought, that I'm Bai Shan's sister?"
"Of course not. Sigh, I thought my uncle took a daughter with him when he escaped, and also a concubine or something. But they were killed, and the baby was left outside and was picked up by your father..."
Zhou Silang was speechless for a while, then turned to look at his sister and said, "Manbao, thank goodness you're my senior sister."
What if this is a junior sister and she is taught stupidly by her senior brother?
Manbao was really picked up by his father. Can his father raise him so well?
You don’t even have to think about how much it costs to raise a child, especially a child like Manbao, who is not his own child. Would his father be willing to give up his child?
Zhou Silang looked at Bai Erlang with disdain, then looked at the two of them eagerly and asked, "What's going on with the engagement?"
Bai Shan blushed and said, "He's just imagining things."
Bai Erlang was unwilling to accept this and shouted, "How can I just imagine it? The last time I asked you, you didn't deny it."
Zhou Silang opened his mouth wide. If Mr. Zhuang was the matchmaker...
He turned his head to look at Bai Shan, and the more he looked at him, the more he disliked him.
Bai Shan blinked, coughed lightly and said, "Marriage still has to follow the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words."
Zhou Silang was slightly satisfied, while Manbao looked at them in confusion, "Why are we talking about this now?"
Zhou Silang's suspicious eyes slid between the two of them and asked, "So what were you going to say?"
"Of course we're talking about the King of Yizhou. Didn't you see Magistrates Tang and Yang talking late into the night?" Man Bao said, "They're bound to reveal things we won't know. I don't care about that. I mainly want to discuss with Bai Shan: what if the King of Yizhou gets desperate and rebels?"
Zhou Silang looked confused and asked, "Isn't this a good thing? If he rebels, we won't even need to find evidence, we can just overturn the case."
Bai Jilang nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes."
Manbao: "...If he had rebelled directly, I don't know whether he would have been rehabilitated, but we will definitely be regarded as rebels and rehabilitated. There are so many people in our family and our village."
Bai Shan also nodded. "Yes, we can hide safely in Qili Village. First, we rely on County Magistrate Yang, and second, we are certain that he won't dare to rebel easily. As long as he doesn't rebel, he can't do anything to us openly. But if he rebels, not only us, but even County Magistrates Tang and Yang will probably be killed if they don't obey him."
Zhou Silang was stunned and asked, "Then, what should we do? Should we escape early?"
Manbao said, "We are not like County Magistrates Tang and Yang, who only have one or two people in their family. We have so many people in our family, where can we escape to? Besides, we can't abandon our fellow villagers, can we?"
Bai Shan nodded, "After all, this incident was caused by us. We can't just run away and leave them behind."
Even Bai Erlang was confused and asked, "What should we do then?"
Man Bao said, "Qili Village's location is not ideal. It's right between Luojiang County and Yizhou City. So when Yizhou sends troops, Luojiang County might not even receive the news before the soldiers reach our village. But just now, I also thought that since we can get out through Dahu Mountain, of course the people in the village can too."
Bai Shan nodded. He took out the map of Dahu Mountain they had drawn earlier and said, "The high mountains and dense forests make it difficult to march, but it is very advantageous for us. Even if we don't escape to the county town and hide there, it will be difficult for them to catch us."
Bai Shan analyzed, "If it really comes to a rebellion, we will be insignificant. At most, we will be used by him to vent his anger. Therefore, the soldiers who come here will definitely not be very good and will not be too persistent. We can just hide in the mountains for a while."
"There's another way," Bai Shan said, "Find someone to guard the intersection. If anyone sees a large number of troops, light a signal smoke. We can take a small path directly to Luojiang County, avoid them, and then enter the county to defend it together with County Magistrate Yang."
"As long as we follow County Magistrate Yang closely, if the city gates can no longer be defended, we can flee. By then, everyone will be mixed together. Will they still deliberately hunt down people from Qili Village?"
Zhou Silang and Bai Erlang shook their heads in confusion.
Bai Shan: "That's it, Zhou Si, when you go home tomorrow, don't tell anyone in the village anything. The fewer people who know about this, the better. Just tell my uncle, my grandmother, and your parents. Don't tell anyone else, including your brothers."
Zhou Silang looked at Manbao.
Manbao nodded, "Just tell your parents and then listen to them."
Zhou Silang then swallowed and nodded.
Seeing that the four people in the room were worried, Daji, who had been standing silently at the back, couldn't help but say, "Master, Miss Man, isn't it too early for you to think about this?"
Manbao shook his head seriously. "That's called looking ten steps ahead. Based on the experience we've learned from various storybooks, people who are short-sighted and think too little usually don't end up well when faced with such a big event."
Bai Shan nodded in the same serious tone, "It will also implicate many people."
Bai Erlang had read almost all the storybooks that Bai Shan and Man Bao had read, so he also remembered them and nodded repeatedly. "That's right, that's right. We need to think long-term. Brother Zhou Si, which of these two methods do you think is better?"
Bai Shan and Man Bao also looked at Zhou Silang.
Zhou Silang pondered, "Secondly, we're not familiar with this forest. There's little food and water here, and there are many snakes and insects. We have a lot of old people and children in our village. What if something happens? Since the soldiers are coming from Yizhou City, they must be taking this road. We can just have someone guard here. If we see them, we'll run back to inform them. Then everyone can enter Luojiang County from here. They shouldn't be able to catch us."
Manbao: "...You're still thinking of running back to inform them? Wouldn't it be better to just light a signal smoke signal?"
Zhou Silang scratched his head and asked, "How do we light a wolf smoke signal? And can we light a wolf smoke signal?"
Daji, who was standing behind him, spoke again, "No! Anyone who secretly lights a signal fire will be executed!"
Everyone: ...
Bai Shan scratched his head and said, "I haven't seen this law."
But no one doubted Daji's statement because he usually didn't lie or say things he was not sure about.
Manbao touched his chin and said, "There's no rush. Let's ask Magistrate Tang and Magistrate Yang tomorrow. There are definitely many other ways to notify people in this world besides signaling a signal. As long as we can let the villagers know that the enemy is coming, that'll be enough."
The next update will be around 6:00 PM
(End of this chapter)
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