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Xia Daohua shook her head and denied this possibility.
There weren't many women in Puji Hall; it was mostly men. Even if the enemy wanted to abduct people, they would at most take a few doctors, not the servants, guards, or bodyguards.
Perhaps, Doctor Wang was old and had seen a lot, so when he saw the enemy coming, he ran away with his family?
But since the enemy had entered the city and there was no movement from the Qianhu Suo, it meant that the city had fallen. Even if they ran away, where could they go?
Looking at the mess in the room, Xia Daohua couldn't help but stand up, pick up the fallen shelves and tables and chairs, pick up all the books on the floor, shake off the dust, put them back on the bookshelf, and was so busy that she was sweating.
Finally, he took out a broom and swept the ground roughly.
So many broken porcelain pieces and tiny crystal beads scattered on the ground are simply a natural trap. Anyone who comes in will slip and fall.
Thinking of this, Xia Daohua's hands suddenly paused.
Perhaps, this scene was arranged by Doctor Wang himself?
Anyone who saw this would think the place had been robbed. If they were hiding here, in a cellar or something, they might be safe.
When Xia Daohua thought of this, she hurriedly pushed away the broken porcelain pieces and tiny crystal beads that had been swept together, and then pushed down the shelves, tables, chairs, footstools, embroidered cushions and other things that she had propped up one by one.
As for those books, Xia Daohua really didn't want to leave them lying on the ground, so she didn't bother with them anymore.
What Xia Daohua didn't know was that while she was busy, Houpu, the smartest boy in Pujitang, was hiding in the secret room, quietly watching the situation outside through the observation hole.
Seeing Xia Daohua cleaning up the house at first and then restoring it to its original state, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
Doctor Wang came over to take his place. The two of them whispered for a while. Houpu opened another mechanism from the secret room, and a square hole suddenly appeared two or three steps away from Xia Daohua.
Xia Daohua glanced around but still didn't see anyone.
She reached out and took out a small candle and a lighter, lit the small candle, put the lighter away, took a fried dough stick clip, held the small candle, and put it into the hole.
The small candle was not extinguished.
It seems that the oxygen content in this cave is still good.
But Xia Daohua still didn't go down immediately. Instead, she took out a gas mask helmet, put it on her head, and then walked carefully along the slope of the cave entrance.
Just as Xia Daohua walked in, there was a loud "cracking" sound at the entrance of the cave, and then it returned to its original state.
But the road in front of Xia Daohua was not pitch black. On the contrary, the luminous stones inlaid on the wall were emitting a faint green light.
Xia Daohua walked on this road for about a quarter of an hour and came across a stone gate.
She reached out and pushed, but the stone door didn't move at all.
Am I trapped here?
Just as he was thinking about whether to return the same way or to find some explosives, the stone door in front of him opened, and behind the door stood the familiar pharmacy clerk Rendong.
Xia Daohua was fine, but when Jindong saw the gas mask on Xia Daohua's head, she was shocked and her tongue was tied:
"Xia, Miss Xia? What's wrong with you?"
Xia Daohua smiled, took off her gas mask, folded it and put it into her sleeve, and explained with a smile: "I didn't know what was going on down there before, and I was afraid of a bad smell."
When Xia Daohua saw Honeysuckle, she felt her heart drop to the ground.
Even the young servant can hide in this cellar, so Doctor Wang will most likely be fine.
So, with such a mess up there, it's really possible that their own people are deliberately creating confusion!
This is really a good idea.
Anyone who saw such a mess would have thought the house had been ransacked. Furthermore, there was no one in sight, either inside or outside the house. They must have been either dead or captured, with no one left alive. Naturally, they would have let this family go.
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When chaos broke out outside the inn, the two people that Li Gan had left behind to look after the house rushed over in sweat, wanting to take Xia Yujiao, Xia Daohua and Zhou with them to escape.
Xia Daohua looked out from the inn and found that something was wrong on the street.
Why were there cries and shouts in so many places, and smoke and fire in so many places?
The two men in brocade-clothed cloud cavalry were indeed professionals. They immediately determined that the enemy had entered the city.
Since the enemy has entered the city, running away is probably not a wise choice.
Xia Daohua stopped them and said calmly:
"Let's find a place to hide in the inn first!
As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands. Even if you two have great martial arts skills, I'm afraid you won't be able to gain any advantage against so many people.
What's more, there are three of us here as a burden."
The two of them thought so too.
They exchanged glances and discussed whether to take Xia Daohua and the other three burdens with them.
Reason told them that without these three burdens, it would be much easier for them to hide or escape with their own skills; duty and conscience told them that if they left these three burdens behind, the three of them would most likely not be able to escape the clutches of the enemy.
The old lady is bound to die.
The fate of the little girl and the young woman is that they are destined to be abducted, and they may not survive in the end, but they will definitely live a life worse than death.
However, if we bring them along, the outcome will probably be that we will be outnumbered and lose two more lives.
After thinking it over for a while, I realized that the enemy had already approached the inn, and the guests who had escaped from the inn and the guests on the first floor had already encountered the enemy.
The guests who fled to the street, looking down from above, soon saw the miserable plight of those people.
The screams that didn't sound like human voices coming from downstairs also made their scalps tingle.
Time is running out and a decision must be made immediately.
To save or not to save?
In other words, should we die bravely or live a cowardly life?
Perhaps it was because Jinyi Yunqi had a strong sense of honor, but the two of them had actually decided to live and die with Xia Daohua and the other three. Of course, a good man never suffers a loss in front of him. Now they had to find a place to hide quickly.
After hearing their choice, Xia Daohua smiled with relief on her face.
"You can actually laugh at this time?"
The two brocade-robed riders were astonished. They had traveled extensively and met many people, but they had never seen anyone with such a bold heart.
Alas, this girl is still a half-grown child after all.
I'm afraid they don't even realize what fate they will face in a while...
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