Chapter 1644 The Chaos of That Night
With Meng Han's advance warning, and most of the people in the Meng Family Escort Agency being skilled fighters, the situation became clear.
The bandits did not gain any advantage when they faced them.
With the prior preparations made by Meng Pei and Meng Xiaoshu, and the martial arts practitioners of the Meng family resisting outside, Meng Qi quickly organized the elderly, weak, women, and children in the family to hide in the secret room as soon as possible.
Only then did everyone realize that the Meng family actually had such a hidden place, with water and food in the secret room, making it very safe.
Meng Pei and his uncle were the last to cover the retreat, but when they heard the shouts of battle and the towering flames outside, they dared not enter the secret room for a while.
If the Meng Family Escort Agency were also set on fire, they might all suffocate in the secret room.
In fact, when Meng Pei was rebuilding the secret chamber, he dug a secret passage. He not only expanded the area of the secret chamber, but also wanted to dig out another exit.
However, it wasn't appropriate for too many people to know about what happened in the secret room. After he returned, he only told Meng Qi about it. Initially, it was just the two of them, uncle and nephew, doing it themselves. Later, when Meng's younger uncle returned, it was three people who did it.
But time was too short, and Meng Pei did not expect the chaos to come so quickly, and the chaos occurred directly in Chenggu County, so that they were caught off guard when the secret passage was only half-dug.
Fortunately, after the first group of bandits broke into the Meng family and were dealt with, no one else came in.
Chenggu County is so large, these bandits mostly targeted wealthy families.
Security escort agencies are not particularly wealthy, and they have skilled bodyguards, making them tough targets.
The Meng family lived in fear all night, and by dawn the next day, the commotion outside had finally stopped. Meng Pei and his uncle went out to take a look and found the outside world in complete disarray.
The people in the secret room also came out. A few of the bolder ones went out to take a look, but seeing the soldiers coming and going outside, no one dared to go out.
Only Tao Shi and Tao Qin couldn't let go of the Tao family, but with martial law in effect and soldiers forbidding civilians from going out on the streets, they finally calmed down.
Two days later, the curfew was not so strict, and people slowly started to appear on the streets.
However, at this time, everyone also heard that the bandits had kidnapped many wealthy young men and were demanding that these families raise ransom money.
This matter is clearly not over yet. Although the Meng family is unharmed, Meng Pei and his uncle remain on guard.
After he was allowed to go out, Uncle Meng went to the Tao family's house, but no one was there. He didn't know where they had gone.
However, apart from some chaos and things being smashed, there was no blood or anything like that at the Tao family's house, suggesting that the Tao family had fled beforehand.
As for where they fled to, at this critical juncture, they couldn't find out.
Uncle Meng also went to the homes of the bodyguards who didn't live in the escort agency, as well as those who were out on missions. He was relieved to see that everyone was alright.
However, they were clearly too complacent.
A day later, another small-scale disturbance occurred in Chenggu County.
The next day, after inquiring around, they learned that there were still small groups of bandits mingling in the city. They had broken into several homes and killed people the previous night. It was said that those families had killed many bandits during the chaos of the first night, so this small group of bandits had come for revenge.
Upon hearing this, the Meng family members' expressions changed.
Although they have not encountered any retaliation and are safe for the time being, this only shows that there are not many bandits, and they are currently unable to retaliate against them.
(End of this chapter)
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