Chapter 53 54. Escape or Not Escape
After saying this, Hong Daya ignored Gu Yuanlei and followed Gu Yuanjin out quickly. Gu Yuantu, Xie Ruyi and others also followed closely.
As soon as they stepped onto the avenue, they saw the yamen runners holding up their swords and facing them. They quickly raised their hands and said, "Brother, we were pushed in here. We really don't have any bad intentions. We are willing to leave the city right now."
Gu Yuanjin's method actually worked. The other party nodded in satisfaction. "You are quite sensible. We will have someone send you out together later. Don't play any tricks."
"No, no," several people shook their heads in unison.
They followed these yamen runners all the way, and soon more acquaintances joined in. These people had relatives outside the city. In addition, every household in the city had closed their doors, so there was no way to hide. With no way to retreat, they could only grit their teeth and stand up again.
When they arrived at the city gate, Gu Yuanjin carefully counted the number of people in his family. Apart from Gu Yuanlei who was unwilling to come out with them, there were also the second and seventh sons' families, and his own two sons.
"Big brother, the third child hasn't been found yet, are we just going to ignore him?" Xie Ruyi was so anxious that she burst into tears. "These two children don't have a penny on them, where can they run to?"
Gu Yuanjin's heart was also in a knot, and he could only comfort himself like this, "Maybe he's with the second brother's family. You know how well our Le family plays with Le Huan and Le Xi. Maybe they'll get together."
Gu Yuanhuo kept blaming Li Xiaohua, "It's all your fault, woman. If you had brought your two children to queue up for water, maybe we would have been on the official road by now and wouldn't have to go out and suffer that punishment."
"How would I know?" Li Xiaohua also felt aggrieved. She didn't know if there would be such an opportunity next time. When that happens, she would definitely bring her children with her.
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After washing themselves up, Gu Wenheng and Jin Qianqian appeared on the mountain path again, and couldn't help but breathe in the fresh air.
"Finally, he feels refreshed," Jin Qianqian looked at Gu Wenheng's now fairer face, "He looks more and more like the senior from before."
If there was only 50% similarity before, after this period of integration and some of Gu Wenheng's usual small movements, they are already 80% similar. The remaining 20% are still a little too weak.
Gu Wenheng touched Jin Qianqian's hair, which was not yet completely dry, with a distressed look on his face. "I don't know when this hair will grow back to normal, it looks a little yellow.
When you have nothing to do, remember to give yourself some extra nutrition. Look at your skinny face, you are almost skin and bones."
Jin Qianqian touched her pointed chin and said, "I have also tried hard to drink milk, but it seems that except for my face becoming whiter, I haven't gained any weight at all."
"How can you drink only milk?" Gu Wenheng led Jin Qianqian carefully as they walked on the rugged path. "You must have damaged your body before. If you have collected some supplements before, take them out and make as much as you can. If you don't have enough, your husband will buy some for you later. I guarantee that you will be fat."
"Wenheng likes fat girls?" Jin Qianqian asked casually.
Gu Wenheng, "I like you when you are fat."
Jin Qianqian, "."
"Wait a minute," Gu Wenheng suddenly stopped, "give me the telescope again."
Although Jin Qianqian was confused, she quickly handed the thing over.
"The mountains ahead seem to be the green area we saw before." Gu Wenheng initially thought the shapes of the mountains were somewhat similar, but when he looked carefully, he found that the several big trees he had seen before were also in the same position.
Jin Qianqian looked at it for a while and grinned, "It seems that God is kind to us. I didn't expect that after going around in circles, I would have such a reward."
"There is only one problem now. That area is full of deep mountains and old forests. It will be difficult for us to cross it." Gu Wenheng was not so optimistic. He only saw that piece of green land, which was still a long distance away from the high mountain they climbed before.
Even if the two of them followed a straight line, it would probably take two days to walk. Moreover, if there was no road, you could imagine how difficult it would be.
"Let's go to the village ahead first. Maybe they are familiar with the mountain road here. If we give them some silver, I believe someone will be willing to accompany us."
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Gu Yuanjin and his companions hurried along the way. When they were halfway there, they found that the old and young in their families were dragging their belongings and following the team with difficulty.
Especially when they saw Gu Dashi holding on with blood oozing from his arm, several brothers took the lead and started running.
"They are back," Gu Sanbu, who was driving the ox cart in front, suddenly shouted in surprise. Everyone stopped and wanted to see if their family members were among the people who came back.
"Why did you come back just now?" Seeing that they were all people from Baini'ao, Gu Sanbu, who had been tense all the time, finally remembered to ask.
"Dad," Gu Shulin hurried over to support him, "There were too many people at the time, and it was impossible for everyone to get water. Someone took the lead and rushed in, and everyone wanted to go into the city to see if they could find water, so they all ran in.
Who knew that when we got to the city, the soldiers and servants were arresting people all over the street, and every household had their doors tightly closed. We had no way to run away, and we had no way to go back. We could only walk to the main street and wait for the officers to question us.
Fortunately, we made this decision. Those who were running around and trying to rush into the city were either stabbed or killed by them.”
Many people are unwilling to admit that it was because they saw corpses thrown on the street that they endured the fear and walked onto the street.
"No wonder some people who came out before were supporting each other. It turns out this is the reason." Gu Datian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that all four of his children had returned.
Li Cuicui searched back and forth for many times before finally catching Gu Yuanjin, "Boss, is there anyone else? Is he behind?"
Gu Yuanjin didn't see other people in his team, and his heart skipped a beat. "They haven't come back yet? We thought they left the city before us, but maybe they have gone astray."
At this moment, he didn't even dare to think about what he had heard from those people when he left the city before. The official road to Shangjing had already been staffed by cavalrymen. If he really encountered those people, even if he didn't lose his life, he would inevitably suffer some physical pain.
"Aren't you brothers walking together? How come you got separated?" Gu Dashi's face changed when he didn't see his oldest son and grandson.
"The youngest one didn't get separated from us, but he and the girl from the Lan family refused to come out with us," Gu Yuanjin did not hide anything and briefly recounted the conversations after he met Gu Yuanlei.
(End of this chapter)
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