Gu Yunru could only hide in this wine cellar.

Xiangping looked at a group of soldiers outside the door who were killing people on the street. He quickly closed the door and helped his grandfather to the backyard.

"Xiangping, grandpa's old body is almost failing. You'd better hide in the wine cellar. There is a secret compartment there and no one will find you!" Old man Hu had not taken a few steps when, for some reason, his bones twisted. At this critical moment, it seemed that God was unwilling to let him live.

"Grandpa, don't talk nonsense. Xiangping will not abandon you. I have arranged Sister Gu downstairs in the wine cellar. You should hurry down too!" As Xiangping was speaking, he heard a rough knock on the door and quickly pulled Hu Laotao towards the cellar.

Several soldiers violently broke down the door and started a fire to burn the houses on the street. Even Huajianlou was not spared... Xiniang held Yaya and Mazi in her arms and hid in the dog hole in the former front and back yard. Originally, the boss said that he would build a brick house there, but because Huajianlou was too busy and short of manpower, he had forgotten about it. Mazi, Qiao Er and Xiniang had lived in that hole for some years, so they would not be discovered hiding there.

"Why is there no one here?!" Several officers and soldiers searched Huajianlou and found that the people in the house had disappeared long ago!

"Maybe he escaped. Let's just burn down the whole yard."

"Wait, I smell something delicious. Let's go to the kitchen and find something to eat first!"

The leading officer smelled a strong aroma of roast goose and went straight to the kitchen and opened the lid of the pot. It turned out that Qiao Er had previously braised a lot of meat in the pot. Thanks to the meat, the Huajianlou was not burned down by their fire.

Gu Yunru was extremely anxious in the wine cellar. Finally, he heard the secret compartment being opened. It turned out to be Xiangping and his grandfather.

"What's the situation outside Xiangping?!" Gu Yunru asked anxiously, helping Hu Laotao sit on the ground.

"That group of people were bloodthirsty. They bullied women and killed children and men. They also set fire to many houses. I believe the soldiers in the city will arrive soon..."

Xiangping was so frightened when she saw the scene outside that she really didn't have enough strength to save those innocent people from the fire and water.

"What about the government office in Qizhou City?!" Gu Yunru knew that the government office in Qizhou City was famous for being a decoration, but she didn't expect that it was not used to this extent.

"Don't mention it, that bastard official has already run away!" Xiang Ping whispered, and seeing Hu Lao Tao falling against the wall with a splitting headache, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

"It's nothing, I just feel a tightness in my chest..." Gu Yunru hurriedly walked forward, put her hand on his pulse, and her eyes rolled around.

"Your grandfather is fine, but the air in this wine cellar is not circulating. If he stays here for a few more hours, he will pass out due to lack of oxygen. Is there any other exit here?"

The bodies of the elderly are not as strong as those of the young. There is no ventilation and no candles. Gu Yunru can only grope around or listen to the voices of the two people to determine their direction.

"This is where wine is brewed, and there cannot be ventilation. So I didn't ask the craftsmen to build any secret passages at the beginning..." Xiangping was so regretful in his heart. If he had known this would happen, he should have been more careful.

"Well, we can only pray that group of people leave quickly." Gu Yunru took a deep breath. Just when that group of people were doing evil, Rong Zhen had already brought several cavalrymen to Qizhou city, and Ji Heng cooperated from inside and outside. They surrounded those people and shot them to death with arrows.

But the real leader had already fled and no one knew where he went. These people had already disguised themselves as Qizhou citizens and mixed in with the team. It would take some time to really kick these people out of Qizhou city.

"Your Highness, the number of people has been counted, please take a look." A soldier handed over the roster. Rong Zhen just glanced at the roster and could not provide any useful information. The most important thing was to find the traitor in the team and who brought them to Qizhou City.

"Your Highness, why don't we go back to Huajian Tower first? I'm worried about the princess..." Ji Heng thought of the princess and the children who were all in Huajian Tower. He didn't know how they were doing now. These Hou Liang soldiers did such a heartless thing when they saw the common people.

"Let's go!" Rong Zhen thought of this and immediately changed direction, rushing to Huajianlou. He and Ji Heng both got off their horses. At this time, Qizhou City was full of wailing and blood was flowing like a river. There were no people on the streets, only corpses all over the ground.

Gu Yunru could hardly breathe in the wine cellar. The wine cellar was stuffy to begin with, and the burning air flow made her feel as if her cheeks were burning. Hu Laotao was already old, and he probably wouldn't be able to hold out for long in such an environment.

"There seems to be no sound outside. I'll go out and take a look first..." Gu Yunru weakly crawled backwards towards the stairs and silently opened the secret compartment. Under Xiang Ping's guidance, he finally opened the secret compartment. It was surprisingly quiet outside and a bloody smell rushed into his nose.

"Come out quickly, the people outside have left!" Gu Yunru shouted excitedly, but he only heard Xiangping's faint crying. His head suddenly buzzed, and he realized something, so he crawled back to the cellar.

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"Grandpa!" Xiangping cried and lay on his body, which was gradually losing its warmth. Gu Yunru felt Hu Laotao's pulse and saw from the light in the secret compartment that he had passed away...

"Xiang Ping..." Gu Yunru's nose felt sore and her eyes were a little moist. Even she couldn't comfort Xiang Ping calmly. Xiang Ping buried his head in silence and didn't say a word for a long time. Rong Zhen and Ji Heng took people to search Huajianlou, but no one was found. Rong Zhen seemed to have noticed something strange, so he came to the place where Ma Zi and Qiao Er were found.

"I will fight you!" Ma Zi thought that those people were soldiers, but when he stuck his head out, he saw that it was the prince.

"Your Highness..." Xiniang and others also came out of the cave carrying Yaya. Rong Zhen quickly held Yaya in his arms. Fortunately, the child was very obedient when she was born, and did not cry or make a fuss when hiding inside.

"Where is Yunru?" Rong Zhen counted the waiters in Huajianlou and found that they were all there, but there was no sign of Gu Yunru.