Chapter 305
Ning Wan had already hoped that her parents and younger brothers would not tell her, but she met her when she didn't want to.The father and mother were even more delighted to see their daughter, granddaughter, and grandson.

It seems that the family has been separated for more than a year.

Adults are especially good, and children have changed a lot.

Shi Shi grew up from a child to a teenager, and after more than a year, his aura has changed from before. If Ning Wan only met him on the road, I might not be able to recognize him, so he pulled him into his arms and stroked his head. , smiled and said: "It was only up to my shoulders before, but now I'm almost catching up with my sister. In a year or two, I won't be able to pat Shitou on the head!"

Parents also held a pair of granddaughters and grandsons in their arms, "The Sophora japonica has grown so big! This is Song'er, and he really looks like his father!" Then they greeted the family.

She didn't tell her parents about her mother-in-law. At this time, Ning Wan said: "The shed is still clean, and the wheat cakes are delicious. Let's rest for a while and eat something before going back together. In a few days, Tie Shi and I Take the kids back to your mother's house."

The father and mother listened to Yaonu. They sat together drinking tea and eating cakes, and briefly talked about the affairs of Jiangnan.They arrived at the grandfather's house, spent the New Year in one place, bought more than 200 acres of land for the grandfather's house, and settled everything there before returning. Thanks to Luo Bing's help, everything went smoothly. A grandma was ill for a while, but she has recovered now.

Also, the two merchants from Gao Qi met on the road are now staying in Anpingwei, and they will not go to Hutai County to collect wild vegetables until the goods brought from the capital are delivered, so the Ning family came back first.Father also told Yao Nu that they met several merchants from the capital on the way back from Beining, and two of them were very interested in Dejufeng's mountain products, and they would go to Hutai County with Gao Qi.

Ning Wan just laughed, "Great father and mother are still able to get business for the family when they are away from home!"

Dad smiled and shook his hand and said, "It's just by the way."

The adults talked for a long time before Shitou had a free time, so he hurriedly told his sister, "I have learned a lot from going out this time. In the past, I only heard in books that there is water everywhere in the south, and I have to take a boat to go out, and there are silkworms." Li, now that I see it, I know what it is like, and Mr. No wonder he also said, "What is learned in the book is always superficial, and I know that this matter needs to be practiced."

Ning Wan asked: "I heard that you also entered the school to study over there, but how is it?"

"At first I couldn't understand the words of the south, and my classmates in the school also looked down on me because I came from Liaodong, but I recited the words carefully every day, and the teacher praised me a few times, and then everything was fine. When I left, everyone They were very reluctant, and sent me to the outside of the village." Shitou then talked about what he had seen and heard in the south of the Yangtze River. listen.After only one year, Ning Wan felt that her younger brother had a lot to offer.

At noon in autumn, the sun was in the sky, and the ground was warmed by the light. We sat under the cool shed and felt very comfortable with the slight autumn wind.Thinking that the journey from Anpingwei to Hutai County is not very far, and now it has already gone half way, and Ning Wan will have to go back to Sanpobao for two miles and then part ways, so there is no rush to start on the road again.

Ning Wan hugged Song'er, he played and made trouble for a while, and now he fell asleep, so she got up to send him to the car, but when she looked up, she saw a white smoke rising from the sky, like a trace of white smoke. White clouds wandered misty against the blue sky, and she thought to herself, who would burn straw in the wild at this time?
As soon as I thought about it, I saw several streams of smoke rising into the air nearby, maybe because of the distance, the smoke was not white enough, mixed with black and yellow, it diffused and completely covered the original white smoke, Ning Wan suddenly cried out, "Wolf Smoke! Wolf Smoke!"

The wolf smoke is the signal of the frontier army to convey the military situation. Many people think that the wolf smoke is emitted by lighting wolf dung.But in fact, wolf smoke has nothing to do with wolf dung, but smoke from firewood.

Tie Shi once told her when he was defending the city, "No matter where else, where can we find so many wolf dung at these stations in Liaodong? And we have tried, and the wolf dung is not flammable at all, and the smoke is not too big, let alone straight. Upward. To make the smoke easy to see, poplar twigs, hemp grass, etc. should be used as firewood, and they should be wet to set up a fire to burn thick smoke. Therefore, water urns, rockets, etc. should be placed on each station .In case of an emergency military situation, the wolf smoke will travel two thousand miles a day and night."

These words flashed through Ning Wan's mind. She hugged Song'er in one hand and Huaihua'er in her arms with the other hand, and said to the stunned father, mother, Shitou, Lin, and An. The waiter said: "Let's get in the car quickly!"

At this time, the guards who followed Ning Wan and the followers who came back from Jiangnan with their parents all ran over, "The barbarians are here, we have to go back to the city immediately!"

The chariots and horses were just behind the shed, and everyone didn't care about anything else. Those who got on the carts got on the carts, and those who got on the horses got on the horses. After traveling a few miles to Hutai County, suddenly there was a lot of dust on the road, and a group of soldiers and horses approached. Dozens of riders rode outposts, and then there were many banners and flags, which were very imposing. Looking at the clothes, they were Liaodong soldiers and horses.

Since they were not barbarians, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but feel like meeting relatives.Before he had time to think about what to do, dozens of outpost riders had already arrived in front of him, their momentum unabated, and they immediately rushed everyone aside.

It turned out that the wolf smoke was seen in the shed from Xieliang, and everyone fled separately.On one side of the avenue is Anpingwei, and on the other side is Hutai County. Everyone went their separate ways, and a stream of people had formed in the direction of Hutai County. They were squeezed off the road one after another, and the weak ones even fell to the ground. The two cars of Ning's family almost overturned. If it weren't for the guards who drove the car, who were from the army, they were quick and quick to catch the startled horse. , I don't know what will happen.

The people who were knocked down managed to get up, even though they hated to death, but at this moment, no one dared to do anything, just watched the group of people galloping past.

Even if Ning Wan didn't see the word "Xu" on the large banner in front of the visitor, she knew that it was Xu Qianhu who learned about the military situation and led the troops to leave Hutai County, fleeing under the banner of aiding Anpingwei. What's more, the character "Xu" is quite big, and the red characters are trimmed with golden edges, which is really eye-catching!
Sure enough, then she saw Xu Qianhu, dressed in neat and bright armor, holding a long knife in his hand, riding a tall horse with his chest up and back, surrounded by many soldiers, appearing in the middle of the army, as if The general's expedition is general.

Obviously Xu Qianhu was stationed in Hutai County, but he just abandoned the small Hutai and went to Anpingwei, which is tall and deep, with many soldiers and generals!In fact, he only wanted to save his own family's life, and abandoned all the people in Hutai County. It's really shameless!
Now, in order to escape for their lives, the entire post road has been occupied, making it difficult for the flow of people returning to Hutai County!
Ning Wan spat on the ground with a "Bah!"

I didn't want her to be silly, so I heard a coquettish smile, "Mrs. Lu, are you here?"

It turned out to be Mrs. Zhou. She was sitting in a tall car with a canopy in neat makeup and drove past her. The ruby ​​on the walking swing flashed a dazzling brilliance, and the sarcasm in her eyes was even clearer, "Return See you!"

A few carriages carrying the women's family's luggage passed by with a fragrant wind, Ning Wan thought sarcastically, there should be no Second Miss Yang here!Everyone in Hutai County knew that Miss Yang and Mrs. Zhou were in conflict, and that Xu Qianhu was going to join her father-in-law, so she had to rely on the Zhou family, so it was only natural to throw Miss Yang away.

After all, when Xu Qianhu abandoned Hutai County, he abandoned the city without a military order and fled. According to the military law, he should be executed!Back then, I didn't know if Commander Zhou would punish him for abandoning the city, but now that Zhou is here, he is safe!
Soldiers from thousands of households in Hutai County lined up in a neat line, and then there were floods of civilians.Xu Qianhu left, and naturally many people from Hutai County and the surrounding area followed.

Inevitably, some of these people recognized the Ning family, or other people standing by the roadside, and someone hurriedly persuaded them: "Follow everyone to Anpingwei, there are no soldiers in Hutai County, and the barbarians are about to go in." ! There are many guards in Anping, so it must be fine!"

The reasoning is really good, and now the road back to Hutai County is impassable, and it will take a lot of time to wait for the flow of people here.So some people went back on the road and followed them towards Anpingwei.

Ning Wan was angered by the Zhou family just now, and now she has calmed down. After thinking about it for a while, Anpingwei is indeed much safer than Hutai County, and in her dream, it would be very difficult for the people left to guard Hutai County. And she didn't know the end result.So she said decisively: "Father, mother, you take the stone, Sophora japonica and Song'er to Anpingwei! It just so happens that our family also has a branch there, so we don't have to worry about living. I rode back from the field to accompany Tieshi Shou City!" Saying that, he sent Sophora japonica and Song'er to his parents.

In a hurry, where do parents have any idea?Originally, she only followed behind Yaonu, but now she came to her senses after picking up two children, so she hurriedly stopped her and said, "Our family is together no matter what, if you want to go back to Hutai County, we will go back too! And your aunt and your eldest sister!"

Ning Wan didn't have time to reason, and shouted: "I don't care too much now, I can protect one more! After all, Anpingwei is one of the 25 guards in Liaodong, and Hutai is only a small county! You go!" Immediately He ordered his personal guards to pull the carriage and send them on the road.

One of the father and mother hugged Sophora japonica, the other hugged Song'er, holding Yaonu from left to right, but they were very firm, "The whole family will live and die together!" They refused to leave no matter what.

"That's right! Our family is together!" Ning Wan actually knows what happened to Anpingwei, and she also thinks that it is better for a family to be together than separated from each other's worries, so she returned and picked up Song'er. Come back, "Let's wait a little longer and return to Hutai County after the flow of people has passed. The barbarians will not come so soon!"

Not long after, the flow of people to Anpingwei thinned out, and the family got into the car and headed for Hutai County.Now most of the people went to Anpingwei, and there were fewer and fewer people in Hutai County. Everyone knew that the situation was urgent, and the two guards drove the carriage like lightning.

Suddenly there was a click, and the horse in front neighed. The car fell to the ground with a crash, and the car behind couldn't stop for a moment and collided with it, destroying both cars.

Parents and Shitou sat in the front car, and Ning Wan sat in the back car. Seeing the car crash into it, she hugged Song'er tightly in her arms and used her body to block Sophora japonica. Afraid that she would fall out.

Fortunately, the car didn't overturn under a violent shaking, Ning Wan climbed out of the car and went to see everyone again.My own car was fine, at most it was hit somewhere, after all, it was useful to slow down a bit in the back, I'm afraid the person in the car in front would be injured.Sure enough, the bodyguard driving the car was covered in blood and passed out. The leg of the man sitting on the shaft was crushed by the wheels, and a long cut was made on one of Dad's arms. It's okay that He Shitou was protected by his father, only a few minor injuries.

Everyone hurriedly rescued the people under the car, and pulled the skirts of their clothes to cover each other's wounds. Then a personal guard brought the horse over and said, "Ma'am, you take the young master and miss and the old lady and they go first!"

The horses on the two carts were injured, and they are not going to be able to do it at all. Now there are three good horses, two are ridden by the guards, and one is ridden by Ning Wan when he came here. It is definitely not enough for everyone to go back to Hutai County together. up.But if Ning Wan leaves first with her father, mother, Shitou and a pair of young children, it is still acceptable.

But looking at the bodyguards who passed out on the ground, and everyone who died more or less, Ning Wan couldn't just go back to Hutai County like this, that would mean that she saved her own life, and her conscience would never be broken in her life. Get peace, "No, let's go together!"

Father and mother also nodded and said: "Whose fate is not fate? We are together at this time, it is fate, if you want to live together, if you want to die together, let's die together!"

Ning Wan stopped the guard's persuasion and said loudly: "We have wasted a lot of time, now hurry up and send the injured to the horse, and return to Hutai County as soon as possible!" As she spoke, she allocated the three horses and passed out. One for each person, the other father and the other with injured legs and feet each took a child and one horse, and the guards pulled the horses, and everyone walked quickly to Hutai County.

(End of this chapter)

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