"It's three o'clock in the middle of the night, what's going on?" On the 17th, lifted up a corner of the quilt and got in, "Go to bed early, you'll have to get up early tomorrow."

The woman was a little unhappy. She grabbed the corner of the quilt and pulled it, "Then how long are you going to let them stay in our house? Our family is not a wealthy family. If you have three more mouths in vain, how can you calculate the expenses of a day?"

The quilt was pulled open on the 17th and was a little annoyed, "Although our family is not rich, we can afford to pay for three more mouths. Don't make trouble... Let's go to bed quickly."

The woman obviously had no intention of drinking. She suddenly lowered her voice and said, "Don't hide it from me. The officers and soldiers outside have not caught them yet. The neighbors said that the bad guys were also three... Don't lead the disaster to your home."

When the seventeenth heard this, he turned over and sat up, covered the woman's mouth and said sternly: "You don't want to die... I dare not talk nonsense. You must know that there are ears in the wall."

The woman rushed to the scene, broke free from her husband's hand covering her mouth, and said angrily: "Do you still know the fate of the family? If you really want to know, take the person away quickly."

No. 17 said angrily: "You are a woman, you know nothing."

"If you don't drive people away, I...I will go and report it. It's better than being searched by the officers and soldiers and the whole family will be implicated."

When the seventeenth heard this, he was furious, "You'll talk nonsense anymore, believe it or not, I'll leave you?"

The woman was stunned and saw that her husband was really angry, and then smiled and said, "I just said casually... I'm not for our family's sake, right? Besides, this matter is still involved with you. How could I go and report it? You just need to send them away quickly... It's better to live a life sooner?"

No. 17 stared at his wife. The woman quickly pulled her pants over to cover her husband and smiled and said, "It's late at night, go to bed early, don't wake up the dog."

No. 17 sighed gently and stopped entangling with his wife. He lay down slowly, thinking that it would be only one day. As long as someone sends the letter tomorrow, reinforcements will arrive at Yushan at the latest. At that time, it will be difficult to keep the prince and the other two.

Thinking of this, No. 17 felt a little relieved and turned over and fell asleep.

....

The hour of Yin just passed, and the hour of Mao began.

Yushan County yamen.

Li Dingbang paced back and forth, looking anxious.

"Who is this guy?" Li Dingbang shouted, "No matter who he is, I must catch him before noon today... This place is too close to Shangrao City. If my father hears the wind... you, and you, will all have to land!"

Yushan County Magistrate Liu Yuan said bitterly: "Don't calm down... You saw that the group of three people rode horses toward the south gate. At the speed of the horse, it was long time to leave the city..."

"Fart! This general's entourage drove his horse thirty miles away and didn't see them. Can they turn into birds and fly? It must be still in the city, maybe under your nose."

"But the yamen is short of staff. Although the city gate is closed, it can only enter and exit... The huge city may not be too late overnight."

"I don't care about these things. I only know that if these three people escape, the military affairs will be completely exposed."

Liu Yuan said helplessly, "But if these three people really hide in the city, they will definitely hide in ordinary people's homes or corners where people are rarely visited. They disturb the people at midnight... They are afraid of causing public grievances. If they are known by the three national ministers, not only will the matter be exposed, but the officials will be unable to stop them."

Li Dingbang was stunned and silent. He knew that this matter could not be made big.

At this time, the rich businessman with a big belly suddenly spoke: "Instead of waiting for death, it is better to fight to the death... Compared to the crime of disturbing the people, life is more important?"

Liu Yuan turned around and said, "Don't be fooled! Don't bewitch the major general!"

The wealthy businessman smiled and said, "The major general is wise and powerful. Is he bewitched? Is he sure he knows whether he is bewitching... But the dozens of yamen runners in the hands of Magistrate Liu, who are not working hard, and they are all leading a hundred of us and others to wander around the city. Their intentions are obvious."

"You... nonsense!" Liu Yuan hurriedly bowed to Li Dingbang and said, "Major General should not believe what this person said. The subordinates are loyal to the Major General, and they are absolutely loyal to each other... Although they have local gentry and villains, they can hear their accent, which seems to be from the river. Perhaps they are spies..."

Li Dingbang's face changed and he shouted, "What are you quarreling? Now it's important to catch those three people first!"

The rich businessman laughed and said, "Actually, there is a way, just..."

"you say."

"These three people fled to the South Gate at that time. I think they should be hiding in Nancheng... We don't have enough staff now, but we can still concentrate everyone to search Nancheng. As long as we separate some people to guard the street intersection, the rest of them will be searched one by one along the street, and we will definitely be able to find it."

Liu Yuan said anxiously: "What if he is not in Nancheng?"

"That's okay. Search for the South City and then search for the East City."

"Why aren't Xicheng and Beicheng?" Li Dingbang asked.

"They said it was from Yingtian Prefecture, and Yingtian Prefecture was north of Yushan, so there was little chance of them escaping back." The wealthy businessman explained in an orderly manner, "When going west is Shangrao City, knowing the identity of the major general, it is not the wise man who seeks death. Only by going east and south can you cross the boundary and enter the Zhejiang border to avoid the pursuit of the major general... Therefore, I think that it is either south or east."

Liu Yuan said anxiously: "But your more than a hundred people are not official constables, so how can you enforce the law on behalf of our county? Besides, if such a large-scale search will cause a large number of civilian casualties, who will be responsible for this?"

The rich businessman smiled slightly, ignored Liu Yuan, and just turned his attention to Li Dingbang.

Li Dingbang was in a dilemma.

He even regretted that he shouldn't have learned to buy things by merchants in Hangzhou to sell more money.

If the ordnance was sold to any of these merchants in private, this would not have happened.

As for the identity of these merchants who wanted to bid for armour, Li Dingbang was not interested in knowing that as long as the money was real, nothing else was important.

Over the years, the family has followed their father to wander and fight on the battlefield. They first turned against Ming, and then joined Ming. Six years ago, they retreated from Beizhili on the road to Huguang, and their mother died of illness. Four years ago, Zhongzhen Camp was defeated in Huguang and the Qing army. The young brother was killed in the chaos. It can be said that the family was destroyed and the people died.

After being reorganized by Wu Zheng, more than 100,000 people in Zhongzhen Camp were reduced to 20,000. Countless comrades were forced to go to eastern Zhejiang, saying that they were settled. But in fact, the Northern Expedition Army from the eastern Zhejiang looked down on the old subordinates of Zhongzhen Camp from the bottom of their hearts, causing people from the old subordinates to return to Guangxin and the two Raozhou prefectures were begging their father to take shelter.

They are all brothers who have been rolling over from the bloody storm together, and they are all brothers who have families with their families. How can they bear to leave it alone?

But this is not a few dozen or hundreds of people, but tens of thousands of mouths.
Chapter completed!