He escorted all the way, but he didn't encounter any trouble. Ying Yi was also worried that he would encounter a thief who was defeated during the day, causing some minor trouble, but he didn't expect that he would worry in vain.

Why did the family and craftsmen send to Xiaowangzhuang? It was a last resort. Although many people moved to Fangcheng Mountain, they were deep in the mountains. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zheng Yunzhi did not set up a stronghold outside the mountain. In addition, time was tight and it was night, so he didn't have time to send them to the mountains in one go, so he chose Xiaowangzhuang.

The light car arrived in Xiaowangzhuang quickly. Ying Yi left the people he brought to protect the county family and craftsmen, so he wanted to return to Ye County alone.

Zheng Yunzhi's wife Li was quite worried and told Ying Yi: "General, be careful all the way!"

Zi Niang and Xiao Yuer also stood aside and looked at him timidly.

Ying Yi hugged his fists and turned over to the horse: "Madam, don't worry, the county master will be sent safely before dawn."

Then to Zhou Li, Lian Biao said: "Be careful and don't relax your vigilance. If you have any accidents, immediately escape into the mountains."

"Yes, hundreds of households!"

The two of them bowed together.

A moment before Yin hour, Ying Yi returned to Ye County again and met Zheng Yunzhi.

Zheng Yunzhi held up the torch and smiled, "If you don't come back, I will set the fire."

As he said that, he sighed, "What a great county town, it will be burned. As a county magistrate, I am ashamed of the people and the emperor!"

Ying Yi said: "The temporary retreat is for the future. As long as we can keep food and grass, everything is worth it. If the county town is gone, we can slowly repair it in the future. If the food and grass are gone, we will starve to death. If we stay in the county town, we will definitely not be able to stop the thief, and it will be meaningless to die. It also makes the thief wonder why we resist so resolutely, and the food may not be able to be saved. When we take the initiative to retreat, the thief will think that the county town has no nostalgia and will not be suspicious."

In fact, that's exactly what Zheng Yunzhi thinks.

What he did was to keep food and grass. If he could keep food and grass in the county, he would not mind living with the county. Ying Yi also saw this. This scholar had higher qualities than most other scholars of this era, which is why Ying Yi admired him.

It was precisely because he knew that he could not defend himself even if he could not defend himself, which would arouse the curiosity and suspicion of the thief that he agreed to Ying Yi's suggestion without hesitation.

"Let's go."

Zheng Yunzhi's face was calm, she threw the torch in her hand into the room, turned around and left. Ying Yi followed him, and the fire gradually rose behind her.

On the street, soldiers threw torches into the houses on both sides, and thick smoke began to rise. When everyone left the city gate, the county town had already started to burn.

Zheng Yunzhi didn't look back, and took the lead and disappeared into the darkness.

That night, the fire in Ye County shone on the night, and half of the sky was red.

At dawn, Hao Yaoqi brought his troops to Ye County, feeling a sense of heat coming to his face. He couldn't help but frown: "I asked someone to go in and take a look. The dog was in, and the dog official's great work actually burned the county town and ran away!"

Yesterday, when he was defeated, Hao Yaoqi fled in a panic. He finally gathered up the dispersed soldiers. After counting, he lost nearly two thousand people. He was so angry that he was furious that he killed seven or eight people in a row before he extinguished his anger. He thought about it and was extremely unwilling to accept it, but he was afraid that the King of Chuang knew about the matter here. He thought that there were still three thousand soldiers who had intercepted the military pay, so he planned to rest for a night and let Ye County go first, wait until the military pay was robbed and then join the troops to come back to trouble Ye County.

Ye County burned in the early morning of Yin. At that time, Hao Yaoqi slept soundly and didn't know. In the morning, he led his troops south to Erlang Mountain and passed by nearby areas. He found something wrong. When he hurried over, he saw that Ye County was already covered with white land.

This made Hao Yaoqi feel a little happy and a little depressed.

The dog official killed him for a while yesterday and ran away before he could take revenge!

The old thief who entered the city to check came back soon and said, "It's all burned, the Zhang family. Do you want to search carefully?"

Hao Yaoqi groaned: "Search for nothing. Ye County has long gone to the empty city, and some grass people can take away. Now there is a fire, and there is no root hair left. What's the point of searching? Let's go to Erlang Mountain, where is the big deal!"

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Xiao Wangzhuang.

Before dawn, Ying Yi arrived again.

Getting off the horse's back, Ying Yi pointed to the tomb at the entrance of the village: "The slaughtered villagers are buried inside." He pointed to a small tomb next to him: "My brother Zhang, niece, is here."

Zheng Yunzhi dressed up and went to the grave to bow.

"The world is so difficult, but officials cannot benefit the people and cannot protect the safety of the people. I am really guilty of being ashamed."

Ying Yi shook his head and just sighed.

This has always been the case in the last years of dynasties. It has not changed for thousands of years. To be completely reversed, unless there are eternal dynasties that will be suppressed forever and peace will be maintained. Otherwise, it will be reincarnation again and again, and there will be endless disasters forever.

Zheng Yunzhi's arrival made many people feel relieved. It is beyond doubt that he has great prestige. Whether it is a soldier or a craftsman, he eats the job given by Zheng Yunzhi. Moreover, Zheng Yunzhi is an excellent person and an official, so people naturally have a certain degree of recognition of him.

And Zheng Yunzhi's family members need not be said much. Now they are safe.

"The military pay is hidden here?"

Zheng Yunzhi entered the village and asked.

Ying Yi nodded: "It's inside." He took Zheng Yunzhi to a place covered with grass ashes: "It's below."

Zheng Yunzhi looked at it and said, "It's very good. If you didn't know, you wouldn't be able to see it."

Ying Yi said: "Two million taels are not a small amount. Do you need to be taken out and transported to the mountains?"

Zheng Yunzhi shook her head: "No need. It's good here for the time being. The number is too large and the mountain road is rugged. It's too troublesome to transport it now. Let's talk about it later."

Ying Yi nodded slightly.

After taking a break, I covered the village and wiped the traces away, and the group entered the mountain.

The mountain roads are rugged and thorny. A scholar like Zheng Yunzhi probably hasn't walked such a mountain road. It's not convenient to ride a horse. Especially his wives, concubines, children, and families with a large scholarly family, it's the most inconvenient to cross mountains and ridges.

Seeing that they were struggling to walk, Ying Yi took the time to make two frames, one side was Xiaoyuer and the other side was Ziniang, who carried it on his shoulders.

Zheng Yunzhi and his wife and concubine walked with each other, and looked behind him and couldn't help but smile.

Ying Yi picked up two people, like straw, and did not feel any heavy. He spoke, "I went to the mountain to hunt, but I didn't expect it to be bad news when I came back. Only Xiucai escaped his life. So I went to chase him, and it was also at night that I set a fire to rescue the villagers who were being held away. But Xiao Wangzhuang was destroyed and there was no safety at all. Thinking of a valley found in the mountains during the hunting, he placed the surviving villagers in it."
Chapter completed!