Wen Baicao remained silent for a long time. After listening to Wan Shufang's words, Kong Xuande wanted to say something, but seeing that Wen Baicao was silent, he had to swallow his words back.

"Mr. Kong, do you have any ideas?" Wan Shufang noticed the change in Kong Xuande's expression and frowned.

"I don't have any idea." Kong Xuande quickly shook his head.

Seeing him shaking his head like a rattle, Wan Shufang couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Wen Baicao said calmly, "My people have gone out to get information. No matter who the people outside are, as long as I get the slightest news, I will know what to do."

"Do you mean we have to stay here and wait for death?" Wang Xiaohui, who had been analyzing the conversation between the few people, said in surprise.

"It's a good thing to stay here for a short period of time." Wen Baicao said without hesitation.

Wang Xiaohui wanted to say something after hearing this, but Kong Xuande spoke first, "Just listen to Wen Baicao."

After he said this, he stayed aside, as if he was waiting for Wen Baicao to resolve everything so that he could step out and win people's hearts.

Wan Shufang glanced at him and saw that he seemed to trust Wen Baicao very much. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart, but she said calmly, "Mr. Kong is right. We really have to listen to Shopkeeper Wen at this moment. After all, apart from Shopkeeper Wen, no one else can know the people outside."

Kong Xuande heard what she meant and immediately looked at her. Seeing that she was looking at him indifferently, as if she was making a decision based on his attitude, he couldn't help but snort from his nose.

After hearing this, Wan Shufang secretly found it funny and said calmly, "Manager Wen, are you still planning to send someone out?"

"I'll send a few more people out to check on the situation." Wen Baicao said and immediately made arrangements.

After that, the few of them stayed in this remote house and listened to the noises outside. Once they found that something was wrong, they would try their best to escape.

Unexpectedly, half an hour later, Wen Baicao's men brought a message: "Sir, someone outside is attacking Bashu with fire bombs."

"What? Someone actually used a fire bomb." Wen Baicao was shocked and surprised. After a moment, he asked in confusion, "Then why didn't I hear the roar?"

Wan Shufang also felt strange: "The fire bomb is a highly lethal weapon. If someone used it, we would not only hear the sound it made, but also feel the ground shaking. But we have been here for half an hour and didn't hear anything."

"I heard that the fire bomb is a newly improved product and its lethality is not as great as you said." The spy replied immediately.

"There is such a thing." Wen Baicao was quite surprised to hear this.

He couldn't help but glance at Wan Shufang. Seeing her frowning, she seemed to be full of doubts. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the Sixth Prince is also involved."

"There are many Han people living in Bashu." Before Wan Shufang could speak, Kong Xuande seemed to have caught something and stared at Wan Shufang excitedly. "If the Sixth Prince really got involved, wouldn't that mean Wan Shufang was lying?"

"My mother would never lie." Wu Qiaoyue and others were angered by this statement. They glared at Kong Xuande.

Kong Xuande didn't take their looks seriously at all, and said excitedly: "Wan Shufang, the people outside are related to the Sixth Prince. If you want to live, you have to take risks instead of staying here and waiting for someone to save you."

"Mr. Kong, are you worried that I am lying to you? But what I said before was based on facts. I never thought that the Sixth Prince would be so unkind?" Wan Shufang's tone was cold.

After hearing this, Kong Xuande smiled awkwardly and said, "Sixth Prince, is this reasonable? That's your opinion and it has nothing to do with me, so you have to make a decision and don't hold us back."

His words were mixed with his heartbeat, rapid and anxious.

Before Wan Shufang could come to her senses, she met his eyes full of instigation and temptation.

"I'll take some people out to check out the situation." After a long silence, Wan Shufang's voice was filled with helplessness.

When Wang Xiaohui and the others heard this, their faces tensed instantly, and worry flashed in their eyes: "Mom, we will go out with you."

Wan Shufang didn't know where to start after hearing this. She could only hold their hands and said gently, "I know you want to help, but it's too dangerous outside. I can't guarantee my own safety. How can I take you on this adventure?"

"You just stay here. If you find anything wrong, let Manager Wen arrange for you to leave."

"But..." Wu Qiaoyue's eyes suddenly turned red when she heard Wan Shufang's words.

"No buts. You must listen to me." Wan Shufang looked firm.

Wen Baicao saw that she had said this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Let Kong Xuande take care of them, I will go out with you."

"Don't be silly!" Kong Xuande stopped him immediately.

Wen Baicao said calmly, "I want to know if Prince Rong's men have come here? If so, it means he has cooperated with the Sixth Prince."

When Kong Xuande heard this, he instantly realized how serious the matter was.

He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go with you."

Wen Baicao said bluntly, "In that case, bring your men with you and follow us."

Seeing that he agreed immediately, Kong Xuande wanted to retreat, but when he saw Wang Xiaohui and others staring at Wan Shufang eagerly, as if they wanted to learn from him, he immediately straightened his back and said righteously: "Wan Shufang, your daughters-in-law are quite brave, you should take them with you too."

"Have you really decided to go out?" Wan Shufang was silent for a moment and asked in a serious tone.

Kong Xuande nodded: "Bashu is my territory. Now someone is planning to take over Bashu. If I run away from the battlefield, wouldn't I become a coward like the Eighth Prince?"

Hearing him belittle the Eighth Prince, Wan Shufang frowned but said nothing. She just nodded to Wang Xiaohui and the others, indicating that she would take them with her. After all, since Wen Baicao and Kong Xuande were not staying here, she was worried about Wang Xiaohui and the others staying alone.

Half a cup of tea later, Wan Shufang and her group came out of the remote place and ran into a group of people who were in a panic.

"Old man, are you okay?" Wan Shufang saw an old man fall to the ground and quickly reached out to support him.

"Who are you? Why did you come out from here?" Although the old man stood up with the help of her strength, he shook off her hand in the blink of an eye and asked with a vigilant look on his face.

"It's me. Where is Taru? Where are he and Ning Guzhou?" Before Wan Shufang could answer, Kong Xuande rushed over excitedly.

"Patriarch Kong, wuwu, please go and save our patriarch. He is trapped by a group of living dead." Hearing Kong Xuande's words, the old man's eyes suddenly turned red.

"The living dead?" Kong Xuande was shocked.

Wan Shufang immediately asked, "Are there many living dead people in Bashu?"

"A lot, too many to count. The scariest thing is that if we are a step slower, we might become living dead." The old man couldn't stop crying. "Wow, what happened tonight is so terrible. What sin did we commit? Why are we being punished by God like this?"

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