I started as an exile, and I relied on space to support my family of loyal heroes.

"Sit~"

Wan Yuandong raised his hand towards the chair, walked to the table and chair and sat down.

Yao Hai immediately followed him, sat opposite Wan Yuandong, and asked anxiously,

"Tell me, what happened? Suddenly your hair turned white."

Wan Yuandong raised his eyelids and looked at Yao Hai, sighing deeply.

"That old guy Ma Ximing came to see me late last night."

"He said that the Wei Emperor's star was declining, and his destiny had come to an end. The Daliang Dynasty could do nothing to save the situation."

"Let me arrange for my family to flee the capital immediately."

"What the hell!?" Yao Hai's eyes widened in shock.

"The old man surnamed Ma keeps talking nonsense all day long. Can we believe what he says?"

"Also, didn't he just calculate a day for the emperor to pray for rain?"

"He doesn't run away himself, so why should we run?"

Yao Hai sneered, "Why is he so kind? I think there must be something fishy going on!"

Wan Yuandong frowned and nodded.

"I also suspect there is fraud."

"But...what if what Ma Ximing said is true..."

"He just wants to sell it to us?"

Yao Hai raised his eyebrows and looked at Wan Yuandong.

"Then why didn't he run away himself? He is so loyal to the emperor, would he be so kind as to let us run away alone?"

"I think it must be a conspiracy between the man surnamed Ma and the emperor..."

"Your Majesty---Oh!"

"Since being struck by lightning, the emperor has become more and more insane. Now he can't even tolerate the Xiao family's relatives."

"If you push me too far, I'll just... humph!"

Yao Hai gritted his teeth. The word "rebellion" burned his mouth, but he swallowed it back.

"He has run away!" Wan Yuandong raised his eyelids and looked at Yao Hai.

Yao Hai was stunned and looked at Wan Yuandong with a puzzled look.

"Who ran away? Wasn't the Wan guy still there when we went to court this morning?"

"Ma Ximing's family disguised themselves and left the city as soon as the city gates opened in the morning."

Wan Yuandong tapped the table with his fingers and continued,

"After Ma Ximing came to me and said those words last night, I sent someone to keep an eye on the Ma residence."

"Other people are hard to recognize, but Ma Ximing's grandson is easy to recognize..."

Yao Hai's brows suddenly frowned.

"Could this be a deliberate trap set by Ma Ximing? Otherwise, why would he create such trouble when he could have just run away secretly?"

Yao Hai raised his hand and scratched his head, which made him confused.

What the hell is this guy Ma Ximing doing?

Wan Yuandong thought for a moment and sighed slowly.

"He might want to do the Xiao family a favor."

"After all, if we run to the northwest, we can only join the Xiao family's private army..."

If Xiao Yunzhan successfully reached Brahma City, then Brahma City would definitely be occupied by Xiao family's private soldiers.

However, he didn't know why Ma Ximing was so sure that Xiao Yunzhan would succeed in his rebellion.

After all, the Daliang Dynasty had a million troops, and the Xiao family had 30,000 to 40,000 private soldiers.

It is extremely difficult for the Xiao family to defeat Emperor Wu of Liang.

Of course, as long as General Bai does not take action, the Xiao family still has some chance of winning.

"Ha!" Yao Hai sneered.

"What Mr. Ma said means that Dong Wenfeng must have been defeated by Xiao Yunzhan, which boosted the morale of Xiao's private soldiers."

"But-----Dong Wenfeng was able to get to Brahma City so quickly?"

Speaking of this, Yao Hai had another question.

Wan Yuandong was stunned.

Yup!

Even if Dong Wenfeng traveled day and night, it would be impossible for him to reach Brahma City in such a short time.

The best we can get to now is Pinghe City.

Wan Yuandong frowned and looked at Yao Hai.

Yao Hai also stared at Wan Yuandong with his eyes wide open.

When their eyes met, they both shuddered in their hearts.

Wan Yuandong lowered his eyelids and thought for a moment.

"Well, let's arrange for the old lady to temporarily live in a manor in the suburbs of Beijing."

"My wife and children should be sent there every now and then, so just don't go together."

"If it was a trap set by the emperor, we just let our family live in the manor for a while, and the emperor can't use this to blame us."

"If the capital city really gets into chaos, I can also let my family escape quickly at the first opportunity."

"Anyway, the capital is suffering from a severe water shortage right now, and many elderly people in their families have moved to their farms in the suburbs of the capital."

"It's not strange for two of us to go to the manor."

Yao Hai nodded.

"What you said makes sense..."

"But if you ask me, we might as well send our family directly to Guangfeng City or the East City Gate."

"My wife's family is in Guangfeng City, and my mother-in-law's family is in Dongchengmen. These two cities are close to the mountains, and many people go there."

"It's dangerous in the mountains, but it's better than dying of thirst. Now there's not a drop of water in the wells in the cities."

Yao Hai pursed his cracked lips and looked at Wan Yuandong with resentment.

It was like he had been there for half a day, but Wan Yuandong hadn't even brought him a sip of water to drink.

It’s because there’s no water in the house.

The number of wells in the capital that still had water could be counted on one hand, and half of them were in the imperial palace.

Every morning he would carry a bucket and sneak to the well in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion to fetch water.

The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was sealed, and then there was news that many people were hanged inside. No one dared to go in, so all the well water became his bargain.

He has done nothing wrong, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

If he hadn't gone to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to fetch a bucket of water every day, his family would have collapsed long ago.