"Who is it? Who is knocking on the door so late at night?"

There were footsteps in the room and the door opened a crack.

The person who opened the door was Zhao Guangde's eldest grandson Tiezhu, who was nineteen years old and had not yet married because of the drought.

"Are you from the family at the foot of the mountain? Why are you coming to my house so late?" Tiezhu looked at the two people at the door in some confusion.

The setting of Wu Ce and others is that they fled here three years ago to escape famine and rarely communicate with the villagers on weekdays.

Xie Tianjiao said to Tiezhu with a serious face: "We are here to discuss something very important with your grandfather. Please go and inform him."

Tiezhu was frightened by him, thinking that something big had happened. He nodded quickly and ran into the house.

Pulled the old man who was about to go to sleep out of bed.

After a while, Zhao Guangde was seen walking out of the main room wearing clothes that were badly worn out.

"You two young men, what important matter has brought you here to see this old man so late at night?"

Zhao Guangde didn't have a deep impression of their family. He only knew that they didn't look like ordinary people.

The reason I agreed to let them stay in the village was, firstly, to establish good relationships with them, and secondly, because they didn't look like they were easy to mess with.

Since they could make room for them in the village, he agreed.

This family had not had any dealings with the village for three years since they settled down. Zhao Guangde was very puzzled that they suddenly came to his house so late at night.

"The Huns in the north are about to attack."

Xie Tianjiao's first move was a critical hit, which made Zhao Guangde dizzy.

"What? What did you say?" He looked at the two people outside his door in disbelief.

Wu Ce: "We said that the Xiongnu in the north are coming to attack us. In seven days at most, they will definitely attack us."

Zhao Guangde took a deep breath.

With a serious expression and sharp eyes, he looked at the two of them and said, "Are you telling the truth? I'm telling you, I'm not just saying this casually."

Xie Tianjiao: "We went to the town this morning. Many wealthy families in the town had already evacuated after hearing the news. Yong'an Town is almost an empty town. If you don't believe me, you can go and see for yourself at dawn."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Guangde took two steps back and almost lost his balance.

Wu Ce and Jie Tianjiao looked at each other, and Wu Ce added more explosive information to him: "Village Chief, we were lucky enough to be taken in by you three years ago. Now my brothers and I are going to flee to the east with our children. We came here to tell you that if you are willing, we can go to the east together to seek a way out."

"We will leave the day after tomorrow at the latest, so please think about it quickly! We will go back and pack our things first."

The two were about to leave after talking, but just after taking a few steps, they heard Zhao Guangde's voice behind them.

"Wait!"

When they turned around, they saw Zhao Guangde's expression change, and finally he gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind.

"I believe you. I will call the villagers right now and ask you to tell them the current situation outside."

Xie Tianjiao nodded gently: "No problem."

Zhao Guangde turned around and went into the house. Soon, several young men from the Zhao family came out and knocked on the doors of other people's homes in the village one by one.

After about ten minutes, almost all the more than 30 households in the village who were capable of taking charge of their own affairs were present.

They all looked at Zhao Guangde, not understanding what important matter had woken them up in the middle of the night.

Zhao Guangde said in a heavy voice, "Fellow villagers, I just received a piece of news that concerns the life and death of everyone in our village."

The villagers below were in chaos.

"Okay, be quiet." He raised his hand and pressed it down. "Time is tight, I won't say much, let Brother Jie and Brother Wu tell you."

Wu Ce and Jie Tianjiao did not waste any time. They repeated what they had just said to the village chief.

Wu Ce said loudly: "Fellow villagers, everything my two brothers said just now is true. Our family will set out the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Zhao Guangde took over the conversation: "I have decided that my Zhao family will flee eastward with them. You should also make a decision as soon as possible."

"What decision should we make? We can't even plant crops now. The only river in our village has dried up. It's raining, and there's a war going on outside. We can hardly survive!"

"A man who moves lives, a tree that moves dies. Uncle De, wherever you go, we will go!"

"That's right. If the Northern Ji Xiongnu really invade, the people in our village will have no ability to resist. We might all be eaten by them."

"But my mother is over 80 years old. It's important that she goes on the road with us. How can she survive?"

"My baby is only one month old. This is a sin. What should I do?"

The villagers all spoke at once.

Some were willing to escape the famine together without hesitation, while others had concerns because they had elderly parents and young children to take care of.

In short, at the critical moment of life and death, everyone's heart was twisted.

"Okay, okay, listen to me." Zhao Guangde raised his voice.

Everyone gradually quieted down and looked at their backbone.

"My fellow villagers, I know you all have your own difficulties, but now we have to race against time."

"There are four families in our village. If you are willing to go, each family should hurry up and find one person to leave with my eldest son at midnight to Xifeng City. Bring more money with you and try to exchange it for food. If you don't want to go, I won't persuade you."

Xie Tianjiao said at the side: "There is also someone from my family. He just went to Xifeng City today and is quite familiar with that place. You should hurry up and buy what you want to buy, so that you can come back and pack your things as soon as possible."

Zhao Guangde said quickly: "Thank you very much, it would be great to have your help."

"In that case, we will go back first. There are less than two hours left. Please hurry up and go to my house to inform me after you have discussed it."

"no problem."

Having solved the most important problem, Xie Tianjiao and Wu Ce both breathed a sigh of relief.

I hurried back home.

Wang Hao was making clothes in the space, while Zhang Zhilin and Qi Xuyao ​​were busy in the kitchen and the fields.

In the shabby little house outside, there was only a little baby, dozing off with his head nodding.

Wu Ce squatted down and kissed her face.

The baby rubbed his eyes in confusion and entered the space with his two fathers.

"How is it? Is it done?" Qi Xuyao ​​asked the first time.

Xie Tianjiao nodded: "Okay, but you still have to go to Xifeng City with them later and lead the way for them."

"Okay, no problem." Qi Xuyao ​​accepted the task from his own Jiaojiao faction without blinking an eye.

He didn't care at all about the fact that he hadn't had any rest for two days and two nights.

He knew in his heart that he had to make this trip. With so many refugees outside Xifeng City, it would be a bit dangerous to send a few honest farmers to buy supplies.

"Why not let Alin go as well, it will be safer." Wu Ce said from the side.

Xie Tianjiao thought for a moment and nodded: "Alright, let the blind man and the little brother go together. Anyway, the dry food we prepared is enough to last for a long time, and we can continue to do it on the road later."

Zhang Zhilin silently carried the meteorite knife on his back.

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