Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

Yu Xunmei glanced at her impatiently, "What the hell, can you finish your words at once!"

The maid closed her eyes and mustered up her courage again and said, "The gatekeeper came to pass on a message saying that our second young master has led a 100,000-strong army of barbarians to surround Nanzhou Prefecture. The soldiers from the prefecture have surrounded our Yu family and are not allowed to enter or leave at will."

"Do the elders know about this?"

"The old lady and the elders have all been notified, and they should all be in the meeting room now."

"Hurry, help me change my clothes."

Receiving too much information at once, Yu Xunmei threw back the quilt and got up from the bed.

Yu Xunmei hastily wrapped herself in some clothes and rushed to the meeting room in the cold, feeling mixed emotions.

She also had many questions in her mind. Didn't he follow the King of Dongyue to the north? Why did he suddenly bring the Hu people to besiege Nanzhou Prefecture?

Before he even stepped into the meeting room, he heard the sound of the elder angrily slamming the table.

"This little bastard who has forgotten his roots, is he really interested in numbers?"

"I've said before that this man is unreliable, but you and the patriarch refused to listen. When the old patriarch died, the Yu family's hundreds of years of assets were destroyed by him. Now, he has invited the wolf into the house and brought a large army of barbarians to attack his own home."

Yu Shida’s former adoptive mother curled her lips, raised her eyelids and glanced at Yu Xunmei who walked in.

"Is what the elder said true?" Yu Xunmei tried hard to suppress the pounding heart in her chest.

The foster mother rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, "Go outside and take a look. The news has spread all over the city. Can I still fabricate facts to slander him?"

Yu Xunmei walked into the house and sat down, trying to calm herself down. She looked at the clan elder.

"Grandpa, what should we do?"

"People all over the city are fleeing, but our Yu family is surrounded and cannot leave."

"Alas, the backbone of the Yu family is about to be broken, and they have produced such unfilial descendants." The elders of the clan sighed.

Yu Xunmei was immediately disappointed. She wanted to rush to that man and ask him where he was going to put them and whether he really considered the Yu family as his family.

The clan elder glanced at Yu Shida’s adoptive mother with a head full of white hair and thought that she also had a miserable life.

"Now, the only option is to expel that evil creature from the Yu family in front of that man and all the soldiers, and sever ties with him. I wonder what everyone thinks?"

An elder straightened the wrinkles on his clothes, glanced at Yu Xunmei, and sighed, "He is not the flesh and blood of my belly. Besides, he has already been adopted by the wife of the first house. Why should I be reluctant to let him go? It's just a pity that the old patriarch has carefully raised him, but in the end he is going to disappoint the old patriarch."

"What do you think, young lady?" The elder turned his gaze to Yu Xunmei.

Although she is an unmarried woman, she is now in charge of all affairs of the Yu family, so such an important matter naturally needs to be asked for her opinion.

Yu Xunmei curled the corner of her mouth. How could she not hear the sourness in her adoptive mother's words?

"Just follow what the elders say."

The elder sighed and said, "Then let's go to the ancestral hall and take out the family tree now. Tomorrow we will go and ask the officials outside the gate to make sure that they will not let this evil creature bring disgrace to our Yu family."

"Then there are the old Lao people."

Yu Xunmei took a sip of the cool tea. She could still vaguely hear the footsteps and voices of people running in the street.

She thought that the Yu family had few guards left, and if the Hu army attacked, she was not sure if they could still resist.

As for whether Yu Shida would kill everyone in the Yu family, she didn't dare to bet.

She had treated him with great enthusiasm, but he used the Yu family as a springboard to climb up. After her mother's death, she understood many truths. It is better to rely on yourself than on others. When you encounter danger, you can't always expect others to rescue you.

“Elder, let each family pack up their things. If the city is broken, we will follow the Yun family out of the city.” Yu Xunmei thought for a moment and said.

As for the other aristocratic families in Nanzhou Prefecture, they were not within her consideration at all. They would only step on the Yu family when they were in trouble.

Only in the Yun family, my father had misjudged him over the years, thinking that he was weak and easy to control. Yun Zhenchuan looked mediocre and incompetent, but in fact he was introverted and steady.

As long as the Yu family follows them, they will not be eaten even by their bones.

The elders of the clan had no objection to her suggestion. The bandits' massacre in the city was all thanks to the Yun family.

Now that the Hu people are besieging the city, it is the Yun family who take the initiative to stand on the city wall to resist.

The Yun family's pragmatism and capability are evident to all the people of Nanzhou Prefecture.

Just as the entire Nanzhou Prefecture was in a panic, a carrier pigeon flew silently towards Longtan.

The end of the Yin hour is the time when the sun rises.

A large number of people gathered outside the north gate of Nanzhou City. They were all quietly waiting for the city gate to open so that they could leave the city smoothly.

"It's already the end of the Yin hour, why aren't the city gates open yet?" Someone in the crowd was getting impatient waiting.

"That's right. In the past, it would have opened at 11:00 a.m."

Yun Shiyi exuded a murderous aura and stood by the north gate with his eyes closed, holding a sword.

A large number of Hu people had already gathered outside the city gate, waiting for the city gate to be closed so that they could rush in and burn, kill and loot.

Suddenly, his ears moved slightly, and he vaguely heard the creaking sound of a bow and arrow being pulled out outside the city gate.

Yun Shiyi said to himself that something was not right, suddenly opened his eyes and glanced at the densely packed people standing on the street.

"Hide quickly, the barbarians are about to shoot arrows from behind!"

The soldiers around him immediately raised their shields to block.

The people immediately turned around and ran back.

This made Yun Shiyi very angry, "Don't run, hide under the eaves quickly!"

"Shoot!" Following the order from outside the city gate.

In the blink of an eye, the sky flashed silver light and arrows rained down from the sky.

Yun Shiyi paused on his toes, then flew forward with his sword in hand to block.

Then, a dozen black figures followed closely behind.

There are too many arrows, and the number of secret guards who are good at martial arts is limited.

At one time, arrows rained down. People who were carrying bags and bringing their families with them were shot and fell down. Fear and helplessness were written on their faces. Screams, howls, and cries for help were heard one after another.

Blood and flesh were flying everywhere on the once bustling streets.

After the rain of arrows, Yun Shiyi organized the soldiers in an orderly manner and began to counterattack.

On the street, an uninjured young man saw this and hurriedly got up from the ground. He picked up the arrows stuck on the ground and on the doors of the houses. Soon he had picked up a large bundle.

He handed the arrows to the soldiers. The soldiers just looked at him and said nothing. They picked up the arrows he had picked up, put them on the bowstrings, and shot towards the city gate again.

Seeing this, other people joined the team picking up arrows, and some even climbed onto the roof to pick them up.

After firing three rounds in a row, Yun Shiyi jumped onto the city wall to check, only to find that the Hu people had retreated three miles away.

The first round of attacks was stopped.

Yun Shiyi began to direct the people to carry the injured to the nearest clinic for treatment.

The situation at the south gate of Nanzhou Prefecture is also not optimistic.

Relying on their large numbers, the Hu people launched a fierce attack on Nanzhou Prefecture. They shot arrows and attacked the city gates with battering rams.