Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

Two days later.

Cheng Qing was in the study, looking at the letter in his hand with a grim face.

Xu Yaluo pushed the door open at this moment, and happened to see Cheng Qing's ugly face. Her heart skipped a beat and she walked over a few steps.

Before Cheng Qing could react, Xu Yaluo snatched the envelope from his hand. It was too late to stop him now, so Cheng Qing let Xu Yaluo read on.

Xu Yaluo, who hadn't read two lines, asked in a trembling voice: "What do you mean if you don't obey, I'll make you suffer?"

"That's not what it says." Cheng Qing knew she would react like this after reading it, so he took the envelope from her hands helplessly.

"But this is what I mean. If you don't surrender, Xuancheng will have to change its city lord!"

Cheng Qing made a gesture of silence with his finger, signaling his wife to be quiet.

After a while.

"What do you want to do?" Xu Yaluo asked after she calmed down.

Cheng Qing asked her to sit on the chair. "According to their schedule, my two sons will be back soon. I will mobilize the defense of the entire city by then. I have already sent letters to the surrounding towns two days ago."

"They made it clear in the letter that they would never be bullied like this. The Seventh Prince is not a wise ruler. For the sake of the country and the people's safety, they will help us if we are in trouble."

Xu Yaluo grabbed Cheng Qing's collar and said in a panic: "I don't understand these, I only know that our family must be together, and no one can separate us."

Cheng Qing held her in his arms and said softly, "No one can separate us."

"By the way, can I tell Qiniang about this?" Xu Yaluo suddenly asked.

Cheng Qing was puzzled: "Of course. If Li Yuan knew about this, he would tell Wei Qi. Since he will know it sooner or later, why don't you tell her?"

Coming out of Cheng Qing's study, he walked towards Wei Qiqi's yard. Because he had something on his mind and there were many things to arrange at home, he had not visited Wei Qiqi again since he went to see her once after knowing that she had woken up.

I originally wanted to talk to Wei Qiqi about this matter to see if she had any opinions, but when I went there I came back empty-handed.

The yard was quiet, with only the sound of the wind blowing.

At this time, Wei Qiqi was sitting in the carriage. Ye Yuanxin and she were in the carriage, and Jian Feng Jian Yu was driving outside.

I have finished experimenting with the things I bought last time to make bombs, and now I have to buy new things to store.

She planned to make more this time just in case.

Because the things to be purchased are simple, but I want to conceal them from others, so I have to buy a little of everything.

There were a bunch of miscellaneous things to eat, wear and use, and the stuff used to make bombs was not noticeable among them.

Thinking that the seasons are changing soon, Wei Qiqi plans to buy some more clothes for her two children to wear during the changing seasons.

After hearing Wei Qiqi's instructions, Jian Feng and Jian Yu parked the carriage in front of the largest clothing store in the city.

As soon as they got off the carriage, Ye Yuanxin put a hat veil on Wei Qiqi. While putting on the veil, Wei Qiqi noticed that someone seemed to be staring at her.

He followed the line of sight and raised his eyebrows in surprise.

The people staring at her were the boy she met with Li Yuan last time and the man who made her feel uncomfortable.

She remembered that the boy's name was Ling Zizhen.

The man said something in Ling Zizheng's ear, and Ling Zizheng walked over.

"Say hello, don't you two know each other?" the man urged.

Ling Zizheng looked at Wei Qiqi, then at the man, but met the man's half-smile and half-smile, so she had no choice but to turn back.

"Madam Wei, we have met once."

"I belong to Li Yuan and Cheng Feiyue..."

Not knowing how to describe their relationship, Ling Zizhen was a little hesitant. The man looked at Ling Zizhen's expression with interest.

"Lingzi, really?"

Wei Qiqi interrupted. She didn't have any special opinion of Ling Zizhen. He was just a half-grown boy like Li Yuan and Cheng Feiyue.

On the contrary, the man next to him had a cold temperament, hypocritical eyes, and an uncomfortable feeling all over his body.

Wei Qiqi came out today for something, so he continued, "Li Yuan said that you are all brothers in the barracks, and you occasionally spar with each other. We also met last time, so I remember it more clearly."

"I have some things to do today. When you have time, come to my house and meet those two guys."

Ling Zizheng moved the corners of his mouth twice and was about to say something when he was interrupted by the person next to him.

"Madam Wei is so beautiful. It would be a great honor to be invited by her."

Yan Xiu said this with a gentle smile on his face, but Wei Qiqi suddenly felt a sense of invasion of his territory.

Jian Feng at the side took a step forward but was held down by the rain of swords.

After Wei Qiqi put on the veil, she smoothed the corners of her mouth from under the veil. The smile on her face had disappeared, and her voice was normal: "Then we'll meet again next time."

As he said this, he walked into the clothing store.

When they came out after buying things, the two people were gone. Jian Feng asked: "Master, who is that?"

"I don't know." Wei Qiqi shook her head slightly. She really didn't know. She remembered that she had asked Ye Yuanfeng to investigate this person before, and wondered if there was any news.

Now that I remembered it, I might as well go to the workshop and see what's going on over there with Ye Yuanjiang.

"Let's go to Ye Yuanfeng." Jian Feng and Jian Yu received the order and took action immediately.

When I arrived at the workshop, Ye Yuanfeng and Ye Yuanjiang were huddled together, discussing something.

Wei Qiqi and the others didn't even see it when they entered the house.

"Deng deng deng-"

They both turned around at the same time, their expressions were equally ugly.

When they saw Wei Qiqi and Ye Yuanxin standing there, Ye Yuanfeng and Ye Yuanjiang stood up suddenly.

"Master and little sister, why...why are you here?"

"What are you talking about? You didn't even know my master and I came in." Ye Yuanxin entered the room first and took a chair from the room and placed it in front of Wei Qiqi.

Wei Qiqi, who had been feeling uncomfortable in his legs, just sat down.

She wasn't seriously injured in the explosion two days ago, but she still feels some bruises on her body and a sprained right leg that she has been feeling very strongly.

I didn't walk much today, but my ankle still feels uncomfortable.

"Tell me, what are you two discussing?"

Ye Yuanfeng looked back at Ye Yuanjiang and saw that he was silent, so he could only speak: "It's like this, didn't someone come here before and tell the master to go to a certain place to discuss cooperation matters, but the master refused, didn't he?"

"In the past two days, there have been frequent inquiries around my brother's workshop. Those people seem to be up to no good."

"I told my eldest brother that these people would eventually find your current location, and asked him to stop what he was doing and move away. He was unwilling to do so, saying that this would make him a bigger target, so it would be better for him to stay where he was and wait and see what happens."

Ye Yuanfeng paused and continued, "This morning before dawn, I passed by the workshop and found someone investigating there. I guess the salt workshop has been discovered."

"And it is very likely that it is the person we rejected before."

This made Wei Qiqi narrow her eyes: "What do they want to do? Are they planning to use force if orders don't work?"