Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

The dramatic changes in the government office were like a bolt from the blue for the Qin family.

Madam Qin was so frightened that she collapsed on her chair and cried:

"It's over, it's over! Our Qin family will definitely be labeled as traitors! What should we do?"

"I don't know what happened to the brothers Yongming and Yongping. What happened in the capital?"

Qin Dafu and his wife also remained silent for a long time.

They had just received news a few days ago that the situation in the capital was very good, the abbot was highly respected by the emperor, and their Yongping had even been promoted to a fifth-rank official, which had changed the fate of their merchant family.

But in just a few days, everything changed dramatically.

Qin Dafu tried hard to pull himself out of his panic and began to think about countermeasures.

After a while, he said:

"If the abbot is safe, he will surely return to Nandu soon to take charge of the situation. If the abbot is safe, the brothers Yongming and Yongping will be fine, and the Qin family will be fine too."

"If the master of the temple is in trouble, then we have to prepare to flee to the ends of the earth."

"No matter what, the master has treated our Qin family well. At the critical moment, we have to help protect the master's men."

His calm tone calmed down Madam Qin and Old Madam Qin, who relied on him as their backbone.

"That's right. The abbot has treated us well. We must do our best to help Cihang Temple overcome its difficulties."

Qin Dafu began to make division of labor arrangements:

"Madam, please go to Cihang Temple and inform Taoist Master Huijing, and have them evacuate to the riverside thirty miles north of Yangfeng Town as quickly as possible. We will prepare enough boats to send them to Songhu to find General Zheng Yuannai."

"We also have to pack up our belongings and evacuate immediately. You will take care of this, mother."

"I have to go to Dongjiao Manor and inform Taoist Hui'an to withdraw the troops under her command from Nandu, and find a boat to arrange for everyone to evacuate."

"In addition to this, we need to find another trustworthy person to go to Songhu to inform General Zheng Yuannai and prepare ships for going out to sea. If the situation has reached the worst, all of us can go into exile at sea and establish a force to settle down."

Madam Qin thought about his arrangement and had some concerns:

"Both brothers Yongming and Yongping are not here. The trip to Songhu is so critical. Who should we ask to go?"

As the head of the family, the son must stay in Nandu to take charge of the overall situation.

But the brothers Yongtai and Yongning had no abilities. They just ate, drank and had fun on weekdays and had not done anything big. Such a crucial task as going to Songhu could definitely not be entrusted to them.

But apart from them, who else can be trusted?

Madam Qin stood up at this time, her eyes were firm, and she said:

"Mother, you can just ask a nanny to send someone to report the news. I'll take care of the Songhu affairs."

"You..." Old Madam Qin hesitated.

Qin Dafu was also a little hesitant:

"It's a long journey to Songhu, and arranging a ship requires dealing with all kinds of local people. I'm afraid you can't handle it..."

Madam Qin said:

"Master, please don't look down on me! When I was young, I followed my father to do business. I usually managed the farm and made purchases, so I dealt with all kinds of people. And now I have the divine power given by the temple master, so I can handle long journeys and dangers."

"This is the escape route for all of us. How can we feel at ease if we just hand it over to anyone?"

Qin Dafu recalled that when his wife was still at home, she indeed disguised herself as a boy and traveled around the country with her father-in-law.

At this moment, there is really no one more suitable than her.

"Mother, I'll leave the house to you. Madam and I will lead the people out of the city."

So, the three members of the Qin family immediately took action separately.

Qin Dafu and his wife took some silver and left immediately.

Madam Qin and Qin Dafu walked out of the city gate together, and directly mounted their horses with some followers and galloped towards Songhu.

*

"Master Huijing, our father-in-law wants you to leave Cihang Temple and arrive at the ferry port within two hours. He said he will do his best to delay you for two hours."

Liang Bao's people were the second group to report the news.

The one who arrived before him was Prefect Yan, who came to report the news.

Huijing was very flustered at first.

But she knew that she couldn't make trouble, and now Cihang Temple could only rely on her to take charge of the overall situation.

She immediately asked someone to ring the bell and summoned everyone to an emergency assembly.

She tried not to reveal any panic, and said loudly to everyone:

"Something big has happened at Cihang Temple. Soon the troops from the Nandu Garrison Camp will come to arrest us."

"Now that the abbot is not here, we must first protect ourselves and escape, and wait for him to come back to take charge of the situation. Everyone should pack their luggage within a minute and a half and evacuate immediately!"

"Yes!"

Everyone replied in unison.

Even though they didn't know what was going on, many people were a little panicked.

But thanks to Hui'an who would come back from time to time to train everyone, at the critical moment, the obedience of Cihang's audience came into play.

They were given a minute and a half to pack their luggage, and everyone started to execute the task immediately.

Not long after, the news from the Qin family also arrived.

Qin Dafu said that he had sent someone to inform Hui'an to meet them at the riverside 30 miles north of Yangfeng Town, and asked everyone to go to the riverside immediately.

Huijing pondered for a moment.

The ferry terminal will definitely be targeted by pursuers, so Qin Dafu's side is more secretive and safer.

So Huijing commanded everyone to immediately evacuate down the mountain towards Yangfeng Town via the small path.

Soon, they reached a fork in the road. Mo Niang mustered up her courage and walked up to Qin Zhen Niang, who happened to be staying overnight on the mountain, and said:

"Sister Zhen, it's snowing on the mountain, and the footprints are too obvious. Should we tell Taoist Master Huijing to send some people to cover up the enemy's footprints? This way, if the pursuers come, we can delay them for a while."

Although Qin Zhenniang was also worried about her children and parents at home, she knew that going back to find them now would only cause trouble, so she wholeheartedly followed Cihang and the others to evacuate.

She and Mo Niang both teach at the Salesian Church, so they have a good relationship.

After hearing what Mo Niang said, she felt that it made sense and immediately ran up to tell Hui Jing about it.

"Mo Niang is still very thoughtful."

Huijing immediately adopted Mo Niang's suggestion and arranged more than ten people to cover the rear and wipe out the footprints on the snow.

Cihang Temple is full of women and children. Thanks to the good meals and regular exercises, even the children in the Salesian Hall are in pretty good physical condition.

However, it was already night, and the roads were mountainous and snowy, so it was very difficult to walk along. They did not reach the river until dawn.

The river bank was very wide. Huijing sent people to search for a long time before they saw a fleet anchored on the river and a dozen small boats waiting on the river bank.

The people from Cihang Temple blew three whistles, and the other side responded with four whistles.

After confirming that they were her own people, Huijing immediately led everyone to walk quickly over there.

As we got closer, we saw Hui'an and dozens of men in uniform waiting on the shore.

"Senior Sister Hui'an!"

Hui'an looked calm, nodded, and said:

"We're afraid there will be pursuers. Arrange everyone on board quickly. We'll cover the rear!"

"Yes!"

Huijing did not dare to delay and immediately organized the Cihang audience to board the boat.

The water near the shore is shallow and large ships cannot pass, so people can only be transported to the large ships by small boats.

A small boat can only carry a few people. Even if there are seventeen or eighteen small boats, they can only carry sixty or seventy people at a time.

There are already seven or eight hundred people in the Salesian Hall of Cihang Temple, so it will take at least ten trips back and forth to transfer everyone to the big ship.

Just when they were halfway through the transfer, they heard a lot of chaotic footsteps coming from behind them.