Transformed into an extremely evil grandmother and fled to escape famine with her children and grand
Chapter 65: Climbing the Mountain
When Li Lanzhen brought her two children to the government compound in front, she saw the situation there.
There was a group of men holding swords and sticks, all of them were refugees, and those gathered in a mess in the middle were all officers and soldiers.
Han Mingjiang saw his mother coming back and hurried over to her, "Mom, let's go."
Li Lanzhen nodded, "Where's Xue Bao?"
"Xue Bao led some people to attack the guards at the city gate."
Because many people fleeing famine had to pass through the city gate to go out.
She asked anxiously, "Are his firecrackers enough?"
Han Mingjiang said, "That's enough! We solved the problem quickly here. These soldiers were already in a daze after eating meat and drinking wine at night. It didn't take us much effort to knock them all down."
Han Mingjiang said to Li Lianzhen immediately, "Mom, we have to leave quickly. I heard from a soldier that their reinforcements will be here soon."
Li Lanzhen didn't originally intend to eliminate these officers and soldiers. She just wanted to rescue the people and collect some supplies. She had already made a lot of money.
She said, "Let's go! Let's go quickly. Have all the people from Hanjia Village come out?"
Han Mingjiang nodded, "They all came out. They are all very powerful!
Mother, I searched all the soldiers' bodies and found a lot of silver and other things. I took off their clothes and shoes.
Li Lanzhen looked and saw that the soldiers' clothes had been stripped off, especially their shoes.
She looked down and saw that the second brother was also wearing a pair of black boots.
"Alright! Let's go, get out of town!"
Goudan said, "Grandma Lanzhen, we are not going to crawl through the dog hole anymore?"
"No, we have to go through the city gate to see how your uncle Xue Bao and his family are doing."
Li Lanzhen turned around and saw the people from Hanjia Village. Almost everyone was pulling a horse.
Han Mingjiang looked at Li Lanzhen looking at the horses and said proudly, "Mom, we have confiscated all the horses of these officers and soldiers."
Li Lanzhen nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, let's go quickly."
Han Mingjiang shouted, "We are leaving. Carry the food you found. Let's go!"
The men from the Hanjia Village guard team and the able-bodied men captured from other fleeing groups found the big canteen in the government office.
There are quite a lot of ingredients here. Although not as fine as those in the big kitchen in the prefect's mansion, but in this time when there is little food to eat and on the road to escape famine, it is already very happy to have these foods.
Everyone was carrying some on their backs, and some were even carrying a pot. Maybe they had lost the pot while fleeing the famine?
Several other people were pushing a cart piled with burlap bags, pots, pans, and wooden barrels.
Li Lanzhen held the hands of the two little ones tightly and followed Han Mingjiang to run quickly through the busy market.
There were clanging and banging noises at midnight, and people in Ankang City closed their doors tightly and dared not come out.
So they ran very fast all the way and soon arrived at the city gate.
The situation at the city gate was also one-sided at this time. More than a dozen soldiers guarding the city gate had been tied up and thrown aside, not knowing whether they were dead or alive.
"Xue Bao!"
Li Lanzhen shouted when she saw Xue Bao.
Li Lanzhen really likes this child.
Although he is young, he is courageous, resourceful and responsible.
is a good boy.
Seeing Li Lanzhen and the others coming, Xue Bao said, "Aunt Lanzhen, we have to leave the city quickly.
I heard from several guards that some of King Jin's soldiers were conscripting men nearby and should have returned to the city at night, but they haven't come yet. I guess they will be here soon."
Even as they were talking, the other men who had been captured while fleeing, pushed their carts and carried baskets on their backs, quickly walked out of the city gate and disappeared into the moonlight.
They should be thinking about their families.
The men from Hanjia Village were familiar with the situation and quickly stripped the tied-up city gate guards naked.
Xue Bao saw this and laughed out loud.
They rushed out of the city.
Xue Bao and his men were also considerate enough to close the city gate tightly.
Li Lanzhen saw the people who came out first, and quickly found her family among the fleeing groups. She did not dare to stay, and took her family and the people in the village and quickly fled to the mountains.
The remaining Li Lanzhen and the guards from Hanjia Village were also preparing to reach the top of the mountain.
Xue Bao said, "Aunt Lan Zhen, can you ride a horse? Let's ride faster."
Li Lanzhen said, "It should be possible."
Han Mingjiang helped her onto a horse, handed her the reins and asked her to sit firmly.
Xue Bao was sitting on one horse holding Goudan, while Han Mingxiang was sitting on another horse holding Han Yinan.
The men from Hanjia Village climbed up crookedly and then quickly dived into the woods and left.
Li Lanzhen said, "Xue Bao, our horses' hooves should leave footprints!"
Xue Bao said, "Auntie, don't worry. After a while, my horse will pull a branch behind it and clear our tracks. You should move forward quickly."
Riding on horseback was indeed faster. In less than two cups of tea, they arrived at the cave.
The sound of horses' hooves going up the mountain startled Xue Lao Hu, Han Shunde and others.
They didn't know whether the person coming was an enemy or a friend, so they were all prepared for defense.
There was no open fire in the dark cave. If Li Lanzhen hadn't known that they were hiding here, the people who came would not have found them.
After Li Lanzhen got off the horse, her legs were shaking and she shouted loudly, "Old village chief, we are back."
Whoosh, the people of Hanjia Village finally came out from the caves of all sizes.
For a moment, the cries of surprise and the calls for fathers echoed throughout the forest.
Xue Lao Hu also hugged his son tightly. Looking at his arms wrapped in cloth, his eyes were slightly red. He patted his back and said, "Smelly boy, be smart next time. Don't dare to make your father worry again."
Xue Bao chuckled and said, "Dad, I think we should leave quickly. I heard from the soldiers in the government office that they have another group of people going to the nearby villages to capture able-bodied men.
I’m afraid they’ll come back and find out what’s going on in the government office and hunt us down.”
Xue Lao Hu asked, "Have you cleaned up the horse hoof prints along the way?"
Xue Bao nodded and said, "Look, there's a big branch behind my horse's tail, sweeping it all the way.
But, Dad, despite this, we'd better leave early."
Xue Lao Hu quickly told Li Lanzhen and Han Shunde about the situation, and also informed the old village chief.
The old village chief nodded and said, "Let's go. We can't stay here. Let's leave as soon as possible!"
Almost every member of the Hanjia Village guard team has a horse.
So now that I have strength in my legs, I can walk quite fast.
Taking advantage of the darkness, Li Lanzhen released a horse from the space.
She led the horse and handed it to Goudan, "Goudan, Grandma Lanzhen gave you a horse as a reward. This time you were smart and worked fast. Good job!"
Goudan jumped up happily, reached out to grab the reins, and said, "Thank you, Grandma Lanzhen!"
Then he hung the backpack that his grandmother was carrying on the horse's back.
He gave his grandmother a stick and said, "Grandma, lean on the stick and walk slowly."
Several men from Dongjiazhuang were also leading horses.
The eldest son of the Dongjiazhuang village chief had an injured arm, so he handed the horse to his younger brother to carry the heavy objects of the family.
In this way, people from the two villages, with their families, began to climb up the mountain again.
The place where they were was a little higher up the mountainside. They hurried along the way. The children had already fallen asleep, swaying in the backpacks carried by their parents or in the baskets on horseback.
Xue Bao led a few guards and was still at the end of the team.
They were responsible for guarding and clearing the traces of the team ahead.
Not only did they clear their tracks, sometimes they deliberately rode down the mountain in other directions, leaving clear marks.
If there really are soldiers coming up the mountain, they will be confused to buy time for the people of Hanjia Village to escape.
In this way, they walked until daybreak and finally climbed to the top of the mountain.
When we reached the top of the mountain, we were exhausted.
For a forced march like this, you should lie down and rest when you reach your destination.
However, people's eyes were bright and none of them were sleepy at all. Instead, they seemed to be full of energy as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
Because there is not only a small waterfall on the top of the mountain, but the surrounding vegetation is also lush and green.
If everyone hadn't shouted at them to hurry up as they walked, the women would have filled their backpacks with mushrooms and wild vegetables.
As for the pheasants flying by and the hares running by from time to time, they just smacked their lips and walked away with regret.
Now, you can go digging wild vegetables and catching pheasants and rabbits without worry.
After finding a tall pine forest, Han Shunde decided to set up camp and rest there.
Li Lanzhen saw her eldest daughter-in-law and two pregnant women from Hanjia Village, as well as the second daughter-in-law of the village chief of Dongjiazhuang who was also pregnant.
The four pregnant women all looked very unwell and didn’t want to move as they lay on the straw mats laid by their family members.
Li Lanzhen thought about looting some precious things from the prefectural government office to see if she could exchange them for some medicines, especially medicine to preserve the pregnancy.
She also has to prepare some of the things a woman needs when giving birth.
Because it is not known whether these pregnant women will give birth before finding a place to settle down.
Han Minghai and Han Mingjiang quickly used the surrounding large trees and enclosed an area with straw mats.
There is no shed on the roof, just an area enclosed, so it is convenient to rest under a tree.
Everyone followed their example and built their own home.
Families who did not have enough straw mats would cut grass half a person's height from the ground and bring it back. Then, skillful women or old people would weave a straw mat in just a few seconds.
When Li Lanzhen saw this, she asked everyone to weave more straw mats when they had some free time. They could be used on the road to shelter from the rain or spread on the ground to sleep.
At this time in Ankang City, a squad leader of King Jin was furiously whipping the prefect of Ankang City, Wu Zhifu, with a whip.
"Tell me, did you unite with these young men who fled from famine? Otherwise, how come all our soldiers died, but your government servants did not suffer many casualties?
And the fireworks they set off were the same as the ones that caused damage to several of our soldiers last time. Do you know what kind of weapon this is?"
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