Chapter 391 The in-laws open the door
As the days passed, Sun Lizheng would come to Jiang Sanlang every day and tell him the latest battle situation he had learned about.
That night, Yingbao suddenly had a dream. She dreamed that Qinchuan County was in flames, her shop was also burned, and her cousin Jiang Cheng's family and her aunt's family fell in a pool of blood.
Ying Bao was frightened and woke up, and she still recalled the scene in her mind, it was so vivid.
Thinking of a possibility, she shuddered, jumped off the kang, rushed to her parents' house and knocked on the door: "Dad! Mom!"
Jiang Sanlang and Chun Niang hurriedly put on their clothes and got off the bed, opened the door and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I'm going to the county town. Dad, please inform the villagers at home that people will be sent to guard the village in the past few days. If soldiers come, the villagers should hide quickly." Yingbao said as he put on his boots.
Jiang Sanlang frowned: "What on earth is going on? Dad should go to the county seat."
Yingbao recounted her dream and finally said: "I'm worried that something will happen in the county. I want to inform my cousin and the others to close the shop and find a place to take shelter."
Jiang Sanlang's expression changed after hearing this, and he turned around to get dressed: "I'll go to the county seat, Bao'er, you stay at home."
"No!" Yingbao refused.
"Bao'er!" Chun Niang grabbed Ying Bao and said angrily: "Why are you running around like a little girl? It would be faster if you let your father go."
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Jiang Sanlang quickly put on his clothes, shoes and socks, ran out of the house and got on the saddle.
At this time, it was dawn, Jiang Sanlang flew on his horse and said to his daughter: "You stay at home and tell your eldest and second uncles to inform the villagers and be more alert these days."
"Okay." Ying Bao also knew that there could be no delay at this time, so she nodded and asked her father to leave.
Then he took out a bag of wheat and several jars of potion and handed them to Dad: "If the horse is tired, give it this."
Jiang Sanlang took the bag and put it on his shoulder, put the potion into the bag, shook the reins and urged the horse out of the courtyard gate, and drove away from the village quickly.
It only took him a few hours to travel more than a hundred miles.
It was already daybreak, the city gates were wide open, and many people were coming in and out, nothing unusual happened.
Jiang Sanlang didn't know what would happen, but his little girl's dreams always came true and he dared to ignore them.
When I arrived at the door of the shop, I saw the eldest sister Jiang Yunniang selling breakfast.
She was surprised when she saw her third brother coming: "Sanlang, why are you here?"
"Hurry up and close the stall and follow me back to your hometown." Jiang Sanlang got off his horse and ran into the shop quickly.
Not long after Jiang Chenggang opened the shop door, he was surprised to see his third uncle hurried in.
Jiang Sanlang: "Close the shop quickly. Your family will come back to your hometown with me."
Jiang Cheng asked hurriedly: "Third uncle, what happened at home?"
"Don't ask, go back and take someone with you. I'll help you hitch the carriage." Jiang Sanlang said, walked directly into the backyard and started to hitch the carriage.
When Jiang Cheng saw his third uncle's serious face, he thought something big had happened at home. He was so frightened that he ran home and brought his wife and children with him.
At this moment, I saw my third uncle hiring a carriage on the street and letting my aunt and family get on the carriage.
"Third uncle, what happened?" Jiang Cheng asked worriedly.
Jiang Sanlang didn't know what to say, so he thought for a while and said, "You will know when you go back."
He glanced at his niece-in-law, thinking about whether to tell her the truth, but thinking that no one else seemed to be killed in his little girl's dream, he decided not to tell her for now.
Unexpectedly, not long after the carriage drove out, shopkeeper Qiu came riding a donkey.
"Huh? Where are you going at this time?" Shopkeeper Qiu asked.
Jiang Cheng quickly stopped the carriage and said, "There is something urgent at home, and my third uncle came here specifically to ask us to go back."
Jiang Sanlang also stopped his horse, thought for a moment and said, "My dear, it may not be peaceful recently. Why don't you go out of the city with us."
Shopkeeper Qiu saw Jiang Sanlang's cautious expression and asked curiously, "Uncle, do you know any news?"
Jiang Sanlang took a look at the sky and said anxiously: "Without further delay, we have to leave the city quickly. In-laws, please go back and take your family to our village. You must leave the city before noon!"
After that, he waved his whip and urged the horse to leave.
He turned to Jiang Cheng and said, "Hurry up and follow!"
Jiang Cheng had no choice but to hug his father-in-law and drive away.
Qiu Rong was frightened when he heard this. He felt that something was wrong. He quickly raised the car curtain and said to his father: "Dad! You go home now and take my mother and brother out of the city. Hurry up!"
Shopkeeper Qiu didn't know why, but thinking about the recent wars in various places, he couldn't help but shuddered and hurried home on his donkey.
After returning home, he hitched his donkey cart and took his son and wife to sit on it. After thinking about it, he ran back to the house and packed the house deed, a few banknotes, and dozens of taels of silver into a bag, and threw it to his wife. Then he drove to the city gate.
Not long after leaving the city gate, he turned around and took a look, and suddenly found that the city gate was slowly closing.
Shopkeeper Qiu was startled and whipped his whip to urge the donkey to run quickly.
What do you want to do when you close the city gate at this time?
It's definitely not good.
What he didn't know was that after the county lieutenant Cao Shen closed the city gate with seven or eight hundred soldiers, he stormed into the county government office, killed the county magistrate, and then carried out massacre and looting in the county seat.
Cao Shen first went to the Jiang's specialty shop and found that the shop was empty. He searched for it but couldn't find any gold or silver, so he set fire to the house in anger.
One of his subordinates told him that Jiang Cheng's in-law family was also very wealthy, so he took someone to the pastry shop, but found no one there. They only found some raw materials for making pastries and copper coins.
Cao Shen grabbed the people and asked them, only to find out that they had gone out long ago.
"Hmph! Where can they run to? Chuanhe Town?" Cao Shen sneered: "When I take over the county seat, I'll kill them all!"
Prince Cheng had promised himself that as long as things were done, he would have the final say in this county.
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Besides, when Jiang Sanlang led two carriages back to Dongchen Village, it was almost evening.
Ying Bao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her father and her cousin's family came back safely.
Old Man Jiang was still puzzled and asked his third son: "Did something happen in the county?"
"I was worried that something might happen, so I brought Dacheng and the eldest sister back." Jiang Sanlang unsaddled the horse and gave the horse another bottle of potion to drink.
This horse is very tired today. It has been running for more than two hundred miles and is soaked to the skin.
Old Man Jiang glared at his third son with disapproval: "If the war really comes to us, it's better to stay in the county seat for safety, you idiot!"
Jiang Sanlang smiled and said nothing. He went to scoop up water, washed his hands and face, and sat at the table to eat.
After eating, he lay down on the kang and fell asleep quickly.
Chun Niang put away the dishes and said to her daughter in a low voice: "Yingbao, don't tell others about your dream. No matter whether it works or not, you can't tell it."
Ying Bao nodded and wiped the table with a rag.
After packing everything up, it was already dark.
Suddenly, Dahuang and Xiaohei at home screamed wildly in the direction of the gate, which scared Chun Niang and quickly climbed onto the wall to check the situation.
I saw a donkey cart parked in front of Jiang's house. A fat middle-aged man got out of the donkey cart and was patting the door.
"In-laws! Open the door! It's me!"