"Hey, you look good today. Did you sleep well last night?"
Early in the morning, the maid who got up early was about to come over to take over. Seeing that her companion looked good, she couldn't help but ask.
"I was free last night, so I secretly slept in."
The maid who was on duty last night yawned. She still looked tired, but she looked good. It was obvious that she had slept well last night.
"Hey? That's strange. Those two crazy women didn't make trouble in the middle of the night? Why didn't I come at such a good time? " The maid who was on duty was very surprised. She was on duty last night, but the crazy woman wanted to eat and drink every now and then. She even wanted them to empty the night buckets, so she couldn't sleep all night.
The maid's yawn froze and she said suspiciously, "Yes, why didn't the crazy woman make trouble? Did something happen?"
Another maid said harshly, "In my opinion, it would be better if these two scourges were dead."
Although they said so, they still went into the room and took a look. They didn't even bother to inform the others, which showed how disdainful they were.
They walked around and found no one in the room. They didn't even hear the crying of a baby.
They searched the room inside and outside, and the more they looked, the more anxious they became.
"Ah —"
Suddenly, a hurried and frightened voice came into their ears. They followed the voice and saw a maid falling to the ground in panic.
"What happened?"
The maid pointed at the box in the corner with trembling fingers and stammered, "Dead, dead people!"
Two bodies, one fat and one thin, were broken, tied and stuffed into a narrow box. Their hands and feet were twisted at a strange angle, and their twisted cheeks were facing the crowd. Although the two corpses were bruised, bleeding from their seven orifices, and their eyeballs were almost popping out of their eye frames, everyone could still recognize them. Were they not the two old maids who had delivered food to the Crazy Woman last night and then sneaked out to fool around?
"No, it's impossible!" The maid who was on duty last night said in panic, "Impossible! I saw them go out with the food box with my own eyes yesterday! "
The two cleaning maids said a lot to her. Their voices were normal, their figures were normal, and their appearances were normal. They couldn't be dead!
Besides, they hadn't come back after they went out. How could they have died in the house?
This news quickly reached the ears of the people in charge. However, they didn't say that Yan Shuxuan and Xiao Luo had escaped. Instead, they made up a terrifying story about a malicious ghost killing and eating people. With the maidservants on night duty as witnesses, Yan Shu and Xuan did not leave the room at all. Instead, it was the old woman who delivered the meal who was beaten to the point of cleaning the room that left and did not return for the whole night. The next day, their corpses were found stuffed into a small box.
"Nonsense! How could there be spirits and ghosts in this world? Not to mention that it's a ghost that kills people! "
With Yan Shuxuan and the others missing, the person in charge was anxious and angry. Even if Yang Tao did not care about the lives of his wife, children, and sisters, and they were not as important as before, they could still be used as sacrifices for the war. If they killed Yang Tao and Yan Lin's wife and children as a sacrifice to the flag, it would definitely boost the morale of the army and dampen the morale of the enemy. These fools had so many eyes and so many checkpoints, yet they couldn't even keep an eye on the old, weak, women, and children?
"All of you are trash! Why can't you even look after two women and two children? "
The person in charge called the servants and maidservants who were on night duty last night to interrogate them, but the result was unexpected.
They all said in unison that they did not see Yan Shuxuan and the others, but they saw two old women who were cleaning the room go out with their own eyes.
The person in charge also hesitated and asked, "Are you sure that the two old women went out?"
"Yes, it's them. Their voices and appearances are all right." The servant who guarded the door nodded vigorously, "It must be them!"
Seeing that the servants were so sure, the person in charge was not so sure anymore. Instead, he felt creeped out.
It was not that he did not suspect that the two old women who were cleaning the room were Yan Shuxuan and the little girl, but they were all noble ladies of aristocratic families. Their height, weight, weight, voice, and appearance were very different from the old women. Even if it was dark at that time, the servants should not be so blind and deaf that they could not tell them apart.
Unless they knew the Art of Disguise?
After so many twists and turns, it finally came to the level of ghosts and gods.
Whether or not it was a ghost that killed people, it could not hide the fact that Yan Shuxuan and the others were taken away. The person in charge could only report to the higher authorities.
At the same time, the person in charge also took remedial measures. He ordered the city guards to pay attention to the two suspicious women who were carrying babies.
In this era, there were many widows with babies. It could not be that every one of them was a suspect, right?
The person in charge circled a few conditions. For example, the babies were less than one year old, the women were very good-looking, had good temperament, and had never done farm work …
After a series of conditions, a few suspicious people were detained, but they were not the people they were looking for.
"Could it be … that ghosts and gods are playing tricks?"
The person in charge tried hard to suppress the fear in his heart.
At this time, Yan Shuxuan and Yang Roujia had already ridden the donkey for more than ten miles with their children. In order to go out and protect themselves, Yang Roujia disguised herself as a male ranger, and Yan Shuxuan disguised herself as an ordinary peasant woman. The two of them were like a family of four carrying two children on their way.
This identity allowed them to avoid many dangers. They crossed mountains and ridges all the way to the place where Yang Tao was trapped.
Yang Roujia stepped forward and scolded the soldiers who stopped them, "Get out of the way. The Mistress and Young Master are both here. Who allowed you to be so presumptuous!"
The soldiers were stunned. They had shown their identities. Whether they were real or fake, they could not offend them casually.
One of them hurriedly reported this to Qian Su.
Qian Su was shocked. She grabbed the soldier and asked, "Did they really say that?"
The soldier nodded. Qian Su hurried over.
"You …"
Qian Su looked at the strange man and woman. She felt angry that she had been fooled.
At this time, Yan Shuxuan's voice returned to normal.
"Where is Langjun?"
Qian Su stared at Yan Shuxuan in a daze. This voice was clearly the Mistress's, but this appearance was not …
Qian Su took a closer look and found that the skin on their cheeks was very unnatural. If she looked at them for too long, she would think that they were wearing a layer of fake skin.
When the two of them took off their disguises, Qian Su's expression completely froze.
Yan Shuxuan said apologetically, "I had to disguise myself like this for the safety of the mother and child."
They briefly told Qian Su how they escaped. Qian Su was impressed. At the same time, he was also shocked by Yan Lin's accurate calculation.
Yan Lin dared to plot anything, Yang Tao dared to believe anything, and their wives dared to do anything.
He couldn't understand the operation of these two families.
After almost a month, Yang Tao almost cried when he saw his wife and sister again.
Even though he didn't see it with his own eyes, he could imagine how dangerous it was for them to escape. If they were not careful, they would have been smashed to pieces!
Now that his family was safe, Yang Tao had no more worries. It was time to think about what to do next.
If they fought, it would be like throwing eggs at a rock. They would lose the remaining 20,000 soldiers for nothing.
If they surrendered, that was impossible. Otherwise, Yang Tao wouldn't have chosen Yan Lin's suggestion to let his wife take the risk to escape.
Who to surrender was a difficult thing to learn.
Not only could they save their lives, but they also had to protect Shaoyang. They couldn't let their soldiers die in vain, and they couldn't let the rebels of Nansheng benefit!
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