Ren Xiaosu and Big Bluff traveled to the Central Plains again and again to abduct the refugees, never getting tired of it.
All of the Zhou Clan officials seemed to have suddenly gone blind and deaf. They could not see or hear anything, so they just hid in the stronghold and did not make a sound. They did not care or ask about anything.
When a reporter found out about this, he even went to interview the Zhou Clan officials. However, they also avoided meeting him.
Moreover, some of the Zhou Clan officials started disappearing mysteriously.
At first, everyone thought the official might have fallen ill and did not come to work. But after waiting for two days, they felt something was amiss. The official's home phone could not be reached either. As such, some people started wondering if something had happened.
His subordinates went to visit him together, only to find that his home was empty. The entire house was in a mess, and all of the gold, silver, and other valuables had disappeared.
Everyone thought to themselves, 'Did someone break into the house and rob it?' Hurry up and report it to the Public Order Division!
As this official was not a low-ranking official, the Public Order Division attached great importance to it. They immediately sent out a large number of people to search for clues and check the surveillance footage of the official's house in recent days.
In the end, a surprising scene unfolded. The surveillance footage showed that the official had packed his belongings and left by himself. He even brought his wife along with him.
The couple brought their luggage and used fake customs documents to leave the stronghold. Eventually, they disappeared into the crowd of refugees outside the stronghold.
They had escaped!
At this moment, everyone who was looking for him understood that this fellow had most likely followed the Young Marshal from the Northwest to the Northwest!
Recently, the Zhou Clan had been in a state of panic. Everyone knew the Wang Clan would soon launch a war against the Zhou Clan.
When Zhou Shiji was around, everyone could still work together to prepare for war. But now that the cowardly Zhou Qing Yang had taken over, everyone knew Zhou Qing Yang would not be able to stop the Wang Clan at all.
When the Wang Clan annexed the Zhou Clan, the first people to settle the score would definitely be the Zhou Clan's officials. At that time, the entire South would face a major reshuffle.
Instead of waiting to suffer humiliation at that time, they might as well take advantage of the money they had now and go to the Northwest to become rich.
These Zhou Clan officials had many ways to amass wealth while in office. The gold bars they had saved were definitely enough for them to enjoy their old age in the Northwest.
Before Ren Xiaosu arrived, some people wanted to run, but they didn't know where they could go.
The north had already become the Wang Clan's domain, and the only place they could go was the Kyung Clan. However, to reach the Kyung Clan, they had to cross five hundred miles of mountains and fields, and many people were worried that there would be dangers along the way.
But now, the appearance of the Daxing Northwest steam locomotive had given them hope and allowed them to see a way out!
At this time, the Hope Media had begun a long follow-up report on Ren Xiaosu's help to the refugees. The entire Barrier Alliance could see the happy smiles of the refugees after they arrived in the Northwest. There were also photos of them shaking hands with the Young Marshal of the Northwest.
There were welcome banners in the report, as well as photos of Wang Yuexi and the other stronghold staff carrying out household registration and settling in the refugees to rest and eat. There were also interviews with the refugees.
This made everyone certain that they would not lose their freedom if they went to the Northwest. Furthermore, they would still be residents of the Northwest if they went there.
With the flames of war raging in the Central Plains, the Hope Media's report suddenly made everyone feel that the places outside the Northwest were in dire straits, and that they could only live and work in peace and contentment in the Northwest.
Once the first official escaped, there would be a second one.
The news of the Zhou Clan's officials escaping was secretly spread among the Zhou Clan. Many people were tempted. The Young Marshal of the Northwest did not seem to care about the identities of the people he was taking with him when he brought the refugees to the Northwest. Moreover, there was no time to check the identities of the thousands of people who boarded the train together.
In this way, as long as everyone disguised themselves as refugees, they would be able to live a carefree life in the Northwest in just over 20 hours!
Thinking of this, the Zhou Clan's officials kept disappearing over the past half a month. Almost all of them were disguised as refugees with their families.
Some of the officials were equipped with satellite phones and took them with them when they left. When the Zhou Clan found out they had left, they immediately called Zhou Qing Yang. In the end, the fleeing Zhou Clan official scolded Zhou Qing Yang as an idiot over the phone. He even said that if they did not leave, they would have to stay in the Zhou Clan and die.
From this, it could be seen that they had made up their minds to leave.
Of course, not all of these officials brought their wives with them. There were even some who abandoned their wives and left with their lovers. In the past, this person would always have an affair in the stronghold, but he could not divorce his wife even if he wanted to.
But now, he had finally found a way to get rid of his wife. This separation was thousands of kilometers away, and it was as though they were eloping.
There were quite a number of people who did this. So recently, there would often be women in the stronghold cursing at their husbands who had run away after waking up from their sleep.
That was how life was like.
Zhou Qing Yang would definitely be the most troubled by this. Seeing that the Wang Clan's main forces had already started heading south, the Zhou Clan's officials were fleeing one by one. The Zhou Clan could be said to be riddled with holes, so how could they stop the Wang Clan?
Zhou Qing Yang thought for a moment before instructing his secretary, "We can't let Ren Xiaosu do this again. Think of a way to stop him!"
It was not that he had suddenly become bold, but that if he did not stop him, the Zhou Clan would really be finished!
Ren Xiaosu had been living a very fulfilling life these days. Although he did not have a fourth weapon to unlock, he felt that these gratitude tokens and that strange proficiency stone would come in handy. As such, he was desperately trying to save up the gratitude tokens.
It was just like saving money. Who would complain about having too much money?
By the sixth shipment, the number of gratitude tokens had exceeded the 40,000 mark.
At this time, if anyone were to provoke Ren Xiaosu and force Ren Xiaosu into a corner, he might really spend all of his 40,000 gratitude tokens on Explosive Poker cards and draw a pair of King of Bombs!
However, by the seventh shipment to the Northwest, Ren Xiaosu discovered some strange people … people who did not give any gratitude tokens!
Normal refugees suffered from hunger and revered Ren Xiaosu's character. So when they shook hands with him in the Northwest, they would definitely give him some gratitude tokens. Some would give one, while others would give three. There was really no one who was insincere in thanking him!
But on this seventh trip, Ren Xiaosu realized that even though some people were sincerely thanking him on the surface, their gratitude tokens did not increase at all!
Moreover, these people all had rosy cheeks. They did not look like refugees who had been starving for more than half a month.
Ren Xiaosu sneered inwardly. Previously, Big Bluff was also worried that some strange people would mix in with the refugees. There might be officials from the Zhou Clan or spies among them. These people would become black sheep once they reached the Northwest.
But Ren Xiaosu said there was no need to worry. He would be able to identify these people.
At that time, Big Bluff was still a little puzzled. There were so many refugees, so how was he going to identify them?
In the end, Big Bluff saw Ren Xiaosu forcefully filter out more than 60 people from the refugee crowd within three hours and isolate them from the real refugees …
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