Chapter 330 The town is peaceful and has to leave

In a large house with three entrances deep in the town, Li Qifeng and Ji Mo led the five hundred elite soldiers brought by Ying Yi to settle down. When Ji Mo left, his face was dark and sour that even Yu Meixue could see it.

After watching them walk away, Yu Meixue immediately pulled her niece aside and said anxiously, "Guang'er, I see that Brother Mo's face looks gloomy. Could it be that he is unhappy because so many people have come to feed and settle him, and he is being troubled by this?"

"How could it be?" Li Yaoguang laughed. "Aunt, you think too much. Don't you know what kind of person Big Brother is? He is probably upset today because it is so chaotic outside, but it is rare to have peace here. This is his base camp, and it is a confidential place. With so many people coming at once, Big Brother must be afraid of being unsafe. After all, there are so many old people living in this town!"

Yu Meixue thought about it and nodded, "Alas, in this world, I wonder how your uncle is doing?" Is he well fed? Is he warmly dressed? Is he injured?
"Don't worry too much, auntie. My uncle is a lucky man. He will be fine."

"I hope so... But Guang'er, do you think we should follow Yingyi out of the mountain to the north to reunite with your uncle? Logically, we should go. We can't always leave it to Brother Mo. I feel bad about it, but it's very chaotic outside now. It's so cold, and it looks like it's going to snow again. It's okay for us, but if we take the three little ones with us, I'm afraid they won't be able to make it."

Isn't this what Li Yaoguang is worried about?
"Yes, it's more than a thousand miles to the north. If our family really wants to go out, it will be very precarious outside. If something goes wrong, we will be finished. But if we don't go, I don't know how worried my uncle will be in the north."

"Yes, alas! It's been almost two years since I last saw your uncle. I wonder if he's doing well over there."

Seeing that her aunt looked melancholy as she spoke, Li Yaoguang was busy trying to comfort her.

"Don't worry, auntie. Uncle is an adult and will take good care of himself. As for going to the north, let's wait for my eldest brother and the other brothers to come back and discuss it together. Do you think so?"

"Okay, you decide."

Yu Meixue has also grown up through experience and trusts her own child very much. Although she is worried in her heart, she still lets go without hesitation.

After settling the three little ones together with Aunt Qiu, the aunt and nephew stayed in the house doing needlework while waiting for someone. Of course, the person who was not good at needlework was just pretending.

Around dinner time, Ji Mo and Li Qifeng came back in the cold wind after settling everyone down. At the dinner table, Li Yaoguang spoke directly about his thoughts. Ji Mo paused while picking up the food, and felt depressed.

He actually wanted to say that he didn't want to let her go, and he just wanted to protect her in this rare haven of peace in this chaotic world, to keep him safe, to make her happy, and to prevent him from wandering around... But he also knew Li Yaoguang's personality, and he was afraid that she was also worried about her relatives in the north. It was obviously impossible to directly deny them from going, and it was not right for him to do so at the moment...

Thinking of this, Lonely couldn't help but suggest, "Aunt, Yaoguang, I think Uncle Chen is in the north, and you two miss each other very much. But it's winter and the weather is not good. I estimate that there will be heavy snow and the mountains will be closed soon. If we set off now, we have to take Yang Ge'er and the others with us. We can't travel fast. There is chaos and unrest outside. It's hard to think about it. Why don't we wait until winter is over and the weather warms up, and the chaos outside will ease and become clearer. Then I will bring people with Yingyi and the others to escort you to reunite with Uncle Cheng, okay?"

The aunt and nephew thought about the actual situation and felt that this was the safest way to do it. Li Qifeng, who couldn't bear to see his younger brothers and sisters suffer, also agreed, so they decided to do so for the time being.

The next day, when Ying came to urge him again and again, Li Yaoguang told him about their plan.

Yingyi naturally didn't want this to happen. He was anxious to go back and wanted to stay by his master's side and make great achievements. But Miss Li's worries were not entirely unreasonable.

The outside world is in chaos now, with refugees everywhere, bandits causing trouble everywhere, and scorched earth and ruins everywhere. Although he brought 500 good men with him, he was afraid that if 500 people moved together, they would be conspicuous and attract attention, making it difficult to protect people.

After thinking it over and analyzing clearly what his mission was, Yingyi had to suppress his anxiety and reluctantly agreed. Seeing this, Ji Mo's lips, which had been tense all the time, finally curved up, and his tense body relaxed.

"Yaoguang, Auntie, you don't need to worry too much. I will send a pigeon to Uncle Cheng to tell him about our plan and tell him not to worry. I will send you off after the snow melts after the New Year."

Yu Meixue was busy expressing her gratitude, "Okay, okay, okay, thank you very much, Brother Mo, for your concern."

"It's okay, we are all family, so you don't have to be polite, auntie."

Ji Mo, in a good mood, sent a pigeon to Cheng Su to report his safety. But after the letter was sent out, the reply they had been waiting for never came.

Li Yaoguang and Ji Mo initially thought that it was the chaos outside and that some accidents were bound to happen to the pigeons, so they released ten more pigeons and set off again with ten identical letters.

They waited and waited, hoped and counted the days, but unfortunately there was still no reply to their letter.

This made Li Yaoguang and the others anxious.

I might as well release three batches of carrier pigeons again, carrying the same letters to the north, wondering if something had happened to my uncle.

In order to avoid worrying his aunt, Li Yaoguang kept his anxiety to himself. However, Yingyi got to know the news from somewhere and could not wait any longer, so he went straight to Li Yaoguang.

"Miss Li, it's very chaotic outside right now. I haven't received any response to my messages. I'm worried something might have happened... How about I take a group of people out to find out what's going on while the snow is still falling and the mountain is not closed?"

Yingyi said this because, although this town looks ordinary, it is actually as difficult to enter and exit as a fortress.

They were able to come in earlier thanks to Miss Li in front of them, and the weird Doctor Ji beside her was willing to let them in. Now it would be difficult for them to go out, so he pretended to be talking to Li Yaoguang, but in fact he was looking at Ji Mo with a raised eyebrow.

Seeing that Li Yaoguang was really worried and wavering, Ji Mo did not stop him. He was also worried about Cheng Su's situation, so when Li Yaoguang asked to look at him, he nodded decisively.

"Okay, let's go out and explore together tomorrow morning."

Having made the decision, they did not dare to delay any further. Early the next morning before dawn, Ji Mo and his twenty best fighters, a group of twenty-two people, hurriedly left this peaceful town.

It was a coincidence that they had not yet walked out of the mountains to reach an important city. After only one day's journey, they ran into a group of people. There were quite a lot of people, probably as many as 20,000 people. They were obviously soldiers from Dajing in the south, not soldiers from the north. So many people were blocking the road they had to take when they walked out of the mountains, not far from the town.

They didn't know why these people came here, and they didn't dare to gamble. Seeing that the other party had set up camp, they didn't want to confront them head-on. With the help of Ji Mo, who was familiar with the terrain, they managed to dodge with their agility.

With such a sudden change, they had to put the matter of gathering information on hold. In order to avoid exposing the town, they carefully concealed their traces and quickly retreated back to the town.

Even if the town is safe at the moment, there are tens of thousands of people lying in wait. They don't know who is the enemy or not, so how can they not feel uneasy?

Ji Mo was responsible for the safety of thousands of people in the town, so he didn't dare to gamble, let alone take it lightly. To be on the safe side, as soon as Ji Mo came back, he went to find Uncle Dong and Grandpa Wu to discuss the arrangements for staying in the town.

After returning, Ying Yi was in a bad mood. He became more and more worried about the safety of his lord far away in the north and his comrades. He was eager to return home, and while Ji Mo was busy, he found Li Yaoguang to discuss and advise him.

"Miss Li, when you went out to investigate the news, you ran into the army under the command of the tyrant. Now 20,000 soldiers are stationed near the town. I'm afraid it's not good. This town seems peaceful, but in fact there is also a risk of being discovered. Miss Li, in troubled times, people are like grass, and no egg can be left intact when the nest is overturned. Please make a decision early and leave this place with us quickly to avoid the sharp edge and return as soon as possible. Otherwise, if there is a mistake here, with the strength of us and the entire town, I'm afraid we won't be able to compete..."

And what he didn't dare to say was that if something went wrong and she fell into the hands of a tyrant, and if the tyrant made another stupid move, he was afraid that his master would go crazy!
In order to prevent the Shen family from repeating the disaster that happened that day, Yingyi decisively requested, "Miss Li, Yingyi dares to ask you to return with us as soon as possible, or set off to the north as soon as possible to reunite with General Cheng. What do you think?"

How could she see it?
What Yingyi said made sense, and she and her aunt were particularly worried about her uncle's situation. They were safe in this small town deep in the mountains, but under the kind protection and concealment of her eldest brother, and the delay in receiving the pigeon messages, it was difficult for them to obtain accurate and timely information from the outside world. She was extremely uneasy, and the danger was right at hand, so she had to interrupt and avoid it as soon as possible.

So… "Then let's go."