After hearing this, Cao Man and Zhou Zhe were shocked: "Are you serious about this?"

Especially Zhou Zhe, he had just said that it was impossible for the Yellow Turban Thief to come to Zhuangzi. The words were still in my ears, and a servant came to report that the Yellow Turban Thief was coming towards Zhuangzi. This was a coincidence. After a brief panic, he doubted whether Cao Qiuping deliberately sent someone to spread rumors in order to make people believe her words.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhe sat down again and asked the servant with a stern face, "Tell me, is it your lady who made you say this intentionally? Where did the Yellow Turban Thief come from?"

The servant glanced at Zhou Zhe who was talking and recognized him as the master's friend. If it were normal, he would have to tell him a few words, but today it was a matter of burning eyebrows. How could he be more willing to talk to this person? He kowtowed respectfully at Cao Man and said, "Master, thank you for your care over the past few years. The villain is grateful. Seeing that the Yellow Turban Thief is about to arrive, it will be too late if he doesn't leave. Please forgive the villain for offending."

The servant stood up and rushed to Cao Man. Without saying a word, he punched him unconscious and then carried it on his shoulder. The servant turned around and faced everyone in the hall and said, "The bandits are coming. If you don't want to die, just follow me, Cao Shiliu." After that, he carried Cao Man and ran outside.

The servants and maids busy in the hall watched Cao Shiliu run out with Cao Man. Some were worried that Cao Man would be in danger and shouted to chase him. Some fled back to their room to clean up and prepare to escape with Cao Shiliu.

Zhou Zhe looked at the messy servant and maid in a daze, thinking that Cao Qiuping was so chaotic. In order to make others believe her nonsense, he actually sent someone to go home to spread rumors. It seemed that it was a bit unconsidered to make her marry her brother. After she got home, she discussed it with her wife, and let it go.

Zhou Zhe shook his head, got up and walked out of Cao's mansion, preparing to go home and tell his wife about this. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked on the street, he saw that the village was in chaos, and people were calling their children everywhere on the street. When the child got home, he hurriedly fled to the village with big and small bags of things.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhe couldn't help but stomp his feet in anger, thinking that Cao Qiuping was really harmful, but after learning the art of observing celestial phenomena for a few days with a Taoist named Zuo Ci, he bewitched people everywhere, making everyone in the village dangerous. After this matter is over, he must talk to Brother Cao and let him discipline his daughter well. By the way, the servant named Cao Shiliu also has to be severely punished. In order to please the lady, he actually dared to knock the master out. It was a rebellion.

When he returned to his mansion, he saw that it was in chaos. The people ran back and forth in the yard and carried boxes of soft and soft from the house. Seeing this, Zhou Zhe was furious. Not only did the Cao family become in chaos, but his home was not much better. He was so angry that he shouted: "Stop it all!"

When the servant was in a state of silence, he suddenly heard his master's voice and stopped immediately. Zhou Zhe grabbed one of the servants and asked viciously: "What are you doing?"

"Reply to the master's words," the servant replied hurriedly: "Young Master heard that a Yellow Turban thief was coming towards the village, and ordered us to clean up the fine and soft things and prepare to go to other places to avoid disaster."

"Nothing is nothing, nothing is nothing." Zhou Zhe shouted to the servant standing in the yard: "There are no Yellow Turban thieves at all. Everyone will move the things back to me. Whoever dares to talk nonsense will decide to deal with it."

The servants had already heard the movement outside, so when the Zhou family's son said to move, they immediately started packing their luggage. Unexpectedly, the master actually said that there were no Yellow Turban thieves at all, so he asked them to move the things back, which made them a little embarrassed.

Seeing the servants standing in the yard without moving, Zhou Zhe couldn't help but get angry. He saw a pillar next to him leaning against a broom and grabbed them, slapped at the servants, slapped them all, and scolded them, "Dog guy, haven't you heard what the master said? I'm still standing here for something, why don't you move the things back quickly."

Just when the servants were at a loss, Zhou Zhe's young master ran out of the main hall. When he saw that the servants were standing in the yard and didn't understand, he couldn't help but ask in anger: "Why are you still standing here without moving when you pack your clothes?"

As soon as Mr. Zhou finished speaking, a man rushed to him and slapped him hard. Mr. Zhou was beaten to the point of being angry, but he heard his own voice: "You evil son, who would make you believe the rumors and let the servants pack up?"

"Father, I heard from the people on the street that there were a large number of Yellow Turban thieves coming towards the Zhuangzi." Master Zhou saw that it was Zhou Zhe who beat him and suddenly lost his temper. He covered the beating part with his hands and said with a sad face: "So let the servants pack up and prepare to go outside to avoid it."

"Damn it," Zhou Zhe shouted at his son: "This is clearly the girl from the Cao family is spreading rumors and causing trouble, but you have to believe it, and you are not happy to ask someone to carry everything back."

Facing his father's storm and rain, Mr. Zhou did not dare to distinguish, so he could only order his servants to move the things back. Seeing that the servants moved the things back into the house, Zhou Zhe's expression became much softer. He looked at Mr. Zhou and asked, "Where are your mother and girls?"

“Closing your clothes in the backyard.”

"Nothing is nothing, nothing." Zhou Zhe stared at his son and said angrily: "I will come back to clean up you later." After that, he headed towards the backyard.

The backyard was also in a mess, and the maids were running back and forth in the yard with big bags. Seeing the master come in, they stopped one after another. "There are no Yellow Turban thieves, everyone goes back to their respective houses." After Zhou Zhe yelled at the maids, he quickly walked towards his wife's room.

Mrs. Zhou, who was in a state of sacred despair, was crying in the room. When she saw Zhou Zhe coming in, she quickly let go of her daughter, stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Zhe's arm, and said excitedly: "Master, the Yellow Turban Thief is coming, what should we do?"

Zhou Zhe shook his hand hard, broke his arm away, and said to his wife with annoyance: "What Yellow Turban Thief is the girl from the Cao family spreading rumors."

"Dad," said the young lady of the Zhou family, who was standing beside her, and stared at her father with her swollen eyes: "But the sister of the Cao family clearly said that there will be a military disaster in the near future..."

Zhou Zhe couldn't hear anyone talking about the Yellow Turban Thieves in his ears. At this moment, when his daughter mentioned Cao Qiuping's assertion, she couldn't help but feel angry and raised her hand to hit her, but she was pulled tightly by Mrs. Zhou. He could only say unhappily: "It was clearly the rumors that the girl from the Cao family deliberately spread to prevent her father from punishing her. You will actually believe it!"

"What, is it a rumor spread by Miss Cao's family?" Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise when she heard Zhou Zhe say this: "I think this child is quite well-behaved and will not do such an unbearable thing, right?"

"What's impossible?" Zhou Zhe snorted coldly, then said: "In my opinion, let's forget about her marriage with your clan brother. Such a woman will sooner or later bring shame to the family."

Mrs. Zhou always obeyed Zhou Ze. After hearing what he said, she nodded quickly and said, "It's up to you to do everything. I'll go back to my parents' home tomorrow and tell my clan brother about this."

While the couple were talking, the housekeeper rolled into the house and knelt on the ground and said to them: "Master, madam, the disaster has come. A brigade of Yellow Turban thieves came from the north, only one mile away from the village. We should run away quickly."

Zhou Zhegang ordered outside not to mention the Yellow Turban Thief, but his butler came in and said this again. He quickly walked to the butler who was kneeling on the ground, raised his foot and kicked him at the other party.

After the butler was kicked down, he did not struggle, but lay on the ground and continued, "Master, the person who fled to the north in the village happened to meet the Yellow Turban thief. There were countless casualties and injuries. Only two or three legs ran back to report the news." After that, the butler turned over, kowtowed to the couple, got up and ran out.

At this moment, Zhou Zhe finally realized that the attack of the Yellow Turban Thief was not groundless or the miss of the Cao family spread rumors, but it was true. He was so anxious that he stamped his feet and said repeatedly: "I would have gone with Brother Cao."

"Dad, Mom!" At this moment, Mr. Zhou rushed in like a whirlwind from outside and said to the couple: "The Yellow Turban Thief is about to go outside the village, let's go quickly."

Zhou Zhe said in panic: "Hurry, hurry up, bring the money and clean up some of the fine and soft things, let's run away now."

When the family of four escaped from the house, they found that the yard was empty, with countless clothes scattered on the ground. Seeing that the servants had run away, Zhou Zhe couldn't help but complain and hurriedly ordered his son: "Go to the stable to see if there are any horses, prepare a carriage for your mother and girl."

Mr. Zhou agreed and ran quickly to the stable. But after a while, he returned dejectedly and said to Zhou Zhe: "Dad, there are no horses and carriages, and it is probably taken away by his servants."

"These are thousands of swords." Zhou Zhe cursed indignantly and said helplessly: "Then let's go quickly. Since the Yellow Turban thieves came from the north, we will run south and maybe we can escape the disaster."

When Zhou Zhe's family arrived south of Zhuangzi, they were blocked by a river. Only one wooden bridge was filled with people. The people who were running for life squeezed out the wooden railings by the bridge and squeezed the people who were leaning against each other into the water. Even so, the people who were eager to escape continued to rush up the bridge.

Just as Zhou Zhe was considering whether to change the road to escape, he heard a loud noise, and the wooden bridge filled with people collapsed, and the people on the bridge fell into the water in one go. For a moment, countless people were rushing in the water, and the river water was like a pot, screaming and crying for help.

When Mrs. Zhou saw the bridge collapse, she was frightened and suddenly collapsed on the ground. Zhou Zhe knew that it was impossible to cross the river, so he hurriedly called his wife and children: "We can't get through here anymore, let's go east." After saying that, he raised his wife with his son and ran towards the east with deep and shallow. Seeing that the escape route was broken, the people were anxious. Seeing that the Zhou family was coming to the east, they followed them one after another.

At this time, the Yellow Turban Thiefs had already rushed into the village from the north. They killed people when they saw them and snatched things when they saw them. After snatching all the things in the house, they set off a fire. For a moment, the village was filled with fire and black smoke rolling.

As soon as the Zhou family escaped from Zhuangzi, Mrs. Zhou could no longer walk and fell to the ground and said to Zhou Zhe: "Children's father, I can't walk anymore. You can run away quickly. If you don't leave, it will be too late."

"No, how can I leave you alone?" Although Zhou Zhe is not a good thing, he is very manly at this moment. "I will carry you on my back. Even if I die, I will die with you." As he said that, he asked his son to help carry his wife on his back, and then shouted at his children: "You run away quickly! It's better for the whole family to die here." The Zhou brothers and sisters knelt down and kowtowed to their parents, turned around and fled eastward with the people.

Zhou Zhe went out on weekdays, either riding a horse or taking a car, and he had never walked such a long way. If he was alone, he might be able to escape, but if he was carrying a person on his back, he would not be able to get fast. He ran so far that he was so tired that he was panting. Some people who ran past him looked panicked, and no one stopped to look at him.

When he saw a stream of yellow-turban-covered thieves gushing out nearby, he couldn't help but stop and thought to himself: "If I had escaped with Brother Cao earlier, I might have escaped now."

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Besides, after Cao Qiuping and Mrs. Cao left the village in a carriage, they advanced towards the county town. When they were seven or eight miles away from the county town, they suddenly saw countless people coming from the county town to support the elderly and the children. Mrs. Cao felt it was very strange and hurriedly ordered a servant to find out what was going on.

After the servant went for a moment, he ran back in a panic expression and reported to Mrs. Cao: "When you say that, those people who escaped from the county town, they said that a large number of Yellow Turban thieves surrounded the city and were preparing to attack the city. They were worried about being hit by a military disaster, so they escaped."

After listening to the servant's report, Mrs. Cao couldn't help feeling confused. She looked at Cao Qiuping sitting opposite and said, "Daughter, what should we do now?"

Cao Qiuping thought for a while and then replied: "Mom, since there are yellow treacherous thieves around the county town, there must be some in Zhuangzi. Now we can neither enter the city nor return to Zhuangzi. The only way is to go west and go to Jizhou, and there may be a glimmer of vitality."

Mrs. Cao had been scared to death for a long time, so naturally whatever her daughter said was what she said. She nodded and said, "Daughter, now, you have the final say where we go."

Cao Qiuping quickly lifted the curtain of the carriage and ordered the driver who drove the car: "Turn around and go west to Jizhou!"

The coachman was frightened when he learned that there was a Yellow Turban thief ahead. At this moment, he heard the lady turn around and go to Jizhou. He felt like he was given a general amnesty. He quickly turned his horse's head and drove the carriage west.

Less than two miles away, a piece of dust suddenly rose up in front of him. The coachman quickly stopped the horse, turned his head and said to the carriage, "Madam, there seems to be a large army ahead."
Chapter completed!