Therefore, Comrade Xiao Xie succeeded in making all the slaves determined to escape with him with just one word.
When the soldiers changed shifts, these men had a moment of rest.
They gathered in the mine and memorized a map drawn by Xie Yuan on the wall.
This map is the one that Xie Yuan drew for the doorman - the map originally only had the escape route, but after the doorman told him about the escape route outside, Xie Yuan added it.
He wants everyone here to remember it, so that if they disperse after escaping, they can use their memory to run to the manor.
"Remember this road and meet at the manor." Xie Yuan pointed to the map on the wall with bright eyes.
"As long as you escape, come to Yangzhou Governor's Mansion to find me, use 'Nanhai County Salt Mine' as the secret code, as long as you say these five words, I will personally meet you and release you. If you are willing to join the army, I will
I will make you live in the army; if you are willing to farm, I will return you to your civilian status. If you want to return home, I will give you gold and silver."
Some people below don’t believe it and think Xie Yuan is bragging.
Because many of the slaves here have committed capital crimes.
Xie Yuan said warmly: "Xie is not a person who breaks his promise. If you can come out with me alive, I will definitely fulfill my promise."
"This place is heavily guarded. Can we really get out?" Someone else hesitated and asked tremblingly.
After seeing the consequences of those who escaped being caught and killed alive, they restrained their thoughts of escaping.
Even if there were still worries outside, they didn't dare to run away.
"Definitely." Xie Yuan nodded,
"You all have concerns in your heart, then live on, go out alive, meet the people you want to see, and do what you want to do."
Finally, someone couldn't help crying.
"I want to go out and see my grandma!"
People's emotions will be affected.
After the man started crying, everyone remembered what happened outside the mine and their eyes turned red.
"I also want to go out and see my Yaomei!"
"Me too! I accidentally killed my brother back then, leaving my mother alone at home. If the governor really can take me out, I will definitely repent, serve my mother, and provide for her until the end of her life!"
"I want to join the army. I want to replace my brother in the Northern Expedition and fulfill his long-cherished wish to regain the lost land!"
"I want to farm, but my mother died of hunger and I was caught stealing food. If the governor can give me a chance to repent, I will definitely go out to farm so that everyone can have a full meal!"
"..." "..."
The girls next to me saw them getting more and more excited as they talked, and each one of them cried uncontrollably, as if they were crying out all the repression they had accumulated over the years, and couldn't help but tilt their heads.
What are these people talking about?
When the crowd dispersed, Xie Yuan reached out and called Nannan in.
"Nanny, do you remember the map Ada showed you today?" Xie Yuan took out a rough-made comb and combed the little girl's hair into a bun.
"Remember Ada, my daughter is very smart!" The little girl raised her chin proudly.
"Okay. You will leave with these Adas in a few days. Be sure to follow them closely and don't fall behind." Xie Yuan combed the little girl's hair into a simple bun and took out a hairpin he carved to see the bun.
After fixing it, he inserted the comb into the little girl's hair.
"When you get out, Ada will take you to eat candy, take you to see Yumen Pass, and help you learn to read and write."
"good!"
The little girl responded sweetly, her eyes bright, full of longing for life outside the mine.
After deciding on his escape plan, Xie Yuan began to prepare for the final step.
The golden cicada sheds its shell.
The retainer asked why he didn't run away now.
Xie Yuan observed the sky and shook his head slightly.
It's still late, so you can't escape.
The moment he was waiting for came on the last day of February, which was the 28th.
The weather was unfavorable on this day, with rain and snow falling all over Nanhai County.
The road in the mine was slippery, muddy and bumpy, so Taigong Xu gave the slaves a day's rest with a wave of his hand.
When he saw the sleet, Xie Yuan knew the time had come.
He winked at the diners, who understood and walked away with their slaves.
Half an hour later, the officers and soldiers changed guard and noticed that the mine was very quiet, so they went to take a look at the mines where the slaves rested.
Candles were lit inside, and figures were moving inside.
The officers and soldiers only glanced at him and then looked away.
After another half an hour, I was enjoying the delicacies of the mountains and seas in the mansion. I raised my hands and my eyelids suddenly twitched. I always felt that something was going to happen.
So I personally took people to the mine to have a look.
When he saw the darkness in the mine where the slaves were resting, the prefect's heart pounded and his eyelids twitched even more.
Won't……
He quickly opened an umbrella and went down to take a look.
In the huge mine, apart from a burned-out red candle and burnt-to-ash paper, there were also the shadows of a large group of slaves.
Not only the slaves, but also Xie Yuan was missing.
The prefect was about to speak when suddenly a servant's expression changed drastically, he pointed at something and shouted -
"The planks were broken and they escaped from the mine!"
The prefect felt himself spinning for a while, and his legs were weak and he was about to collapse to the ground.
If the attendant hadn't caught him quickly with quick eyesight and quick hands, the man who raised his hand would have fallen into the mud puddle.
The prefect's face turned pale.
At this moment, there was only one thought left in his mind.
Xie Yuan ran out, and their affairs were about to be exposed.
No, go find Mr. Xu!
The prefect came to his senses and quickly went to find Mr. Xu.
When Xu Taigong heard about it, he immediately gave him a slap in the face, and then said angrily: "Why are you so stunned? Send people to chase him! Except for Xie Yuan, everyone else will be killed without mercy!"
This piece of trash, even with a heavy army guarding it, can make people escape right under their noses.
Now, these slaves can no longer be used.
Xie Yuan even ran away.
It's true that there is more success than failure.
The more Taigong Xu looked at him, the angrier he became, and he gave him two more slaps.
The eunuch was beaten and beaten, and thinking that he could make up for his crime with merit, he personally led his pursuers to block the exit from Kuaiji County.
However, they waited for two days and no one came out.
It wasn't until Xu Sheng came over with a dark face and said that there was a fork in the road in the mine that they realized that Xie Yuan might have run to another road, so they quickly led a group of fast cavalry to pursue him.
March 4th.
Xie Yuan, who had been hurrying slowly all the way, calculated the distance and found that they had only walked less than half the distance.
"Lord, those chasing soldiers know that we are taking this road, and they are probably going to chase us in the next few days!" The retainer received Cui Heng's letter from Fei Ge and found Xie Yuan with a worried look on his face.
Xie Yuan read the letter, looked at the sea in front of him, pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
"If the land route is not possible, then we will take the sea route!"
Doorman: "??!"
Sea route?
Time waits for no one, so Xie Yuan immediately mobilized everyone and asked them to build several bamboo rafts overnight, planning to row from the sea to Kuaiji County.