Qiu Yongkang was glad that they had lost the knives. Otherwise, the officials would not have let them go so easily. They would have been captured and interrogated by the county government.
The group of refugees continued on their way. After what had just happened, the villagers still had lingering fears and wanted to leave Guo City as soon as possible.
After walking for about a mile, Ji Shui Sheng returned. After drinking his fill of water, he seemed to be in high spirits and his lips were no longer dry and bleeding.
He shouted at everyone, "I found a water source. There's a stream in the mountain ahead. Let's go and get some water."
"Shui Sheng."
Qiu Yongkang went up to him with a serious expression. Ji Shui Sheng could tell that something was wrong and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"
