On the tenth of September, Madam Yun took Wei Ruo and Wei Qingwan out to the Government City.
In addition to the coachman and the guards, the attendants CuiPing, CuiHe, XiuMei, and Madam Zhang accompanied them.
The invitation of the Magistrate's wife was for the fifteenth of September, but since it would take a day to travel, Madam Yun, worried about unexpected occurrences, decided to depart four days earlier.
Xingshan County was in a remote location; they set out in the morning and only arrived at Government City in the evening.
The streets of Government City should have quieted down by evening, shops closing and pedestrians heading home.
However, when the Wei Family's carriage was halfway there, they saw a crowd of people fighting ahead, with the flash and clash of weapons terrifyingly dazzling.
The coachman wanted to immediately turn back, but the road was not wide enough to make the turn, so they were forced to stop at the side of the road, at a loss of what to do.
