He has a spatial ability and saves three children on his escape route.

Chapter 37 A Weapon Delivered to Your Door

Wen Yuxia slowly walked forward, giving Village Chief Zhu a harmless smile: "Dealing with you, we don't need the villagers' help at all."

As soon as she finished speaking, Wen Yuxia lightly touched the ground with her toes and flashed past the burly men. She had immobilized all the men wielding knives with pressure points, preventing them from moving for two hours.

Then she pointed to the large knife in the man's hand and chuckled, "Thank you, Village Chief Zhu, for bringing us the weapon."

Wen Yuxia had long coveted the broadswords held by the villagers of Zhujia Village. She had been waiting for the group of men from Zhujia Village wielding broadswords to rush up so that she could rightfully seize their weapons.

Wen Yuxia said to Wang An and the others, "Those who want the broadsword can go and get it themselves."

Wang Ping, Wang An, Wang Dazhu (eight brothers), Wang Dashu (three brothers), along with Du, Luo, Gou, and Wen Yunhong, all rushed forward.

Five-year-old Wen Yunhong already had a weapon, and his older brothers Wang Hu and Tie Dan were not to be outdone, both saying in unison, "I want a big knife too!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two little ones rushed forward and snatched the last two large knives.

Village Chief Zhu watched helplessly as Wen Yuxia and her group snatched the broadswords from the villagers, unable to comprehend how Wen Yuxia had managed to control them.

"Husband, what's wrong?" Flower's mother asked anxiously.

When Village Chief Zhu turned around, he saw twenty villagers still standing behind him, their knives raised in the same motion. He asked in surprise, "Fourth Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Zhu Laosi, the youngest son of Village Chief Zhu and captain of the Zhu Family Village guard team, was speechless and looked at his father with a flushed face.

It wasn't that he didn't want to speak, nor that he was standing there dumbfounded and unwilling to move; rather, like the other members of the guard team, he had been acupunctured by Wen Yuxia.

Wen Yuxia flexed her wrists and said with a light laugh, "They'll be back to normal in two hours. Village Chief Zhu, take these people away immediately, or I won't mind giving you a taste of your own medicine."

"No, no, I'll have them removed right away!" Village Chief Zhu waved his hands frantically, not even bothering with his broadsword, and ran straight towards the Zhu Family Village headquarters.

The villagers from Dawancun and Lijiacun arrived at a small hillside outside Zhujiang County. Looking at the densely packed fleeing civilians outside the city gate, Yang Lizheng spoke:

"Eldest brother, go tell the two village chiefs, Ding and Li, that everyone should rest where they are. Second brother, take two men and go ask around."

"Rest where you are, rest where you are..." Yang Yong shouted as he ran backwards, banging on a gong.

Yang Lei then led the two young men toward the city gate. A quarter of an hour later, the three of them returned to their camp.

“Father, everyone has to pay a five-tael silver entrance fee to enter Zhujiang County. Those who don’t have the money to pay the entrance fee tomorrow morning will probably take a detour.”

Yang Lei asked them to relay the information they had gathered to Yang Lizheng and the two village chiefs, Ding and Li.

"Five taels of silver, why don't they just rob us?" Village Chief Ding said angrily.

Village Chief Li sighed and said, "Where would we ordinary folks get so much money? Let's take a detour tomorrow morning!"

Yang Lei shook his head and said, "Uncle Ding, Uncle Li, most of the people resting outside the city will have to take a detour tomorrow, so we have to leave tonight."

We can't get through the city gates ahead, and we're being chased by hordes of madmen from behind. Tomorrow, all these people outside the city will crowd onto the small roads on the outskirts of the city, and the villagers will definitely be scattered.

Yang Lizheng also felt that Yang Lei's analysis made sense, so he made the decision: "Set off immediately and travel through the night, and find a place to rest when you reach an open area."

"Father, there are so many people outside the city. It's not safe for you to stay here alone. You should come with us."

"Dad, the Wang family has plenty of able-bodied men. It's safer for Daya and her siblings to stay with the Wang family than with us."

“Dad, the people from Xiaowang Village are also heading south. They know their final destination. Da Ya is skilled in martial arts. Even if she gets separated from the Wang family, she can still take Xiao Qi to Xinchuan County to reunite with us.”

"Father, please don't be stubborn. If you don't wait for Daya and Xiaoqi here, you might not be able to reach Xinchuan County safely on your own,"

……

After the three Wen brothers and their sister-in-law, surnamed Yang, took turns persuading Wen Dashan, he finally agreed to continue forward with the main group.

To distance themselves from those resting outside the city and to avoid the ravages, Yang Lizheng quickened his pace considerably. The villagers, however, did not complain, carrying torches and hurrying on their way.

The route around the city involved taking back roads, a distance of at least seventy or eighty li (approximately 35-40 kilometers) before reaching the main road. Handcarts and wheelbarrows could easily navigate these back roads, but mule carts and oxcarts struggled.

Right now, Yang Lizheng, Village Chief Ding, Village Chief Li, Butcher Zhang, Doctor Yang... as well as Wen Zhihua and Wen Dashan's mule carts and oxcarts, are all forced to stop in the middle of the road. The road is too narrow; the oxcarts and mule carts can't pass each other.

"Father, what should we do?" Yang Yong asked helplessly.

The cart was overflowing with grain; an oxcart couldn't pass, and the grain couldn't be moved by manpower alone, especially since everyone in the family was carrying luggage, even the five-year-old grandson had a small bundle on his back.

Village Chief Yang sighed and said, "Move the grain to the roadside, throw away the cart, let the oxen carry as much grain as they can, and hire villagers to help carry the rest."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of Village Chief Ding and the others surrounding him lit up. Hiring villagers to help carry the grain was a good idea.

"Carry a sack of grain, and you'll get half a jin of grain as wages a day. Anyone interested, just say the word," Village Chief Ding shouted first.

"I do"

"I do"

……

Only a minority of families in the village owned mule carts or oxcarts; most families used handcarts or wheelbarrows. This is where the advantages of handcarts and wheelbarrows became apparent.