When Meng Yunzheng received the letter, he wasn't surprised. He knew his father's temperament well and could only write back urging him to protect himself.
Fortunately, the Meng family was in Chenggu County, which was still some distance from the prefecture. If chaos erupted in the prefecture, Chenggu County would have time to prepare to flee.
However, no one expected the chaos to come so quickly, and by a stroke of coincidence, the first place to fall into disorder was the county town of Chenggu County.
According to the news from Lord Fei, there was a group of mountain bandits near Chenggu County. Not long ago, they took advantage of the absence of the County Magistrate and the lax defenses to suddenly storm into the county town. Not only did they burn, kill, and loot, but they also broke into the homes of many wealthy families, kidnapping people and later demanding ransoms from those families.
