Qingshui County.
Zhang Bowu was driving a donkey cart, loaded with all his belongings, creaking as it left his courtyard. Looking at the roadside, he saw the neighbor and his son still carrying manure buckets, fertilizing their own vegetable garden.
Zhang Bowu exclaimed in surprise: "The gold dogs are about to arrive, why aren't you leaving quickly?"
The young neighbor's expression darkened, and he forced a smile: "Perhaps the gold dogs will only loot in the countryside. The county's city walls are high and thick, those gold dogs won't be able to breach them quickly."
The aging neighbor forced a laugh: "That's right, those fleeing nobles, carrying cartloads of jewels and gold, I've heard although the gold dogs are as fierce and brutal as beasts, they are also extremely cunning. They will definitely pursue the lords heading south."
Seeing the forced smiles on everyone's faces, Zhang Bowu sighed deeply: "Why delude yourselves?"
Their smiles gradually faded.
