After two days of walking, disaster victims began to appear on the road from time to time.

Some walk alone, some work as a unit of the whole village, and some walk together in twos and threes.

But there are not many people, it is the kind of walking in the whole village, the village with the largest number of people they encountered has only about two hundred people.

The overall conditions in the south can be seen from the victims in the north than those in the north. Qi Kang'an remembered that most of the refugees they met on the road when they fled were skinny and pitiful. Aside from the shabby clothes, it could be seen that he was fleeing a disaster, but his complexion was exhausted, at least he wasn't skinny, and he even had almost all his belongings.

There are horse-drawn carts, ox carts, and mule carts, and those who only carry backpacks on their backs. The backpacks are all quite big.

The reason is also easy to think of. There is food on the mountain, and there are no pursuers behind them, forcing them to run almost without stopping.

It may also be because they are not in a desperate situation, and the common people are naturally afraid of officers and soldiers. The refugees have already avoided the food transport team when they saw it far away. Even the exile team, they just pointed at the sky , no one dares to approach.

This reassured everyone a lot, at least it wasn't as scary as they imagined.

As we go forward, more and more refugees appear, and these refugees...

Another two days later, not too far away from the big team, there were almost as many victims as them.

With a dark face on Wednesday, Gui glanced back from time to time: "What are you doing?"

Isn't it to escape disaster, why all follow back?
Fang Qi also had solemn eyebrows: "Who would want to leave their hometown with a background, seeing the imperial court's disaster relief team, this is to follow us to receive the disaster relief food and return home."

I hope so.

Zheng Haoran also nodded: "That's right. It is said that the disaster victims in the south can't get here. Each state and each government can accommodate some of the disaster victims. The imperial court originally stipulated that in the disaster year, each state government should accommodate the disaster victims as much as possible within the scope of its ability. In the past, the imperial court has been providing disaster relief, and many victims should have returned to their hometowns after receiving the relief food.

This time we can see the victims here. It is precisely because of the accidents of the previous two disaster relief rations, so it is no surprise for them to see the relief rations and follow them back. "

A few people here were talking, and a scout in front quickly ran to Qi Kang'an and the others.

"General, Guanfeng Pass is [-] miles ahead, and Biaoxia and others have carefully checked the vicinity of Guanfeng Pass, and there is nothing abnormal."

"There is indeed a small cottage on the south side of the mountain, but it has been abandoned for a long time. There is nothing left in the cottage, and there is thick dust everywhere."

Qi Kang'an nodded, and the scout turned his horse's head and left quickly.

Only then did King Li speak out: "According to the report from the scouts, there should be no danger at Guan Fengkou."

Qi Kang'an was silent before replying: "You still have to be careful."

King Li also agrees with this point, not only at Guanfengkou, but they have to be careful everywhere along the way.

Unexpectedly, their worries were all nonsense, the road ahead went surprisingly smoothly, they crossed the Guanfeng Pass without any obstacles, and even crossed Yanhe smoothly.

When the big guys stood on this side of the river and looked at the opposite side, they all felt in a trance.

——So, come here so easily?
There are no chasing soldiers or interceptions, and there are no water ghosts under the water. Why is it so incredible?
Regardless of the unbelievable, the road still has to move forward.

The subsequent journey was also unprecedentedly smooth. In the evening after another seven days of walking, the food transportation team arrived at the first disaster relief point of their trip - Bacheng.

Bacheng did not open the city gates like the towns passing by before and welcomed them to enter the city early, but on the contrary, the city gates were closed tightly, and there were wooden piers facing upwards more than ten meters away from the city gates. .

On the city wall far away, a soldier held up a large wooden horn and shouted: "Is it the relief food envoy?"

Qi Kang'an's soldiers got Qi Kang'an's order, and they beat their hands into trumpets and shouted: "It is our disaster relief envoy, open the city gate quickly."

"It can't be opened, there is a plague in the city, and a group of plague victims are blocked outside the south city gate. The county magistrate ordered me to wait for the disaster relief envoy, and tell the disaster relief envoy, don't enter the city."

Qi Kang'an whispered a few words in the soldier's ear, and the soldier continued to shout after hearing this: "Where is your magistrate, let him come out and answer."

"The county magistrate is stationed at the south gate, so he can't leave."

King Li leaned close to Qi Baoer and muttered in a low voice, "Isn't something wrong with the county magistrate?"

Qi Baoer gave him an affirmative look, and turned to him slightly, and also lowered her voice:

"The county magistrate of Bacheng is also infected with the disease, and now the master is in charge of the city.

Nearly [-] affected people were blocked outside the gate of Nancheng. Although Bacheng is still providing disaster relief, porridge is given out every day, and doctors see them every day.

It's just that the granary in Bacheng was already empty, and now the county magistrate had the audacity to borrow food from rich merchants in the city, and there were not many medicinal materials left.

There is also a Qianjin Medical Clinic in the city, which is making money from the national crisis. The owner of the Qianjin Medical Clinic is the Wang family, the richest man in Bacheng. The clinic reopened, but the price of the medicine was ten times higher than before. Now the magistrate of Yue County already owes Qianjin Medical Clinic more than 6000 taels of silver.

It’s just that they can’t hold it for long, the porridge is getting thinner, and the soup is almost unbearable. The county magistrate Yue is afraid that the infected people outside the south gate will riot, so he sits on the city wall to guard it. six days. "

Prince Li and Fang Qi who heard it together: "..."

Are silent.

Several people stood outside the city gate for a long time. No matter how the guards yelled, the words on the city wall were: "There is a disease in the city, so you are not allowed to enter." '

In the end, they turned off the speakers and hid one by one, saying 'I don't listen' and 'I don't listen'.

Qi Kang'an came over, "Bao, haven't you already agreed with the county magistrate of Bacheng?"

After hearing what Qi Baoer said just now, King Li could answer for him: "Magistrate Yue of Bacheng County is a good official for the people and the country. There is already a disease in Bacheng. He is afraid that after we enter It's all dyed."

Qi Kang'an turned his head to look at the carriages where the imperial physicians were sitting behind, several black lines slid down his forehead, "He, don't you know if we have an imperial physician here?"

Prince Li: "...Estimates, maybe, maybe I really don't know."

It's not that magistrate Yue doesn't know, but he knows but can't tell.

On the night when Qi Baoer confessed on the city wall of Bacheng, County Magistrate Yue had actually contracted the epidemic. He knew something was wrong with his body, but he didn't suspect that it was the epidemic.

So after learning that Qi Bao'er appeared on the city wall and hurried over to get the news from the soldiers, he was planning to rush back to tell his colleagues in the yamen the news.

It's just that, unfortunately, the half-daoist fell down, and there was no time to say anything.

What's more, there was a riot by the victims in a town under Bacheng, and the team of city guards was temporarily transferred away overnight.

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