"What's the matter?" asked Butcher Yang.

Everyone felt a little uneasy.

I don’t know if it was because of Su Yin’s expression, or because I heard that Nan Jingzhi and his group were about to leave that affected my mood.

"Now that Nan Jingzhi and the others have left, we have to rely on ourselves. You all know the situation in Baiji County. Do you still remember when we intercepted them on the official road in Linzhi County and demanded tolls?"

"Of course I remember."

It's only been three days, how could I forget.

"The following is what I want to say. I observed carefully that day. Sometimes the soldiers who intercepted us would not let us pass even if we paid them. At first I thought they were deliberately making things difficult for us, but after thinking about it carefully, I realized that they were not doing that for no reason."

“Most of the people they turn away are sick.”

Everyone was surprised.

Li Rui was not surprised at all.

Uncle Li's eldest son suddenly realized that no wonder his cousin Li Rui asked him to put his uncle in the car and pretend to sleep that day. It turned out to be because of this matter.

"The magistrate of Linzhi County must be aware of the situation in Nanshan County, but he is reluctant to extort money from the refugees, so he took the risk and did such a thing."

"The magistrate of Linzhi County took the risk of letting the refugees pass through because he was greedy for money, but we cannot guarantee that the county towns and prefectures we pass through later will do the same. If they had made it clear from the beginning that they could not allow the refugees from Nanshan County to pass through, then we would have been blocked and unable to move forward. Or we could have taken a different, more difficult mountain road."

"What I just said is still the most ideal one."

"If we encounter a ruthless official, he might just gather all the refugees from Nanshan County together, lock them up and kill them all."

After Su Yin finished speaking, the fourteen people traveling with her were so shocked that they were speechless.

After a long while, Zhou Youcai spoke, "Cousin Yin, it shouldn't be that serious, right?"

Li Rui shook his head in disapproval, "I think it's possible."

Doctor Li pondered for a moment and nodded. "The two possibilities that Miss Su mentioned are not groundless. Of the two possibilities, the first one is relatively minor. I'm afraid that some officials, for the sake of their own stability, will adopt the second one and solve the problem once and for all. This possibility is much more likely than the first one."

Doctor Li was afraid that they would not believe him, so he added: "You don't know that in our dynasty, when dealing with plague, we often use the second method. Twenty years ago, when my father was still alive, we experienced it. It happened in the next state."

"Since there is a precedent, other officials will follow suit."

When talking about the epidemic twenty years ago, most older people have some impression of it.

Although not in this state, I have heard some rumors about it in the neighboring states.

With Dr. Li's personal testimony, even if they wanted to take a chance, they didn't dare to do so now.

Li Rui looked at Su Yin, "Su Yin, is there any way you can avoid this?"

Since she brought this up, she must have come up with a way to deal with it.

"Here's what I think. In order to avoid this kind of situation, in the future, when we meet someone, no matter who they are, and they ask us where we are from, we must never say that we are from Nanshan County."

All roads lead to Rome, and the road from Dongtu County to Linzhou is not the only one they took.

"In addition, in order to avoid accusations from those with ulterior motives, we should have a unified statement to the public. Even the place where we came out should be unified. We should not divide it into Lijia Village and Xinghua Village."

"Since we are all going to walk together in the future, it is better not to separate ourselves too much." Su Yin guided calmly.

"We all come from the same place, how about Dongtu?"

Su Yin shook her head, "It's still too obvious, let's change it."

"We are not well educated, why don't we ask Doctor Li to come up with a name?" someone suggested.

Doctor Li waved his hand and said, "Let me learn to read and examine the disease. I am good at it, but I am not good at naming. Let's let Yinyin do it."

Su Yin waved her hand and said, "Doctor Li, you should come."

Doctor Li couldn't refuse and thought hard.

"I think it's better to use the name of another village than to use a fictitious name, which can be easily exposed."

"Why not choose a village with a similar accent and customs to ours? It just so happens that I know a village that is perfect for this."

"There is a herbal medicine village near our Dongtu County called Fengqi Village. The accent and customs of this village are similar to ours. Why don't we just say we are from Fengqi Village?"

"Fengqi Village belongs to Pinghu County. If you go to Linzhou from Pinghu County, you won't be able to reach Nanshan County at all. Going to Nanshan County will only take a long detour."

"If we say it's Fengqi Village, we can find out for sure and avoid gossip. Secondly, we can avoid exposing the fact that we passed through Nanshan County. No one will think that we will take a detour to Nanshan County after leaving Pinghu County."

Doctor Li analyzed it carefully and explained it patiently to everyone.

"I think Dr. Li is very thoughtful."

"I agree."

"This way we can avoid what Yinyin is worried about."

As for whether I will meet someone from Fengqi Village or know someone from Fengqi Village, this is a matter of probability and can only be left to God.

After all, lies are never perfect.

Let's see what this lie is useful for.

Su Yin was not worried about being recognized as not being from Fengqi Village.

The people she wanted to deceive were the group of people who were chasing her, not anyone else.

As long as we can fool them and that group of people in Showa County, it will be fine.

That's how it was decided.

Su Yin said, "This matter concerns the fate of all of us. I hope that after you go back, you must explain it clearly to everyone at home and don't let anyone slip. If one person leaks it, it will lead to the death of everyone. So you must make sure that everyone remembers it. No matter if they are adults or children."

"If someone asks about your residence certificate, remember to say you lost it and don't have it with you."

"good."

"clear."

There are a lot of refugees who do not have household registration certificates. As the incident happened suddenly, many people do not have enough time to get the household registration certificates.

Su Yin thought for a moment, "Because this matter concerns the lives of the entire team, I will conduct random inspections and interrogations in the afternoon. If anyone lets the cat out of the bag, they will be fined one tael of silver. If they let the cat out of the bag for the second time, they will be fined ten taels of silver. The third time, twenty taels of silver."

"This is all for everyone's lives, I hope you can understand."

Since the things predicted in the dream will happen, they will definitely happen.

The first thing is that Showa County gave "special care" to people coming from Nanshan County, which revealed something strange.

The second thing is that Nan Jingzhi and his group will leave.

The third thing is that the group of people who killed people in Xinghua Village before will arrive in Zhaohe County and run into Li Erniu. They will learn about Xinghua Village from Li Erniu and bring disaster upon themselves.

We must stop these things from happening now.