Hearing the shouts, Lin Yinan, who was inside the tent, hurriedly slung his bow and arrows over his shoulder and lifted the curtain to go outside.

Grandma Zhao quickly stopped her, "Hey, you little rascal, where are you going?"

"Grandma, I'll go take a look."

"With such a big belly, where are you going? Your husband has four or five bodyguards, and there are so many men in the village. Why would they need a pregnant woman like you to stand up for them?" Old Mrs. Zhao said anxiously.

Things are different now. Anan is engaged and has a husband.

Lin Yinan was still worried. "Grandma, I'll stand behind and watch. I won't go any closer."

Grandma Zhao couldn't persuade her otherwise, so she could only gently instruct her, "Then you should take good care of the baby in your belly."

"knew."

Lin Yinan followed the villagers carrying swords and knives down the path.

Yun Mo led two hundred guards and quickly walked over from the other side. When he saw Lin Yinan in the crowd, he frowned slightly and then gave a few instructions to Yun San beside him.

After hearing this, Yun San headed straight for Lin Yinan.

“Third Madam, the master has ordered me to follow you,” Yun San said earnestly and respectfully.

Lin Yinan's face remained calm, her gaze as cold as ever. "Whatever you say."

The procession on the path drew closer and closer. Lin Yinan looked up and saw that the procession was vast and impressive, with more than twenty mule carts.

What exactly is the purpose of such a large convoy?

Perhaps seeing Yun Mo leading two hundred guards blocking the way, a person was helped down from the mule cart. It was Wu Peng, Wu Xingwang's loyal guard leader.

He was helped to the second mule cart.

Before long, everyone saw Wu Xingwang's obese body being helped down from the mule cart by a middle-aged man who looked like a steward, followed by other family members.

He walked to a distance of about ten feet from Yun Mo and the others, and respectfully bowed to Yun Mo, saying, "Young Master Yun, it's really fate that we meet again!"

Yun Mo glanced at the massive convoy behind him, his eyes bright, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

"Where is Mr. Wu heading with such a large entourage?"

Wu Xingwang's chubby face, which had been smiling like Maitreya Buddha, instantly fell apart. Knowing the character of Yun Mo and the others, he no longer concealed the purpose of his trip.

"I have been traveling day and night and have finally caught up with you! Young Master Yun, you may not know, but a plague has broken out in Dingshan City, and I had no choice but to leave with my family."

Yun Mo was taken aback, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Plague? Weren't we perfectly fine when we left? How could a plague suddenly break out?"

"That morning, after delivering the grain to you, on my way back I saw that among the large number of refugees gathered outside the city, many of them had high fever, fainting, vomiting, or even coughing up blood. I immediately felt something was wrong."

"After returning to the city, I made a special trip to several clinics. According to doctors I knew, more than a dozen people had already died. The situation was getting worse and worse. Even when I reported it to the government, the officials didn't take it seriously."

"I secretly went to the homes of several wealthy and powerful families to inquire, and found that they had already moved their entire families out of the city, leaving only two or three servants to guard their grand courtyards."

"I sensed something was wrong, so I quickly told my family to pack up our valuables, lock the door, and head in the direction that Young Master Yun's group had left."

After saying this, Wu Xingwang bowed deeply to Yun Mo and said sincerely, "I humbly request to follow Young Master Yun's group south."

Yun Momin had his own considerations regarding this request. He replied ambiguously, "There are many roads to choose from. Anyone can take the road south. Boss Wu, there's no need for this."

"I only trust Young Master Yun!"

Wu Xingwang was not giving up. He had experienced the situation of the refugees on the road before.

Just two days ago, they received several thousand kilograms of grain from someone else. Yun Mo didn't rule out the possibility of anything, but then he thought of the sick people in the team these past two days.

He said slowly, "You can come along, but we have a lot of elderly people, women and children here. We don't know if anyone in Boss Wu's group has been infected with the plague, so you need to keep your distance from us for three days. During these three days, you are not allowed to approach any of us."

"It would be good if he could come along," Wu Xingwang nodded quickly. "No problem, we can do it."

"We plan to rest here for one night and then leave tomorrow."

Yun Mo left half of his guards here and took the other half to leave and give instructions to the Lin family patriarch and the village chief.

Wu Yuan, the young master of Wu, saw Lin Yinan hidden in the crowd and waved to her.

Lin Yinan rolled her eyes, pretended not to see, and turned to leave.

Thinking about the plague Wu Xingwang mentioned, it must have been the refugees who initially fled from Luochu City, but he didn't expect them to arrive in Dingshan City so quickly.

Wu Yuan caught a glimpse of Lin Yinan's protruding belly as she turned away, and his heart tightened. He murmured, "Miss Lin is pregnant? Isn't she unmarried?"

Wu Yao, the younger sister, was speechless at her brother's womanizing ways.

"She didn't tell you she was married, did she!" Wu Yao added, seeing her brother's disappointed look. "We're a merchant family. Even if she's unmarried, do you think she'd be interested in you?"

Wu Yuan stood there, stunned. He had never thought much of the identity of a merchant before, but now it seemed to be a little different.

"Sister, brother-in-law wants us to go to the clan chief's meeting. Are you going?" Lin Yiheng leaned closer and whispered to Lin Yinan.

Lin Yinan shook her head. "I'm not going. Just tell me what we talked about later. I want to go for a walk in the woods."

"Okay, be careful and take Qianwu with you," Lin Yiheng reminded her.

After returning, Lin Yinan found a basket and called Qianwu, Lin Chunni, Lin Yirong, and a few others to come out of the tent.

Yunying wanted to go with them, but Lin Yinan coaxed her to stay and watch over Lin Zhiyan.

She couldn't even distinguish between grass and wild vegetables, and every time she dug one up, she had countless questions. Taking her there made Lin Yinan's head buzz.

After a heavy rain, not only were there plenty of wild vegetables in the woods, but mushrooms also sprouted up.

Even if several elderly people in the village die, and the atmosphere becomes somber, it cannot stop the women and children from going out to dig for wild vegetables.

Many people had already arrived in the woods, and Lin Yinan led Qianwu and the others to walk deeper into the woods.

"Anan, come here quickly, there are many here."

Aunt Li squatted on an open space and greeted Yao Yinan warmly.

"No, Aunt Li, let's walk further in and see if there are any mushrooms."

"Dr. Lin said that many mushrooms are poisonous, and we don't know how to tell them apart, so be careful not to pick the wrong ones."

"I'll only pick the ones I recognize," Lin Yinan replied with a faint smile.

A woman ran over with a basket and, without saying a word, grabbed several handfuls of wild vegetables and put them into Lin Yinan's basket.

She muttered to herself, "We don't have anything worthwhile at home, so please thank Young Master Yun for the medicine. My son's high fever has subsided, and he even ate a big bowl of porridge at noon."

The villagers knew that the Yun family must value Lin Yinan, otherwise they wouldn't have written the marriage certificate overnight.

The Yun family treats Lin Yinan well, and they benefit from it as well; they share in the glory.