After walking for four days to reach Qiang County, Tang Youyou stretched and said, "I've slept so well these past few days."
It seems that joining the Liu family was the right decision.
"Go!"
"The soldiers are here to chase us away!"
"Don't let them into the city! Kill anyone you see!"
The victims were in chaos. Tang Youyou grabbed a woman and said, "Auntie, what happened?"
The woman tugged at her sleeve but couldn't get it out. She glared at her and said, "Hey, let go! We're not letting anyone into Qiang County. No one is allowed to get within five miles. The soldiers are chasing us away. Run!"
She let go of the woman, and she ran away and disappeared.
Five miles away? What was this Qiangxian doing? Something unknown had happened. No, she had to go and find out.
"Dad, you guys go into the woods first. I want to check it out!"
Without waiting for Old Man Tang's reply, he walked straight forward.
The victims looked at her with confusion.
"Does this woman want to die?"
"Who knows? Maybe there's something wrong with his brain!"
"My God, this is really brave!"
Everyone was running around nervously, but when they saw her going against the flow, they all stopped and wanted to see what would happen to her.
The officers and soldiers roared: "Seeking death?"
Tang Youyou took out a ten-ounce silver ingot from her sleeve and showed it to him.
The officers' eyes lit up and they waved.
"Hey! Look, the soldier didn't kill her!"
"What are those two whispering about over there?"
"Money makes the world go round, and they used silver!" said an old man with a white beard.
On this side, Tang Youyou got straight to the point: "Sir, may I ask why we are not allowed to enter the city?"
Then he stuffed the silver into his hand.
The officer looked around and whispered, "Why are you asking so many questions? Let's go quickly, the faster the better."
Tang Youyou's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that a riot broke out in the city?
"Sir, is there a riot in the city?"
The officer narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I can only tell you not to get too close to the crowd!"
"Sir, to be honest, we are preparing to come to the city for supplies. Is there any way to get water and food?"
The officers and soldiers were a little impatient: "No, everyone in the city is in danger now, where can we get extra food? Get out of here..."
Everyone is in danger? Tang Youyou's eyes widened suddenly, and something occurred to him. He quickly left, muttering to himself: It's true that plans can't keep up with changes.
"Go into the mountains!"
In a word, Carpenter Zhang and his men started to move. They converted the ox cart into a cart.
The Liu clan leader came over with a worried look on his face: "What should we do?"
"Why are you refusing to allow the disaster victims into the city? We all have household registration and travel permits!"
"Exactly, what's going on?"
"So many people walking on the mountain road? Not only is the speed too slow, but we're also running out of food!"
Tang Youyou's words silenced everyone: "Right now, there are at least five thousand people gathered outside the city. No one wants to leave, and they are all waiting for the city gates to open. But I just heard that there is chaos in the city, and the city gates will not be opened in the short term. Why don't we leave before everyone reacts? Maybe we can find more supplies."
Chief Liu glanced at his tribesmen and said, "We need to discuss this!"
Tang Youyou nodded: "Then Chief Liu, we will go first, and you follow behind!"
She didn't want to waste time here. Now that there was no water, she couldn't possibly conjure it out of thin air, could she? Besides, everyone in the city was worried about what? She had a bold guess: a plague?
So, the thirty of them entered the forest, naturally attracting a lot of people's attention.
"God, look at them, the old, weak, and sick, how dare they walk into the mountains?"
"Isn't it possible that they don't know how powerful this mountain is?"
"What do you mean?"
"Hey! I heard from others that this mountain is called Snake Mountain and it's extremely dangerous!"
"Alas! I wonder if the city gate will open tomorrow?"
"I don't want to climb mountains anymore, it's so tiring."
Everyone was talking about it and was in a state of panic.
The county magistrate of Qiang County was also in a state of panic.
"Pah!" "Send someone to inform the prefect and ask for support!"
The legal advisor stood aside, hesitating: "Sir, the relief grain hasn't been found yet, and there's an epidemic in the city. This is simply adding insult to injury."
The county magistrate rubbed his brows and asked, "How many disaster victims are there outside the city?"
"It is said that over 5,000 people are waiting five miles outside the city, refusing to leave and waiting for the gates to open!"
"Alas! You must not open it! Send someone to disinfect it thoroughly with quicklime!"
The lawyer's tone was somewhat helpless: "We have already sent people to start working on it. However, sir, it has been three days and we still haven't received the prefect's handwritten order. This seems a bit unreasonable."
The "Teng" county magistrate stood up immediately.
"You mean... he's going to abandon Qiang County?"
"It's not just Qiang County, right? I heard Wencheng isn't doing well either. My Lord, we have to prepare for the worst!"
The county magistrate sat down on the stool, thought of something, picked up the brush and began to write: "Quick, send someone to deliver it to the teacher!"
The master hesitated to speak, but finally could not help but persuade: "Sir, this distant water cannot quench the immediate thirst."
"No! If there's no relief food, at most the people will starve. But if this epidemic spreads, Qiang County and even the entire Dongchen will be finished. By then, I will be the sinner of the entire country!"
"Act quickly and spare no effort to deliver this letter to the teacher. As long as it can curb the epidemic, even if it means losing my head, I will have no complaints."
"Oh!" The lawyer went out with a sad face.
Tang Youyou and his group naturally didn't know what was happening here. They were happy about finding a water source.
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