After coaxing the child for a while, Jiang Yue's mother brought in a bowl of porridge. It was too hot to drink right now, so she put it on the table to cool it down. Then she touched Jiang Yue's forehead and, seeing that Jiang Yue's spirits had improved, said with relief, "It seems that the illness is cured. Your father doesn't have to go to the county to wait for Doctor Li every day anymore."
"Did my father go to see Doctor Li?"
"Yes, the medicine that Doctor Wang prescribed hasn't helped. You were so feverish that you were unconscious a couple of days ago. Your father quickly stopped the medicine that Doctor Wang prescribed. These past few days, you've been taking medicine prescribed by Doctor Li's apprentice. We won't see Doctor Wang anymore. No wonder the county magistrate went to Doctor Li instead of him. He was completely useless and almost harmed my child."
Jiang Yue quickly changed the subject. It's no wonder that Doctor Wang didn't come; even if she had brought another imperial physician, it wouldn't have made a difference. Jiang Yue drank a small bowl of porridge to fill her stomach. While eating, Chen told Jiang Yue about what had happened in the past few days. She heard that another rebellion had broken out in the nearby county town, and the imperial army was about to attack. Many refugees had come to the village, and the Jiang family would have already left if Jiang Yue hadn't been seriously ill.
"Your father will be very happy to see that you have recovered when he comes back, Yue'er. You need to take good care of yourself these next few days. Once you are better, we will hurry to the county town. You know, those marauding soldiers love to rob people like us."
Jiang Yue nodded in agreement. According to the plot, Shima County was about to fall. If Jiang Yue hadn't come, her whole family would have died on the way to Shima County. Even if she went to Shima County, it wouldn't have mattered. The leader of this rebel army and his family were killed by the governor of Shima County. During the siege, in order to prevent the city from falling, the governor had the audacity to push the civilians out to their deaths. The rebel leader was also a beast, killing all the civilians. The people of the county, seeing his brutality, held out for a long time before he finally captured the city. Then came the massacre, almost wiping out the entire population of the city.
After chatting for a while, the two little ones couldn't stay still and went out to play. Chen and Jiang Yue chatted for a while and saw that Jiang Yue looked tired. After helping her to sleep, Chen went out. When Jiang Yue woke up, it was already dark. She heard the noise from the next room, got out of bed, got dressed, and went over. When she got there, the two little ones were already asleep, and the mother and father were chatting. When they saw Jiang Yue come in, Chen and the father quickly stood up and came over to help Jiang Yue.
"Father, Mother, you don't need to help me. I can manage on my own."
"Oh dear, you scared me to death! I was so afraid something might have happened to you!" Father Jiang's face was filled with emotion, his voice trembling slightly. Heaven knows how worried he was; he even had blisters on his lips. Once Jiang Yue was seated, Father Jiang quickly reached out and touched her forehead and cheeks. Finding the fever had subsided, he said, "Thank God! I thought you..."
He was interrupted halfway through his sentence by a loud slap from Chen: "If you can't speak properly, then don't speak at all!"
After saying that, she glared at Jiang's father and said, "Go and bring the food to Yue'er. She must be starving after not eating properly for days."
After Jiang's father brought out the food, Jiang Yue ate some. During the meal, after confirming that Jiang Yue was well, Jiang's father kept saying that it was a blessing from the gods. After Jiang Yue finished eating, Jiang's father said, "Tomorrow I will go and invite Doctor Li's apprentice over. After confirming that Yue'er is well, we need to prepare some gifts to give to him. He saved Yue'er's life."
After the couple finished discussing Jiang Yue's matter, Jiang's father said with a worried look, "The neighboring county town has rebelled, and now many refugees and defeated soldiers have come to our side. Today, when I went to the county town to ask for a doctor, I heard that the Li family in Shitou Village was robbed and the whole family died."
After hearing what Jiang's father said, Chen was terrified and hurriedly asked him, "What should we do? Should we pack our things and run away? If not, we can go to the county town. When the rebel soldiers come to our village, our family of seven or eight people won't be able to hold them off."
“Sigh, I’m afraid even hiding in the county town won’t work. The yamen runners in the county town are good at exploiting the people, but it would be a waste to expect them to guard the city. I think we should go directly to the prefectural city. The prefectural city is much safer than the county town.”
After listening to the two talk for a long time, Jiang Yue realized that her father's idea was correct. What he didn't expect was that the rebel army would attack so quickly, and he didn't know that the rebel leader and the prefect of the county had a grudge. In addition, Jiang Yue had been sick for several days and died before going to the county. As a result, she just happened to arrive when the rebel army attacked. Then she was killed and robbed by the fleeing soldiers. Soldiers in this era were not like soldiers in later generations. Encountering fleeing soldiers was more terrifying than encountering bandits.
Now we can only go to the county town according to Jiang's father's idea. After all, the parents may not listen to what Jiang Yue, a ten-year-old child, says. It will take some time for the rebel army to attack. Even if we don't settle in the county town, we still need to go there to replenish supplies. After the news spreads that the rebel leader and the county governor have a grudge, we can persuade the parents to leave the county town and go to the capital. Even if the capital is breached, there will be no reason to massacre civilians in the capital.
The two then discussed what to bring. After thinking for a moment, Jiang's father said, "We have one cow and one donkey, but only one cart. I'll see if I can buy another cart when I go to the county town tomorrow. Two carts should be enough."
"Start packing your luggage tomorrow. Make some easy-to-carry dry food. You have experience with this, so I won't go into details. Also, prepare some small bundles. Each of the five of us will carry one so we won't starve if we get separated. Then, make water. Find all the water bags I made when I went hunting before, wash them, and fill them with water."
"I understand, Dad. Should we tell the village chief before we leave? Should we go together or what?"
"I'll talk to the village chief tomorrow, but they might not come with us. I'll see if I can find a few people to go with us. It's too easy for our family of five to be spotted. It's safer to have more people."
"Yes, you can decide."
After discussing the matter, Jiang Yue glanced at the two sleeping little ones and went back to her room. After closing the doors and windows, she set up a soundproof array. She then took out three puppets representing the family of three from her spatial storage. After activating them with spirit stones, Jiang Yue placed Bai Ze on the puppets' chests. Soon, the three puppets' eyes became lively, and they bowed to Jiang Yue, saying, "Master!"
"Bai Ze, find a chance to flee the famine with my family. I'll leave your safety on the road to you." After saying that, Jiang Yue took out a bow and arrow, a knife, and a set of soft armor from her spatial storage and handed them to Bai Ze. She also gave Bai Ze dozens of arrows. That was enough. In fact, the puppet's defense was already invincible in this world, but it was not good to expose it. Wearing soft armor would give her a reason to refuse.
"The main point is to persuade my father to move to the capital. There will be more and more rebels and barbarians in the future, so it would be better to move to the capital once and for all and then not have to travel back and forth anymore."
"Understood. Please be careful, Master. I'll be leaving now."
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