The medicine brought by Lin Xiaoxiao made everyone feel relieved, but the good times didn't last long.
On the third day after Lin Xiaoxiao arrived, the first person fell down.
After the first person fell, it was as if the accelerator button was pressed, or as if a taut string was loosened, and soon, people fell one after another.
The whole city was filled with groans and cries, and people were lying on the ground everywhere.
Doctor Lu shakily helped the medicine boy up by the hand and shook his head helplessly. "This plague is coming with all the force. We're running low on medicine, and with no food, it's probably going to be difficult to control... Sigh... It's a good thing the Nie family is still distributing porridge, otherwise the situation would be much worse. But I heard the Nie family's rice supply won't last much longer..."
Sang Yu looked at the street and murmured, "I can't go on like this."
Sang Yu drove the carriage straight to the county government office, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Xia Mingxu coming out.
When Xia Mingxu saw Sang Yu, he bowed to her and said, "Master, you've arrived just in time. News has come in from the city gate that many people have come from outside the city and have specifically asked to see you. I was just about to go look for you. Why don't you come with me to take a look?"
And on the other side at this time.
In the village outside the city.
Lin Yueyue and Qi Chunyu finally arrived.
The two men sat exhausted at the door, knocking on it hard.
The old woman on the farm impatiently opened the door and shouted, "Who are you? Beggar, go away! Go away! I have no food here."
As soon as she finished speaking, Qi Chunyu grabbed her clothes. She looked down and was shocked. She didn't expect that it was Qi Chunyu who had just left.
She quickly called for someone to carry Qi Chunyu and Lin Yueyue in, and ordered them to prepare food, boil water for them to bathe, and find them two sets of clothes to change into.
Half a day had passed since the busy work began.
The two walked all night and now they are finally alive.
After taking a bath, he didn't complain about the material of the clothes and put them on and started eating.
I didn't care whether the food was good or not. I ate it all in one go and felt alive again.
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, feeling extremely glad for their decision.
However, their happiness did not last long, as new problems arose.
Because the city was sealed off, some of the dignitaries who were originally in the city wanted to leave the city.
Because they felt that the county magistrate was locking them up in the city to let them fend for themselves, and some even started spreading rumors that Xia Mingyuan was planning to burn them alive, so they soon tried to sneak out of the city, but were stopped.
However, there will always be brave men when there is a big reward.
Several cunning servants in the Qi Mansion took advantage of the fact that there was no one in charge of the Qi Mansion and secretly packed up some valuables and bribed the officials and soldiers, intending to leave the city. Their destination was the farm outside the city.
Several people successfully left the city with their belongings and met up with another person at the city gate.
That person was none other than Lin Yueyue's father, Lin Muting.
As early as when the plague broke out, he wanted to leave the city, but he was short of money at that time, so he thought of asking Lin Yueyue for some money, but he didn't expect to find out that Lin Yueyue had gone out of the city and never came back, and he was locked in the city and couldn't go out. There was no one in charge of the Qi family except the housekeeper, so he had a bad idea and took the opportunity to instigate a few scary people to pack up the valuables and divide the spoils after leaving the city, and then they reached a consensus.
After leaving the city, several people headed straight for Zhuangzi.
At this time, there were also many refugees surrounding Zhuangzi.
There are farmlands all around here. There is only this one village in this area of dozens of acres, and many refugees have gathered here.
Seeing so many refugees, the old woman on the farm had to ask Qi Chunyu for instructions.
Seeing that there was enough food on the farm, Qi Chunyu asked the maid to go to the door to distribute porridge, but was stopped by Lin Yueyue.
"No, we can't give it to them. They all have the plague. What if they get infected?"
"But...if we don't give them food, they will starve to death. Are we just going to watch them starve to death on our doorstep?"
"Let them starve to death. They're sick with the plague and won't survive anyway. If you feed them, it will only attract more refugees, and then they'll infect us. That would be disastrous."
Qi Chunyu frowned, feeling very conflicted.
At this time, the old woman came hurriedly to report that several men had rushed in.
Qi Chunyu and Lin Yueyue were terrified when they saw several wrapped men running in.
"Daddy?" Lin Yueyue looked at the man at the back and called out subconsciously.
Lin Muching's heart skipped a beat when he saw Lin Yueyue. He quickly poked the others and spoke first: "Yueyue, you and I are here. You scared your father."
After saying that, he looked at Qi Chunyu again, "I guess this must be Miss Qi. We finally found you."
Lin Muting continued, "I heard there was a plague in the city, so I thought of taking you home to hide for a few days. However, I didn't expect that when I arrived at the Qi Mansion, I couldn't find you and the young lady. The manor was also very anxious, so my brothers and I decided to come to this manor to see if we could find you. I didn't expect that our efforts would pay off, and we actually found you."
Lin Yueyue originally felt some resentment towards Lin Muting after he sent her to be his concubine. But now, seeing that Lin Muting risked his own life to save her, she was immediately moved and believed everything. If Qi Chunyu had not been there, she would have wanted to hug Lin Muting and cry.
But what kind of people had Qi Chunyu not seen in the mansion? As early as when Lin Muching came, he felt something was wrong.
Their expressions and the bags they were carrying made her feel something was wrong, so she sneered, "Humph, I told the housekeeper that I was coming to this manor, how could anyone in the manor not know? Besides, the second young master of the Qi family is still in the manor, how could he not know where we are going? I think you have ulterior motives."
Lin Muching didn't expect that a little girl like Qi Chunyu could have such vision, and his face immediately turned cold.
"Miss Qi, being too smart is not a good thing."
Qi Chunyu's heart skipped a beat. "What are you going to do? Come... um..."
Lin Muting was the first to cover Qi Chunyu's mouth, while the old woman was knocked unconscious by several other people.
Several people quickly tied the man up and then clapped their hands in satisfaction.
Lin Yueyue looked at this scene in surprise and asked tremblingly: "Daddy, what are you doing..."
Lin Muching sat on the chair and said, "Can't you see? Your father wants to be the master here. Aren't you bullied enough by them?"
Lin Yueyue thought of how Qi Xingyu beat and scolded her, shook her teeth, and stopped talking, watching Qi Chunyu being dragged away.
"Daddy, where are you taking her?"
"The woodshed is locked," Lin Muting said. "Don't worry, the deed to this farm is in Daddy's hands. From now on, this is our territory. Let's see who comes to bully us again. As for those people in the city, they are not sure whether they can survive!"
"Yeah." Lin Yueyue nodded after hearing what Lin Muching said.
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