On the road to escape famine, others ate vegetables but I ate meat

Chapter 21 Shuixiang County

Seeing that they looked unhappy, Xu Yin and the others ate the steamed buns in silence, and ate several of them with bean paste.

It seems that even if the eldest brother comes forward, he can’t buy meat.

Xu Qi sneered in his heart. He didn't know how many innocent girls his elder brother had slept with with his face behind his back. Now that he saw his elder brother being humiliated, he felt so gloating in his heart.

Xu Rou came back and threw a tantrum, but no one paid any attention to her.

Even if she wanted to cause trouble for Li, it would be difficult. Now everyone is in exile. She is no longer the fourth lady of the Duke of Huguo's Mansion. If she wants to make trouble for her aunt, she will inevitably be gossiped and cause dissatisfaction from her eldest brother.

When she came back just now, she saw that her brother had an extremely gloomy face!
Thinking of this, Xu Rou suddenly felt nauseous and wanted to vomit, and her body began to itch again.

She had no choice but to call Chunfeng over. After applying the medicine, she felt a little better, but Chunfeng was also itchy. "Miss, can you apply some on me?"

"What are you applying? It's just this little bit of medicine. What else should I apply to you?" Xu Rou didn't care. She was just a maid. Why should she apply medicine to her?

Chunfeng felt a little sad, but she still said, "Miss, I am not in good health. If I take care of you, I will definitely infect you..."

Xu Rou frowned, thought about it, and it seemed to be the case. In the end, she had no choice but to give Chunfeng a little medicine.

"Okay, go get me something to eat."

"Yes."

Xu Rou was not the only one in the team who felt nauseous and wanted to vomit. Some people also developed high fevers one after another.

Lan Yue and the others had no idea what was happening here.

After eating and drinking, they simply washed up and started to move away from the Xu family with their luggage. They found a better environment and then went to bed.

Lan Yue and Gu Yan took turns to keep watch.

All night without incident.

It was a little after four in the morning (for the sake of convenience, I wrote it directly using modern time, and special plots will be written using ancient time).

Lan Yue and the others casually ate a few dry biscuits mixed with water, and then started on their journey.

"what!"

A heart-wrenching scream was heard, followed by the crying of the crowd.

Lan Yue discovered that the illness came from the Xu family. It seemed that they were beginning to get sick.

I wonder if what they are infected with is a plague? If so, they need to get away from here as soon as possible.

"What happened over there? Are they crying so early in the morning?" Gu Xue put on her bag and glanced in the direction of Xu's house.

"It's none of our business anyway, let's go." Liu was not a person who liked to join in the fun, and she was not curious at all about what was happening over there.

They can barely take care of themselves now, and yet they still care about others. Isn't that just asking for trouble?
Lan Yue and his group picked up their things and started on their journey.

When the screams happened at Xu's house, Li Shengge's family also hurried on their way.

Yesterday he saw those people suffering from some unknown thing on their bodies, and some of them fainted for unknown reasons and looked pale. As for whether they had a high fever, he didn't know.

"What's going on? Why do I have so many pimples?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Sir, these people have a fever."

Butler Liu wore a face mask and looked at those who were coughing. They must have some disease that was contagious.

Xu Yi looked at those people with some disdain. They were all servants. If they died, they died! Now they were still on the road of exile. Even if the emperor showed mercy and let them have fewer restrictions on the road of exile, as long as they reached the place of exile, he didn't want to spend money to treat these people.

He didn't have that much money. If he treated these people, he would lose half of his private money, which was absolutely impossible.

"Hurry up and get on your way. Those who can't walk will be left to fend for themselves!" Xu Yi got on the carriage and said coldly, letting Butler Liu solve the problem on his own.

Butler Liu didn't say anything. He just asked someone to pick up the things and started on his way.

Xu Rou wanted to throw a tantrum like a spoiled brat, but her brother had spoken, so she had to endure the discomfort and continue on her way.

She didn't know what had happened to her. If she couldn't hold on to the next county, she might lose her life.
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After traveling for a whole day, they finally saw the county town.

However, outside the county town, there were still many refugees who had come from all directions.

“It seems that this is also a county that cannot be entered.”

Gu Xue was picking up firewood nearby. It was a good thing that they chose a place close to the woods. If she had gone to the front and squeezed with those people, she really wouldn't have been able to bear it.

"To be on the safe side, you and the lady stay here to watch the things, and Gu Yan and I will go to the front to ask around." After Lan Yue and the others lit a fire, they gave Gu Xue and Liu a few words of instruction, and then went to the gate of the county town with Gu Yan to inquire about the news.

It was late, there was no way they would be able to get into the city tonight.

"What do you think we should do? Everyone is sick with fever. If we can't get into the county tomorrow, we won't survive for long."

"We have no food left, and no money on us. How can we survive?"

"Who made God so cruel? There is war at the border again. We are lucky to be alive until now. We can't blame anyone."

Lan Yue raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect that some of these people were sick. If that was true, then they would definitely not be able to enter the county town.

Just because others can't get in doesn't mean she can't get in, but she doesn't want to take the risk of going in to buy food. She still has supplies in her space, and what they lack now is water.

"Let's go back first."

Gu Yan nodded. He also knew that they couldn't enter the county town tonight. Moreover, there were people guarding the city gate. If they sneaked in rashly, it would be more trouble than gain.

"You're back, how's it going? Did you hear any news?" Liu didn't cook anything, so she had to eat something casually to fill her stomach tonight.

The meat had been eaten and there was only rice and some yellowed vegetables left.

"Some people in the group ahead are sick. I think they have the same illness as the people we met before." Lan Yue said, "Let's just make do with it tonight. Tomorrow we'll pass by the woods and see if we can shoot any pheasants."

If you eat too much meat, it’s nice to change the taste occasionally.

No one else had an opinion.
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"Open the door, my lord!"

"Sir, please save us, we are really desperate!"

Early in the morning, Lan Yue could hear those people calling for help.

Lan Yue glanced above the city gate. The county magistrate had come out, but they had no intention of opening the gate.

"Everyone, please be patient. I know how hard you have to go through, but without an imperial decree, we dare not open the door." The county magistrate's words undoubtedly pushed the refugees into a dead end.

"Sir, we are all common people. Can the emperor bear to watch us suffer?"

"We are not going to live in the city. We just want to see a doctor and buy some food. Is that not okay?"

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