It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 159

Jiang Yan walked around two almost burned-out and silent county towns, and then walked for most of the day before finally seeing a large number of stranded disaster victims in front of the city gate near Heyang County.

Were they stopped? Jiang Yan narrowed his eyes and tried to look around. The city gate was closed, and there seemed to be many people patrolling on the city wall.

After some thought, she turned and went into the woods, and found a secluded place near the water source to wait.

He squatted there until dusk.

Jiang Yan shook off the dust and grass behind him, found another hidden branch, and then multitasked, chewing wheat grains while paying attention to the surrounding dangers and planning his next move.

According to the lone victims she intercepted, they fled to the nearest Heyang County for refuge on the day the county town became chaotic.

At first, Heyang County accepted some people into the city, but as more and more refugees fled, the county saw that the situation was not right and simply closed the city gates and did not allow anyone to enter or leave.

Within two days, a high-ranking official from the provincial capital was welcomed into the county town overnight with dozens of his subordinates.

Soon, the disaster victims who had already entered the city were all driven out of the city one after another. Then came the ordinary people who could not produce their registered residence or whose registered residence was not in the Heyang County government.

Jiang Yan slowed down his chewing pace and became wary of the victims. A high-ranking official came from the provincial capital, with troops... Could it be that Commander Lu had fled here?

Thinking about how he had asked why they didn't take a detour to another county, Jiang Yan began to feel uneasy.

Heyang County has a very special geographical location. Unlike the relatively flat and open northern part of Heding Prefecture with no natural barriers to defend, it is built along a narrow river valley, with cliffs on both the east and west sides that are difficult to climb.

If you don't want to go through Heyang County to the south, the time will be quadrupled, and half of the journey will be through deep mountains and forests, where ferocious beasts such as tigers, brown bears, and wolves appear from time to time.

Not to mention the new bandits that appeared along the way, who robbed everyone regardless of gender, age or status, leaving no trace of anyone alive or dead.

Jiang Yan was a little surprised when he heard this. While Governor Lu and Inspector Chang wanted to send everyone they saw to Qinshan to mine, there was actually a wave of people going against the trend and continuing for at least two months.

The road ahead was blocked, and the road back was uncertain. After being depressed for a long time, Jiang Yan encouraged himself again. Fortunately, it was easier to find Grandma Sun Yun and the others.

This was the route she took to take them to the provincial capital. If nothing unexpected happened, they would be intercepted outside the city by Governor Lu.

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While Jiang Yan was trying various ways to find Sun Yun and others among the disaster victims, Governor Lu, who was hiding in the city waiting for reinforcements from the court, received two pieces of bad news.

One is that an epidemic broke out in the capital of Heding Prefecture, and the people in the city fled to various places, and may have arrived in Heyang County.

Secondly, something unexpected happened in Kyoto. The old emperor was assassinated and died. The cause of his death was unknown. The court was arguing over the successor and had no time to pay attention to other things.

Commander Lu stared at the secret letter in his hand, his face dark, his teeth gnashing, and veins throbbing in his neck.

"Sir?" Seeing this, General Lu's personal bodyguard interrupted cautiously, fearing that he would get angry and get hurt.

Governor Lu originally planned to use Heyang County as a base, and after the court sent reinforcements to retake the provincial capital, he would propose to distribute more gold mines to rebuild the damaged city and mansions.

Who could have thought that the old emperor would die first!!! He chose to die at this very moment instead of earlier!!! There was even an epidemic in Heding Prefecture!!!

Commander Lu started swearing loudly in the house, smashed all the furnishings in the house, and punched and kicked several beams for nearly a quarter of an hour before he stopped.

The magistrate of Heyang County, who was outside the door, was heartbroken when he first heard the sound of things being smashed inside the house. Governor Lu had requisitioned his study, and the ornaments inside were all his favorites.

Not to mention that through the crack in the door he saw cracks in the beams from being hit and kicked so hard that he was very worried that the house would collapse.

But with the few words that leaked out from General Lu's curse, the Heyang County magistrate immediately turned pale and staggered away.