Most generals can make judgments about who is more important than the people around Yanzhou City, between the army that has been carefully cultivated and thinking of competing for the world's capital.
Unable to prevent the army from fleeing Yanzhou and getting closer to the place where they had lived, the people of Yanzhou and nearby areas were frightened by the severe epidemic and fled one after another.
At this time, the north had been occupied by the Rong people. Although the Liu family still had a corner of land to support them, they were also surrounded by the Rong people. To the west of Yanzhou is the Gobi Desert, to the east is Xinzhou... To the south, that is Gyeonggi.
Some people hope to defect to the Rong people and get the protection of their high priests, and some people trust their own people more... Although these fleeing people are basically shot to death on the roadside or in the wild.
Just as they feared the Wei army that was infected with the epidemic, the place they hoped to defect to also feared them.
In mid-winter, after locals were infected with the epidemic in Shinshu, the epidemic also appeared in Gyeonggi two days later!
Although there was only one person, and the house was burned down immediately, the imperial capital was shocked!
This can't be blamed on Lu Shengping's lack of dedication. He guarded all the paths he knew, including the paths taken by the woodcutter. However, due to limited military strength and understanding of the terrain, it is impossible to seal off the entire north... What's more, people are not dead objects. There are still some people who take a detour and sneak in from the east and west...
"Please also ask the queen to leave Gyeonggi immediately!" After Lu Shengping learned that there was an epidemic in Gyeonggi, he immediately returned to Yuzhu Town and asked Wei Changying, "This epidemic spreads extremely fast, and there is no cure so far. Now that the epidemic has appeared in Gyeonggi, once The queen, prince and others have made mistakes and will never be able to atone for their sins!"
He came in a hurry. He was wearing armor and couldn't use his full strength. He couldn't help but pause in the hall while holding the armor. The snowflakes on the red tassel quickly turned into water under the baking of the charcoal basin in the room, and dripped down.
Above, the guard chief Ying Wan is wearing a double-knife bun. Because he has received bad news about the severe epidemic in Yanzhou in recent days and knows that Duanmu Xinmiao has been thinking about it day and night, but still has no way to get it, he has no intention of decorating it and only inserted a pair of red gold hibiscus hairpins. She was wearing a dark dress with a crimson ground and a four-way Ruyi Ruiyu pattern. Her expression was calm, but her heart was full of anxiety.
Looking at Lu Shengping, he said calmly: "No one else has left now. If we leave, I'm afraid it will not be good for the Shen family's reputation."
"Please forgive me for being disrespectful!" Lu Shengping's first responsibility before Shen Zangfeng was to protect his boss's family, especially the boss's two sons were both in Yuzhu Town. If something went wrong, he would not hesitate to think about it. I dare not even think about it! At this moment, he said without any hesitation, "The queen is a daughter, and the two princes are still young. Even if they leave first, what will happen? Since ancient times, a gentleman has not stood behind a dangerous wall. Now that the lord is on an expedition, how are you? Only then can the Valve Master have no worries! If you guys continue to live here, wouldn’t the Valve Master have to worry about both sides?”
"Then where do you want us to retreat to?" Wei Changying heard that he was trying his best to leave the capital, but Lu Shengping's words also made sense. The reputation of the Shen family ultimately depends on the men of the Shen family. A woman's reputation, just like Shen Shuyan's reputation as a "goddess", is the icing on the cake, but not having it is no big deal.
The most important thing is that Wei Changying himself can ignore the epidemic in Gyeonggi and stay here to wait for her husband's return. But she couldn't help but think about the children under her knees.
Especially when Shen Shujing was here, she was pregnant and her body was weak. At this time, a cold could become a major event, not to mention such a terrible epidemic... Duanmu Xinmiao is not here yet.
She was silent for a moment and then said, "If we go back to Xiliang, the journey is too long. We need escorts! But how can you support your husband like this? If we go south, that is Wen Yaozi's territory, and I won't trust him. "
Lu Shengping asked her what she meant.
"Go west, look far away from the capital, and buy a house to stay." Wei Changying looked at him, "Since there is an epidemic in the capital, I don't think you need to seal the roads anymore. Come with us!" "
Lu Shengping pondered for a moment, but shook his head: "Although the epidemic has spread now, it is still in the minority. Once the path is opened, there will be a sudden outbreak of the epidemic... Then it will not be safe in the distance."
"..." Wei Zhangying was silent for a long time, but he did not force him to change his mind.
She directed her to spend two days packing her luggage.
In the past two days, there have been reports in the imperial capital that the nobles are afraid of the epidemic that has appeared in the capital and plan to leave the imperial capital.
Wei Changying sent someone to inquire, and found out that the Gu family in the imperial capital, the Gu family in Hongzhou, and Jinxiu Duanmu were all ready to leave immediately if the epidemic happened again, so he was relieved.
Originally, their group lived in Gyeonggi and were not in the imperial capital, so fewer people paid attention to them.
Wei Changying used his niece and children as a cover, saying that Shen Shujing needed to have a baby now, but the house in Yuzhu Town was a bit small. Shen Shuxie is a noisy person, and Shen Shuguang needs to practice martial arts and need open space, so he has to change to a bigger house... As for changing from near to far, that is the Shen family's business.
Although every family in the imperial capital knew what was going on, they tacitly approved of her relocation - if their families didn't have male heirs to take charge of the situation, they would have left.
Directly west of Gyeonggi are Jinzhou and Wanzhou.
Jinzhou is Wen Yaozi's territory. Out of wariness of this person, Wei Changying would naturally not choose it.
Lu Shengping sent someone to find a large house in a county called Chicheng in Wanzhou, and after doing some cleaning, Wei Changying asked about the layout, and took the juniors into the car without sending anyone else to see it.
When they arrived in Wanzhou, they got off the carriage and heard a very bad news: Although a considerable number of people fled north, they eventually died under the arrows of the Rong people. However, a small number of common people mixed into the land occupied by the Rong people, but they themselves fell ill and died, while the Rong people were safe and sound.
Suddenly, the rumors that the Rong people were favored by heaven, and that the Wei people were unjust, and that heaven sent a severe epidemic to eradicate it, spread like wildfire and could not be extinguished at all!
Of course the Rong people would not let this opportunity go!
"Is Mo Binwei seriously injured?" Guard Chief Ying put down the military report, his face was slightly pale, and he looked at the messenger reporting the message outside the dim screen, "How is the injury? Is his life in danger?"
The envoy respectfully replied: "I don't know what I want to say to the queen. Nowadays, it is very difficult to deliver news in Yanzhou because of the epidemic. Not only are the envoys there not allowed to cross the line, but even pigeon messages are not dared to be accepted now. Oh... the military report was read out loud by the messenger over the ditch, and it was written down by our messenger on the spot. "
Guard Chief Ying secretly exhaled and ordered: "Take him down to rest."
After he left, Mrs. Huang also sighed: "How should I tell the eldest lady this?"
Even though Mo Binwei is Wen Yazi's lover, he is also Shen Shujing's husband. Now Shen Shujing is still pregnant... Ever since the epidemic broke out in Yanzhou, how could she not be worried if she didn't say anything? This is still a case where Mo Binwei was not infected with the epidemic. If she knew that Mo Binwei was not harmed by the epidemic, but she almost died in the hands of the soldiers, whether she could survive it now is a question... An accident. Something big is going to happen.
"Of course you can't tell her!" Wei Changying frowned and said, "You all remember in a moment, if the eldest lady asks about today's military report, just tell her that everything is fine with Mo Binwei!" He then ordered Lianju, "Go and ask the messenger to cut out the part about Mo Binwei's accident and make a copy of the same one so you can show it to Jing'er."
Everyone agreed.
"Rongren..." Although the injured person was his niece and son-in-law, not his husband, Wei Changying still felt a twinge of pain and fear in his heart, "Because Mo Binwei is Wen Yaozi's number one general, and he led Wen Yaozi 90% of the time. The cavalryman's status is not low in front of my husband! With his status, nothing will happen to him. Even he was so seriously injured... It shows the current situation in Yanzhou... "
In fact, you don’t need to read military newspapers to know how difficult it is there.
The epidemic has not been controlled, and large numbers of people are dying every day.
The fear of staying in an infected area and concealing one's physical condition to enter a place where ordinary people live has resulted in an uncontrollable epidemic - this has aroused mutual wariness and suspicion among soldiers. Not to mention, this is a coalition army, and they are not very united to begin with!
Now we can still fight against the Rong people, instead of being defeated thousands of miles away... Shen Zangfeng and others are already very capable.
If this continues, it won't be surprising if all mutinies happen... In fact, not all mutinies have happened yet. Everyone must admire the coach Shen Zangfeng!
However, there is a disease inside, there are soldiers outside, and there is also the attack on the heart of the high priest... How long can Shen Zangfeng last? Once he gets sick too…
Wei Changying didn't dare to think about it at all!
"Doctor Ji, it seems that he has arrived in Yanzhou?" She sat there quietly, looking at the snowflakes falling outside for a long time, and suddenly asked.
Mr. Huang nodded, with a worried look on his face: "Counting the days, we should have just arrived."
"I hope the miracle doctor can find a way..." Wei Changying bit his lip and said.
Duanmu Xinmiao has made no achievements these days and can only count on Ji Qubing.
If Ji Qubing is also helpless...
That is no longer a tragedy for Shen Zangfeng and the army, it will be a tragedy for the entire Central Plains and all Wei people!
The Rong people will not let go of this opportunity to drink from the Central Plains, and the epidemic will not let go of the thousands of people of Wei! !
"But why are the Rong people immune to this severe epidemic?!" Wei Changying couldn't figure it out! No matter how uneducated she was when she was the eldest lady, she came from a scholarly family, so she would not believe such ridiculous words as the so-called protection and blessing of the high priest.
If nothing else, let’s just talk about why the Rong people dare not accept those infected people who surrender to them and ask for help. You know that they are also afraid of being infected... But no matter what, they shouldn’t have no signs of the disease. !
Both the Rong people and the Wei people gradually recognized that this high priest really possessed supernatural powers that ordinary people could not imagine... But people like Wei Changying absolutely did not believe it.
"He must have used some means!" (To be continued)