When Zhou Yunshu and Wu Gui returned to the inn, Fang Huiwen had already sorted out their luggage.
Dongfang Huiwen did not count the things on Ji Mingzhu's carriage. Without her permission, the Zhou family would not touch Ji Mingzhu's things. This was their tacit understanding.
According to Fang Huiwen's inventory, they have enough medicinal materials, and the existing food plus what Zhou Yunshu just bought is enough for them to eat for more than half a month.
Zhou Yunshu handed the things she bought to Fang Huiwen and then went to Ji Mingzhu's room, still guarding the door on the fifth day of the lunar month.
Zhou Yunshu knocked on the door, and it was Grandma Wang who opened it.
"How's grandma doing?"
"Master just woke up, you came at the right time."
Grandma Wang made way for the door and motioned for Zhou Yunshu to come in.
When she came to the room, Zhou Yunshu saw her grandmother leaning on the bed, looking much better than in the morning.
"Grandma, how are you feeling now?" Zhou Yunshu asked with concern as she sat on the edge of the bed.
"Nothing." Ji Mingzhu lifted the quilt, "Since you are back, let them pack their things, and we will leave Hengyang today."
"Grandma?" Zhou Yunshu looked at Ji Mingzhu puzzled.
Didn't you say you need to take a day off? Why are you leaving so suddenly?
"You also saw yesterday's Northwest Emergency Report, but that emergency report is no longer an emergency report."
"Tibet took over one-third of the land in Yizhou a month ago; the plague broke out in Xizhou for more than half a month."
When Ji Mingzhu heard the word plague, her heart was still hanging in the air and never fell.
She was afraid that the northwest refugees going south would be blocked by the imperial court in the north of the capital, and that the refugees would detour to the south if they could not enter the capital. She was even more afraid that there would be people infected with the plague among the northwest refugees. The epidemic spread too fast and widely, so even if She was still feeling a little uncomfortable, and she didn't want to stop.
Zhou Yunshu frowned after hearing this. In her memory, there were indeed refugees from the northwest heading south, but they were surrounded and killed by the emperor's men before they even got close to the capital.
Yes, regardless of whether the refugees going south were infected with the plague or not, all the refugees coming to the capital were killed and cremated in order to prevent the capital from falling.
In fact, there are not only refugees from the northwest heading south, but also refugees displaced by war in the north; drought victims in Luzhou and Qingzhou are also coming to the capital.
As for Zhou Yunshu and the others, when they go south this time, they might just bump into the Luzhou refugees heading north.
In Zhou Yunshu's memory, except for the two northwest states, there was no plague outbreak anywhere else.
But she was also afraid of accidents, and because Ji Mingzhu was feeling uneasy at the moment, she nodded and said, "Then I will make arrangements now."
When Li Jialan, Wu Yue and others heard Zhou Yunshu say that they were leaving now, although they were puzzled by Ji Mingzhu's arrangements, they had long been accustomed to listening to Ji Mingzhu and Zhou Yunshu's words.
In order to make the two patients Ji Mingzhu and Wu Yue feel a little better, the carriage was thickly paved to reduce their bumps as much as possible.
It only took an hour from packing to leaving.
The officers and soldiers following the Zhou family were very puzzled by the Zhou family's operations. They originally thought they could have a good night's rest, but ended up continuing to run behind them.
After Zhou Yunshu and his party left Hengyang, they were on the road during the day except for resting at night.
Ji Mingzhu has recovered from her illness due to Grandma Wang's personal care. Only Wu Yue is tired, but has not worsened.
The third day.
Ji Mingzhu rushed from morning to noon. During her break, Ji Mingzhu called Zhou Yunshu to her side and asked Grandma Wang to take a safe pulse on her.
After knowing that the child in her belly was safe, Zhou Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief.
They have been on the road these days. Although Zhou Yunshu's body is fine, she is still worried that something will happen to the child in her belly.
After resting for an hour at noon, Chu Qi drove the carriage and led the way.
Behind them is Zhou Yunshu's car, driven by Chunque; then behind is Dong Ge with Wu Gui and Wu Yue; and the last one is Chuwu driving a mule cart loaded with luggage and supplies.
When the sun was about to set, Chu Qi drove a carriage and met a group of refugees at a three-way intersection.
Chu Qi did not slow down the carriage, and neither did Chunque.
Before they started on the road, they had told them to keep up with the car in front of them.
Especially in this situation, if you can't keep up with the car in front of you, you are likely to get separated.
Zhou Yunshu opened the curtain, and when she saw the carriage slowly intersecting with the oncoming refugees, she suppressed the uneasiness in her heart and put a folding military knife in the space into the palm of her hand.
Something's wrong, something really isn't right.
On the one hand, this strangeness came from the refugees on the opposite side; on the other hand, it came from Chu Qi, who was driving in front and slowly accelerating.
They had never encountered any refugees along the way, but today, under the leadership of Chu Qi, they faced this group of refugees head-on in just one day.
"Mom, sister-in-law, take your children and sit down."
Li Jialan and Fang Huiwen were infected by Zhou Yunshu's nervous mood. Each held two children and huddled tightly in the carriage.
"spring……"
As soon as Zhou Yunshu said a word, screams, roars and the sound of weapons clashing suddenly sounded outside.
"Girl, hold on tight!" Spring Que tightened the reins and shouted from the shaft.
There was no way, Chu Qi in front was accelerating, and she had to speed up too in order not to be left behind by Chu Qi.
The sound of the refugee riots outside seemed to be in her ears. When the carriage Zhou Yunshu and the others were in was hit hard from the outside, Zhou Yunshu listened to the roar of the mules. As the carriage shook, she clung to the window with one hand and the other He held his stomach with one hand.
"boom!"
The mule cart shook, and the sound of swords clashing came from the shaft.
Zhou Yunshu raised his eyes, and saw a long knife piercing the thick car curtain and cutting it in half. Then a strange face covered in blood appeared in front of Zhou Yunshu and the others.
When Zhou Yunshu saw that face, she grabbed the car window and kicked him out, followed by Chunque's finishing blow and the sound of the body falling to the ground.
Spring Bird kicked down the refugee who was trying to climb onto the carriage shaft, controlled the mule, raised his whip and ran wildly.
Yuan Ruo's cries resounded in her ears. Zhou Yunshu turned around and saw Yuan Li Yuanyi, who was hiding in his mother's arms with a pale face, and Yuan Ruo, who was crying in Li Jialan's arms, and who was smiling at her. Heehee.
Zhou Yunshu looked at her daughter's fearless appearance, and she looked very much like her father Ji Sheng.
Zhou Yunshu didn't know what was going on outside, but the roars and beatings among the refugees gradually disappeared from her ears as the mule carts ran wildly.
Spring Que was afraid of being overtaken, so she drove the mule cart for an hour before slowing down.
It was already dark at this time, and apart from the sound of the wheels of their mule cart pressing on the ground, Zhou Yunshu did not hear the sound of other vehicles or horses' hooves.
They became separated because of the possibly man-made riot.
