Chapter 1068: The Age of Disaster and Famine Farming (12)
Sure enough, as Qi Lang guessed, the county magistrate Hu County Ling was already planning to escape tonight.
Hu Xianling is not from the imperial examination, the reason why he can become an official is completely because of nepotism and his own money, it is said that his sister-in-law married the son of the head of the second prince's mansion, he spent Dabi's silver to dredge up the relationship to have such a shortage, I thought that he would get the money back in a few years, but he didn't expect to catch up with such an unlucky year, not only did the money not come back, but he himself may have to take this ghost place.
Leaving office without permission will be punished by the imperial court, but staying here is going to die, Hu County Ling felt that he would rather lose his official position than die, thirty-six plans to go to the top, Hu County Ling decided to pull out his legs and run.
Hu Xianling didn't expect Qi Lang to know that he wanted to run, and he didn't expect Qi Lang to bring food to let him run with Qi Lang's whole family, but he didn't refuse Qi Lang, not because he was greedy for that little food, but because if he didn't agree, it was very likely that Qi Lang would make trouble, and when the whole city knew about it, he wouldn't be able to run. The second is because Qi Lang gave Hu County Decree an idea, this method can ensure that Hu County Commander does not have to be punished by the imperial court for fleeing, Hu County Decree was overjoyed after hearing it, although it is inconvenient for so many more people to escape, but this Qi Lang is really a talent, so it is worth the trouble to bring two more people for him.
As soon as Ruan Shi and the others heard the joy, they hurriedly went into the house and wrapped up Qiyue, and then put on some tattered clothes, and followed Qi Lang to the county office secretly.
Seven or eight carriages had been parked at the entrance of the county ya, and next to the carriage were several officials who were usually close to the county magistrate, all of whom looked nervous, and the horses were wearing chews and their hooves were tied with cloths, trying not to make a sound. Some of the family members sitting in the car did not speak, and even the children were covered with their mouths covered.
Qi Lang stuffed Qiyue and Ruan into one car, while Zhang Wang and the child went to another car, and then Qi Lang and Zhang Xiucai left.
"Don't be afraid, your father is going to the county magistrate, and he will be back in a while. Ruan saw that July wanted to lift the curtain on the car, so he touched July's head and said softly in July's ear.
July nodded, she didn't say anything, in fact, she was not afraid, but Ruan's whole body was trembling, but July couldn't persuade her anything, so she could only obediently put down the curtain that was lifted.
Although the convoy had tried its best to keep it silent, the victims were not blind, so the convoy was discovered before it left the city. Although the refugees did not know about the sinking of the grain boat, there were still people following the cart, staring at the horses pulling the cart with green eyes, if they were not afraid of the knives in the hands of the officials, I am afraid that they would have come up and share the food of those horses.
Everyone was very nervous, even the backs of the few officials holding the knives were soaked, and their heads were full of beads of sweat, but they had to hold on, and the common people were still afraid of the government in their bones, so that the group had a thrilling exit from the city.
After leaving the city, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but after a few days of walking, something more terrible happened.
"Mother, motherγγ, what's wrong with you?"
On this day, everyone found a remote mountain col to rest in the evening, and just started a fire, but suddenly Ruan's fell to the ground suddenly, and Qi Tianxing, who was picking up materials beside Ruan's, was frightened and threw all the dry branches in his hand, panicked to help Ruan's, and shouted in panic.
July was also picking up wood not far away, and was startled when he heard Qi Tianxing's shout, and hurriedly ran over.
At this time, Ruan's eyes were closed, her face was like gold paper, and there were a few people around her who also ran over, and when she saw Ruan's appearance, she couldn't help frowning, if she guessed correctly, Ruan's was probably
"Plague, this is the plague γγγ" a servant suddenly shouted, today during the day he went to the front to explore the way, and saw someone fainting on the side of the road, and after inquiring only to know that there was an epidemic here, and the people of the epidemic were the same as Nguyen, who suddenly fell to the ground.
As soon as they heard that there was a plague, the few people who surrounded them all retreated in unison, and even Zhang Wang, who had originally shown some concern, covered his mouth and left a long distance.
In the original plot, the Ruan family died of the epidemic, and the time point is about the same as now, this epidemic is very serious, as long as the people who can get it can't be saved, if the famine brought to the twelve cities in the northwest is a disaster, then the plague is a catastrophe.
The appearance of the plague made everyone panic, Hu Xian Ling really valued Qi Lang very much, but he didn't joke with his life no matter how much he valued it, so he immediately decided to throw Ruan Shi down, and the convoy left this place overnight.
"My lord, how can this be done, if Neiko is thrown down, there will only be a dead end, please show mercy to your lords!" Hearing Hu County's decision, Qi Lang hurriedly said anxiously.
"She can't be saved anyway, it's better than taking her and infecting everyone with the disease! If you don't want to throw her out, then you stay here with her, I'm going to leave anyway." The county magistrate said impatiently while covering his nose.
Qi Lang saw that Hu County's order was resolute and knew that there was no room for maneuver in this matter, Zhang Xiucai wanted to stay with Qi Lang, but was stopped by Zhang Wang's family.
"You don't want to live anymore, do you still want me and my children to be infected with the plague and die?" Zhang Wang said to Zhang Xiucai in a low voice.
Zhang Xiucai's footsteps stopped, he can indeed be righteous, but he is such a son, if something really happens, he really can't bear it.
"Then you can take out some of our food and give it to Brother Qi!" Zhang Xiucai said after sighing.
"There is no more food, and all the food has been eaten. Zhang Wang's eyes flashed and then said.
In fact, since leaving the city, Zhang Xiucai's family has been eating the food brought by the Qi family, and the food sewn in Zhang Wang's clothes has not moved at all, but the Qi family's food has been eaten.
Zhang Xiucai naturally knew this, he just wanted to be angry, but was stopped by Qi Lang.
"Brother Zhang, you don't have to be like this, we have been very favored by you during this time, and we can't take food from you anymore. I don't know when we can meet again today, and your friendship will have to be reported later!" Qi Lang squeezed out a smile and said to Zhang Xiucai.
Zhang Xiucai's face turned red after hearing this, in fact, their family has been eating Qi Lang's food during this time, if it is a favor, it is also a kindness he owes to Qi Lang.