Since Dao Yan left Beijing, he took Mu Longsheng and other shadow guards to the direction of Yunnan non-stop. Shen Wansan's whole clan was exiled, dragging his family and his mouth was no better than riding a horse, and Dao Yan and the others barely rested all the way, and finally caught up with the escort team in the territory that was about to enter Yunnan.

It was inconvenient for Dao Yan to show up, so Mu Longsheng and Ying Wei approached the team as foot merchants, found the highest-ranking lieutenant among the soldiers, presented a gift, and said: "The villain has a batch of goods to be transported to Yunnan, but there are many thieves in Yunnan, so I implore the military master to allow the villain and his companions to follow the team." The villain and others did not dare to delay the official business of the military master, and only wanted to use the military master's momentum to deter the nearby bandits, and the villain was willing to pay a lot of money to thank the military master for his help. ”

The captain squinted at the silk cloth in front of him, thinking that it would be good to earn some extra money on the way to escort the prisoners, so he agreed to Mu Longsheng's request.

Mu Longsheng is very good at doing things, not only gave the captain a large amount of protection money, but also gave each soldier a little bit up and down, and the silver and goods were not left behind.

The merchants dressed as shadow guards all shared the wine, meat, and food they brought with them to the soldiers, and they soon became good brothers who hooked up and shouldered.

Yuan Xing had already greeted this team, as long as Shen Wansan's family did not run away, the soldiers were not strict with them, so occasionally I didn't care about seeing a few businessmen chatting with Shen Wansan.

Shen Wansan knew Mu Longsheng, and when he heard that Ma Xiuying and Dao Yan were going to help him leave the Central Plains and flee to Nanyang, he twitched his face and tried his best to hold back the joy in his heart.

Mu Longsheng explained clearly the rescue method and Ma Xiuying's words to Shen Wansan not to stay in the Central Plains for a long time.

Shen Wansan hurriedly agreed, it was already a blessing in misfortune to be able to escape, and he had no other thoughts now.

The rescue method is simple but ingenious. Dao Yan combined with the characteristics of miasma in the mountainous areas around Yunnan, and prepared several pills for Shen Wansan. One pill contains oleander juice, which can cause a person to temporarily develop erythema all over the body; A pill made from chrysanthemum flowers can make a person temporarily unconscious. Shen Wansan and his family first took the first pill to give people the illusion of miasma and epidemic, and after being isolated, they took the second pill to give people the illusion of frequent death, and finally used the method of grafting flowers and trees to replace the "corpse" and fled overseas in a different way.

If it weren't for the heavy shackles that restrained Shen Wansan, he would definitely jump up and shoot the case, and that night he took the opportunity to eat to discuss the escape plan with his clansmen.

The tragic experience of exile made Lu Xiaoqian, a graceful and wealthy woman, haggard for a long time, and when she heard that Ma Xiuying sent someone to save them, this woman finally couldn't help crying.

Fortunately, the soldiers were accustomed to the gaffes of these prisoners falling from heaven to hell, and they did not scold them excessively.

Lu Xiaoqian bit her lip and didn't dare to cry anymore, lest she ruin her husband's escape plan.

However, not all clansmen were willing to flee with Shen Wansan, and some of the older and weaker clansmen could not support the long journey and could no longer keep up with the pace of escape; Second, some clansmen are conservative and stubborn, thinking that even if they are prisoners in Yunnan, they are at least Chinese people, and they are unwilling to leave their hometowns to be rootless duckweed; Third, many people have a natural fear of overseas, even if Shen Wansan tells them that some countries overseas are richer than the Central Plains, they will not believe it. In their hearts, they all regard the red-haired and green-eyed outsiders as monsters, and they can't imagine living with these monsters; Fourth, the Shen family can't all escape, and some people must be left in Yunnan to accept the distribution and life, otherwise it will be difficult for the emperor to explain.

After discussion, most of the people in the clan were reluctant to flee, and only a small number of young and strong children were willing to flee with Shen Wansan's family and gamble for the future.

Shen Wansan handed over all his savings, including the silver ticket given to him by Ma Xiuying, to the most trusted clan elder, and asked him to take care of the remaining Shen clansmen.

The old man of the clan burst into tears, "Patriarch, we old people are waiting for death in Yunnan, I just hope that you will not forget the descendants of the Shen family in the future......"

"There will be a day...... Shen Wansan was like a fish in his throat, swearing that in the future, if he made a name for himself in Nanyang, he would definitely send someone to pick up the clansmen.

Joy and sadness enveloped all the clansmen, and no one knew what Shen Wansan's future would be, but they were willing to believe in Shen Wansan and were willing to pin their only hope on this man who had created the miracle of the world's wealth.

As soon as they entered the territory of Yunnan, Shen Wansan and the others had red spots all over their bodies.

A footman cried out in horror: "Aren't these people infected with miasma?" ”

As soon as he reminded him, the captain hurriedly sent someone to ask the doctor for consultation. The doctors have different opinions, some say it is poisoning, some say it is miasma, and some people speculate whether it will be an epidemic. This frightened the lieutenant, and hurriedly isolated the red-spotted Shen clansmen, just thinking about sending them to the Yunnan government as soon as possible and leaving on a mission.

Who knew that those Shen clan people were getting more and more sick, not only with more and more erythema, but also vomiting and coma, isn't this a symptom of the plague? None of the soldiers wanted to touch these patients, and the captain had no choice, so a team stopped and stopped, delaying for a long time.

The sick Shen clan people were already unable to eat a drop of water by the end, and they were in a coma all day long, and their journey became more and more stagnant.

A soldier couldn't help but complain: "If it drags on like this, when will we get to Kunming?" ”

Another soldier suggested: "These people don't seem to have much time to do, and they won't survive until they reach Kunming, so it's better to bury them on the spot and we continue on our way." ”

The lieutenant was tempted to see prisoners die of illness during exile, and as long as they did not escape, they were not responsible. So he told the soldiers to drag the seriously ill man to bury him.

But none of the soldiers wanted to come into contact with the sick, and the devil knew if the disease of these people was plague or not. The lieutenant rolled his eyes and said to Mu Longsheng: "A few of you helped bury these patients, and I will report to the imperial court for your credit for assisting the government." ”

Mu Longsheng was extremely reluctant, and finally under the threat and lure of the captain, he was forced to carry the seriously ill Shen clan into the woods with other foot merchants.

Seeing Shen Wansan and them being carried away, all the people of the Shen clan wept in grief, although they knew that Shen Wansan and the others were not really dead, but this farewell, maybe they could not see each other again in eternal life, what is the difference between death and death.

"What's the howl, if you make any more noise, I'll bury you too, and don't hurry up and get on the road." The captain urged the prisoner to set off without mercy, and at most he sighed in his heart: Shen Wansan had thousands of fertile fields and thousands of mansions before his death, and he didn't even have a thin coffin after his death, and it was really desolate for such a rich man to die still.