Except for that little episode, along the way, we had a very happy conversation.

Approaching Anhua Temple, the three of them inevitably discovered a strange phenomenon.

Xin Yan said: "Could it be that there are so many people coming and going to Anhua Temple during this time period? ”

This sentence is indeed a question to Xu, Xu frowned, his eyes were also puzzled, and said: "No, at this time in previous years, there should be no one, Anhua Temple is not as strong as the incense of Lin'an Temple in Gyeonggi, and the number of people who usually make incense is not large, let alone such weather." ”

There is also a sentence that Xu didn't say, those people don't look like rich people or ordinary people, and their embarrassed appearance looks like they are fleeing.

Could it be that something happened in that place?

If it is a dry year, the grain grains will not be harvested, and many people will flee, but this year's harvest is good, only a lot more than in previous years, at least it can survive this winter.

In this era, people have a deep family concept and land concept, and they will never leave their hometown unless they have to, and would rather starve to death in their own land than die in a foreign land.

She didn't understand it as a woman, so she had to wait until she went back and said to her husband.

She put this matter behind her.

And what Xu thought about, Xin Yan naturally thought of it, but she thought more deeply.

This is not a few more people, looking at the dozens of ragged backs outside the temple, Xin Yan still fell into deep thought.

said to Wei Xiaochun: "Let the coachman take a detour and enter from the other side." ”

"Yes."

Xu Shi didn't know and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"There are too many people over there, and we didn't bring many guards when we went out, so we still took a detour to avoid mistakes."

Xu thought that Xin Yan was afraid that those people would rush up when they saw such a luxurious carriage and wanted to come and beg for something, so he praised her for being cautious and didn't say anything anymore.

The side gate of Anhua Temple is guarded by only one person, and the carriage shows its identity, so it is easy to enter and exit.

The abbot received the news and came out early to greet him.

Led them to the side room, and after greeting the abbot here, Xin Yancai said: "Can I ask the abbot, when we first came, we saw many people outside the temple, but what happened?" ”

The abbot then looked at the woman next to Xu, the woman's face was slightly powdered, and if there were vast stars in her eyes, a little starlight, and a red face, she was a blessed person. The lips are slightly opened, the voice is steady, not hurried or slow, like a pleasant ringtone, which makes people feel good.

The abbot just glanced at it, and replied: "Those people outside the temple, are the people who have fled, I heard that the hometown has suffered, and I have to live here, only a dozen people a few days ago, more and more people have come here in the past two days, the old man wanted to split a shelter for them in the temple, but the number of people is too much, and the temple is inhabited by nobles, afraid that they will disturb the nobles to rest, so they have to give food and quilts outside the temple, so that they can keep warm in this cold winter, but seeing that the number of people is increasing, the food in the temple is almost insufficient. ”

The abbot had a sad look on his face, he was really sorry for those people, and he was afraid that they would not be able to stand it.

Did the abbot ask them what was going on in their hometown? According to what you said, there must be more than one place, otherwise the number of people will not increase, and we have to figure out the cause before we can solve this problem, otherwise it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. ”

These words made the abbot suddenly pause, he only thought about how to make the people outside no longer starve, but he forgot this most fundamental method, and did not procrastinate, immediately called a few little monks, let them inquire.

Only then did he say to Xin Yan: "Amitabha, what the donor said is very true, but the old man thinks about it, and I don't know the name of the donor?" ”

"The little woman's name is Xin Yan, and the abbot is polite." Luo Luo generously gave a salute, so that the abbot thought it was a young lady of which family.

"Miss Xin is really generous, not humble or silent." The abbot applauded.

"The abbot is polite, the little girl is just a businessman, and she can't be this young lady."

At this time, the abbot was stunned, this woman turned out to be a businessman.

It's no wonder that the abbot was surprised, how could he think that he could come with Xu's prefect's wife, how could he think that it was a businessman, when they first met, he thought that Xin Yan might be a distant relative of Xu's, after all, he had never seen Xu bring anyone to incense.

Xu quickly pulled back the abbot's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Don't underestimate my girl, although she is a businessman, she is not worse than those ladies." ”

These words vaguely supported her, this was a knock on the abbot not to snub her because of her identity.

The abbot couldn't laugh or cry for a while, not to mention that he had already seen through the red dust, even he himself would not judge a person just because of his identity, this is the most stupid thing.

But from Xu's willingness to speak out and support her, it can be seen that this woman is not an ordinary businessman, otherwise how could she have the ability to subdue Xu.

Xu looks very talkative on the surface, with a smiling face, but her inner self-esteem is not small, and the person who can make her fall in love definitely has her ability.

Xin Yan also accepted Xu's kindness, Xin Yan didn't attach much importance to the words of identity, although she felt that Xu's voice was unnecessary, but she still accepted her love.

While they were happily sitting down, someone from there hurried over.

A little monk ran in a panic, and he was about to fall down several times, and when the abbot saw it, he was angry that he was so unstable in front of the outsiders, and scolded: "What does it look like to be flustered." ”

Normally, the little monk would be restrained by the abbot's angry rebuke, but now he only has the scene that happened just now in his mind.

"No, it's not good. Master, it's not good, outside, someone is dead outside. ”

These words made everyone present change color, especially the abbot, and hurriedly said: "You talk well, what is dead, who is dead, what is going on." ”

"Those, those fleeing people outside have died, saying yes, saying that they are sick and dying, just, just. It's a mess out there now. "The little monk stumbled and stumbled to finish the matter.

After listening to the little monk's words, the faces of the people present were not good, and Xin Yan felt more and more uneasy in his heart for some reason, as if something was going to happen.

The abbot hurriedly said goodbye, and the Xu family did not stay.

As soon as he was about to leave, the abbot was stopped by Xin Yan: "Abbot, I'll go with you." ”

"Ah Yan, what are you doing, what can you do if you go to a girl, don't make trouble."

Xu hurriedly stopped, and Xin Yan replied: "I'm just looking around, maybe there is something I need help with, there are so many people outside now, if something happens, I can also help." ”

Xu also wanted to say, Xin Yan only said: "Or you can lend me the guard, you can protect me, or you can maintain the order of the temple, oh, by the way, you also need to send someone down the mountain to find the doctor." ”

Hearing that she seemed to have arranged everything properly, although the Xu family wanted to stop it again, but when he thought that something might have happened outside, he was also anxious, so he had to send someone down the mountain according to Xin Yan's words and bring the guards.

Xin Yan and his party walked quickly, and when they came to the gate of the temple, the crowd was already in chaos, shouting and crying mixed together, so it was not desolate.

A few little monks were desperately trying to maintain order outside, but they still couldn't stand the crowding.

There was a large circle in the middle of the crowd, and the people outside did not dare to approach, as if they were avoiding the flood beasts, and some people wanted to leave, but because the fallen person occupied the middle of the road, they could not pass. Unless you pass by that person.

"This, this, what should I do? Is he sick? ”

"He's still infected, but don't hurt us again."

"I can't escape, if I get infected now, I really won't be able to live."

"Dog, your father is dead, let's take him away quickly, don't infect us."

"yes, yes. It's better to bury it quickly, don't get so close, don't get infected yourself. ”

"Let's take him away quickly, don't hurt us!"

The sentences were urgent, and although there were words of comfort, they did not see any expression, but they just desperately retreated, as far as they could. His eyes were full of horror and fear, and there was no pity at all.

The boy who was called a dog held back his anger and said, "Uncle Li, what are you talking about, my father is not dead, he was just hungry for too long and fainted for a while." ”

The man who had just called out the name of the dog saw that he was still quibbling, and the last trace of sympathy on his face was gone, and he sneered: "Dog, I'm doing this for your own good, your father is sick, and if you drag it like this, maybe all of us here will be infected." ”

Hearing that they might be infected, the crowd boiled again, and they managed to escape from that purgatory, but they couldn't pay for their lives here.

"You kid, don't listen to what you say, don't blame us for bombing you down the mountain, by that time, maybe you'll be starved to death and frozen to death."

"If you want to die, don't drag us along."

"While we can still talk to you now, let's hurry up and go down the mountain."

People from different villages seem to be in the same mood at this moment, and when it comes to their own interests, people often show surprisingly unanimity, but they don't expect that they originally came from the same place as the dog and the son.

"You ungrateful villains, along the way, why didn't my father take good care of you, Uncle Li, when your son had a high fever, it was my father who exchanged the last prey hunted in the family for silver taels to treat your son."

"And Aunt Wang, it's not easy for my father to see that you are a widow, which year has not helped you in winter, otherwise you can still stand here and force our father and son with them."

"And you, Old Man Li, you are a cripple, you lost your wife and children in your early years, these years, if it weren't for my father to do something for you, with your crutches, you can collect all the food every year."

"You people, one by one, are blinded by your own interests, and you don't even have the eyes to see the facts, my father just hasn't eaten for too many days, you look at him honest and deceitful, and you can't wait to rip off his skin, are you still human?"

A boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, in despair, alone, argued with all his might, and he was also afraid, afraid that his father was really as they said, and he was also sick.

But he couldn't back down, he had to hold on to the last place they could save their lives, once they were driven down the mountain, they were really cornered, and no one would care about their life or death.

The little monks calmed down when they saw their master coming, and they didn't blame them, they had never seen such a big battle.

"What the hell is going on, it's noisy."

As soon as the abbot spoke, he immediately fell silent. A bold man said, "Lord Abbot, this man has died of the plague, so drive them down the mountain, or our people here may be infected with the plague." ”

Just these two words made the faces of the people present, including Xin Yan, change, for the people now, it can be said that the color of talking has changed.

If you get the plague, you will definitely die, and no matter who you are, you can't snatch people from God.

The abbot is now one or two years old, and suddenly regrets why he just asked Mrs. Xu to come with him, in case it is really a plague, if she has a good person, the prefect will not be able to get around him.

When Xu Shi heard the plague, he had already pulled Xin Yan back a few steps, and covered his face with a handkerchief, and said to Xin Yan: "Let's go back quickly, this plague will die as soon as it is touched." ”

Xin Yan hinted to her with her eyes that she should not worry, and said comfortingly: "The plague is not said to exist, we haven't heard of a plague anywhere recently, which is so coincidental?" If you're worried, let's just stand farther away. ”

Xu was shocked just now, and was frightened to occupy his senses, now think about it carefully, her husband is the prefect, if there is really a plague in any place, he will report it as soon as possible, and they shouldn't know it until now.

Looking at their appearance, they have been wandering for a while, if it is true, how can there be no wind at all.

Xin Yan calmly asked the man who spoke up, "Who are you?" How could it be so clear that he had the plague? What is the evidence? ”

The man looked at Xin Yan and was taken by her cold and outstanding temperament, thinking for a moment that it was Miss Boudoir, and said in panic: "Hui, Miss Hui, he and I are a villager named Lijia Village in Fengyang Town, we, we ......"

His expression flickered, and he couldn't speak.

Seeing his appearance, the dog knew that he was afraid that those nobles would know that they were from the plague area and would drive them away, but now he was weak and did not dare to speak.

The dog spurned him fiercely in his heart, then wiped away his tears, raised his head and said: "This young lady, we are from Lijia Village, our village broke out with a plague two months ago, and many people died, and several villages and even small towns around us have a plague, we wanted to wait for the relief of the imperial court, but we didn't expect to wait for the order to close the village and burn the village, we had to escape, bumpy along the way, and finally settled here, my father has not eaten for too long, so he fainted, don't believe him, My dad didn't catch the plague, he just fainted from hunger. ”