Chapter 164: Distress
But the news of the plague spread, and many places were reluctant to accept foreign workers for fear of being infected.
In desperation, these people can only become beggars or do things like stealing chickens and dogs.
And Lin Kite is the prey targeted by three of the veterans.
The three of them followed Lin Kite for one night, not only determined that this was a rich master, but also determined that she really came here alone.
After Lin Kite heard that the disaster relief vehicle had entered the city last night and was living in the official mansion, Lin Kite immediately began to go in the direction of the official mansion, but she didn't take a few steps before she was dragged into a small alley.
was dragged all the way into a no-man's alley, and Lin Kite was let go, but at the same time, he was also surrounded in the corner by the three people who dragged him in.
"Hand over all the valuable things on you, or you will die!"
The person who took the lead was tall and big, and he had a sideways face, he looked really fierce and vicious, and he said threatening words, but Lin Kite was not afraid at this time, but he just felt very angry.
"I don't want money, I don't want to die, I don't have it!"
Lin Kite said, and quickly plucked a hairpin from his head, the hairpin was actually hollow, and it was filled with drugs, Lin Kite pulled out the hairpin at both ends, and the white drug was thrown at the three people in an instant, and the three of them were defenseless, and after inhaling the drug, they began to be confused and began to faint.
Lin Yuan took the opportunity to cover her nose and escape, but he never expected that as soon as she escaped from the clutches of these three people, she fell into another den of thieves.
On her way away, she stumbles upon a couple of thugs beating a gambler who has no money to pay.
The gambler asked her for help, Lin Kite himself was too much to protect, where would he care about him? But she was about to run, but the thugs surrounded her.
"The little lady looks lost, do you want my brother to take you out?" These thugs all worked in casinos, and they all did murder and arson, not to mention raping women and robbing people's women.
Because of the gambler's business, they were on fire in their hearts, but they didn't expect a little beauty to appear, and several people suddenly had evil thoughts.
Lin Kite held the two halves of the hairpin in his hand, and shouted bad luck in his heart.
She put a lot of self-defense things in the baggage, but the baggage was still in the inn, she was in a hurry to come out in the morning to find out the news, and she didn't expect that she would encounter this kind of thing.
Now that the only drug that can defend herself has been used up, she has no way to deal with these thugs.
Lin Kite could only turn around and run, shouting for help as she ran.
Since entering the city last night, Zhao Yun found that there were many homeless beggars on the side of the road, Zhao Yun suspected that those beggars might be people who escaped from Qingmin County, so after getting up today, he took two guards and came out in private clothes, wanting to find a few beggars to inquire about the situation, who knew that after those beggars saw him, they turned their heads and ran, like a mouse seeing a cat, and entered the alley in a flash.
Zhao Yun chased after him, but he heard a woman shouting for help, and the woman's voice was very familiar.
When Lin Kite sprinkled the drug just now, although he was breathless, he began to breathe when he ran, and he inevitably inhaled a little, and now he felt a little dizzy in his head, although he did not faint, but his whole body was soft, and part of his strength dissipated.
She couldn't run away, Lin Yuan thought. Even if she ran to a crowded street, with her end to this era, no one would be willing to help her, because no one would want to offend the casino thugs for the sake of a strange woman.
Unless she meets officers and soldiers.
Lin Kite kept looking back and thought about it, but without paying attention, he hit a hard but warm chest.
Before Lin Kite could look up to see who the person she had hit was, two wind-like figures flew past her, and then she heard the sound of the thugs chasing her behind her screaming and falling to the ground.
Lin Yuan first looked back at the thugs who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and then looked at the two people who helped her, a little familiar, as if they were Zhao Yun's guards.
A thought popped up in her heart, Lin Yuan looked up suddenly, and saw Zhao Yun's face that she loved and hated!
At this time, Zhao Yun was also a little surprised: "Kite, why are you?" ”
When I heard Lin Kite's ears, it was Zhao Yun who was disgusting himself!
"What? Can't it be me? Who do you wish you wanted? ”
"Zhao Yun ......" thought that he was running all the way, and he almost lost his life and innocence just now, but after finally seeing the person he was thinking about, the person said, "Why are you?" ”
Lin Yuan was aggrieved in her heart, extremely aggrieved, if she was in front of others, she might be able to hide her patience, but in front of Zhao Yun, she couldn't bear it, she couldn't hide it, and even became more and more aggrieved, she couldn't control her red eyes, clenched her fist and smashed it on Zhao Yun's chest: "Zhao Yun, you bastard." ”
The two guards behind him had consciously taken the corpse from the ground, and the guards in the shadows were also sensibly hiding on the farther wall.
Zhao Yun held Lin Kite's hands, then pulled the person into his arms and hugged him tightly, and asked helplessly: "Didn't you stay in the palace and wait for me to come back?" ”
"You bastard, you went to such a dangerous place, but you made me stay in the palace and wait in fear. Then why aren't you waiting in the palace? I can also go on my own! ”
"How dare you keep me, am I your pet?"
…… Lin Kite said a lot of words, many of which were repetitive, and some were unreasonable, but Lin Kite was very emotional at this time, and his thoughts were also very confused, and he didn't care about what he said, he just wanted to vent the grievances and grievances in his heart.
While scolding Zhao Yun, she cried in a low voice, and her tears flowed uncontrollably.
Zhao Yun looked at her like this, and only felt extremely distressed, and originally wanted to reprimand Lin Yuan for why he didn't stop talking to himself, but now it was like there was something in his throat, which was extremely uncomfortable.
"I'm sorry, Kite." Zhao Yun hugged Lin Kite and kept comforting.
I don't know how long the two of them stood in this position in the alley, and it was thanks to the guards at both ends to help them watch, and they didn't let the others in, otherwise they suddenly saw a man and a woman hugging each other in the uninhabited alley, and I didn't know what to think.
Lin Yuan's mood eased up, and she tightly tugged on Zhao Yun's wrist: "Don't want to drive me back again, since I can run out once, I can run out a second time." ”
Zhao Yun touched Lin Kite's head tenderly: "How dangerous Qingmin County is, you should know." ”
"I don't care, I'll go wherever you go anyway." Lin Yuan knew that Zhao Yun would say this, and she didn't bother to reason with Zhao Yun, anyway, she just had to be cheeky and not let go.
"I don't want anything to happen to you." Zhao Yun twisted his eyebrows.
"Humph!" Lin Yuan puffed out her cheeks angrily, "Do you want to get rid of me and have a private meeting with your little lover?" ”
"Kite ......"
Lin Yuan stomped his feet, let go of Zhao Yun's hand, and directly hugged Zhao Yun's neck, and then forcefully, his legs clamped the other party's waist, and the whole person hung on him, shamelessly coquettishly said in a soft and sticky voice: "Zhao Yun!" Brother Yun...... You're going to let me follow, right? People really don't want to be separated from you. ”
Zhao Yun had no choice but to nod his head: "Okay, but you must promise that you are not allowed to leave me five steps away, and you must always stay in a place where I can see." ”
Seeing that Zhao Yun agreed, Lin Yuan nodded happily: "Okay!" I promise you. ”
Because Lin Yuan was frightened just now, Zhao Yun didn't have the heart to continue to find out the news from the beggar, so he only handed over this matter to the two guards who accompanied him, and then he and Lin Yuan went back to the inn to get Lin Kite's baggage, and then went to the accommodation arranged by the government.
In the afternoon, the guards who went to inquire about the news came back, and as Zhao Yun expected, most of those beggars really escaped when the plague first broke out, fortunately, they did not carry the plague, otherwise not only Qingmin County, it is estimated that many surrounding towns have now been destroyed by the plague.
Zhao Yun told the prefect about this, and ordered the prefect to immediately send someone to find all the beggars in the city, and then isolate them from other people for observation.
On the second day, Zhao Yun and Lin Yuan set off to Qingmin County with the soldiers, horses, grains and silver of this trip, and rushed all the way to Qingmin County in the afternoon.
Because they did not know the situation inside the city, they did not dare to enter the city rashly, so they camped directly in the woods outside the city.
People in this era already have some awareness of plague prevention, and they know that they need to cover their noses and mouths with a face towel, but that is inconvenient, so Lin Yuan taught everyone how to make a simple mask.
Early the next morning, when Lin Yuan got up, he saw General Guo leading people to transport more than a dozen carts of hot white porridge to the city gate of Qingmin County.
Zhao Yun explained to her: "General Guo, they went into the city to distribute white porridge, and by the way, they checked the situation in the city, if the situation is optimistic, I will also enter the city." ”
Lin Yuan pulled his hand, knowing that he couldn't persuade Zhao Yun now: "You remember what you promised me before, I will go wherever you go, and you are not allowed to leave me behind." ”
"Okay."
As soon as lunch was eaten, General Guo and the others came out, saying that it was the situation in the city, because they learned that the emperor was coming in person, so the people who were irritable because they were locked up in the city and were not allowed to go out have now settled down, and they all hoped that the imperial doctors could save them.
Originally, Lin Yuan still couldn't understand why it was a plague disaster, but in addition to herbs, she had to bring food to relieve her, and she didn't know the reason until she entered the city with Zhao Yun in the afternoon.
There were some families in the city who were infected with the plague and no one could cook at all, while other families saw that their families were sick and went into the house to rob them of food and money, and some of them were infected with the plague and wasted their harvest in the fields, so that every meter was in their stomachs.
Another reason for bringing grain and grass is that the source of the plague does not know what it is, and in order to avoid the source in the food, it is best not to eat the original food.