Almost the day after the refugees entered the city in large numbers, Yan Ye sensed that something was wrong.

The timing of the appearance of these refugees was too coincidental, and according to the news returned, it was the next door to the prefecture, which is close to several county towns here.

But after they encountered such a thing, why did they go straight to the south, why didn't they go directly to the east to the capital?

The most important point is that so far, they have not found any trace of Ye Jingde.

But the local county magistrate is a good official, and he can't do nothing while watching the refugees appear, and just lock them out of the city.

After consulting Sun Lao, the county commander directly ordered people to bring the refugees to Beicheng as much as possible.

Beicheng is inhabited by ordinary people, and the land is vast and sparsely populated, so these refugees can be better accommodated.

In addition to these, the county order called on the big households in the county to donate grain and set up three cauldrons in Beicheng.

There are three large cauldrons, two of which are boiling thick and suitable multigrain porridge, and the other is boiling the soup and medicine prepared by the county doctor, for fear that this group of refugees will contract some diseases after a long migration.

There are many big families in the county, although there are no particularly wealthy families, but the county government took out some rice grain, and after they took some out, they all felt that these rice grains and medicinal materials would definitely last until the prefect reported it, and the capital gave a reply.

But on the third day after these refugees ate the county's rice porridge and drank the county's medicinal soup, a boy with red spots all over his body suddenly appeared in the refugee camp in Beicheng.

It took just over two hours for the boy to lose his breath, and just a quarter of an hour after the boy lost his breath, more and more people in the camp began to have a fever.

After receiving the news, the county had not had time to send a doctor to treat it, when a voice suddenly broke out in the refugee camp.

Pestilence! It's the plague!

As soon as the news broke out, the refugees who had been pacified suddenly rushed out like crazy, although the county government sent officials here, but after the previous three days of pacification, even the county commander felt that these refugees had been pacified, so he let go of most of the officials to go home to rest.

After all, a few days ago, they were also tired.

But who could have known that it would only take half a day for this group of refugees to come up with such a thing.

The county magistrate is going to bald his originally well-maintained beard, and he still wants to go to the Sun family to ask for advice, but he can enter the imperial examination and have been a county magistrate here for almost two terms, and he is not a fool.

Now that the refugees are rioting, he can't shirk his responsibility as a county magistrate.

Although he did a good job at the beginning, but now that such a thing has happened, no matter how much credit he has, there is no way to cover up this matter.

But if Sun Lao is dragged in, maybe after he has an accident, there will be no one who will reach out to pull him.

The nervous and frightened county magistrate quickly wrote a letter for help to the prefect, and at the same time ordered his henchmen to send a letter to Sun Lao.

Sun Lao was talking to Empress Dowager Hu at Yan Ye's house, and it was also because he received the news of the refugee riot, so he took the initiative to come over to appease Empress Dowager Hu and Xu Yanzhu.

After receiving the letter from the county order, Sun Lao did not hide it, and looked directly at it in front of Empress Dowager Hu, Yan Ye and Xu Yanzhu.

After reading the letter from the county order, Elder Sun let out a long sigh.

Sun Lao did not hide it, and after putting down the letter, he said the meaning of the county order.

"But you can't blame the county order for this?" Xu Yanzhu's tone was full of doubts, from the beginning of the discovery of refugees to the later rescue of refugees, the county order has done a good job.

Now that the refugees are rioting, and such a thing happens, the county order cannot be blamed.

If this matter is to be picked up deeply, it is also the fault of the prefect of the next prefecture and the prefectural orders of several prefectures that have been affected since last spring.

The drought in spring and summer, the inaction of the county order and the prefect, the inaction of the county order and the prefect in the heavy rain in autumn for half a month, and the heavy snow in winter and the freezing rain this spring are the last straw that crushes the people of these counties.

The imperial court didn't know about these things, but the county order and the prefect still exploited the people layer by layer of the taxes that should be paid, so that the people were willing to abandon everything in their hometown and come to them.

But what about when you get to them......

Xu Yanzhu thought of this and sighed for a long time.

Just as her sigh fell, Yan Ye reached out to hold her hand and said, "Don't worry, everything has me." ”

Hearing Yan Ye's words, Xu Yanzhu looked at him and shook his head and said, "Now this matter is not the key, but the plague in the refugee camp, whether it is true or not." If it's true, then we're ......."

Although Xu Yanzhu's words were not finished, Yan Ye understood what she meant.

Although the truth of the plague has not yet been clarified, as soon as the news broke out, the hearts of the people in the city were in turmoil.

Especially the wealthy households who donated a lot of food under the call of the county order.

This county commander has been here for almost six years, and he was retained during the last assessment, according to the rules, after the assessment at the end of this year, he will leave here, either to change to a richer county, or to be directly promoted.

Because he has been here for more than five years, he has always performed very well, and the county is managed by him in an orderly manner, so as soon as he opened his mouth this time, these rich people did not hesitate to give things.

But now, these refugees who have eaten their rice have brought the plague!

Pestilence! It's not a trivial problem, it's a plague that can break out and kill the people of a city!

The rich people probably want to blame the county order, but because of the performance of the previous county order, it is estimated that he is not to blame.

Since the county order cannot be blamed, these rich people naturally put their anger on the refugees.

Yan Ye could think of what these rich people would think now.

It's nothing more than the feeling that if these refugees don't come to them, nothing like this will happen to them here.

As soon as Xu Yanzhu spoke, Yan Ye understood what she meant, he looked at Xu Yanzhu, paused for a moment, and then said: "When Ye Shuo and Yan Hao come back from investigating the news, I will send you away." ”

Almost at the moment when Yan Ye's words fell, Xu Yanzhu looked at him and shook his head.

And before Xu Yanzhu could speak, Empress Dowager Hu, who was sitting at the top, had already looked at Yan Ye and said, "Will this still be able to get out of the city smoothly?" Where else do you have outside the city where you can place us? ”

As soon as Empress Dowager Hu spoke, Xu Yanzhu suddenly didn't know what to say.

She could hear what Yan Ye meant, he was going to send them away, but what about himself?

How could Empress Dowager Hu not understand what her grandson meant, but she also had her own thoughts in her heart, as long as Yan Ye sent them out of the city, she naturally had a way to make him never come back.

Sun Lao sat on the side and listened to their family's conversation, and it wasn't until Empress Dowager Hu opened her mouth that he took the initiative to say: "Others have no way, but our Sun family has a way." It's just that it is estimated that not too many people can go out together, otherwise it will be too conspicuous. ”

After saying this, Sun Lao paused and continued: "Didn't you say that Ye Jingde also came to us? If someone goes out of the city, will he be targeted? ”

Sun Lao knew about this, and the other people sitting here also understood.

It's just that now Xu Yanzhu is eight months pregnant, and she is about to give birth in more than a month, I don't know if this plague is true or not, and I don't know when it will be suppressed, and the family is not at ease to let her continue to stay here.

Xu Yanzhu also understands this, but it does not mean that she can accept such an arrangement with peace of mind.

And just after Sun Lao's voice fell, when no one answered in the house, Ye Shuo and Xu Yanhao, who went out to inquire about the news, came back.

"The shops in the city are almost all closed, but there are still some refugees who start smashing and looting the contents of the shops without hesitation. Some shops with a thick foundation, there are a lot of guys, and some shops with small businesses, this time it can be regarded as miserable. ”

As soon as Ye Shuo's words were finished, when he was holding the teacup sent by Yan Ye and drinking water, Xu Yanhao, who had already finished drinking a glass of water, continued: "Many rich families have indeed begun to find a way to get out of the city, but the county order seems to be going to order the closure of the city, but they are worried that this matter will cause greater turmoil, so they are still hesitating. I arranged for some soldiers of the Iron Eagle Brigade to come over to help, they have all experienced life and death, and they will not be afraid of these things. ”

"What my cousin said is, but I think the north of the city will definitely be sealed, but the county will definitely not be stable during this time, cousin, do you want to go out of the city to live for a while?"

As soon as Ye Shuo's question came out, Xu Yanzhu looked at him and shook his head, after Ye Shuo understood Xu Yanzhu's words, he ignored Yan Ye's look at him, and continued: "Actually, I think it's okay for my cousin to stay in the city, I always feel that there is Ye Jingde's shadow behind this matter, if my cousin goes out of the city at this time, he may be caught by Ye Jingde's people." ”

As soon as Ye Shuo's words came out, Xu Yanzhu's eyes also lit up.

"Brother Shuo is right, what if you send me out of the city and I am bumped into by Ye Jingde's people?" Xu Yanzhu was happy in her heart, but there was a look of worry and recognition on her face.

Yan Ye understands Xu Yanzhu, and when she heard her words, she didn't know what she was thinking.

Because of Ye Shuo's words and Xu Yanzhu's insistence, Yan Ye couldn't open his mouth again and insisted on sending Xu Yanzhu away.

And not long after they finished saying this, the soldiers of the Iron Eagle Brigade who were inquiring about the news outside brought them the latest news.

"I don't know why the news came out of the camp that the county order was going to bury them alive, and now the refugees in the whole camp have gone crazy. They began to rush out desperately, and when their subordinates returned, some of the sturdy refugees had already begun to come to the eastern city. ”

The news brought back by the soldiers of the Iron Eagle Brigade made Yan Ye, who was still thinking about how to send Xu Yanzhu away, forget his previous thoughts.

Something like this happened, and now that Xu Yanzhu agrees, he doesn't dare to send her away.

It is true that he can send someone to protect Xu Yanzhu, and it is not false that he can personally send her away, but there are so many crazy refugees outside, which is really not something he can control.

Knowing that the matter was urgent now, Yan Ye immediately arranged it.

The guards at home, Ye Shuo, and the people brought by Xu Yanhao were also quickly armed.

Sun Lao knew that the matter was serious, he didn't stay at Yan Ye's house for a long time, and after hearing the news, he went home through the small door opened between the two families.

After returning home, Sun Lao also made arrangements, and finally before the refugees arrived, the two families made a defense.

After learning that the refugees had rushed to Dongcheng, Yan Ye asked Xu Yanzhu to stay in the backyard obediently, while he himself took a few people to stand on the specially built wooden shelves in the front yard and look out.

The refugees, unarmed and armed with random rocks and tree trunks, clamored to rush to the big mansions in the East Side.

They knew that in these big mansions in Dongcheng, there was endless rice and grain, endless gold and silver, and as long as they could break the door of a family, they would be able to worry about food and clothing in the future.

Yan Ye looked at these refugees outside coldly, but asked Ye Shuo and Xu Yanhao beside him: "Do you think there is Ye Jingde's handwriting behind this matter?" ”

"Definitely!"

Almost as soon as Yan Ye's words fell, Ye Shuo opened his mouth.

After he finished saying this, he paused before continuing: "These refugees seem to be unorganized, but they have been rushing towards our two families, and although they can't hear what they are talking about, they must be discussing how to rush into our two families. ”

Although Yan Ye's family originally did not have arrows and weapons that could only be found in the barracks, there were a lot of sturdy wooden sticks and some hoes and wood-chopping knives that were not under the control of the barracks.

In addition, the soldiers of the Iron Eagle Brigade brought by Ye Shuo and Xu Yanhao all have weapons, so they really didn't take the group of refugees outside into account.

Even if Ye Jingde's people were really mixed in this group of refugees, they were confident that they could stop them.

But just when Yan Ye, Ye Shuo and Xu Yanhao were discussing how to take down these refugees without violating the law, the backyard of Yan Ye's house was suddenly thrown in with many oil cans that had already caught fire.

Almost instantly, the refugees who were originally hovering at the door of Yan Ye's house in the front yard also shouted and rushed towards Yan Ye's house.