Wang Xiangyu didn't notice that when she mentioned her son, a trace of unhappiness flashed on Lu Chuan's face.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Second Prince, there is Wolf and Tiger Mountain ahead."

The leading guard pointed ahead as he spoke.

"The reason why this mountain is called Wolf and Tiger Mountain is not that there are really wolves and tigers on the mountain, but that there will be bandits on every hill on this mountain."

Not only that, the bandits on this hill are particularly fierce, like wolves and tigers without humanity, and none of the caravans passing by here can escape.

Over time, it has the reputation of Wolf Tiger Mountain.

People would rather travel long distances than pass through Tiger Mountain, which is too unsafe.

However, time is tight, and if you detour from Wolf Tiger Mountain, it will take three more days. For three days, I don't know what the epidemic will become, and everyone has no time to delay, so they can only pass from Wolf and Tiger Mountain.

"Send someone to find out first."

His Royal Highness the Second Prince glanced back, and the carriage of the Second Princess, Concubine Li, commanded to the guards beside him.

After receiving the orders of His Royal Highness the Second Prince, the guards found two guards who seemed to be very clever and asked them to investigate.

"If you notice something wrong, you have to go back in time. The purpose of the two of you going this time is only to investigate, not to fight. ”

After receiving the order, I saw that the two guards were not in a hurry and thunder, and they quickly galloped towards Tiger Wolf Mountain, leaving only a puff of dust.

Unlike officers and soldiers, bandits do not have any battle plans, their moves are completely unexpected, and their fighting style is very rare, and there is no dirty road to be found at all.

And here is basically a mountainous area, those bandits have lived here for many years, and they are very familiar with and understand the terrain.

If it were to be carried out here, it would be very disadvantageous for them. It's better to find a way to avoid the bandits and pass quietly.

"What's going on up ahead?"

When the second princess saw that the second prince came back on horseback, she felt uneasy, after all, she was rushing all the way, and the time was not so delayed.

After listening to the second prince talk about Wolf and Tiger Mountain, the second princess frowned slightly and looked at the carriage that Li Youran was riding.

The thoughts of the second princess are the same as those of His Royal Highness the second prince.

His Royal Highness the Second Prince wanted the Second Princess's Concubine and Li Youran to take a detour, after all, they went a little earlier and a little later, so they didn't delay things, and the most important thing was that he had to take this batch of medicinal materials and the two doctors around him to arrive in time, so he had this idea.

The second princess had the same idea, she wanted Li Youran to take a detour, and she didn't want Li Youran to take this risk.

In the end, the second princess chose to compromise, because her stay was nothing more than to cause trouble to His Royal Highness the second prince, and she was not at ease to let Li Youran take a detour alone.

"Although the county lord is not skilled in medicine, her knowledge of the plague is far better than mine."

Doctor Feng looked at the carriage where the second princess and Li leisurely went away, and said lightly.

The second princess and Li Youran didn't want to delay too long on the road, so they were frantically hurrying along the way, and only at night, they were really forced to rest at the post station for the sake of safety.

"Leisurely, when this epidemic passes, if you can make a contribution, maybe you can use this as an excuse to let the emperor cancel the marriage."

Since the engagement, Li Youran has not had much joy on his face, and the second princess is anxious in her eyes.

This time, although there is more luck and less luck, there is still hope. If the epidemic can be quelled and the sweat and blood are made, maybe the emperor can use this as an excuse to cancel the marriage and give his sister a freedom.

"Sister, why do you love me so much?"

Li Youran turned sideways to look at the second princess, only to see the moonlight sprinkled on her face, as if coated with a layer of aperture.

Li Youran felt that the word eldest sister was like a mother, which was really not bad at all, since she recognized the second princess, the second princess treated him as a child.

not only cares about her food, clothing, housing and transportation, but also cares about her feelings very much.

Take the matter of marriage, if it is an ordinary family, I am afraid that it will be too late to be happy, after all, Feng Yu is excellent no matter what.

But because she was unwilling, His Royal Highness the Second Prince and the Second Princess respected her wishes, and were even willing to do whatever it took for him.

"What are you talking about? I'm not good to you, can I be good to someone else's sister? ”

The second princess said, and rolled her eyes at Li Youran.

Li Youran smiled, did not speak, then closed his eyes, and fell asleep at some point.

"Second brother, don't be confused, in the end, His Royal Highness the Second Prince, and that group of court officials. If they are moved, you and my brother will not be able to eat, but we will have to go around. ”

"Big brother, this time's reward is a thousand taels of gold, not a thousand taels of silver."

I saw a big man with a hideous smile as he spoke, and even the ugly scars on his face trembled.

"Not to mention His Royal Highness the Second Prince, even if the emperor is here, we have to take him down today."

I saw the thin man walk down from the chair, with an embarrassed expression, and turned to look at it, the man who was called the second child said.

"That's it, anyway, it's the size of a bowl if the head falls out, and we've long been at odds with the group of people on Niutou Mountain. If you get this thousand taels of silver, you can buy weapons, recruit troops and horses to strengthen our mountain, and take them down in one fell swoop. ”

In the end, they still couldn't resist the temptation of money, and the bandits at the head of Langya Mountain responded to Mrs. Xia's matter.

However, they only planned to attack the young and beautiful woman mentioned by Mrs. Xia, and the others didn't want to move, after all, the money was good and the food was unpalatable, if they really hurt His Royal Highness the Second Prince, none of their brothers on the Wolf Tooth Mountain would be able to escape.

His Royal Highness the Second Prince and his entourage waited at the foot of the mountain, waiting for a long time, but they did not see the two soldiers who went to explore the wind come back.

His Royal Highness the Second Prince paced anxiously on horseback, and he didn't know whether they passed smoothly or were taken by the bandits, and encountered an accident.

"Leader Huang, do you want to send someone to take a look?"

"Back to His Royal Highness the Second Prince, we are waiting for the time of a stick of incense. If they don't come back, we'll go the other way. ”

When Leader Huang said this, he was also helpless, these two soldiers were relatively flexible soldiers under him, if the two of them could not pass such a small target, they were afraid that Wolf Tiger Mountain was too fierce.

Just when everyone was about to give up, they saw the two cavalrymen sent before, hurrying back.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Second Prince, basically there are bandits on this mountain, and most of them are not large."

Originally, a few of them passed all the way and found that there were people on every hill in this group of wolves and tigers, but they were all living in small groups.

They were delayed for some time because they had been alarmed on the last hill.

"Leader Huang, let's get over here quickly."

Although His Royal Highness the Second Prince knew that these bandits were difficult to deal with, he was more concerned about the epidemic in Liaocheng, so he didn't want to delay any longer.

Chief Huang didn't know what to do, but he still forcibly responded, because he understood that His Royal Highness the Second Prince was very stubborn, and he was also concerned about the epidemic in Liaocheng, and every minute and second of delay, one more person would die due to the epidemic.

"Dare to ask the shopkeeper if you've ever seen a group of people passing by here?"

Wu Yong asked for a pot of tea brewed from rough leaves at the tea stall, and then took out a small ingot of silver and handed it to the shopkeeper.

"This boy is too polite." The shopkeeper had never seen such a generous customer, and said with a smile on his face after taking the silver.

"A few days ago, a group of officials did pass by here and asked me to buy some tea."

The owner of the tea stall not only told Wu Yong's second prince and his entourage the direction of going, but even told Wu Yong in detail about a few horses and a few sedan chairs.

Even before leaving, he packed a lot of snacks for Wu Yong to satisfy his hunger on the road.

Wu Yong rode a fast horse, carrying a burden and a snack from the shopkeeper, and galloped towards the direction where His Royal Highness the Second Prince and his party went.

But eventually at a fork in the road, he stopped, a road that bypassed the Tiger Mountains in four directions, and a road that passed directly through the Wolf Tiger Mountains.

"Point the soldiers, point the general, and point where it counts."

Wu Yong finally chose to pass directly through the Wolf and Tiger Mountains.

At this time, Li Youran and the second princess on the other side were in a frantic hurry all the way, and the three-day journey took a day and a half to arrive.

"Miss, madam, all right, poor and pitiful, give me something to eat."

"Poor pity, my child hasn't eaten for three days."

The second princess, who was sitting for a few years, couldn't see these suffering people, so she instructed the maids on the side to distribute the dry food she had with them to these refugees.

"Sister, I can't give it."

Without waiting for Yahuan to take out the dry food in the baggage, Li Youran stopped her, looked at the second princess and shook her head with an embarrassed expression and said.

"If my sister distributes these dry foods, I'm afraid our carriage won't be able to reach Liaocheng today."

The second princess didn't expect this, she originally thought that Li Youran was reluctant to dry food, but after thinking about it carefully, her sister is not a hard-hearted person.

After hearing Li Youran's words, he realized that if dry food was distributed to refugees, more refugees would come around.

There are so many refugees, and they don't have enough dry food at all. Not only that, but there may also be refugees who will take the opportunity to coax and rob them of their things.

"Not far in front is the city gate of Liaocheng, and after we enter the city, we will find the county order and let him open a warehouse to release grain."

Seeing Li Youran say this, the second princess did not continue to insist.

The closer you get to the gate of Liaocheng, the more refugees there are, and most of them stay on the side of the road, either waiting in place or heading farther away from Liaocheng.

Now, there is a large-scale outbreak of the epidemic in Liaocheng City, and the city gate has been sealed, and the people inside can't get out, and the people outside can't get in.

Most of the refugees outside are refugees from the countryside, and although there is an epidemic, it is not particularly serious.

The reason why they stay near Liaocheng is because there will be regular soup porridge at the city gate, once they leave Liaocheng, they will pass through a deserted place, and there is not enough dry food to support them to leave, so they say that sex is slippery here.

As far as Li Youran knows, Liaocheng is a big city, there are about 20,000 people in the city, and the center of the outbreak of the epidemic is in Liaocheng City.

According to the report and the twists and turns, it is clearly recorded that dozens of people will go to the epidemic every day, and nearly 100 people will be infected with the epidemic every day.

The most serious epidemic is in the north of Liaocheng City, where the first outbreak occurred. Now it has been completely closed, and people from the north of Liaocheng are not allowed to go out.

When Li Youran and his entourage revealed their identities, the county commander hurriedly brought people to greet them.

"The second princess and the county lord came from afar, and it is really a sin for the lower officials to miss the distance."

The county magistrate knelt down directly as he spoke, he was just a small county magistrate, a seven-grade sesame official, where had he seen a character from the capital in his life, especially the second princess and the county lord with a distinguished status, he had never seen such a precious person.

Li Youran looked at the soldiers in the city, the county order, and the people who came and went, only to see that none of them were wearing masks, and they were very close to each other when they came into contact, completely ignoring the spread of the epidemic.

"Is there enough food in the city?"

After the county magistrate heard the words of the second princess, he knew that the second princess must have seen those refugees when he came over, so he said to the second princess with a embarrassed expression.

"Now that food is scarce, the people in the city are barely able to make ends meet, and only a small amount of food can be used for soup porridge, but it can only hang on to their lives. If you take out more, I am afraid that the food in the city will not be enough, but I am afraid that the people in the city will rush out at that time, and I am afraid that there is no way to stop it. ”

The county order also has no way, in order to stabilize the people in the city, it can only give priority to meeting the food needs in the city.

After all, once he can't meet the food, I'm afraid that the situation will be more difficult to control at that time, he is just a seven-grade sesame official, and he can't encounter an epidemic once in 800 years, and he can only consider himself unlucky if he is put on the stall.

If it is done well, the credit will be on the person above. If he doesn't do it well, the responsibility is borne by himself, so the county order is very difficult to do.

"It makes sense for the county magistrate to arrange it like this."

Hearing Li Youran's words, the county commander breathed a sigh of relief, at least he was not blamed by the people above.

"I wonder where there is a winery in the county?"

After the second princess heard Li Youran's words, she knew that Li Youran was going to refine a high number of liquor for disinfection, so she looked at the county order with an expectant face.

"Yes, yes, the economic product of this county is liquor, and there are countless wineries of all sizes in the city."

Although the county magistrate didn't know what to do with the winery, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took Li Youran and the second princess to the largest winery.