As the sun sets, it's getting late.

Seeing what appeared to be a village in the distance, the three of them quickened their pace, trying to find a place to stay before dark.

It's close, and the village is not small, there are always dozens of families. The intersection into the village is flanked by a small river to the north and mountains to the south. This junction is the only way into the village.

To their disappointment, when they arrived at the entrance of the village, they were guarded by officers and soldiers, who were not allowed to enter the village or pass through.

Antlers blocked the road, and several soldiers were on duty on both sides of the road with halberds.

The first officer and soldier held his waist knife in his hand and shouted: "The king has an order, in order to prevent the spread of the plague, no road will be allowed at all intersections!"

Alayanzong stepped forward and asked, "Since you won't let you go, has a convoy been here before?"

The officer and soldier replied awe-inspiringly: "The convoy will be allowed to go naturally, and they will have a customs clearance CD. ”

Alayan Zong begged, "It's getting late, can we borrow a night here?"

The leading defender seemed to be a little impatient, "Our duty is to guard the intersection and not let it go." Not only for a few of you, but also for dozens of homeless people who came before. ”

Alayanzong heard that a homeless person had come, and after a moment's thought, he asked again, "Does Master Jun know where the homeless person went?"

The officer raised his hand and guided the mountain and said, "Go to the mountain." ”

Following the direction pointed by the officers and soldiers, Alayanzong looked at the way from here, and there was indeed a mountain pass about a mile or two away from here, from which you could enter Nanshan.

Alayanzong and Ula Peach discussed it for a while, since the intersection can't be crossed, there is no point in spending it here, it is better to go to the mountains to find a leeward place, so as to survive this night. Let's see tomorrow if we can bypass this pass from the mountains.

Ula Peach and Allah felt that this was the only way, so the three of them turned around and walked back.

The valley is relatively wide, with trees and weeds on both sides, except for rocks. About a stone's throw into the valley, he heard a voice, and the Alayan sect became alert.

Looking for prestige, I saw a group of people resting there, needless to say those homeless people in the mouths of officers and soldiers.

The Alayanzong was surprised and did not know where these displaced people came from. When the three of them approached, he found that these people were all familiar, and they were actually outcasts who had been driven out of Dread Manor.

When they saw the three of them from the Alayan Sect, everyone was even more surprised, and most of them stood up one after another, staring at each other in a state of horror. Some even began to retreat backwards, as if they were scared.

A middle-aged man who was more courageous stepped back, his fingers trembling and pointed at Alayanzong and the others and asked, "Are you humans or ghosts?"

After hearing this, the Alayanzong suddenly understood, presumably this group of homeless people heard the rumor that the three of them had been burned to death, and they all believed that they were dead, and their natural panic suddenly appeared here.

With a smile on his face, Alayanzong hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "Fellow villagers, we are naturally human. The rumors that we had been burned to death were false, and we were not in the house at all. If we were ghosts, how could you see so really, and how could I talk to you?"

Listening to Alayanzong's explanation, some people have already begun to believe it, and the crowd began to talk about it.

The middle-aged man stopped retreating, "Oh, those are all rumors, we thought that the three benefactors were really burned to death! Before he finished speaking, he coughed again and again.

As soon as he said this, everyone already believed that the three people were not ghosts.

When Alayanzong heard that he was coughing, he hurriedly stepped forward and said that he would diagnose him. As soon as he took the pulse, Alayanzong discovered that the middle-aged uncle had been infected with the plague.

It was about to get dark, and there was no way to make herbs in this barren mountain. Alayanzong pondered for a moment, took out the silver needle from the baggage, stabbed the middle-aged man's arm a few times, and said:

"First of all, give the uncle a relief of the symptoms, and after finding a clay pot or other utensils, boil some herbs and drink it. ”

The middle-aged man nodded his head again and again, saying that there were still several people with fever.

Alayanzong looked at everyone, his brows were furrowed, it was getting dark, and if he couldn't find a suitable place, people would have to sleep in this barren mountain and wilderness.

The fact that these diseased homeless people are sleeping in the ravines only aggravates their condition.

Alayanzong said: "While there is still a glow in the sky, everyone will go separately to look for it, and see if there are any caves around, we can spend tonight, it is better to have caves than in this valley." ”

So forty or fifty people got up and scattered in search of the cave. The peach of Ula and the second child of Allah also went with the crowd to find it.

Alayanzong saw that the fifty or sixty people sitting on the ground were all yellow and thin, listless. Some coughed twice from time to time, some just gasped for breath, and some were crimson, with their eyes closed, leaning against the stones.

Alayanzong's heart was heavy, these people were all covered with vegetables and diseases, and they hurriedly stepped forward to take the pulse one by one. At present, he could not use medicine, so he used silver needles to puncture the acupoints and undergo acupuncture treatment.

Some people did have the plague, and after acupuncture, the cough was reduced, the breath and the intake were much smoother, and the people had some spirits, and they talked more, and intermittently told the Alayanzong about their experiences in the past few days.

While examining the pulse of the others, Alayanzong listened to their experiences.

Since being expelled from Dread Manor, some of them have gone north, and most have come east, intending to go to the royal city.

There was no food, no medicine, and I was tired from walking during the day, and I slept on the side of the road at night. On the way, two men had already slept and died in the night, and they were buried in a pile of rubble.

Without food, they had to pick up wild fruits as they walked, and even gnawed on tree bark and grass roots. When they saw those pheasants and hares, they couldn't catch up, so they had to sigh with joy. Now they are all hungry and have no energy, and some of them are suffering from more serious diseases.

When they saw the village in front of them, they felt that they had a way to live, but the officers and soldiers guarding the checkpoint did not let them into the village at all. They can't get food to eat, so they have to come to this valley, and at least find a shelter from the wind.

But they did not have the strength or the confidence to go deep into the mountains, so they rested here.

After the middle-aged man was acupuncture by Alayanzong, his cough was indeed much lighter, and he also came to his senses.

He told Alayanzong that he had seen a convoy pass by, and that they were at the checkpoint at the entrance of the village. The convoy passed the checkpoint and did not continue eastward, but entered the village, where the people shouted that they were going to stay there and leave again tomorrow.

Alayanzong was very surprised by this news, and thought to himself, the cart was pulling food and medicinal herbs, no matter who it was sent to, these displaced people in front of him were in urgent need of food and medicine. Alayanzong already had his own plan in mind.

When it got dark, the people who had gone out to look for the cave returned one after another, mostly despondent and finding nothing.

Allah Xiaoer and Ula Peach ran over excitedly, saying that they had seen a cave in the second mile of the mountain, and the cave was quite large, although it was not deep, it was quite wide inside, and there was a mountain spring there.

When everyone heard this, their faces turned happy, and Alayanzong shouted, "Not only do we have a place to live tonight, but I also want everyone to have a full meal!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately became excited, and even the homeless who had been leaning on the stone and was sick suddenly became energetic and stood up.

Under the leadership of Allah, the outcasts helped each other and walked towards the cave.