After Jiang Yuan came to Pengcheng, he found that Pengcheng had been under martial law.

Outside the city, a quarantine camp surrounded by a high fence had been set up, and groups of people suffering from the epidemic were escorted out of the city by the officers and soldiers and the Star Demon Sea Gang and locked up in the fence.

At the gate of the city, there were also officers and soldiers and helpers who were strictly checking the people entering and leaving.

When Jiang Yuan entered the city, some officers and soldiers who were not long-sighted wanted to come forward to check, but Jiang Yuan was whipped away.

The Star Demon Sea Gang who knew Jiang Yuan hurriedly stepped forward to grab the other angry officers and soldiers, and after some explanation, the officers and soldiers hurriedly apologized to Jiang Yuan and let him go.

However, in Pengcheng, it seems to be more chaotic than imagined, and there are Star Demon Sea gangs or officers and soldiers everywhere who are breaking into people's houses to search for patients.

Everywhere they pleaded and cried.

There are also many people who have drawn a cordon on the streets, as if to redivide the city into small areas.

Jiang Yuan rode through the street on horseback and was about to go home, when he was suddenly stopped by someone:

"Lord Jiang Xiang, please stay!"

Jiang Yuan reined in the horse rope, and saw several Star Demon Sea Gang members slowly galloping towards a carriage.

The curtain on the side of the carriage was opened, and a graceful woman sat in it, it was the elder Shangguan Shu.

As the carriage approached, Shangguan Shu smiled at Jiang Yuan:

"Lord Jiang Xiang is going home, why don't you take a ride together. ”

Jiang Yuan was also trying to find out about the situation in the city, so he immediately turned over and dismounted, and handed the reins to a gangster. Then he got into the carriage and sat with Shangguan Shu.

The carriage gradually galloped down the street, with the gang in front of the way, but it did not affect the speed.

Inside the slightly swaying carriage, Shangguan Shu smiled:

"Master Jiang Xiang is dressed in dust, but he just went out and returned?"

Jiang Yuan didn't want to say more, but replied:

"I just got out of town last night. By the way, Elder Shangguan, what is the situation in Pengcheng now?"

Shangguan Shu sighed slightly:

"Last night's movement was not small, presumably Lord Jiang Xiang also saw it. First, plague demons entrenched and spread the plague, and then there were fire trolls. This morning, many people in the city were infected with the epidemic, and the epidemic envoy closed their doors early in the morning, and they did not know what to think of to save people. ”

Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and continued to ask:

"What are the difficulties in saving the sick and curing the disaster?"

Shangguan Shu asked:

"I heard that Lord Jiang Xiang is willing to donate a huge amount of silver taels for disaster relief?"

Jiang Yuan nodded:

"It is true. ”

Shangguan Shu continued:

"At present, Peng City alone is okay, but the Plague Messenger held a council at dawn and said that reinforcements could not arrive in time, and if the flame trolls reappeared tonight, then they would lead the people to abandon the city and flee. Even if the Flame Trolls no longer appear, it remains to be seen how many people in Peng County will fall ill. Once the disease spreads after nightfall, more patients will be generated.

When the time comes, the quarantined people will need money, the procurement of materials, the comfort of the families of the sick will also need money, and the contribution of people will need money. Lord Jiang Xiang's silver taels can just alleviate the urgent need. ”

Jiang Yuan wanted to ask again, but at this time, there was a noisy sound of gongs and drums from the far side of the street, and the carriage also stopped and galloped to the side of the road to wait.

Surprised, Jiang Yuan lifted the curtain and looked out to see who could make Shangguan Shu's carriage get out of the way.

I saw a group of people holding colorful flags, beating gongs and drums, wearing strange clothes like opera robes, walking along the street.

Their faces were painted with distorted oil paint, and they were arranged in a column, led by a man dressed in bearskin and a red robe, with a hideous mask of gold and four eyes on his face, and a shield in his hand.

He led twelve men, all dyed with red hair and dressed in white clothes. Each of them held a whip in his hand, and he kept pumping out a crunch in the air.

The group marched forward with strange dance steps, singing a rough and grotesque song for the first man in the mask:

"A is a miscellaneous food, a food tiger, a male uncle, a simple food, a food blame, a Birch food dream, Qiang Liang and Zu Ming eat together and die parasitically, the Sui food concept, the wrong fasting giant, the poor Qi, Tenggen eat Gu together. Whoever causes the twelve gods to chase the evil and the evil is made, and the body of you is pulled, and the flesh of you is relieved, and the lungs and intestines are pumped, and you are not in a hurry to go, but the latter is food!"

The people in the streets retreated to the side of the road, praying earnestly for this strange procession.

Shangguan Shu explained to Jiang Yuan:

"This is a sacrifice, the leader is dressed as the god Fang Xiangshi who drives away the plague ghosts, and leads the crowd to sing the "Twelve Divine Beasts Eat Ghost Song", and circles the city three times. It can be regarded as the people of the city praying for blessings and praying for a safe passage through the disaster. ”

Jiang Yuan lowered the curtains, and after a while, after the procession of the priests left, the carriage continued to move forward.

It didn't take long for the carriage to gallop into the street where Jiang Yuan's residence was located.

However, outside the gate of the mansion, there was a group of people from the Star Demon Sea guarding it, strictly prohibiting the entry and exit of the people in the house.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Yuan's eyes were cold, and he didn't know who was so bold that he dared to send someone to do this.

Shangguan Shu seemed to know all this for a long time, and she said to Jiang Yuan:

"Lord Jiang Xiang, please don't blame the brothers in the gang for causing her to suffer from the epidemic, they are forced to do so. ”

Jiang Yuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and glanced at Shangguan Shu in surprise. Then he lifted the curtain of the carriage and jumped down, and walked briskly towards his home.

When they came to the door, the guards naturally did not dare to stop them, and Jiang Yuan said to them in a cold voice:

"Get out!"

Those Star Demon Sea Gang members hurriedly left.

After entering the mansion, I saw that everyone in the family was panicked, and when I saw Jiang Yuan, they knelt down and saluted.

"What's going on?" Jiang Yuan asked in a deep voice.

A servant girl replied in a whisper:

"Back to the master, the eldest lady and a few subordinates...... infected with the epidemic ......"

Jiang Yuan continued to ask:

"Where is she?"

The servant girl replied hastily:

"It's in the backyard. ”

Jiang Yuan immediately walked towards the backyard, passed through a moon cave door, bypassed the flower garden, and a row of huts appeared in front of him.

There seemed to be a few maidservants locked up in one of the huts, who were lying on the window nailed by wooden blocks, and pleaded to Jiang Yuan through the gap:

"Master, please let us out, we won't run around, we just want to go home and see our relatives again!"

The three children, Li Siyan, Chen Yin and Ding Ze, were crying in front of the hut, and Qi Yuxing, the teacher in charge of teaching them martial arts, sighed on the side.

At this time, the three children saw Jiang Yuan and hurriedly surrounded them:

"Father-in-law, you must save the eldest sister!

Jiang Yuan walked past them, came to the front of the hut, pushed open the door and walked in, and a rancid smell came to his nose.

The light in the room was dim, and I saw Qianluo sitting quietly on a chair.

Her whole body looked languishing, her hands were firmly tied to the handles of the chair with ropes, and many ulcers could be seen on the delicate skin exposed.

When Qianluo saw Jiang Yuan coming in, his somewhat pale face was full of unwillingness and despair:

"Father-in-law...... Am I going to die?"

Jiang Yuan stepped forward, looked at her hand tied by the rope and asked:

"Who tied you up?"

Qianluo choked up and replied:

"I told them to tie me up, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to control my desire to catch ...... It hurts and itches! I want to get my nails into the flesh and tear it all off!"

Jiang Yuan sighed and said:

"Don't be afraid, your father-in-law will find a way to save you. ”

When he walked to the door, Qianluo suddenly cried and shouted:

"Father-in-law!"

Jiang Yuan stopped and turned around.

I saw Qianluo crying and saying:

"Father-in-law...... Do you know? I really hated you at the beginning! I hated you, why didn't you save my mother, you obviously have the ability to save her! I just watched her sink into the river little by little and disappear...... I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I don't want to worship you as my father! I'm just so scared, afraid that you will abandon me, I won't have any relatives, I don't know how to live......

Jiang Yuan took a deep breath and listened quietly.

Qianluo continued to cry:

"After I'm dead...... In the past, I lived a very hard life, I didn't have as much food as I do now, I didn't have enough clothes and shelter, and I always had endless work to do. But I'm happy to have my dad and mom by my side...... If you meet someone like my mother in distress in the future, will you reach out and help them?"

Jiang Yuan stood in silence for a while, then turned his head and left the hut.

Walking out of the house, Qi Yuxing hurriedly stepped forward and took out four cheats from his arms:

"Master Jiang Xiang, I've read the cheats, and I've found a method suitable for a few young ladies to practice, and now it's back to its original state-"

"I'll talk about this later!" Jiang Yuan was in an irritable mood, where could he care about this.

He immediately pushed Qi Yuxing away, and then walked towards his bedroom.

After coming to the bedroom, Jiang Yuan ordered his subordinates to go away and not to approach, and then closed the door.

He opened the bed in the room and stomped the ground with his foot:

"Hey, are you dead?"

The voice of the dryad Lin Yulin soon came out from the ground:

"I knew you were coming to me, I was already waiting!"

Jiang Yuan asked:

"Do you have a way to save people?"

"No!" replied the dryad crisply, "but I can keep them alive a little longer." Now I'm going to put forward the conditions, first you have to ...... Hey, don't go, listen to me first, my conditions!"

Jiang Yuan was in the mood to hear her say this, and immediately left the bedroom.

He took a horse, asked where Fang Qian lived, and then drove the horse away.

Although he rode the streets, Jiang Yuan's mind was not at peace for a moment.

It's just a weak trace of ghostly energy, which is nothing to him at all. But he couldn't draw it out of a living person's body and save that living person's life at the same time, which made Jiang Yuan feel super unhappy.

"That stinky girl! I don't know what I'm going to say, why do you want to say it......

Jiang Yuan gritted his teeth, and the depression in his chest made him breathe shortly.

"If she's going to die, she's going to die! This stinky girl! Talking so much, is it deliberately making me unhappy? She's damned, damned!"

The horses galloped all the way, and finally came to the outside of the house where the plague envoy temporarily lived.

I saw that the house was closed, and only two officers and soldiers were guarding the door.

Jiang Yuan turned over and dismounted, and the two officers and soldiers guarding outside the house hurriedly greeted Jiang Yuan and led the horses for Jiang Yuan.

"I'm tired of reporting," Jiang Yuan said, "Jiang Yuan asks to see me." ”

The two officers and soldiers suddenly looked embarrassed:

"Lord Jiang Xiang is really sorry, the plague envoy said that he would not see any guests today. ”

"Don't see a guest?" Jiang Yuan snorted coldly, and then stepped forward.

"Phew!"

He kicked the door open, and he stepped over the threshold and stepped inside.