After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

The official pushed the old woman and knocked her down.

"Grandma!" The little boy was afraid that the official would hurt his grandmother and pushed them hard. "You are bad people! We want to go home!"

At this time, a man in armor came out. Seeing the little boy making a fuss, he immediately kicked him over and kicked the little boy far away.

"Doudou!" The old lady was so frightened that she ran toward her grandson with a livid face.

Seeing this, no one dared to say anything, and they lined up one by one to go in.

Liu Yunxiang recognized the old woman at a glance. She was one of the twelve families who went to Beijing to complain.

"It seems that the people detained here are not those who are sick, but all the people involved in the case of empty pay. When Xie Shengmao learned that the imperial court sent His Highness to investigate, he was afraid that these people would provide evidence, so he imprisoned them all in this village. , using the epidemic to cover up the truth.”

Leng Yuxie frowned, "This Xie Shengmao is too courageous!"

"Your Highness, think about those pitfalls. Although this is my guess, it should be close to ten."

Leng Yuxie took a deep breath, "It seems we have to find a way to get in. Only by figuring out what's going on inside can I lead people to capture Xie Shengmao!"

Liu Yunxiang looked around, pointed into the forest and said, "Let's go through this forest to see if we can find a weakly guarded place and try to sneak in."

Leng Yuxie shook his head: "You take Wanwan and wait far away, I will go in alone."

"Your Highness and I will come together and take care of each other."

Regardless of whether Leng Yuxie agreed or not, Liu Yunxiang said that he had already gone into the forest.

Leng Yuxie couldn't help but rolled his eyes again, but still followed. This woman really didn't know how to be afraid, but if you think about it, she came from Da Rong to Jin'an alone, looking for a husband for thousands of miles. She didn't have the guts to make it this far.

The two entered the forest, found a path in the forest, and walked along this path. After walking for a while, I heard movement in front of me, as if someone was coming.

Leng Yuxie pulled Liu Yunxiang to hide behind a tree. After waiting for a while, he saw a young man in a white plain robe staggering towards this side with a look of panic on his face.

This man must have run out of the village. Just a few steps away, an arrow suddenly shot through the air and pierced the man's heart.

Before the man had time to react, he fell straight to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but cover his mouth.

Leng Yuxie took her to hide a little, and then there was a burst of chaotic footsteps. After a while, several officers and soldiers escorted two scholars in plain robes over.

The two scholars were already frightened, and when they saw their companions on the ground, they were so frightened that they fell to the ground.

"You...how can you kill someone..." a scholar said with trembling lips.

The leading officer and soldier stepped forward and lifted up the scholar who had been hit by the arrow. Seeing that he was no longer breathing, he nodded to the two officers and soldiers beside him: "You two dispose of the body."

The two officers and soldiers stepped forward, dragged the body up and took it away.

"You are infected with the epidemic, stay inside restlessly, and escape privately, trying to bring the epidemic outside and cause a large-scale infection. Your intentions are extremely sinister. As scholars, we don't respect this morality, and we can't help it. We can only use some extraordinary measures."

The leading officer and soldier spoke eloquently. If you didn't know the truth, you would really be deceived by his words.

"But we are not sick at all!" another scholar shouted.

"Our military governor says you are sick, so you are sick, and it is a disease that can infect people and kill them!"

"You...you are from the government...how can you violate King Gu's law?"

"In Yuzhou, our military governor is Wang Fa!"

After the officer and soldier finished speaking, he ordered his men to take the two scholars back.

"If they dare to escape again, one word: kill!"

After the officers and soldiers escorted the two scholars away, Leng Yuxie and Liu Yunxiang quickly followed behind.

After following this group of people for a while into the forest, we saw a path leading into the village. It was probably the path taken by the villagers into the mountains.

After walking along the path for a while, we reached the edge of the village. A patrol passed by, and the two parties exchanged some words.

The two scholars were brought in, and the original people continued to guard.

"Everyone's eyes are bright, don't let anyone go, and don't let anyone in. Everyone has worked hard for a few days, and the warlord will be rewarded when he comes back!"

Liu Yunxiang hid behind a tree and looked forward and backward. There were actually torches lighting up the area, and one patrol group followed another, and the guards were extremely tight.

The two of them were worrying about how to get in, when Wanwan, who was lying on Leng Yuxie's back, woke up.

"Mom! Mom, where are you? I'm so scared!"

The little girl had a nightmare and cried out.

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly covered the little girl's mouth, but it was so quiet at night, and the guard not far away still heard it.

"Who is there?"

The guard stared here for a while, then waved to the people around him, and several guards came over with spears.

Liu Yunxiang's heart couldn't help but tugged at Leng Yuxie's sleeves, and the two of them stepped back bit by bit in tacit agreement.

However, the mountain road was rugged and bumpy. Liu Yunxiang stumbled and fell to the ground. At this time, the guards were getting closer and closer.

Just when she was feeling anxious, there was a sudden bang!

The sound was deafening, as if the earth was shaking, while white smoke rose from the mountains to the south, and the fire dyed half of the sky red.

"What's going on?" a guard shouted.

"I don't know, hurry up and have a look!"

The guards immediately ran towards the south. Liu Yunxiang looked at the fire over there and took a moment to recover.

Wanwan was frightened, cowering and crying softly.

Liu Yunxiang took her off Leng Yuxie's back and coaxed her warmly, "Don't be afraid Wanwan, it's okay, we will protect you."

"I miss my mother." The little girl raised her head and looked at Liu Yunxiang with blurred eyes.

Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the corpse in the pit.

"Wanwan, be good, we will take you home right now."

Liu Yunxiang picked up Wanwan as he spoke, while Leng Yuxie had already extinguished the nearby torches. Seeing that there were no guards around, he waved to her.

The two entered the village. It was dark everywhere in the village, but when they saw a patrol coming, the two hurriedly hid in an alley.

Because it was too dark, Liu Yunxiang accidentally stepped on something. He bent down and saw that it was a person.

A young man, but this man was motionless, his face was pale, and he was actually dead.

"Did you just get arrested?"

An old voice came. Leng Yuxie took out the fire folding book and opened it, illuminating a small area. Only then did he realize that there were many people in this alley.

They are leaning on or lying down, and many of them may be dead.

He was looking at the person speaking nearby, an old woman, half leaning against the wall, her hair and clothes were dirty, and she looked depressed.

Liu Yunxiang leaned over and secretly stuffed a pancake into the old woman's hand.

The old woman was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned around and started eating in front of the wall.

Soon, the old woman finished one pancake. After eating, she sighed: "Hey, in fact, sooner or later, you will die."