It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 160

When the magistrate of Heyang County escaped with his family and was captured by the men of Governor Lu, Jiang Yan was still investigating one area after another outside the city.

Her strange attire, with her face covered by a scarf, attracted many people's attention. Some children even whispered to their family members, thinking they were being quiet, "Does that sister not want to be seen?"

"Did her face get burned by the fire and she was afraid of scaring us?"

Jiang Yan felt helpless and guilty. When she inquired about the situation the day before yesterday afternoon, she did not dare to tell him the news of the epidemic in the capital. She just mentioned some common preventive measures in a worried tone.

Fear spread so quickly that she was afraid that not long after she finished speaking, the victims outside the city would get to know the news and then flee like the people in the capital.

Not to mention that it would be even more difficult for her to find someone. The crowd here is dense, and if people start running and pushing each other, she would be in big trouble.

Jiang Yan quickly scanned the crowd in front of him, but still couldn't find his target. But before leaving for the next area, he hesitated for a moment and spoke a few more words.

There are many children here. If they can understand her implication and take precautions in advance, it would be a good deed.

Jiang Yan's words were actually not ambiguous or difficult to understand. Everyone present who could hear them clearly heard them, but they just said, "Everyone is fine. Why is she saying these things to scare people..."

The complaints started and then gradually faded away.

"Tell me, is what she said true?"

"You mean, she's reminding us... Why doesn't she just say it clearly and make us guess?"

"Maybe... maybe... this matter cannot be discussed?"

Several people looked at each other.

After a moment, someone spoke up: "I finally escaped from our county, and I haven't had enough of living yet."

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When Jiang Yan had only about 30% of the area left to explore, there was a big commotion behind her.

The three or two people who took Jiang Yan's reminder to heart packed up their belongings and prepared to leave to find another place, but were stopped by acquaintances who asked about the situation.

Out of kindness, they shared the secret in a low voice and repeatedly asked not to make it public, saying it was just a guess.

But how could they conceal this? Word quickly spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. The speculation spread to the back of the line, and it became known that eighty to ninety percent of the people in the city had died, and that some of those who stayed outside Heyang County had also contracted the disease.

Just as Jiang Yan had imagined, many people gathered their belongings and ran away in panic.

The patrol team on the city wall naturally noticed the movement. They didn't care when they saw some people running away from Heyang County, but when some people surrounded the city gate and started banging on it, they immediately became nervous.

Governor Lu in Heyang County quickly received the news. Upon learning that the victims outside the city were resurrecting due to the epidemic, he subconsciously asked, "Who leaked the news?!"

Then he realized that the neighboring county was no different from the prefectural capital. His expression was serious: "Since he has been infected with the disease, send a message to the patrol team. Anyone who comes close will be killed without mercy."

Screams were soon heard near the city wall.

Jiang Yan had just avoided the crowd and hid in the nearby woods a second ago. The next second, he heard a scream and looked up, only to see a rain of arrows falling from a high altitude, randomly hitting the victims who were running for their lives below.

In an instant, it was as if all the blood in his body froze. Jiang Yan stood still, his face pale.

It was her self-righteousness and cleverness that killed them. She is the culprit.

After several rounds of arrow rain, no one dared to approach the city wall again.

The victims who were lucky enough to survive the arrows fell to the ground and wailed. Some people wanted to pull them out and bandage them, but before they could get close, they were greeted by a new round of arrow rain warnings.

Jiang Yan had already run out of the forest, holding onto a door panel dropped by someone, approached cautiously, and then used his soft hands and feet to drag people one by one.