Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

The one who was banging on the door was trying to break free from the rope. He was attracted by the noise outside and wanted to come out.

The shopkeeper staggered and fell to the ground, his voice filled with great anxiety, "I have been practicing medicine for 30 years and have never seen such a disease. No medicine works for them. They are all crazy."

In a large room, it was unusually quiet, the door was ajar, and more than a dozen people were lying side by side in the room, and it was unknown whether they were dead or alive.

"What's wrong with the people in here?" Lin Yinan asked.

"They had stomach problems and were sent here several days ago. The medicine they took was of no effect at all."

Lin Yinan was suspicious, so he kicked the door open and walked in.

The house was stinking and there was a lot of colorful vomit on the ground. Some people were unconscious with a pool of water under them.

Yun Mo and others also wanted to follow in to find out what was going on.

"Don't come in! Stay away from this room. I suspect it's a plague." Lin Yinan said in a deep voice.

When everyone heard that it was a plague, they retreated rapidly.

"Anan, it's dangerous in there, come out quickly!" Lin Yiheng said anxiously, worried about his sister.

The shopkeeper didn't believe it and walked into the house.

"Plague? How could it be a plague?"

Lin Yinan had already looked at everyone in the room. Her expression beneath the mask became even more stern, and her exposed brows were slightly furrowed.

After a moment, her cold voice rang out, "These people are vomiting and having diarrhea, their skin is dry, their cheeks are sunken, and they are severely dehydrated. They are all now in a coma with high fever and unconscious."

Yun Wu came in with a cloth covering his face. After checking the unconscious people one by one, he said, "It is definitely the plague."

"Why is it a plague?" the shopkeeper murmured in confusion.

Lin Yinan glanced at him coldly, turned and walked out of the room.

Seeing the shopkeeper coming out, Yun Mo's face was solemn, "How long have these people been sent here?"

"Two or three days." The shopkeeper said truthfully.

Yun Mo frowned and said seriously, "There is a plague here. We should leave here immediately and make long-term plans."

The shopkeeper stood there in a state of shock, muttering to himself, "Retribution! This is God's punishment for Luo Chucheng!"

Lin Yinan looked at him and said, "Boss, do you want to come with us?"

"Where?"

He had never been out of the city before, and heard that there were refugees everywhere outside, so he stayed here to treat the city lord's men and at least he could have a full meal.

However, the illnesses of the city's people were becoming more and more strange, and no medicine was effective. What's more, the medicinal materials he had saved were almost used up.

The shopkeeper was a little confused for a moment.

"Pack your things quickly and leave the city first and talk later." Yun Er pulled him forward.

The shopkeeper was dragged back to the shop by Yun Er, and only then did he come to his senses. He picked up some important things and put them into a large backpack, then hurriedly followed Yun Mo and the others out the door.

Passing the center of the street again, Lin Yinan looked up at the palace in the northwest corner.

"Boss, where is that?"

The shopkeeper took a look and lowered his head quickly, "That is the City Lord's Mansion, where the City Lord lives."

Yun Mo noticed that there were many more eyes around him, watching their every move in the dark.

"It's not advisable to stay here for long. Let's go back first."

The group returned the same way, crossed the main street, and hurried towards the city gate.

A passing vendor saw the shopkeeper carrying a backpack and a medicine box, examined him, and asked loudly, "Doctor Lu, are you leaving the city?"

Doctor Lu walked hurriedly and said perfunctorily, "Well, one of them is sick, and they asked me to go and see him."

"Oh! Then go early and come back early."

"Yes, yes." Doctor Lu nodded hurriedly.

The vendor gestured slightly to the man standing on the street corner, and the man turned and ran.

Inside the palace.

The city lord leaned lazily on the couch, listening to his subordinates reporting on the movements of Lin Yinan and the others.

"You mean they walked around every street in the city, didn't buy anything, and took Doctor Lu away?"

"Yes."

The city lord glanced at his men and said slowly, "How is the person we sent to Doctor Lu?"

"I checked it this morning and there is no sign of improvement. It seems to be getting worse. Doctor Lu said that there is a shortage of medicinal materials, and the efficacy of many prescriptions will be reduced."

"Since you can't cure it, just drag it out and kill it. What a waste."

The city lord lay there with his eyes half closed, as if he was half asleep. After a while, he saw his men still kneeling on the ground.

"Anything else?"

The subordinate asked, "Sir, should we send someone to attack that team at night?"

"Alright, then bring some people to scare them so we can take action tomorrow morning."

"Yes, I will make arrangements now."

Lin Yinan and others finally returned to the camp as the sun was setting.

Looking at the children who were about to rush forward, Lin Yinan shouted, "Don't get close, there is a plague in the city!"

Upon hearing this, Yunye quickly asked the secret guards to stop everyone and set up a small tent.

Doctor Lin found some mugwort and lit it up in the tent. Lin Yinan, Yun Mo and others went into the tent to fumigate with the mugwort.

Then each person was given a bowl of herbs to prevent infection.

Doctor Lu looked at her and shook his head quietly at her.

Lin Yinan drank it and made up an excuse, "I have a cold body, so I shouldn't drink this."

Yun Mo frowned slightly when he saw what she and Doctor Lu were doing secretly. After Doctor Lu took her pulse, he was a little worried about her physical condition.

In order not to waste time, Yunye called people outside the tent and discussed with everyone across the tent.

"The situation in the city is complicated. It won't be smooth leaving the city tomorrow." Yun Mo said.

Doctor Lu's eyes were filled with worry. "You have to be careful tonight. They will definitely send someone to attack us."

When Yunye heard his voice, he knew that he was the person his third brother brought back from the city.

"I don't know what to call this person?"

Doctor Lu said, "My surname is Lu, my name is Chengzhi, my family has been running a medicine shop in the city for generations. After the king abandoned the city and fled, the bandits in the mountains got the news and went down the mountain to occupy Luochu City. The capable people left, the incapable died, and the survivors helped the tyrant to commit atrocities, becoming neither human nor ghost."

"Doctor Lu, how do the people in the city solve the food problem?" Lin Yinan asked the question that was in his mind.

"All the food in the city is either looted or bought from other places by the city lord and his men. People in the city can get 30 kilograms of food every month. As for the rest, you have seen it too - they feed on humans!"

Yun Mo asked about those crazy people, and Doctor Lu shook his head, "Many of the city lord's men are like this. Only those few were sent to the pharmacy. Most of the serious ones were beheaded. We call it madness."

Lin Yinan rubbed his brows tiredly and said calmly, "It's a virus. People who get it will have rashes all over their bodies, fever, red eyes, and will scream and yell when provoked, and eventually go crazy and die."

Doctor Lu suddenly realized, "Yes, that's right. There is a special meat street in the city, and those who were killed would be dragged there and sold."

Yun Ye said in a deep voice outside the tent, "Let them know later that everyone entering the city tomorrow must wear a face mask to prevent infection with the virus."

"I want to explore the City Lord's Mansion tonight."

After much deliberation, Yun Mo decided to go into the city again.