Confiscated my property and exiled me, I emptied the emperor's old nest to escape famine

Ye Fei's worries soon came true.

Two hours later, those crazy fugitives who had drunk human blood began to feel seriously unwell.

Their already weak bodies could not hold on any longer and a large number of them fell down.

Ye Qingyun looked at this scene and muttered seriously: "They can't be... all dead."

"We still have a long way to go before we can cross the plain. How many people can survive if we continue like this..."

Ye Fei looked at Jiecha.

She found that the escorts did not check it immediately.

They, like everyone else in the Ye family, were shocked by the fugitives' behavior of drinking human blood two hours ago.

On the rest of the journey, the escorts and the Ye family all kept their distance from the fugitives.

One of the escorts shouted impatiently, "Are they dead?"

"If they die, just dig a hole and bury them all."

Ye Fei's family did not move.

The other members of the Ye and Wang families did not move either.

Another wave of prisoners also remained numb and did not move.

This made the escort who spoke very angry.

He came closer with his whip in hand and ordered the group of zombie-like prisoners: "Are you all deaf?"

"If they are dead, bury them quickly."

"Do you want to drag their bodies along with you?"

Having said this, the escort got off his horse.

Then he untied the hemp ropes that were tied to the other convicts who had fallen.

The convicts then expressionlessly found a place to dig a big hole and buried their companions who were no longer breathing.

The clanking of handcuffs and leg irons, as well as the dead bodies, added to the demoralization of the convicts in the scorching heat.

Even the Ye family members were much quieter than before.

However, because the prisoners drank human blood and the number of deaths was high, the escorts gave some water to the other prisoners this time.

That night.

Ye Fei quietly moved away from the group of fugitives, then found a place to kill the chicken in the space and threw it out.

Then, he found another place and filled it with spiritual spring water.

Then, everything fell into place.

As usual, Ye Fei's family, as well as other members of the Ye and Wang families, drank water in the dark and ate roasted beggar's chicken in an orderly manner.

The locations of the spiritual spring water and the dead chicken were specially chosen by Ye Fei.

Speaking of which, Ye Fei also has to thank those fugitives who drank human blood before.

It was precisely because of their madness that the escorts tacitly stayed away from the exiles.

The escorts slept on the left side.

Another wave of fugitives who drank cold blood slept in the middle.

Ye Fei's family, the Ye family, and the Wang family slept on the right side.

Considering the direction of the wind, the location of the spiritual spring water and the dead chicken was right behind Ye Fei and the others.

This orientation makes it even easier for Ye Fei to cheat.

Even if there is the smell of chicken, it will float downwards and not float upwards to the direction of the escorts.

With the replenishment of water and food, the mental outlook of the Ye family and the Wang family suddenly became refreshed.

However, in sharp contrast to them is the status of the escorts and other exiled prisoners.

Because the next day, more fugitives fell.

"What happened? Did someone die again?"

The bailiff walked over skillfully and untied the ropes on some of the condemned prisoners.

Then he looked at the other prisoners coldly and said, "If they die, just dig a hole and bury them. Do you need me to remind you?"

But just as he finished speaking, Ye Fei saw four or five of the escorts fall down.

To be precise, both the man and the horse fell down together.

This sudden change shocked the other escorts: "What's going on?"

"I ate and drank water, why did I fall down?"

Another escort exclaimed, "Something seems wrong."

"They...they've got a rash!"

“Even the horses look weird.”

Ye Fei's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be an infectious disease or plague?

While she was thinking this, the escort said in horror:

"Plague... Plague, plague, it must be a plague!"

When he said the word "plague", Ye Fei found that all the escorts were moving away from their fallen companions and horses.

Even those fugitives who dared to drink human blood could not help but take several steps back.

After hearing the news, the Ye family and the Wang family began to whisper to each other with uneasiness on their faces.

"How to do?"

"If it really is a plague, then we are doomed, right?"

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

"I have elderly parents and young children to take care of, and they are all waiting for me to go back and reunite with them."

The bailiff watched the scene with a trembling voice, wishing he could escape from the scene immediately.

However, there were other escorts who forced themselves to calm down, and then waved their whips at Ye Fei and the others and ordered:

"You...you guys bury the people and horses."

Ye Fei and his group remained unmoved.

The bailiff wanted to get angry, but he held it back.

He looked at the incoming wave of criminals.

It seems that they are worried that these fugitives will not obey orders.

The escort cleverly added: "We'll give you some water to drink after the burial."

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

In such conditions, water and food are of utmost importance.

So even though he knew that the fallen escort and the horse might have been infected with the plague, Ye Fei still saw some convicts digging holes and burying people after hesitating.

When the prisoners came over to see the situation clearly, they warned in expressionless voices:

"The horse and the man are not dead yet, do we want to bury them alive?"

Ye Fei's mind moved and he decided to kill both the man and the horse.

But the other escort was even more ruthless: "They have knives on them, so use them to send them on their way."

The convicts who went to bury the bodies were also very decisive.

They simply pulled out the knife from the body of the escort who was lying on the ground, and killed him and his horse.

When disaster strikes, everyone runs away.

Ye Fei watched the scene indifferently.

She had a feeling this was just the beginning.

Over the next few days, the situation of the exile team became increasingly worse.

"Sir, they have the rash and the plague."

"Sir, kill them quickly."

"Sir, please don't string us together."

"Lord..."

Ye Fei's ears were filled with the fear and pleading sounds of another wave of exiles.

But the escorts no longer intended to take care of them.

Because in the past few days, twenty escorts also broke out in rashes and were killed.

One of the guards threw a knife over and said, "Kill them yourselves and bury them after you're done."

Then, there was another conflict and confrontation between the exiles with the rash and those without the rash.

In the end, the convicts with the rash were killed.

Ye Fei frowned at the chaotic scene.

We still need to be extremely cautious when dealing with plague.

However, although she knew medical skills, there were no medicinal herbs here that could help her treat the disease.

The spiritual spring water in the space might be useful, but she couldn't get the water out of thin air now.

The Ye family and the Wang family seem to be in good health.

It was probably because they drank the space spiritual spring water these days.

Although the escort had fetched some spiritual spring water before entering the plain, the amount was not much.

And some of them definitely drank more and some drank less.

The next wave of exiles was even worse.

The amount of water and food they were given was already very limited.

As the weather became increasingly hotter and drier along the way, they also drank human blood.

Therefore, they have the highest probability of contracting the plague.

Ye Fei suspected that the bailiff was infected by them.