The faces of Xian Jingyue and Master Zhou changed drastically, since the plague carried in the glutinous rice spread in Yumen Pass, General Lu had already issued a strict order, once anyone with a cough was found, whether it was a sergeant or a civilian, he would immediately be detained in the army and isolated, and handed over to the army Langzhong for treatment. Although this does not completely eliminate the infection of the plague, it can also effectively prevent its deterioration. Who knew that among the fifty or sixty people evacuated on this trip, there were still patients infected by the plague, judging from the time of the attack, they must have been infected by the plague later, but it occurred at this time.

But in this case, wouldn't it be possible that the other fifty or sixty people who were traveling with him, even together with the two hundred sergeants, as well as Xian Jingyue, Master Zhou, Li Liu, and others, had already been infected with the plague, but it had not yet occurred for a while?

At that moment, the two of them didn't have time to think about it, so they hurriedly stepped forward with Li Liu, only to see that among the people in the middle of the team, a middle-aged woman kept coughing, gushing out mouthfuls of yellow phlegm, which was the symptom of infection with the plague. The people next to her covered their mouths and noses, and hid far away one by one, scolding the woman repeatedly, reprimanding her for not being in the team and evacuating. Li Liu explained to Xian Jingyue in a low voice: "This woman is the daughter-in-law of Lao Zhang of the steamed bun shop, and she has only one son under her knees. A few days ago, his son had been sent to the barracks for the plague, most likely because of her son's infection. ”

Seeing the posture of the other people, Master Zhou knew that this woman couldn't keep it, but it was not easy to make decisions privately, so he said to Xian Jingyue: "Jiayu Pass already believed in the rumors spread by the enemy, and believed that Yumen Pass had been attacked by some zombies, and most of the living people were infected with zombies. Now, if we bring this sick woman with us, I am afraid that the garrison of Jiayuguan will be even more unwilling to take us in, so it is better to ......"

He didn't finish his words, but Xian Jingyue shook his head firmly and said, "No!" The people next to him suddenly burst into an uproar, and they actually said that they would not go with this woman, and some of them shouted that they would follow General Lu's practice of dealing with the plague dead and burn this woman on the spot. Xian Jingyue coldly glanced at the people present, and said in a deep voice: "She can be infected with the plague, and you can also be infected." ”

As soon as the words fell, the people hurriedly shook their heads and waved their hands, and said in unison: "Impossible!" Xian Jingyue was not good at words, and he was short of words for a while, but Li Liu next to him understood what he meant, and immediately stepped forward and said to the people: "The plague that is prevalent in Yumen Pass is naturally well known, and if you are not careful, you will be infected. Since Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law has been infected, and whether she is intentional or unintentional, everyone has been together for the past two days, and she must have been infected by her, but she has not yet had a seizure. So at the moment, everyone is sympathetic to each other, if you want to leave Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law today, you may also be left tomorrow. ”

That time, when Master Zhou saw such an attitude towards the two adults of the pro-army Governor's Mansion, he had to change his mind and said, "Okay, let's take this ...... The lady hurried with her. As long as you arrive at Jiayuguan, there are not only symptomatic medicinal materials in the pass, but also Langzhong who sees a doctor. As for this lady, it can be regarded as a case at best, otherwise even if Lang Zhong asks for a consultation, it will be impossible to look at it. ”

Although the people were extremely reluctant in their hearts, they did not dare to disobey the will of these people, and immediately walked indifferently and stayed away from this woman. Seeing that everyone was unwilling to take care of this woman, Li Liu asked Master Zhou for a military horse, and let the woman ride forward, while he took out a square scarf to hold her mouth and nose and take care of it carefully.

Xian Jingyue and Master Zhou had no other way, so they had to let everyone continue to rush overnight, and when it was dawn, there were only more than 300 miles left from Jiayuguan. After a short rest, everyone decided to rush to Jiayuguan in the middle of the night. Around noon, the 2,000 bandit troops sent by General Lu were summoned by Master Zhou, and they all rushed over, escorting everyone along the official road. Xian Jingyue talked with the two generals of the bandit suppression army, only to learn that two days ago, he suddenly found the traces of a small group of bandits, which led the 2,000 people to chase all the way to the south, and finally pounced, so the bandit army did not stay near the team to escort a few days ago.

With the escort of these two thousand bandit sergeants, there was naturally no need to worry about the bandits' attack, and everyone was relieved, but their hearts were shrouded in fear brought by the plague, and they were silent along the way. Before Jingyue, Xie Yixiang and Shang Buqi pursued the case of the "Yumen Walking Corpse" left by Ning Cui, went all the way west out of Lanzhou City, and rushed to Yumen Pass through Jiayu Pass, which was also the official road. Now I have turned back along the road I came from, but I am no longer a person, and I can't help but feel ups and downs, and my thoughts are full of thoughts.

It is calculated that Xie Yixiang and Shang Buqi should have arrived in Tianshan Mountain, but they don't know if they have solved the final case of "Tianshan Falling Dragon", and at the same time arrested the "face-tearing demon" Ning Cui. At this time, Xian Jingyue thought back to it, and the so-called "Yumen corpse" case of Ning Cui at that time was probably not as simple as the Taoist priest of "Yinshan Hall" taking it away in the name of driving out the corpse, but referring to these living corpses that appeared in Yumen Pass later. It's a pity that he already knew that the whole thing was being done behind the scenes by the Divine Fire Sect or that Yan Sidao, but in the face of the catastrophe of the Jade Gate Pass, he couldn't do anything at all.

In other words, the current situation does not allow for the first time to think about the moon, so hurry up, and stay until the evening, which is only a hundred miles away from Jiayuguan. Since General Lu strictly forbade the bandit army to enter the 100-mile range of Jiayu Pass, the two generals of the bandit army did not dare to disobey the military order, so they had to say goodbye to everyone and tell Master Zhou and General Wang to be careful all the way.

So Master Zhou and General Wang Counselor walked in front with a hundred sergeants, with Li Liu and the people in the middle, and Xian Jingyue and half of the sergeants stayed at the end to press the formation. Due to the tossing and turning last night, the sergeants and civilians barely slept, and they were already exhausted after struggling until now. But thinking that Jiayuguan was not far ahead, everyone had to cheer up and move forward. After walking out of the road for fifty or sixty miles, the sky was already dark, and a full moon rose in the sky, reflecting the whole desert brightly. It didn't take long for him to see a large cloud of dust in the desert in the northwest direction, which suddenly tossed up, like a wave towards everyone, and the slightly experienced sergeant's face suddenly changed greatly, saying that this was the dust raised by the horse team when they were running, and looking at this posture, there were one or two hundred horsemen who came.

You must know that because of the living corpses at Yumen Pass, the two passes of Yumen Pass and Jiayu Pass have been closed for nearly two months, and where are there still walking caravans? Obviously, the horse team running from the northwest under the moonlight at this moment must be a team composed of two bandits, "Dirty Beard" and "Curry's Magic Knife". It's just that I didn't expect these bandits to be so cunning that they could avoid the 2,000-person bandit army sent by General Lu.

Since there is no way to avoid it, you can only face it head-on. At that moment, Xian Jingyue urged the people in the middle to speed up, and he and the 100 sergeants behind him slowed down, letting the sergeants stretch their bows and arrows, and all pull their bowstrings until the full moon, just waiting for the opponent's horse team to come.

Who knew that the people in the middle of the team ran out of a distance of more than ten zhang in a panic, and suddenly heard a dull horn sound, and dozens of dirty bandits suddenly drilled out of the desert on both sides of the official road, all holding the crossbow arrows of the Vultures clan, just aiming at the people in the middle of the team and shooting. For a while, Dan saw that crossbow arrows rained down from both sides of the official road, and more than a dozen people fell to the ground with arrows.