It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 179

Wuming Mountain was originally a very ordinary mountain hidden in the mountain range in the central part of Heding Prefecture. It was not high enough, not steep enough, did not have any unique scenery, and did not produce gold, silver, copper or iron mines. Its location was also somewhat remote.

Just because a group of people came here and set up camp one day five years ago, it got its name - Furong Mountain.

In Furong Mountain, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you won’t find a single hibiscus flower.

At first, newcomers would be curious about why the owner of the village chose such a gentle name that was completely inconsistent with his actions. They would guess that he liked Furong and there was a girl named "Furong". They would also guess that it was meaningless and just for fun.

Later, as time went by, the people in the village became busier and busier, and came into contact with more and more things that became more and more profound. They gradually realized in their hearts that this hibiscus was not that hibiscus.

At dusk, Jiang Fu took Jiang Yuan and Jiang Nian to the top of Furong Mountain, facing southwest and burning incense to worship the setting sun.

Twice a day, in the early morning, facing the rising sun, and in the evening, facing the setting sun, I worship the gods and Buddhas in the sky, blessing the people far away in Dongshan Village with good luck, and blessing Jiang Yan, who is nowhere to be found, to return home safely.

This was a new habit they developed after learning about Jiang Yan's situation from Fu Nulang and her group a few days ago.

Among the Dongshan villagers who were outside, Sun Yun and several others were recognized by the people in the village and taken back to recuperate. Only Jiang Yan's whereabouts were unknown.

Time goes back to the day when Jiang Yan had a conflict with Fu Nulang and left alone to look for Sun Yun and his group. After Jiang Yan left, Fu Nulang got angry and decided to give up going to Dongshan Village and instead go to Beidu Protectorate for refuge.

The journey to the Northern Protectorate was long. In order to meet Fu Nulang's needs, Zhou Li, Yile Chunying and others spent three days preparing a certain amount of food and purchasing a carriage for transportation.

Although the carriage was faster than walking, it was already too late.

A large number of disaster victims from the provincial capital arrived at the nearest counties in the north before them, and the epidemic spread with them.

For their own safety and the safety of the city, officials from the northern counties ordered the city gates to be closed and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

The route to the Northern Protectorate was cut off halfway. Just when Fu Nulang was hesitating whether to take a detour, Zhou Li spoke up and secretly advised her to go south.

Autumn has arrived on the grasslands, and the northern barbarians' offensives to the south will become more and more fierce. As an important frontier area, the Northern Protectorate is under great pressure to defend and faces great security risks. It is better to go south to Kyoto or other provincial capitals, which are safe and have a pleasant climate.

Although Chunying didn't know what Zhou Li was planning, she felt that they were in the same camp, so she decided to help persuade him.

Fu Nulang was still hesitant. The situation in the southern part of the city would only get worse because of the fire. In addition, the victims would pour in with diseases and would probably be stopped like they were now. It was not a good place to go.

Later, it was Baoqin's unintentional words that made Fu Nulang make up her mind. She wanted to go to the south to see the place where she lived as a child, to see the place where her father and mother lived, and to find her lost memories.

The return journey was not smooth.

Because they were blocked from entering the city, a large number of victims were stranded in the wilderness and starved.

The wealthy Fu Nulang and her group, riding in a carriage, naturally became the primary target of robbery by the victims.

But no matter how skilled Zhou Li was, no matter how Le Chunying and others cooperated, he could not escape from the hungry and fearless crowd and drive the carriage out of the layers of encirclement.

In desperation, they had no choice but to abandon their car to save themselves and escape on foot.

On the afternoon when they were about to reach the outskirts of Heyang County after much difficulty, they encountered fleeing disaster victims again. After some inquiries, they learned that an epidemic had broken out outside Heyang County and the government was shooting the victims who approached.

The road ahead seemed to be blocked again.

Fortunately, Zhou Li said he knew a mountain road, but the road was winding and required a long detour.

But by this time, the distance was no longer a problem. Although they were not used to trekking on mountain roads, Fu Nulang and her group moved more slowly in the forest.

Until that day, the members of Furong Village, who had received Zhou Li's signal early on, finally showed up after waiting for several days and brought the unprepared Fu Girl and her group back to the village.

It was only then that Jiang Fu and other people from Dongshan Village learned that Jiang Yan had left alone long ago and no one knew where he was.