After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1175 Mountain Folks' Families Arrive

"No, no, it's so hard and tiring!" Uncle Qin immediately complained, "Old Madam Guan is an elderly woman in her seventies who's almost falling apart, and she still has to travel with us day and night to escape the war..."

"Guan's granddaughter-in-law, who is my younger sister, is heavily pregnant. She has traveled with great difficulty to the outskirts of the capital city, but she cannot enter the city to give birth. She has to sleep outdoors with the rest of the group. I'm afraid she will give birth to her child in the wild!"

“The youngest of our Qin Jiang and Xu Qiao families is only five months old, yet they have to sleep outdoors with their elders. We, on the other hand, have houses in the capital city, so why can’t we go home?!”

As soon as Su Qianhu arrived, he heard what Qin Ershu said. His anger intensified, and he couldn't help but say, "Qin Er, everyone must undergo ten days of plague isolation. This is an ironclad rule set by General Liang and the three major government offices."

Where did the people from Qin Jiang, Xu Qiao, and Guan families suffer from hardship and exhaustion?

They didn't have to walk; they fled the disaster by car, with plenty of food, medicine, protective manpower, and servants to take care of them!
Commander Su grew angrier the more he thought about it. If it weren't for the presence of Deputy Commander Zhang Liuchi in addition to Commander Fan, he would have already lost his temper and cursed Uncle Qin.

He then hurriedly clasped his hands in a salute to Deputy General Zhang Liuchi, saying, "This humble servant greets Deputy General Zhang."

Then, nodding to his comrades of the same rank, such as Li Jingli and Fan Qianhu, he said, "Fan Qianhu, Li Jingli."

Li Jingli was a civil official under General Chu, who helped the general handle official matters.

General Chu seems to value the Qin and Guan families very much, even sending his deputy general and chief clerk. Isn't he afraid that these two will also be quarantined due to the plague, leaving him, surnamed Chu, without any trusted helpers for ten days?

No, you're a military officer, why do you have so many scheming thoughts running through your mind?

"Commander Su and Assistant Magistrate Zeng, thank you for your hard work." Li Jingli greeted them, and Zhang and Fan nodded to Commander Su before going to talk to Uncle Qin and the others.

"The Qin family's children are suffering." Commander Fan said with heartache, "The Qin family has made great contributions, yet the children have to sleep outdoors in the open!"

Commander Su wished he could say: "Hey, you surnamed Fan, if you're so worried about the city, then don't go back. Go sleep in the open with the Qin family!"
Hey, the next thing Commander Fan said was: "There are too many Wei people. To ensure their safety, my latest mission is to go deep into the camp, maintain order, and curb the Wei people from breaking the law."

"Really?" Uncle Qin was surprised. "I was just acting. I didn't expect you to actually send troops to protect us."

“Absolutely true.” Commander Fan directly presented the official document: “This is General Liang’s military order, ordering me to leave the city to protect the deserters and civilians suffering from disaster.”

The magistrate of Kang County, the clerk of Guan County, the old man with a staff, and the students all bowed in unison: "On behalf of the people of Wei, we thank the Wei army for their protection!"

Commander Su's expression changed. He cursed General Liang for being cunning, and then suddenly realized that this military order seemed to be aimed at him and his brother-in-law's faction!
If Commander Fan went out of the city to protect the people of Wei, it wouldn't be so easy for his brother-in-law to prevent them from entering the city again after ten days.

Zeng Tongzhi didn't speak, but his panic in his heart increased... General Liang, General Chu and other Northwest Army were openly opposing the Ancient Capital Commander's faction.

“Magistrate Kang, Commander Tao, we have heard about your demands. Everything else is negotiable, but shortening the quarantine period due to the plague is not an option,” Deputy General Zhang Liuchi gave them the final answer.

Commander Fan also said, "This matter was indeed decided by General Liang and the three major government offices, and no one can change it, but no one can change it."

Understand?

Uncle Qin understood and grinned, "Got it, got it. Then we'll camp out for ten days, and then go into the city. If anyone extends our quarantine period, we'll ask General Chu, Deputy General Zhang, Commander Fan, Lord Li, Commander Su, and Lord Gu for their opinions!"

The commander was so angry at the blatant warning that his face turned ashen.

Uncle Qin asked about Liang Zhi, and Xue Mingyi and Li Zhiyuan asked about family matters. They talked for half an hour and exchanged box after box of letters. Commander Su wished he could confiscate these things, but they were already in the hands of Deputy General Zhang. He could only remind them, "Deputy General Zhang, Li Jingli, let me remind you, these items must be quarantined against the plague. They cannot be sent directly into the city, otherwise, if a plague breaks out in the city, we'll be doomed."

Uncle Qin exclaimed, "Commander Su, the letter we sent you last night is still sitting in some plague isolation shed?!"

"Otherwise what? Would we send the letter directly into the city for your Qin family?" Commander Su sneered, then added, "We've already shown you preferential treatment by sending someone to verbally convey your demands."

Si Pei, Xue Mingyi, and the others bent their backs slightly, clearly indicating that they had indeed received preferential treatment.

Uncle Qin retorted angrily: "What preferential treatment? Commander Su, don't spread rumors, okay? Magistrate Kang is an official appointed by the imperial court. He led the people of Wei to the capital city to escape the war in accordance with military orders. After arriving at the local area, he came here to report and submit an official letter. You have to deliver it to him. If you don't deliver it or delay delivering it, it is dereliction of duty and you will be punished by military law!"

Si Pei and Xue Mingyi stood tall and proud.

Commander Su: "..." Damn it, Qin Er really has a sharp tongue!
Zeng Tongzhi hurriedly said, "Little Commander Tao, if there is anything else, please explain it to Deputy General Zhang and the others as soon as possible. Deputy General Zhang still needs to rush back to the moat to protect the capital city."

You're listening in here, what else can we say?
Uncle Qin felt contempt.

As Magistrate Kang and his group had already said last night, they were waiting to meet Zhang Liuchi and the others, simply to find a backer for themselves so that everyone could open up communication channels between the city and the outside world and obtain the most accurate news from Commander Fan.

Now that everything has been accomplished, everyone bid farewell: "Thank you for coming out to meet us, Vice General Zhang, Lord Li, Commander Su, and Assistant Magistrate Zeng. We will go back now to implement the plague quarantine measures. On the 28th, we will lead the Wei people into the city to avoid the calamity of war."

"Old Liu, you take two hundred soldiers and stay here. The remaining three hundred soldiers will come with me to protect the people of Wei!" After leaving Liu Baihu as the messenger, Commander Fan went to the outside of the barricade and left with Uncle Qin and the others.

Commander Fan pointed at Commander Liu and said, "Commander Liu also escorted famine refugees to the Northeast Prefecture back then and met your family."

"It's just that Dr. Shen went to the capital and isn't here, otherwise we could have had a small get-together today."

"Old Shen really admires your niece. Her prescription for replacing traditional cold remedies with perilla seeds back then helped our Wei army a lot later on. It's just that the dosage of perilla seeds increased significantly, causing the price to go up, which really annoyed Old Shen, hahaha!"

Fan Qianhu chattered on about how he caught a cold while fleeing famine years ago, and how medicine was scarce. Qin Xiaomi and Jiang Dalang came to their camp and suggested using new medicinal herbs to replace traditional cold medicine in order to cure the illness and save lives.

"We could tell back then that Qin Dongjia and Brother Jiang were no ordinary people. Oops, I misspoke, I misspoke. They are not ordinary people. Now they are indeed famous throughout the Great Wei."

Uncle Qin listened with considerable pride: "Of course, their birth dates are quite extraordinary, one on the first day of the Lunar New Year and the other on the fifteenth..."

"Second brother-in-law, don't be superstitious or supernatural," the clerk Guan hurriedly interrupted him.

The two children are not planning to raise an army to become emperors, so we should not add any supernatural or mystical elements to their story.

"Tch, alright, alright, I won't say anymore." Uncle Qin shut up and, after arriving at his temporary residence two miles away, began to pack his things.

"Get on the bus, get on the bus, let's head back to the Dongfu Town camp!" shouted Commander Tao.

The team set off for the Dongfu Town campsite.

Upon returning to the main camp, I received some news.

"Magistrate Kang, the chieftain and chieftain Wen, along with about 80,000 mountain people and their families, have arrived outside Dongfu Town. We just sent word that they are still outside the small outpost. You should go check on them at the outpost!" reported Li, a soldier serving Zhong Baihu.