Wu Nian was going out, so his family naturally knew about it.

In the early morning, the whole family sat around a large round table to have dinner, including Mr. Chen, who was frail and pregnant.

Everyone stood in front of the hanging flower gate again to say goodbye to Wu Nian.

"Brother, you should be more careful when you are out than in Beishan Fort." Liu Xiang was very reluctant to let go of Wu Nian, holding Wu Nian's broad palm and reluctant to leave.

"Master." Mrs. Chen's face was pale and she needed Wu's support to stand up. She bit her lip lightly and opened her mouth to speak, but she only called out "Master."

If it weren't for her being such a sick person, she would be in trouble.

Why does he need to worry about so many things?

She felt guilty.

"Sir, please take good care of yourself along the way." Wang Ruyan came forward and blessed Wu Nian. Xiao Hong followed closely and nodded quickly.

The clothes worn by the beauties, both large and small, have remained the same, but their hair has changed. From the bun of an unmarried girl to the bun of a woman.

They are part of the Wu family. People who were born in Wu Nian will enter the Wu family's ancestral graves after death.

"Don't worry. Everything will be fine." Wu Nian showed a confident smile to the girls, then looked at Wang Ruyan and said, "Ruyan, I will leave the house to you."

"Yes." Wang Ruyan looked back at the delicate Chen and nodded heavily.

Apart from that, Wu Nian had nothing to explain. He inserted the steel knife into his waist and strode out of the house. He met up with Zhang Jin, Long Qi, Skywalking Monkey Chen Jiagui and others, bringing many of them with him.

The large baggage train headed north.

Wu Nian was a reasonable person and spent all his wealth, 1,500 taels of silver and half a box of Dongzhu, planning to buy century-old wild ginseng from Zhang Shiping.

But just in case, he divided the soldiers at Baihu Station into two parts.

Tieniu, Wang Gui, Zhang Sheng, Li Yong and others guarded Beishan Fort, while the others followed him and headed north.

Beijiang County is half of the territory.

This time Wu Nian didn't want to cause trouble, so he chose a secluded path, bypassed Jiang County, and headed straight to the north.

The stronghold of the great businessman Zhang Shiping is in Dongyuan City. It is a city located on the frontier.

The local trade is extremely developed. Mongolian furs, dongzhu, sea green, ginseng and other specialties, as well as southern tea, silk and various exquisite gadgets, are all traded there.

Zhang Shiping has great influence in the local area.

The weather has turned cooler now, and it is also the time when the plague begins to subside.

Mosquitoes breed in summer, and the ancients did not pay much attention to hygiene. As far as Wu Nian knew, some people drank unboiled water all year round.

The plague occurred naturally.

When the weather gets cooler, everything will get better.

When Wu Nian led everyone along a secluded mountain road to a mountain village, he felt a little uncomfortable.

The name of this mountain village is Lijiacun, as you can tell by the name. Most of the people in the village are named Li. The mountain village is very remote. In my memory, the original owner came here twice.

This was originally a very cozy mountain village.

There is not a lot of arable land in the village, but there are a lot of mountain products in the mountains. The people in the village are very hard-working. Men, women, old and young can carry bamboo baskets on their backs and search for mushrooms, Ganoderma lucidum, medicinal materials and other mountain products to sell on the mountains.

But when Wu Nian led people to the entrance of the mountain village, they saw white sails hanging on every house. Although no one cried, the people in the village were full of sadness.

There was a man named Li Guanghan in the mountain village who was a friend of Wu's father. After Wu Nian thought about it, he picked up a heavy bag of rice from the baggage, carried it on his shoulders, and took Zhang Jin with him into the mountain village.

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Following his memory, Wu Nian came to Li Guanghan's home. It was a five-room stone and brick house against the mountain, with a large open space in front of the door.

Wu Nian saw Li Guanghan sitting on a rock from a distance, holding a pipe in his hand and puffing away, with an expression on his face full of sadness.

"Uncle Li, it's me, Xiao Wu. I'm here to see you." Wu Nian glanced at the white sail hanging at the door, sighed, then called out and strode over.

"It's Xiao Wu." Li Guanghan was stunned for a moment, then stood up and looked at Wu Nian with some uncertainty.

He hadn't seen Wu Nian for five or six years. He had heard that there was a tiger-killing Wu Nian in Beishan Fort, but he probably wasn't the same person.

In my memory, Lao Wu's son didn't have the courage.

"Uncle Li, it's normal that you don't recognize me. I've grown taller and stronger." Wu Nian smiled, put down the rice bag on his shoulder, and said, "I haven't come to visit you for so many years. It's really unfortunate.

Sorry. I happened to be passing by this time, so I brought some rice to honor you."

"Xiao Wu, you are interested." Li Guanghan was then sure that this was Xiao Wu, with a slight smile on his face.

Immediately, Li Guanghan greeted Wu Nian warmly and secretly told his daughter-in-law to get some mountain goods as a return gift.

The people in the mountains are simple, and they will not harvest Wu Nian's rice in vain.

When Li Guanghan talked to Wu Nian, they all talked about Wu's father. He didn't ask Wu Nian who killed the tiger in Beishan Fort whether it was you Xiao Wu.

He didn't think about it at all.

Wu Nian asked about the situation at Li Guanghan's family. There were six adults in his family, namely Li Guanghan and his wife, the eldest son and his wife, and the younger son and his wife.

As a result, two died.

They are Li Guanghan's wife and youngest son respectively.

But I heard from Li Guanghan that his family was doing well, but everyone in his family was dead.

"It's all fate. God wants to take people's lives, how can we ordinary people stop it?" Li Guanghan took out his smoking gun and sighed.

Wu Nian and Zhang Jin shook their heads, what kind of fate? Only if you don't accept your fate can you change your fate.

The situation in Beishan Fort is much better.

"I hate that my official position is too small. If I were a county magistrate, or a prefect, or a thousand households, or something like that, I could save more lives."

Wu Nian thought secretly in his heart.

Wu Nian exchanged some words with Li Guanghan, refused Li Guanghan's offer to stay for a meal, and did not ask for Li Guanghan's mountain goods. He took Zhang Jin with him and returned to the village entrance empty-handed.

Then the team set off again, heading north.

Li Guanghan stood at the entrance of the village, looking at Wu Nian with a large group of people in surprise and confusion, shouting and shouting, he was clearly the leader.

"Could it be that the Wu Nian who killed the tiger in Beishan Fort is Xiao Wu?"

"Lao Wu, Lao Wu, your son is going to be successful."

Li Guanghan thought to himself.

From Beishan Fort to Dongyuan City, we almost crossed the entire Liaodong. What Wu Nian saw along the way were four characters.

Devastated everywhere.

In every house in this house, the sound of crying still lingers.

There are countless graves on this mountain.

This plague has devastated the entire Liaodong and claimed the lives of countless Han people.

Wu Nian's mood went from sad to numb.

in the heaviness.

This morning, Wu Nian finally led the team to the south gate of Dongyuan City. As soon as he arrived, Wu Nian frowned and looked ahead with an unkind look.


Chapter completed!