Chapter 686: Escape from the City
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"We didn't catch the plague!" Liu Qingmei chimed in, "When those people rushed in, we were already hiding in the old lady's yard, hiding in the stone house, which Fluttershy took us to, and after the stone house was closed, the outside couldn't be opened at all, so they couldn't rush in, and then left." β
As soon as Yang Xianmao heard that they were hiding here, he immediately believed it, because he had been there, and when he took the vampire frog to the stone house to heal Mrs. Gui's injuries and relieve pain, he saw that stone house, it was indeed very strong, it was made of very heavy bluestone slabs, very heavy, once it was tied from the inside, if special tools were not used outside, there was no way to open it, and the solid stone house was built at that time to prevent the screams of Mrs. from spreading, and at the same time, he was afraid of running out and hurting people, so he repaired it very strongly, but he didn't expect it to become their refuge nowγ
Yang Xianmao was a little embarrassed when she heard it. Why didn't he think of this place, but instead he wanted to take Liu Dongyan to the smelly and fishy pool and hide in the pool water. Nearly suffocated to death and nearly burned to death by the fire, Fluttershy still seems to be quick to react.
Yang Xianmao nodded and said: "It turns out that you are hiding there, it is a good refuge, well, I believe you, we are preparing to leave here, do you have any plans?"
Gui Ling'er said: "I want to see where my father and mother, as well as my eldest brother and second brother are, first." β
Yang Xianmao was worried about this, in case they found the corpses, pounced on them and cried and made trouble with the plague, then they could only get rid of them, then it would be inevitable to die, so Yang Xianmao told a white lie and said: "They didn't die, after you hid in, I also let them withdraw through the back door, and then they ran out, the old man said I didn't see you, let me come back to find you, so the two of us came back, just happened to meet you out, what a coincidence." β
Liu Dongyan heard Yang Xianmao lying, but she quickly understood Yang Xianmao's intentions, so she also nodded and said, "Yes, they have escaped, and the dead bodies here are all those thugs." β
As soon as they heard that they had successfully evacuated, Gui Ling'er and the three of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said, "Then where did they evacuate? You can take me to find them." β
Yang Xianmao said: "To be honest, I don't know where they went, just went north, and when I said it, I went all the way to meet them, and after we came, I looked for you everywhere, I thought you would hide in the old lady's cave of hidden immortals, but after looking in, you were not inside, we brought some dry food and were about to leave, and we ran into you." β
Liu Qingmei said: "Then hurry up and go after them." β
Yang Xianmao said: "We still bring some food, it's best to bring our own, because on the way I don't know if the food will be contaminated by the plague, once it is contaminated, it will vomit and die of diarrhea, at most it will be a day or two, so we can't touch any corpses and things that may be contaminated along the way, we can only eat the food and water we carry until we escape from here." Therefore, you should also go to the Tibetan Immortal Cave now and bring some dry food enough to eat on the road, and then bring some water, and we will set off. β
The three women all nodded together, so they went into the Tibetan Immortal Cave and brought some fried noodles, and put them on their backs, Liu Qingmei was weaker and carried a little less, while Fluttershy and Gui Ling'er both carried a big bag, which was very heavy, but Yang Xianmao stopped them and said, "You still don't have to carry so much, just do what you can, I already have a lot of them here." β
The three women threw away some, and each of them found some copper kettles, gold kettles, kettles made of gold, and teapots and the like, Yang Xianmao saw that they were bringing valuable utensils, and wanted to dissuade them, but after thinking about it, I felt that it was not for my own use, as long as I didn't touch this thing, I should not be affected by my five disadvantages and three shortcomings. So he didn't say it.
After bringing dry food and water, there were some magic weapons and blades in the house, which seemed to be used by this old lady to practice martial arts, Yang Xianmao asked them to each bring a light dagger and other kind of self-defense, and then they left the Tibetan Scripture Cave and walked north from the back door of the courtyard.
Yang Xianmao led the way to the front, reminding them to be careful of the corpses and contaminated places under their feet along the way, and their hands and bodies must not touch any corpses and things that are likely to be contaminated. If I see any of you touching a corpse, or something that I don't think you should touch, whether intentionally or not, I won't take her away again, because I want everyone's safety, and he can only leave himself to find his way, and I'm telling the truth, no matter who it is, including my girl, so don't think I'm joking or bluffing. β
To be honest, before he said this, at least Gui Ling'er felt that Yang Xianmao was making a fuss, but when she heard Yang Xianmao warn them so solemnly, she knew that Yang Xianmao was not joking, but was telling the truth, so the three women all nodded together, indicating that they must obey Yang Xianmao's command.
Yang Xianmao took them forward, just walked more than ten steps, and a few people came out of the alley, some even had blood on their bodies, and when they saw them, they rushed over with stones and wooden sticks in their hands, and Gui Ling'er and others behind Yang Xianmao screamed in fright.
Yang Xianmao was merciless, raised his hand to brush and brush, and a series of money darts flew out, accurately shooting into the throats of several gangsters who rushed over, or from the temple brain door straight into the brain, these people were killed with one blow, immediately fell to the ground, twisted a few times and died, of course, one or two saw that the momentum was not right, and ran away, Yang Xianmao was merciless, two money darts caught up and shot into the back of the head, and immediately fell to the ground and died.
Seeing that Yang Xianmao was so powerful, Gui Ling'er and the others breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, they also knew that Yang Xianmao had such a ability, they had already seen it in the cave that day, and when they saw that he easily killed the gangster, they were immediately relieved, and their courage was also strengthened, they knew that if there was Yang Xianmao on the way, even if they were saved.
They continued north.
Along the road, corpses were strewn all over the streets, many of them apparently killed, and a fire was raging all over the city, because the houses in the city were basically made of wood, and they were connected to each other, one by one.
They encountered several waves of murder and robbery bandits on the road, but they were all ended by Yang Xianmao with money darts without mercy.
Yang Xianmao found that there were still some lying or sitting on the ground on the road, crawling forward slowly, and at first glance it was a very sick patient who vomited and diarrhea, and he didn't kill them, so he could only look at them very apologetically, and then continued to hurry.
On the way, they also saw the carriage, and the horses that ran around after being frightened, but Yang Xianmao took them to avoid, neither shot nor brought over for everyone to ride, the reason is very simple, Hua Tuo's green sac is recorded, reminding that if you want to survive in the plague area, there is only one principle, that is, do not touch anything, including animals, otherwise this disease decoction will basically not work.
They can only walk on foot, which actually has a certain advantage, because in this way, they can at least avoid the dead bodies on the ground relatively calmly, avoid slipping, and avoid other thugs from secretly attacking them.
The only bad thing is that if they don't ride horses, they advance much more slowly, and after walking for an hour or two, they go out of the north gate, and at the gate lies the corpses of soldiers, apparently killed, and it seems that these gangsters may have escaped from here, and there was a battle with the soldiers defending the city, but the gangsters were outnumbered, and they were killed.
Yang Xianmao was a little hesitant, whether to get out of here. Because he didn't know that since the gangsters had escaped from this side, it was unknown where the gangsters had fled, and whether they would meet these gangsters on the way. That is what Yang Xianmao is most worried about, if there are only dozens of gangsters, it will be easy to do, if there are hundreds, it will be more auspicious, especially whether the other party is infected with the plague is unknown, he not only has to face the enemy, but also the plague on the enemy, which is the most terrifying, so he has to avoid these people as much as possible.
He took four women to take a look at the soldiers defending the city who died on both sides of the doorway, and quickly trotted out of the doorway, and the drawbridge of the moat was also lowered, but there was no one on the road, which further proved that the gang should have run out from here, so after they came out, Yang Xianmao took the four women and walked towards the mountain.
The road he walked was relatively wide, because after all, it was the road on the edge of the city, and it should be the road leading to Yinzhou from some villages on the mountain, walking on this mountain road, there were dense forests on both sides, and hearing the chirping of birds made Yang Xianmao feel that there was a feeling of being in a different world, since there were birds, it meant that there should be no plague in this area, at least it meant that the plague had not come here.
The other four women are also open-minded and comfortable, and Fluttershy is even more happy, pointing to the birds in the sky and saying, "You see, if we could fly like birds, we wouldn't have to be afraid of the plague and the gangsters, and we would fly so high that even their arrows wouldn't be able to shoot us." β
As soon as she said this, she suddenly let out an exclamation and squatted on the ground with her head in her hands.
Everyone was startled, Yang Xianmao hurriedly took a step back, looked up, and saw a person hanging upside down on the tree, spread his hands and feet, as if hanging a sausage, what was particularly terrifying was that his stomach had been thrown away, and a large string of intestines fell down and hung in the air.
If it was just one person, Fluttershy might not be scared like this, but a corpse with her intestines torn open and hanging in the air makes even Yang Xianmao's scalp tingle, let alone Fluttershy.
Yang Xianmao immediately glanced around vigilantly, and did not find anything unusual, and did not find anything unusual when he listened carefully, only then did he take a closer look at the corpse, his hands and feet were very thick, and the person was also very strong, looking like a practitioner, and he didn't feel a shock in his heart, if this person was killed after fighting with someone and throwing it into a tree, it means that the martial arts of the person who killed him were really chilling, he could not only easily kill this big man, but the most important thing was that he could hang him on a tree, and there was obviously no trace of climbing on the trunk of the tree, but he could hang a person on such a high branch, which required a lot of strengthγ