Chapter 5: The Plague

"Ah Li, can we meet again...... a girl held a purse in her hand and looked at the young man in front of her. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The boy was enveloped in fog and couldn't see him clearly.

The young man nodded and said, "Yes, I will come back alive to marry you...... You...... Wait for me. ”

After the boy finished speaking, he disappeared in place, leaving only the girl alone, looking at the dissipating fog in front of him, his eyes full of confusion and loss.

Mo Chen woke up from his dream and looked around, the sky was clear, and there were trees all around.

Then he remembered that he had been on the road for a long time, and that he had found a wooded area for the night when it was almost dark.

Mo Chen patted his face, why did he have such a dream.

Mo Chen cheered up and prepared to continue on the road, he had already walked for a day yesterday, and he was about to reach the town marked on the map.

Look at the sun in the sky, Mo Chen's dark road is not good, the sun is in the sky, it should be around noon, why did he sleep for so long?

I quickly picked up the baggage and checked it, but fortunately, no one stole anything. Mo Chen continued to walk towards the destination, the scenery along the way was good, but Mo Chen was not in the mood to appreciate it, because of that dream, Mo Chen was still in a daze.

Mo Chen was sure that the girl in the dream, I don't know where the intuition came from, he knew this girl. Mo Chen thought about it again and again, a few playmates when he was a child, classmates in the academy, and the children of several uncles in the dart game...... After thinking about it, I still don't have any impression of this girl.

"Hey......" Mo Chen sighed, and had to continue on his way.

Mo Chen was walking on a wilderness, and suddenly saw a few people in the distance hurriedly walking towards Mo Chen.

Mo Chen fixed his eyes and saw that it was a few old men and a few middle-aged men, looking at the clothes on their bodies, like some working peasants.

Mo Chen breathed a sigh of relief and slowly stepped forward.

The group of people stopped when they saw Mo Chen coming

Mo Chen looked at those people in surprise, they were all pale, and they looked as if they had experienced something terrifying.

Mo Chen asked puzzledly: "I don't know why a few uncles and uncles are so panicked?" Is there something going on up ahead? ”

One of the younger ones waved his hand: "Where are you from?" Don't you know what's going on up ahead? ”

Mo Chen shook his head, bowed slightly, and said, "The younger generation is from Chang'an, and he went to study far away at the will of the elders in the family, but he didn't know it...... What's going on up ahead? ”

The young man nodded and said, "No wonder, if you go to a distant place to study, take a detour, you can't go ahead......"

"Can't go? When does it happen? ”

"Hey......" an old man sighed, "The front was originally the only way to Zhaojia Town, and there were several villages on the way, but I don't know when, those villages were plagued...... Ay...... A lot of people died......"

"The plague?" Mo Chen was shocked.

The old man cried as he spoke, "Well, a few of us were originally peasants in one of the villages, and we ran out when we knew that there was a plague. Child, my relatives have died of the plague. Child, you better go quickly, if you go any further, you will be infected with the plague......"

After the old man finished speaking, he hurriedly left here with the rest of the people, leaving only Mo Chen alone.

Plague, this is a plague......

Mo Chen's psychology sighed, from ancient times to the present, as long as he is infected with the plague, there is only a dead end, but if he can't go from here, there is no way to go, so he can only go back to Chang'an and walk directly to the east.

But in that way, it is a dead end, now Chang'an has a lot of people eyeing him, ambushed in that must go through the road to snatch his token is countless, now there is only a dead end back to Chang'an, but continue to move forward, it is to pass through the town where the plague broke out, and it is also a life of nine deaths.

Mo Chen took out the map, and it was clearly marked on the map, there was no way around the town, so it seemed that he could only pass through those villages.

"This road is at least nine deaths, but going back is just a dead end, fighting ......" Mo Chen frowned.

Thinking of this, Mo Chen sighed, maybe this is his life......

Mo Chen put the map back in the package, sighed, and continued to walk in the direction of the town.

Mo Chen walked farther and farther, and met more and more people fleeing on the road, and Mo Chen's heart gradually became a little heavy.

Mo Chen was a little flustered now, and even had the idea of going back, but after thinking about it, since he had come this far, he couldn't go back.

Finally, Mo Chen smelled a strong rancid smell coming from the air.

Mo Chen held back the nausea in his heart and continued to walk forward, and after a few steps, Mo Chen saw a small gazebo.

But Mo Chen's face was pale, and he saw that there were many people in the pavilion, but they were lying on the ground one by one.

"Good ......"

Mo Chen walked through the pavilion, and in front of the pavilion was a small village, and there were many people lying in the village.

Among these people are elderly, middle-aged, and even many children, but they are all lying in front of their homes.

There were even women who knelt on the ground and begged for a bite to eat for their children.

Mo Chen couldn't help but feel a little sad when he saw this, his nose was slightly sour, but he could only stiffen his brows and continue to walk forward.

Mo Chen walked past one after another people lying on the ground, and he saw that many people were looking at him with pleading eyes.

Mo Chen shook his head and covered his mouth and nose with a cloth torn from his clothes.

He wanted to do something, but what could he do as a fifteen-year-old himself......

Suddenly, a woman grabbed Mo Chen's sleeve.

Mo Chen frowned, wanting to shake it off, but the woman could hold on tightly and not let go. "You?" Mo Chen was just born, but he saw the woman holding a child, staggering.

"Please, save my child...... He's still ......," the woman said weakly. The child in the package had a ruddy complexion, not at all like he was infected with the plague.

Mo Chen couldn't help but snoop sour, what he had learned was the principles of Confucianism, and now that someone needs his help, how can he stand by and watch coldly? The mother must have used up her own milk to feed the child so that the child did not go hungry. But if you don't manage this child for a while, you won't be able to hide for a lifetime, and if you don't have this child, you will die here......

Mo Chen took the child and said, "What should I do......"

The woman shook her head: "There is a plague in all the villages within a radius of several miles here, please take my children and go quickly...... Please......"

Mo Chen nodded, and just as he was about to leave, he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance.

The woman yelled badly: "Go away!" The government is coming, and they will kill my child!"

Mo Chen turned around and left, but a silver light flew in the distance, heading straight for Mo Chen.

"Where to go!" A female voice came.

Mo Chen turned around, and a silver light flew straight to his face.

Mo Chen suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and saw a large group of people running in the distance.

"The army ......" Mo Chen was shocked.

The approaching procession was uniformly dressed in black armor and holding spears, and in the middle of the procession was a large black flag embroidered with a silver giant tiger.

Mo Chen didn't know what kind of army this was, but judging from their equipment, he knew that this was not to save people.

You must know that when a plague breaks out, the only way to suppress it is to stop the source, and this source refers to those who have the plague. Could it be ......? Mo Chen suddenly felt the seriousness of the situation.

Mo Chen froze still, because he saw the silver light clearly, it was an arrow, and they wanted to kill him.

Turning around and looking at the approaching people and horses, Mo Chen felt a little desperate in his heart, there were at least dozens of these people, how could they run on foot and ride horses?

But what puzzled Mo Chen was that there was such a big plague outbreak near Chang'an, how could no one in Chang'an City know?

Now Mo Chen walked about forty miles out of Chang'an and walked for about a day, but looking at the appearance of this village, the plague broke out for at least two or three days.

So why wasn't there an army to deal with this before?

Mo Chen probably had the answer in his heart, he was afraid that when the plague broke out, the leaders in the village ran away, and the reason why the officers and soldiers came today was mostly to deal with the fleeing people.

Mo Chen sighed: "It seems that I can only blame me for not accepting this jade pendant of Bai Xian's rafters......"