"Of course it's true. Chu Xiaoxiao said very sincerely.

Chu Ci looked at Chu Xiaoxiao's black and white eyes, and sighed helplessly, "It's getting closer and closer to Yongzhou, you haven't been out much recently, and it's going to be messy." ”

Hearing this, Chu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but lift the curtain and look out, they hadn't entered Yongzhou City yet, but they could already see the victims who had fled from the north.

In Chu Xiaoxiao's opinion, these victims were not already infected with the plague, and the expressions of these people were just hunger.

Chu Ci said: "These are the people of the prefectures and counties near Yongzhou, and now they have fled, and several prefectures and counties closer to Yongzhou have closed their city gates and will not accommodate these victims." ”

"Escape?" Chu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Didn't you say that there was a bumper harvest in the north this year?"

Chu Xiaoxiao had already understood before she came, and last year, the imperial court allocated funds to repair the Linghe embankment, and this year the north is also smooth. It was already very unusual for there to be a plague for no reason, and now that there are so many more victims, it is absolutely impossible to be without cats!

Hearing Chu Xiaoxiao's words, Chu Ci couldn't help but sigh, and only after a while did he speak: "No matter how much you harvest, you can't withstand this natural and man-made disaster." When my father heard that the plague had just begun, some people collected grain at a low price and sold medicinal herbs at a high price. ”

"Dad, you mean ......" Chu Xiaoxiao squinted her eyes and said, "Someone took the opportunity to make money?"

Chu Ci said helplessly: "Isn't this the case with merchants since ancient times, if there were no such traders, there might not be so many medicinal materials in Yongzhou City." ”

Although Chu Ci said so, Chu Xiaoxiao thought more.

As the saying goes, people die for money, birds die for food, and the epidemic in Yongzhou City is inexplicable, if there is no one behind this, Chu Xiaoxiao will definitely not believe it.

Now it seems that the ghost behind this is likely to make a windfall.

"Dad, I think it......" Chu Xiaoxiao hesitated for a moment, and then said to Chu Ci: "I think things in Yongzhou City are not so simple, and they are definitely not just plagues. ”

"What?" Chu Ci was inevitably a little surprised after hearing Chu Xiaoxiao's words, and couldn't help asking, "Xiaoxiao, do you know something?"

Chu Xiaoxiao shook her head and said: "The plague in Yongzhou City is too unusual, Dad, when you get to Yongzhou City, if something happens, you must not rush to the front, everything has me." ”

Hearing this, Chu Ci couldn't help laughing, touched Chu Xiaoxiao's head and said, "Xiaoxiao, in the past, my father was only worried about how you would grow up, but now I feel that it is not so good when you grow up." ”

"Dad?!" Chu Xiaoxiao's heart jumped, thinking that Chu Ci meant that he preferred Chu Xiaoxiao in the past.

For Chu Ci, they may all be his daughters, but for Chu Xiaoxiao, she and the original owner are two completely different people.

Chu Ci smiled helplessly and said: "Father is not in his seventies or eighties now, and you are still young, how can your father hide behind Xiaoxiao? Wouldn't it be a joke if it spread?"

"I think they dare to laugh at Dad. Chu Xiaoxiao raised her face and said proudly, and then said: "However, Dad, you have to promise me that I will handle some miscellaneous matters in the inner city of Yongzhou City." ”

The person sent by His Majesty the Emperor was headed by Chu Ci, as long as Chu Ci agreed, it would be very simple for her to meddle in the affairs of Yongzhou.

And Chu Xiaoxiao vaguely felt that the things in Yongzhou City now were not something that a gentle and soft person like Chu Ci could handle.

The carriage traveled for seven days to reach Yongzhou, and on the way they had already encountered many refugees fleeing.

But as soon as she entered the territory of Yongzhou, Chu Xiaoxiao was still shocked when she saw the scene in Yongzhou.

Although she was still somewhat mentally prepared, seeing the scene in Yongzhou City at this time, Chu Xiaoxiao really understood the meaning of the four words "life and souls".

Chu Xiaoxiao lived in a peaceful era in her previous life, even if she was a killer and lived in a dark world for a long time, but in the end, she had never seen such a large scene of ordinary people dying tragically.

As soon as he arrived in Yongzhou City, Chu Ci took a group of imperial doctors to the refugee area in the outer city without stopping, and asked Chu Xiaoxiao to take people to the city to settle down before leaving.

Chu Xiaoxiao was originally a little worried about Chu Ci, but seeing that Chu Ci was resolute, and they brought a lot of imperial forest troops to Yongzhou City this time, which could ensure Chu Ci's safety, Chu Xiaoxiao didn't say anything.

After Chu Ci left, Chu Xiaoxiao got out of the carriage directly and walked towards the inner city of Yongzhou City.

And it was this short journey that once again refreshed Chu Xiaoxiao's understanding of the situation in Yongzhou City.

There are not many refugees in Yongzhou City today, and the most of them are the stinking corpses piled up on the ground outside the city wall.

It is the height of summer in July, and even though Yongzhou is in the north and the weather is not as hot as in the capital, such a large number of corpses piled up on the side of the road still produces an extremely pungent smell, almost enveloping the entire Yongzhou City.

Chu Xiaoxiao, who saw this scene, immediately felt anger coming from it.

Using such a method to dispose of the corpse, the people in Yongzhou City are not dead now, and they are already blessed by God!

Chu Xiaoxiao walked into the city gate and saw that the guards at the city gate were complaining idlely, just turning a blind eye to the corpses piled up on the edge of the city wall.

Are they all out of luck?

After only standing here for a while, Chu Xiaoxiao already felt a little dizzy, these people could still chat here on their own?!

I have to say, it's a pretty amazing thing.

"What are you doing in a daze?" Chu Xiaoxiao frowned and said to the soldiers guarding the city, "Aren't you afraid of death? Why don't you go and burn these corpses!"

People who died of the epidemic dared to be thrown here so openly, are they really not afraid of death?!

Thinking about this situation, if it continued, Chu Xiaoxiao believed that Yongzhou City would soon become a dead city.

The soldier guarding the city looked up and saw that it was a girl who looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old who was talking, and couldn't help but sneer and said: "Where did this girl come from?

Although this person spoke rudely to Chu Xiaoxiao, he did not do anything to Chu Xiaoxiao like he had just driven away those victims.

After all, these people are still the guards of the city gate no matter what, and they still have a little eyesight.