Chapter 989: A Tragic Sight
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The carriage gradually approached in the direction of Jiangnan, and on the way, Lan Yun sent a letter, telling them that they had chosen a safe town to settle in, and that they would meet him in the past.
In the carriage, Yun Shu looked at her palm, and slowly held it again, obviously feeling that her pulse was much stronger.
Her small action condensed all of Feng Ling's eyes, and her deep and gentle eyes were shining, and the two of them seemed to see the bright hope again.
A few days of rushing made people tired, but fortunately, Yun Shu's body was fine, they looked at the gray scenery outside the window, the towns they passed by were more and more depressed, and there were many dead cities, which made people tremble.
The heavier everyone's mood became, Su Qin couldn't imagine that he would actually see such a lotus country one day.
The car traveled a short distance and passed by a river.
The riverbank seemed to be a place for the refugees to camp and rest, and when they saw the carriage of Yun Shu and his party from a distance, they stood up one after another.
Feng Ling frowned, stretched out his hand and grabbed the long sword at his waist with high vigilance, however, when the carriage slowly approached, it was clear that these refugees did not want to take advantage of the fire to rob, but looked at them with frightened eyes.
Suddenly, the cry of a child was heard in the crowd, and an unkempt and ragged woman comforted him softly, but the yellow-skinned child held her hand tightly, "...... I'm hungry...... Woowoo woo ......"
The woman hung her head and her voice trembled a little, and her skinny hand touched the child's face, "Good, bear with it a little longer......
Feng Ling immediately got out of the carriage, came to the woman, and gently put a steamed bun into the child's hand, at this time, the action instantly relaxed the tense emotions of these refugees a lot, and their faces gradually showed a few moments.
The woman holding the child quickly came back to her senses, and actually knelt in front of Feng Ling with a pop, "Thank you, thank you, Childe!" ”
"Hurry up!" Feng Ling stretched out his hand to help the woman up, not showing any disgust because of the mess on her body, "What happened?" Why are you all gathered here? ”
The woman protected the child beside her, cautiously looked at the handsome man in front of her, and then looked at the carriage, "Childe and his party are from out of town, right?" Let's hurry back, there is a hard-hit area ahead, and all the people left behind are infected with the plague, and some time ago, I heard that the village not far away was slaughtered, so we are so afraid when we see the strange carriage. Romance Starter"
Feng Ling's heart was shocked, how could such a thing happen?
"Sister-in-law, do you know why she was slaughtered? Who did it? ”
"This ......" The woman's face showed a little embarrassment, and she looked like she wanted to speak and stopped.
At this time, a bold middle-aged man walked out of the crowd, his words were full of dissatisfied anger, "Who else dares to act recklessly in the Lotus Country, it is not those high-ranking officials and nobles, they are all greedy for life and afraid of death, afraid of the spread of the plague and being dragged down, colluding with the government to kill all the infected people!" ”
The meaning of the man's words is that he thinks that the reason for all this must be an order from the Lotus Emperor!
At this time, the other refugees were also aroused by anger, and there was a lot of discussion.
Feng Ling's face was solemn, "Your Majesty has sent a team of imperial doctors to come to provide disaster relief, and this matter is not considered to be Your Majesty's order, everyone may have misunderstood!" ”
The middle-aged man glanced at Feng Ling fixedly, and sneered, "How does Gongzi know that it is not the emperor's order?" You said that the imperial doctor came, but so far we haven't even seen a shadow! Who of you doesn't have children and daughters, because this time the plague wife is separated, if the emperor does something, can we become like this? ”
The cruel reality is really unconvincing!
Feng Ling knew that no matter how much he explained, he took out a map from his arms and handed it to them, "Don't worry, the imperial doctor is already on his way to Jiangnan, including the supplies needed will be sent over in a steady stream, please go to the towns marked on the map and wait in peace!" ”
The crowd looked at the map and asked, "Who are you, and why do you let us go, and why do we have to go?" Looking at your luxurious clothes, I'm afraid that you have colluded with the government and nobles to deliberately deceive us, right? ”
In the face of their doubts, Feng Ling's tone was sincere and not annoyed, "Since there is nowhere to go, why don't you give it a try?" ”
A sentence made these refugees look at each other, and after half a sound, they hesitated to speak, "Who are you, why should we believe in you!" ”
Feng Ling casually found an excuse, "There are distant relatives who are from the imperial hospital, and now there is indeed a team of imperial doctors coming, this town will be the foothold of the imperial doctors, so we will definitely not refuse the entry of refugees, and please write next time." ”
In fact, this town is really under the jurisdiction of the Lotus Emperor's forces, and the Emperor's hand can't reach here, so Feng Ling can also ensure the safety of these refugees.
The people looked at each other, as if they were still considering the truth of his words, and at this time, the woman who had just received Feng Ling's favor stood up with her child in her arms, "Thank you for this son, our mother and son believe in the words of the son, and they will rush immediately." ”
After that, she looked at the villagers and said loudly, "Listen to the people's women, since we have no way out, why not try?" Staying here and waiting for the mountains and rivers to run out is only a dead end, it is better to believe in this prince once, and believe that the emperor will not give up on us easily. ”
But the middle-aged man was still a little unconvinced, "What about the villagers who slaughtered the plague area?" There's always a saying, right? ”
Feng Ling understood their doubts, Rumo's eyes narrowed slightly, "I think you have also heard that there is now a power infighting among the royal family of the Lotus Kingdom, which is intricately intertwined, and some things can not be explained in a few words, and although Your Majesty has a heart, but because of the obstruction of certain forces, it will make everyone misunderstand Your Majesty's intentions, in short, you folks believe Your Majesty, he will definitely not sit idly by and ignore the safety of his people, those behind the slaughter of the villagers, will definitely get his due retribution!" And now the most important thing is to keep everyone safe! ”
This statement is reasonable, and the villagers have shown hesitant faces, if it is really as this person said, then it is really worth giving it a try.
Immediately someone came up and surrounded the woman, and together they looked at the map and studied it.
"If you start walking now, you should be able to get there in three days!" One of them touched his chin and looked around, then turned to the others and said, "Yes, let's give it a try, how about believing this son's words?" It's better than waiting to die now! ”
"That'...... Then let's go! ”
"Thank you for saving your life......"
And the people in this carriage watched the situation change by the river, and their hearts finally relaxed.
After settling the refugees, Feng Ling quickly returned to the carriage, and the words of the suitable refugees made him feel uncomfortable.
In the middle of the sound, he opened his mouth solemnly, "The people have always been simple-minded, but now they are so suspicious, it can be seen that something really terrible has happened, maybe we have to be prepared, the scene ahead will be more difficult than we imagined." ”
There was silence in the carriage, and everyone's faces were unusually heavy.
The carriage continued to move forward, leaning on Su Qin, who was sitting by the window, for a long time before retracting her gaze from the river, those hungry children saw that she was very depressed, she didn't even expect that after so many years, the style of the emperor was still like this, so high up and down to regard human life as a mustard!
If an emperor can't work for the well-being of the people, why should he be obsessed with holding power and putting the people in fire and water?
Su Qin was sad in her heart, the figures of those refugees on the bank of the river have been lingering in her mind, she will not escape this war anymore, she must join forces with His Majesty to defeat the Emperor Taishang, so as to be worthy of these innocent people, so worthy of herself!
And the further you go, the worse the scene in front of you becomes, the air is filled with the smell of desolation, corpses everywhere, starvation, sickness, abound.
As far as the eye can see, it's rare to see even a living person walking around!
The scene was unusually bleak and bleak......
Everyone in the carriage was speechless, such a tragic situation, if it wasn't for seeing it with their own eyes, it was really unbelievable that this place actually belonged to the powerful Lotus Country in this life.
A black flag hangs above the town ahead, as if to warn outsiders not to enter.
"This is probably the source of the plague." Feng Ling looked at the gray surroundings with cold eyes, and his face was cold.
Jiangnan has always been a rich place, but now it has become such a dilapidated appearance. And the town in front of them could no longer see the prosperity of the past, and at this time there was a smell of death everywhere.
Looking up, even the sky was gray, with green smoke that could not be dispersed, entwined and swirling......
After walking into the city, the flock of crows that were suddenly startled rendered an oppressive atmosphere.
Those who had already died, their limbs were gnawed, white bones, pus and blood, stains, internal organs, flowing everywhere along the cracks in the green brick street, the disgusting breath was disgusting, and the slightest breath was also bruised, the abscesses on the body were swollen, maggots struggled to wriggle in various places, and the most frightening thing was that a 'corpse' that had been pecked to only half of its face suddenly stretched out its hand towards them, and at the same time spurted foul-smelling black blood from its mouth, babbling and screaming......
If it weren't for the fact that everyone on this trip had seen the big scene, I am afraid that they would have screamed.
The surrounding ** and screams became clearer and clearer. Everyone frowned, and it seemed that they were the only ones alive in the main town!