At dusk, Zhou Xinzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone was done.

It's time for them to pack up and head to the next city.

The three castles around the capital were all very close to each other, so it didn't take long to get there.

It was nightfall.

Zhou Xinzhi glanced at the city wall from a distance, it seemed to be guarded, but it looked more like a dead city.

Zhou Xinzhi's heart sank again.

The day they do not act, the more people will die.

"Ma'am, I should have fallen asleep at this point, shall we go into the city again tomorrow?"

Wei Qing glanced at the post station next to him, and the lights were still on.

Zhou Xinzhi shook her head: "The matter is urgent, go knock on the door now." ”

A few people walked under the city wall, and Qin Qianyu knocked on the door, but there was no reaction at all from inside the door.

It wasn't until a long time later that someone lazily shouted: "Who?" Knocking on the door in the middle of the night, is there a living person in this city? It's all dead people, what are you doing here! ”

"His Royal Highness the Second Prince has arrived, sealed the emperor's will, and came to treat the plague, now open the city gate for us and take us to meet your city lord!"

Qiaoyu's voice was crisp, and the man heard the silence for a moment before he suddenly got up and lit the torches at the city gate.

"Are you really His Royal Highness the Second Prince?"

The man shouted from the wall.

"Definitely."

Qiaoyu shook her head: "This is His Royal Highness the Second Prince next to him, you guy with no eyes, don't hurry up and kneel down, this is our lady next to you!" ”

"This ......"

The man did not kneel down immediately, but discussed a few words with the man next to him before kneeling down and shouting to open the city gate.

After entering the city, this place was even more desolate than the previous Yicheng.

"Take us to your city lord, I want to discuss it with your city lord."

Qin Qianyu frowned and tightened Zhou Xinzhi's clothes: "Take us now." ”

"At this point, our city lord is probably asleep."

"You guys, otherwise find a place to rest for the night, and you won't be in a hurry these days......"

Qin Qianyu frowned: "Tonight is tonight, I have the emperor's will in my hands, how dare you disobey?" ”

As soon as this holy decree came out, the man's face was a lot more ugly, and it was difficult for people not to feel that there was no cattiness here, and when he saw the eyes of several people, he was a little suspicious, and the man hesitated.

"Since it is a holy decree, I will lead you down."

Qin Qianyu pulled Zhou Xinzhi with a hint in her eyes, Zhou Xinzhi also nodded, this performance is obviously a problem, not to mention that there is only one person on the city wall at night, to put it bluntly, it is strange.

Along the way, everyone didn't speak, but Zhou Xinzhi observed the surrounding scene by herself, the whole city was like a dead city, this time was just dusk and sunset, and no one came out of the smoke.

This is even stranger, it stands to reason that this time should be the time when everyone goes out, and even if this is the case now, it should not be so lifeless.

"How long will it take?"

Zhou Xinzhi cautiously took two steps back, not planning to go any further, the front had already come to an end, but he didn't mean to stop, according to the specifications, the city lord's courtyard should be in the middle of the place, and now that he has obviously walked through, where else will he take them?

Qin Qianyu frowned and protected Zhou Xinzhi behind him.

"Guys, didn't you get it right away? The city lord of our city is different from the city lord next to him, and the place where he lives is naturally different, but don't worry, I'll be there right away. ”

The man lowered his head, and his face could not be seen clearly in the dark, but Zhou Xinzhi was more vigilant.

"Now that it's dark, and there's not even a torch, how can you recognize the way out at night, it shouldn't be difficult to find a room with people to live in first."

Zhou Xinzhi's words made the man's body stiffen: "Look at what you said, the people in the city are also sleeping at this point, I'm afraid it's not good to disturb, let's go to the city lord, the city lord is still working at this point." ”

"It's already this time, he is still working, so diligent, you should see him and reward him well, and then say a few kind words to my father, but I want to live in it now, no matter what you do, otherwise I will see the city lord tomorrow, and I will ask you!"

Qin Qianyu slapped a sweet date, and the man stiffened and didn't know what he was waiting for.

In the dark alley, Zhou Xinzhi felt more and more uneasy.

"Boom!"

A long sword was put on his neck, and Qin Qianyu said coldly: "Since you often don't eat and drink, then don't blame me for being rude, either take us or cut off your neck now!" ”

"It's you! If you didn't come earlier when you came, what's the point of coming now that everyone is dead, it's better to ...... Why don't you go with them! ”

Zhou Xinzhi made a loud alarm bell, and clenched the dagger in her hand again.

"Qingyi."

Qin Qianyu's voice was calm, and she couldn't hear the panic before.

"Qianyu, around here?"

"Don't worry, there's no one around here, Qingyi has already inquired, but his reaction, I'm afraid this place has really become a dead city......"

Zhou Xinzhi also fell silent.

"Don't kill him yet!"

She stepped forward: "Qingyi, you let me ask him." ”

"You and I tell you the truth, we are from Yicheng, we have already treated the people in their city, even if it is a serious patient, if it is healthy, it can be saved, you can send someone to inquire about this matter, there is no need to say a lie."

"At that time, I asked the city lord of Yicheng to deliver the news to you, but there was no movement in your two cities, and now that the people are like this, they are even to blame us, if you can line up to receive treatment in Yicheng, it will not be so serious."

"You ...... When will you come to deliver the news? ”

The man was pressed by Qingyi, but his face was full of hideousness, and tears welled up in his eyes, "If someone really delivers news to us, we may save a lot of people!" ”

Zhou Xinzhi was stunned, and Qin Qianyu also frowned: "This is not appropriate." ”

"I'm afraid it's still those people who intercepted the news from the middle......"

Zhou Xinzhi's heart sank.

"Besides, even if you really deliver the news, how many people can go, the city lord of our city, you don't care about him at all, and what you do is also allowed by you, and it's embarrassing to say that it's the emperor's holy decree, if he doesn't care about this matter, it won't be like this......"

Qin Qianyu clenched his fingers, this is already a big rebellion, he can force people to say such things, but he doesn't know what this city lord has done.

The man stopped struggling as he spoke, with decadence on his face, "What will I take you to see, see if the city lord is arrogant and lascivious, he has been searching for people's fat and ointment for so many years, and he spends all his time drinking!" ”

Go on the loose?

Voluptuous?

The more Qin Qianyu listened, the more ugly his face became, such a thing happened at the foot of the imperial city, but his father didn't care about it!

The two glanced at each other, and Zhou Xinzhi relieved herself from her shock for a moment.

"Qianyu, I'm afraid there is something strange here."

"Little brother, there are only a few of us, if we don't have the determination to die, and the determination to save the people of the whole city, we must not come so easily."

"What about the city lord, it's better to be gone than to live under his hands, how can this city be compared with Yicheng, the days are more than a star and a half."

"He will personally press the emperor in front of the saint, list his own crimes one by one, and apologize to your people throughout the process."

Qin Qianyu stood quietly, looking at the man with a serious face, the man didn't speak for a long time, he was dumbfounded, and only after two long years did he whisper: "That...... I'll just trust you once, and it won't be too bad anyway. ”

"Where's the city lord?"

Zhou Xinzhi paused: "When the plague broke out, what were you city lords doing. ”

The outbreak in these three cities is so thorough enough to prove that the managers don't care, and secondly, it shows that many nobles have also been infected with the plague, but even if so, they don't even report it?

"In ...... Drink and watch singing and dancing. ”

"He's been like that every day, it's been a long time, and he doesn't even know about the plague outside......"

"Don't know? He doesn't care about the people in the city at all, so why don't he eat minced meat! ”

Qin Qianyu shook his head: "You take us to him now." ”

The man nodded, pulled a fire fold out of his pocket, and led them deeper into the depths.

The man's words were half true and half false, and the city lord's residence was indeed not in the center, but in the deepest part.

"That's it, I don't dare to get close, I can only watch here, he is heavily guarded, and we can't get in, so no one can enter after the plague has happened for so long, this place is too tightly guarded."

Zhou Xinzhi couldn't help but feel a little trance when she saw the brightly lit palace, there was such a behavior at the feet of the Son of Heaven, so close to the capital, and he really occupied this place as the king?

"Madam, let's go and find out what the situation is over there."

Pei Shaojiu arched his hand, and Qingyi also appeared from the shadows.

Zhou Xinzhi nodded, and the two of them came back a moment later, both with a hint of weirdness and anger on their faces.

"What's wrong?"

Qin Qianyu frowned: "What's the situation inside?" ”

As he said, it is indeed heavily guarded, and the pleasant sound of silk and bamboo can be heard in the palace, I am afraid that it is indeed listening to songs and dancing, and the smell of wine and meat wafts from it, this day ...... Indeed, he has raced over the gods. ”

Pei Shaojiu gritted his teeth, with a sad look in his eyes: "Obviously, they are all city lords who are personally sealed by the emperor, why is there such a big difference?" One doesn't think about it for the sake of the people's tea and rice, and describes it as withered, but the other spends all day drinking and not thinking about it! ”

"It's a pity for my Pei family!"

Zhou Xinzhi's eyes sank a little, the Pei family became like this because of the emperor at that time, and now the city lord is like this, which really chills the people.

"Shao Jiu, you have a misty fragrance, no matter how good you and I are, I'm afraid we can't solve it quietly, this place is really big, and it is not advisable to break in."