Volume 1 The Eagle Flies at the End of the Han Dynasty Chapter 57 The City of the Dead

Nan Ying watched the figure of the young man disappear behind the tree, and his heart was stunned, this person has peerless martial arts, if he can use it for himself, he should really be happy to descend from the sky, but unfortunately he left in a hurry, and he did not even leave his name.

He secretly smiled bitterly, he already had a large number of contemporary wizards around him, but he was still not greedy enough, and he said to Cheng Yu that day, "If the water is full, it will overflow, and when the moon is full, it will be lost", but he was deceiving himself.

Nan Ying suddenly remembered that there was a prisoner who had not been dealt with, and couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at Zheng Lian, she seemed to be a few years older than Gao Gao'er, with some fat powder on her delicate face, plus a green coat, standing slim, but quite like a lady, where can you see that it is a woman from the rivers and lakes!

What surprised Nan Ying the most was that although Zheng Lian was in prison, her expression was indifferent, faintly revealing a kind of indifference to death, and she didn't seem to take the upcoming tragic fate to heart. If it is an ordinary woman, seeing the corpses of dozens of companions lying all over the ground, I am afraid that she will either be shaky or kneel on the ground and beg for mercy.

Nan Ying pondered for a moment and said, "Your name is Zheng Lian?" ”

Zheng Lian looked at him with a pair of clear eyes, and suddenly smiled lightly: "You don't have to let me go!" Just kill me! ”

Everyone was surprised, and Gao Gao'er sneered: "You are naΓ―ve to think about it, how do you know that we will let you go?" ”

Zheng Lian lightly lifted her lips and said: "Although I only watch you kill people, it can be called ruthless." But why did dozens of my companions die, leaving me alone? Look at your manners and appearances, I'm afraid that you are not a wicked person who wants to do things to a weak woman like me! ”

She shrugged her shoulders and said, "Then it could only be because I just said a few good words for you and was heard by you, so I was so kind and wanted to let me live!" ”

Everyone was impressed with her, this woman had such ingenuity, she really lived up to the name of the spirit fox!

Nan Ying exhaled lightly and said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect that I really underestimated your wisdom!" You're right! If you know it in your heart, why do you still let us kill you? ”

Zheng Lian bowed her head and said: "Dozens of people in the same company have not survived, only I have survived, this feud is even bigger!" Will you let me go so easily as the Yuan family? Even if they don't think of me as a murderer, they will inevitably be angry with me! ”

She said sadly: "I think that the Yuan family has the power of the world, I am just a woman who wanders alone in the rivers and lakes, can I fight them?" Even if I can escape for a while, if I want to stay incognito and hide in Tibet for the rest of my life, it is better to die now! ”

Everyone felt sorry in their hearts, this Zheng Lian was really not an ordinary woman, not only far-reaching, but also quite a man's decisiveness, she didn't take life and death into her eyes at all, but as she said, I am afraid that there will be no peace in the future.

Gao Gao'er finally had a soft heart, and was aroused with compassion, and couldn't help but say anxiously: "How can we do it!" Why should my sister be so suicidal, there will definitely be a way out! ”

She turned her head to look at Nanying and the others, and begged, "Big brother! Brother Nan! Mr. Jia! This sister is so pitiful, how can I say that she has also helped us speak, we must find a way to help her! ”

Gao Shun looked at Zheng Lian and stood with his head down, Chu Chu was pitiful, his heart softened, and he looked at Nanying, his eyes showed an inquiring look.

Nanying looked at Jia Xu, and when he saw that he showed a thoughtful expression, he even nodded slowly, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, this poisoner has always been ruthless, and he wants to kill people at every turn, why is he compassionate today.

Seeing Nan Ying's expression, Jia Xu whispered in his ear: "This woman's martial arts are not weak, she is smart, and it is rare to have such a clever tracking technique, the lord can't let it go easily!" ”

Nanying couldn't help nodding slightly, and after thinking for a while, he finally said, "There is a way!" ”

Gao Gao'er was overjoyed: "Really! That's great! Come and hear it! ”

Zheng Lian also opened a pair of big eyes and looked at Nan Ying in disbelief.

Nanying's sharp eyes stared at Zheng Lian tightly, as if he wanted to see through her heart, and said heavily: "Join us!" I keep you safe! Would you like to? ”

Zheng Lian's delicate body trembled lightly: "If you bring me, it's like bringing a bane, aren't you afraid of setting yourself on fire?" ”

Nan Ying smiled and said, "Do you think I seem to be a person who is afraid of things? If I'm afraid, I won't help that young man get ahead! All I ask you is if you want to! ”

Zheng Lian blurted out: "I am willing!" ”

Nanying said "oh" and said, "Now it's my turn to ask you!" You don't even know who we are, why did you promise so simply? Aren't you afraid that we have ulterior motives? ”

Zheng Lian smiled and said: "I have been rolling in the rivers and lakes since I was a child, what kind of person has I never seen? I don't need to ask who you are, you won't hurt me! ”

Nan Ying shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's easy to talk to you, the spirit fox!" ”

He said with a pale face: "But I still have to tell you that there will be danger with us, you must know that our trip is to go to the epidemic area, and the purpose is to find a way to eliminate the plague!" It's all about the crisis, do you have to rethink it? ”

Zheng Lianjiao's body shook violently, and two lines of clear tears slowly flowed from her eyes.

Everyone was stunned, and Gao Gao'er gently supported Zheng Lian and said, "Sister, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zheng Lian raised her hand to wipe away her tears, with a heart-wrenching and sad look on her face, but her eyes shot an extremely determined look, and she forced a smile: "No need to say it again!" I'm going to follow you, Hugh wants to get rid of me! ”

Everyone changed into the clothes of a doctor, and five horsemen and seven people rushed towards Yiyang County, and there was no trace of anyone along the way, which couldn't help but increase the burden on everyone's hearts.

After a few more days, the group finally saw the tall and majestic city wall of Yiyang.

Yiyang is one of the nine counties under the rule of Hongnong County, it is only three or two days away from Luoyang, and the pedestrians are like carp on weekdays, it is very lively, and it is a large county of tens of thousands of people.

The light of the setting sun is far away from the black shadow of the heavy eaves of the city tower, which makes people feel sullen and irritable, and there is no one in the city gate, and the deep city cave is like the huge mouth of a demonic beast, as if it wants to devour people ruthlessly.

Jia Xu sighed lightly: "Lord! It seems that the epidemic in Yiyang is far more terrible than we imagined, and even the guards on duty at the city gate don't know where to hide. ”

Nanying said with a gloomy face: "Go!" Let's go into town and see! ”

There is no bustling flow of people on the quiet long street, no sound of shouting and talking, deathly loneliness, occasionally a few black-clad and veiled corpse collectors drive by, the body is covered with thick reed mats, the wheels turn the rough stone slabs, making a miserable sound of "squeak, squeak", and suddenly the body shakes, it will shake out the festering and rotten arm under the reed mat.

Gao Gao'er looked pale, and although his face was covered with a strict veil, he still seemed to be able to smell the terrifying smell of rot, and he almost vomited.

Zao only said in a low voice: "I can't imagine that a large county with more than 20,000 households has become a world of ghosts and ghosts, alas! It's a dead city! ”

Everyone was miserable in their hearts, and they were speechless for a while.

Suddenly, an old man's trembling and desolate singing voice floated from the street: "Although the morning is born, the twilight returns to dust, the rooms are empty, the chickens and dogs do not smell, the white-haired people are sorry to send the black-haired people, when can the small people live in peace!" "The song is tortuous and sad, containing endless pain and is heart-wrenching.

Nanying listened in a daze, his fists clenched tighter and tighter, and his knuckles turned white and rattled. He whispered, "I, Nanying, swear to the sky that I will do my best to win this invisible war!" ”

Gao Shun's sonorous voice sounded behind him: "Virtuous brother, rest assured!" We will fight side by side with you until we succeed! ”

The others nodded resolutely in unison, and Zheng Lian's eyes were covered with a layer of mist, and her delicate body trembled slightly, showing that she was excited in her heart.

In the distance, a sturdy figure rode a horse and galloped wildly, the man's officer's uniform, his dark face was covered with beard, he came to the front of the crowd, his anxious face flashed a look of disbelief and surprise, and said loudly: "Dare to ask you, but the doctor?" ”

Nan Ying's heart moved, and he nodded: "Not bad!" The seven of us in my group are all familiar with some medical skills, may I ask you, sir? ”

The big man slapped his palms and said happily: "Great! We're worried about the shortage of doctors! A certain commander of the school is under the command of Cao Cao, who was ordered to garrison this county, everyone come with me! So saying, he turned his horse away.

Jia Xu said in a low voice, "Lord, do you want to follow?" ”

Nanying nodded slightly and said: "Naturally, we want to go, only with the help of the local government and the army, can we make our plan twice as effective with half the effort!" ”

He rode up to the officer and said, "This general ......."

The officer turned his head and smiled bitterly: "Hugh should be commensurate with a general, the last general is just a thousand-person general, and the gentleman can call me Zhang Jie directly!" ”

His eyes darkened and he said: "What's more, now there are no more than a thousand people under me, hundreds of people have died, and hundreds of people's lives are hanging by a thread!" ”

Nanying was taken aback and said, "How can even the epidemic in the army be so serious!" ”

Zhang showed a look of pain and remorse in the show: "It's all my fault!" When the plague began to spread a few months ago, only the people were inseparable, and I couldn't bear it, so I sent the military doctors and non-commissioned officers in the camp to come to the rescue, but unexpectedly...... Alas! Why is God so merciful! ”

He whipped the horse with a fierce whip, as if to vent all the anger in his heart.

Nanying was in awe, this Zhang Jie looks like a rough person, but it is rare to have this compassion for the people, and he can't help but say heartily: "Why should Brother Zhang blame himself, if everyone in the world has the character of Brother Zhang who is in trouble and comes to help from all directions, why worry about the plague?" In the next is not talented, willing to give it a try! ”

Zhang flashed in the program, and read "one party is in trouble, all parties come to help" several times, and said with relief: "Mr. Xie is relieved!" I've been feeling like I've been crushing a boulder in my heart these days, and it seems to be a lot better to hear you say that! Ha ha! It's all up to Mr. Routing! ”

Nan Ying saw that he had a frank temperament and no pretentiousness, and he appreciated it even more, it seems that there are many good and upright people among the officials at all levels of the Han family, and he has underestimated them before.

Jia Xu caught up from behind and asked, "Lord Zhang, could you please tell me what the current epidemic situation is in Yiyang City?" ”

Zhang Jie said miserably: "You should also be able to see a rough idea from this street!"

Let's tell the truth, nearly 10,000 of the more than 40,000 soldiers and civilians in the city have become lonely ghosts, and half of the rest are infected with the epidemic to varying degrees, and nearly 100 people die of despair every day! ”

Everyone was frightened, and couldn't help but look at the lonely long street again, only to see that twilight was approaching, like a huge corpse cloth, caged in the sky over the city, and people were breathless.

Gao Shun said in a deep voice: "So how did the local government deal with it?" ”

Zhang Jie said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, we still had the ability to isolate a small number of patients and treat them in a centralized manner, but after the epidemic spread on a large scale, some people in every family were infected with the disease, and some people died every day, causing everyone to be in danger. Many people had no choice but to abandon their homes and businesses and flee out of the city, but they were horrified to find that the epidemic situation in nearby places was not much better than here, so they had to return to the city again. After a long time, many people are used to parting from life and death, and they know that they will not be spared, and they have become numb, and they are only waiting for death at home! ”

He suddenly showed a hint of reverence: "Just as we were sitting and waiting to die, fortunately, there was a miracle doctor who happened to travel here. This person has medical skills and compassion for the world. If he hadn't mobilized the officials and people of the whole city, urgently built a few relocation centers, concentrated the patients, and summoned dozens of doctors to treat them day and night, I am afraid that we would have died far more than these people! ”

Nanying was overjoyed: "There is such a thing! So what's the result now? Has the epidemic been stopped? ”

Zhang Jie smiled and said, "Sir, don't ask me!" ”

He raised his hand and pointed: "Sir, please look, the relocation center in the north of the city has arrived!" A few of you fellow medical professionals can discuss the plague together! ”

Under the light of the blazing fire, hundreds of wooden sheds were erected in the large open space in the north of the city, dozens of people covered with thick veils came and went from time to time, some were dressed as doctors, and some were dressed as officials, and in front of each wooden shed were set up a cauldron used in the army, boiling boiling water, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of strong herbs and rotting stench.

Zhang Jie took out the veil cover from his arms and covered his face, and said gloomily: "This is our biggest isolation place, please go and take a look!" ”

Everyone tightened the gauze on their faces and walked into a large wooden shed with Zhang Jie.

The sound of miserable moaning in the wooden shed was incessant, and many patients were in unbearable pain, rolling from time to time, and constantly falling from the simple hospital bed, so tired that the few doctors and nurses were exhausted. But what shocked Nanying and others the most was that more patients were lying on the couch, not moving, their eyes were empty, there was no trace of desire to survive, and their faces were shrouded in a terrible layer of death.

Gao Gao'er only felt a sudden tumbling in his abdomen, turned around and ran away, until he ran out of the camp, and then found a secluded place to vomit. Suddenly, a hand gently slapped on her back, and then a silk handkerchief with a faint fragrance was handed to her.

Gao Gao'er turned her head to look, and Zheng Lian's eyes behind her showed a look of love and pity, but her face was calm, and she didn't see the slightest discomfort.

She took the silk handkerchief gratefully, and couldn't help but wonder: "Sister! Why don't you feel bad at all? ”

Zheng Lian showed a look of deep contemplative memory, a thick sorrow appeared in her eyes, and she said softly: "That's because, I have already seen that scene just now!" ”

A line of tears slowly rolled down her jade cheeks: "Two months ago, my mother and only brother died of this terrible plague, and I lost all my relatives in just a few days!" ”

Gao Gao'er stood up straight, and looked at Zheng Lian in disbelief with a pair of beautiful eyes.

Zheng Lian said sadly: "Sister, do you know now why I begged to die that day?" And you know why I followed you as soon as I heard that you had come to relieve the plague? ”

Gao Gao'er couldn't stop her tears, reached out and hugged Zheng Lian's shoulder and said, "Sister, you are really bitter!" ”

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