"Lord!"

Cao Cao, who was dressed in a black robe, stood with his hands in his hands, and when he heard the words, he nodded: "Fengxiao and Zhongde also came to watch the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky?" It is better to go back to their respective positions and think about how to deal with this disaster. ”

"Then the lord is here, what is it?" Guo Jia arched his hand, and only he dared to speak like this.

Cao Cao closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Just ask for a little peace of mind." In addition to racking his brains to stop this plague, the next thing he has to face is how to eat, the balance of grain prices in the city, and a series of follow-up problems such as finding a way to relieve the disaster and giving food to the village.

After a big epidemic, how many people will die in Yuzhou, he doesn't know, but it is definitely difficult to see people in winter for a hundred miles, but in winter, countless mouths have to wait for food, that is a bottomless pit, after a long time, whether it is the government or the family, it will become a force of obstacles, disease, hunger, and cold winter are to form a huge grinding plate, and the grinding wheel is the flesh and blood walking on this land.

On the huge high platform, babbling prayers are chanting, Cheng Yu is over fifty years old, his hair is a little gray, his body is slender and thin, as a member of the party, his spirit is flourishing, and he is also calm and deep, after Guo Jia and Cao Cao have spoken, he bowed his hand to the side and whispered: "The top priority of the lord is to block the displaced people from Xuchang for a hundred miles, and they cannot be allowed to move around, otherwise the people suffering from the epidemic will be transmitted to the next place, and so on, and Yuzhou will be destroyed." ”

"How could I not know?" Cao Cao opened his eyes slightly, narrowed into a slit, and carried it on the back of his hand, his green tendons bulging faintly, and looked at Liu Xie, who was sacrificing above, "...... But the legs are long on them, and in the midst of the catastrophe and panic, no one will run around! ”

Cheng Yu raised his gaze, and his eyes were cold: "Lord, maybe you can start by killing people......

"Don't—"

Next to him, Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, hurriedly interrupted, shook his head and said: "The lord rebelled at the beginning of the uprising to remove Dong Zhuo's thieves, and now he has the Han family by his side, it is a good time to accept heroes from all over the world, slaughtering the victims may have a miraculous effect on the epidemic, but because of this, it will also have a bad reputation among the people, and this matter must not be done." ”

Hearing the suggestions of the two, Cao Cao rubbed his eyebrows with a headache, no matter how big the enemy was, no matter how dangerous the war, he had never panicked, but the trouble caused by this natural disaster made him feel tricky like never before.

"Zhongde may be right, the victims who are rushing to Xudu outside are really sad." Cao Cao turned to look at the two of them, pressed the hilt of his sword with one hand, and walked out, "...... But can I, Cao Cao, really kill all the people outside? That's not tens of thousands, that's ...... But I, Yuzhou root, the people of the Han Dynasty, are not pigs and sheep. ”

Guo and Cheng followed closely, and the young man thought for a moment, and said softly: "The prefectures, counties and counties have now sent fast horses to notify them, and the city's doctors and craftsmen are all mobilized and concentrated, and they are boiling decoctions, and let the soldiers in the army take it first, although it can't be prevented, but it can always make them feel at ease. ”

For such a disease, Guo Jia, who has always been in the chest, also feels helpless, this is beyond the scope of his ability, not to mention that once the plague spreads, it is a huge number of people, even if there are medicinal materials to expel it, there are not so many medicines that can be used.

Between the words, a soldier trotted over from a distance, holding a message in his hand: "Prime Minister, there is news from the south gate." ”

Cao Cao took it and took a look.

The thick eyebrows suddenly wrinkled, pinched the palm-sized plain silk in the palm of his hand, kneaded it into a ball, and walked forward with an expressionless face, Guo Jia and Cheng Yu hurriedly followed, only to hear his words in a low voice: "Go to the city wall." ”

At noon on this day, two carriages passed through the panicked street market, the restless people had rarely gone to the street, close to the east gate, only a small number of people opened the window to listen to something, the car drove through here, Cao Cao scooped the curtain, in the air, there was a faint cry from outside the city.

Looking at the past from the tall city wall of Xudu, groups of ragged figures are gathering in the opposite field and on the official road, and the generals in the city shouted loudly to them, telling these people to stay away from the city gate, and even signaled the soldiers to release arrows to scare them to retreat a certain distance.

Cao Cao and the others walked up to the city, silently looking at the black pressure below, and then in the farther direction, on the horizon where the sky and the earth meet, the indescribable number of people gradually converged into a black line, stretching all over the mountains, and impacting towards the city wall of Xudu.

"Tell those big families in the city to find a way to provide disaster relief, and if anyone doesn't have food, I will kill people and take food." The fist slammed against the battlement, and the words contained anger.

"Excuse me?"

"Exact words!"

In the distance that they can't see, hundreds of miles away from Xudu, there are more victims rushing to this side, layer upon layer, subconscious cognition, all think that only the emperor and the officials in Xuchang City have a way to let them survive, the endless wilderness, the head is surging, from time to time someone falls down and dies, and there are also men and women who are covered with blisters and sick are shouted out by the discoverer, and then several strong men and women come to kill each other and bury them directly.

Beyond here, a little farther away, the homeless people have become scarce, two men carrying a young girl on their backs hurry up, the corpses and tragedies they saw along the way, let the horror and uneasiness stay on her face, her eyes are numb and staring at the woods, trying not to let herself fall asleep.

“.…… Can we still go to Xudu? ”

Cao Ang nodded, turned back and smiled at her from time to time, "It's okay, if you're hungry, there are wild things in the mountains to eat, and if we don't go to a crowded place, it's fine." ”

"Yes...... But I'm a little worried. ”

"Girl, there's nothing to worry about, don't think about it." Wu Anguo put down the hammer and stood for a while, looked at the route, and pointed to a hillside in front of him, "Let's go over there and rest for a while before leaving." ”

Cao Ang also agreed with a smile, reached out and took out half a piece of dry food from his arms and handed it back, "Yun Niang, you are weak, eat something to fill your stomach first, and I'll go to the mountains to see if I can catch game, let's spend it in this forest tonight." ”

The man on his back did not take the bread.

"You eat ......"

"You have eaten...... Good hurry. ”

Hearing the faint voice, the smile stiffened on Cao Ang's face, and he hurriedly squatted down to put the girl on his back, shouting, "Yun Niang is sick, come here!" When the words fell, the weak body leaned softly into his arms, his eyes were closed, he unconsciously raised his hand, wiped the man's tears with his tattered cuffs, his chapped lips snorted, and his voice was intermittent, "....... I'm sick...... The same sickness as them...... I know, I can't wake up when I sleep...... I'm so scared ......"

"Don't be afraid...... Don't be afraid. Cao Ang held her hand and put it to his mouth, his voice choked, "You've been holding on all the time, why don't you tell me." ”

The girl squeezed out a smile, very bright, and shook her head weakly, "I'm afraid...... is not dead...... It's that when you close your eyes, you can't be seen again...... Holding on a little longer, I just want to spend a little more time with you...... Many...... Many...... Looking at you. ”

The curtain slowly closed, and a tear slipped through the corner of the eye.

"Ahh

The earth and rocks flew out, Wu Anguo had red eyes, roared angrily, and smashed his hammer on the ground, "Damn the plague god...... Zhang Xiu!! I'm going to kill you alive—"

……

Not far away, someone seemed to hear the voice, walked out of the woods with the figure of the medicine basket on his back, glanced this way, and quickly ran towards the three of them.