It's not that you don't dare, it's not that you can'

Qiao Ran smiled and lowered her head to sip tea. In fact, she dared to be sure that there was no such thing as a hermit, and not only because of these.

It is certainly a good thing that the Son of Heaven is thirsty for talent, but today's Da Chu, as far as she can see, there is no shortage of virtuous people. There are many talents in the DPRK and China, and the Son of Heaven is also wise, since Chen Shanmou was put down thirteen years ago, he has worked hard, and now the Great Chu River, mountains, seas, and rivers are inseparable, and he is inseparable from the work of the Son of Heaven.

So today's Da Chu is in peace. At such a time, she tried her best to find a hermit who did not want to go out of the mountain, and she really couldn't figure out the reason why His Majesty did so. In the past, there were people who had a dragon and a phoenix chick to settle the world, but Liu Bei was restrained everywhere. After all, no matter how clever a hermit is, he is also a human being, and if he is a human being, he can't escape the seven emotions and six desires. Since ancient times, talented people have been proud of themselves, and when the cultural relics of the Manchu Dynasty were everywhere, she felt that it was not necessarily a good thing to throw away such a person.

Of course, this is just her own thoughts, the words of the family.

The hall was quiet again, and everyone was quietly drinking tea, only Pei Qingqing walked back and forth on the blanket, and from time to time looked at a few adults here who looked like statues.

No one looked at her, Pei Qingqing blinked, ran to the door, and played with the snow with an umbrella.

Although she was born in Chang'an, she has seen things like snow since she was a child, how can she get tired of playing with snow? Pei Qingqing squatted at the door and played happily, until she noticed the footsteps approaching, she raised her head and looked over.

In the wind and snow, several officers and soldiers carried several stretchers to this side, and their solemn expressions showed a little melancholy.

She stood up with her umbrella in hand, her eyes paused on the officers and soldiers, and soon landed on the stretcher they were carrying.

The patient was supposed to be lying on the stretcher, but she couldn't see the patient because the patient was covered with a white cloth.

Looks weird. Pei Qingqing pursed her lips and asked curiously, "Why is it covered with cloth?" ”

Covered from head to toe like this, she had only seen it in the village where the corpses were collected.

The officers and soldiers ignored her. After all, a child who came from nowhere really didn't need to pay attention.

Pei Qingqing, who was ignored, put one hand behind her back, moved her fingers slightly, and at the moment when the stretcher closest to her passed by her, a strange wind suddenly hit everyone.

The expressions of the two officers and soldiers carrying the stretcher did not change until this time, and they turned into astonishment, but before they could speak, they heard a child's voice exclaim.

"Damn,!"

The panicked children ran towards the museum as if they were fleeing.

Several statue-like adults who were waiting in the hall also stood up in surprise and looked at the place together.

Pei Qingqing ran into the museum, and without thinking about it, she fell into Qiao Ran's arms, and did not forget to complain in a panic: "Ghost! Scared the hell out of me! ”

Before Qiao Ran had time to appease her, she saw Zhou Shilin speak at this time with a solemn expression.

"Ghosts? Oh, yes! He nodded to himself, a hint of helplessness flashed on his face, "Those who are sick have become ghosts." ”

And those who are sick have become demons.

Qiao Ran chewed on the meaning of this sentence, but did not think deeply, because the officers and soldiers had already carried several patients into the hall.

A total of five officers and soldiers carried them over, and the stretchers were neatly placed on the blankets, covering their faces with white cloth, which only made people feel cold for a while.

At this moment, almost everyone except Zhou Shilin had the same feeling as Pei Qingqing.

I just feel like I'm in Yizhuang at this moment.

I don't know if I was frightened by this situation, for a while, none of the three of them moved forward. But after a while, Zhang Xie spoke: "There is breathing." ”

Although he knew that Zhou Shilin would not bring a few corpses over, the situation was so strange that Zhang Xie paid special attention to it.

There is breathing, but it is only invisible, and it is very light and weak, if it is not for the amazing eyesight, it is really difficult to find it.

"It's alive." Zhou Shilin nodded, and looked back at the three people with different expressions, "Let's take a look!" ”

As he spoke, he led the men to the stretchers, then took a deep breath and lifted one of them with his hand.

Rao was already prepared for being stirred up by Pei Qingqing like this, but the moment he saw it, Qiao Ran couldn't help but take a step back.

At this moment, she felt as if she was in a bizarre world of ghosts and saw the legendary ghosts.

"This ......" is a military general like Bai Zhijun who marches and fights, and he was also shocked when he saw this situation at first glance.

"Is this sick?" He blurted out.

Zhou Shilin nodded and said, "It's sick." "It's just that this disease is not like illness, but like a demon has been released.

"White face, bloody lips and black eyes, it is clearly a legendary evil ghost." Zhou Shilin looked at the soldier who was lying on the stretcher but was motionless except for the faint sound of breathing, and said, "And he will get up and walk at night, he is unconscious, no matter who calls him, he will not respond...... "It's like walking with a corpse."

If such "people" are put into the city and seen by the people, they will be recognized as "monsters" and will be attacked by the masses.

After all, when faced with "ghosts", human fear can take over everything. If you put this saying that the hearts of those who are not of our race must be different, these sick soldiers will become "aliens".

After the initial panic, Qiao Ran reached out and pushed away Zhang Jie's hand that was covering in front of him, and looked at the "patient" again.

Her face was as white as yellow paper, her eyes were dark blue, and her lips were abnormally blood-red, which met almost all the characteristics of ghosts in her memory.

No wonder Zhou Shilin wanted to hide it, once the word "ghosts" appeared in the army, once it spread, the officers and soldiers who led the troops to suppress the bandits would be expelled by the local people.

After all, in the hearts of most people, bandits are not as terrible as demons and monsters.

"How did you get sick?" Qiao Ran said.

Zhou Shilin glanced at her and shook his head: "I don't know." After the bandit was over, I began to look for the hermit, and after searching for the man for some time, one night, a group of soldiers on the night patrol suddenly became like this. ”

This incident was once again ordinary from his mouth, but he only knew how terrible it was when he had really experienced it.

The battalion is to arrange night patrol soldiers, this is to ensure that the enemy invades, and the soldiers can be called up to fight at any time.

The only thing that was certain at that time was that the soldiers were still fine before the shift change, as the previous group of night watchmen could testify.

He was almost frightened at the time, after all, this so-called illness seemed too weird, who could he find if he didn't look for the Yin and Yang Division? So he immediately repaired the book and asked His Majesty to send someone from the Yin and Yang Division.

Because of this ghost-like illness, he attributed it to the evil or the evil methods of the Yin-Yang Warlock, and for this, he just asked the group of soldiers who were "suspected of being evil" to be locked up, and did not let people approach.

It was only soon that he discovered that this was no ordinary evil spirit, because this ghost-like illness was contagious. Some soldiers who were caught and bitten quickly showed such symptoms.

At first, he only cared about the pass, but he didn't expect it to be contagious, but after it was discovered that the disease would be contagious, there were thousands of infected soldiers. Chang'an is far away from being able to quench his thirst, even if His Majesty receives the news, it is impossible for the people of the Yin and Yang Division to set off immediately and rush over so quickly, so Zhou Shilin has found a lot of doctors to see if these doctors will cure such "incurable diseases".

Hearing this, Qiao Ran already understood.

Obviously, the doctor had never seen such an illness, and he was immediately frightened, and he excused himself while saying that he was haunted by evil spirits. Zhou Shilin understood that the doctors who specialize in treating incurable diseases could not cure this disease, and he was afraid that they would go out and talk nonsense and disturb the people's hearts, so he locked up the doctors.

The prison was overcrowded for a while.

"It is indeed a terrible thing for thousands of soldiers to be infected, but what is even more terrifying is that no one knows how the first group of soldiers contracted such a strange disease." Zhou Shilin's gaze skimmed over the faces of several people in front of him one by one, and then subconsciously stopped on Qiao Ran's face, he looked at her and said, "Master Qiao understands what I mean!" ”

Qiao Ran nodded and said softly: "There may be a team of patrol soldiers who have been infected with a strange disease for some reason today, and when can another team of soldiers be infected." ”

So it's a terrible thing to not know where the disease comes from and what kind of disease it is.

It's a pity that Miss Yuan, who is currently the best at Fu Doctor in the Yin and Yang Division, never says the cause and what the disease is, which is very nerve-wracking.

"I'm afraid that someone will get sick again anytime and anywhere," Zhou Shilin continued, "but what is more troublesome is the behavior of these infected people who walk at night." ”

When he said this, his face turned pale, as if he had thought of something bad, and then he spoke up without waiting for a few people to speak.

"They are very well trained."

A well-trained night walk, Bai Zhijun's face first turned gray, as a general who marches and fights, he clearly knows how terrible a team of well-trained soldiers is who controls it.

"What's even more terrifying is that these soldiers I said earlier should not be called like the walking dead." Zhou Shilin said, "When I saw it at the time, I had a terrible guess. ”

Qiao Ran continued: "Someone can control these people. ”

Zhou Shilin nodded.

"If that's the case, it's just a thousand people now......" When he said the word "just", Zhou Shilin's face turned pale, obviously this "just" made him extremely resentful.

"These people didn't do anything else, they just walked in the night for half an hour and came back." Zhou Shilin said, "It was a wooden door before, and it was destroyed by these people. ”

Obviously, the soldiers of the "night walk" have the ability to fight, but the "other side" does not control them to fight now.

"Then I changed the iron gate, and instead of hitting the iron gate, the soldiers continued to assemble in the detention area and walk in circles like a companion army."

Such a terrible situation frightened the soldiers who were not sick outside the iron gate, and if he had not personally intervened to pacify them, I am afraid that the army would have been in chaos.

He Zhou Shilin didn't do much in his life, but he still thought it was good to lead the troops to fight. Since he started leading the troops, it was the first time that he encountered the army in his hands and messed up the morale of the army. This was a great shame for him, and it reminded him that this was unusual.

"This matter is not something I can solve, so I played Your Majesty." Zhou Shilin looked at them as he spoke, and said, "Miss Yuan is indeed powerful, she can save those patients." ”

Although it is a little slow, three a day, but this disease will not die for a while and a half, but it is not urgent.

So he said: "Three a day, it's almost the same as saving for three years." ”

Three-year ...... The crowd fell silent again.

"It's not going to work." Qiao Ran shook her head.

The inexplicable and strange nature of this illness, coupled with the assassination of General Gu and Lord Zhao, it is difficult not to believe that someone planned this incident behind it.

Of course, the first to bear the brunt was Zhou Shilin himself, who classified this disease with "bandits" and "assassins".

If someone is planning behind the scenes, if that person is willing, he can completely let Yuan Jiaojiao's disease be cured endlessly. Of course Zhou Shilin understood this truth, so he looked at her and said, "I think the same way, instead of following behind the back to heal the disease, it is better to directly find out the person who pretends to be a ghost, Master Qiao, this matter will bother you." ”

Qiao Ran glanced at him and didn't say anything.

Zhou Shilin said again: "Master Qiao, don't worry, since I hit the iron gate, there have been no new soldiers for a long time," he said and touched the saber on his waist, "I can wait." ”

He's not in a hurry.

Qiao Ran glanced at him and reminded him, "Don't forget Your Highness." ”

Yuan Jiaojiao can come out while His Royal Highness is not sick in winter, but sooner or later there will be a time when spring flowers will bloom, so Yuan Jiaojiao will not stay for too long.

After all, His Highness's life is always more precious than that of ordinary people.

This sentence reminded Zhou Shilin, his face changed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure, looked at Qiao Ran and said, "Oh, that can't wait." Master Qiao, you have to be faster, if it is slow, Zhou will come to urge. ”

Qiao Ran opened her mouth and said, "I'm just here today." ”

Zhou Shilin said: "Then why don't you find the missing Lord Li back to help." ”

Li Zhao naturally wanted to find it, but after searching for so many days and finding nothing, she just went out to look for it, how much could she help?

Seeing that the girl didn't speak, Zhou Shilin raised his chin disapprehantly: "Then it's okay to let Lord Zhao come back to life and give you a hand." ”

People are dead, how can they come back to life?

Qiao Ran glanced at him and knew that Zhou Shilin had started to play scoundrels again. But this matter really can't be shirked, only she took over.

"If there is a need, General Bai and Zhou can help," Zhou Shilin accepted it when he saw it, and did not continue to be a scoundrel, he touched his saber and said that his eyes fell on Zhang Xie on the side, "I really feel troublesome, Master Qiao can also communicate more with Zhang Tianshi." ”

At this time, he suddenly remembered Zhang Tianshi's actions when he was anxiously questioning the Lord Qiao in front of him before, and it seemed that this Zhang Tianshi was very happy to help.

As for the little one who threw himself in her arms with the cry "Devil", just ignore it.

Qiao Ran fell silent again, but Zhou Shilin breathed a sigh of relief as if he had unloaded the burden on his shoulders, and got up and ordered someone to prepare a meal for the few of them.

Someone has taken the burden, so naturally they want to eat and drink well. They don't need to worry about this kind of trivial matter, he can help with it, it's not him who cooks left and right, it's just a matter of commanding.

Like such an easy job, he Zhou Shilin never pretended to be others.

Seeing Zhou Shilin go out, Qiao Ran sighed and smiled bitterly: "It's a little troublesome!" ”

It's quite troublesome, she has already sorted out what Zhou Shilin knows about Shanxi Road, but unfortunately these are still too little compared to the truth of the whole thing.

It is certain that some people are behind the scenes, taking advantage of the injustice of Shanxi Road in a vain attempt to shake the entire prosperous era of Great Chu. Who the other party is, where the people are, and how many means there are, but none of these important news is known.

This is very troublesome, because at this point, everything that happened on Shanxi Road is being led by others, they say that they will start when they start, and they will stop when they say stop, which is to regard them as chess pieces in the palm of their hands!

Isn't it tricky to be a chess piece but not find a chess player?