Two days later, Zhang Heng and Wendy finally arrived at their destination.

Looking at the town in the distance, Zhang Heng said, "Did your father tell you that he came here to discuss business?" ”

"Yes, that's what he said before leaving." Wendy nodded, then hesitated and said, "Do you think he will lie to us about this?" ”

"It's unlikely, didn't you send a telegram to the sheriff here before, and he said your father had left."

"Hmm."

"At least it means that he has something to do with it, just go and see."

After Zhang Heng finished speaking, he and Wendy rode through a field, but the crops in the field were not growing well, not just because of the weather or for other reasons, they all looked wilted, and the strangest thing was that there were no cultivators.

Zhang Heng asked Wendy to wait, and he himself turned over and dismounted, walked into a room, knocked on the door, and no one answered.

So Zhang Heng pulled out the revolver on his waist, pushed the door open, and quickly flashed to the side at the same time.

After waiting for a few seconds, there was still no movement inside.

Zhang Heng raised his head, glanced at it quickly, and then put away the revolver.

"How?" Wendy asked in the back.

"Safe, no one." Zhang Heng said, unlike the uninhabited town he experienced before the copy began, there was no sign of evacuation here, and Zhang Heng even saw a half-turned book, which was upside down on the table.

There are also wooden toys for children on the floor.

Wendy also got off her horse at this time and walked in, "Where have all the people gone?" ”

"I don't know." Zhang Heng said, he simply walked around the house, and did not see any blood stains or anything other suspicious, and said, "Go out." ”

The two then left the farmhouse and closed the door again.

Wendy looked at the nearby fields again and muttered, "Why did it grow so badly, is it because no one cares?" How much can be harvested in a year? ”

"I'm afraid not." Zhang Heng said, "Have you noticed, not only the farmland, but also other plants along our way are not growing very well." ”

"Why is this happening?"

Hearing this, Zhang Heng set his eyes on the well next to him, he scooped up a bowl of water from the well, and looked at it and found that compared with ordinary well water, his eyes were turbid, and the taste was also astringent and salty.

Zhang Heng only took a sip and poured the rest on the ground, "The water source here is polluted, that's why those plants don't grow well." ”

"Is it artificial, or is it natural?"

"I don't know yet, but the townspeople should know." Zhang Heng rode on the radish again, "Let's go, there is cooking smoke in the town, there should be someone." ”

About a quarter of an hour later, Wendy and Zhang Heng entered the town, and the town called Bliss looked no different from other western towns.

It's a little deserted, but it's not like the farmhouse outside, where no one can see anyone.

Zhang Heng first opened two rooms in the hotel, and put things that were inconvenient to bring with him, such as luggage, this time Zhang Heng did not let Wendy go alone to inquire about the news.

The latter stood in front of the window and looked at the street below.

"Is it my delusion, I feel that the people we see along the way are quite hostile to us."

"Yes, I'm a yellow race, and people are very hostile to me wherever I go." Zhang Heng said, he counted the bullets in his bag as he spoke, and he couldn't stand Wendy's soft grinding and hard bubbles halfway, and finally taught her the knowledge of shooting, pistols, rifles, I have to admit that Wendy is indeed quite talented in shooting, and she learns quite quickly, at least it is better than Zhang Heng's riding skills.

When she stopped to rest on the road, she would also ask Zhang Heng to borrow a gun to practice marksmanship, and even beat two hares to make dinner.

"But I've noticed what you said."

"I don't like the look in their eyes." Wendy said that she saw the woman on the balcony across the street with her clothes, who just glanced at her and retreated into the house, closing the doors and windows.

"It's not like there's some deadly epidemic here, is it? Chickenpox? Or is it more deadly leprosy...... When I was born, there was also an outbreak of chickenpox in the town, and I heard my father say that they would put all the sick people in one room to prevent them from passing on to the healthy people, and then draw lots and send one person every day to bring food and water until ......" Wendy paused, "and it was more murder than a cure." ”

Of course, Zhang Heng has also heard of the name of leprosy, not to mention in the 19th century, even if it has been effectively controlled in modern times, some remote places, there are still people who smell about it, and in this era when medical treatment is not yet developed, people have almost nothing to do with leprosy except for isolation.

"Be careful, this town is unusual."

"We'll leave as soon as we find my father, so where do we go next?"

"Let's go directly to the sheriff here," Zhang Heng said, "Since no one else wants to talk to us, but before that, we have to go to the grocery store to replenish the goods." ”

…………

The owner of the grocery store was cleaning the shelves, and when he turned around, he saw Zhang Heng and Wendy walking towards this side, and immediately got down from the scaffolding, hung out a closed sign, and then wanted to close the store door in a hurry.

But the next moment a hand reached out from the crack in the door, stopping him from moving.

"I'm sorry, sir, we're closed." The boss said, and at the same time his hands were secretly straining, but his two hands together were not as strong as the opposite one, and the door was slowly pushed open from the outside.

"It seems that we were lucky enough to catch the last one." Zhang Heng didn't wait for the boss to defend himself and walked in with Wendy.

At this point, the boss could only reluctantly accept the reality and wipe the sweat from his forehead. "Is there anything I can do to help you?"

"Give me four boxes, no, six boxes."

"What model?"

"Two boxes of 44-40 Winchester, four boxes of 0.45" Colt long bullets, thank you."

"With so many bullets, are you going hunting?" The boss reluctantly accosted as he took the bullets from the shelves.

"Is there any place around here where I can hunt?"

"As far as I know, you'll have to go a little further if you want to hunt."

"Then we won't hunt." Zhang Heng said, and after speaking, he turned his head to look at Wendy on the side, "Do you want some licorice candy?" ”

"I'm not a kid anymore." Wendy frowned.

"Just because you like candy doesn't mean you're a kid, I know a guy who honestly I don't know how old he is, he's older than anyone you've ever met, and that guy has a sweet tooth like a bottomless pit."