Chapter 190: The Historian's Consciousness II
The gods punished, and Zhibei City turned into a wild land overnight, and the former national capital was gone. Although half a year has passed, it still makes the speaker tremble and the hearer shudder.
To this day, Banjin still sees many people kneeling in prayer at the temple, begging the gods not to bring disaster to him.
There are also many people who mention the changes in Zhibei City with a look of fear.
No one dared to say that the gods had done something wrong, but after all, most of them felt sorry for Zhibei City. Now, the remnants of the royal family of Zhuang Guo had to set another capital and organized some people to act as officials, so that Zhuang Guo was not destroyed because of this. However, due to the loss of almost all the ministers in the country, Zhuang Guo is now unavailable, the army has also lost a lot, the national strength is no longer what it used to be, the situation is precarious, and the surrounding countries are eyeing each other.
In the past, the Zhuang State was the most powerful vassal state among the human race, but now, it is directly abolished.
After walking for a long time, Ban Jin finally arrived outside Zhibei City.
Nowadays, Zhibei City has no city walls, and occasionally outsiders come over, but most of them stay away from here as if they were avoiding the plague. After all, this is a place that has been punished by the gods, and most people are still afraid that they will be affected.
Ban Jin pestle his staff, found a stone carving platform outside Zhibei City, and rested.
There are no such man-made platforms in the city, and this one has been preserved because it is some distance from the city wall.
He watched the city from afar.
The city was unexpectedly calm, and it was noon, and in many places smoke was rising.
Ban Jin and the scholar ate some dry food, drank water, rested, and then stood up and entered this place that used to be Zhibei City.
He had been to Zhibei City before, and the city was splendid and extremely lively.
Now, his first impression of this place is that it is quiet.
The earth-shattering changes half a year ago did not bring any casualties to Zhibei City, everyone was alive, but their lives with them had changed too much.
Nowadays, there are a lot fewer people here, and it is said that many people have been picked up by relatives and friends outside, and most of those who remain are people who have nothing to rely on outside.
"In the past, it used to be a bluestone paved road." Ban Jin said to the scholar.
However, what they stepped on was uneven dirt.
The glory receded from the city, and all that remained were straw huts, fields, human ploughs, crude wells, primitive farming methods, and......
Ban Jin approached a grass hut and looked at the residents sitting in the doorway.
They were dressed in bark and straw clothes, and it was spring, and the weather was still a little cold, so they draped their bodies in layers like haystacks.
A young man nibbles on a sweet potato that he dug out of nowhere, and the sweet potato is still muddy, and his bite reveals a white inner core. This sweet potato was eaten before it was cooked.
There are also people who are cooking on the fire, but they don't even have a pot for cooking. The family was dressed in grass clothes and barefoot, eating something together.
Many thatched huts in the city have been torn down, and some people have planted some radishes, sweet potatoes and other foods that can grow and satisfy the stomach.
More people choose to go outside the city to gather fruit or try to hunt small beasts. But they don't have any weapons, so it's hard to hunt.
Walking around the city, looking at each other, all of a sudden, Ban Jin stopped as if he had come to his senses.
"This is the government of Zhuang Guo, and here, it should be a place where political affairs are handled too often......"
However, all the scholar saw were a few abandoned straw huts.
Ban Jin also deduced it from his own memories of the city's past, plus some signs. Seeing the once prosperous scene become like this, he had mixed feelings and inexplicable feelings.
Turning around a few ruins, the two walked to the front of a small house.
After repeatedly confirming the terrain outside, Ban Jin couldn't help but get excited, this should be the former Zhuangguo's book, that is, the place that carries the history of Zhuangguo.
He hurried into the house, trying to dig through the past.
However, inside the thatched hut, there were only a few dilapidated tiles and a few shades of bark. The tiles and bark are carved with ancient symbols, not words, probably records of witchcraft.
"Here, there used to be a history book of the entire Zhuang country, records, and many documents......"
Ben Jin muttered to himself, his hands shaking all the time.
However, the gods destroyed all traces of civilization in the city. Including things, including people.
Suddenly, Ban Jin heard the sound of something precious in his heart shattering.
As a Terran, he also has a belief in the gods, after all, this is a habit passed down from time immemorial to every Terran, but he can't accept such a punishment from the gods on the Terrans.
What's the difference between that and the complete destruction of the city?
On that day, Ban Jin wandered around the city with the scholar for a long time until it was dark. History, completely faded from the city. All people have lost their wisdom and culture.
At the end, he was already in tears, and he couldn't stand anymore.
In the end, the two found an abandoned empty house to live in and rested for the night.
The next day, Ban Jin got up and took the scholar out of the room.
There was nothing worth seeing here, and he planned to go back to the Cliff Country first to record the events here.
Just when the two of them were halfway there, a bright color suddenly appeared in the countless earthy yellow scenes.
A girl of about 16 or 7 years old, her appearance is extremely exquisite, and she is incredibly beautiful.
The girl wore a blue robe, carried two long swords, and carried a large wooden box in her hand, and walked lightly past the two of them.
The wooden box was obviously very large, but the girl held it as if it had no weight.
As she passed, the girl only looked at them slightly, and then did not pay any more attention to them, but plunged into a grass hut by the side of the road.
Then she was heard talking softly to the people in the room, asking what else they needed.
Ban Jin was a little surprised, this girl was obviously from outside the city, since she had the ability to bring things to the people in the house, why didn't she just move them away?
He didn't go away for a moment, but stood outside the house.
Ban Jin thought that he would have to wait for a long time, but he didn't expect the girl to come out of the house soon.
She asked Ban Jin, "Wait outside, but do you have something to do with me?" ”
Ban Jin didn't expect the girl to discover her intentions so quickly, and she suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
After all, he was still a long-lived person, so he immediately collected his mood and said to the girl:
"Under is the historian of the Ya Kingdom, surnamed Ban Jin, all the way to this point, seeing that Zhibei City has been dilapidated to this, I was depressed, I wanted to walk around the city, but I accidentally saw the girl bring things to the people in the city, but I didn't know ......"