Just asking for directions, Dongfang Yi told those merchants that he hadn't come back for a long time, and Nalan Jin was curious.

Seeing Dongfang Yi, he was a little embarrassed, and thought that the businessman was not allowed to accompany him.

"Did they not agree to let us go along?" Nalan Jin took off her veil.

"It's not that they won't be allowed to follow, it's that they want to go to Tongcheng first, I'm worried that you will be in a hurry to go back to see grandpa." Dongfang looked at Nalan Jin in embarrassment.

"How far do you have to detour?" Nalan Jin looked around, there were no other caravans.

"If you don't take a detour, it's the only way back, but it will delay the hour, they have to put down the goods first, and take other goods before they can go on the road." Dongfang Yi Hall only knew the location of Tongcheng for a long time.

"In this way, there won't be many delays on the road, and now that we haven't met other camel teams, maybe we can follow them and meet other camel teams on the way, so we don't have to delay time." Nalan Jin thought for a moment and comforted herself.

"That's good, I'll go tell them and let them give us a ride."

Dongfang Yi walked over and talked with the merchant for a long time, and then took out a piece of silver and handed it to the merchant, and the merchant was willing to agree to take them.

Sure enough, it's a businessman, and there is nothing that monetary interests can't solve.

Along the way, the businessman took good care of Nalan Jin and Dongfang Yi. The most lacking thing in the desert is water, and the merchant actually generously gave Lan Jin a water bag to them, and also gave them a little bit of things.

"Thank you." Dongfang Yi took the thing and nodded in thanks.

"You're welcome, you'll be in Tongcheng soon, and you'll be able to return to your homeland soon." The merchant happily pointed to the faint city in front of him.

Looking at the city in front of her, Nalan Jin was like seeing Nalan Mansion, her hometown was even more timid, her eyes were ruddy, Dongfang Yi noticed Nalan Jin's emotions and put his arm around her shoulders to comfort her.

Since Nalan Zhen sent the letter, he has been pretending to be sick in the house all day long, and he is in poor spirits and malaise every day, and even Pei, who has always been suspicious, thinks that Nalan Zhen is really sick.

"The old man's health has been getting worse and worse recently, you have to seize the opportunity to take advantage of Jin'er and Dongfang's absence, and take advantage of the property in the mansion in your hands." Pei Shi reminded in Nalan Wenyuan's ear.

"Later, the weaving in the workshop is still waiting for me to deal with." Nalan Wenyuan simply ate a few bites of food, and he was still thinking about the shipment orders in the past few days.

"In the future, every time I mention it to you, you are talking about the future, and when Jin'er and Dongfang come back one day to take over the workshop again, I don't think you are in the mood to say the future!" Pei's angry accusations.

"I don't know what Jin'er will do, but it's better than trying to climb outside." When Nalan Wenyuan walked to the door, he deliberately turned around and hinted at Pei.

Pei Shi looked at Nalan Wenyuan in a daze, and it took a long time to recall that it had colluded with Master Qian to frame the workshop.

She thought that the turmoil of that incident had long passed, but she didn't expect Nalan Wenyuan to remember it

Get.

"What do you mean by that, am I still wrong for you wholeheartedly?" Pei's unrelenting questioning.

"What do I mean, you know it in your heart, don't say these things in front of me, do your own thing, Bo'er has been running around all over lately, you can help take care of it a little more." Nalan Wenyuan said as he leaned on his waist.

"I ...... Got it. ”

Before Pei's words were finished, Nalan Wenyuan left. His words were like shackles on Pei's body, always reminding her not to forget her identity and the most basic conscience of being a human being.

Pei's heart only has the property of Nalan Mansion, even if Nalan Wenyuan warns her not to have crooked thoughts, but she lacks the monopoly power to turn around.

Nalan Jin and Dongfang Yi followed the merchant to Tongcheng, and as soon as they arrived at the city gate, they felt that the atmosphere here was a little wrong.

In broad daylight, there were no pedestrians, not even people doing business and setting up stalls, the whole street looked deserted, the things on the ground were thrown everywhere, no one cleaned up, and occasionally a few moans and children's cries could be heard.

"Dongfang, have you noticed that something is wrong here, there is not even a figure, this is an empty city." Nalan Jin cautiously hid behind Dongfang Yi.

"Something seems to be going on here, so it's better to be careful." Dongfang Yi tightly grasped Nalan Jin's hand in case of accidents.

"Could it be that this place was just ransacked by horse thieves, and they brought us here, did they deliberately lead us here with horse thieves?" Nalan Jin cautiously looked at the merchant behind him.

"Don't talk nonsense, they don't look like horse thieves, and they don't know what's going on here." Dongfang Yi looked at the puzzled businessmen and analyzed.

The merchants searched everywhere, but they couldn't find anyone who told them to meet the people, and in a panic, they began to rush around in a panic.

Nalan Jin and Dongfang Yi talked while walking, and unconsciously followed the intrusive businessman to a dilapidated medical hall.

The infirmary is not big, accommodating dozens of dying people moaning here, and a woman sitting in the corner with a child in her arms, and the child's constant crying makes people look pitiful and distressed.

"What's going on here, how are you beating women here? What about the others? Nalan Jin looked at the people on the ground.

When the people here saw Nalan Jin and his party, dressed in strange costumes and looking weird, they were afraid to speak more.

Dongfang Yi looked at the frightened eyes of those people, and felt as if they were afraid of something

"Jin'er, they seem to be scared when they see us." Dongfang Yi pulled Nalan Jin aside, and then whispered.

"I feel it, too, as if they're all hiding from something." Nalan Jin also noticed that these people were unusual.

"There are more and more questions about this place, and we have to be careful." Dongfang Yi instructed Nalan Jin.

Nalan Jin looked at the forehead search, frightened

In desperation, some people are even dead in their eyes, and they can't see the future at all.

"We're just passing through here and want to spend the night, so don't be afraid." Nalan Jin said tentatively again.

Those people stared at Nalan Jin and the others for a long time, making sure that they were not harmless, and then slowly looked at them and said.

"There was a flood here before, and a lot of animals were raised, which led to a plague."

"We all here are plague-stricken people."

"They just left us here and ignored us."

When Nalan Jin heard the word plague, she immediately took a step back in fear and hid behind Dongfang Yi, and quickly looked at her hands, as if she had encountered something terrible.

"Plague? What about your doctors here? Why not watch it? Dongfang Yi looked back at Nalan Jin and comforted her.

"We only have this one here, and the doctor was washed away in the water, and he is missing." The old man replied weakly.

Looking at the displacement of these people, Nalan Jin suddenly thought of Su Yan. When it comes to treating these incurable diseases, Su Yan is the best at it.

Dongfang Yi looked at them helplessly, but there was nothing he could do.

"Or ...... We called Su Yan over, he will definitely be able to solve the matter here, the plague here is simply a breeze for him. Nalan Jin said proudly.

"No matter how good Su Yan is, there is a saying that far water can't quench the thirst of the near, and when Su Yan comes, the plague here is estimated to have expanded." Dongfang Yi shook his head and felt that Nalan Jin's idea was a bit naïve.

Nalan Jin felt that I was a little helpless and pouted, and suddenly looked at these people's butts and thought of something.

"Why just a few of you and the others?" Nalan Jin looked at them suspiciously.

"Other people who were not infected with the plague fled with their families in order to survive, and some people directly committed robbery." The woman felt helpless with the child in her arms.

After some inquiry, Nalan Jin realized that the people here had become displaced people after the flood.

They took everything they could in the city, and threw all those infected with the plague to fend for themselves in this infirmary.

Just as Nalan Jin was looking for and seeing what medicinal materials could overcome the plague, he heard shouts and shouts outside, and the homeless people came to loot this time.

Dongfang Yi pulled Nalan Jin and quickly hid in the counter, listening to those people rummaging outside for a long time, and left without finding them satisfied.

"Dongfang, what should I do?" Nalan Jin asked in a worried whisper.

"Don't make a sound, let's go check on the situation." Dongfang Yi raised his hand and hinted to Nalan Jin not to make a sound.

Dongfang Yi quietly looked up and saw that two homeless people who had been separated from the large army were rummaging in the medical hall. Maybe he crept up and knocked them out while they were unprepared.

"Dongfang, what are you doing here?" Nalan Jin heard the sound of someone falling to the ground, and when she got up, she saw two more people in front of her.

"Come here, let's change into their clothes and leave with us." Dongfang Yi said as he took off the clothes of the two homeless people.

"What about the people here when we're gone?" Nalan Jin looked at the critically ill person.

"Let's find a way to get out of this place first, or we'll not be able to secure anything to help them." Dongfang Yi threw the clothes he pulled off to Nalan Jin.

These homeless people had not bathed for a long time, and their bodies smelled sour, and their clothes were even more dirty. Nalan Jin pinched his clothes with two fingers and sniffed it, and immediately felt pungent.

"This dress stinks, how can you wear it?" Nalan Jin pinched her nose and looked at her clothes with disgust.

"In order to survive, you quickly put it on, as soon as someone else finds out, we can't leave if we want to." Dongfang Yi had already changed into a tattered homeless suit as he spoke.

Nalan Jin looked at Dongfang Yi, she didn't look like she had fallen to death, she was sloppy, she hesitated and had to change her clothes, followed Dongfang Yi, and tiptoed behind the homeless people.

(End of chapter)