Chapter 077: Not Alive
Housheng, what are you doing here? The old man was stunned for a moment before he slowly asked.
Lu Chengxin was slightly relieved, and took a few steps forward: "We are going to Liushan Town, and I suddenly remembered that I have a friend who lives in Dongshui Town, so I wanted to come and see him, who knows...... What's really going on here? ”
The old man slowly raised his hand and touched the tears on his face: "Dead, all dead." Ten days ago, Dong Shui River suddenly became angry. I knew that if I didn't go to the river to break the ice this year, Dongshui River would definitely be angry, but I didn't expect it to be so angry. ”
"That night, Dong Shui swept the whole town, I went to Fangdian Town to find my old buddy to drink, heard the news and rushed back, but when I came back, I couldn't find it. My wife, my grandson, my son and daughter-in-law are nowhere to be found......"
"I've lived most of my life, and I'm dying, and I can't even find their corpses. I'm the only one left here, what's the point? The court doesn't care, until now, people are starving to death every day, and I can't stand it anymore......"
Lu Chengxin seemed to be shaken fiercely by a hand, took a few steps forward, squatted beside the old man and said: "The imperial court has just received the news, and the governor of Jinling has suppressed the news, and soon, soon the relief of the imperial court will come down." ”
The old man glanced at Lu Chengan, but there was a hint of relief in his already godless eyes.
"You go to Liushan, Fangdian and Yangxian to have a look, except for me and the daughter-in-law of the old Zhang family, there are no living people here."
Lu Chengan nodded, took a few steamed buns from Lu Yiyi and put them beside the old man: "Take care." ”
The old man looked at the paper bag beside him and chuckled lowly.
Lu Chengan got up, walked to Qin Ranran's side, and was just about to leave, when he heard the old man say in a low voice: "It's not alive, it's boring." ”
They jerked their heads up and looked at the old man, only to see the old man leaning forward and falling into the Dongshui River with a thud.
Lu Yi, who had already rushed to the river, only touched a corner of the old man's clothes. A river wave slammed down, and the old man's figure had disappeared.
Seeing a life disappear in front of her eyes like this, Qin Ranran clenched her fists and let tears rag on her face.
"Cheng'an, that Governor Huang, you must kill him." In the middle of the night, the sky was dark, Qin Ranran looked at the darkness in front of him and said softly.
"Nature." She was answered with unequivocal firmness.
"We hurried overnight, went directly to the nearest square store, and rested when we got there." Lu Chengan looked at Dongshui Town, which had been turned into an empty city under the double blow of natural and man-made disasters, and directly paid Qin Ran to get into the carriage.
"I didn't expect the situation to be so serious, time is pressing, let's hurry up and get on the road." Qin Ranran's cold hand grabbed Lu Chengan's hand, absorbing the heat from his body, "Every moment of delay, I don't know how many lives will be lost." ”
Lu Chengan shook Qin Ranran's hand back, and instructed Lu Jiu and Red Sleeves: "Take care of Madame." ”
The two of them should have put on a thick cloak on Qin Ranran and helped her sit down.
Qin Ranran couldn't help but recall her previous life again. In the previous life, there was no such disaster, but at the end of the year, the plague was suddenly reported, and the governor of Jinling, in order to prevent the spread of the plague, specially consulted a number of doctors, and sealed the village and cremated the people suffering from the plague. And the place of the sudden plague is this Dong water!
Thinking of this, Qin Ran sat up straight suddenly, could it be that in the previous life, there was this disaster, but the person who sent the letter did not send the letter...... Later, he directly reported the plague, and burned all traces with a fire......
Who knows whether the burned people really contracted the plague?
At that time, the people who came to Dongshui to supervise the handling of the plague were the five princes and Zhennan Hou who had been ambushed!
No wonder, no wonder such a big disaster dared not report it, but only disposed of the remaining traces and the so-called mob that made trouble in the name of the plague!
But what about this life, what does he rely on in this life, dare not report it?
Qin Ranran stretched out her hand and pressed her eyebrows, thinking about it in thought.
Lu Jiu and Red Sleeves next to her looked at her differently, and then fell into deep thought, and they didn't dare to come forward to disturb, so they just sat on the side and accompanied her quietly.
may be because she knows very little about the affairs of the DPRK and China, Qin Ranran didn't understand the reason behind it after thinking about it all the way, so she had to remind Lu Chengan from the side.
Fangdian is a small town, and under the cover of night, there are shadows everywhere, and it is not very clear to see.
But the moans and cries that could be heard from hunger or cold while sitting in the carriage made Qin Ranran clearly know that here, outside, and on the street, were full of victims.
They may not have eaten for a few days, and they rely on the handouts of the kind townspeople in Fangdian to have a bite to eat and not starve to death.
They may have fled from their homes wearing only a thin bedgown, curled up in a ball, shivering in the cold and wet weather.
They may be like the old man in Dong Shui, who has lost his beloved family members, and can only cry and complain about the injustice of heaven at night.
The moans and cries made Qin Ranran's heart seem to be tightly entangled with vines, although she grew up in the medicine valley since she was a child, she had never seen such a tragic situation. She gasped for breath, her hands clenched into fists, and pressed hard against her heart.
"Ma'am, are you alright, ma'am?" Red Sleeves suddenly shouted in a low voice, "Lu Wu, Lu Wu stopped, something was wrong with Madame." ”
Lu Wu had the intention to stop, but he saw that the victims on the side of the road all turned their heads and looked at the only carriage walking on the road.
In their eyes, there was indifference, hatred, and even coveting the horses pulling the cart.
"Ranran, bear with me, and you'll be at the inn soon." Lu Cheng'an coldly glanced at the victims lying on the ground, his momentum as terrifying as the Shura on the battlefield, until they withdrew their eyes from the carriage.
Qin Ranran knew that now was not the time to stay, so she agreed in a low voice: "It's okay." ”
"Lu Wu, hurry up." Lu Chengan rode his horse and walked in front, and Lu Yi consciously walked to the back of the carriage, vigilantly protecting the carriage in the middle.
Fortunately, until the inn, nothing else happened.
"Shopkeeper, is there still room left?" Lu got off his horse, walked into the door of the inn, and asked.
The shopkeeper was lying on the table and was drowsy, and after hearing the voice, he hurriedly got up, and saw the four horses at the door, his face showed embarrassment, and he hesitated for a while before saying: "Several, or you spend more money to live in the small courtyard, the small shop is really not capable of protecting your horses." ”
"A few days ago, there were also merchants with carriages who came here to stay in the hotel, but the horse was snatched and eaten by those victims at night, the small shop really can't protect the horse, and there is no silver compensation, you either live in the small courtyard and watch it yourself, or go elsewhere."
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