Old Liu Tou sighed, waved the whip in his hand, and drove the cart to "squeak and squeak" and continue to move forward. The two officers hid far away, and couldn't help but ask him: "Old Liu, why are you listless?" Didn't sleep last year or what's wrong? ”。

Old Liu Tou laughed hesitantly and said, "This person is all dead, how can I still sleep?" ”。

The two officers asked, "What about your son?" Why haven't you seen him in the past few days? ”。

Old Liu's eyes suddenly lit up, and then dimmed again. He shook his whip and said lightly, "You said I was that big boy...... He pulled me out yesterday......! ”。

The two officers said "ah", and they were all dumbfounded! The trailer "squeaked" and walked up to me, and the strong smell of corpses became even stronger! The cart was covered with a tattered straw curtain, and the straw curtain covered the corpses inside the carriage! Out of the straw curtain came a dead man's arm, white as wax, and trembling on the roof of a great cart like a dry branch......!

The cart staggered past me, dripping with corpse water along the way...... I covered my mouth and nose, and to my horror saw many pairs of dead men's feet peeking out from under the straw curtains! These feet are big and small, fat and thin, some are wearing shoes, and some are barefoot ......! They were stacked on top of each other, crowded and rubbed against each other, shaking and shaking as the wheels jolted up and down......!

Old man Liu sighed, brandished his whip and walked away slowly. But the ethereal stench left by the dead man could not be dissipated for a long time! At this time, an errand officer suddenly patted his head and shouted at the back of Lao Liu: "Old Liutou, is there a Lang Zhong surnamed Liu in your city......?" ”。

Old Liu Tou turned back from a distance, he lifted the white cloth on his face, craned his neck and replied, "Yes...... He's treating people in the city right now! ”。

The messenger waved his hand at Old Man Liu and shouted, "Okay, we know!" ”。 Old Liu Tou then turned back silently and slowly disappeared into the fields outside the city!

The two officers glanced at each other, and one of them said to Brother Zhang, "I said, old man, if you really want to go in, we won't stop you...... But you can't go in for nothing, ......? ”。 As he spoke, the officer stretched out a hand, shook it, and said, "That's all that has been said, you should mean it, right?" ”。

Brother Zhang hurriedly nodded and said, "I understand...... I know...... This is a little bit of my heart, and I hope the two poor masters will laugh! ”。 As he spoke, he took out two pieces of silver from his bosom and gently put them in the hand of the officer!

The officer smiled, shook the two pieces of silver in his hand and said, "Good to say, easy to say!" Who makes us soft-hearted? For the sake of your old girl, today we will make an exception and let you in! Whether you can find someone or not depends on your own creation! ”。

Brother Zhang said: "Thank you for the two poor masters, when the little girl is cured, the old man will let her come and kowtow to the two ......!" ”。 The officer smiled: "What are you kowtowing?" If you can survive this plague alive, then Amitabha! ”。

We thanked the official and walked quickly into the city. As soon as I entered the city, I saw that there was no one in the city, and it was a desolation! We've been around the city for a long time, and we haven't seen a single one! Brother Zhang was surprised: "Could it be that all the people in this city are dead?" ”。 Before he could finish his sentence, I saw a man suddenly walking around the corner...... The man was stunned when he saw us, then shrugged his body, turned around and ran! When I saw someone, I followed him and shouted, "Don't run...... We're not bad guys......! ”。

But by the time we got to the corner, the man had already run away. Brother Zhang scratched the back of his head, spat a mouthful, and said, "His grandmother's, what's wrong?" Why did he run away when he saw us? ”。

I wondered, "yes, what are they afraid of?" ”。

Brother Zhang pointed to a storefront on the street and said, "There's a business there, let's knock on the door and ask!" ”。 So saying, he crossed the street and came to the outside of the shop. The shop has long been closed and boarded, and I don't know if there is anyone inside! I saw a couplet hanging on one side of the pillar outside the shop. The upper couplet reads: "One machine, two horses, three shuttles, four feet and five long." The following couplet reads: "Six taels and seven coins and eight cents of gold, ten purple and nine red." Look at the lintel hanging on a black background gold signboard, on which are written a few dragon flying phoenix dance gold words: "Dexiang Silk Village".

Brother Zhang walked to the front of the shop, knocked on the door and shouted, "Is there anyone inside?" ”。 But after shouting for a long time, there was no movement in the store! Brother Zhang then squinted his eyes, looked inside the crack in the door, and bluffed: "Don't hide, Lao Tzu has seen you...... If you don't come out again, I'm going to set fire to ......! ”。 As soon as he finished shouting these words, a stammering voice in the store said, "Don't ...... Don't set it on fire...... What do heroes want, just open your mouth......! ”。

Brother Zhang's face was happy, he glanced at me triumphantly, and shouted to the people in the room: "Open the door quickly, I have something to ask you!" ”。 After a while, I heard the man in the house come to the door and said cautiously, "Hero, if you have anything to say, just ask, we naturally know everything, and we can say everything." As for this opening? This is really hard to forgive the little ones......!

Brother Zhang said angrily: "Are you afraid that we will rob your shop?" ”。

The man in the door said in a panic: "No, no, you misunderstood...... hero!" ”。

Brother Zhang was puzzled: "Since you don't shoot me and rob me, then why don't you open the door?" ”。

The man at the door explained, "You don't know, this city is plagued by epidemics, and it is not spared from being closed and closed, so who dares to open the door to meet people? ”。

Brother Zhang suddenly realized: "So that's the case, it seems that we are wrong to blame you!" ”。

The man didn't even dare to say anything, so he asked us why we had entered the city at this time. Brother Zhang then told the person in the house about looking for Liu Langzhong. When the man in the house heard Brother Zhang inquire about Liu Langzhong's whereabouts, he smacked and said, "Is that Liu Langzhong wearing a melon skin hat, a crutch in his hand, and a little medicine boy with a backpack behind him?" ”。

Before Brother Zhang could speak, Shen'er cried out in a lost voice: "How is my father now?" ”。

The man in the room sighed and said, "If you want to talk about this Liu Langzhong, that's really a good person...... It's a pity that since ancient times, good people don't live long, and disasters have been left for thousands of years......! ”。

When everyone heard him say this, their hearts couldn't help but be terrified! Brother Zhang hurriedly asked, "You mean...... Liu Langzhong...... Are you sick too? ”。

The man in the house pouted and said, "Before the outbreak of the plague, I saw him treating people in the south of the city...... Later, all the people who lived in the south of the city died...... I guess the Liu Langzhong you're looking for is probably long gone...... ”。

Everyone was shocked, and Shen'er asked, "Did you see it with your own eyes?" ”。

The man in the house said, "I didn't see this with my own eyes...... However, there is no one in the south of the city, if Liu Langzhong hadn't died, he should have come out a long time ago! I hid here, peeking out through the crack in the door every day, but I have been watching for so many days, and I have never seen Liu Langzhong's shadow......! ”。

Brother Zhang asked, "How many people are hiding in the city?" ”。

The man in the house sighed and said, "All the people in the city who are not dead are hiding!" ”。

I asked, "Then why don't you run away?" ”。

The man in the room lowered his voice and said, "I can't escape, and the officers and soldiers outside the city are surrounded!" ”。

Brother Zhang asked, "Where was the last time you saw Liu Langzhong?" ”。

The man in the house thought for a moment and said, "It's at the door of Huilongguan!" ”。

Brother Zhang looked back at me and Shen'er, and asked the person in the house how to go back to Longguan!

The man in the room was surprised and said, "Are you really going back to Longguan?" ”。

Brother Zhang smiled and asked, "What's wrong?" Can't we go? ”。

The man in the room hurriedly explained: "I didn't mean that, just ......!" ”。

Brother Zhang asked, "Just what?" ”。

The man in the house said, "As far as I know, there is no living person in the area of Huilongguan, and even if you find it, you may not be able to find him." , I advise you to find a place to hide quickly, and when this plague is over, it is not too late for you to come out and find someone? ”。

Brother Zhang arched his hand to the man in the door and said, "Thank you for mentioning it, let's just write it down!" ”。

The man in the house sighed and said, "Go away, and don't wander around the city...... Once you are infected with the plague, it is better to live than to die......! ”。

Brother Zhang quietly glanced at us and said to the person in the room, "Friend, we will have a meeting later!" ”。 After speaking, we turned around and left Dexiang Silk Village, through the streets and alleys, according to the man's instructions, all the way twists and turns and finally found Huilongguan!

After several reconstructions, the scale of the dragon temple has been greatly disfigured, and now there is only a crumbling hall left, the artemisia grass outside the hall is overgrown, snakes and rats are rampant, and there is a sign of decay and decay! At this time, the sun is setting, the crows are circling, and the sound of croaking resounding in the sky is even more desolate......!

We came to the front of Huilongguan, but we saw that there was no one in the four fields, and there was no one, let alone a living person, and we didn't even see a ghost. Shen'er couldn't help but get anxious, she walked into the Taoist temple, put her hand on the pergola and looked into the hall, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised! It turned out that in that hall, there were two oil lamps ...... aggressively!

Shen'er didn't say a word, and followed the light all the way into the main hall. I saw that the big hall was covered with cobwebs and dust, and the statue of the ancestor of the three Qing Dynasty was enshrined in the hall. There is an ever-bright lamp on both sides of the statue, the lights flicker, the lights are flickering, the lights are jumping, and there is a shadow in the hall that shines ......! ”。