Chapter 37: The Death of Samanda

On the way back to the Clan, they passed by the Lich Pool, and the Governor accompanied Ellavera to the valley to save her relatives, and by the way, helped Ciri pardon the original sins of more than twenty tribesmen. As long as there is original sin in hand, the Metropolitan Governor will put his heart in his stomach steadily, which is why he firmly believes that the Fly Village and the Lich Pool will maintain an offensive and defensive alliance with him at all times.

After about 20 days of training, the army finally returned to its original point - Cheche City. Looking at the stubbornly towering city in the wind and sand, everything is the same as before, like an unyielding girl, her hair is like snow but indomitable. Zhou Yu stretched out his hand to build a pergola, looked at the familiar and unfamiliar place, and waved his hand behind him.

"Go home!" He yelled, and the five hundred soldiers who had gone out with him at first, all the way through the thorns, threw their swords behind them, shook off the exhaustion and nostalgia all over their bodies, and didn't know where the strength came from, and flew to Cheche City, saying that this is the home of the Metropolitan Governor, but it is true that it is theirs, and there are families waiting for them to come back.

Zhou Yu rode Xiaosha, and walked slowly in the center of the team with Ella Vera, Taishan, Bang Shuai, Hugh Jack, Borada, Yeka and others, and behind him, Taishan's 2,000 soldiers and Hugh Jack's 2,000 sappers were neatly formed and unmoved. Perhaps it was the vanguard that spread the news quickly after entering the city, and the Governor saw a dozen black dots in the crowd hurrying towards him against the flow of people, and the ones who were running at the front seemed to be, as if they were Bellman and Sally.

However, after leaving for more than two months, Bellman looks a lot stronger, and it is estimated that within three years, he will also be a fierce general who can charge into battle and make achievements.

"The Grand Duke!" Bellman cried ten feet away, rushed into Zhou Yu's arms with a bang, and hugged his waist.

"What are you doing? Didn't I come back alive? The Governor patted him on the head.

Bellman nodded vigorously, wiped away his tears and said, "Mom, Mom, she... It's almost gone. After saying that, tears couldn't stop sliding down his cheeks.

"What? You say, what happened to Samanda? The Governor hurriedly pulled him out of his arms and shouted as he shook his still immature shoulders.

"Mom, mom is sick, and she's dying. She said, saying that she must hold on until you come back and see you for the last time. Bellman sobbed.

Zhou Yu's eyes were full of bloodshots, he raised his head and looked around, beside Bellman were Sally, Zhang Jiao, Huang Chao, Gao Yang, Ran Min, and behind him stood Shi Hu, Dong Zhuo, Princess Anle, Fang La, Lai Junchen, Fan Er, Jianguo, Lucy, Hattori Hanzang, Yelu Jing, Wan Yanliang, Liu Yu, Zhu Cang, Sun Hao, Fu Sheng, all familiar faces.

"Sally, what's going on?" At this time, he was worried that Bellman would not be able to tell the situation, so he asked the more serious Governor Sally directly.

"Returning to the Grand Governor, not long after you led the army, Chiliba's second son somehow learned of the death of his father and eldest brother. He set out from the city of chasing the wind, and led an army of more than 1,000 people to attack Cheche City, and these invaders did everything they could, shouting, arson, rolling stones, and arrows, and besieging the tribe. Samanda and the commanders of the Sky Shattering Alliance would rather die than give in, and they held out for a full month, and did not let the wolf's ambition succeed. But who knows, the leader called Chazon saw that the siege could not be stopped, so he used a trick to poison the upstream of the underground water source of Cheche City, and Sally and Sally had never seen such a powerful venom. Half of the people in Cheche City were infected with the disease, and more than 300 people died in just ten days, and Samanda and she had been sick for more than ten days. Speaking of this, Sally's eyes were also full of tears, but she was now the governor of a city, and her heart was very firm, so she couldn't hold back her tears.

"Let's go!" After hearing this, the Metropolitan Governor turned over and climbed onto Xiaosha's back, dragged Bellman from the ground to his side, and rushed into the city with his legs between the barks of several dogs. As soon as he entered the city, the Metropolitan Governor involuntarily got down from Xiaosha, and the scene on both sides of the road shocked him, and many of the five hundred soldiers who had just poured into the city gathered on the side of the road in twos and threes, wiping their eyes. There are rows of burlap bags neatly placed on the ground, you can't see the edge at a glance, there are humanoid objects inside, it seems that they are all cars and cars who died of illness, how many homesick sergeants returned home, but what they saw was such a scene, the son wanted to raise but did not wait, how could he not make the iron man cry? Everywhere Zhou Yu walked by, except for the corpses stung by flies and insects, and the empty and desperate eyes were whimpering, sobbing, and cursing, there was not a single smiling face, no trace of happiness, and no anger.

Death enveloped the entire Cheche City.

The Governor quickly ran to the gate of the palace, pushed open the palace door and jumped to the top floor in three steps and two steps, he knocked lightly on the wooden door, and then slowly pushed it open.

"Squeak-" The door slid open, and a wooden couch came into view, and a familiar face broke into the heart of the Grand Duke. After going on the expedition for so long, he almost forgot what Samanda looked like.

The face was covered with translucent gauze, her eyes were closed as if she was falling asleep shallowly, she was covered with several layers of thick linen quilts, probably tired by illness, Zhou Yu felt that she had lost a lot, it should be said that she was emaciated, and there was no luster on her face, but some more scars. The past scene of laughing and scolding flashed in his mind, and Zhou Yu frowned, opened the door curtain and entered. And all the people stood outside the door, and no one went in with them.

"Ahem, ahem!" Probably hearing the door, Samanda woke up from her light slumber and coughed violently, she slowly opened her eyes, and when she saw the familiar face in her eyes, her eyes suddenly widened, and tears slid down the sides of her face like beads of broken threads.

"Y-You're back!" Samanda said angrily. After saying that, she hurriedly turned over with all her strength, turning her back to the Grand Duke, for fear that he would see the scabies on her face, and Zhou Yu saw her trembling violently behind her.

"Don't, don't come here! It's contagious! Samanda waved her hand back.

The Metropolitan Governor ignored her words, and reached out to put his hand on her shoulder, Samanda trembled even more, and Zhou Yu could feel that she was crying very hard from the intense feeling in his palm.

"I—I've been waiting for you!"

"Hmm!"

"It's been too long, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on! Ahem, ahem! ā€œ

"Don't talk, take care of yourself!"

"No, no, no, listen to me, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to say it again."

"Hmm." She turned her back to him, and couldn't see that he was already in tears.

"I, we orphans and widows, it is not easy to get to where we are today. Bellman is too young to be independent. I—I want to entrust him to you, ahem, ahem. You raised him and raised him to adulthood. I don't have anything, I don't have anything to give, ahem, I can give you a reward. Only my blessings can ... ā€œ

"I don't want anything!" The Governor bit his lip, trying not to let his words go out of tune, he was afraid that she would be even more upset.

"Because of you, the city of Cheche is no longer a city of slaves on the first day of you. I, I'm very happy, I'm even happier to have you, I'm even happier. The days and days of not being slaves, cough, cough, cough is good. Even if it's a day, be content ... ā€œ

"Well, no one will enslave you again, I promise."

"I've seen you a little bit, and some, some can't see through it. You value me and I respect you, and I know that you are perverse and don't like to be restrained. It's just, it's just that you have too many secrets that I really can't understand. ā€œ

"It's okay, you'll find out later. When you get better, I'll tell you about it slowly. Talk a little bit a day until you become an old lady. ā€œ

"I know my own body, don't need to comfort me anymore. My time has come to finally, finally meet Bellman's dad. Over the years, I've been so lonely, and I miss him so much. Ahem, ahem! ā€œ

"I know, don't talk, take care of it. I'm going to heal you! With that, the Governor turned and lifted the curtain and went out.

"Liu Yu? Liu Yu! He shouted angrily.

"Xiao Wang is here!" Liu Yu hurried over from the crowd.

"What is this? Let you be a life-saving commander-in-chief, and you will treat it as this kind of force? Do you not want to do it anymore or don't you want to live anymore? The anger in the Governor's eyes seemed to erupt.

Although Liu Yu said that he was born in the emperor's house since he was a child, he was still a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child after all, and playing with a scalpel was just a hobby. At this time, when he heard the big governor shouting and angrily reprimanding, one knelt on the ground, unable to say a word, only trembling.

"Shi Hu, where are the besiegers now?"

"Governor, since the plague was rampant in the city, those soldiers have attacked every three days and every five days. There are less than 30% of the guards defending the city before, and if you don't come back, it will be the day the city will be broken. Shi Hu shook his head and said.

"Bai Qi, Zhang Xianzhong, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Black Tooth Tsuneyuki!" The Governor slammed his fist against the wall.

"Commander of each battalion of sergeants, and advance in four directions: east, west, south, and north. Once the enemy is found, they will be strangled on the spot and no one will be left. Wait, the enemy chief is going to take him alive, and see how I torture him." "It looked like the Governor's lips were about to burst.

"Ellavera, Bolada, you two go in and see if there is anything good to break this epidemic. Where is Master Dong? ā€œ

"Humble duty!"

"Taishi Dong immediately organized forces to isolate all sick people, eat and sleep alone, and not have contact with anyone. Zhu Cang paid close attention to the search in the city, and found people who fell ill after falling ill but had not recovered, and gathered together. Hattori Hanzo secretly patrols inside and outside the castle, and arrests anyone suspected of being a spy. Princess Anle did a good job of publicity and comfort, and the sick and victims were given bereavement pensions according to their heads, and it was as convenient as possible for the family to have any difficulties. Fang La moved the bodies of the dead to the outside of the city, burned them in a blazing fire and buried them in a deep pit. Tuda and Jalang should do a good job of security in the city to prevent smashing, looting, and burning under the pretext of Xiaoxiao, and once there are rumors that cause trouble, bewitch the public, or propagate evil cults, they will be severely punished! Do you hear that? ā€œ

"Humble Command!" The generals who received the task went down one after another to implement it. The Governor waved his hand at the others, meaning to let them disperse for the time being, at the moment he just wanted to be quiet, and everyone saw that he was depressed, and they all left by themselves. Leaving him alone, he slowly walked to the room on the first floor where he once lived, pushed the door, entered the room, sat down, poured wine, and said nothing. Only Fan Er followed him.

"Governor, the matter has come to this, the overall situation is important, you, don't hurt your body, how can I wait." Fan Er said with relief.

He was still silent, his eyes dripping with blood, and he drank it all as he looked at the scorching sun that poured into the wine bottle. One cup, one cup, and another. In the past, he couldn't exceed three cups, but today he drank a whole pot.

Fan Eryi couldn't stop persuading him, so he stood beside him silently, lowering his head and suffering with him.

"The Grand Duke!" A woman's voice came from outside the door, it was Ellavila.

"Enter!" is already a top-heavy, drunken governor Wei Yun. Fan Er heard it and hurriedly went to open the door.

"Governor, my sisters have never seen this epidemic, and they have not heard of it mentioned by High Priest Jili, so I am afraid there is no good way to use it." After Ella finished speaking, Vera wiped the corners of her eyes, thinking that she was a little sad to see that Samanda was dying.

"Governor, Saint, oh I can't heal. But the one you mentioned earlier, that grass, do you remember? Borada saw that there were a lot of people in the room, and his speech was a little slurred.

Zhou Yu, who was slightly drunk, suddenly lit up when he heard this, by the way, Borada once said that the people on Shengzi Island once found a resurrection grass, which may be able to bring the dead back to life and save the dying.

With a "snap", he slammed the bronze wine bottle on the stone table, swayed and stood up, and Fan Er hurriedly hugged him. Zhou Yu took two steps and stood still in front of Bolanda, his hands grabbing Borada's shoulders like vices.

"You mean, you mean the grass of resurrection?" Zhou Yu seemed to see hope.

"Exactly!" Borada hurriedly looked at Ellavera and Fan Er, for fear that revealing her life experience would cause death.

"Where can I find this weed of resurrection?" The Governor asked.

"This, this, Borada doesn't know." The boy bowed his head slightly.

"I don't know if I'm looking for a fart? You touch your lips up and down, and you speak lightly. Where can I find it? You said! Are you thinking I'm stupid? The Grand Governor pointed at Borada's nose and scolded.

"The little ones don't dare, it's just, it's just a saying!" Bolada hurriedly returned to the circle.

"Don't dare! Can't? Get lost! Get the out of here! Zhou Yu was drunk, and he rarely started to get drunk, so he picked up the wine jug on the table and slammed it on the ground. Fan Er hurriedly sent the two away, leaving the Metropolitan Governor staring at the lid of the bronze wine jug dripping and spinning on the ground in a daze.

The next day, Samanda was gone.

The only thing that saw her off was Bellman's swollen eyes and Sally's sobbing, Zhou Yu didn't go, he couldn't see the scene of the burning corpse, Ewing was Samanda. He sat quietly in the room and drove Fan Er out. He needs to think, and he firmly believes that people should think when they are lost. After coming to the Borderlands, did you go too well? Smoothly can be against the sky, can call the wind and rain, and can be an omnipotent savior.

But fate will often pour cold water on you when you are most proud, telling you that it is the master, it is the master of all things. And ordinary people are just passers-by and chess pieces, the difference is nothing more than whether you are a passer-by with a little action, or just a little-known chess piece. Obviously, Zhou Yu can only be the latter at present, and it seems that there is still a long way to go if he wants to change his fate and control his own destiny.

Zhang Xianzhong found the place where he was encamped, sent scouts to inform the other three front armies, and quickly approached him to assemble. These soldiers from Wind Catcher City never thought that in addition to the plague-ravaged Cheche City, there would be an army of 2,000 people nearby, and they still slaughtered their own army in their sleep, which can be regarded as a bloody massacre. Who let the governor of the capital have an order, and besides, Bai Qi's brother is notoriously brutal on the battlefield, killing, burying, and slaughtering the city.

By the time Chazon found himself captured, the war had come to an end – cleaning up the battlefield. As always, all the spoils of war were to be divided according to the heads of the soldiers, which was the best way to feed the war by war.

As for this Cha Song, Bai Qi didn't make him feel better, and most of the governors said that they were caught alive, but they didn't say that they were alive or half-dead, as long as they were alive. So, in order to hide the name of the army from the infamy of mistreating the prisoners, Bai Qi pretended to pee, pretended to forget to tie the rope on Cha Song's feet, pretended to accidentally find him escape, and really broke all four of his legs, oh no, all five. Stunned to let people carry back to Cheche City, the four soldiers who were unfortunately assigned to carry the task of carrying people scolded this time, you said that you are so good that you don't have to live, tired of our brother four kings and eight calves.

Well, if you don't let us get better, don't let us do it. Good guy, there was another greeting along the way, Wen and Wu went into battle, and they cleaned up just enough to survive and not to die. What is literary, you ask, and what is martial art? Let's put it this way, the text is rock-paper-scissors, and whoever wins can use Chazon as a toilet; Wu is rock-paper-scissors, and whoever loses will be responsible for beating the toilet.

Samanda's ashes were collected by Zhou Yu himself, a little bit, he didn't worry about others, he was afraid that others would scatter and lose them, and he didn't even worry about Bellman, that kid was like crazy these days, shouting every day that Lu Bu would take him to take revenge.

The Governor had heard from the villagers that there was a legend about a young man and a woman who loved each other, and he went to war for the tribe, and she waited for him to return in the walled city. As a result, the sword was eyeless, the war was ruthless, and he unfortunately died on the battlefield, and only his ashes were sent back. She was grief-stricken when she saw the ashes, and dug a new grave with her own hands to bury him, but the wind and sand in the desert were so great that she was afraid that one day there would be a sandstorm, blowing the original hillside into a deep pit, turning the jagged into a flat river, and she would never find his grave again. So, she mixed her own tears with ashes, kneaded into a mask and dried it on her face, and when the mask dried, she could never take it off again unless she ruined her appearance. She said that I would not find him and that he would kiss my face forever. On the day I die, burn my body to be with him forever.

Although it is just a legend, it shows the fiery chastity of the woman in the car. Zhou Yu didn't know what kind of emotion he had with Samanda, he just felt that if... Forget it, there are no ifs in the world, he shook his head stupidly, and rubbed the ashes into a water bladder with a small wooden spoon little by little. He whistled loudly, and the little sand ran with his tongue out. The Metropolitan Governor stuffed the lid, turned over and perched on the back of the small sand, and roared out of the city. No one knows where he went.

It wasn't until the next day that Zhou Yu returned to Cheche City. He went to Daitaimon's lair and buried the water bladder filled with Samanda's ashes there. He thought that if Kuzsia were to suffer a great natural disaster or war, the only place that would survive might be there. There, where his and her dreams began. His dreams, her dreams. There, too, is where their story ends.

Lose, perhaps, have it in another way.