Chapter 723: Response
"This is Qingping Town?" Yan Liqiang rode on the Caiyun Chasing the Moon, looked at the town in front of him, turned his head, and asked Liu Xitong.
"Yes, this is Qingping Town, I've been here several times before!" Liu Xitong nodded affirmatively and looked at the surrounding streets, "Here...... Like, as if there were no walking dead!"
"Be careful, don't be careless, take a look first!"
"Hmm!"
The whole team followed Yan Liqiang and walked slowly, there was no one on the streets of this town, and those walking corpses could not be seen, the streets were full of scattered and discarded sundries, broken tiles and broken cans and scattered furniture, some of the doors of the shops and restaurants on the street were wide open, and there was chaos inside, some were tightly locked, and no one could be seen.
Not only Yan Liqiang, but the other people on the horses in the team also turned their heads one by one, looking around, for fear that the walking dead would jump out of somewhere.
The town was silent, except for the occasional birdsong flying overhead, only the sound of horses' hooves and the turning of the wheels of Yan Liqiang and his party echoed on the bluestone floor.
All the traces in this town show that the people who live in the town should have fled, which makes Yan Liqiang feel a little comforted, because the people in this town can live, there is a high probability that the demon worm in his hand is still alive and has not been killed, so most people in this town have not become walking dead.
Finally, after walking more than 100 meters on the road to the town, the group finally saw five charred corpses on the street, the five completely charred corpses were still chained on the outside, judging from the traces of the scene, they should have been tied up and thrown in the middle of the street and burned to death with firewood, those walking corpses killing people would not be so troublesome, all likely, these five corpses should be the walking dead infected with insect eggs.
At this time, the first rays of the rising sun have already reached the ground, and the sky has gradually turned white.
There was a little movement at the mouth of the alley not far away......
"Who ......" Liu Xi shouted in unison, and the crossbow in his hand suddenly turned around, facing the entrance of the alley, many sergeants on horses also raised their weapons at once.
A flower cat ran out of the mouth of the alley, turned its head and saw so many people on the street holding a guy at it, it was probably also startled, and after a meow, it crossed the street in the blink of an eye, flexibly climbed to a large banyan tree, and then jumped to the top of the tile, and then disappeared......
Liu Xitong exhaled a long breath and lowered the crossbow in his hand.
"Where is the iron lock bridge?" Just listening to the footsteps, Yan Liqiang knew that it was a cat, so he didn't move just now.
"It's not far ahead!"
After walking a few hundred meters along the road, the group finally came to the head of the chain bridge in the town.
The iron lock of the bridge is still there, but the seven or eight thick iron locks that make up the bridge deck have been cut off and fallen into the river, the bridge deck of the iron chain bridge no longer exists, only three or four iron locks are still in the entire iron lock bridge, across both sides of the river, look at the iron lock, ordinary people can barely walk over, but they can't bring too many things, it is completely impossible for the carriage and horses to pass, looking at such a scene, almost everyone in the team looked at Yan Liqiang, one by one did not speak, what to do now, Yan Liqiang has to decide, from last night to now, Yan Liqiang has used his strength and practical actions to establish the prestige in the entire teamIt is a miracle that the whole team of people ran here from the deer park, and everyone was still alive, only a few were injured.
Before Yan Liqiang could speak, a palace guard rode over on horseback, "Lord Yan, Niangniang wants to talk to you......"
"Hmm!" Yan Li emphatically turned his horse's head, took a few steps back, and came to the carriage where Concubine Rong was sitting.
The curtain of the carriage was opened, revealing Rong Guifei's eyes inside, this night of running, the people in the carriage probably did not rest well, and Rong Guifei's eyes also revealed a trace of exhaustion.
"Lord Yan, can't you cross the bridge in front of you?"
"Well, this bridge has also been damaged, but the damage is not as serious as the previous one, and there are still a few chains, people can hold the chains over, but the carriages and horses can'......"
"Is there a road ahead?"
"I heard Captain Liu say that there is a ferry dozens of miles ahead......
"This ...... I saw that everyone was a little tired after a night of running...... Can you take a break in this town for a while......" Concubine Rong said, there seemed to be some embarrassment in her eyes, and her expression was slightly twisted.
Yan Liqiang thought of the snake in his head, and he instantly understood, although he found a place to rest on the road for a quarter of an hour last night, making it convenient for everyone, but at this time, Concubine Rong had been bumpy all night, and she was a little anxious, and she couldn't hold it back, but she was embarrassed to explain, so she could only make such a suggestion euphemistically.
Looking at Concubine Rong, and then at the exhausted faces in the team, Yan Liqiang made a decision at once, "Okay, then find a place to rest in Qingping Town first, everyone eat something, recover their mental strength, and then we will find a way to ...... the rest."
Concubine Rong finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Then there is Lord Lao Yan......", after that, she lowered the curtain again.
Yan Li emphasized turning the horse's head back, beckoned, and called several officers from Luyuan over, "Zhang Leyan, his name is Qian Dazhu, you two take a few brothers, go to the town in front of us to set up a few sentry posts, as long as someone comes, immediately warn!"
"Yes!" Zhang Leyan and Qian Dazhu nodded, greeted, and took more than a dozen people to reflexively ride the rhinosaurus horse towards the entrance of the town.
"Guo Sida, Xu Shu, Meng Hui, the three of you take people to search around the town, and then find a place for everyone to stay!"
"Yes!" the three of them ordered, and then turned to leave with a group of sergeants.
"Yan Qing......" Yan Liqiang shouted.
Yan Qing, who was carrying a horned python bow on his back, rode over from the back of the team, "Childe, you call me ......"
"Well, Captain Liu knows the road, you and Captain Liu go to the dock in Bailongdian to inquire about the situation and see if there are any ships ......"
Liu Xi knows the road, and his own cultivation is not bad, Yan Qing is a sharpshooter, and the two of them will partner to explore the way in front, and there will be no problems, even if they encounter the walking dead, they can return safely.
When the two heard Yan Liqiang's order, they each glanced at each other, and at the same time clenched their fists, "Yes!", after speaking, they continued to rush towards the south.
......
This Qingping town is not big, just a moment of effort, Guo Sida, Xu Shu, Meng Hui and the three of them took people to turn the whole town around, and there was really no one in the town, all of them ran out, and they didn't see any walking dead, on the edge of the bamboo forest in the north of the town, there were two mansions, which looked pretty good, just enough for everyone to settle down and rest.
Yan Liqiang directly asked everyone to go to the two mansions to rest and settle down.
The doors of the two mansions were locked, and they were next to each other, and there was no one inside, so as soon as Yan Liqiang came to them, they directly twisted the door lock of the mansion, and then moved in.
The group ran all night last night, and they were too tired to do it, and as soon as they came to the mansion, they rested and ate.
Yan Liqiang directly asked Concubine Rong and them to live in the backyard of a big house, which has several yards, gardens, rockeries and attics, it seems that it was originally the residence of the ladies in this mansion, and now it is just enough for those women in the palace to live in.
As soon as they landed here, Liu Xitong and Yan Qing had already returned and brought news.
"There are a few small boats in Bailongdian that are still there, but the people have basically run out, there are a few people in the villages, many have fled, some of them have not had time to escape, they hid in Bailongdian, dare not come out, there are fifty or sixty miles of reeds in Bailongdian, at a glance, many people in Qingping Town who did not have time to escape are hiding in the reeds, we just arrived at the dock, we met a person who ran out of the reeds to find something, that person saw the military uniforms I was wearing, and dared to come out to meet with us, and told the situation again......”
"Are there many survivors in the nearby villages?"
"It's a lot, I heard the man say, there are not many villagers who have become walking dead in a few villages here, and the only few have been killed and burned before they have injured a few people, and that night I saw the beacon smoke in the imperial capital, plus I heard that Huizhou City also had an accident, and there was chaos, and the people in the nearby villages began to run, and many people here heard that the catastrophe was coming, so they all wanted to run, but there was no road guide, the government was in charge, and the chaos in the past two days just made them seize the opportunity......"
"Okay, I see, you guys go and rest!"
After letting Liu Xitong and Yan Qing leave, Yan Liqiang asked the clerk to come over again.
"Ah, my lord has something to look for me!" After seeing Yan Liqiang's divine power with his own eyes last night, the clerk saw Yan Liqiang, and his smile became more humble, and he spoke carefully.
"There must be a blacksmith shop in this Qingping town, you take a few craftsmen to take a look, although the blacksmith in the town has escaped, but the things in the blacksmith shop should still be there, you let the craftsmen under your command go to the blacksmith shop to build a few iron locks and chains, which are used to repair the bridge, and when it is built, we can cross the river after repairing the bridge, this thing must be done before dark!" Yan Liqiang patted the Wen steward on the shoulder, "When we can leave here, it's up to the Wen steward to you!"
The clerk was excited, and then immediately like a chicken blood, "Don't worry, my lord, as long as there is a blacksmith shop in the town, I will definitely let people get things done before dark!"
"Well, go ahead!"
The clerk saluted and left.
At this time, Yan Liqiang deeply felt that it was really the wisest choice for him to take the craftsmen of Deer Park on the road together......