The white head is long in summer and the sun sets late. When the two grandmothers and grandsons entered the slums, it was just the hour of sunset.

The afterglow of the setting sun was a little dim under the cover of the mountains. The grandmother and Zhao Wantong said that although the surrounding villagers had assigned the mountain to them, they were not allowed to live under the mountain. So they had no choice but to go up the mountain.

Probably bypassing most of the high mountains, Zhao Wantong and the others faintly saw the firelight. However, the smell was not very good, and the low sobbing sound became obvious.

When Zhao Wantong and the others walked in, they noticed that the burned thing was nothing. It's the corpse of a man.

A few old and sick people sat in front of the fire. Suddenly, I noticed someone walking in and looked up.

Seeing this, Zhao Wantong leaned down, "Mother-in-law is good." ”

The old men all of a sudden, as if they had seen ghosts, their faces turned blue and they ran away immediately, and the more serious ones trembled and stumbled and stumbled with blood on their faces and left.

After a while, the old grandmother said, "Don't be surprised, girl, everyone here is like this." ”

Zhao Wantong smiled: "I know." Of course she knew, Zhao Wantong knew when she saw her grandmother and granddaughter.

Probably scared of being bullied.

Liu Che stepped forward and touched the ashes on the ground, and then looked at the fire. And Wei Qing followed behind him and was silent.

Zhao Wantong said: "What's wrong?" ”

Liu Che shook his head: "These villagers are quite smart, in order to prevent the spread of plague germs, the corpses are all cremated. ”

Zhao Wantong agreed: "Indeed. ”

After hurrying until the sky was completely dark, Zhao Wantong and the others saw the appearance of the real slum.

The specific location of the slum is probably on the flat ground halfway up the mountain. It's small, with only a few thatched huts on top. There are all kinds of trees around, and the number of mosquitoes is unbearable in the summer. Zhao Wantong suffered a lot of sins along the way anyway, she missed mosquito coils!

The light was very dim, and Zhao Wantong could only see these at a distance of three feet. The old grandmother held her granddaughter's little hand and led Zhao Wantong to them.

When the little granddaughter saw home, she immediately put aside her grandmother's hand to take Zhao Wantong's hand and said with a smile: "Sister, I will take you to meet my younger brothers and sisters, they will definitely like you very much!" ”

Zhao Wantong smiled and said, "Really? You're so cute, and your younger siblings must be so cute! ”

Little granddaughter: "That's right! My sister is beautiful too! ”

Liu Che followed behind Zhao Wantong, and she jumped up and down for some reason, her eyes were in a trance. A familiar face suddenly appeared in front of her, and the white-clothed Shengxue smiled shallowly, she looked back and smiled softly, "Archer." ”

Liu Che's lips and teeth opened slightly, and he wanted to say something but stopped first. Wei Qing was behind, and he bumped into it before he had time to react. He was surprised: "Childe, what's wrong?" ”

Zhao Wantong also noticed the strangeness behind him, and beckoned: "Why don't you keep up, what happened?" ”

Liu Che shook his head, didn't say anything, bypassed Wei Qing and followed. Wei Qing felt very strange, and couldn't help but glance at Zhao Wantong's figure twice, thinking carefully in his heart but didn't say anything.

The slums used to have a population of 200 people, but now only a third of the population is left because of the plague. Most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are a few young people who are strong, but they are all skinny and yellow. They sat four or five around a fire, and there were three or four fires on the small flat ground.

"Can we just sit and die?" One of the young people said.

"Then what's the solution, the village is dying every day. Went three more today. The other replied.

"Burning corpses and gnawing tree roots every day. It's fine in the summer, but I'm going to freeze to death in the winter! ”

Big guy, you said one sentence to me, and suddenly there was a faint fragrance from the distance. Suddenly they all shut up and looked back, only to see two men with swords standing on the opposite side of the fire.

"Who are you! Do people from outside want to come to the village? They didn't even think about it, they were angry, and they wanted to fight Wei Qing and Liu Che while holding the wooden sticks on the ground.

"Get out of here!" As the man spoke, he hit Wei Qing on the back of the head, Wei Qing's face was as usual, and he pinched the wooden stick in his hand with one hand, and no matter how the man dragged it, he couldn't move at all. He turned around and called to the helper, "Why are you stunned, come on!" Are we afraid they won't make it! ”

The people in the slum saw that there were only two of them, and the resentment of being bullied over the years seemed to come to their hearts, and as soon as the man drank it, he raised his stick one by one and rushed forward.

Who knew that within two clicks, Liu Che and Wei Qing had not even sweated on their heads, and those people had already been beaten to the ground. The old, weak, sick and disabled of the other fires shrank into a ball and shivered in the corner when they saw this situation.

Zhao Wantong did not go with them, but followed the grandmother into a thatched house. As soon as they entered, four or five children ran out. Not only is he small, but his body is also small, almost comparable to a dried corpse.

When the little granddaughter saw her younger brothers and sisters coming around, she immediately handed them the nest, and the children had never been out of the slum at all, and they were not afraid to see Zhao Wantong. On the contrary, it was the sick mother inside, who shouted, "Stay away from my children! Something is coming at me! As she spoke, she was so excited that she got up from under the covers. It's just that her illness is so serious that she collapsed from exhaustion as soon as she stood up.

The old grandmother immediately ran forward behind her, and Zhao Wantong also stepped forward. The woman's face was haggard and her clothes were ragged. Zhao Wantong stretched out his hand to measure his temperature, and then checked his mouth and eyes.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Have you been feverish, vomiting and diarrhea all the time?" ”

The old woman helped her into the futon and nodded, "It's always been like this." ”

Zhao Wantong looked around and found that this house could not be considered a house at all. It's good that the thatch is built haphazardly and can protect it from rain. It was almost all dry straw, and then there was nothing more left in the tattered bedding.

After going around the room, I looked out again. Zhao Wantong suddenly asked, "You... How do you usually drink water? ”

The old woman was puzzled, but replied truthfully: "There used to be a river, although it was in the middle of the mountain, but there was indeed a river. ”

"So, is the water clean?" Zhao Wantong asked again.

The old lady said without hesitation: "It's no different from the river I've seen outside." ”

Zhao Wantong nodded and walked outside. I saw that Liu Che and Wei Qing had almost a cold expression, and next to them were a bunch of young people who were tied up.

"What are you doing?" Zhao Wantong hurried over and pointed to the people on the ground. Liu Che was silent, and Wei Qing replied, "Fang Cai, they attacked us secretly. ”

Wei Qing's face is still an immature teenager, he is different from Liu Che. Liu Che has arrogance between his eyebrows, and his cold face will make him gloomy. And Wei Qing has a pair of red phoenix eyes, and the eyebrows are gentle. Although he has a straight face, it is more of a childish feeling.

Zhao Wantong couldn't help laughing, "You guys, it's true." Saying that, Zhao Wantong knocked on Wei Qing's head and said, "Quickly loosen the tie." ”

A group of young people who are not big are actually not young people, and Liu Che is generally fifteen, sixteen or seventeen. The pain in their bodies clearly told them that the people in front of them couldn't afford to be untied, and they didn't dare to move at all after being loosened. Zhao Wantong leaned over and smiled: "Are you hungry?" ”

The teenagers don't know, this slum is either old or young, and they rarely see the girls outside. What's more, it's still so good-looking, and I couldn't help but blush and nod all of a sudden: "I'm hungry..."

Zhao Wantong didn't go around in circles with them, and gave them a few remaining nests. "Eat slowly."

It is inconvenient to do things at night, not only because of the dark light, but also because it is easy to get lost in the mountains in summer. So after establishing a good relationship with the villagers, after several discussions, Zhao Wantong and they decided to go to the river the next day to have a look.

As for why he went to see the river, Zhao Wantong found out through the situation at the grandmother's place. Water is very critical to the human body, and when Zhao Wantong saw the situation in the hut, he remembered that Liu Che had told her about the origin of this slum before he came.

Because of the war, then there must be corpses. In this half of the high mountains, there is a river, and it does not flow to the river outside. In this case, it is likely that the source of the disease came from the river, so only people here were infected.

At night, there are few huts in the slums. It was inconvenient for Zhao Wantong to share a room with the villagers, so he had to squeeze one with Liu Che and Weiqing, and the most important thing was that only the hay in it slept in a row.

Originally, Liu Che slept next to Zhao Wantong, but he was a son who was proud of his day, and he was not used to sleeping on hay at all, so Zhao Wantong deliberately spoke out against him. Sure enough, Liu Che couldn't hold back his face, so Wei Qing changed it. In fact, this move was not what Zhao Wantong wanted to do to Wei Qing, but she was afraid that her poor sleeping posture would be disliked or despised by Liu Che. She doesn't want to be laughed at by Liu Che!

Wei Qing was dressed in black, but his face was white. There was also a faint smell of pen and ink on his body, Zhao Wantong looked at him, but he never expected Wei Qing to look at it too.

"That ......" Zhao Wantong felt embarrassed and wanted to say what a coincidence to solve it, but Wei Qing's actions exceeded expectations. He actually reached out and gently pinched Zhao Wantong's face.

Zhao Wantong was stunned, but Wei Qing said, "Pay it back." ”

Also mine?? Zhao Wantong looked confused, and then thought of Fang Cai's forehead, and then "poofed" and smiled: "Childish." ”

Although the haystack is not very comfortable, it is acceptable for Zhao Wantong to get a good night's sleep. She stretched and walked out of the hut. Liu Che looked haggard and had obvious dark circles under his eyes.

Zhao Wantong slightly spoke, they got up early. The villagers were earlier than them, and as soon as they saw Zhao Wantong come out, the teenagers from yesterday immediately rushed forward to hug them. But when there was still one step to go, they all flinched. Zhao Wantong understood, because Wei Qing suddenly stood in front of him and said, "Stop." ”

The teenagers didn't dare to disobey, so they stood there and said excitedly: "Let's take you to that river!" Zhao Wantong smiled when he heard this: "Okay, go now!" ”

The teenagers, plus Wei Qing and Zhao Wantong, were less than ten people, and they walked on the high mountains under the heat on the mountain road. Originally, Liu Che should have come, but he really gave up because of his back pain last night.

Sometimes Zhao Wantong is also thinking, why does he, an emperor, have to come to the troubled water by himself, but did he think about it for the sake of the people?

After about a quarter of an hour, Zhao Wantong had already seen the river. It is a huge basin-shaped, one of which extends to the other end of the hole but does not lead to the outside.

As soon as the teenagers arrived at the river, they began to wash their faces and said, "This is the river, Miss Zhao." ”

Zhao Wantong nodded and took out a fire fold from his sleeve. He and Wei Qing walked towards the cave for a while, and the light of the fire fold was so weak that they couldn't see it clearly at their feet, and even when they reached their feet, it was gray.

Before they could go far, Zhao Wantong and Wei Qing smelled a foul smell. Then they took a few steps and their eyes widened.

"This ...... What the hell is it? ”