Chapter 64

Ghost sleepwalking

Chapter 64

Compared with Lanzhou, Qingzhou is already in chaos, the city gate is locked, and there is no big bucket with medicinal soup outside the city gate, but there are countless heavily armed soldiers, who often push and reprimand the people who come to defect.

The people outside the city are crowded, their expressions are panicked, and the impulsive people are already sad, and they are really forced to the extreme, I am afraid that there will be a fish death and the net will be broken. There are people coming on the road to Qingzhou City, even if they know that this place will only bring them disappointment, there is nothing they can do, because they have nowhere to go and no place to return.

Zhong Liqing'er shook her head, fortunately, she went to Lanzhou first, and after comparison, she realized that not every place is so messy.

"Regulus."

Regulus stepped forward, "Yes, miss." ”

"Let someone inform Mr. Starlight and tell them not to go to Lanzhou, and come directly to Qingzhou, if nothing else, they should stay here for a long time."

Xuanyuan glanced at Di Xi and asked, "You didn't tell Miss that you let Xiao Hei follow Starlight?" ”

Di Xi touched his head, "I forgot to say, miss, Xiao Hei is by Starlight's side, you just let Xiao Bai bring a creed." ”

It can be regarded as coming in handy, Zhong Liqing'er hooked the corners of his lips, "Let's go to the city to find a place to stay, Ji Yi, go up and negotiate." ”

It is most appropriate to send the most gentle and steady Ji Yi out of the horse, he understands the rules of human beings very well, and he is gentle and polite, and it is not easy to arouse the vigilance of others.

"Yes." Ji Yi took a few steps forward and said to the captain of the soldiers who controlled the city gate: "Our young lady went to the city to visit relatives, and asked this eldest brother to make it convenient." ”

After speaking, he handed over a silver ingot without a trace, the captain checked it in his hand, nodded with satisfaction, and glanced at the group, "Those people are all together?" ”

"Yes, we are both young lady's domestic servants, and we went out to visit relatives, but we didn't expect to be trapped by floods on the road."

After looking at everyone again, even the clothes of the servants were not comparable to ordinary people, not to mention the young lady's body, although it looked a little dirty, but there were still a few people trapped by the flood who were clean, which made him believe it even more.

"Okay, let's go inside."

"Thank you, big brother." Ji Yi returned to Miss's side, bowed slightly, and did his duty as a servant, "Miss, you can go in." ”

Zhong Liqing nodded, did not look at the captain who had obviously benefited, and entered the city through the side gate without squinting.

The situation in the city was unexpectedly calm, but also a little calm, the streets were deserted, all the shops were closed, only some traces of the flood were still vivid, and there were very few people walking, and occasionally one of them was also walking with his head down in a hurry, as if he did not see the existence of these outsiders.

The road is very wide, I think it is also a very prosperous city in normal times, and the group has a goal to look around, hoping to find an inn that is not closed, and after a circle, I see more, but it is desolate.

"Don't look for it, Wuyan, you go and see if there is a courtyard for rent, we have a lot of people, it's good to rent a place to come down, it's also convenient to enter and exit, give more money."

"Yes." Wuyan took the order and walked away from everyone's comings and goings, just now she noticed a courtyard, very beautiful, although the periphery has been corroded a little, it is still more attractive than other houses, the price is higher, it should be able to be rented.

Zhong Liqing'er continued to walk forward unhurriedly, the huge city, just their group, empty, as if it was an empty city, without thinking about it, she knew that it must be a ban issued by the lord of Qingzhou, but she didn't believe that it could be cleaned up so cleanly.

Really...... Zhong Liqing'er saw a figure moving in the left corner, staggering, like a child, flipping the things under his hands, Zhong Liqing'er didn't want to guess if he was looking for food.

"Is there something to eat here?"

Seeing the food, he raised his head sharply, and a surprised and timid smile appeared on his vicissitudes of life, where is this a child, it is clearly a man who has entered the old age, thin and small, and ricket, looking at the back from a distance, like a child.

"Can you ...... Can you give me a little bit? My child is dying of hunger, just a little bit. ”

Zhong Liqing'er felt sour in her heart, and stuffed all the food in her hand into him, "Take it, go and give it to your child." ”

The man held the food in his arms and wanted to kneel down gratefully, but Di Xi stepped forward to stop him, and the young lady didn't like it the most.

"Let's go." Zhong Liqing'er originally wanted to ask him why a good city would become such a dead city, but looking at his anxious face, he couldn't bear to delay his time, his home, his children, were waiting for his food, maybe it was life-saving.

The man bowed again and again and trotted away, and he could see in his footsteps that he could not hide his fear of loss.

"Di Xi, come over and have a look, we'll follow."

"Yes."

The place is getting more and more remote, the more desolate and dilapidated it is, every city has a dark side, which she knows, but she is still frightened, such a road, it is like going back from the 21st century to the poverty era of the Anti-Japanese War in the thirties and forties of the 20th century, one city, two lives.

Following Di Xi's guidance, everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them and was speechless for a long time, Zhong Liqing'er was astringent in his eyes, is this entering a refugee camp? The common people bitterly knew that this was unavoidable by any dynasty, and she was not arrogant to change this situation, but ...... In the eyes of whom would not feel sad to see such a scene now?

The dilapidated house that is about to collapse, with bamboo poles erected everywhere to dry clothes, children wearing shabby old clothes, in the middle is a pile of things that are suspected to be a garbage dump, many adults and children are picking up in it, Mo Yu seems to be muttering to himself: "Are they looking for food?" ”

I remembered that the man was in that alley just now, and it seemed that he was also rummaging in the garbage heap, probably ...... That's where they've been eating late......ly, right? What should life be like? Stray dogs?

Follow Di Xi to a house, perhaps, can no longer be called a house, just a few wooden planks made of a place that can block the light rain, maybe a little stronger wind can overturn them.

There was no door, just a cloth that could not be seen in color, playing the role of a door, Ji Yi said softly: "Is anyone at home?" ”

"Who?" The man opened the curtain as he answered, and when he saw that the hands of the people outside the door were there, he didn't know whether to put them down or take them back, and he took them back as well, and when he came back to his senses, he quickly stammered and asked, "You guys...... You guys...... Yes, what's the matter? ”

Ji Yi showed a soothing smile and slowed down, "Don't be afraid, our young lady wants to ask you something." ”

The man's eyes turned to Zhong Liqing'er, is the young lady he said this person? Is it Miss Everybody? is still masked, the young lady of the family he used to work for does not have this bearing, thinking of the good-natured young lady, the man seems to be not so afraid of the masked young lady in front of him.

"I don't know what Miss wants to ask me."

Zhong Liqing said softly: "Can I come into your house to talk?" ”

The man looked at the more and more people gathered around him, and quickly got out of the way, "Please come in, it's just that the house is really simple, and it may not accommodate so many people." ”

"It's okay, Xuanyuan Jiyi will go in with me, and the others will look around."

"Yes."

The three of them entered the back room, which could no longer be described as simple, the furniture lacking arms and legs, the bowl missing a large mouth on the table, the food that Zhong Liqing had given him just now, and a child lying on the bed made of wooden planks, looking like he was asleep.

The only stool with four feet was given up, Zhong Liqing didn't dwell on this matter, and sat down generously, "I don't know what to call you?" ”

The man sat on the bed with half of his buttocks carelessly, lowered his eyebrows and eyes, and looked at a man with some knowledge, "The villain's name is Wei Ning." ”

Zhong Liqing nodded, "Wei Ning, don't be nervous, just answer my question." ”

Wei Ning nodded and responded: "Yes, the villain knows everything." ”

"Qingzhou City is a big city in theory, even if it has been ravaged by floods, it will not be as deserted as it is now, is this what happened?"

Wei Ning paused, "This...... The lord issued an injunction and forbade anyone to talk about this matter again, is it better for the young lady to ask the government? ”

Zhong Liqing'er no longer chased this topic, "The place you live in seems to be a makeshift construction, didn't you live here before?" ”

Wei Ning's face was bitter, "Yes, although life was hard in the past, I could still live, but when a flood came down, all the houses collapsed, and those who had a place to take refuge went to take refuge, and those who had no way out could only make do here." ”

"This was a dump?"

"Yes, there are three large garbage dumps in Qingzhou City, in addition to the main gate of the north gate, one in each of the other three directions, the other two places are much worse than ours here, we can still sneak into the city to find something to eat, those two places are guarded by soldiers, no one is allowed to enter or leave. Hehe, now everyone just wants to live, and the rest has no energy to care anymore. ”

Zhong Li'er was silent, if her guess was correct, the ban was probably about the dead, the plague...... I'm afraid it has already spread, and those two places are the source of the disease.

Glancing at the child who was about six or seven years old on the bed, Zhong Liqing'er glanced at Ji Yi, who took out two ingots of silver weighing ten taels from his sleeve pocket and put them on the table, "Wei Ning, you can use this money to buy some food for the child." ”

Wei Ning gritted his teeth, "Miss...... Can I not ask for silver, you can give me some more food, this child is a little hot now, I want to give him something good, otherwise...... I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on. ”

A little burned? Zhong Liqing'er quickly got up, reached out and grabbed the child's hand, his forehead was crimson, a little hot, "Wei Ning, do you know that this child has other symptoms?" ”

Wei Ning didn't expect that this young lady was still a doctor, so he nodded busily, "Xiaohui is usually very well-behaved, in addition to a little fever in the past two days, he also has nosebleeds, and when he wakes up, he always points to both sides of his chin and says that it hurts, but everything else is fine." ”

Plague - two big words flashed through his mind, Zhong Li'er felt like the thing he had been waiting for had finally been settled, if this was really a catastrophe for the Tenglong Empire, it would have come early.

Sorry, something happened today, it's late.