"What did you say?"

Shen Youqiu held back his panic and asked again, "Qi Jingxing, what's wrong?"

Song Huishu didn't notice that her face turned a little pale, and she continued to frown: "I heard that something happened some time ago, but the imperial court has been suppressing it and hasn't passed on the news."

"It was said that General Qi suddenly fell seriously ill, and Qi Jingxing went to visit his father, so he left the army and went to Xiyuan Pass alone, but he was ambushed on the road. It is said that the person has disappeared, and his fate is unknown."

"How so?!"

Shen Youqiu felt as if someone had suddenly poured a basin of ice water on his head, and his whole body was shivering with cold.

"He, he's so powerful, as cunning as a fox, how could he be ambushed......

"It is said that the group of people who attacked him was a very powerful team in the Huns-Sister Shen, what's wrong with you?"

Song Huishu finally noticed that Shen Youqiu's face was wrong, and hurriedly put down the fruit, and asked worriedly, "Why are you suddenly like this, are you sick, or—"

She suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Sister Shen, you can't really have anything to do with that Qi Jingxing, last time I remembered someone saying that you were his fiancée, wouldn't it really—"

"I'm fine."

Shen Youqiu squeezed out a smile, "I'm just a little uncomfortable, I've not been very comfortable for the past few days, and I always feel a little pain in my head."

"Huh? Then I shouldn't have called you out to play."

Song Hye-sook patted her head reproachfully, "You hurry up and go back to rest, have you gone to see the doctor?" Why don't you go to the doctor first?"

"I've seen it." Shen Youqiu reluctantly said, "I've taken the medicine."

"Then I'll send you back quickly."

Song Huishu frowned and said, "Recently, the sickness in the capital is too serious, I saw a lot of people queuing up outside the hospital from a distance today, and the coughing sound is scary, I don't know what's wrong, why so many people are infected with the cold."

"And I heard that some of the victims outside the city are also infected with wind and cold in groups, and the imperial court has been boiling ginger soup every day these days."

"So serious?"

Shen Youqiu's brows couldn't help frowning, and the uneasiness in his heart increased a little more.

"Well, it's really serious."

"Then you must not go out again recently, this wind and cold, I'm afraid it can be contagious, if you really get infected, I'm afraid you'll get sick for more than half a month." Shen Youqiu instructed.

"Well, I see, I won't be out for a while." Song Hye-sook nodded obediently.

On the way home, Shen Youqiu really heard someone talking about Qi Jingxing from time to time, her chest was so tight that she was almost out of breath.

No wonder my father and mother are weird these days, always worried, as if they want to say something, but never say it.

It's just that Qi Jingxing is in the situation now.

Thinking that his life and death were uncertain now, Shen Youqiu's heart was like a needle prick, but she couldn't do anything now, she could only wait here, thinking nonsense here.

In addition to Qi Jingxing's matter, it is this wind and cold disease that has been talked about the most.

In the past, this contagious wind and cold disease also appeared in spring and autumn every year, but this year, it seems to be particularly serious.

I think it's because the heat is so sudden that everyone's body can't stand this kind of tossing at all, so this situation will occur.

Because of this, the streets have become much more deserted, and there are fewer people walking around.

When he returned home, Shen Youqiu didn't say a word, and he couldn't arouse interest in everything.

She called Feng Yi and the secret guard who was secretly guarding to ask about the situation, but they didn't know anything, only that their master had completely lost the news now, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

At night, Shen Youqiu didn't sleep all night, and only took a nap at dawn.

But after closing her eyes for a while, she dreamed that Qi Jingxing was standing in front of her covered in blood, saying goodbye to her.

She snapped open her eyes, and two lines of tears had fallen from the corners of her eyes.

Then, she looked at the top of the bed in a daze, and after a while, she wiped her tears, got up, washed, and dressed.

"Seal one."

She shouted, "Wait a while, go out with me to collect medicine, I see that the snow has basically melted, and the weather is good today, so it's just right to go and collect medicine."

"Yes, master."

Feng Yi immediately prepared the basket and waited respectfully outside the courtyard.

After eating breakfast hastily, Shen Youqiu grabbed two steamed buns and walked out.

"Dad, mother, I won't come back for dinner at noon today, don't wait for me, I'll go outside the city and see if I can dig some herbs by myself."

After speaking, without waiting for the two to answer, he turned around and left.

"Eat more?"

"Well, come back early."

The couple looked at Shen Youqiu's silent back, and couldn't say anything, just glanced at each other, and they both understood the distress in each other's eyes.

They knew that their daughter must have understood the rumors outside.

"It's really risky to go outside the city, so I'm going to accompany her."

Shen Yu sighed heartily, grabbed two steamed buns, and hurriedly chased them out, but as soon as he went out, where was Shen Youqiu's shadow.

He froze in place, not knowing which direction to go for a while.

"Kid, why is this so fast?"

Not long after, Shen Youqiu and Feng Yi had already arrived outside the city.

The snow has all melted away, and there are not many people left in the shack where the victims lived, and occasionally you can see a few people, all of whom are sitting there with no energy, constantly coughing.

A little further on, there is a small ditch, Shen Youqiu remembered that when he came last year, this small ditch was very clear, but at this moment, there was an unpleasant smell from this ditch.

She frowned in disgust, covered her nose, and looked at the ends of the ditch, where she found the swollen carcasses of two chickens.

"How so?"

She couldn't help but mutter.

"Last year, there was a sudden snowstorm that killed many poultry and livestock, and now as soon as the snow melts, the carcasses of these animals follow the snow into this ditch." Feng Yi explained.

"Otherwise, master, let's not go yet."

Feng Yi suggested: "I think we will have to see other corpses later, after all, it was not only animals that froze to death in that heavy snow, but also people, these people are poor, and I am afraid that their corpses may also be thrown into the river."

"And how do you drink this water?"

Shen Youqiu frowned, "Forget it, let's not care about this matter for now, let's go up the mountain and have a look."

She was in a depressed mood and really didn't know what to do, so she wanted to go out and take a turn to distract herself, but she never expected to see this scene outside.

"Yes."

So, the two of them didn't care about the ditch anymore, and walked directly towards the wild mountain, who knew that when they passed by the hut at the foot of the mountain, there was a strong smell from inside.