"I have heard that there is a mysterious trade in the rivers and lakes, called corpse chaser."

"They strung the corpses one by one with straw ropes, and walked in front of them with a small yin gong, and every few steps they would strike the small yin gong, and the corpse would follow him."

"They are entrusted to send those who have died back to their hometowns, their souls to their homeland, and their fallen leaves to their roots."

"However, I've heard that these corpse chasers are so powerful that they can not only drive away corpses, but even drive corpses and make them their 'helpers'."

"The tragedy in Qingyu Village is an example."

"After all, if there is a rebellion, why should you take all the money from the village? The silver is for the living, and there are zombies in Qingyu Mountain, so it is very likely that there is a demon in Yongan County who can drive away corpses, and he wants to take advantage of the fire to rob! ”

When Cao Li said, his expression was very serious.

I have to say that this guy's brain is relatively bright, and his reasoning is convincing, but unfortunately one of the links is wrong, but Jiang Wujian can't tell him.

After listening to what Cao Li said, Jiang Wujian frowned and asked, "Then why do you think that the evil cult we just encountered is also the handiwork of the corpse chaser?" ”

"Little Daoist, do you think, if you are in urgent need of silver, are you robbing the people? Or is it a robbery of officials and nobles? ”

"I guess, that demon didn't expect that there was a little Taoist master, you, a Jiupin Dao cultivator, so he ran away as soon as he saw it."

Cao Li continued to talk about his analysis, but Jiang Wujian had already gone in one ear and out the other.

What he meant was that the corpse chasers were eyeing them, because their team looked very rich.

But Jiang Wujian didn't think so, so he didn't listen to Cao Li's analysis later.

It's just that the corpse chaser that Cao Li said made Jiang Wuxi pay more attention.

When the bonfire was completely extinguished, it was dawn.

The dog baby did not appear again, and there was no trace of any evil corpse chaser.

On the edge of the day, the fish belly was white, and the group hit the road again.

Da Da Da ......

The sound of wheels mixed with the sound of horses' hooves kicked up long strips of yellow dust.

Walking through the mountains and forests, the view becomes wider.

On both sides of the road were fields, but the crops in the fields were withered and rotten, and the original vitality became lifeless.

"This plague is not only affecting us." Cao Li, who was walking side by side with Jiang Wuji, sighed.

"How many places has this plague affected?" Jiang Wuji couldn't help but ask, because he had an intuition that the plague this time was very serious.

From the beginning, I thought it was just a plague in Qingyu Village, but it turned out that the entire Yongan County was mired in the quagmire of the epidemic.

Now, Jiang Wuxi felt that the plague had not only affected Yong'an County, because if he went any further, he would have to leave the boundary of Yong'an County.

Cao Lichang, who was sorting out his horsehair, sighed and said, "Leping epidemic, 100,000 corpses ......"

The plague actually spread to the entire Leping County?!

Dead, 100,000 people?!

Jiang Wuji's face changed, obviously shocked.

A plague killed 100,000 people, you know, Leping County is only a small county in Dali! Is this the ancient life? Loved, loved......

Cao Li, who opened the chatterbox, said: "In fact, the documents for food and disaster relief have already been sent to Lecheng through the post station, but the magistrate still insists that I go with the master book, do you know why?" ”

Jiang Wuji: "......"

Seeing Jiang Wuji's face, Cao Li pursed his lips and continued: "Because except for Yong'an County, other places are also suffering from the plague, everyone needs the help of the imperial court, and the things of the imperial court are all sent to Lecheng first. ”

"So, if you don't go over and cry, the share that belongs to us is likely to be snatched away by other counties."

After listening to Cao Li's words, Jiang Wujian had a general understanding of these things.

And just when Jiang Wujian was about to put down the curtain, Cao Li sighed again: "It's okay, it's good that there is a Heavenly Dao Temple in Leping County." ”

Cao Li looked at Jiang Wuji, and his eyes became a little hot: "If it weren't for the Dao Master, all the Dao Masters of your Heavenly Dao Temple, who came out of the mountain to help, the consequences would be really unimaginable." ”

"You know that?" Jiang Wujian asked ambiguously.

Cao Li smiled and said: "Actually, a few months ago, the post station sent a message, saying that the Heavenly Daoist Temple could not bear the suffering of the world, so let all the Taoist leaders go out of the mountain and scatter to the large and small counties of Leping County to solve the plague. ”

"The good deeds of heaven will be remembered by the people of Leping!"

For Cao Li's these, Jiang Wujian smiled and didn't say anything.

That's when it happened.

"Phew~"

The team stopped, Cao Li's face froze, he grabbed the belly of the horse, and went to the front of the team with a dada.

"Brother, what's going on?" The sound of a small fish came from behind him.

Jiang Wuji lowered the curtain and said to Xiao Yu: "I'll go out and have a look, you stay here." ”

"I ...... Okay, brother, be careful. The girl replied.

"Hmm."

Walking out of the carriage, Jiang Wujian saw a group of ragged victims stopped on the official road.

All of them were yellow and thin, and several of them even had traces of plague poison on their bodies, and the blood and pus that flowed out were dried and cracked, cracked and dried.

At this time, these victims knelt on the ground, kowtowing and crying.

"Official, let's give us rations, we haven't eaten in five days."

"I'll kowtow to you, I'll kowtow to you."

"I only need one...... No, I only need half, I only need half a steamed bun! ”

In the crowd, there was also a little girl with unkempt hair.

She also knelt on the ground, but her eyes were blank, or rather...... Sluggish.

And at this moment, suddenly there was a piercing whip sound.

Cao Li held a long whip in his hand and scolded: "Get out of the way for me!" The carriage of the government also dares to stop it, are you tired of it! ”

"Official, let's give the rations to eat......"

"Yes, yes, we only need one bite to eat, just one bite."

"Official, my daughter is only five years old, please have mercy on her......"

"I said, get out of the way!" Cao Li lost his patience, went down with a whip, and opened the skin of a man!

Seeing this, the servants drew their swords one after another, like a fierce god!

Cao Li whipped a few more times, and forcibly pulled out a passage.

"Listen to me!"

"Those who stand in the way, there is no mercy!"

With the sound of horses' hooves, the procession moved forward again.

As he passed by these victims, Jiang Wujian saw the struggle in their eyes.

Looking in the distance, the victims were coming from all directions, and the number of them added up was far more than he had imagined.

After throwing these victims away, Cao Li walked side by side with Jiang Che.

The latter smiled bitterly and said: "Little Daoist, don't blame, if I had the slightest mercy just now, those victims would pounce on us to grab our food, and when other victims also gathered, not to mention food, even horses and horses will be eaten, and at that time, we will starve to death." ”

In the evening, we finally arrived at today's destination.

This time it was no longer a wilderness, but a relatively large village.

It's just that this village doesn't seem to be peaceful......

Looking at the three corpses hanging under the locust tree at the entrance of the village, Jiang Wuji's face couldn't help but be solemn.