Time passed.

Dried corpses continue to appear at a steady rate of one case per day.

Panic became the main theme.

Especially when the people realized that 'the infirm die first', the old inevitably developed the courage to flee from the vicissitudes of life.

Yes, courage.

In this era, it is an extremely serious matter for civilians to easily leave their place of residence.

At the least, it will be demoted to the status of a craftsman, and future generations will not be allowed to turn over.

At worst, he was exiled for thousands of miles and used as a military slave, which was worse than death.

If it weren't for the fact that they were forced to do nothing, people wouldn't have this idea.

How cruel is it that even fleeing has become a kind of courage?

But even more cruelty is yet to come.

When these old people came to the city gate with a few soft and courageous people to leave their homeland, they found that the city gate had long been blocked.

Only in but not out.

Whether it's crying, making trouble, or cheating, it doesn't have any effect.

Those officials were forced to be anxious, and they didn't do anything to these old men, but directly took out their waist knives and handed the handle over.

The meaning is obvious.

If you want to get out of the city, kill me first, or don't talk about it.

With this attitude, what else can these old people do?

Could it be that it really kills?

I've lived honestly all my life, but I'm going to be a murderer when I'm old?

This is even more unacceptable.

Thinking about it, the only thing they can do seems to be to go home and die.

The rush of escape was thus suppressed.

In addition, the blood-clothed guards who roamed the streets seemed to have been influenced by their superiors and began to rot as well.

Classics and History.

"The brethren said that those men did not go out much anymore, but lived in the inn they used to have."

Zhao Liu reported in the hall, with disdain.

"It is inevitable that there will be an upward and downward effect."

Xu Chong was not surprised.

Even Fu Yuanlong, the top boss, is rotten, where can the people under him be active?

Even the wandering at the beginning, I'm afraid it was just for Fu Yuanlong to see.

"In addition, according to your arrangement, every night there will be a Fengyue woman to accompany them to drink and gamble...... The people in the household complained again and again, saying that if this continued, the yamen would be hollowed out. ”

Zhao Liu said, a little puzzled, "Actually, I think adults are a little worried, in our place, women from good families can't even dress up, how can they look at people like them." ”

"It's good just in case."

Xu Chong waved his hand, "Think about it, what if they fall in love with your daughter-in-law?" ”

"Uh... Not really, right? ”

Zhao Liu's face froze, "My mother-in-law... If it weren't for the baby kiss I had set, I would have wanted to worship her......"

Although he said so, Zhao Liu also began to agree with Xu Chong's precaution in his heart.

"In short, it's best to keep them in the inn as much as possible."

Xu Chong rubbed his eyebrows and sighed, "There's only so much we can do......

"Adult ......"

Zhao Liu was moved, and he snorted for a moment before saying: "You shouldn't have to worry about it now, they will only go out for a stroll during the day, and occasionally one or two people will go out, and at night you can't see anyone at all." ”

"That's good."

Xu Chong nodded, and suddenly asked, "The last time you went to the Black Water Dock, is there anyone still alive?" ”

"Yes."

Zhao Liu's eyes darkened, "But it's not much, it's all some of them with slightly stronger body bones, and when I went, I had already run to the periphery, and I didn't dare to stay in it anymore." ”

"In that case......"

Xu Chong's eyes narrowed, his eyes flickering, "Tomorrow, you take someone over and bury those corpses, so that nothing is missing." ”

"Buried?"

Zhao Liu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "It's still an adult who thinks thoughtfully......

It is not yet winter, and although the temperature is lower, it cannot completely eliminate the risk of epidemic.

If left unattended, if the plague breaks out and spreads throughout the city, it will definitely be more terrible than a dried corpse every day.

……

……

The next day at noon.

Zhao Liufeng broke into the canonical history office in a hurry.

It didn't take long for Xu Chong to go out with something and walk quickly to the inner hall.

"My lord, the lower officials have something to report."

"How many days have you not seen you, have you been divided?"

Fu Yuanlong opened his eyes lazily, "Say something." ”

"Your Excellency, please take a look."

Xu Chong lifted the object in his hand and lifted the black cloth covering it.

It was a very common gray-haired mouse.

The only difference is the size.

This rat is more than five times larger than a normal mouse!

"This is sent by the officials, and the lower officials feel a little strange......

Before he finished speaking, a hurricane passed through the hall, blowing Xu Chong's robes in a row.

Fu Yuanlong appeared beside Xu Chong, staring at the mouse with his eyes: "When did you find out?" ”

"About half an hour ago, I was dead when I found out."

Xu Chong replied while paying attention to Fu Yuanlong's expression.

"Half an hour...... Where was it found? ”

Fu Yuanlong asked, his gaze always locked on the giant mouse.

"Blackwater Dock in the southwest."

"Yesterday, Xia Guan suddenly remembered, didn't a lot of people die before, and this part of the Black Water Dock is a slum, if no one has cleaned it up, I'm afraid that there will be a plague, so I let people go there today."

"My lord, this thing...... Is something already wrong? ”

Xu Chong raised his hand holding the mouse, and looked at Fu Yuanlong with a nervous expression, "If the plague breaks out, with the current situation in the county, I'm afraid I won't be able to deal with it......"

"Black Dock."

Fu Yuanlong's gaze moved to Xu Chong's face, with an inexplicable meaning, as if he was weighing something.

Xu Chong was a little hairy, "My lord? ”

"Hmm."

Fu Yuanlong finally came back to his senses, narrowed his eyes and asked, "How many people know about this?" ”

"If you don't count the adults and the lower officials, there are only three, and the lower officials are afraid that they will be infected with the epidemic, so they simply placed them in the official house and are not allowed to contact others."

Xu Chong replied, his face became tighter and tighter: "My lord has this question...... Could it really be the plague? ”

"Well, don't be so nervous."

Fu Yuanlong waved his hand nonchalantly, "In my opinion, the possibility of a plague is very small. ”

"That's good."

Xu Chong breathed a sigh of relief, and then let go of the mouse after realizing it, and wiped his right hand on his clothes.

"But just in case, let's let those officials stay in the office for a few more days."

Fu Yuanlong seemed to be reminded, and added, "In addition, you'd better go home and stay less contact with the outside world." ”

"Yes, the lower official knows."

Xu Chong nodded, bending down to lift the mouse.

"Leave it there, I'll take care of it later."

Fu Yuanlong waved his hand, "It's also an official household anyway, don't keep doing these things." ”

You're really enthusiastic......

Xu Chong sneered in his heart, bowed down and said yes, and left.

At this point, his plan was halfway complete.

Fu Yuanlong asked him to go home, just to finish the other half.

Not long after he left the inner courtyard.

Boom~

All the doors and windows of the inner hall were closed at the same time, completely blocking all views.

Fu Yuanlong squatted down in front of the rat corpse, reaching out and caressing it without any scruples, as if he was caressing a rare treasure.

"Reiki... It must be Reiki! ”

"Only the aura will make the beasts who don't know how to open their minds swell without limit......

"It's swelled so much, this aura...... I'm afraid it's enough for people to cultivate to the ninefold enlightenment! ”

Fu Yuanlong's voice trembled a little.

Reiki is found in many places, but the level of concentration is different.

For example, at this time, there are county offices and thousands of households in prefectures with higher concentration levels.

Among them, he stayed more in Qianhu.

Are there all the rats in a thousand households?

There is, he has seen it.

In terms of size, it is only a little larger than an ordinary mouse, and it can't be compared to the one in front of him at all.

After all, the Thousand Households are only spiritual land, and they don't even have enough level of blessed land.

So now the question arises.

What is it that makes such an exaggerated rat?

Fu Yuanlong only thought of one.

That treasure!

That, the fragment of the cave!