Along the way, you can see many victims in tattered clothes and yellow muscles.

It seems that the disaster situation in Xihuangfu is still relatively serious, and the efficiency of the imperial court's disaster relief is somewhat poor.

More than ten days ago, the calamity was sent to the capital.

However, it is estimated that the disaster relief materials will only be delivered to Xihuang Mansion in these two days, and Emperor Qianhao is seriously derelict in his duties.

Xia Zhi's face was not very good as he was traveling, and he felt that he needed to meet the prefect of Xihuang Mansion later---

On the second floor of a rouge shop, Xia Zhi saw the person he was looking for,

The person in charge of the Tsing Yi Wei Dark Department in Xihuang Mansion, codenamed Yin Yiyi.

"I have seen adults one by one"

"No need to be polite, tell me what you all know"

"Yes"

"Yin Yin, the person in charge of the dark department of Suizhou, sent a letter four hundred and five days ago, saying that after the disaster, there were monks preaching in Suizhou.

asked for support, and sent people to check on it as soon as possible, but after they entered Suizhou,

Immediately lost contact with the lowly position, and then the lowly sent a second batch, and brought the letter bird,

After they entered Suizhou, they immediately lost contact, and they couldn't even release the letter bird.

He felt that this matter was by no means simple, and he did not dare to send people to Suizhou, so he reported to the capital at the same time.

The Xihuang Mansion Guards were notified through the channels, and the Xihuang Mansion Guards immediately blocked the main roads leading to Suizhou.

A strange thing was discovered: after three days of continuous lockdown, no living person was found to leave Suizhou.

This is a handbook sent by Yin Siyi at the beginning, please take a look at it."

Xia Zhi took a small pocket note handed by the other party, and saw that it read:

Monks preach and bewitch the government and the people. Break off!!! Urgent!!!

Demagoguery of the government and the people? Does it mean that the officers and soldiers of Suizhou have also been bewitched?

"This word 'absolute' represents Yin Siyi's feeling that things are completely out of control and his understanding,

Even if he sent any more information in the future, he couldn't believe it. This is the ultimate convention of the dark part,

I've never heard of anyone ever uttering the word 'absolute'."

The other party's explanation made Xia Zhi frown and asked

"What do you mean: Yin Siyi may be dead by now?"

"I don't know my position, I don't dare to speak up"

"There won't be a problem with the Xihuang Mansion and the prefect, right?"

The last case of Tangnan Mansion made Xia Zhi ask subconsciously

"Probably not, Lord Niu Weihuang of the prefect has loved the people since he took office,

The blockade of the guard post also sent people to keep an eye on it, and no anomalies were found."

No one came out for three days in a row, and it seemed that I had to go in and see it myself.

"Is there a path to Suizhou?"

"Yes, you can nearly double the distance by taking the mountain road, and the two groups of people sent by the lowly position are both walking mountain roads"

"Can you be sure they all lost contact after they entered the city?"

"Sure, the guide watched them enter the city twice before returning, and it seems that no anomalies were found when they entered the city."

"I want the guide, let him wait for me outside the city gate in an hour"

"Yes"

After Xia Zhi left, he first went to the Xihuang Mansion Guard, the situation was grim, and the three hundred guards of Prince Hong's Mansion could no longer meet the demand.

After showing the Tsing Yi Wei Jin Order, he agreed with the commander of the guard:

If the new order for the summer solstice has not been obtained after three days, the army will be sent to Suizhou.

Then he rushed to the government office, saw the prefect Niu Weihuang, and asked when the relief materials from the imperial court would arrive.

Niu Weihuang said that it is estimated that it will take two days at the earliest.

At the same time, he explained that the land in Xihuangfu is barren and the grain reserves in the official warehouse are limited.

At present, the small amount of grain stored in the warehouse belongs to military rations, and even if there is a shortage of cattle and guards, they have no right to embezzle it.

Xia Zhi did not hesitate to take out the golden order and let Niu Weihuang use military rations for emergency.

Niu Weihuang, who had this idea for a long time, but did not dare to act rashly, was overjoyed and happily arranged for the implementation immediately.

With a heavy heart, he left the government and went to gather Hoda and them out of the city.

After meeting up with the guide, everyone rode off into the distance---

At dusk, Xia Zhi, holding a lookout glass, stood on a cliff and looked at Suizhou City in the distance.

Because the distance is not close, and the quality of the lookout scope is average, so you can only vaguely see the human form,

There are guards at the gate of the city, and Suizhou City doesn't look too abnormal.

The only thing that's weird is that I only see people going in, but I don't see anyone coming out.

And the village not far away is also a little abnormal, like a ghost village, and there is no sign of any life activity.

Is it all in the city?

"Summer solstice, let's go get something to eat"

Hearing Huoda's words, Xia Zhi glanced at the city gate that was slowly closing, and followed him to the hidden leeward place.

"Tomorrow we will enter the city, the ghost hand will stay and watch, if you see the signal, you will immediately return to the city to inform the Xihuang Mansion Guard to send troops"

"Hmm"

"Wait a minute, Brother Huo will come with me, and go to the village below to see what clues there are."

"Good"

"Ghost hands rest, you two take turns keeping vigil"

"No, I can change the vigil with them."

"You need enough rest tonight, you have to keep an eye on it when we enter the city, and you won't have a chance to close your eyes."

"Okay, I see"

Before leaving, Xia Zhi stared at the sporadic lights of Suizhou City in the distance with a solemn expression.

Not long after dark, there were too few lights in Suizhou City, which was not right.

After carefully infiltrating a village with Huoda and searching carefully, Xia Zhi's mood became even heavier.

There was no food left over from every household, and the looting was clean, but other daily necessities and clothing were there.

There were obvious signs of rummaging around the room, and even seeing scattered silver coins, which made him suspicious.

They did not want possessions, but plundered only food and people,

Who the hell is this? What is their purpose?

"Let's go to another village"

Calling Hoda, the two of them went to another village.

Under an old locust tree in the village, two men sat there like a defeated soldier.

"Brother Leopard, what should I do? I can't find a grain here."

There was no response from the other party, and the voice sounded weakly again

"Speak! Brother Leopard"

"What can I do? The mother-in-law and the child are dying of hunger, and if they can't find anything to eat,

Not to mention going to Xihuang Mansion, I'm afraid they won't be able to survive tonight."

"Is it true that you can't go to Suizhou City? They're going to starve to death."

"Believe me, it's dangerous, you can't go to die"

"Brother Leopard, it's all this time, don't hide it from me, what's the danger!"

"When I first came, I didn't know why, I just panicked, and I felt that Suizhou City was in danger and couldn't go.

But what I saw this morning made me sure that I couldn't go to Suizhou City if I died."

"What do you see?"

"A horseback hunter ran into a pack of wolves"

Brother Leopard's voice trembled a little, which showed that he was extremely uncalm at the moment.

"And then?"

"Catcher was bitten to death by a wolf, because Catcher attacked the wolves first"

"What does this have to do with not being able to go to Suizhou City?"

The wolves did not eat quickly, and ignored the horses standing beside them, and they ran away.

I hid for a long time, couldn't resist the temptation of the horse, and boldly stepped forward and muttered---"

Brother Leopard couldn't control his emotions and rolled his Adam's apple

But there was no corpse to be seen, only clothes and a puddle of foul-smelling black water on the ground.

I was too hungry to think too much about it, so I picked up my knife and killed the horse.

One horse is enough for us to eat for a few days, not to mention going to Xihuangfu, and we are not afraid to go farther.

The horse was fierce and almost bit me, but it almost scared me to death after killing the horse."

"What's wrong?"