At that moment, a dark shadow suddenly passed from behind the group. Immediately aroused the vigilance of the guards: "Who? ”

The shadow swept out of the car with great speed and landed on the roof of the car. Look around vigilantly. No suspicious persons were found.

"It's probably a beast, don't be afraid, I'm amazing, master?"

The sleepiness hit, and Ji couldn't bear to fall asleep in Mrs. Ji's arms.

There was silence for a long time, and there was no more movement, and then the team continued to move forward. Came to the only family in the village who had not moved out.

It is a dilapidated thatched house.

The old man who was chopping wood in the courtyard was a little surprised to see so many nobles coming at once. He raised his voice, as if he intended to remind the people in the room, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Xiuhe stepped forward and said enthusiastically: "We are passing merchants, because the city gate is closed for some reason and we can't enter the city, can we borrow a few nights from the old man?" ”

This is a statement that was negotiated when we came.

The old man squinted at Xiuhe and the two guards on the tall horse, as if frightened, and took two steps back unsteadily.

He called his busy wife in the house and whispered a few words.

The old woman's eyes didn't seem to be very good, and she approached Xiuhe and looked at it for a long time before saying, "You can borrow it, but the room is not enough, and you may have to be wronged by the nobles living in the carriage." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, just live with my wife, we don't care."

Xiuhe happily turned around and helped Mrs. Ji out of the carriage, the sky was getting dark, and everyone took care of Mrs. Ji into the house.

"Madam, fortunately there is still a family in the village, otherwise, we would have to sleep in the wilderness."

"Well, tell your subordinates to be polite to the two old men."

"Yes."

The subordinates used the stove room after obtaining the consent of the old couple, and Mrs. Ji motioned to Xiuhe to take out the silver. And personally handed it to the old woman's hand, and said very gratefully: "Old lady, it is really disturbing, this is a little heart, please be sure to accept it." ”

The old woman did not refuse, but accepted the money, and said, "Use the water as you please, for there may not be enough food." ”

"Don't worry, old lady, we have our own food." Xiuhe said to the old lady who was groping in the house while packing up her things.

Dark Yan took in the scene where the old woman naturally accepted the money.

The people were busy in an orderly manner, looking back and forth secretly, and finally sat on the eaves with their legs crossed. Ji Yushu stared at the furnishings in the house, and chatted with the old couple from time to time: "Grandma, where did the rest of the people in the village move?" ”

"They're all dead."

Hearing this, everyone looked over in surprise.

"How did you die?" Dark Yan seemed to be particularly curious about this matter, and picked up the stool and sat next to the old man.

As soon as he sat down, he frowned, I don't know if it was an illusion, he actually smelled blood from the old man's body, it was very light, if it wasn't for licking blood at the knife all year round, he wouldn't have smelled it.

Ji Yushu's gaze fell on a hoe in the main hall. The old man's heavy words came from his ears: "I was bitten to death by a beast on Wei Mountain." A year ago, the beasts of Weishan suddenly went crazy for some reason, and then rushed down the mountain and killed the people in the village. Even the children were not spared. ”

"At that time, my wife and I went to my eldest son's house, so we escaped."

A group of people looked at each other in surprise.

"No wonder you can see white bones at the entrance of the village."

"Where does your eldest son live?" As if he was looking for information, Dark Yan asked again.

"Jizhou City." After the old man finished speaking, he shook the long cigarette stick in his hand.

"Then why don't you second elder follow, so that you are not afraid that the beasts on Wei Mountain will go crazy again?" This was asked by Ji Yushu.

The old man didn't speak, and the old lady groped her way to Mrs. Ji and sat down, and then said, "The eldest daughter-in-law won't let me, and it's a burden to dislike us for being old." ”

"How's that going to work? Filial piety comes first, so unreasonable. Xiuhe looked indignant.

At this time, Ji Wu was sleeping very deeply, and she didn't know what several people were talking about.

Mrs. Ji didn't worry about letting her sleep alone in the back room, so she kept holding her.

The room is not spacious, and the oil lamp is dim and not real. The flickering candle flame is in danger of being extinguished at any time.

The black hole outside the house gives people an eerie and terrifying feeling. In addition, the village is not very popular, and Mrs. Ji can't help but panic.

When she turned her head, she saw the old lady touch her and sit down next to her, and to her surprise, there was a faint fragrance on the old lady's body. It's like a medicinal incense.

Many old people in the village will know some herbs, and they will pick herbs to deal with two families when they are sick, and they will go to the city to see them when they are seriously ill. So, it's not surprising that it smells of herbs.

After sitting a little longer, the people made simple food. After a little fullness, each went to sleep. Leave a guard and maid to keep vigil.

After all, there are lessons to be learned from the beast's madness.

Ji Yushu and Dark Yan didn't fall asleep, and the two of them stared at each other in the carriage. Dark Yan hoped that Ji Yushu would fall asleep quickly, so that he could secretly run away with the little monster. As a result, this guy guarded him like a thief.

Dark: "Why don't you sleep?" ”

Ji Yushu ignored him.

Dark: "Don't trust me? ”

Ji Yushu still ignored him.

Dark Yan: "Are you afraid that I will steal my sister-in-law?" ”

Ji Yushu threw a meaningful look this time and let him experience it for himself.

Dark:.

Ji Hou Ye and Imperial Doctor Mu were not very smooth on their side.

After separating from Mrs. Ji, the group set off towards Jizhou City. By the time we arrived, it was getting dark. But the gates of the city were blazing.

The people shouted, "Open the gates, open the gates." ”

A young general hurriedly ran up to the city tower and reported: "General Chen, quickly take up your mind, if you continue like this, the city gate will be broken." ”

When the general next to him heard this, he was so anxious that he sweated. He actually felt that this situation was even more terrifying than the pressure of the army.

"Has Lord Zhizhou reported this matter?"

"It's been reported. But right now."

"Alright, alright, keep shouting." Helpless, I had to let people continue to shout to appease the people, even if the effect was minimal.

"Please don't be impatient, Lord Zhizhou has sent someone to report to the heavens, and the imperial doctor will be sent to treat you in the near future. Please be patient. ”

There are enough sick people in the city, and until an effective cure is developed, there is no point in letting people in, and it will cause civil strife.

In the civil strife more than 20 years ago, nearly 10,000 people were killed and injured, and he really didn't want to repeat the tragic situation of that year.

Under the city tower, more and more ordinary people appeared irritable, angrily raised torches to smash the door, splashing flames will ignite the hay next to it, and the people who did not escape in time directly set fire to their bodies.

Screams rang out one after another.

In the end, it caused a stampede accident, with countless deaths and injuries.

Seeing such a scene, I suddenly had the illusion that the civil strife of the year had reappeared.

Ji Xiaoshan was angry and flew up. Straight down to the roof of the carriage in the center of the entrance. shouted to the officers and soldiers above the city tower: "Let Chen open the city gate quickly, this marquis has a prescription for treating this epidemic." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

Someone exclaimed, "You have a recipe on you?" Are you really Hou Ye? ”

"This marquis's surname is Ji, and it is Ji Xiaoshan, who came to Jizhou to suppress bandits by the emperor's order twenty-two years ago."

Some people who didn't believe it directly picked up the torches in their hands and threw them at Ji Xiaoshan, and some people threw stones.

Ji Xiaoshan just turned sideways slightly and dodged, and said angrily: "It's a big crime to pretend to be the marquis of the court, do you think that this marquis is too long to come and don't even want your life?" Do you know how serious the epidemic is? Anger is anger, but he still cares about the lives of the people in his heart.

"It's General Ji, it's really General Ji." After the survivors of that year recognized Ji Xiaoshan, they shouted in surprise.

"General Ji came to save us, General Ji was not afraid of being infected by the epidemic, and he sacrificed his life to save us." (End of chapter)