Liu Buxiu and his party hastily packed up their things and got into the carriage, as for breakfast, no one was in the mood and appetite to eat anyway. Wang Er was squeezed into a carriage with Liu Buxiu, Yu Xiaohang, and Qi Delong just with a dead face. Of course, this is also conditional, that is, let the dozen or so corpses go back to the grave to rest.

Mikasa Castle can be said to be the largest city near Weiling, and the prosperity of Weiling has led to the development of Mikasa, and Mikasa has a large area of land for grain cultivation, so Mikasa has also earned the reputation of "granary of the Southern Zhou Dynasty".

As the carriage of Liu Buxiu and the others slowly approached Mikasa, there was a little more disbelief in their hearts. The prosperity that should have been full of people was gone, and the soldiers who were normally on duty at the city gate were gone. Rejected horses are scattered haphazardly outside the city, like discarded garbage.

The city gate was ajar, and after the carriage of Liu Buxiu and several people entered the city gate, the silence in the city was terrible, and even the usual roosters and dogs barked without moving. The streets were deserted except for white paper money scattered all over the streets, which showed that too many people had died of the plague. The fog that slowly fills in the morning casts a strange and mysterious veil over Mikasa Castle, making the whole castle look like a ghost town.

Liu Buxiu and the others still thought that they could find someone in the city to ask about the situation, but now it seems that it is just a delusion. Horse-drawn carriages moved slowly down the streets, and the shops on both sides were closed. Yanagi Buxiu took out the map of Mikasa Castle that he had drawn for him before leaving, and carefully identified the direction.

Liu Fang hugged herself tightly, rubbed her arms with both hands, and Ji Lingling shivered and said, "Brother, this city is so scary." ”

Xiao Yue also said with a solemn expression: "Yes, it seems that the situation is much more serious than we imagined, and Mikasa at this time is probably already an empty city." ”

"Well, the impact of this plague has indeed exceeded our expectations. After all, our ability is limited, and we can't manage more, so let's find Lu Qi first" said and checked the map again, pointed in one direction and said: "Go this way, turn two streets and you will arrive at Lu Qi's house, let's go to their house first to see the situation." ”

Several people nodded yes, and the carriage continued on, and after about a cup of tea, the carriage stopped at the door of a house.

Liu Buxiu beckoned everyone to get out of the car: "It's here, it should be here." ”

The door of Lu Qi's house was closed, and the wooden door hung crookedly on the door frame, which could not play a protective role at all. Yu Xiaohang put his head in the crack of the door and looked inside. I saw that everything in the courtyard was placed normally, and even there was water in the bucket next to the well, and there were traces of undried water on the ground, so there should be people living inside.

Yu Xiaohang knocked lightly on the door and shouted, "Is there anyone?

"Xiaohang, is there anyone inside, you just call the door. Liu Buxiu asked Yu Xiaohang.

Yu Xiaohang said worriedly: "The situation in the courtyard should be lived, but now in the city, it is also a question whether he dares to open the door." With that, he continued to knock on the door.

After knocking for a long time, no one responded, and several people in the Wanshiwu looked at each other, all showing disappointed looks.

Xiao Yue: "It seems that there is no one, or let's go." ”

Yuzhao also said: "Today may not be a coincidence, we may see people when we come back at another hour." ”

Liu Buxiu nodded and said, "It's okay, then let's go first." ”

As he spoke, a few people turned around and were about to walk to the carriage, when suddenly a childish voice came from the side: "Who are you looking for?" ”

When Liu Buxiu heard the voice of a person for the first time in this city, they were all in good spirits, and they turned their heads suddenly, only to see an eight or nine-year-old boy next door to Lu Qi's house poking his head out from behind his door, and what he said just now was exactly what he said.

Liu Buxiu and several people hurriedly walked to the little boy, but this action seemed to frighten him, he waved his hand again and again and said in horror: "Don't come here, you may be sick, don't pass it on to me, I don't want to die yet." ”

A few people in the Wanshiwu also realized that their behavior might be a little abrupt, so they quickly stopped. Liu Buxiu squatted down and asked with a smile: "Little friend, what is your name? We want to find the grandfather named Lu Qi next door to your house, do you know where he is?"

The little boy replied in a milky voice: "My name is Sheng'er, and the grandfather you mentioned is called Lu Qi, and I only saw him for the first time yesterday, but he is not at home now, so he should go to the City Lord's Mansion." ”

Lu Qi has been a tomb keeper in the imperial tomb all the year round, and according to the age of this Sheng'er, it is true that he can only see Lu Qi recently, but looking at the child's situation, it seems that there are still people in the family. So Liu Buxiu continued to ask: "Sheng'er, do you know what he went to the City Lord's Mansion for?

"You're from out of town. Liu Buxiu and the others nodded.

Sheng'er continued to explain: "Going to the City Lord's Mansion is naturally to ask for medicine, Brother Xiaofeng, the grandson of Grandpa Lu Qi, is sick and needs to rely on the medicine of the City Lord's Mansion to live. ”

Liu Buxiu and the others frowned, and Yu Xiaohang asked, "Ask for medicine, why don't you city lords of Mikasa Castle just give it if you have medicine that can cure the disease?"

"Because there are so few of them, it can't be for everyone. In the beginning, you can spend money to buy it, and the one with the highest price will get it. Later, it was said that he couldn't buy it, so he had to ask the lord of the castle to get it, and I heard that he had to promise the lord of the castle. ”

Liu Buxiu quietly asked Qi Qi: "Qi Qi, is the medicine you found very valuable, why do they still have to ask for medicine to live?"

Qi Qi looked puzzled, and said, "It's not expensive, you can find it in any pharmacy." If you want to say that it is valuable, only Sister Fang's blood is more valuable. ”

"Is there any other way to treat it?"

"As far as I know, there is definitely not, and the only way to cure it is to follow my methods. However, if it is only for pain relief or relief, there are many other ways to do it. ”

While Liu was talking to Qi Qi, Liu Fang squatted down and approached the little boy, and asked softly, "Sheng'er, is there anyone else in your family?"

Sheng'er showed a sad look on her face, pursed her lips as if she was about to cry, "Mother is sick, my father went to the City Lord's Mansion to ask for medicine in order to save my mother, and my mother was able to get out of bed directly after taking the medicine, we were all very happy and thought it was effective, but one day later, my mother fainted and never woke up, and my father went to the City Lord's Mansion to ask for an explanation, but he didn't come back." Now it's just me, I want to die of illness, but I can't die now, Brother Xiaofeng next door has always been very good to me, and I have to take care of him until he gets better. ”

The words of life and death coming out of the mouth of a child are really heartbreaking. What a simple child, his parents are dead, he just wants to help people who are good to him, that's all.

Yu Xiaohang scolded angrily: "This city lord of Mikasa is not a thing, what kind of medicine is given, can it be called medicine if you eat the medicine of the dead?"

After listening to Sheng'er's words, Qi Qi's expression became rare and solemn, and said, "If I am not mistaken, this city lord's so-called medicine cannot cure diseases at all, but is a poison that urges life. ”

Saying that, she looked at Sheng'er with a serious face and asked, "Sheng'er, is the medicine stove that boiled medicine for your mother still at that time?" I understand medical science, and if you show me, maybe you can know what the city lord gave. ”

Sheng'er looked at Qiqi with expectant eyes, "Sister, can you really figure out the truth?"

"Yes!" Qi Qi had never been so serious, and his tone of voice had never been so categorical.

"Alright, come in. Sheng'er took the initiative to open the door and make way for Liu Buxiu and the others. After Liu Buxiu and a few people entered, Sheng'er looked at the door a few times and closed the wooden door.

Sheng'er's home is very simple, if others think that this is simple, the situation may be fine, but from the eyes of Liu Buxiu and Liu Fang, it feels simple, it can really be said that there is nothing.

Sheng'er said, "Wait a minute. Then, he went into the house and took out a blackened medicine stove and handed it to Qiqi.

Qiqi picked up a small wooden stick from the ground, scraped a small amount of black residue from the inner wall of the medicine furnace, first put it in front of her nose and sniffed it, and then put it in her test tube. Then Qiqi took out her bottles and cans and began to add them to the test tube.

In the process of Qiqi checking the medicine residue, Yuzhao's expression was very strange, and he suddenly asked, "Sheng'er, since your parents are not there, how do you live?"

"I had been eating my family's bread a few days ago, but yesterday I ran out of bread, and I had no money and didn't dare to go out. When I didn't know what to do, it happened that Brother Xiaofeng's grandfather, Grandpa Lu Qi, came back, and he went out to get food for the past two days, and I took care of Brother Xiaofeng. As he spoke, Sheng'er stretched out his hand and pointed to the wall connecting his house to the Lu Qi family next door, and there was a big hole on it that allowed Sheng'er to bow his head and pass through.

Yu Zhao nodded, and continued to ask a little aggressively: "We didn't have a single shop on the way into the city, and no matter how powerful your Seventh Grandfather Lu is, it is impossible to conjure up food." Besides, he hasn't been in Mikasa for many years, so how can he find a way to get something to eat?"

"This sister, you don't know much about our Mikasa's current situation. Although everyone doesn't come out to do business during the day, everyone has to survive and eat, so at night on the third watch, people in the city who want to exchange or buy and sell things go to the Mikasa Night Market to trade. It's not that you think that everyone doesn't do business, and everyone can only starve to death. ”

Yuzhao nodded and didn't ask any more. At this time, Qi Qi suddenly put down the test tube in his hand, his face was very ugly, and he gasped angrily. Everyone asked what was wrong, Qi Qi sat on the edge of the well, and said angrily: "The people in the City Lord's Mansion are not people at all, they are beasts! It is just to temporarily make people lose their sense of pain and then squeeze out the last bit of vitality of the patient, creating a state of returning to the light, which makes people mistakenly think that it is medicine to get rid of the disease. In fact, it does not help the patient's condition, but he is not aware of it when he dies. ”

"Huh?" Sheng'er cried out in a lost voice, hurriedly ran to the door, and said, "Then I have to tell Grandpa Lu Qi to go quickly, but I can't let this medicine kill Brother Xiaofeng." ”

Before Liu Buxiu and a few people stopped him, he had already run to the door and took the latch. As soon as Sheng'er opened the door, an old voice came from outside the door: "Sheng'er, where are you going?"