Chapter 129: The Plague (6)
When Jiang Yuan left the city, the sky had already darkened, and the city gate happened to be closed.
However, the officers and soldiers defending the city did not dare to stop Jiang Yuan, so they had to reopen the city gate for him to let him go.
Outside the city, inside the wooden fence that was like a prison, many patients lay on the fence, screaming in pain, crying in despair, or staring out hollowly. The scene is dark and depressing, like a ghost domain.
The wooden fence had been chained, but the officers and soldiers guarding it were nowhere to be seen.
Qingniu Village is one day away from Pengcheng, and the time can be shortened by half if you hurry up.
Jiang Yuan rushed to Pengcheng from Qingniu Village today, and now he turned back, and he had only walked out of Pengcheng not far away, but the sky had gradually darkened.
A little farther away from Pengcheng, the night dome is like a pitch-black cauldron, upside down in the vast land.
Behind is the outline of Pengcheng in the depths, and in front, there is a long dragon of torches slowly coming towards Pengcheng.
When he got closer, Jiang Yuan realized that it was hundreds of people who pulled into a long line, dragging their families and mouths, and came to Pengcheng along the official road together.
Torches danced in the night wind, illuminating the terrifying faces of the people.
These were all people infected with the plague, and the skin of their faces was ulcerated in large areas, and yellow-white pus could be seen flowing from time to time.
Contrary to the listlessness of the day, these patients seem to have regained their normal energy and do not seem to feel very tired even after long walks.
"Why are they all heading for Pengcheng?"
Jiang Yuan was confused, and these people gradually bypassed Jiang Yuan's horses and continued to move forward.
Suddenly, Jiang Yuan felt the slightest trace of ghost qi generated around him, and he drilled towards his body one after another.
"It's ...... How does the plague spread?"
Those ghost qi came from the surrounding people, and the ghost qi that was fed by the vitality of the people had become a little thicker than in the daytime.
Not only do they entrench in the people like the roots of a spider's web, but as the sun recedes, they also extend their wisps like tentacles that wander through the air around them.
The target of these ghosts is not to be infected with the disease, but to wander to the healthy living.
When the ghost qi entered Jiang Yuan's body, it naturally could not cause harm to Jiang Yuan, but was constantly devoured and absorbed by him.
In the long procession of the people, suddenly someone shouted:
"Look! Pengcheng is ahead! We're going to be saved!"
The people also saw the tall Pengcheng in the night, and they cheered loudly, and the speed of their progress became faster and faster.
Jiang Yuan stopped a passing person and asked:
"Uncle, what are you doing in Pengcheng?"
The passer-by was an old man, he glanced at Jiang Yuan, and replied:
"Today, the Pengcheng government and the Star Demon Sea split their helms and sent fast horses and flying pigeons to inform everyone that the plague exorcists had come to Pengcheng to distribute elixir to cure the epidemic. So we all rushed over at once. The people who live far away from Pengcheng are still behind, and they will see more people rushing here tomorrow. ”
At this time, I saw a little girl and a little boy emerging from behind the old man, looking curiously at Jiang Yuan, who was riding a tall horse.
Jiang Yuan also looked at the two children, who were almost the same age as Qianluo.
But the skin on the faces of these two young children also festered a lot, which made the two clever and cute children a little weird.
Their little hands scratched at their faces, and as their nails slashed, more skin broke open and blood mixed with pus flowed down.
The old man hurriedly scolded and slapped their hands to stop them from continuing to scratch, and then sighed at Jiang Yuan:
"This is my grandchildren, who are fine during the day, but they are infected after the sun goes down...... Young people, although you look healthy, it is difficult to say whether you have been infected or not. But I suggest you go to Pengcheng to find the Plague Messenger to have a look. ”
Jiang Yuan thanked him, and the old man also left with the child.
Riding on horseback, Jiang Yuan looked at the people who were constantly surging towards Pengcheng around him.
Under the threat of life and death from the epidemic, they couldn't care about the danger of the night, and rushed to Pengcheng overnight.
The news that they could cure the disease was very different from the news they had personally received from Fang Qian.
Faintly, Jiang Yuan had a not very good premonition......
He was about to continue riding his horse, but suddenly he felt a cold ghostly aura.
Jiang Yuan's eyes lit up, and he pointed at a black shadow not far away that was dodging among the people not far away:
"Stop!"
Seeing that the man in the black robe was discovered, he immediately walked towards Jiang Yuan, and at the same time lifted the hood on his head, revealing a cold face, which was none other than Princess Youyue.
Jiang Yuanleng says:
"I told you that you are not allowed to go to Pengcheng without my consent!
Of course, Princess Youyue was unwilling to sit still, and wanted to enter Pengcheng at night to find her sister.
At this time, she was discovered by Jiang Yuan, her eyes were full of anger, and she was about to speak, but suddenly a surprised voice came from Jiang Yuan's back:
"Sister Youyue!"
Princess Youyue trembled, and finally saw the wood carving on Jiang Yuan's back.
Jiang Yuan raised his horsewhip and slapped the wood carving behind him, silencing the wood carving.
He didn't want to be in front of a large crowd because a wood sculpture could speak.
Jiang Yuan pointed to the place far away from the ranks of the common people with his horsewhip, and said to Princess Youyue:
"Just looking for you, let's go over and talk. ”
Then Jiang Yuan shook the reins and rode away into the distance.
Princess Youyue had no choice, although her sister was in front of her, she couldn't take it back, so she could only follow Jiang Yuan.
After gradually moving away from the people, there were no more people around, and Jiang Yuan finally stopped.
He jumped off his horse, took out the scroll in his bosom and unfolded it on the ground, pointed to the Shootless City and Fengyi, and said:
"I'm going to use the ghost gate to teleport to these two places with red dots. But I can't find an accurate teleportation array, you help me, I can consider letting your sister go. ”
Princess Youyue looked at Jiang Yuan suspiciously, and then said slowly while carefully examining the map:
"Do you want to go and get medicine? The two places you mentioned, one is Wushu City, and the other is Chen Guo Fengyi, I remember that Fengyi is rich in eclipse grass here...... It's just that these two places are guarded by the masters of the Gong family, and the vicinity is isolated by them with a formation, and the ghost gate cannot be opened there. This road does not work. ”
Princess Youyue was once the daughter of the feudal lord of Wuxian County back then, so she has a wide range of knowledge and dabbles in a lot. Not only can we identify the red dot as the source of the eclipse grass, but we can also know that the ghost gate in those two places is impassable.
Jiang Yuan's breath stagnated, his fists clenched suddenly, it was the first time he had heard this.
If he couldn't use the ghost gate to go back and forth, his plan would be completely frustrated.
Running back and forth like this, is it still a waste in the end......
Qianluo's life could not be saved, and her illness would soon spread to Li Siyan, Chen Yin, and Ding Ze, and none of the four children would survive at that time.
"I thought I was already strong...... Jiang Yuan's thoughts were instantly confused, his teeth clenched, "Could it be ...... But you can't even save four children?"
In such a dark and troubled world, Jiang Yuan's first thought was to live.
But what about when you can live, when you're strong enough, when you're no longer treated like a fish?
Jiang Yuan doesn't think of himself as an ironman superman who is extremely determined and can get rid of the seven emotions and six desires of human beings.
He needs a lot of things, not just strength and power, but also a lot of things that even ordinary people aspire to.
The expression on his face began to become hideous, and a beastly roar came out of his mouth, and a feeling of tyranny and ferocity continued to flood his brain.
His head drooped, and what others couldn't see was that his face was changing strangely and rapidly, shifting and merging between the two faces of Broken Dead Jun Yu and Jiang Yuan.
At this time, Princess Dark Moon pointed to another place on the map:
"It's okay to mark this red dot, this is the southern part of a small country, Xin, this place is rich in eclipse grass and the production is very large, enough to help Pengcheng survive this disaster. And I can teleport smoothly here, and I know the path of teleportation. ”
Jiang Yuan raised his head sharply and stared at Princess Youyue viciously.
Without warning, Jiang Yuan threw a punch and knocked Princess Youyue away.
Then Jiang Yuan roared:
"Can you finish what you have to say in one go?!"
In an instant just now, Jiang Yuan's mind was in turmoil, and he was almost taken advantage of by Jun Yu.
Fortunately, things took a turn for the better later, and Jiang Yuan's mind quickly recovered.
As Jiang Yuan's face changed, he covered his heart, and a few drops of magma-like blood dripped from the corners of his mouth.
The battle in Fang Cai's mind was not so easy, and even Jiang Yuan was injured.
Princess Yuyue got up from the ground in anger and walked back step by step.
She didn't know what Jiang Yuan was crazy about, but fortunately, although Jiang Yuan had a lot of strength, he didn't use that weird flame, and ordinary physical attacks had little effect on ghosts.
Otherwise, if this all-out punch brought fire, it could almost kill Princess Yueyue with one punch.
Dryad Lin Yulin hurriedly persuaded:
"Everyone, say well, don't fight!"
Jiang Yuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, straightened up and said angrily at Princess Youyue:
"I almost killed Lao Tzu...... I won't bother with you about this for now. You can also see that your sister is in my hands, and I can make her burn from a tree into a pile of charcoal in a single thought. If you want to save her, take me to that place in the country of Xin. ”
Princess Youyue looked at Jiang Yuan coldly:
"I can take you there, I'll be waiting for you at the entrance of the ghost gate of the mass grave, but you'd better not break your word!"
Jiang Yuan replied:
"I've always been good at talking. ”
Princess Youyue finally looked at the wood carving behind Jiang Yuan, and a pair of cold phoenix eyes also appeared gentle at this time:
"Yulin, don't be afraid, my sister will definitely save you. ”
After finishing speaking, Princess Youyue's whole body suddenly turned into a gust of black wind and swept away in the direction of the mass grave.
Jiang Yuan also shook the reins, and chased the horse towards the black wind.
The horses walked up the official road and returned in the direction of Pengcheng, and the mass grave was in the suburbs west of Pengcheng, and there was still a way to turn back.
As he gradually approached Pengcheng, Jiang Yuan could even hear the loud shouts of the people gathered at the city gate, as if begging the officers and soldiers defending the city to open the city gate.
Jiang Yuan didn't care much, and was about to leave on horseback.
However, at this time, I suddenly heard a frightened cry from the people.
Then I saw that the fire on the city wall was flourishing, and countless officers and soldiers appeared at the head of the wall, they drew bows and arrows, and pointed at the people under the city.