Chapter 146: The Return (1)
When the morning sun rose, the people on the walls of Pengcheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's finally dawn," Pengcheng County Ling didn't sleep all night, and the continuous staying up late had made his eyes dark, "This night, I don't know how many people died?"
At this time, the only person who was still accompanying him in the city was Tang Kun, the elder of the Star Demon Sea.
Tang Kun's graceful demeanor was also lost in the tiredness, he stared at the corpses that were unburied in the fields under the city, and the empty and desperate living people sighed:
"At this rate, I'm afraid that in two more nights, everyone will die......
In addition to epidemics, there are other things that can kill people.
In such a hellish environment, despair drives people crazy.
In the past two days, there have been several incidents of madmen slaughtering others. One of them was a powerful warrior who killed hundreds of people in one night, only to be killed by a master sent by the Star Demon Sea after dawn.
Others began to resent, resenting why they were dying while the people in the city were still able to live unharmed.
They threw pus-stained stones into the city, and skilled men tried to climb over the walls at night to spread the disease.
This also led to more resentful killings and increased vigilance at night.
Many more, however, endure all this in silence.
Tang Kun saw the family huddled in the grass at the foot of the city wall.
The parents were holding two young children in their arms, but the two children had already died of illness and even the bodies were beginning to decompose.
But the couple still talked to them while they were still alive, and even planned to feed them some food.
Seeing this tragic scene, Tang Kun shook his head slightly and sighed.
In this disaster, most of the first people to die were some frail old and young women and children.
Most of those who can survive until now are just some young people with good physical fitness.
As long as the young and strong can survive, they can gradually multiply, and Peng County will have a chance to continue to prosper in the future.
Such a statement is too cruel, and even Tang Kun is still hesitating in his heart, can these young men really continue to insist?
Fortunately, there was no more encirclement and suppression of these patients, and Jiang Yuan's donation of relief money was abundant, and a large amount of food was transported out of the city, which also avoided famine among these patients.
The county magistrate on the side suddenly said:
"Last night there were rumors that there were demons on the outskirts of the city. ”
Tang Kun retracted his thoughts:
"Is that true?"
The county magistrate shook his head:
"The plague spreads at night, and the night guards do not dare to go out of the city to investigate. Presumably, the film industry of your gang doesn't dare to go out of the city, right?"
Tang Kun nodded, this is the truth, there is nothing to hide.
The prefectural order continues:
"Fortunately, the huge flame demon did not continue to appear, otherwise I am afraid that the people of the city would not have been spared this disaster. In order to protect the people in the city from demons and ghosts, the night guard has already asked for help from the county administration, hoping to send a star envoy to Pengcheng. ”
Tang Kun frowned when he heard this, now there is already an epidemic envoy in the city, if there is another star envoy in Pengcheng, then the power of the government will undoubtedly increase greatly, and the star demon sea will ......
followed Tang Kun but secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, the most serious thing at the moment is whether he can survive this plague, thinking that those things that are fighting for power and profit are too far away.
The county commander had been secretly observing the expression of this Star Demon Sea Elder, and he was just about to continue saying something, when there was a sudden commotion among the people under the city.
"What's going on?" Tang Kun also noticed the movement of the people.
The county order only when the people were about to start a riot, they hurriedly ordered the officers and soldiers at the head of the city:
"Don't doze off, sober up for the officer!
The sound of bows and arrows and armor shaking on the wall was endless, and the officers and soldiers were ready.
The county commander and Tang Kun looked nervously down from the battlement.
I saw that the city was crowded, and hundreds of people ran in a certain direction, constantly shouting something.
The desperate, hollow, corpse-like men seemed to regain their souls in an instant, and they ran and screamed as they could.
The county magistrate and Tang Kun hurriedly looked to the west, where the people were also surging.
The rays of the sun in the east shine straight on the meadows in the west, making the weeds gently swaying and exuding green vitality.
A hill squirmed slowly on the grass, a behemoth formed by countless bulging sacks tied together.
The hill was pulled and dragged on the ground by an iron chain, and at the end of the chain was a man with a steady step.
"Lord Jiang Xiang ......" Tang Kun, who was a martial artist, first saw the man clearly, "It's Lord Jiang Xiang!"
Hearing Tang Kun's excited chant, the county magistrate was also full of astonishment and surprise:
"Do you mean...... Did Lord Jiang Xiang really bring back the medicinal herbs?"
The two stood excitedly at the head of the city, watching the man get closer and closer.
Countless people gathered around him, screaming desperately:
"Jiang Xiang Lord!Jiang Xiang Lord!Jiang Xiang Lord!Jiang Xiang Lord!Jiang Xiang Lord!Jiang Xiang Lord......"
The officers and soldiers at the head of the city also loosened the bowstring in their hands one after another, and their eyes focused on Jiang Yuan's body.
The county order reacted first:
"Hurry up and inform the plague eradicator! No, no, prepare the horses! I'll go myself!"
As he spoke, the county commander hurriedly ran down the city, and even almost fell down the stone steps.
"Peng County...... There is salvation!" Tang Kun was still muttering to himself.
Even though he was an Elder of the Star Demon Sea and had fought countless battles in his life, he was still surging when he saw this scene.
But he also calmed down quickly, and his heart quickly pondered:
"In the future, Pengcheng will divide the rudder, where should I go......"
Star Demon Hai Pengcheng is about to undergo drastic changes. How to protect himself and gain benefits in this upheaval has become a serious problem for Tang Kun.
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Lord Jiang Xiang brought back the eclipse grass to save the people of Peng County. In just half an hour, the news spread throughout Pengcheng.
Many people spontaneously beat gongs and drums to go to the streets to tell each other, and some people even ran to celebrate.
Countless people poured into the city, trying to catch a glimpse of Jiang Yuan's demeanor. Their enthusiasm could not be stopped even by the officers and soldiers.
Fang Qian, who had been cowering in the house for days and not seeing guests, finally appeared.
He took a group of officers and soldiers out of the city gate and went to greet Jiang Yuan in person.
When the plague exorcist personally confirmed that Jiang Yuan had brought back the eclipse grass, he immediately accepted the mountain-like medicinal herbs and began to prepare good medicines.
And the whole Pengcheng was boiling, when Jiang Yuan walked into the city from outside the city, countless people gathered around him, crying and prostrate and bowing.
They stretched out their hands, hoping to touch the clothes of the man who was like a savior.
There were so many people who came in the crowd that there were even quite a few stampedes.
This also made the government and the Star Demon Sea join forces to mobilize a large number of people to evacuate the people, and they are very busy.
Days of indulgence, repression, and malaise, the whole city regains its vitality and hope in this moment.
Everyone was busy, some were generous, some were selfless, and some were fanatical worshippers.
After the mobilization of the whole city, temporary tents and wooden sheds stretched for miles outside the city, and the dead bodies were carried away and buried. This seemed unnecessary, but this moment was even more urgent.
The epidemic eradicators finally had no time to spare, and the medicines prepared day and night were constantly distributed to various patients.
Fast horses galloped out of the city with medicinal herbs and went to various parts of Peng County to save more patients.
Various legends about Jiang Yuan began to circulate in the streets and alleys of Pengcheng, most of which seemed absurd and illusory, but they became stories that people talked about after dinner.
There was even a cry that began to circulate among the people, and they discussed that the master of Pengcheng should be Jiang Yuan, not the mediocre You Mingxuan.
Such calls became more and more popular, and even most of the gangs in the Star Demon Sea openly agreed.
And You Mingxuan began to close his doors, and he was even absent from several discussions on major issues in the city.
Some people even discovered that You Mingxuan had moved his family out of Peng County, and it seemed that he had also realized the danger.
However, this kind of struggle at the top is not the concern of the people, they are more concerned about who saved them in times of crisis.
The people who gathered around Jiang Yuan's mansion every day to try to meet could fill an entire street, and in order to maintain order in Jiang Yuan's mansion, the Star Demon Sea even sent hundreds of helpers to maintain it.
However, Jiang Yuan also began to close his door and never showed up again.
Under the love house and Wu, the subordinates in the Jiang Mansion have become the objects of enthusiasm among the people.
Even if he was just a Ye Xianglang who could enter Jiang Mansion, he became arrogant, and everywhere he passed, he was surrounded by many people to ask about Jiang Yuan's deeds.
The most fanatical are the patients whose lives have been saved.
They often worship Jiang Yuan's mansion outside the city, and many people make Jiang Yuan's immortal tablet for worship.
Some people even declared that Jiang Yuan was the patron saint of Peng County, and with him for a day, Peng County could be stable.
In such an atmosphere, the plague began to subside little by little.
The patient's ulcerated skin also began to scab over and the condition gradually stabilized.
Many people who have recovered have also begun to embark on the journey back to their hometowns. Patients who are not yet able to travel are also well cared for.
Everything is moving in a good direction, and even if there are some negative events, it can't change the general trend.
There are fewer and fewer patients outside the city, and even the ban on the city gates of Pengcheng has been lifted. Only in the mass graves in the west of the city can you hear the heart-rending cries of the people paying tribute to their relatives who died in the plague.
A month later, all the tents set up outside Pengcheng had been dismantled, and not a single patient was still outside the city.
In the whole Peng County, there are few cases of epidemics.
This plague-induced catastrophe is passing little by little.
Although Peng Cheng was happy, Jiang Yuan, who had been staying at home, was not easy.
It's not that he doesn't want to make a difference these days, but he has other struggles.
The injuries inflicted on him by Jin Kaijia have not yet healed, and although the recovery speed is not slow, it looks like it will take a long time.