The Difficulty of Shu Road Volume 12 The Difficulty of Shu Road (II)

Su Zhuo sighed and said, "Since this dynasty alone, there have been many turmoil in Shuzhong. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoMany people occupy the Sword Gate Pass and fight against the imperial court. The most recent one, and the biggest one, was that the Tang Sect in Shuzhong entangled the Thirty-six Caves and rebelled together. Although after a few years, this group of people was finally suppressed, and the Tang Sect was destroyed because of this. However, after this turmoil, the people's livelihood in Shu has withered, and it has been difficult to recover for many years. Therefore, although Jincheng is Yunle, it is better to return home early!"

Duan Lihua worried: "Then do we still have to keep moving forward?"

Su Zhuo smiled and said, "With me here, what are you afraid of? If you go fast, we will be able to rush to Jianmen Pass tomorrow." The road after that will be easier!"

The two talked and laughed all the way, and walked for a day unconsciously. Su Xuangong was in his body, and although he was carrying one person, he still walked very fast. At the end of the day, she actually drove 300 miles, which made Duan Lihua call incredible. There is no village in front of here, and there is no store in the back. The two of them were going to camp out in the mountains again. The mountain wind was cold, and Duan Lihua had to continue to get into Su Zhuo's arms so that she could fall asleep.

The two of them slept in the open air, rushed for four or five days, crossed the Sword Pavilion, crossed the Yangtze River, and finally arrived outside Chengdu. At this time, Lihua's foot injury was also healed, and she could walk on her own. The terrain was flat, so she put her mind at ease and shouted: "After a few days of dangerous roads, my heart has been hanging." Now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief!"

Su Zhuo pointed to a village in front of him and said, "Let's go there and rest first!"

The two walked quickly to the entrance of the village, and saw several people wearing linen and filial piety, carrying a burden, and a corpse lying on it. Su Zhuo frowned, took Duan Lihua's hand, and flashed aside. As the funeral procession passed, Su Zhuo suddenly caught a glimpse of the white cloth on the body on the burden being lifted by the wind, revealing the face of the deceased. He was suddenly shocked, it turned out that this face was blue-gray, staring at a pair of blood-red eyes, which was really weird.

Su Zhuo felt uneasy and waited for the team to pass by. Duan Lihua suddenly pointed to the village and said, "Mr. Su, look!" Su Zhuoshun looked at her fingers, and saw that seven or eight of the ten households in the village had black and white couplets hanging at their doors. The two were even more surprised, Duan Lihua said, "Could it be that every family here is doing funerals?"

Su Zhuo frowned and said nothing, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a middle-aged man coming. Su Zhuo asked, "This eldest brother, is there anything going on in the village?

The man coughed heavily, glanced at the two of them, and said, "You're from somewhere else, aren't you?

"Plague?!" Su Zhuo and Duan Lihua exclaimed at the same time.

The man said this, and went away, without looking at the two of them. Duan Lihua said worriedly: "Sir, let's get out of here quickly!"

Su Zhuo shook his head and said, "There have been no major epidemics and disasters in the past two years, and now it is a cold winter, which is the most unlikely time for a plague, how can a plague suddenly occur here?"

Duan Lihua said: "There are natural disasters in the sky, and there are man-made disasters. A sudden plague is also possible. Let's not stay here for long!"

Su Zhuo groaned: "I saw the face of that dead man just now, that man's face is blue and black, his eyes are red, this is not like a symptom of the plague! I don't think it's that simple!"

Duan Lihua said: "Sir, do you want to stay? But the wedding date of your show girl is getting closer and closer! Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to catch up?"

Su Zhuo said: "Anyway, it's not early today, and if you go further, I'm afraid that you will have to sleep in the wild again." Why don't we just spend the night in the village, and tomorrow we will definitely leave!"

Duan Lihua knew that no one could change what Su Zhuo decided. The two of them followed the path into the village, and after walking for a while, they saw a thatched hut with the door of the wood half-hidden, but the inside of the house was pitch black. Su Zhuo stopped and shouted twice, but no one answered. An old woman came out of a nearby family and said, "Stop shouting!

Su Chu's heart sank, sighed, and asked, "Old man, when did the plague happen here?"

The old woman had not spoken for a long time, and suddenly met someone who was willing to talk to her, so she was naturally very excited, swept away the depression just now, coughed and stepped forward and said: "It started three or four months ago! First a few people began to get sick, and then everyone was infected!"

Su Zhuo nodded, three or four months ago, it was when he was investigating the silver ticket case in Jinling. He asked again, "Then didn't you invite Lang Zhong to come and see it?"

"Why didn't you see it?" said the old woman with a sigh, "but Lang Zhong himself in the village is dead, and who would dare to come when someone else hears that there is a plague here?" It is said that he boiled several pots of medicine, and many sick people drank it, and his health actually improved a lot. But later, Na Langzhong also left. I guess I know that I can't cure it, and I'm afraid of being infected!"

Su Zhuo frowned and said, "Are you just staying here and waiting to die?

The old woman smiled sadly and said, "We old bones, how many years do we have to live? And this plague is also strange, it is actually a few young men who died first!"

Su Zhuo was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "Yes! Why is this like this?"

Duan Lihua also felt strange and said, "How could it be that the sturdy young man died first? On the contrary, the old and weak didn't die? Oh, grandma, I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude to you." ”

When the old woman saw such a well-behaved girl, she was not angry, and said, "Hey, there is nothing wrong with what you said. ”

Su Zhuo asked again: "Old man, when you first got sick, did anything strange happen?"

The old woman thought for a moment and said, "When you ask about this, I do remember it." At that time, it seems that Lang Zhong also asked this question. A few young men said that one day three months ago, many people were working in the fields. Suddenly, a man covered in blood ran out of the woods. The man ran near, and died. Later, a few young men could not bear to see him in the wilderness, so they buried him by the edge of the woods. After that, the young men who buried the people fell ill one after another. ”

The more Su Zhuo listened, the more gloomy his face became. After the old woman finished speaking, he immediately asked, "Did Lang Zhong go and dig up the buried grave after saying it?"

The old woman nodded, "That's right, that's right, how do you know?"

Duan Lihua said: "My husband is an immortal, there is nothing I don't know!"

Su Zhuo frowned and said, "Xiaoyi, don't talk nonsense!" Duan Lihua was busy and silent.

The old woman didn't care, sneered a few times, and said, "Where are the immortals? If there are immortals, they are also blind immortals! More than 20 people have died, and no immortals have seen them...... " said with a cane, laughing and coughing, and slowly walked away. (To be continued.) )