Chapter 256

Imperial City——

They had imagined that they would see the chaos crowded with people, that there would be patients lying on the side of the road, that they would hear the patients' moaning in pain, and that they would imagine all kinds of bad scenes. What they didn't expect was that they were greeted by a whole city. Empty silence.

It's not as quiet as Hejian City, which is a decaying city. The gates here are wide open, and the main city roads are empty and clean. There are no sick or dead bodies, and no living people walking around.

Feng Mei and the others looked at each other in blank dismay. If they said that the information they got from Zhang Yue was wrong, such a city should not exist in the epidemic area, and it was unreasonable to be so clean.

They were planning to go into the city to investigate, when Rong Qing sharply saw a figure at the corner of the city wall, as soon as he signaled, guards immediately stopped the man who was obviously frightened and was about to leave.

Feng Mei and the others walked over.It was a thin and thin person, but the other person was wrapped tightly. In the early autumn when the sun was still very strong, this person's face was still wrapped in a turban, only showing a pair of eyes full of panic.

After being stopped, the man knelt down directly, holding his head, shivering his body: "I, I'm leaving now, don't hit me, don't hit me..."

The voice was hoarse, and during the movement, the headscarf fell off, revealing the face of an old woman.

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About an hour later, Feng Mei and the others figured out the identity of the woman.

The woman's name is Xu Cuie, from Hejian City, she is 31 years old, but her face is as old as a woman in her 50s or [-]s.

When meeting Feng Mei and the others, Xu Cui'e would have such a reaction, just because of her identity——

She is someone who is not welcomed by the imperial city and everyone in the Danhe epidemic area.

Her in-laws, husband, and children were all beaten to death.And she was often beaten, but she ordered Da Di to survive.

All because the first person to get sick was her child, her youngest son, who was nine years old.Therefore, her family was regarded as the chief culprit of the plague. The blockade from the outside world made them stay here, living in hiding, and she was the only one left in the end.

This time she will go to Yucheng to find food.Now all the food that can be eaten in this area is in the imperial city, she has been hungry for two days, and then she mustered up the courage to go outside the imperial city to find something to eat, but she did not expect to meet Feng Mei and the others when she first arrived.She thought that Feng Mei and the others were from the city, and they wanted to escape in a hurry because they were afraid of being beaten.

After Xu Cui'e ate hungrily, Feng Mei asked, "Do you know what's going on in the imperial city?"

Xu Cui'e shook her head: "I haven't been in. But the people who are still alive in this area are all concentrated in the imperial city. In the past, I secretly looked inside and it seemed very lively, but today I don't know what happened. The city is very quiet."

It was because she didn't see anyone from outside today that she plucked up the courage to sneak in to find something to eat.

I have already arrived at the imperial city, and if I can't get any news here, I will go in and have a look.Feng Mei asked Xu Cui'e to leave and planned to leave, but Rong Qing didn't move.

Feng Mei stamped her feet and heard Rong Qing ask Xu Cuie: "Can you tell me about your son before he got sick?"

Xu Cuie's body trembled, and she immediately became alert.But maybe it was because Feng Mei and the others gave her food. Although she was very nervous, she was much better than when she was outside the city gate. She just said anxiously: "This disease was not infected by my son, and my son is not a sinner... I don't believe you Look at me, I take care of my son when he is sick, and I am not sick."

With a gentle smile in his mouth, Rong Qing comforted the other party with a warm voice like a spring breeze. Xu Cui'e gradually put down his guard again and answered his question seriously.

(End of this chapter)

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