Record of Yin and Yang

Facing the vigilant officers and soldiers, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi did not push back.From the mouths of the officers and soldiers, I learned that this place is a place of isolation, and seeing that this place is full of vitality, and the fog is not as thick as other places, it must be that the people isolated here are healthy people who have not yet been infected.

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi turned and walked to the side, where the officers and soldiers could not see, Shao Yi drew another talisman, recited the mantra and threw the burnt talisman into the sky above the place.Then they continued to walk elsewhere, this time they were not chasing life, but gray mist.

Searching for the densest place, they finally came to a place far away from the isolated place in the opposite direction, where a faint group of vitality appeared, the gray fog was particularly thick, and the phantom in the sky was the main force. place to wander.

It is the same street, and there are officers and soldiers guarding the street, but it is several times that of the previous street.The street was brightly lit, and there was a lot of noise, crying and cursing, and groups of people rushed to the street entrance desperately.

With good eyesight, Gu Jiu noticed that the people rushing forward all had gray complexions, red eyes and white lips, shortness of breath, accompanied by one or two coughs from time to time, which were the symptoms of already infected but not serious.

The officers and soldiers stood against the guns, sweating and confronting these patients who had become crazy in despair. As long as someone rushed over, the spears in their hands would stab them without hesitation. The blood stimulated everyone's senses, causing them to retreat cowardly and move forward frantically.

"Let us out, do you still have the conscience to keep us here waiting to die?!"

"Let Yuan Peng hand over his son Yuan Bo! It is he who angered the gods and brought this disaster on. If he is burned, the gods will appease their anger and we will be saved!"

"Hand over Yuan Bo and burn him!"

"Burn him!"

"Burn him!"

Shouts of hatred almost shook the sky. They shouted and approached the confronting officers and soldiers step by step, and the officers and soldiers couldn't help but retreat step by step.

Seeing that there would be trouble if this situation continued, Shao Yi quickly took out the talisman paper, and threw it into the sky in the same way, and then the people who were agitated just now regained some sense and calmed down a little.

The two people here didn't go in either. They wanted to find the source of the hostility, and it would be difficult to come out after going in.

Turning around to leave, Gu Jiu subconsciously touched his little brother's head, and murmured, "Who is this Yuan Bo, and what does it have to do with the plague incident, so that these people hate him so much?"

"Go and ask." Shao Yi said.

The city is empty, and almost the entire city’s people have gathered in those two places, but before they occasionally saw sporadic lights, the officers and soldiers who are infected must not let them live where they are, and it is more likely that those who are not infected but are unwilling The people who left their homes.

Now the whole city is in a panic, everyone is in danger, it is very dark, and I could see sporadic lights just now, except for those two streets, I can't see anything at all.Gu Jiu and Shao Yi knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered.

Just when they were at a loss, the younger brother suddenly meowed softly in one direction.Gu Jiu hurriedly turned around, and saw two black shadows squatting at the door of a shop in the distance.

Gu Jiu raised her eyebrows, and walked over quietly with Shao Yi, only to find that the shadows were two men, holding shovels in their hands to pry open the door.

"Both of you." Gu Jiu said, and patted the shoulders of the two of them.

The two uttered terrified screams in an instant, their voices changed, their knees softened and they knelt down, their shovels in their hands danced vigorously, and they shouted: "Don't come here! Don't come here!"

Gu Jiu raised his hands and shrugged, and took a step back, "Don't be afraid, we just entered the city today, and we just wanted to ask someone what happened to the plague in the city."

There were two men, a middle-aged man and a young man. The young man didn't believe his words, "The city gate has already been sealed, how did you get in?"

Gu Jiu nonsense: "I climbed over the wall to get in."

The young man was skeptical, "You know that there is a plague in the city, why dare you come in? Are you not afraid of getting sick?"

Gu Jiu also said: "Then what about you, there is a safe place for you to stay, why are you taking the risk of staying outside?"

"I dare not go to that place." The young man said, "There are so many people gathered together, who knows if there is any disease that has not been detected? If we are unlucky and happen to stay with someone who suddenly becomes ill, then we I will be imprisoned in Plague Street, and I will not survive."

"Plague Street? Is it the one to the south?"

"That's where all the sick people in the city are locked up inside. Once inside, they can only wait to die."

Gu Jiu nodded, "Then what happened to Yuan Bo?"

"Yuan Bo?!" The young man's voice raised a little, just like those sick people, with great hatred, "If it weren't for him, our Shangyang County would not be like this, and everyone would not get sick!"

There is a sheriff in Shangyang County named Yuan Peng, and Yuan Bo is his son.The so-called sky is high and the emperor is far away. In Shangyang County, Yuan Peng is the sky, and Yuan Bo is almost the prince.With this kind of background, and Yuan Peng is not a good person, how good can the Yuan Bo he taught be?

Twenty days ago, Yuan Bo bullied a little widow. The little widow couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide by hitting a wall.In fact, Yuan Bo used to do things like this often. He had eight lives if not ten, but because of his father's reasons, even if there were people who didn't like it, he didn't dare to say anything.

I thought that the death of this little widow would be the same as those who died in Yuan Bo's hands before, causing no waves, but unexpectedly, on the third day after the death of the little widow, Yuan Bo fainted without warning. I fell down, and then developed a fever, which was diagnosed as typhoid fever by the doctor.

Typhoid fever can be big or small, but as long as it is discovered and treated in time, it will recover quickly.However, Yuan Bo's typhoid fever came on fiercely, his body temperature kept rising, and the breath he exhaled was as hot as if it had been scorched by fire, and he became unconscious from the burn.

Then when Yuan Bo's condition became more and more serious, several people in the city fainted again. Their condition was exactly the same as Yuan Bo's. Those people died in bed within a few days, and the speed was terrifying.After that, it was out of control, and more and more people got sick, and it was very fierce. Almost every day, dozens of people fainted and were carried to the hospital.

In this situation, some old people who are not doctors know that something is wrong.Sure enough, with more and more sick people in the city, the gates of the city were suddenly closed one day, making it impossible to enter or leave. Into Plague Street.At first, it was not required that those who were not infected be concentrated in one street. Later, some people continued to conceal their illnesses, resulting in more infected people, and even those who had confirmed that they had the disease intentionally contacted others to maliciously infect them. Later, those who were not infected were also removed It is uniformly isolated in several streets and divided into several districts for management.

It depends on whether people are voluntary. If they go voluntarily, they don't have to go, but they can't walk around at will. They have to close the doors and windows and stay at home.Of course, this was the initial plan. Later, more and more people died, and the doctors had no time to manage these scattered survivors.

Like young people, they just don't want to leave.It’s just that the people in the city have no land and no land, and the accident happened for more than 20 days. The last food stored by the young family was eaten last night. They dare not go out during the day, so they choose to come out at night, prying the surrounding shops to search for food. They just pryed , is a rice shop.

Later, I don't know who said it was Yuan Bo who was the first person to get this disease. Knowing about this person, Yuan Bo was associated with his usual crimes.However, Yuan Bo, who brought this disaster, was obviously a sick person, but he still stayed in the backyard of the county guard, and was not locked up in Plague Street like they were.

Some people have no place to vent their fear, so they turn into resentment and release remarks, saying that this is because Yuan Bo has done too many evils and finally angered the gods, so he released the plague ghost and brought down this disaster. Appease the anger and take back the plague ghosts, and their condition will improve.

Desperate people, when they can't find any way out and support, they will put all their hopes on unfounded gods.As soon as this remark came out, almost all the patients in Plague Street agreed.The officers and soldiers in the city also had many family members who fell ill and were imprisoned. They also hated it. They discussed it in private and spread it to another isolated place. die.

The young man snorted, resentful: "Officials protect each other, Yuan Bo is the precious son of the sheriff, how could the sheriff agree, pity us ordinary people, we deserve our lives."

Gu Jiu followed him with righteous indignation, and then asked, "Do you know where the little widow's house is?"

The young man said: "It's just to the east. There is a big lake there. She lived there before she was alive." Everyone knows that the little widow committed suicide by bumping into a wall, and they also inquired about the little widow's past life.

Gu Jiu said: "Since you say that there are gods, why don't you suspect that the little widow turned into a ghost after her death to take revenge?"

"Impossible." The young man said incredulously, "I haven't seen ghosts in the city, and the little widow has a two-year-old son. Even if she turns into a ghost, she can't even kill her son, right?"

"Her son is sick?"

The young man sighed with pity: "He is sick, and his clan doesn't care about him. A woman whose son just died took pity on him. She hugged him and raised him. Now he is also in Plague Street."

After asking all the questions, Gu Jiu took out two decontamination talismans and handed them to the young man, "This talisman can keep you safe from evil for the next few days." He also handed him a few water purification talismans, "Drink water every day. Before that, light this talisman paper and dissolve it in water before drinking, so as to prevent disease from entering the mouth."

The young man took the talisman paper excitedly, "Are you immortals? Are you here to save us?"

Gu Jiu smiled, and was about to say that they were ordinary Taoists, when suddenly the sound of wheels turning came from behind.

When they got close, Gu Jiu noticed that the young man's expression changed, and they quickly hid in the shadows.

At the end of the emptiness, there appeared officers and soldiers holding torches. They looked numb, pushing carts one after another, and the carts were piled up with corpses.

Gu Jiu asked in a daze, "This is?"

The young man said sadly: "They were all pulled from Plague Street and brought to the west to be burned."

In the current situation, no one can guarantee that one day he will become one of the corpses on the cart.

Gu Jiu sighed, "We're leaving, you guys should go back early."

Hastily comforting the young man, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi quietly followed the motorcade.