Rebirth of Ghost Eye Shou Ye
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Anonymous, please call me Huo Lei Feng, Oye! "
"..." Everyone
"Is Mr. Ji a Taoist or a Buddhist?"
Ji Xiamo is dead, Taoist?Buddhism?What it is?He is neither a Taoist priest nor a monk, so what does that count?
"Cough!" Ji Xiamo coughed dryly, and began to pretend again. "Buddhism and Taoism are not separated, and the practice of the world is the same. How can we distinguish each other?"
The old man looked at Ji Xiamo and smiled without saying a word. Ji Xiamo wiped his forehead, continued to smile and started joking with Lou Yin.
The carriage drove towards the distant city under the setting sun, and everything seemed to be developing for the better.
However, fate is often unexpected.
[Text No.90 Episode [-] Ghost Town]
Although the two-day journey had slowed down as much as possible, the old man still couldn't bear the bumps, his wounds worsened, and he developed a high fever and fell into a coma.
Several people rushed to Chenzhou, but Ji Xiamo stopped Fang Linjun, got out of the car and looked at the desolate city gate, feeling uneasy.
Fang Linjun walked to Ji Xiamo's side, and followed his gaze, there was nothing wrong with the clear sky, the wind and the sun. "Is there anything wrong?"
Naturally, mortals could not detect it with the naked eye, but in Ji Xiamo's view, the sky over Chenzhou was shrouded in black mist, condensing and depressing a strong sense of death.If there are no dead people, there will be absolutely no death aura, and it is so turbulent that there are probably countless dead souls.If this Chenzhou is not a ghost town, it is also an extremely fierce place.
Ji Xiamo's cultivation base has greatly increased, and he is more sensitive to this yin and death. Although he has not yet entered the city and is so far away, he still feels chills all over his body, his chest is oppressed and dull, and his face is pale.Compared with Wuyou Valley, this Qiyang City is probably a hundred times more fierce.
Bai Er hugged Ji Xiamo's shoulder from behind, frowning slightly, "I'm uncomfortable."
I don't know if it's due to psychological reasons or something else, but Bai Er's closeness made Ji Xiamo feel a lot more comfortable, at least her breathing was no longer unsightly and short.
Lou Yin didn't know when he appeared, and floated in front of Ji Xiamo, looking at the lifeless city, his usually indifferent brows were slightly frowned. "leave here."
"Why did you stop?" Ye Yi stepped out of the carriage with an anxious expression on his face.
"Xiao Lin, there are other towns nearby." Ye Yi couldn't explain the injury of the anxious old man to him at all, and Ji Xiamo looked at Fang Linjun seriously.
Feeling embarrassed by Ji Xiamo's gaze, Fang Linjun rubbed his nose, "I passed by Chenzhou once many years ago, and there are no people around for a hundred miles."
'This is really cheating! ' Ji Xiamo cursed secretly.
"What happened? You haven't changed your face even in the danger of Wuyou Valley. Could it be that there is something in Chenzhou that makes you taboo?" It's not good, and looking at Qiyang City, he was a little more defensive.
"Your mortal body can't see it naturally." Ji Xiamo looked at the city sadly. "The sky over Chenzhou is shrouded in black clouds, and there is no life. The state is probably already a ghost town."
As soon as Ji Xiamo said this, Fang Linjun's face changed drastically. The tragedy of Wuyou Valley was vivid in his mind, and it still shudders to think about it now.Ji Xiamo's words are so serious, the horror of Chenzhou is probably unimaginable.
Ji Xiamo looked at Lou Yin beside him, "Lou Yin, you know the reason."
"First, evil spirits are causing trouble. Second..." Lou Yin paused. "The difficulty of massacring the city."
"Massacre the city!!" Several people were shocked, even Bai Er was a little stunned.
"You mean... this city has been slaughtered?" Ji Xiamo's feet felt a little weak.
"Impossible!" Ye Yi shouted. "Chenzhou doesn't live on the border, even if there are bandits running rampant here, how can they have the guts to massacre the city?"
Bai Er looked up at the sky, and tightened his grip on Ji Xiamo's shoulders. "It's getting dark."
"Although I have recovered seven or eight, but this city is dangerous, I have no confidence to protect you well." Lou Yin said coldly.
"Master's injury can't be delayed. If he can't find a doctor to treat him, his life may be in danger." Ye Yi insisted that he would go to the city no matter what.
"It's fine if you insist on sending yourself to death." Fang Linjun snorted coldly.
Ji Xiamo rubbed her sore forehead and looked up at Bai Er.Bai Er silently held Ji Xiamo's hand, "I'll be with you, whatever you want."
Ji Xiamo looked at the city that was dyed red by the setting sun for a long time without saying a word. After a long time, Ji Xiamo's eyes gradually became firm. "There must be a reason for the difficulty of massacring a city."
Ji Xiamo was determined, Lou Yin glanced at Ji Xiamo, turned around and returned to the white cat, jumped into the carriage and ignored it.
Ji Xiamo looked back at Fang Linjun and Baiyi, "This city is dangerous, if you two don't want to go with you, it's reasonable, I..."
Before he could finish a sentence, Bai Er's eyes turned cold, and his aura seemed to be broken by ice, spreading around, suppressing Ji Xiamo's unfinished words.Feeling bad, Ji Xiamo shrank her neck and didn't dare to say anything.
Fang Linjun was almost pissed off, and he tapped Ji Xiamo's forehead with the fan in his hand, "You are short-sighted, listen to me or not, your little life will die in your hands sooner or later."
After Fang Linjun scolded, he returned to the carriage aggressively, and Ji Xiamo looked at Bai Er pitifully while covering his red forehead.The anger in his heart melted into Ji Xiamo's aggrieved eyes, Bai Er sighed helplessly, and pressed his cold fingers to Ji Xiamo's forehead.
"Actually, I should have noticed something was wrong early on." Ji Xiamo held Bai Er's hand on her head and sighed. "Chenzhou is not a small town. When we came, the road was deserted and empty. You don't need to think about it to know something is wrong."
Bai Er took Ji Xiamo's hand and walked back to the carriage. "Don't worry, I will never let you die before me."
His heart speeded up, and Ji Xiamo looked up at Bai Er's serious side face. Unconsciously, there was a red cloud burning on his face, and a faint sweet and sour feeling appeared in his chest.
Several people got into the carriage and rushed to the city, the atmosphere became more and more strange as they went forward, even ordinary people like Fang Linjun and Ye Yi noticed something was wrong.The huge city gate is deserted and clear, the wind blows up the flags under the city gate, whirring, and the tattered lanterns and oiled paper are rolled up. It is obviously the hot summer, but it makes people feel a little cold for no reason.
The carriage entered the city, and the cold streets were deserted, the windows and doors on both sides of the street were closed, and the sun was shining brightly outside the city, but the city was eerie and strange, and there was no trace of popularity.
The carriage stopped, and Bai Er jumped out of the carriage first, looking at the lifeless streets around him, his brows knit together.Fang Linjun followed behind, couldn't help shivering, "Is it too late for Xiaosheng to quit now?"
Ji Xiamo rolled her eyes, ran to Bai Er's side and hugged Bai Er's arm tightly.For some reason, he always felt at ease staying by Bai Er's side, even the sadness brought about by the repressed dead air was gone.
"Xiaomo, you said this is a ghost town, are the people here really dead?" Fang Linjun whispered as he rubbed against Ji Xiamo.
"I, I don't know." Ji Xiamo shook his head, and the sky over Chenzhou was shrouded in black clouds. It stands to reason that even if the scene in this city is not a hell on earth, it is densely populated with wronged souls, but why is there not a single wronged soul.Looking at the stalls with small objects hanging around, Ji Xiamo slowly approached, and couldn't help but stretch out his hand to paste them.
A coolness pierced into the body along the fingertips, and a blood mist spread in front of his eyes.Broken images flashed continuously, people in ragged clothes fell to the ground and wept bitterly. They rushed to the city gate frantically, but were surrounded by a group of people dressed as officers and soldiers. Down.Among them are old people, children, and even infants waiting to be fed.The screams and cries gradually subsided along with the dazzling blood.
"Ah!" Ji Xiamo suddenly opened his eyes, staggered back, his face was pale and his breath was short of breath.
Bai Er quickly hugged Ji Xiamo in his arms, with an anxious expression on his face. "What's wrong?"
"Xiao Mo?" Fang Linjun also surrounded him, staring at Ji Xiamo nervously. "uncomfortable?"
Ji Xiamo closed her eyes and breathed calmly, holding Bai Er's collar tightly with both hands trembling. "Here, there was a massacre here."
Fang Linjun and Bai Er looked at each other face to face, they both saw shock in each other's eyes.Bai Er glanced at the sky, his eyes were a little heavy, "It's getting dark, we need to find a place to stay first."
Knowing that now is not the time to seek the truth, Ji Xiamo quickly calmed down. The three of them were about to return to the carriage again when suddenly a boy appeared at the corner of an alley [-] meters away. The boy was about seven or eight years old, lying on his stomach After looking at a few people in the corner for a while, he quickly shrank back and ran back into the dark alley.
Ji Xiamo and Bai Er glanced at each other, then looked back at Ye Yi, "Abandon the carriage and follow."
Since entering this place, Ye Yi, who often walked on the edge of life and death, also felt uneasy. When he heard Ji Xiamo just say about the massacre, his face was even more ugly.Now that Ji Xiamo said to abandon the car, he quickly returned to the carriage and carried the unconscious old man out without asking why, and followed behind Ji Xiamo.
Ji Xiamo ran towards the place where the boy disappeared, and when he reached the alley, he only saw a blurry figure from behind at the corner.Ji Xiamo kept chasing after him. Although Fang Linjun and Ye Yi didn't know why, they only knew that it was right to follow Ji Xiamo, and they didn't bother to ask why.
Ji Xiamo followed the boy and kept running in the alley, turning several times and lost his way. When the boy disappeared, Ji Xiamo was also completely lost.
As the darkness gradually fell, Ji Xiamo looked at the corners of the alleys all around, and couldn't hide his impatience.Bai Er patted Ji Xiamo's shoulder to comfort Ji Xiamo, "It's getting dark, let's find a place to spend the night at random, and we can talk about tomorrow if we have anything to do."
With the matter at this point, there was no other way, so Ji Xiamo could only suppress the irritability in his heart and nodded in agreement. "good."
Just when a few people were about to leave, suddenly there was the sound of the threshold rubbing not far behind.Bai Er holds the sword, Fang Linjun is on guard.Several people turned their heads, only to see a crack in a dark yellow wooden door. In the darkness, a skinny old man held an oil lamp in his hand and turned half his body sideways. His face was like dry tree bark, and his eyes were scrutinized. After seeing Ji Xiamo and the others, they stretched out their hands to call
Several people looked at each other, Ji Xiamo silently nodded, and walked towards the old man.When he approached the door, Ji Xiamo was about to ask, but the old man went back behind the door.
Bai Er pulled Ji Xiamo back to protect him, and pushed the door open first. After several people entered the door, the wooden door suddenly closed tightly.Ji Xiamo was startled, and looked down, only to see the boy leaning against the wooden door and quickly hiding behind the old man.This boy is exactly the one who just ushered them in.
"Let's sit in the room." The old man signaled.
Several people followed the old man through the small courtyard and came into the house.I saw that the walls of the house were empty, and the only visible furniture was a table and a few benches, which showed that the family was poor and shabby.
Xu Shi saw the person on Ye Yi's back, and the old man led Ye Yi to put the old man on the bed in the back room.The dirty quilt was hardened, and there were no windows in the empty hut, and an oil lamp was extraordinarily dim.
Ye Yi was a little embarrassed, but he also knew that now was not the time to be picky, so he could only put down the old man first, and then took off the cloak to cover the old man.
"Grandma, I'm hungry." The boy poked his head out of the door and whispered.
The old man beckoned, "There are steamed buns in the kitchen bowl, go and eat."
The boy disappeared in a flash, and Ji Xiamo couldn't help asking questions. "Old man, what happened in this city? Why is there no one?"
"Everyone is dead, and those who are not dead are almost the same." The old man sighed.
Ji Xiamo was stunned, "Please ask the old man to elaborate."
The old man looked up at Ji Xiamo for a while, then turned and left the hut, and sat down on the bench in the main room.Since there were no lights, the only light in the house was the moonlight outside the door. "There is only one oil lamp in the house, Yuan Ke feels wronged."
"Nothing." Ji Xiamo took a seat, followed by Bai Er and sat next to Ji Xiamo.
"The old man doesn't know us, how did he know that we came from afar?" Fang Linjun was puzzled.
The old man smiled, "I am the only one alive in this family near the gate of the city. Several distant visitors are dressed in fresh clothes and look good. It seems that they come from that rich and noble family. Those near the Chenzhou boundary all fled for their lives. Now, a few of you stumbled into this deadly place, why aren't you far away?"
Ji Xiamo felt increasingly gloomy and uneasy. "Old man, where have all the people in this city gone?"
"The jackals, tigers and leopards all went to the south of the city to have fun, and the dead were buried in random places outside the city. Those who were still alive were driven to the north of the city to fend for themselves."
Ye Yi walked out from the back room, staring at the old man sharply. "Old man, what happened in this city?"
The old man sighed and quietly looked outside the door for a long time in silence.After a long time, the old man's desolate voice sounded.
"plague."
[Text No.90 Episode [-] Plague]
A plague broke out in Chenzhou half a year ago. The plague was strange. People who contracted the plague first had a high fever, and then their bodies began to turn blue and blotchy, and finally died of cold.Moreover, this plague was overbearing, and the speed of infection was extremely fast. In just one month, more than half of the people in this city fell down.
Zhu Yusheng, the magistrate of Chenzhou, was corrupt and perverted the law. After the plague broke out, he drove the plague-infected civilians to the north of the city.After half a year, the number of people who died under Zhu Yusheng's hands was countless, and now the people of Chenzhou were forced to die.
The old woman said it implicitly, but Ji Xiamo could see the resentment in her eyes clearly. There is a saying in ancient times that the government forced the people to rebel, and the people of Chenzhou must have been forced to such a situation.
"Bastard!" Ye Yi clenched his fist, with blue veins pulsing faintly on his forehead. "Such a big event happened in Chenzhou, didn't the capital hear the news?"
Fang Linjun sneered, "How can the old emperor see the suffering in the world when he sits high on the dragon chair in the Golden Palace? The disaster in Chenzhou probably didn't spread to the capital, but was used by some running dogs and bugs as fat to enrich their own pockets. "
"You!" Ye Yi glared, Fang Linjun turned a blind eye and mocked.
Ignoring the bickering between the two, Ji Xiamo looked at the old woman and asked in a low voice, "Old man, this plague is so severe, why are you okay? Could it be that the old man knows medical skills?"
"I learned a little from my father when I was young, it's nothing." The old woman shook her head.
Ji Xiamo was puzzled, Lou Yin jumped onto the table next to Ji Xiamo, and transmitted the secret voice. 'This old woman has Buddha's light on her body and is blessed by the Buddha. She should be a good person who has recited Buddha all her life. '
Ji Xiamo was slightly startled, stared at the old woman for a long time, and sighed secretly.Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and it is good fortune for this old woman to have such a blessing.
"Xiaomo, don't you want to intervene?" Seeing that Ji Xiamo's expression was wrong, Fang Linjun's mind rang an alarm. "A strong dragon can't overwhelm a local snake, so don't be too hard on yourself. Instead of flying moths into the flames, it's better to leave quickly and seek help from the capital."
Ji Xiamo smiled lowly, "Little Lin, why do you think we can go out safely?"
Fang Linjun was surprised, and Ji Xiamo looked back at the old woman, "Since the prefect of Chenzhou is monitoring the people who have the plague in Chenzhou, isn't it because he is afraid that someone will go to Beijing to sue? We are afraid that since we entered the territory of Chenzhou I have been watched, and now I want to leave safely, it is difficult."
"Young man is a smart man." The old woman sighed. "After entering this man-eating place, it will be difficult to leave."
"!!" Fang Linjun cursed with a suppressed face, and kicked the ground resentfully.
"Grandma!" The boy ran in from the outside, timidly curled up in the old woman's arms. "I'm hungry."
"Have you eaten the momo?" The old woman gently touched the boy's head.
"Momo is gone." The boy felt aggrieved, the old woman paused while touching the boy's head, and couldn't help sighing.
There was a moment of silence in the house, and the sadness of the old woman made everyone a little sad.Fang Linjun, who was sulking at the side, looked sideways at the old and the young, but finally couldn't bear it, took out a few pancakes from the package and handed them to the boy. "Little devil, here, take it."
The boy looked at the pancake in Fang Linjun's hand under the dim moonlight, secretly swallowed, but did not pick it up.The old woman shook her head, "It's not easy here, hero..."
"Take it!" Fang Linjun stuffed the pancake into the boy's arms and said coldly. "It's just a magistrate. How many corrupt officials have I killed over the years? Tonight, Xiaosheng went to the life of that bastard."
"You can save the people of Chenzhou by killing someone." Ji Xiamo snorted coldly. "It's easy to get rid of this dog official, the most important thing now is to find the cause of the plague."
"Several heroes." The old woman stood up and thanked her. "It's late at night, there are no spare beddings in the humble house, the few condescend to rest in the back room, and my little grandson and I go to the kitchen."
"Old man, absolutely not." Ji Xiamo was startled, what an idiot he must be for letting the old man take a nap in the kitchen. "The old man can go to rest. We have rough skin and thick skin when we walk in the rivers and lakes. We are used to the sky as our cover and the ground as our mat. It doesn't matter."
"This..." The old man seemed to want to shirk, but Ji Xiamo said tightly again. "Old man, my father was injured by gangsters on the road. Since the old man has learned some medical skills, I hope the old man can help my father."
The old man was in a coma, and now that Chenzhou is in such a situation, it is difficult to find any doctor.The old man was hunted down and his identity was a mystery, so Ji Xiamo could only cover it up and temporarily recognize him as a cheap father.
"It's nothing, it's nothing." The old woman shook her head repeatedly, and Ji Xiamo signaled Ye Yi. Ye Yi recovered from the phrase "my father", knew Ji Xiamo's intentions, and nodded to thank him without saying a word. Then he led the old woman into the room.
"What should we do next?" Since the matter was serious, Fang Linjun also stopped smiling and looked at Ji Xiamo seriously.
Ji Xiamo sat back on the stool, rubbing the corners of her brows with a headache, "Don't worry, let me think about it, think about it..."
Seeing Ji Xiamo's frown, Bai Er felt distressed, and stepped forward to stand beside Ji Xiamo, gently rubbing Ji Xiamo's temples.The coldness of Bai Er's fingers slightly relieved Ji Xiamo's tense nerves, and he obeyed Bai Er's movements.
"The difficulty of massacring the city, so it is such a massacre?" Ji Xiamo sneered. "No official is not corrupt. This has been the case since ancient times, but to be so daring and disregarding human life is simply an asshole!" Ji Xiamo slapped the table with an ugly expression.
Ji Xiamo was seldom angry, but now that he was angry, Fang Linjun didn't dare to talk to him for a while.The boy who was eating pancakes stared blankly at Ji Xiamo with big black and white eyes.
"Do you want to send a letter to the capital?" Bai Er asked.
"Is it useful?" Ji Xiamo sneered. "Chenzhou is in such a catastrophe. I don't believe that the capital has not received any news. It is estimated that, as Xiao Lin said, this Chenzhou is already a fat meat used by some corrupt officials to enrich their own pockets."
"What are you going to do." Fang Linjun slowed down his tone.
"Some people have been wearing black hats for a long time, and I'm afraid they've forgotten their surnames. The Xing tribe didn't even sound the alarm for them." Ji Xiamo's eyes turned cold. "That's good, some people want to wear this black hat."
"You want to use this to clear the king's side." Bai Er's subordinates paused.
"The most important thing now is the plague." Ji Xiamo angrily gave Bai Er a kidnapper. "The matter of Zhu Yusheng still needs to be investigated. As a small magistrate, if he didn't have a powerful backer behind him, he would never dare to be so presumptuous. If I want to catch the big fish behind him, I need evidence."
"Tomorrow, I will accompany you to investigate in the north of the city." Bai Er said in a deep voice, understanding what Ji Xiamo meant.
Fang Linjun frowned, "There are all refugees who got the plague, are you alright?"
"You don't have to go." Ji Xiamo glanced at Fang Linjun. "You have other tasks. I want you to investigate this Zhu Yusheng, the more detailed the better."
"I'll go with you to the disaster area." Fang Linjun was upset. "I'm afraid that if I can't control it, I will end up with that grandson."
"This task is still up to you, aren't you a thief? Come and go without a trace."
"Sage Stealer!" Fang Linjun was furious.
This is Ye Yi coming out from the back room, Ji Xiamo looked at, "How is it?"
"Need medicine." Ye Yi's expression was serious, and his fists were tightly clenched.
Ji Xiamo raised his chin at Fang Linjun, "Tomorrow, Bai Er and I will go to the disaster area in the north of the city, and you will stay here to take care of your master. Xiao Lin, when you come back, steal some medicine."
Fang Linjun covered his face, "Who did I owe in my previous life!"
"That's it for today." Ji Xiamo yawned wearily. "Bai Er and I will go to the courtyard to find a place to rest, you can do whatever you want." Ji Xiamo said, beckoning Bai Er to follow, and the two left the house one after the other.
Fang Linjun snorted, and looked at Ye Yi angrily, "You just sleep in the house and look after your master, Xiaosheng goes to the room and goes to the moon!"
Seeing several people leaving one after another, Ye Yi was a little lost in thought.In the past few days, he has seen what these people did, and he knows that these people are not evil people.Ji Xiamo seemed to be mean-spirited, but he took great care of him and his master, two people with 'unknown backgrounds', which made Ye Bai puzzled.
Fang Linjun lay on the roof for the whole night, Ji Xiamo and Bai Er randomly found a clean corner to make do with, no one slept well that night.
When he got up in the morning, Ji Xiamo collected the only dry food left and let the old woman warm it up, so that the few of them could make do with a hot meal.
Looking at the boy sitting under the eaves obediently eating jerky, Ji Xiamo thought for a while, walked over with a smile, and sat down beside the boy. "Little brother, what's your name?"
The boy looked at Ji Xiamo for a while, then lowered his head and whispered, "Yazi."
"Yazi, can you do me a favor?" Ji Xiamo asked while gently stroking the boy's greasy hair. "Can you take your brother to the place where those people are sick?"
Yazai turned back to look at the old woman in the house reflexively. The old woman looked at Ji Xiamo and hesitated to speak.Ji Xiamo saw the old woman's hesitation and understood it.Looking at the situation in this family, I am afraid that Yazi is already an only seedling, so the old man naturally does not want his only precious grandson to take risks.
Ji Xiamo stood up smiling and looked like an old woman. "Elders don't have to worry, we don't need Yazai to send us to the place, as long as we point out the direction, we can leave, and we don't have to follow closely."
"It's a joke, because Yazai is the only child in the family." The old woman was a little embarrassed, and walked over to her side and took Yazai into her arms. "Yazi, follow this young man, be careful in everything."
"En!" Yazai nodded obediently.
A few people tidied up and prepared to leave. Ji Xiamo was worried about Fang Linjun's mischief, so he couldn't help but ask, "Be careful there, if you encounter something, retreat beforehand, don't make trouble, you know?"
"Don't worry! Did you get the name of Xiaosheng Hidden Dragon Sage for nothing?" Fang Linjun nodded Ji Xiamo's forehead angrily. "It's the two of you, there are victims of the plague over there, so be careful."
"kindness!"
The two said goodbye, Fang Linjun jumped out of the yard a few times, and disappeared from everyone's sight, Yazi stared in surprise.Ji Xiamo smiled and touched Yazai, "Let's go, Yazai."
"It's me." Bai Er stretched out his hand to hold Ji Xiamo's shoulder, and said in a low voice.
Ji Xiamo was startled, then smiled. "Well, I know."
[Text No.90 Three episodes of corpse poison]
Ji Xiamo and Bai Er followed Yazai who led the way to the disaster area in the north of the city. Yazai was young, so Jixiamo sent him home for fear that he would contract the plague.
Although he had made preparations before coming here and simulated the general situation in his heart, Ji Xiamo still couldn't help feeling his scalp tingle when he entered this area.
In the dilapidated streets and courtyards, the refugees were lying on the ground in ragged clothes, their faces were sallow and skinny, infested with flies and insects, the woman was holding the dying child, her eyes were full of despair and helplessness, and the irrepressible resentment.
Ji Xiamo and Bai Er, who were neatly dressed, attracted attention from all around. Their numb expressions and empty eyes made Ji Xiamo feel sore.
"Bang!" The man with a weak body threw himself on the road without making a sound, and the people around him stared indifferently, their blank expressions seemed to be commonplace.
Ji Xiamo and Bai Er glanced at each other, and walked over quickly. Bai Er helped him up, and Ji Xiamo frowned.The man's skin was blue and purple, his body was cold and he was breathless.But what puzzled Ji Xiamo was that the man had only been down for a moment, but the bruised and purple corpse was covered with spots.
"Child!" There was a shrill scream, and Ji Xiamo looked back, only to see the woman crying miserably while holding the young child in her arms, with hideous features, and a pair of rough hands crazily rubbing the cold skin of the young child .
Ji Xiamo walked over quickly, reaching out to touch the young boy, but was pushed away by the woman.Bai Er dodged to land behind Ji Xiamo, caught Ji Xiamo's staggering body, and swept towards the woman with his pitch-black pupils, sharp and cold.
The woman hugged the cub tightly, staring at Ji Xiamo with red eyes, like a mother beast guarding the cub.
For the mother, be strong for the child.Looking at the negative resentment overflowing from the woman, Ji Xiamo shook his head secretly.Signaling Bai Er to be at ease, Ji Xiamo squatted down opposite the woman to look at the woman at eye level, trying to soften his voice. "I'm here for this plague. If you believe me, can I help you look after your child?"
The woman stared at Ji Xiamo with red eyes and said nothing, and Ji Xiamo looked at her calmly.I don't know how long it took, the woman who was crazy like a female beast began to calm down, looked at Ji Xiamo for a long time, and slowly let go of the arms holding her young son tightly.
Ji Xiamo took the child from the woman's arms and carefully examined the youngest child.The bruised skin, the freezing temperature, and the corpse spots all over the place, if Ji Xiamo hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have almost judged that the child had been dead for a long time.
It stands to reason that corpse spots will not appear in a short period of time after people stop breathing. What exactly is this plague?Ji Xiamo frowned, with a serious expression.
The woman held Ji Xiamo's hand, her chaotic eyes were full of anticipation.Ji Xiamo had a sore nose and silently lowered her head.
"My, my child..." The woman stroked the child's face tremblingly, breathing in the air with great gulps, and Ji Xiamo, who watched heart-piercingly, felt uncomfortable.
"Ah! Ah!!" The sudden scream made Ji Xiamo jump, and a gray-haired old woman ran out of an alley insanely, knelt down on the ground, and hit her head on the ground in a frenzy.
"God! Open your eyes! Don't let people live, you are not as good as a beast, why don't you let me be a pig dog, you can't see, you can't see..." The bloody forehead covered the whole face, and the old woman twitched He fell to the ground with his mouth open, like a dying fish.
Bai Er clenched the sword in his hand, and silently embraced Ji Xiamo into his arms, blocking his sight.Ji Xiamo clutched Ji Xiamo's collar tightly with both hands, clenched his gums tightly, and scattered a little blood.
Ji Xiamo walked around a few more streets, saw some refugees infected with different degrees of the plague, and compared it with the plagues he knew, but there was nothing similar.Ji Xiamo's heart became more and more heavy. If this is a new type of plague, not to mention that there is no equipment for him to study here, even if everything is available, the current disaster in Chenzhou will not give him too much time.
While checking the disaster situation, Ji Xiamo and Bai Er found several traces of surveillance. Bai Er wanted to remove them, but Ji Xiamo stopped them.The news that they came here probably fell into Zhu Yusheng's ears long ago, the two sides remained frozen, although they were not friends, they were not enemies either.If Bai Er killed someone, I'm afraid that the next few people will struggle in this Chenzhou.
Being under surveillance, Ji Xiamo didn't bother to investigate, so he left the disaster area with Bai Er.
Back to the small courtyard where he lived temporarily, Fang Linjun had already returned early and waited.Holding a plate of grapes of unknown origin, he was eating with gusto. Ji Xiamo, who smelled like corpses, blocked the road and robbed him unhappily.
Ji Xiamo enjoyed the hundred erbium feeding with peace of mind like a wealthy landlord, and arrogantly raised his chin at Fang Linjun. "How about it?"
Fang Linjun snorted and sat down opposite Ji Xiamo angrily. "I got some medicine back, and Ye Yi has already boiled it. As for the magistrate! His ancestor's! It's really not a thing. If it wasn't for Xiaosheng's self-control, I wish I could cut him alive."
Fang Linjun's anger exploded, and Ji Xiamo raised his eyebrows and held Bai Er's hand. "what happened?"
"Zhu Yusheng's mansion is built in South Street, where the crowds are bustling, no different from a normal town. If I hadn't seen this place beforehand, I would have thought that everything here was just a bad nightmare." Fang Linjun said coldly laugh. "South Street is populated by high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and the last ones are wealthy businessmen with wealth. There is a brothel called Luowu, thirteen stories high, where Zhu Yusheng and those dignitaries sing and sing every night, drunk and dreaming, living a happy life More gods than gods."
"Is there any more?" Ji Xiamo said indifferently.
"Then Zhu Yusheng is a bastard!" Fang Linjun slammed his fist on the table, his eyes were burning with anger. "Zhu Yusheng has been an official in Chenzhou for more than four years. He searched for people's fat and anointment, hurt people's lives, and robbed people's daughters. He did all sorts of crimes. Eighteen wives and concubines in his mansion, ninety percent of them were snatched back by him. And, and he..."
Not only did he talk about the embarrassment, Fang Linjun's face was ugly, and his two hands clasped.
Ji Xiamo remained expressionless, "Continue."
"He's just a pervert." Fang Linjun gritted his teeth, with anger and embarrassment on his face. "He likes to use some tricks in the house, house/things, because the girls he tortured to death are far more than the wives and concubines in his mansion."
"Crack!" The cup in Ji Xiamo's hand cracked, and plum blossoms fell on the dark table deep in the scarlet blood.
Bai Er's pupils tightened, he took Ji Xiamo's hand and opened his fingers, carefully picked out the porcelain piece in his palm, looked at the dazzling scarlet, and frowned.
Ji Xiamo let Bai Er treat his wound, his eyes fixed on Fang Linjun. "Is there any more?"
"For the time being, that's all for the time being." Xu Shiji Xiamo's eyes were too frightening, and Fang Linjun's back felt a little chilly.
Ji Xiamo stared at the palm of his hand in a daze and was silent for a long time. The atmosphere in the room was quiet and strange for a while.Ye Yi came out from the house, and Ji Xiamo pulled back the bandaged hand from Bai Er's hand and greeted him. "How is he?"
"I've already taken the medicine, as long as the fever subsides." After Ye Yi answered Ji Xiamo, his eyes fell on Fang Linjun, walked over steadily, and knelt down on one knee. "Thank you!"
Ye Yi's kneeling made Fang Linjun a little stunned, and he snorted coldly for a long time, and turned his face angrily, "I have been serving all the way, and I haven't waited for you to repay my favor. If I die at this time, Xiaosheng will not lose money." die."
Ye Yi looked up at the three people in the room, "For the grace of saving lives, I will go through fire or water."
Ji Xiamo stayed in the back room for a moment, then turned to look at Ye Yi, "Did you hear our conversation just now?"
"En." Ye Yi nodded slightly, the hand holding the scabbard was stretched with blue veins, and his dark pupils were burning with anger, as if he was holding back the desire to kill.
"I went with Bai Er to the victims." Ji Xiamo calmly told what he had seen and heard when he went to the victims.Fang Linjun jumped into a rage, Ye Yi's face turned black and blue, the anger of the two of them almost burned the roof.
"I'm going to the South Street that Xiao Lin mentioned." Ji Xiamo said. "I still can't figure out the cause of the plague, but staying here won't help. To solve the plague, doctors and medicinal materials are indispensable. Moreover, I need to find evidence of Zhu Yusheng's crime and the backing behind him, and then Report directly to the emperor."
"Who are you?" Ye Yi stared at Ji Xiamo with fiery eyes.
Ji Xiamo smiled, "The capital, Ji Xiamo, son of the prime minister's mansion."
Ye Yi was startled. "Are you the eldest son of the prime minister's mansion?" When he heard Ji Xiamo's name at first, he thought it was familiar, but now he remembered that the name of the prime minister's son is not Ji Xiamo?
Ignoring Ye Yi's shock, Ji Xiamo turned to Fang Linjun and Bai Er with an inquiring gaze.Bai Er nodded slightly, but his eyes remained on Ji Xiamo's injured hand.
"Go!" Fang Linjun clenched his fist. "The son of a bitch, let's see if Xiaosheng killed him with his own hands."
Because of the master's injury, Ye Yi paused for a moment, but still nodded in agreement.There is no real safe place in Chenzhou, and they are being hunted down.Instead of being alone, it is better to follow the crowd, even if you encounter danger, you can take care of each other.
In the middle of the night, Ji Xiamo opened his eyes and glanced at Bai Er, who was sleeping beside him. Afraid of waking him up, he carefully avoided his body and quietly left the courtyard.
"..." Everyone
"Is Mr. Ji a Taoist or a Buddhist?"
Ji Xiamo is dead, Taoist?Buddhism?What it is?He is neither a Taoist priest nor a monk, so what does that count?
"Cough!" Ji Xiamo coughed dryly, and began to pretend again. "Buddhism and Taoism are not separated, and the practice of the world is the same. How can we distinguish each other?"
The old man looked at Ji Xiamo and smiled without saying a word. Ji Xiamo wiped his forehead, continued to smile and started joking with Lou Yin.
The carriage drove towards the distant city under the setting sun, and everything seemed to be developing for the better.
However, fate is often unexpected.
[Text No.90 Episode [-] Ghost Town]
Although the two-day journey had slowed down as much as possible, the old man still couldn't bear the bumps, his wounds worsened, and he developed a high fever and fell into a coma.
Several people rushed to Chenzhou, but Ji Xiamo stopped Fang Linjun, got out of the car and looked at the desolate city gate, feeling uneasy.
Fang Linjun walked to Ji Xiamo's side, and followed his gaze, there was nothing wrong with the clear sky, the wind and the sun. "Is there anything wrong?"
Naturally, mortals could not detect it with the naked eye, but in Ji Xiamo's view, the sky over Chenzhou was shrouded in black mist, condensing and depressing a strong sense of death.If there are no dead people, there will be absolutely no death aura, and it is so turbulent that there are probably countless dead souls.If this Chenzhou is not a ghost town, it is also an extremely fierce place.
Ji Xiamo's cultivation base has greatly increased, and he is more sensitive to this yin and death. Although he has not yet entered the city and is so far away, he still feels chills all over his body, his chest is oppressed and dull, and his face is pale.Compared with Wuyou Valley, this Qiyang City is probably a hundred times more fierce.
Bai Er hugged Ji Xiamo's shoulder from behind, frowning slightly, "I'm uncomfortable."
I don't know if it's due to psychological reasons or something else, but Bai Er's closeness made Ji Xiamo feel a lot more comfortable, at least her breathing was no longer unsightly and short.
Lou Yin didn't know when he appeared, and floated in front of Ji Xiamo, looking at the lifeless city, his usually indifferent brows were slightly frowned. "leave here."
"Why did you stop?" Ye Yi stepped out of the carriage with an anxious expression on his face.
"Xiao Lin, there are other towns nearby." Ye Yi couldn't explain the injury of the anxious old man to him at all, and Ji Xiamo looked at Fang Linjun seriously.
Feeling embarrassed by Ji Xiamo's gaze, Fang Linjun rubbed his nose, "I passed by Chenzhou once many years ago, and there are no people around for a hundred miles."
'This is really cheating! ' Ji Xiamo cursed secretly.
"What happened? You haven't changed your face even in the danger of Wuyou Valley. Could it be that there is something in Chenzhou that makes you taboo?" It's not good, and looking at Qiyang City, he was a little more defensive.
"Your mortal body can't see it naturally." Ji Xiamo looked at the city sadly. "The sky over Chenzhou is shrouded in black clouds, and there is no life. The state is probably already a ghost town."
As soon as Ji Xiamo said this, Fang Linjun's face changed drastically. The tragedy of Wuyou Valley was vivid in his mind, and it still shudders to think about it now.Ji Xiamo's words are so serious, the horror of Chenzhou is probably unimaginable.
Ji Xiamo looked at Lou Yin beside him, "Lou Yin, you know the reason."
"First, evil spirits are causing trouble. Second..." Lou Yin paused. "The difficulty of massacring the city."
"Massacre the city!!" Several people were shocked, even Bai Er was a little stunned.
"You mean... this city has been slaughtered?" Ji Xiamo's feet felt a little weak.
"Impossible!" Ye Yi shouted. "Chenzhou doesn't live on the border, even if there are bandits running rampant here, how can they have the guts to massacre the city?"
Bai Er looked up at the sky, and tightened his grip on Ji Xiamo's shoulders. "It's getting dark."
"Although I have recovered seven or eight, but this city is dangerous, I have no confidence to protect you well." Lou Yin said coldly.
"Master's injury can't be delayed. If he can't find a doctor to treat him, his life may be in danger." Ye Yi insisted that he would go to the city no matter what.
"It's fine if you insist on sending yourself to death." Fang Linjun snorted coldly.
Ji Xiamo rubbed her sore forehead and looked up at Bai Er.Bai Er silently held Ji Xiamo's hand, "I'll be with you, whatever you want."
Ji Xiamo looked at the city that was dyed red by the setting sun for a long time without saying a word. After a long time, Ji Xiamo's eyes gradually became firm. "There must be a reason for the difficulty of massacring a city."
Ji Xiamo was determined, Lou Yin glanced at Ji Xiamo, turned around and returned to the white cat, jumped into the carriage and ignored it.
Ji Xiamo looked back at Fang Linjun and Baiyi, "This city is dangerous, if you two don't want to go with you, it's reasonable, I..."
Before he could finish a sentence, Bai Er's eyes turned cold, and his aura seemed to be broken by ice, spreading around, suppressing Ji Xiamo's unfinished words.Feeling bad, Ji Xiamo shrank her neck and didn't dare to say anything.
Fang Linjun was almost pissed off, and he tapped Ji Xiamo's forehead with the fan in his hand, "You are short-sighted, listen to me or not, your little life will die in your hands sooner or later."
After Fang Linjun scolded, he returned to the carriage aggressively, and Ji Xiamo looked at Bai Er pitifully while covering his red forehead.The anger in his heart melted into Ji Xiamo's aggrieved eyes, Bai Er sighed helplessly, and pressed his cold fingers to Ji Xiamo's forehead.
"Actually, I should have noticed something was wrong early on." Ji Xiamo held Bai Er's hand on her head and sighed. "Chenzhou is not a small town. When we came, the road was deserted and empty. You don't need to think about it to know something is wrong."
Bai Er took Ji Xiamo's hand and walked back to the carriage. "Don't worry, I will never let you die before me."
His heart speeded up, and Ji Xiamo looked up at Bai Er's serious side face. Unconsciously, there was a red cloud burning on his face, and a faint sweet and sour feeling appeared in his chest.
Several people got into the carriage and rushed to the city, the atmosphere became more and more strange as they went forward, even ordinary people like Fang Linjun and Ye Yi noticed something was wrong.The huge city gate is deserted and clear, the wind blows up the flags under the city gate, whirring, and the tattered lanterns and oiled paper are rolled up. It is obviously the hot summer, but it makes people feel a little cold for no reason.
The carriage entered the city, and the cold streets were deserted, the windows and doors on both sides of the street were closed, and the sun was shining brightly outside the city, but the city was eerie and strange, and there was no trace of popularity.
The carriage stopped, and Bai Er jumped out of the carriage first, looking at the lifeless streets around him, his brows knit together.Fang Linjun followed behind, couldn't help shivering, "Is it too late for Xiaosheng to quit now?"
Ji Xiamo rolled her eyes, ran to Bai Er's side and hugged Bai Er's arm tightly.For some reason, he always felt at ease staying by Bai Er's side, even the sadness brought about by the repressed dead air was gone.
"Xiaomo, you said this is a ghost town, are the people here really dead?" Fang Linjun whispered as he rubbed against Ji Xiamo.
"I, I don't know." Ji Xiamo shook his head, and the sky over Chenzhou was shrouded in black clouds. It stands to reason that even if the scene in this city is not a hell on earth, it is densely populated with wronged souls, but why is there not a single wronged soul.Looking at the stalls with small objects hanging around, Ji Xiamo slowly approached, and couldn't help but stretch out his hand to paste them.
A coolness pierced into the body along the fingertips, and a blood mist spread in front of his eyes.Broken images flashed continuously, people in ragged clothes fell to the ground and wept bitterly. They rushed to the city gate frantically, but were surrounded by a group of people dressed as officers and soldiers. Down.Among them are old people, children, and even infants waiting to be fed.The screams and cries gradually subsided along with the dazzling blood.
"Ah!" Ji Xiamo suddenly opened his eyes, staggered back, his face was pale and his breath was short of breath.
Bai Er quickly hugged Ji Xiamo in his arms, with an anxious expression on his face. "What's wrong?"
"Xiao Mo?" Fang Linjun also surrounded him, staring at Ji Xiamo nervously. "uncomfortable?"
Ji Xiamo closed her eyes and breathed calmly, holding Bai Er's collar tightly with both hands trembling. "Here, there was a massacre here."
Fang Linjun and Bai Er looked at each other face to face, they both saw shock in each other's eyes.Bai Er glanced at the sky, his eyes were a little heavy, "It's getting dark, we need to find a place to stay first."
Knowing that now is not the time to seek the truth, Ji Xiamo quickly calmed down. The three of them were about to return to the carriage again when suddenly a boy appeared at the corner of an alley [-] meters away. The boy was about seven or eight years old, lying on his stomach After looking at a few people in the corner for a while, he quickly shrank back and ran back into the dark alley.
Ji Xiamo and Bai Er glanced at each other, then looked back at Ye Yi, "Abandon the carriage and follow."
Since entering this place, Ye Yi, who often walked on the edge of life and death, also felt uneasy. When he heard Ji Xiamo just say about the massacre, his face was even more ugly.Now that Ji Xiamo said to abandon the car, he quickly returned to the carriage and carried the unconscious old man out without asking why, and followed behind Ji Xiamo.
Ji Xiamo ran towards the place where the boy disappeared, and when he reached the alley, he only saw a blurry figure from behind at the corner.Ji Xiamo kept chasing after him. Although Fang Linjun and Ye Yi didn't know why, they only knew that it was right to follow Ji Xiamo, and they didn't bother to ask why.
Ji Xiamo followed the boy and kept running in the alley, turning several times and lost his way. When the boy disappeared, Ji Xiamo was also completely lost.
As the darkness gradually fell, Ji Xiamo looked at the corners of the alleys all around, and couldn't hide his impatience.Bai Er patted Ji Xiamo's shoulder to comfort Ji Xiamo, "It's getting dark, let's find a place to spend the night at random, and we can talk about tomorrow if we have anything to do."
With the matter at this point, there was no other way, so Ji Xiamo could only suppress the irritability in his heart and nodded in agreement. "good."
Just when a few people were about to leave, suddenly there was the sound of the threshold rubbing not far behind.Bai Er holds the sword, Fang Linjun is on guard.Several people turned their heads, only to see a crack in a dark yellow wooden door. In the darkness, a skinny old man held an oil lamp in his hand and turned half his body sideways. His face was like dry tree bark, and his eyes were scrutinized. After seeing Ji Xiamo and the others, they stretched out their hands to call
Several people looked at each other, Ji Xiamo silently nodded, and walked towards the old man.When he approached the door, Ji Xiamo was about to ask, but the old man went back behind the door.
Bai Er pulled Ji Xiamo back to protect him, and pushed the door open first. After several people entered the door, the wooden door suddenly closed tightly.Ji Xiamo was startled, and looked down, only to see the boy leaning against the wooden door and quickly hiding behind the old man.This boy is exactly the one who just ushered them in.
"Let's sit in the room." The old man signaled.
Several people followed the old man through the small courtyard and came into the house.I saw that the walls of the house were empty, and the only visible furniture was a table and a few benches, which showed that the family was poor and shabby.
Xu Shi saw the person on Ye Yi's back, and the old man led Ye Yi to put the old man on the bed in the back room.The dirty quilt was hardened, and there were no windows in the empty hut, and an oil lamp was extraordinarily dim.
Ye Yi was a little embarrassed, but he also knew that now was not the time to be picky, so he could only put down the old man first, and then took off the cloak to cover the old man.
"Grandma, I'm hungry." The boy poked his head out of the door and whispered.
The old man beckoned, "There are steamed buns in the kitchen bowl, go and eat."
The boy disappeared in a flash, and Ji Xiamo couldn't help asking questions. "Old man, what happened in this city? Why is there no one?"
"Everyone is dead, and those who are not dead are almost the same." The old man sighed.
Ji Xiamo was stunned, "Please ask the old man to elaborate."
The old man looked up at Ji Xiamo for a while, then turned and left the hut, and sat down on the bench in the main room.Since there were no lights, the only light in the house was the moonlight outside the door. "There is only one oil lamp in the house, Yuan Ke feels wronged."
"Nothing." Ji Xiamo took a seat, followed by Bai Er and sat next to Ji Xiamo.
"The old man doesn't know us, how did he know that we came from afar?" Fang Linjun was puzzled.
The old man smiled, "I am the only one alive in this family near the gate of the city. Several distant visitors are dressed in fresh clothes and look good. It seems that they come from that rich and noble family. Those near the Chenzhou boundary all fled for their lives. Now, a few of you stumbled into this deadly place, why aren't you far away?"
Ji Xiamo felt increasingly gloomy and uneasy. "Old man, where have all the people in this city gone?"
"The jackals, tigers and leopards all went to the south of the city to have fun, and the dead were buried in random places outside the city. Those who were still alive were driven to the north of the city to fend for themselves."
Ye Yi walked out from the back room, staring at the old man sharply. "Old man, what happened in this city?"
The old man sighed and quietly looked outside the door for a long time in silence.After a long time, the old man's desolate voice sounded.
"plague."
[Text No.90 Episode [-] Plague]
A plague broke out in Chenzhou half a year ago. The plague was strange. People who contracted the plague first had a high fever, and then their bodies began to turn blue and blotchy, and finally died of cold.Moreover, this plague was overbearing, and the speed of infection was extremely fast. In just one month, more than half of the people in this city fell down.
Zhu Yusheng, the magistrate of Chenzhou, was corrupt and perverted the law. After the plague broke out, he drove the plague-infected civilians to the north of the city.After half a year, the number of people who died under Zhu Yusheng's hands was countless, and now the people of Chenzhou were forced to die.
The old woman said it implicitly, but Ji Xiamo could see the resentment in her eyes clearly. There is a saying in ancient times that the government forced the people to rebel, and the people of Chenzhou must have been forced to such a situation.
"Bastard!" Ye Yi clenched his fist, with blue veins pulsing faintly on his forehead. "Such a big event happened in Chenzhou, didn't the capital hear the news?"
Fang Linjun sneered, "How can the old emperor see the suffering in the world when he sits high on the dragon chair in the Golden Palace? The disaster in Chenzhou probably didn't spread to the capital, but was used by some running dogs and bugs as fat to enrich their own pockets. "
"You!" Ye Yi glared, Fang Linjun turned a blind eye and mocked.
Ignoring the bickering between the two, Ji Xiamo looked at the old woman and asked in a low voice, "Old man, this plague is so severe, why are you okay? Could it be that the old man knows medical skills?"
"I learned a little from my father when I was young, it's nothing." The old woman shook her head.
Ji Xiamo was puzzled, Lou Yin jumped onto the table next to Ji Xiamo, and transmitted the secret voice. 'This old woman has Buddha's light on her body and is blessed by the Buddha. She should be a good person who has recited Buddha all her life. '
Ji Xiamo was slightly startled, stared at the old woman for a long time, and sighed secretly.Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and it is good fortune for this old woman to have such a blessing.
"Xiaomo, don't you want to intervene?" Seeing that Ji Xiamo's expression was wrong, Fang Linjun's mind rang an alarm. "A strong dragon can't overwhelm a local snake, so don't be too hard on yourself. Instead of flying moths into the flames, it's better to leave quickly and seek help from the capital."
Ji Xiamo smiled lowly, "Little Lin, why do you think we can go out safely?"
Fang Linjun was surprised, and Ji Xiamo looked back at the old woman, "Since the prefect of Chenzhou is monitoring the people who have the plague in Chenzhou, isn't it because he is afraid that someone will go to Beijing to sue? We are afraid that since we entered the territory of Chenzhou I have been watched, and now I want to leave safely, it is difficult."
"Young man is a smart man." The old woman sighed. "After entering this man-eating place, it will be difficult to leave."
"!!" Fang Linjun cursed with a suppressed face, and kicked the ground resentfully.
"Grandma!" The boy ran in from the outside, timidly curled up in the old woman's arms. "I'm hungry."
"Have you eaten the momo?" The old woman gently touched the boy's head.
"Momo is gone." The boy felt aggrieved, the old woman paused while touching the boy's head, and couldn't help sighing.
There was a moment of silence in the house, and the sadness of the old woman made everyone a little sad.Fang Linjun, who was sulking at the side, looked sideways at the old and the young, but finally couldn't bear it, took out a few pancakes from the package and handed them to the boy. "Little devil, here, take it."
The boy looked at the pancake in Fang Linjun's hand under the dim moonlight, secretly swallowed, but did not pick it up.The old woman shook her head, "It's not easy here, hero..."
"Take it!" Fang Linjun stuffed the pancake into the boy's arms and said coldly. "It's just a magistrate. How many corrupt officials have I killed over the years? Tonight, Xiaosheng went to the life of that bastard."
"You can save the people of Chenzhou by killing someone." Ji Xiamo snorted coldly. "It's easy to get rid of this dog official, the most important thing now is to find the cause of the plague."
"Several heroes." The old woman stood up and thanked her. "It's late at night, there are no spare beddings in the humble house, the few condescend to rest in the back room, and my little grandson and I go to the kitchen."
"Old man, absolutely not." Ji Xiamo was startled, what an idiot he must be for letting the old man take a nap in the kitchen. "The old man can go to rest. We have rough skin and thick skin when we walk in the rivers and lakes. We are used to the sky as our cover and the ground as our mat. It doesn't matter."
"This..." The old man seemed to want to shirk, but Ji Xiamo said tightly again. "Old man, my father was injured by gangsters on the road. Since the old man has learned some medical skills, I hope the old man can help my father."
The old man was in a coma, and now that Chenzhou is in such a situation, it is difficult to find any doctor.The old man was hunted down and his identity was a mystery, so Ji Xiamo could only cover it up and temporarily recognize him as a cheap father.
"It's nothing, it's nothing." The old woman shook her head repeatedly, and Ji Xiamo signaled Ye Yi. Ye Yi recovered from the phrase "my father", knew Ji Xiamo's intentions, and nodded to thank him without saying a word. Then he led the old woman into the room.
"What should we do next?" Since the matter was serious, Fang Linjun also stopped smiling and looked at Ji Xiamo seriously.
Ji Xiamo sat back on the stool, rubbing the corners of her brows with a headache, "Don't worry, let me think about it, think about it..."
Seeing Ji Xiamo's frown, Bai Er felt distressed, and stepped forward to stand beside Ji Xiamo, gently rubbing Ji Xiamo's temples.The coldness of Bai Er's fingers slightly relieved Ji Xiamo's tense nerves, and he obeyed Bai Er's movements.
"The difficulty of massacring the city, so it is such a massacre?" Ji Xiamo sneered. "No official is not corrupt. This has been the case since ancient times, but to be so daring and disregarding human life is simply an asshole!" Ji Xiamo slapped the table with an ugly expression.
Ji Xiamo was seldom angry, but now that he was angry, Fang Linjun didn't dare to talk to him for a while.The boy who was eating pancakes stared blankly at Ji Xiamo with big black and white eyes.
"Do you want to send a letter to the capital?" Bai Er asked.
"Is it useful?" Ji Xiamo sneered. "Chenzhou is in such a catastrophe. I don't believe that the capital has not received any news. It is estimated that, as Xiao Lin said, this Chenzhou is already a fat meat used by some corrupt officials to enrich their own pockets."
"What are you going to do." Fang Linjun slowed down his tone.
"Some people have been wearing black hats for a long time, and I'm afraid they've forgotten their surnames. The Xing tribe didn't even sound the alarm for them." Ji Xiamo's eyes turned cold. "That's good, some people want to wear this black hat."
"You want to use this to clear the king's side." Bai Er's subordinates paused.
"The most important thing now is the plague." Ji Xiamo angrily gave Bai Er a kidnapper. "The matter of Zhu Yusheng still needs to be investigated. As a small magistrate, if he didn't have a powerful backer behind him, he would never dare to be so presumptuous. If I want to catch the big fish behind him, I need evidence."
"Tomorrow, I will accompany you to investigate in the north of the city." Bai Er said in a deep voice, understanding what Ji Xiamo meant.
Fang Linjun frowned, "There are all refugees who got the plague, are you alright?"
"You don't have to go." Ji Xiamo glanced at Fang Linjun. "You have other tasks. I want you to investigate this Zhu Yusheng, the more detailed the better."
"I'll go with you to the disaster area." Fang Linjun was upset. "I'm afraid that if I can't control it, I will end up with that grandson."
"This task is still up to you, aren't you a thief? Come and go without a trace."
"Sage Stealer!" Fang Linjun was furious.
This is Ye Yi coming out from the back room, Ji Xiamo looked at, "How is it?"
"Need medicine." Ye Yi's expression was serious, and his fists were tightly clenched.
Ji Xiamo raised his chin at Fang Linjun, "Tomorrow, Bai Er and I will go to the disaster area in the north of the city, and you will stay here to take care of your master. Xiao Lin, when you come back, steal some medicine."
Fang Linjun covered his face, "Who did I owe in my previous life!"
"That's it for today." Ji Xiamo yawned wearily. "Bai Er and I will go to the courtyard to find a place to rest, you can do whatever you want." Ji Xiamo said, beckoning Bai Er to follow, and the two left the house one after the other.
Fang Linjun snorted, and looked at Ye Yi angrily, "You just sleep in the house and look after your master, Xiaosheng goes to the room and goes to the moon!"
Seeing several people leaving one after another, Ye Yi was a little lost in thought.In the past few days, he has seen what these people did, and he knows that these people are not evil people.Ji Xiamo seemed to be mean-spirited, but he took great care of him and his master, two people with 'unknown backgrounds', which made Ye Bai puzzled.
Fang Linjun lay on the roof for the whole night, Ji Xiamo and Bai Er randomly found a clean corner to make do with, no one slept well that night.
When he got up in the morning, Ji Xiamo collected the only dry food left and let the old woman warm it up, so that the few of them could make do with a hot meal.
Looking at the boy sitting under the eaves obediently eating jerky, Ji Xiamo thought for a while, walked over with a smile, and sat down beside the boy. "Little brother, what's your name?"
The boy looked at Ji Xiamo for a while, then lowered his head and whispered, "Yazi."
"Yazi, can you do me a favor?" Ji Xiamo asked while gently stroking the boy's greasy hair. "Can you take your brother to the place where those people are sick?"
Yazai turned back to look at the old woman in the house reflexively. The old woman looked at Ji Xiamo and hesitated to speak.Ji Xiamo saw the old woman's hesitation and understood it.Looking at the situation in this family, I am afraid that Yazi is already an only seedling, so the old man naturally does not want his only precious grandson to take risks.
Ji Xiamo stood up smiling and looked like an old woman. "Elders don't have to worry, we don't need Yazai to send us to the place, as long as we point out the direction, we can leave, and we don't have to follow closely."
"It's a joke, because Yazai is the only child in the family." The old woman was a little embarrassed, and walked over to her side and took Yazai into her arms. "Yazi, follow this young man, be careful in everything."
"En!" Yazai nodded obediently.
A few people tidied up and prepared to leave. Ji Xiamo was worried about Fang Linjun's mischief, so he couldn't help but ask, "Be careful there, if you encounter something, retreat beforehand, don't make trouble, you know?"
"Don't worry! Did you get the name of Xiaosheng Hidden Dragon Sage for nothing?" Fang Linjun nodded Ji Xiamo's forehead angrily. "It's the two of you, there are victims of the plague over there, so be careful."
"kindness!"
The two said goodbye, Fang Linjun jumped out of the yard a few times, and disappeared from everyone's sight, Yazi stared in surprise.Ji Xiamo smiled and touched Yazai, "Let's go, Yazai."
"It's me." Bai Er stretched out his hand to hold Ji Xiamo's shoulder, and said in a low voice.
Ji Xiamo was startled, then smiled. "Well, I know."
[Text No.90 Three episodes of corpse poison]
Ji Xiamo and Bai Er followed Yazai who led the way to the disaster area in the north of the city. Yazai was young, so Jixiamo sent him home for fear that he would contract the plague.
Although he had made preparations before coming here and simulated the general situation in his heart, Ji Xiamo still couldn't help feeling his scalp tingle when he entered this area.
In the dilapidated streets and courtyards, the refugees were lying on the ground in ragged clothes, their faces were sallow and skinny, infested with flies and insects, the woman was holding the dying child, her eyes were full of despair and helplessness, and the irrepressible resentment.
Ji Xiamo and Bai Er, who were neatly dressed, attracted attention from all around. Their numb expressions and empty eyes made Ji Xiamo feel sore.
"Bang!" The man with a weak body threw himself on the road without making a sound, and the people around him stared indifferently, their blank expressions seemed to be commonplace.
Ji Xiamo and Bai Er glanced at each other, and walked over quickly. Bai Er helped him up, and Ji Xiamo frowned.The man's skin was blue and purple, his body was cold and he was breathless.But what puzzled Ji Xiamo was that the man had only been down for a moment, but the bruised and purple corpse was covered with spots.
"Child!" There was a shrill scream, and Ji Xiamo looked back, only to see the woman crying miserably while holding the young child in her arms, with hideous features, and a pair of rough hands crazily rubbing the cold skin of the young child .
Ji Xiamo walked over quickly, reaching out to touch the young boy, but was pushed away by the woman.Bai Er dodged to land behind Ji Xiamo, caught Ji Xiamo's staggering body, and swept towards the woman with his pitch-black pupils, sharp and cold.
The woman hugged the cub tightly, staring at Ji Xiamo with red eyes, like a mother beast guarding the cub.
For the mother, be strong for the child.Looking at the negative resentment overflowing from the woman, Ji Xiamo shook his head secretly.Signaling Bai Er to be at ease, Ji Xiamo squatted down opposite the woman to look at the woman at eye level, trying to soften his voice. "I'm here for this plague. If you believe me, can I help you look after your child?"
The woman stared at Ji Xiamo with red eyes and said nothing, and Ji Xiamo looked at her calmly.I don't know how long it took, the woman who was crazy like a female beast began to calm down, looked at Ji Xiamo for a long time, and slowly let go of the arms holding her young son tightly.
Ji Xiamo took the child from the woman's arms and carefully examined the youngest child.The bruised skin, the freezing temperature, and the corpse spots all over the place, if Ji Xiamo hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have almost judged that the child had been dead for a long time.
It stands to reason that corpse spots will not appear in a short period of time after people stop breathing. What exactly is this plague?Ji Xiamo frowned, with a serious expression.
The woman held Ji Xiamo's hand, her chaotic eyes were full of anticipation.Ji Xiamo had a sore nose and silently lowered her head.
"My, my child..." The woman stroked the child's face tremblingly, breathing in the air with great gulps, and Ji Xiamo, who watched heart-piercingly, felt uncomfortable.
"Ah! Ah!!" The sudden scream made Ji Xiamo jump, and a gray-haired old woman ran out of an alley insanely, knelt down on the ground, and hit her head on the ground in a frenzy.
"God! Open your eyes! Don't let people live, you are not as good as a beast, why don't you let me be a pig dog, you can't see, you can't see..." The bloody forehead covered the whole face, and the old woman twitched He fell to the ground with his mouth open, like a dying fish.
Bai Er clenched the sword in his hand, and silently embraced Ji Xiamo into his arms, blocking his sight.Ji Xiamo clutched Ji Xiamo's collar tightly with both hands, clenched his gums tightly, and scattered a little blood.
Ji Xiamo walked around a few more streets, saw some refugees infected with different degrees of the plague, and compared it with the plagues he knew, but there was nothing similar.Ji Xiamo's heart became more and more heavy. If this is a new type of plague, not to mention that there is no equipment for him to study here, even if everything is available, the current disaster in Chenzhou will not give him too much time.
While checking the disaster situation, Ji Xiamo and Bai Er found several traces of surveillance. Bai Er wanted to remove them, but Ji Xiamo stopped them.The news that they came here probably fell into Zhu Yusheng's ears long ago, the two sides remained frozen, although they were not friends, they were not enemies either.If Bai Er killed someone, I'm afraid that the next few people will struggle in this Chenzhou.
Being under surveillance, Ji Xiamo didn't bother to investigate, so he left the disaster area with Bai Er.
Back to the small courtyard where he lived temporarily, Fang Linjun had already returned early and waited.Holding a plate of grapes of unknown origin, he was eating with gusto. Ji Xiamo, who smelled like corpses, blocked the road and robbed him unhappily.
Ji Xiamo enjoyed the hundred erbium feeding with peace of mind like a wealthy landlord, and arrogantly raised his chin at Fang Linjun. "How about it?"
Fang Linjun snorted and sat down opposite Ji Xiamo angrily. "I got some medicine back, and Ye Yi has already boiled it. As for the magistrate! His ancestor's! It's really not a thing. If it wasn't for Xiaosheng's self-control, I wish I could cut him alive."
Fang Linjun's anger exploded, and Ji Xiamo raised his eyebrows and held Bai Er's hand. "what happened?"
"Zhu Yusheng's mansion is built in South Street, where the crowds are bustling, no different from a normal town. If I hadn't seen this place beforehand, I would have thought that everything here was just a bad nightmare." Fang Linjun said coldly laugh. "South Street is populated by high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and the last ones are wealthy businessmen with wealth. There is a brothel called Luowu, thirteen stories high, where Zhu Yusheng and those dignitaries sing and sing every night, drunk and dreaming, living a happy life More gods than gods."
"Is there any more?" Ji Xiamo said indifferently.
"Then Zhu Yusheng is a bastard!" Fang Linjun slammed his fist on the table, his eyes were burning with anger. "Zhu Yusheng has been an official in Chenzhou for more than four years. He searched for people's fat and anointment, hurt people's lives, and robbed people's daughters. He did all sorts of crimes. Eighteen wives and concubines in his mansion, ninety percent of them were snatched back by him. And, and he..."
Not only did he talk about the embarrassment, Fang Linjun's face was ugly, and his two hands clasped.
Ji Xiamo remained expressionless, "Continue."
"He's just a pervert." Fang Linjun gritted his teeth, with anger and embarrassment on his face. "He likes to use some tricks in the house, house/things, because the girls he tortured to death are far more than the wives and concubines in his mansion."
"Crack!" The cup in Ji Xiamo's hand cracked, and plum blossoms fell on the dark table deep in the scarlet blood.
Bai Er's pupils tightened, he took Ji Xiamo's hand and opened his fingers, carefully picked out the porcelain piece in his palm, looked at the dazzling scarlet, and frowned.
Ji Xiamo let Bai Er treat his wound, his eyes fixed on Fang Linjun. "Is there any more?"
"For the time being, that's all for the time being." Xu Shiji Xiamo's eyes were too frightening, and Fang Linjun's back felt a little chilly.
Ji Xiamo stared at the palm of his hand in a daze and was silent for a long time. The atmosphere in the room was quiet and strange for a while.Ye Yi came out from the house, and Ji Xiamo pulled back the bandaged hand from Bai Er's hand and greeted him. "How is he?"
"I've already taken the medicine, as long as the fever subsides." After Ye Yi answered Ji Xiamo, his eyes fell on Fang Linjun, walked over steadily, and knelt down on one knee. "Thank you!"
Ye Yi's kneeling made Fang Linjun a little stunned, and he snorted coldly for a long time, and turned his face angrily, "I have been serving all the way, and I haven't waited for you to repay my favor. If I die at this time, Xiaosheng will not lose money." die."
Ye Yi looked up at the three people in the room, "For the grace of saving lives, I will go through fire or water."
Ji Xiamo stayed in the back room for a moment, then turned to look at Ye Yi, "Did you hear our conversation just now?"
"En." Ye Yi nodded slightly, the hand holding the scabbard was stretched with blue veins, and his dark pupils were burning with anger, as if he was holding back the desire to kill.
"I went with Bai Er to the victims." Ji Xiamo calmly told what he had seen and heard when he went to the victims.Fang Linjun jumped into a rage, Ye Yi's face turned black and blue, the anger of the two of them almost burned the roof.
"I'm going to the South Street that Xiao Lin mentioned." Ji Xiamo said. "I still can't figure out the cause of the plague, but staying here won't help. To solve the plague, doctors and medicinal materials are indispensable. Moreover, I need to find evidence of Zhu Yusheng's crime and the backing behind him, and then Report directly to the emperor."
"Who are you?" Ye Yi stared at Ji Xiamo with fiery eyes.
Ji Xiamo smiled, "The capital, Ji Xiamo, son of the prime minister's mansion."
Ye Yi was startled. "Are you the eldest son of the prime minister's mansion?" When he heard Ji Xiamo's name at first, he thought it was familiar, but now he remembered that the name of the prime minister's son is not Ji Xiamo?
Ignoring Ye Yi's shock, Ji Xiamo turned to Fang Linjun and Bai Er with an inquiring gaze.Bai Er nodded slightly, but his eyes remained on Ji Xiamo's injured hand.
"Go!" Fang Linjun clenched his fist. "The son of a bitch, let's see if Xiaosheng killed him with his own hands."
Because of the master's injury, Ye Yi paused for a moment, but still nodded in agreement.There is no real safe place in Chenzhou, and they are being hunted down.Instead of being alone, it is better to follow the crowd, even if you encounter danger, you can take care of each other.
In the middle of the night, Ji Xiamo opened his eyes and glanced at Bai Er, who was sleeping beside him. Afraid of waking him up, he carefully avoided his body and quietly left the courtyard.
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