Chang Ying, who was standing by, heard this and immediately reached for the sword at his waist, his expression solemn, "Miss, do you want to order the man to be detained?"

Our girl is extremely intelligent. Since she said that person has a problem, then there must be something wrong with that person.

Wei Xiyin shook her head, "No need."

Chang Ying was puzzled, not knowing what she meant, "Then..."

Wei Xiyin didn't answer, but instead asked, "This Chu Yu claimed to have been an aide to the King of Changsha, and he took the initiative to explain that he was coming from the south. What do you think is the reason?"

The south was where the epidemic first appeared. How come he happened to take leave and go home to visit his family when the epidemic broke out?

Besides, who would travel thousands of miles back home without even a guard? If he could be accepted by the King of Changsha, he must not be an ordinary person. He would not wear coarse clothes and cloth shoes and travel back home alone.

So Wei Xiyin speculated that Chu Yu was most likely not resigning and going home, but running away secretly.

"If that's the case, why did Mr. Chu take the initiative to explain to the girl?" Chang Ying still didn't quite understand. As a martial artist, he didn't quite understand the connection between the two.

Isn't this intended to arouse the girl's suspicion?

"Yes, he deliberately wanted to arouse my suspicion." Wei Xiyin explained calmly, "Because the epidemic has also broken out in Yizhou, which he had not anticipated. Mr. Chu now needs a safe place to stay that can protect his family."

Wei’s Fort is the best choice.

"Just wait. After he goes home to pick up his family, he will definitely go to Wei's Fortress." Wei Xiyin said firmly.

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The people carried food up the mountain one after another.

After learning that they had to pay for food to enter the Wei's Fort, plus their own food and drink in the future, almost everyone carried as much as they could and tried to take away all the food they could from home.

The guards also brought out a few bags of flour, started to build a stove, made a fire, kneaded the dough and made pancakes, preparing dry food for the journey.

Just after noon, Chu Yu came to bid farewell to the Wei siblings.

Wei Xiyin asked someone to prepare food for him on the road, told him to be careful, and then said goodbye to him in the temple.

As for how Chu Yu would get home, that was not her concern.

They had wasted quite a bit of time, and it was time for them to head home.

Chang Ying was very familiar with this area and had discussed the route home with Wei Xiyin before. At present, the safest way was to go up the mountain and bypass all places with people.

Chang Ying said, "After crossing this mountain, you will reach Zhongshan County. Just follow the mountain road and cross two more mountains, and you will reach Yongning County, which is under the jurisdiction of Anping County."

"By then we need to go down the mountain, bypass the county town and enter Qinghe County, which is only a few miles away from Wei's Fort."

Wei Xiyin had no objection to this arrangement.

After confirming the route again and again, she ordered the team to assemble and set off.

Perhaps because he had been stuck in the temple for too long, Wei Lang couldn't help but feel happy when he heard that they were about to leave, and volunteered to help carry the food.

Chang Ying didn't dare let him carry anything too heavy, so he gave the siblings' luggage to him.

Without ox carts to carry luggage, food could only be transported by manpower. Except for some guards responsible for the surrounding security, everyone else carried dozens or hundreds of kilograms of food on their backs.

The mountain road was difficult to walk on. The guards had to carry heavy objects and take care of the villagers behind them who were carrying food and occasionally fell behind.

After walking for half a day, they still hadn't climbed over the mountain.

The night is too dangerous.

Just after the third hour, Chang Ying ordered to stop advancing and find a place to hide nearby for the night.

There is no ruined temple tonight, only a natural barrier formed by open-air stones. Ordinary people hide inside, and guards stand on the outside to guard.

Ningshuang followed her girl closely, looking around nervously from time to time.

Two days have passed, and she still seems to have not recovered.

Seeing this, Wei Xiyin thought that it was no use going on like this, so she asked her, "If a monster attacks one day and we get separated, what are you going to do?"

When Ningshuang heard this, she was so scared that tears came out.

She was almost scared to death just thinking about that scene.

Seeing this, Wei Xiyin added, "By then, perhaps you'll only be able to survive if you muster the courage to burn your boats and cross the river."

"Look, Mr. Chu, you're going home alone, and you have not only me but also Chang Ying and a group of guards by your side. No matter how powerful those monsters are, they are transformed from humans. They just have two eyes, a nose, and a mouth. After looking at them for a long time, they will become just like that. What's there to be afraid of?"

This time Ningshuang really burst into tears. The little girl did not forget about those monsters at this time. She was afraid that the sound would be heard down the mountain, so she immediately covered her mouth with her hands.

The two guards standing beside him had dark lines on their faces.

Is the girl trying to comfort or scare people?

Wei Xiyin remained calm. She was not very good at comforting others, so it was better to let her cry than to keep it in her heart.

Thinking that she had to travel tomorrow, Wei Xiyin stopped talking and closed her eyes to catch up on her sleep.

Perhaps because there were so many of them and the smell of strangers was strong, in the second half of the night several zombies actually came up the mountain road.

Fortunately, the guards on night watch discovered them in time and took action to deal with them before they made any noise, and did not attract more monsters.

When it was dawn, some villagers woke up and saw the zombie corpses. They were so scared that they screamed in panic.

Soon everyone knew that there had been a zombie attack last night, and the villagers secretly rejoiced that they had listened to Mr. Chu and chosen to follow the girl to the fort.

Otherwise, these people would not survive for more than a few days.

Chang Ying found Wei Xiyin and reported: "Girl, we sacrificed one person last night."

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