Chapter 46: People infested by insects make a pilgrimage to the Snow Mountain and the mountain god...

Shen Yanqing was about to say something when a strange general rushed into the room in a hurry. A strange look flashed in his eyes when he looked at Qin Yuqing. She was about to say something.

General Xiao covered the general's mouth, forcibly dragged him back and said, "Can't you see the princess is injured and needs to rest! If you have anything to say, wait until the princess has rested well before discussing it."

Qin Yuqing looked at the beads of sweat on the general's forehead, thinking it was something important, so he said sympathetically, "General Shen, please go ahead and do your work. I'm fine now, and there are so many people here."

Seeing Qin Yuqing said this, Shen Yanqing didn't say anything else and turned around and left in a hurry.

Qin Yuqing looked at Chuntao and Xiaolu beside the bed. Just as she was about to ask about Park Qinghe's condition, she heard Xiaolu rubbing her eyes.

"Princess, I feel a little uncomfortable and want to sleep." The deer's uncomfortable expression did not seem fake, and the whole person was shaky.

Qin Yuqing hugged Xiaolu's fallen body and asked worriedly, "Do you want me to ask General Xiao to get you some medicine?"

The deer shook his head and unconsciously rubbed Qin Yuqing's palm. He whispered, "Every time I cast an oracle, it consumes a certain amount of energy. I need to sleep to replenish it. Don't worry, Princess, I'm fine."

Xiaolu's eyes slowly closed: "It was the same when I was with my brother before. It will be fine after a good sleep."

Qin Yuqing looked at the sleeping Xiaolu, whose tender face was full of fatigue. She seemed to have forgotten that Xiaolu and Xiaowu were just adults. For this pair of siblings, just falling from a high altitude was very exhausting.

Especially since Xiaolu had accompanied her through assassinations and climbed mountains and crossed rivers without a single complaint. It seemed that he showed his tiredness and vulnerability only when he was sure that Yanyun City was safe.

Qin Yuqing got out of bed carefully, and together with Chuntao, helped Xiaolu onto the bed, covered him with a quilt, then pointed outside the door and walked out.

When Qin Yuqing reached the door, she didn't find Pu Qinghe, so she asked, "Xiao Taozi, where is Pu Qinghe?"

Chun Tao pouted and said, "Princess, your injuries haven't healed yet. The military doctor said it's not easy to exercise."

Qin Yuqing tapped Chuntao's mouth with his finger and said with a smile, "It's not a serious injury. Your mouth is so pouty that you could hang a water jar on it."

"No way!" Chun Tao knew that the princess was a person who could not be persuaded, just like her master, so she said, "Pu Qinghe is a man, so he is in another courtyard. Princess, are you going to go find him?"

"I have something to discuss with him, and it just so happens that you are here too." Ever since Qin Yuqing met General Xiao, she has been observing General Xiao, including Shen Yanqing just now. It is obvious that he has something hidden and has not told her.

She had a premonition that the crises in Yanyun City and Snow Mountain were closely related to her, and she might be needed to resolve them.

Soon I saw Park Qinghe. He was also a restless person and was brandishing swords and guns in the yard.

"Oh, the Sixth Princess is finally awake? I thought she would sleep a little longer."

Ignoring Park Qinghe's sarcastic words, Qin Yuqing spoke to herself, "It's obvious that before the Pu family's incident, he was a gentle and kind young man."

"I'm going to go out into the streets and see for myself the people who are sick."

Park Qinghe's face changed drastically. He knew Qin Yuqing's personality and temper. In fact, the moment he saw Qin Yuqing coming over, he knew what this fearless Sixth Princess was going to do.

"This is too risky. As a princess, you should prioritize your own safety. If you were in danger, what would His Majesty, those who care about you, and Lu Jingchuan do?" Park Qinghe demanded emotionally. "You promised me that you would overturn the case for the Park family. Do you think you'd break your promise?"

After hearing what Park Qinghe said, Chuntao continued, "Yes, Princess, the master can no longer bear the princess getting into trouble. The master will go crazy."

Qin Yuqing knew Chuntao and Pu Qinghe's concerns, but she had made up her mind. If she was really infected with the virus, it would only mean that this disaster was her destiny.

Besides, there are some things that can only be figured out by her going to see it in person, what General Shen and the others are hiding.

"As you said, I am a princess, so I cannot abandon the people, otherwise I will feel guilty." Qin Yuqing thought about it. Chuntao and Pu Qinghe were people from the world of the book after all. They did not have tasks that had to be completed like herself.

"Are you just going to stay in the general's mansion and wait for me? If I feel unwell, you will inform General Shen in time. You can use violence if necessary."

After saying that, Qin Yuqing turned and left. After being in this world for so long, she was actually a little uncomfortable going out without anyone around.

If she was really infected with the virus, she would have turned into an irrational monster by the time Lu Jingchuan arrived. I wonder if that would scare him.

Qin Yuqing took out a piece of cloth, put the handkerchief in it, folded it, placed it on her mouth and nose, and then tied the cloth strips at the back to serve as a simple mask.

"Princess, please wait for me." Chun Tao came out and said a little unhappy, "Although I am the master's secret guard, I am ultimately the princess's personal maid. As a maid, I am derelict in my duty if I don't stay by her side."

Qin Yuqing looked at Pu Qinghe who was following Chuntao, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. She didn't expect Pu Qinghe to come.

"What are you looking at? If anything happens to you, that kid Lu Jingchuan will definitely kill me. So for my life, I have to follow you." Pu Qinghe put his hands in his pockets, touched his nose with an unnatural expression and said.

"Besides, I'm just trying to prevent the only person who knows the truth about the Park family's extermination from getting into trouble. The issue of privately minted copper coins has not been resolved yet."

Qin Yuqing felt a warm feeling in her heart. In this strange world, besides Lu Jingchuan, there were many people who treated her sincerely.

"Take these." Qin Yuqing took out the other two "masks" she had already made and handed them to Chuntao and Pu Qinghe. "This can protect you from the spread of some diseases."

Upon hearing this, the two of them took it up obediently and followed Qin Yuqing obediently.

The situation in Yanyun City was much more serious than she had imagined. The streets were empty, and some vendors' carts were placed casually on the roadside, with some even having finished products on them. It seemed that they left in a hurry and had no time to clean up.

A gust of wind blew, and the broken paper ball rolled alone on the street. At this moment, a child ran out chasing the ball. When he picked up the ball, he looked at Qin Yuqing and his group curiously, and was obviously interested in the "masks" on their faces.

"Disasters appear, temples appear." The child suddenly straightened his back, holding the small ball in his hand, and walked towards Qin Yuqing in a serious manner. He looked at Qin Yuqing with a lifeless gaze and said word by word, "The colorful lotus blooms, on the top of the snow mountain, the destined person will exchange his life for medicine to save the world."

Chuntao stood in front of Qin Yuqing. She didn't know what the child was saying, but she knew that the child came in a very strange way.

"How dare you! Why don't you show respect to the princess?"

Qin Yuqing patted Chuntao's shoulder, walked around her and squatted down, looking at the child gently and asked, "Child, can you tell your sister who told you that?"

The child's head suddenly turned towards the snow-capped mountains, and he knelt down devoutly. He said, "The mountain god in the temple asked me to pass on a message to you."

At this time, the child's mother ran over and picked up the child. When she saw the clothes of Qin Yuqing and his group, she realized that these people were either rich or noble. She kept apologizing: "My son has been immature since he was a child and has offended several noble people."

"It's okay. The streets are not safe now. Keep an eye on the children and don't let them go out." Qin Yuqing shook her head. She didn't have the airs of a high-ranking official, so she didn't care about these things.

The woman kept thanking him, carrying the child quickly into the house and closing the door.

Qin Yuqing looked at the paper ball left on the ground. She held it in her hand and suddenly saw something inside the ball. So she tore the ball open and took the paper in her hand.

There is a sentence in red inside the ball. The words are a little black when printed on the paper. If you smell it closely, you can even smell the smell of rust.

"Temple of Lies, do not go there." Chun Tao read the words on the note softly. She looked at Qin Yuqing in confusion and asked, "Princess, although I didn't understand what the child said just now, I know that the child's words were all asking you to go to the Snow Mountain."

"This is completely contrary to what is written on paper. Princess, please do not act impulsively."

Qin Yuqing nodded and was about to say something when an inaudible roar sounded in front of him, followed by a strange figure slowly approaching.

The man seemed to be leaning against a slope, his head tilted to one side. As he got closer, his roaring voice became clearer and clearer: "Pilgrimage to the snow-capped mountains, to the mountain gods."

When this person approached, Qin Yuqing and his group gasped.

Most of the man's skin was still intact, but there seemed to be something wriggling on the surface of the skin on his arms and face, overlapping each other layer by layer, and as if it had its own consciousness, it kept growing towards the intact skin.

Qin Yuqing ignored Chuntao and Pu Qinghe's obstruction and bravely stepped forward to observe the man carefully, and only then did he see clearly what he had.

They were extremely thin and long, dark red worms that kept wriggling on the skin. Small red dots kept appearing on some of the man's intact skin. Then, under Qin Yuqing's gaze, the small red dots broke open one by one, and new worms emerged.

These insects kept crossing and overlapping each other. After some of them came into contact with another insect, they quickly split into two insects. The new one crawled towards the skin that had not been eroded yet. If you got closer, you could hear the sound of the flesh being pierced.

What is even more horrifying is that the man's eyeballs disappeared, and in his eyes, which were now only white, red wriggling worms were clearly visible. Some of the worms crawled out of his eyes and then drilled into his nose, while some crawled out of his scalp and entered his eyes.

"You're going to die!" Pu Qinghe pulled Qin Yuqing back and scolded, "What will we do if you get infected?"

Qin Yuqing felt a constant tingling in his heart and waves of acid reflux in his stomach. This situation was very similar to the human body being eroded by parasites in modern times, but there were still some differences.

The man limped towards the snow-capped mountains.

"Follow him." Qin Yuqing thought for a moment and decided to follow the person in front of him to see what would happen and have a specific understanding.

The first time she saw this person, she realized that she could not save him at the moment. Even modern science and technology would be helpless in the face of this situation.

The man walked out of Yanyun City and knelt down when he was about to reach the snow mountain. Because his limbs had been completely eaten away by insects, he seemed to have no feeling at all and knelt down to move forward bit by bit.

After a while, he fell to the ground with a "thump". His whole body had been completely eaten by insects. From a distance, he looked like a giant insect, constantly wriggling its body and crawling towards the snow-capped mountains.

But even though his body was devoured, Qin Yuqing still heard the man speaking intermittently.

"Pilgrimage to the snow-capped mountains and pay homage to the mountain gods."