Chapter 330 The Living Dead

Under the command of Old Man Qin, the Black Mountain Army began to quietly dig tunnels in sections.

The villagers of Heishan Prefecture went to the enemy camp to cause trouble at night and took a nap during the day.

In the past two days, more and more people have fled from the outskirts of Beijing, which can be regarded as the second peak of escape after the war.

Before, after everyone squeezed out of Chang'an City, some went directly to their hometowns in other places, but many people, like the Yan family, went to villas or villages outside the capital to stay temporarily and observe the situation.

If the situation reverses and the enemy fails to enter Chang'an City, they can go back.

If the enemy army breaks into the city, they will not be trapped in the city and can escape directly.

As a result, it was found that the defense of Chang'an City was too weak without a leader. The generals of the imperial guards had different thoughts. Some wanted to surrender, some wanted to escape, and a few fought to the death.

It was captured in just one day, and everyone suspected that someone in Chang'an City had opened the gates to welcome the enemy.

Many people also lamented:

It turns out that the seemingly prosperous Dayu is just an empty shell that will break into pieces with a single knock.

No matter what the truth is, the situation is now very clear. Chang'an has truly become a place of tigers and wolves, and they can't go back.

Therefore, people in the suburbs of Beijing packed up their luggage and ran away.

The small roads outside Beijing were crowded with people and carriages.

Several of the carriages followed closely behind.

It’s the Yuan family’s carriage.

The first carriage was packed with men, and the second carriage was filled with women, both young and old.

Whether in the front or the back carriage, the faces of the people were sad.

They are Yuan Chi's uncle's family.

Yuan Chi's father's family was the eldest branch, and his uncle's family was the second branch. They separated in their early years and did not live together. They were not very close emotionally, but they were definitely not distant.

They didn't leave before because they were hoping Yuan Chi might be able to find a way to defend the city.

But later I heard that the city was destroyed and everyone was killed, and Yuan Chi's whereabouts were unknown.

Yuan Chi's uncle and his family knew that Yuan Chi would definitely not run away. If there was no news, it meant that the person was definitely dead.

The atmosphere in the carriage was very depressing.

There were five women crammed into the women's carriage, three of them had their hair tied up in buns, and two were still little girls.

Among the three women, one of them, who was older, said to the other two:

"Shan'er, Yu'er, we still have some land in our hometown in Jiangnan. Although our life will not be as good as before, it will still be much better than that of ordinary people. We will have enough food and clothing. Don't be discouraged. In the future, we will take good care of our family in Jiangnan, and we will live a good life."

The older one is the lady of the house, Yuan Chi's aunt.

"That's right, mother." The other two young women replied.

One of them is the daughter-in-law of the Yuan family, and the other is the daughter of the Yuan family.

"Yu'er, you are still young. When you get to Jiangnan, mother and Shan'er will make plans for your future. Don't worry about the past."

Mrs. Yuan said this in a tactful way, but Yuan Yu understood.

Yuan Yu looked at the tips of her embroidered shoes and said, "Mother, I am very lucky to be able to leave the palace. I won't miss the past anymore."

She was born with delicate features, but she seemed inconspicuous in the palace full of beauties.

She entered the palace as a talented woman at the age of sixteen. After two years, she was favored by the emperor and promoted to the rank of Concubine.

She was lucky and soon became pregnant with a dragon heir, but she was unable to keep the baby.

The silent Concubine Yuan in the palace failed to save her child, nor did she keep her honor and favor.

A few days ago, earth-shaking changes took place in the palace. Everyone fled, and Concubine Yuan also fled back to her parents' home.

When Concubine Yuan first escaped from the palace, she was still frightened and could not sleep well for several nights at home.

When Tiele Khan's army came, she was indeed as panicked as everyone else, but there was another thing that made her shocked and angry.

Before she escaped from the palace, a palace maid told her that it was the Queen who caused her miscarriage.

Concubine Yuan was shocked.

She had always felt that the Queen had taken good care of her in the palace, like a sister. She even worried about the Queen's health after she went to Ciguang Temple to recuperate.

How could it be the Queen's doing?

But those palace servants described the details of the incident clearly. They had not dared to speak out before, because if they did, they would be the only ones to die.

After hearing the details, Yuan Jieyu had to believe it.

She was caught in a mixture of fear, anger and hatred.

The wheels of the carriage rolled and the people in the carriage swayed with the body of the carriage.

Yuan Yu lifted the car curtain and looked out the window in a daze.

There were all kinds of people outside, some were well-dressed, while others looked as shabby as beggars.

In the corner of the road, there was a beggar squatting in tattered clothes. His clothes seemed to be made of good material, but they were so dirty that the pattern could not be seen. His hair was stuck together in clumps, and he was covered in dust.

"Stop the car!" Yuan Yu clenched his hands that were holding the car curtain and shouted.

The driver didn't understand why the carriage had to stop, and the car had only been going for a short while.

The other people in the car also looked at her in surprise.

"I want to get off! I want to get off!" This was the first time Yuan Yu showed such an abnormal expression since he returned home.

She usually seems mild-mannered.

The carriage stopped.

Yuan Yu got off the carriage, crossed the crowd diagonally, walked quickly to the beggar, and grabbed the beggar regardless of the dirt:

"It's you! It's you, right?" Yuan Yu grabbed the beggar tightly, wiped the dirt off the beggar's face with his hand, and saw a familiar face.

"Du Ru!" Yuan Yu's tone suddenly rose, "I know, I know it's you!"

The dirty and battered Du Ru looked at her with a confused and panicked look, and shrank back in fear:

"Who are you... I don't know you... You're a ghost... The ghost is here to take my life again..."

Yuan Yu: "Don't act crazy in front of me! I know it's you... it was you who attacked me and caused the death of my child. It was you!"

Du Ru heard this, a strange light flashed in his eyes, and he held his head with both hands and scratched desperately:

"My child... yes, I'm looking for my child, looking for my child... Where's my Zhen'er... Zhen'er..."

She looked at Yuan Yu's stomach and suddenly hit it hard:

"You all die, all of you! It's you who seduced the Emperor... That's why there are resentful demons in the palace... That's why you harmed Zhen'er..."

Du Ru was originally on Ciguang Mountain, and her madness became more and more obvious.

After the incident in the palace, Ciguang Temple was empty, with only the courtyard where Du Ru was confined still occupied.

Later, the news of the palace coup reached the mountain. When Du Ru heard that the emperor, the prince and the empress dowager were all dead, she went crazy that night and started throwing things at people.

When the people of Chang'an City poured out of the city in large numbers, those guarding Ciguang Mountain also fled down the mountain.

The emperor and the prince are both gone, the barbarians are about to attack, the sky is half falling, who would care about this madman in the mountains?

The crazy Du Ru also ran down the mountain when no one was paying attention.

She is less lucid and more crazy.

She finally threw away the amulet and was not in the palace, but she seemed to always see wronged ghosts hanging around in front of her.

She could only keep running and hiding.

Du Ru saw Yuan Yu but didn't recognize who he was. However, she seemed to see a ball of black air in front of Yuan Yu's abdomen, and she rushed towards Yuan Yu's stomach.

Yuan Yu was caught off guard and knocked back by Du Ru.

"Yu'er, what's wrong with Yu'er?" Yuan Yu's father and brother came over to support her.

They didn't know why Yuan Yu suddenly got off the carriage and went to the corner to push and shove a beggar.

After being supported, Yuan Yu rushed towards Du Ru with gritted teeth:

"You have come to this day, and your child is dead. This is all retribution for your sins! He deserves to die, and you deserve to die too!"

Yuan Yu rushed forward with all his strength. Du Ru hadn't eaten properly for several days, and was knocked backward by Yuan Yu.

Behind Du Ru was a forest and a steep slope.

She rolled down the steep slope and hit a rock, causing blood to seep from the back of her head.

Yuan Yu still wanted to go down, but his father and brother forcibly pulled him back.

People came and went, the Yuan family's carriage drove away, and the beggar in the corner disappeared, as if nothing had happened.

Du Ru lay in the woods for a day and a night, then slowly opened her eyes.

She felt great pain all over her body, but she found that she couldn't move at all; she couldn't even speak.

A man dressed as an old servant walked into the woods, apparently wanting to urinate.

I was shocked when I saw a beggar lying with his eyes open at the foot of the forest slope. I thought it was a corpse with eyes open.

The man looked closer and saw that it was a woman. He looked more carefully and suddenly shouted:

“Emperor…Emperor…”

He was a servant of the Du family. He had seen Du Ru before she entered the palace. Although the man in front of him was dirty and haggard, he was definitely Du Ru.

The servant quickly carried Du Ru up.

Before the Du family left, they sent people to Ciguang Mountain to look for Du Ru, but by then the mountain was deserted and there was not even a single person on the mountain, so they had to give up.

I didn't expect to see it here.

The Du family was also frightened when they saw Du Ru's appearance.

When they arrived at the next town, they found a doctor to treat Du Ru.

The doctor shook his head:

"My medical skills are limited. Judging from her symptoms, this lady will probably be like a living dead person. Her throat and tongue are paralyzed, making it difficult for her to speak; her limbs are paralyzed, making it difficult for her to stand. I am helpless in this case."

The Du family looked horrified and grief-stricken.

Du Ru, lying on the bed, widened her eyes. At this moment she was very awake and she heard what the doctor said.

She struggled to speak.

She didn't want to suffer in this horrible state, so it would be better for her to die and be relieved.

Ho-ho-ho

But not a single word came out of his throat, and a string of saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth.

She couldn't even seek death to escape.

She couldn't commit suicide, and the Du family wouldn't kill her. They would just let her suffer like this day after day, year after year.

Autumn is the harvest season, and the waiter of the inn brought a plate of fruit to the room.

The fragrant aroma of fruit wafts through the room.

Amidst the fruity fragrance, the person on the bed had a dull look in his eyes, with tears falling from the corners of his eyes.