The land was devastated, and corpses littered the fields.
The memory of that hellish scene made Cheng Shanshan's heart tighten!
She clearly remembered that this kind of zombie-like transformation of the living dead only occurred in the later stages of the famine, when people not only had to face endless hunger, but also had to guard against being attacked and devoured.
These zombies are devoid of emotion. They will bite any living being they encounter, and they are impervious to pain and will not die. Each person they bite will become a new zombie, creating an endless closed loop.
At this moment, the living dead, bound by thick iron chains, were struggling desperately. Every movement made a sound that seemed about to break. Seeing this, Prefect Dong was heartbroken: "I tried my best to stop them, but why is it still like this?" These people were being sent in one after another. It turned out that he could still suppress them, but he could no longer suppress them at all.
At this point, Prefect Dong looked at Ye Dong and said, "There is no one I can trust in this Ping'an City anymore. I only hope that you can help me now."
Ye Dong finally understood the current situation: "So you asked me to guard those people to test me, to see if I can help you in any way?"
"yes."
Prefect Dong nodded.
Now he has put everything out in the open: "However, to be on the safe side, I will have someone deliver medicine again every night. Those are the ones that I have refined and that have good effects. I hope you will not blame me."
"Prefect Dong, you flatter me."
Seeing the two chatting so animatedly, Cheng Shanshan asked, "Can I leave now?" She had already checked the area and found that Bai Shi was not among the living dead.
Since there isn't one, then it has nothing to do with her.
Prefect Dong quickly stopped her, saying, "No, no, no, Miss Cheng, please wait." As he said this, he cupped his hands in a gesture of respect, adding, "Miss Cheng, you are the one who can be of great help to me."
Cheng Shanshan asked calmly, "I wonder what Prefect Dong means?"
Prefect Dong didn't beat around the bush and directly stated his meaning: "The herbs sold to the pharmacy before were all collected by Miss Cheng, right?" Those things were of the highest quality in terms of appearance and everything else. At a time when medicinal materials are in short supply, he didn't believe that Ye Dong could find such things.
Before Cheng Shanshan could speak, Ye Dong hurriedly said, "Prefect Dong, she..."
"Ye Dong, don't worry."
Prefect Dong interrupted Ye Dong: "I don't mean to make things difficult for Miss Cheng. It's just that since you have the skill to gather herbs, and I happen to need them, why don't you treat me like the manager of a pharmacy? When you have something, come and sell it to me. I won't shortchange you by a single tael of silver, and I'll even add a little extra for you."
Cheng Shanshan never expected that selling some medicinal herbs would attract her attention.
But she clearly didn't want to get involved in this mess. After all, although there were plenty of medicinal herbs in the space, taking out a little could be considered as luck, but taking out too much would cause unnecessary trouble.
Just as she was about to refuse, Prefect Dong suddenly said, "Miss Cheng, I know who you are looking for. If you are willing to help me, that person will definitely help you find them."
Cheng Shanshan was taken aback: "Do you know where it is?"
Prefect Dong did not answer, but suddenly said, "By the way, Wu Hunzi is my way of helping you solve a problem."
"..."
Cheng Shanshan frowned.
The strong sense of threat made her very uncomfortable.
But since they had already said that, she couldn't say anything more.
"It's not so convenient to talk here. Why don't you come back with me and we can eat and talk, so the three of us can discuss our strategy?" Magistrate Dong said with a smile, gesturing for them to join him.
It was less of a discussion and more of an order.
Prefect Dong was very satisfied with Ye Dong's handling of the undead, so he put Ye Dong in charge of managing them as well. Of course, the most important thing was that he also wanted Ye Dong to find a way to deal with these zombie-turned undead.
Of course, Cheng Shanshan was also in charge of collecting herbs. In her words, the more the better, as there were ten pharmacists waiting for her herbs to refine pills!
She has as many herbs as she wants.
But how to bring it out, and what reason to use to make it reasonable, is the problem.
On the way back, Ye Dong saw that Cheng Shanshan was silent and couldn't help but apologize: "I dragged you into this. Otherwise, you can leave and everything will be fine once you leave this place."
“You know I can’t leave, and the situation outside isn’t much better than here.” Although she didn’t like feeling threatened, she had no choice but to comply.
After all, Ping'an City is the only relatively peaceful place. If those undead can't be controlled, they will only bring forward the hell on earth that should have appeared many years later...
She was not afraid of the suffering of the people, nor of what would happen to the common people.
She just wanted to live a peaceful life as much as possible. After all, Bai Shi had not been found, Huo Mingchen had not come, and she now had a little fourteenth child to take care of. Under such circumstances, how could she remain unaffected?
As she was thinking this, she looked up at Ye Dong and asked, "By the way, you said you could take me away. Is there a way out?"
"Um."
Ye Dong nodded.
For some reason, he was somewhat lost in thought when he saw the glint in Cheng Shanshan's eyes.
Cheng Shanshan's face lit up with joy: "If we can get out, then the problem can be solved!"
Ye Dong didn't understand Cheng Shanshan's meaning and thought she had suddenly agreed to leave. He felt a little reluctant: "So, when are you planning to leave?"
"Where are you going?"
Cheng Shanshan realized that Ye Dong had misunderstood.
So she patiently explained, "Prefect Dong asked me to procure herbs, but Ping'an City is only so big, and there will always be times when we run out. If you have a way out, I can go outside to look for them. I have a friend who has a large quantity of medicinal herbs." She originally wanted to say that she couldn't explain the source of the herbs, but since there was a way to leave, she decided to explain.
Even if she has a reasonable excuse, she can pretend to go out a few times, and she might even be able to go out and look for Huo Mingchen!
Thinking of this, Huo Mingchen's tall figure involuntarily appeared in her mind. She wondered how he was doing over there.
When Ye Xi returned to the Ye family home, everyone gathered around him. Ye Xi, holding a spiked club, stood there stunned: "I've already prepared my weapons to break him out of prison!"
Cheng Shanshan asked, "Are you a little disappointed?"
"...No, no, no, I'm overjoyed." Ye Xi said while checking Ye Dong's body, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was alright: "Big brother, you scared me to death this time, why did Magistrate Dong let you come back?"
Ye Dong didn't reveal the real reason: "The misunderstanding has been cleared up. Wu Hunzi's death was an accident, so naturally they'll let us go."
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