Chapter 227 Why Are You Coughing?
In less than two incense sticks of time, Xie Chen brought people to tie up the horses.
Unexpectedly, I saw Xiangying and Qi Fengyi putting cotton cloth on the hooves of dozens of horses in the stable.
Jie Chen was startled and was about to thank Xiangying, but she walked past him with light steps.
He also said hello to Skinny Monkey and Sour Scholar, but never looked at him.
Xie Chen frowned slightly and looked back, but Xiangying had already walked away.
The skinny monkey winked at the sour scholar.
Look, their sister-in-law is still angry with the deputy general!
In the dark snowy night, the exile team set off.
In order to make it easier for those behind him to walk, Xie Chen ordered the food and grass team at the rear to go first.
The heavy wheels crushed a flat snowy road, and the prisoners walked against the wind with ropes tied to their belts.
Xiangying seemed to be sitting in the carriage and not paying any attention, but in fact he was flying a drone back and forth, fearing that someone would fall and fall behind.
To her surprise, the Sixth Prince and Xiang Qianqian, who always liked to act like mischief, were surprisingly calm.
That's really out of character.
The group continued to move forward, and when it was dawn, the snow fell even heavier.
Xie Chen's judgment was correct. If they had stayed where they were last night, they would probably have been unable to move at all by now.
Fortunately, when the sky was completely bright, they finally saw the outline of White City in the distance.
This town standing in the snow and wind, even though the epidemic is rampant, has become the dawn in their eyes.
Xie Chen's spies had come with his token a long time ago. Now the city garrison knew he was coming. The guards on the city gate saw a group of people approaching from afar and immediately beat the drum to alert the soldiers in the city.
As the team approached, the people on the city gate asked loudly, "Is this the deputy general Jie Chen?"
Xie Chen looked up, the frost and snow completely covered his silver armor, and at this moment his eyebrows were covered with icy edges.
"It's me, open the door!"
The soldier turned around to notify, and after a while, the heavy city gate was slowly opened.
They were finally able to enter the city.
A man wearing armor and looking like a military general strode over with his troops.
He bowed and said to Jie Chen, "I am Bu Feng, the marching general of Baicheng. The city garrison commander learned that the deputy general would lead a team here, so he specially asked me to wait here."
Xie Chen stared at him and asked, "Where is the garrison commander?"
Bu Feng sighed: "My lord, he is sick with an epidemic and can no longer get up."
A brief silence, accompanied by the bleak snow and wind, drifted among the crowd.
Even the city garrison has been infected, so the situation in Baicheng must not be optimistic.
Bu Feng took the initiative to break the silence.
"We have already found a place for the deputy general and these exiled prisoners, but with the epidemic, our city is in short supply. The relief food and money from the court has not arrived yet, and the supplies that should have been given to the deputy general are probably not available."
According to the rules, whenever the exile team led by Xie Chen arrived in a town, the relevant officials of that town had to cooperate with him to replenish supplies.
But now Baicheng is unable to take care of itself, and of course there is nothing extra to give to the exile team.
Xie Chen nodded solemnly: "It's okay, we just need a place to take shelter from the wind and snow, please help me, General."
Bu Feng bowed and said, "Deputy General, it would be best if you could understand. Please follow me."
The entire team followed them into the city. Xiangying gently lifted the curtain, holding Xiang Xiuxiu in his arms, and they looked out together.
In the sky, heavy snow was falling, and the whole White City was in ruins.
The streets and alleys that may have been bustling in the past now have mostly broken doors and windows of the houses, and some have even collapsed.
The ruins were crumbling under the attack of the cold wind and snowflakes, as if they would collapse completely at any time.
Xiangying saw that in the street market not far away, some stalls were lying on the ground in a mess, covered by a thin layer of snow.
There were no bodies on the ground, but there were signs of vandalism on the surrounding houses. I felt that a fight must have occurred in Baicheng before.
The rest of the exiled prisoners witnessed the tragic situation of the entire city with their own eyes and shook their heads and sighed.
They were talking about it -
"The White City is ravaged by the plague, and the people in this city have suffered a lot, but why can't I see a single corpse?"
"They must be dead, buried under the snow!"
Just as he finished speaking, suddenly, an old man in ragged clothes ran out from the side.
He screamed heartbreakingly, "It's so terrible! They fall one after another! Help! Help!"
Everyone was startled. Jie Chen turned his head and saw two soldiers chasing after the old man.
They pressed the old man into the snow and tied him up.
Bu Feng shouted, "Take them away now! If the disease spreads, can you bear the consequences?"
The old man was hurriedly taken back into the dark alley.
Xie Chen looked at Bu Feng, frowned and asked: "What's going on?"
Bu Feng's eyes were indifferent: "Oh, the deputy general just arrived, so he probably doesn't know. This epidemic is very difficult to deal with. We have been waiting for supplies from the court, and all the medicinal materials in the city have been used up."
"The only way now is to lock up those who are sick together to prevent them from escaping, in the hope of preventing the spread of the disease."
Xie Chen frowned.
Bu Feng seemed to be aware of the cruelty of this method.
But he said lightly: "What else can we do? Half of the people in the city still need to survive."
Upon hearing this, Xie Chen could only nod silently.
They walked forward, but Xiangying controlled the drone and followed the old man who had just been dragged away into the alley.
She looked through the screen and first saw a narrow alley below. After passing through it, she came to a wide courtyard.
These courtyards were originally residential houses, but now they are divided into isolated residences.
The two soldiers who had just dragged the old man back threw him into one of the residences, then closed the door and blocked it with an iron chain.
There were soldiers patrolling around these places, each carrying a longbow on their backs. They seemed to be ready at any time to shoot anyone who ran out.
Xiangying made a rough count and found that there were countless people lying on the ground in the yard, and most of them were in the house.
A small courtyard was crowded with more than ten people.
These people were all infected with the disease and were coughing constantly. Even if they were not sick, they would be doomed if they went in.
Xiangying was about to go deeper to check, but unexpectedly, a prompt appeared on the screen that the drone was about to leave the signal area!
She quickly retracted the drone, lifted the curtain and looked outside, and found that the place Bu Feng found for Jie Chen was an open space far away from the infected area.
It was supposed to be a martial arts arena, but now it is used as a base for Jie Chen to stay.
There are two rows of houses, and the number of people that can live there is limited.
But Xie Chen knew that this was the only thing they could offer.
He saluted and said, "Thank you, General. Please convey my gratitude to the city garrison as well."
Bu Feng nodded gently: "As you should. Let me say something that I shouldn't say. If the snow stops, the deputy general should leave in time."
Before leaving, he suddenly turned back and looked deeply at Jie Chen: "However, if any of you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me in time."
Xie Chen nodded and wrote down the symptoms of those who suffered from the epidemic.
Such as coughing, coughing up blood, high fever, etc.
After seeing Bu Feng off, he coughed twice, then ignored the incident and told Suan Xiucai and the others to set up camp.
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