Chapter 61 A dead city?
Soon, the three of them arrived at the city gate.
Looking at the empty city gate with only three or four guards, Qiao Qiqi felt a little strange.
Youzhou City is the largest city north of the capital.
It was morning and normally nearby farmers would be going into town to buy or sell vegetables.
However, now there are no farmers nearby.
Just as she was about to say something, the carriage stopped.
Two of the city gate guards came up and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Oh, we are officials on our way to the exile team. We plan to go into the city to ask the governor to sign the customs clearance documents."
The official Qin Lao Er smiled and handed over the customs documents in his hand, "By the way, buy some more food."
The guard at the city gate took a look at the document, closed it, and handed it back to him. "Each person pays one tael of silver as an entrance fee."
"Ah? One tael of silver? Wasn't it one penny before?"
The smile on the face of the official Qin Laoer froze.
You know, this one or two taels of silver is the living expenses for ordinary people for several months.
Qiao Qiqi smacked her lips in amazement.
I didn’t expect that prices in ancient times would rise so quickly. No wonder no one went into the city.
Qiao Qiqi also knew that it was normal for natural disasters to cause price increases, so she didn't take it to heart.
She casually took out a few taels of silver from her sleeve and handed it to the guard at the city gate.
The guard took it, weighed it with his hand, nodded, and let them into the city.
After entering the city, Qiao Qiqi was dumbfounded.
She originally thought that Youzhou City, as the largest city north of the capital, was not as powerful as the capital.
At least it should be a scene with people coming and going and heavy traffic.
However, at this moment, the entire street in Youzhou City was deserted and empty.
Only the leaves blown by the breeze swayed before their eyes.
"What's going on? How could this happen?"
Qin Lao Er, the official, looked around in confusion and muttered to himself, "The last time I passed by Youzhou City, it was still prosperous. How could it be like this?"
An Lei sensed something was amiss and said, "Let's go. Let's go to the Governor's Mansion to sign the customs clearance documents and leave here after signing."
Qiao Qiqi also felt a sense of crisis in her heart. "Well, you guys go ahead. I'll go to that store to buy some fabric, and then we'll meet at the city gate."
She pointed to the cloth shop not far away which was still open.
An Lei glanced at the cloth shop and said, "Okay, Madam, once you've made your purchase, just wait for us at the city gate."
Qiao Qiqi nodded gently, "Give me the frame. You can go faster on horseback."
An Lei looked at the distance between the cloth shop and the city gate and thought for a moment, "Okay, then I'll take them down."
Soon, the two men rode away on horseback.
The streets are empty at this moment, and there is no need to worry about bumping into pedestrians while galloping.
Qiao Qiqi quickly dragged the bicycle frame to the cloth shop.
The door of the cloth shop was open, but Qiao Qiqi didn't see anyone at the counter, and no waiter came out to greet her.
Looking at the entire street, the silence was suffocating.
This was all so weird, so weird that it gave Qiao Qiqi a bad feeling.
She put down the bicycle and entered the cloth shop through the main gate.
"Is anyone there? Is there anyone here? I need to buy some fabric!"
Qiao Qiqi knocked on the wooden door and asked loudly.
The voice echoed in the cloth shop, with a little echo, but no one responded.
Qiao Qiqi walked towards the backyard of the cloth shop in confusion, but found that the entire backyard was empty.
Those cloths that were printed and dyed at who knows when were hanging in a mess on the drying line.
It's just that because no one has taken care of it for a long time, it has been stained with a lot of stains.
It was about to collapse under the strong breeze.
Qiao Qiqi frowned and casually touched an object beside her.
In an instant, there was a layer of dust on my fingers.
In other words, although the door of the cloth shop was open, no one had been there for a long time.
So weird!
What on earth was the reason that made the cloth shop owner leave without even giving up his own business?
Qiao Qiqi frowned, looked around carefully, and prepared to open a room.
Suddenly!
She heard the roar of a wild beast coming from the next room.
"roar!"
This was accompanied by a loud crash.
Qiao Qiqi was frightened by the sudden noise.
She touched her pounding heart and took a deep breath.
Lifting the cloth that blocked her view, Qiao Qiqi slowly walked towards the room where the noise came from.
The entrance was filled with a pile of debris.
There are square tables, wardrobes, beds and so on.
It looked like someone had piled them together in a hurry to prevent the contents from coming out.
Qiao Qiqi frowned and looked towards the room where the roar of wild beasts was still coming from.
What the hell is in here?
Causing everyone in the cloth shop to flee in panic?
She approached the room cautiously.
Maybe the thing inside sensed Qiao Qiqi's presence and became even more excited.
The roars became more and more violent, and the crashes became louder and louder.
Qiao Qiqi did not rashly take down the things piled at the door, but went around to the window on the side.
These ancient windows all had oil paper pasted on wooden frames.
Qiao Qiqi saw that there were several small holes in the window paper.
She picked one at random and looked inside through the hole.
You don’t know until you see it, and you’ll be shocked when you do!
What caught my eye was a hideous human face!
But his face was an abnormal bluish-white color, his pupils were white, his body was festering, and covered in brown blood stains that had turned black.
Oh my god!
Isn’t this the appearance of the doomsday zombies that Qiao Qiqi saw in Western movies before?
How did you get here?
For a moment, Qiao Qiqi's computer crashed.
What's going on?
Why did zombies appear in ancient times?
Shouldn't the ones that appear be zombies?
Or am I just dressing randomly again?
A chaotic stream of thoughts flashed through Qiao Qiqi's mind.
She took a step back in fear and nervously wiped the sweat from her forehead.
No wonder people were blocking the door with things piled up at the entrance.
If these things get out, I'm afraid no one can stop them!
So the question is, why does this thing appear in Youzhou City?
Where did those people from Youzhou City go?
Qiao Qiqi quickly walked out of the cloth shop and looked at the rice shop nearby.
The door was still open, but there was no one inside.
A thin layer of dust had settled on the counter.
In other words, these people left at least several days ago!
Then why did the guards at the city gate let them in without saying a word?
Qiao Qiqi looked towards the city gate and thought to herself.
She returned to the door of the cloth shop again, looked at the empty and suffocating street and bit her lip.
If she guessed correctly, the entire Youzhou City had become a deserted city.
Or a dead city!
Looking in the direction where An Lei and the second constable left, Qiao Qiqi took a breath again.
Since there is no one here, she feels embarrassed!
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