Looking at Qin Luo's face, Liu Zheng was suddenly overcome with grief.
“I promised your mother I would take good care of you, but I failed. Your brother went to the frontier, you were almost killed by Old Woman Ma, and your face was ruined by that vicious woman. I…I…”
Qin Luo hugged her, his tone firm.
"Aunt, there's no need to blame yourself. You and Uncle have taken very good care of me. I've never suffered any injustice. My brothers also dote on me. Even if Father and Mother were alive, they wouldn't have treated me any better!"
Qin Liang remained silent, simply watching them quietly.
He knew that Liu Zheng had been holding a grudge over these things.
It's better to say it out loud.
After calming Liu Zheng down, Qin Luo told Qin Liang about his plan.
I went to see Jingming again.
"Brother, I need your help!"
Jingming, the temple keeper, and their fellow disciples all gathered around.
Jingming then spoke.
"Sister, you said we promised Lord Kang we would assist you!"
Qin Luo recounted his plans to investigate the city that evening.
"If anything serious happens in the city, we can't stand idly by. I've already spoken with my uncle; when he sees me waving the luminous pearl, he'll have everyone light torches!"
Everyone listened very carefully.
"The second time you wave the luminous pearl, extinguish the torch. Just like that day, use the luminous pearl to let the people on the city wall see you. That way, they'll definitely believe we can save the people in the city. Once inside, everything will proceed as usual. Is that alright?"
Finally, I added a sentence.
"After it's all done, all those luminous pearls will be yours!"
The temple keeper immediately spoke first.
"Sure, why not? Just for those dozen or so luminous pearls, it has to be done!"
Qin Luo, Jingming, and their fellow disciples all looked at the temple keeper.
The temple keeper quickly changed his words.
"For the sake of the city's people, and for the sake of Buddha's compassion, we must do it, even if it seems impossible!"
The group exchanged glances and then burst into laughter.
The beginning of Hai hour (9 PM)
Wearing masks, Mu Feng and Qin Luo walked to the foot of the city wall under the cover of night.
Mu Xiao was about to ask if he should take her upstairs
She grabbed a bright green vine, gave it a gentle pull, and disappeared from sight.
Then a vine appeared in front of me.
Before Mu Feng could even reach out and grab it, he was entangled by the vines and pulled up onto the city wall.
The two men stood on the city wall and pulled out a luminous pearl; the sight before them sent chills down their spines.
It turned out that there weren't no soldiers on the city walls, but rather that the soldiers were all paralyzed on the ground.
Some still had faint breathing, while others were covered in flies and insects.
Qin Luo took out pills and fed them to the soldiers who were still breathing.
Mu Feng checked them one by one, and carried those who were still alive to Qin Luo's side.
The two of them worked for a while, putting all the dozens of people who were still alive together.
After administering the medicine and waiting a short while, the soldiers woke up, though they were still very weak.
Qin Luo went into the shadows and retrieved a bucket of water from the spatial stream and several large bags of sweet potatoes.
Mu Feng was in charge of feeding the soldiers water, while Qin Luo distributed sweet potatoes to them.
When the soldiers awoke, they saw a lithe man with his face covered.
A child wearing a veil is fetching them water and food...
They all burst into tears.
A man dressed in armor, looking quite imposing.
He forced himself to stand up and bowed to Mu Feng.
"Brave warrior, I am Wu Nian, the General of Changjin County. I am deeply grateful for your life-saving grace. May I ask your name?"
Mu Feng supported him but did not answer his question.
Bring the water to his lips
"Have some water first, and then I'll explain everything to you in detail."
Wu Nian drank the water in the bowl in one gulp, and Qin Luo handed him a sweet potato.
"Eat it! It's very sweet."
Wu Nian held the sweet potato and watched as the two continued to feed water and give sweet potatoes to the remaining soldiers!
He ate the sweet potato in a few bites and then rushed over to help.
After everyone had drunk water and eaten sweet potatoes
Mu Feng led Qin Luo to Wu Nian's side.
"General Wu, we are displaced refugees who have settled outside the city. Today, we noticed there were no soldiers guarding the city walls, so we thought something might have happened and brought the children up to check!"
Wu Nian was extremely surprised upon hearing this.
"Have you seen the notice outside? There are plague soldiers in the city, yet you dare to leap onto the city wall with a child? You seem to possess an extraordinary bearing; may I ask which family's young master you are?"
Mu Feng bowed to him with his hands clasped in a gesture of respect.
"I am Mu Feng, a guard under the Marquis of Anding. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, my waist token was stolen by thieves, so I cannot show it to you for the time being. This is my niece, Qin Luo. She and the other refugees who migrated with us are all below the city walls. You can look outside the city!"
Looking out from outside the city, Wu Nianchao couldn't distinguish between the disaster victims and the landowners at all.
Most of the disaster victims were wearing earth-yellow or brown clothes.
Under the moonlight, it looked like a road surface and stones!
Qin Luo handed the luminous pearl to Mu Feng, who then held it up and waved it twice.
Seeing the dancing luminous pearl, Qin Liang quickly took out his own and started waving it around as well.
Tell everyone to light the torches quickly.
Before long, flickering lights appeared outside the city.
Looking at the flickering flames outside the city, Wu Nian's eyes unconsciously welled up with tears.
Qin Luo handed him a handkerchief
"Uncle Wu, the medicine you're taking was sent up by Doctor You from our village. Do you think it's effective?"
After wiping away his tears, Wu Nian quickly nodded.
"Excellent! I was burning up and felt weak all over, but now not only is my fever gone, I'm also full of energy!"
Qin Luo pointed to the sweet potato and then asked...
"The sweet potatoes and water were given to us by the Qin clan chief. Aren't they sweet?"
Hearing her childlike question, Wu Nian's heart softened.
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