Chapter 97: Closing the City Gate
The next day, everyone saw Shen Wuyou smiling, as if he had encountered some happy event. Now, everyone put their hearts back in their stomachs, it seemed that the couple did not quarrel.
When everyone was about to have breakfast, a few carriages suddenly passed by in a hurry. When everyone had finished breakfast and was packing up to get ready to continue their journey, a few more carriages passed by. The coachmen seemed to be driving in a hurry.
The head of the village looked at the carriages that hurried away and asked in confusion, "Why are there so many carriages passing by today?"
Xu Zhiyi thought about it and guessed, "Could something have happened in Lincheng?"
As soon as Xu Zhiyi said this, everyone immediately thought of the possibility.
"Epidemic"
"I'm afraid Lincheng is already in chaos! Let's pack up quickly and get on the road right away, for fear that our guess is correct, and then all the people of Lincheng will come here behind us."
The head of the village waved his hand to signal everyone to pack up and leave quickly.
At this time, the prefect of Lincheng received the secret letter. After reading it, he quickly passed the order down:
"Come here, quickly seal the gates of Lincheng and don't allow the people in the city to leave the city again."
"yes"
In less than a quarter of an hour, more than a hundred officers and soldiers on horseback, holding Tang swords in their hands, appeared at the gate of Lincheng.
"Close the city gates. No one in the city is allowed to leave. Anyone who takes another step out will be killed without mercy."
The common people, with their families and carrying large and small bags, burst into tears when they heard the news of closing the city gates.
"Let us leave the city. There is an epidemic in the city now. Do you want us to wait to die in the city?"
"Woo woo! I don't want to die! It's an epidemic, and even several doctors in the city have died."
"That's right, the doctor can't even cure himself, how can he take care of us? If we don't escape, we will be infected and die sooner or later, wuwu."
Afterwards, I don’t know who took the lead and tried to force their way out. Seeing this, the people behind them all tried their best to squeeze out.
"Let's force our way out. We'll definitely die if we stay here. If we force our way out, maybe we can survive."
"presumptuous!"
The officers and soldiers looked at tens of thousands of civilians rushing in and quickly took up their Tang swords to kill them.
But in the end, the enemy was outnumbered. With only a hundred soldiers, they were unable to resist the nearly tens of thousands of civilians. Many of them were killed, but even more broke out of the city gates.
The head of the village led everyone on another hurried journey. Even at noon they only stopped for less than half an hour. Everyone quickly made some porridge and ate it before continuing on their journey.
Just when everyone was hurrying on their way, a man suddenly jumped out from the side and bumped directly under Xu Zhiyi's cart.
"Ouch, your cart hit me, you have to take responsibility for me"
Xu Zhiyi quickly signaled to everyone in the family to step back a few steps. This was a special situation, so it was better not to get close to strangers.
"Let's move back a bit"
Then, looking at the tattered woman on the ground, Xu Zhiyi frowned and said in a cold voice: "My dear sister, if you want to blackmail us, please find a carriage next time. Do you think we have anything you can blackmail us for?"
After hearing the noise, the people in front turned around and pushed their carts.
"What's wrong? Who dares to blackmail me?"
"That's right, our team is vegetarian?"
"Well, even though we can't even eat vegetarian food, we are definitely not easy to bully."
After they finished speaking, they pulled out the long swords that were hidden under the bundles and stared at the woman on the ground with vicious eyes.
The woman on the ground looked at the swords in everyone's hands, frowned, then glanced at everyone, and finally stopped her gaze on Su, and burst into tears:
"Sister, my son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, daughter, and son-in-law are all dead! I am the only one left! I have been walking alone for ten days and haven't eaten for seven days! As long as you give me something to eat, I can serve you along the way."
Su heard this and said, "Uh, you shouldn't say you have grandchildren. That's too much. At your age, you can't be a grandmother, right?"
The woman on the ground paused while pretending to wipe her tears, and quickly explained: "Uh, I did it, my grandson and granddaughter."
Xu Zhiyi was too lazy to argue and simply pushed the cart around: "Let's go."
Then he glanced at the woman on the ground and snorted coldly: "If you want to see the King of Hell, I don't mind fulfilling your wish."
The woman looked at the team going away, stood up angrily, dusted herself off, and shouted, "You missed out on such a smart and capable girl like me. It's your loss."
Then he muttered and complained quietly: "Kou, at least throw me some food! After all, I have been wandering around in Lincheng for several days, I am starving!"
The group hurried on their way until dusk before they found a place to stop for the night. The distance between each place on the road was less than fifty meters, and people who were fleeing famine on the road also planned to stop for the night.
Xu Zhiyi had just found a good spot to stop when a dozen people fleeing famine came over, threw their luggage on the ground, and sat down.
Then he looked at Xu Zhiyi provocatively.
With no other ideas, Xu Zhiyi had to find a faraway place. As for people who might be carrying the virus, it was better not to dirty his hands, as he might infect himself.
The next morning, Xu Zhiyi just got up and saw Su preparing breakfast. He stretched and prepared to go over to help.
Unexpectedly, after walking a few steps, he suddenly felt something was wrong, so he quickly ran to the woods, then slipped into the space, walked into the thatched hut, and saw a small red spot on the back of his underwear that he had taken off.
My goodness, because of long-term malnutrition, the original owner had her period twice since she was fourteen years old, and then only once this year when she was sixteen years old. More than half a year has passed, and she only had her period once, so she actually forgot about it and didn’t prepare a menstrual belt!
Then he could only put on his clothes first, slipped out of the space, walked to Su's side, and whispered: "Mom, I'm menstruating, and I didn't prepare a menstrual belt."
Hearing this, Su grabbed Xu Zhiyi's hand and whispered, "Mother has prepared some. I'll get it for you. The ashes from last night are already cold. I'll pack it for you."
When Xu Zhiyi entered the thatched hut again, she looked at the menstrual belt filled with wood ash in her hand. Although she felt a little reluctant, there was no better way now. When she had the chance, she would definitely design a special one for herself.
Afterwards, she took a wooden basin from the thatched hut, fetched water from the small puddle, washed the underwear, and hung them directly on a half-high branch at the foot of the mountain.
Shen Wuyou saw that Xu Zhiyi took so long to come out of the woods, so he quickly ran over and asked with concern: "Madam, what's wrong with you? Did you have an upset stomach?"
Xu Zhiyi waved his hand: "No, it's okay, don't ask"
"Are you really okay? But I saw you go into the woods and it took you so long to come out. If you feel uncomfortable, don't force yourself to stay like this, okay?"
Xu Zhiyi: "Oh, I know, let's go have breakfast quickly. We have to leave soon. Don't keep everyone waiting."
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