A person completely covered up except for their eyes emerged from the alley ahead, staring intently at a group of people riding horses down the street.
Judging from his physique, he should be a man.
Many more people dressed similarly to him emerged from behind him, their expressions not friendly, but rather fearful.
Li Tie instinctively gripped the knife hilt, his muscles tensing, ready to defend himself at any moment.
Xie Fu's gaze swept over the group of people, but he did not see that familiar slender figure. His heart sank lower and lower.
His gaze met that of the man at the front of the group. "Where is Shu Yun?"
Someone in the crowd said sarcastically, "What? You can't solve the plague in the north, so you finally remember Doctor Shu? Weren't you determined not to open the city gates?"
These people recognized Shu Yun. Xie Fu frowned, his beautiful features revealing a fierce expression. "Where is she?"
They were kept outside the city gates, and even when they asked for just a little medicine, the gates were never opened for them.
The man was about to make a sarcastic remark when he was stopped by a girl with braided hair next to him. She was a little afraid of these soldiers in armor, but she still mustered up her courage and asked, "Are you from the Xie family?"
Xie Fu, not wanting to waste time with them, took the lead and said, "Search."
The girl with the braided pigtails called out again, "Are you Xie Fu?"
Xie Fu reined in his horse and turned to look at her.
The girl with the braided hair met his cold gaze, shrank back, and said in a much softer voice, "If you're from the Xie family, I'll take you to see Sister Shuyun."
Xie Fu dismounted, but the horse couldn't fit in the narrow alley, so he followed behind the somewhat timid little girl with braided pigtails.
Shu Yun contracted the epidemic.
He gripped the knife handle so tightly that his fingertips turned white. His mind was a little muddled, and he kept warning himself not to let this sentence distract him.
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