Chapter 300: Corpse Burning Mountain
Bloodstains could be seen everywhere outside the city gate.
There were even rotting and smelly corpses in the grass.
The stench could not be blocked even through the carriage and three layers of face cloth.
"Who is on the opposite side? Stop immediately!" The general on the city wall shouted loudly, holding a bow.
"The deserted city is filled with plague. You can only enter but not leave. Please think carefully before entering! If you leave the city, you will be killed without mercy!" The general was wearing armor and his eyes were firm.
Rong Che was riding on his horse, and his confidant beside him shouted, "General Rong has been ordered to bring the imperial physician back to the deserted city. Deputy General Zhu, why don't you open the door!"
The soldiers on the city wall looked over immediately.
Deputy General Zhu was startled, then quickly walked down the city wall.
Many people stopped inside the city wall, and at this moment they all hoped, "Deputy General Zhu, please let us out. I'm not sick, I'm really not sick... Please let me out."
"I won't bring the plague out." The man's face was pale and he knelt on the ground begging.
"I am not from the deserted city. I am just here to do business. Please let me out, I beg you..."
Deputy General Zhu said without even turning his head: "Open the city gate and welcome the general."
With a squeak.
The city gates were wide open.
"General Rong!" Deputy General Zhu's face was full of joy, but he did not get any closer after being three steps away from General Rong.
"General, why are you returning to the deserted city at this critical moment? It is not possible to come to the deserted city now. Send the imperial physician here and return to the capital!" Deputy General Zhou did not want the general to set foot in the deserted city.
Rong Che glanced at him.
"You kid, can I be a cowardly person?"
"Open the city gate quickly."
Deputy General Zhu had been friends with Rong Che for many years and knew his superior’s character well. He immediately shouted, “Open the city gates and welcome the general!”
The city gates were wide open.
Rong Che took the carriage and soldiers back to the city.
The stench in the city became more and more obvious.
Lu Chaochao leaned against the car window, sticking her little head out. Deputy General Zhu was shocked: "Why did you bring a child to the deserted city?"
"The plague in the city has never been brought under control. Countless people are infected every day. Some even escape at night..."
Rong Che's tone was slightly helpless.
"Leave her alone, just respect her well."
Deputy General Zhu was filled with surprise. This was a matter of life and death, how could it be treated lightly?
Lu Chaochao grinned and smiled at him.
As soon as a few carriages passed through the city gate, a man was seen breaking into the city gate like a madman.
"I want to go out, I want to go out!"
"If I stay in the deserted city, I will be infected sooner or later, and I will die. I will definitely die! Once I'm infected, there is no cure. I want to get out!" The man looked a little crazy.
"Stop him!" Deputy General Zhu's eyes were stern.
A soldier immediately restrained him.
The man struggled desperately, "Let me out! I will die if I stay in this deserted city. Let me out!"
"I'm not sick, why can't you let me go!"
The man roared and struggled.
"Wait... look at his tongue." Lu Chaochao frowned.
When the soldiers saw the carriages surrounding Lu Chaochao, they guessed that she was of noble status, so they pinched the man's cheeks and stuck out their tongues.
I saw that the tongue was scarlet and covered with red spots.
Deputy General Zhu's expression changed instantly.
"You still say you're not sick?" Lieutenant General Zhu gritted his teeth in anger.
"Take him back for treatment!"
After the man was taken away, Deputy General Zhu said with a dark face: "This disease is very contagious. Even without contact, symptoms will appear. We dare not let the people leave. Once the plague spreads, we will be blamed!"
"The people of the deserted city are innocent. All we can do is try our best to defend the deserted city and prevent the plague from leaking out."
"Let's send the imperial doctors back to the general's mansion to rest first!" Deputy General Zhu waved his hand.
The imperial doctors looked at each other and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Deputy General. Please send us to see the patient first. The epidemic cannot wait." The old imperial doctors were already old, but they could not wait to cure diseases and save lives.
Rong Che nodded, and Lieutenant General Zhu ordered his confidant to deliver it.
"Where is Lu Erlang?" Rong Che asked.
Deputy General Zhu smiled: "General, the boy you recommended may not be very old, but he is really capable. He is born to be a talent in our army!"
"She has delicate skin, as white as a girl, but she is more courageous and careful than the old soldier."
Deputy General Zhu praised him highly.
"Lu Erlang is now in the general's mansion."
There are 100,000 people in the deserted city, but at this moment, the streets are empty and look depressed and desolate.
"There's so much smoke over there, what are they doing?" Lu Chaochao asked.
In the distance, a thick black smoke looked like a huge mushroom cloud.
Deputy General Zhu paused and said, "Burning the bodies."
"Countless people die in the city every day, and the corpses are piled up like mountains. It is impossible to burn them all." The burning continued day and night, and the corpses still piled up like mountains.
Patients often fall down on both sides of the road.
Immediately, soldiers in full armor dragged the patient away.
During the journey, everyone felt heavy in their hearts and could hardly breathe.
Lu Chaochao got off the carriage and followed Rong Che into the general's mansion. There seemed to be few maids and servants in the mansion, but it was clean and tidy.
"Lu Erlang, Lu Erlang..." The deputy general only called out, and Lu Zhengyue quickly walked out of the room.
When I left home last year, I still looked like a fair-skinned scholar.
At this moment, his skin became dark, but his eyes were particularly firm, and even concealed a hint of murderous intent.
If he was a handsome scholar in the past.
Now, he is a man of iron and blood.
"Uncle Rong..." Lu Zhengyue just called Uncle Rong when he saw the two people behind Rong Che.
Lu Chaochao hid behind Wen Ning, revealing his little head.
The smile on Lu Zhengyue's face slowly faded.
"Lu Chaochao!! Miss Wen...Miss Wen, why are you here? No, get out quickly!!" Lu Zhengyue's face changed drastically.
He was well aware of the severity of the plague and dared not put his fiancée and sister in danger.
"Lu Chaochao! Do you want to be beaten? Get out of here right now!"
"Wen Ning, go!" How could Lu Zhengyue not be panicked.
He can be in danger, but the person dear to his heart cannot!
"I won't leave! Now that I've entered the city gate, there's no reason for me to leave. You and I have already made an engagement, so wherever you are, I should be there!" Wen Ning once had a dream in which Lu Zhengyue died without a complete body.
She woke up in tears and made up her mind to rush to the deserted city.
"If Sister Wen doesn't leave, I won't leave either."
"Are you at ease with Chao Chao returning to Beijing alone?"
"There are jackals, tigers, leopards and bandits on the road. What if Chaochao gets kidnapped?" Lu Chaochao looked scared.
Lu Zhengyue? ? ?
Do you remember blowing up Bandit Mountain?
"Forget it. It's not appropriate to open the city gate now. You go back tomorrow!" Lu Zhengyue glared at her.
The people were watching the city gate every day, so he didn't dare to open it without permission.
The people were already in a state of panic, and he had been trying his best to stabilize their hearts during this period.
Lu Zhengyue has become much thinner, but he has become more mature and stable.
"Supplies are scarce at the border, and it's already difficult for the people to get sick. We have distributed a part of the supplies from the general's mansion. We have to inconvenience everyone..." Lu Zhengyue did not expect that so many people would come. Now a good cook cannot cook without rice.
I can only make some home-cooked dishes.
Lu Chaochao looked at her second brother embarrassedly.
She took down the package behind her: "Salted fish, spicy pig's trotters, dried beef, deer antlers..." and took out the items one by one.
Her package seemed like a bottomless pit.
The table was full.
Lu Zhengyue...
She is worthy of being my sister! !
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