It is still unknown how many people will die in this polar night phenomenon. In the dark, there is no way to go out to get food. Only those who are well prepared can survive. For those who are still walking on the road, this is definitely terrible news, basically equivalent to a world-destroying disaster.
When night falls, who can know whether the person next to them is a human or a ghost? No one dares to be sure.
In this situation, no one could do anything. Unless the cities they passed by could open their gates and let them in, there would be a glimmer of hope. Anyway, even if the northern cities opened their gates, there would be little food left, and they could only rely on transporting food from the south. However, the south was also short of food, so it was unknown how the emperor would make a decision.
In fact, the refugees on the road were just as Wang Shiyu had expected. Those on the road continued to move forward with torches in their hands, striving to reach the city and be accepted. Those who were already under the city had already started rioting, demanding that their city lord open the door and accept them into the city.
"We are all citizens of the dynasty. Why don't you let us in? Move aside, let us in. It's dark now. You can't disregard human lives."
A thoughtful city lord would open the city gates and let these refugees in to rest on the streets, preventing them from being attacked by wild animals outside the city. As for their food and drink, they had no problem drinking water because all the wells in the city were full, enough to keep these people from dying of thirst for the time being.
The only thing these people couldn't get enough of was food. They could only cut back on their food and eat less, hoping to barely get by for a while. Those in the city didn't recommend that the city lord let these refugees in. They didn't have enough food themselves, so how could they share it with others? However, the city lord, with his kindness, let these people in.
And now some people who were still on the road and walking unconsciously were attacked by wild beasts coming down from the mountain. These people were already resentful because of the sudden darkness, and they couldn't see clearly under their feet when walking, so they lit a few more torches. They didn't stop muttering while walking on the road.
They angrily cursed God for being unfair. They were originally lowly civilians, but now they had become refugees fleeing everywhere because of this innocent natural disaster. How could they be happy?
Originally they were cursing on the road to vent their emotions, but they had no idea that the panic noises they caused had already made the wild beasts on the mountain ready to attack. The night is the time when it is easiest to trigger inner demons, and these people did not restrain themselves at all, so they were directly attacked by the nearby wild beasts.
Suddenly, the cries of children and women and the cries for help filled the sky and the earth. When the beasts left, there was not a single intact corpse on the ground. Even those beasts that did not feed on humans came up and took a few bites. Perhaps it was because the darkness made them more sensitive, and they were naturally unhappy to hear these sounds, and they would even become more violent, causing them to attack humans indiscriminately.
The Zhang family had also arrived in Wucheng at this time. Their speed was faster than Wang Shiyu and his family. After arriving in Wucheng, Zhang Tao invited the officials and the prisoners who were exiled with them to come into the house in Wucheng to rest before leaving, because they had also noticed the abnormal weather and the less and less bright days, which even made Mr. Zhang a little panicked. He had been on horseback all his life, and even if he died, he couldn't die so miserably.
Although the black-faced official was reluctant to agree, he knew that the current situation was different from before, so he agreed to the old man's request and entered the five-courtyard mansion in Wucheng where the old man lived. The mansion was easily managed by several people, and there were no other people in the mansion, only An Er and An Qi to arrange things, so when they arrived, they had to arrange everything by themselves. The mistress of each family was also good at managing the inner courtyard, so she could naturally arrange it.
The black-faced official took the list of prisoners to the City Lord's Mansion and reported first. How could the City Lord of Wucheng not know that so many prisoners had entered the city? However, he basically pretended not to see that they chose to live in his own house. Now the cells in Wucheng were full of prisoners and there was no room for them to be given to Master Zhang and the others. Now that he could solve the problem himself, he happily pretended not to see it. The black-faced official had to apply, and he approved it directly.
When submitting the memorial to the court, he carefully considered his wording and did not elaborate on the treatment of the Zhang family. When the memorial reached the hands of the prince, he simply suppressed it. The emperor had no idea what was going on. No one knew the Zhang family's situation better than the prince. He was even very aware of the Zhang family's grievances. It was just that he was unable to overturn the verdict for the Zhang family.
There did not seem to be a major drought in Wucheng. Although crops could not be grown and the weather was still hot, they could harvest crops twice a year, and every household had accumulated a lot of food.
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