Chapter 19: Corpses Pile Up
Yuchi Shuo's expression was a little strange, but then he smiled faintly. "It is precisely because they have such precious qualities that the corrupt officials in Liangcheng are even more hateful."
Hearing him say this, Gu Feixue really wanted to ask how serious the plague was in Liangcheng.
Just seeing that Gu Lang seemed to have shed his previous gloomy and drifting attitude, and had cheered up and was ready to show his talents, she suddenly understood why Gu Lang, as the head of the family, had not been suspicious when she occasionally showed expressions and words and deeds that were not consistent with a seven-year-old girl.
It turned out that he was still immersed in the blow of exile at that time. Apart from the instinct for survival and the consciousness of protecting his family, he saw no hope and could only live one day at a time with his family while fleeing the famine.
Now that Yuchi Shuo, a man of extraordinary identity, has appeared, he has seen the hope of redressing his injustice, and his whole spirit and energy have changed.
She could no longer handle everything on her own like before, otherwise Gu Lang would definitely focus half of his attention on her and formally suspect her.
When her thoughts turned to this, Gu Feixue suddenly became very curious about Yuchi Shuo's identity. Unfortunately, she couldn't ask directly, nor could she ask at this time. She could only suppress her curiosity and pulled Gu Tingchuan's sleeve with her hand to signal him to follow her and leave first.
Gu Tingchuan thought Gu Feixue needed his help with something, so he immediately followed her away.
"Brother, should we wait for that elder brother to make a decision before we go to Liangcheng? But that elder brother told me earlier that Liangcheng is suffering from an epidemic. Will we get sick if we go there now?"
"Grandma and Mom are not in good health, and I'm still young. If the three of us get sick and there's no doctor to treat us, Dad will definitely be very worried."
Gu Feixue finished speaking in a worried tone, and then mentioned naively that Yuchi Shuo, a seemingly extraordinary man, had fallen into such a predicament. Would he be recognized after arriving in Liangcheng like them, and would they also be arrested and forcibly sent to the border?
Gu Tingchuan reacted after hearing her reminder, his face wrinkled, "I don't know either! Xue'er, don't worry, Dad will definitely find a way."
As he said this, he was about to go find Gu Lang.
Gu Feixue quickly grabbed him and turned the conversation to Old Madam Gu. Gu Tingchuan was quick-witted and after figuring it out, he took her hand and went to find Old Madam Gu to express her concerns.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Gu was extremely anxious, but she knew her son well and knew that if he didn't have hope, he would never be so energetic and trying to clear his name like he is now.
So she patted Gu Tingchuan's shoulder and said softly, "That young man is so favored by your father. Besides his extraordinary status, he must also have abilities that your father admires. As a family, we must stay close to him and not get separated."
Gu Lang's decision had a deeper meaning, and Mrs. Gu knew it very well, but the words rolled in her throat and she didn't say them. She just kindly took the brother and sister to pack their bags.
Gu Feixue saw what Mrs. Gu was thinking, and suddenly felt that Mrs. Gu had already understood what Gu Lang was going to do, and planned to take her family to follow him. No matter what the future held, the family would face it together.
Sighing in her heart, Gu Feixue stopped thinking and went to help Wang with her short legs.
After half an hour, the family followed Yuchi Shuo with their luggage and left here. They went around a mountain and came to a small road that led directly to Liangcheng.
At this moment, the path covered with yellow sand was littered with corpses of refugees standing, lying, or sitting on the ground. Mosquitoes and maggots were flying and crawling on their rotten bodies, which made the Gu family, who had never seen such a tragic scene in the world, feel sick to their stomachs.
"Why are there so many corpses here?" Gu Lang retched and vomited out bitter bile, but he kept his hands covering Gu Tingchuan's eyes to prevent him from seeing the scene in front of him.
During their escape from famine, the family had seen many dead refugees, but they had never seen the tragic scene of a mountain of refugees' corpses piled up in one place.
"After Liangcheng stopped allowing refugees to enter, some of them starved to death because they had no other way to make a living. Others were driven here by others."
When Yuchi Shuo saw these corpses, he imitated Gu Lang's actions and covered Gu Feixue's eyes. He found that her little hands were scratching his palms, trying to open her eyes to see the situation clearly. He felt a little complicated.
"If we continue walking forward and leave this place, we will reach a broad plain where many refugees are stationed."
After saying this, he hugged Liu Gu Feixue and walked forward quickly.
Wang thanked him gratefully, then supported the somewhat shaky old lady Gu and came to Gu Lang.
She held Gu Tingchuan in her arms, covered his eyes with her hands, then stared at the ground and took Gu Tingchuan away.
Gu Lang paused for a moment and then chased after her, carrying the pale-faced Madam Gu on his back.
After walking for a quarter of an hour, they finally breathed a sigh of relief when they were completely away from the mountain of corpses.
At this time, Gu Feixue was put down and looked at Yuchi Shuo with a subtle look. She was not afraid of the mountain of corpses, but was only worried that these rotten corpses were the source of the plague.
So she pulled at Yuchi Shuo's palm to see the situation clearly, but she didn't expect him to pick her up.
Gu Feixue was surprised by his kindness, but then she calmed down and didn't move.
"That kind of scene is not something you can witness at such a young age." Yuchi Shuo met Gu Feixue's gaze condescendingly and couldn't help but rub her head.
Gu Feixue: "..."
As a special forces soldier, she has seen all kinds of scenes. How could she be afraid of a mountain of corpses? What she was afraid of was that the plague would afflict her family.
"Thank you, big brother." Gu Feixue raised the corners of her mouth high, "You are such a kind person."
She blinked her eyes and said innocently, "Big Brother, you said there was a plague in Liangcheng. Will we get sick if we go there like this?"
She felt that Yuchi Shuo was a smart man and should be able to understand her hints.
Yuchi Shuo indeed understood, and his face was filled with deep thought.
A glimmer of hope rose in Gu Feixue's heart. She looked at him eagerly, hoping that he would say what she wanted.
Yuchi Shuo said, "There is a miraculous doctor in Liangcheng. I plan to go find this doctor after entering Liangcheng and ask him to find a way to lead the doctors in the city to suppress this plague."
When Gu Feixue heard him place his hopes on some miracle doctor, she almost collapsed.
If the miracle doctor really had such great abilities, could the plague in Liangcheng have broken out?
Gu Feixue really wanted to ask this, but seeing Yuchi Shuo's unhappy expression, she knew in her heart that he was also worried that the plague would get out of control.
She had no choice but to suppress her anxiety and try to explain herself more clearly.
"Big brother is tall and handsome, he must be an extremely smart person. Xue'er believes that you must have a way to prepare us to avoid getting sick."
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