Gu Chen sat by the bed, looking calmly at the person kneeling on the ground, his voice calm: "It is you, it seems that my intuition is correct."
Yan Hui gave a bitter smile, his eyes misty, his voice choked with sobs: "It is Yan Hui who has let the general down. You can kill me or chop me up if you want."
"Why betray? What did the Huns do?"
"...No, someone said that if I seriously injured you, he could revive my son. I saw him wake up and fall back asleep with my own eyes."
"I'm sorry, General. I'm guilty of betrayal and deserve death, but I have only one request: could you spare my son?"
Gu Chen's expression was indifferent, and his deep voice rang out: "Resurrecting a person? Ha, Yan Hui, are you really so foolish as to do this? Is this a trick or a sorcery?"
Yan Hui said with a firm look, "Perhaps, but all I want is this son. Even if it's a sorcery, as long as my son can jump and play, I will treat him as if he were alive."
"Then why didn't you seriously injure this general? Did you stab me on purpose?"
"...For no reason. I succeeded in stabbing the general. Whether or not the injury was serious doesn't matter. As long as my son is back alive, that's all that matters."
"Ying, go and bring the child over."
"Yan Hui, you've been deceived."
Yan Hui raised his head and looked at him puzzledly: "General, what do you mean?"
Gu Chen whispered, "Your son died a few days ago, right? It's a coincidence that someone came looking for you right after your son died."
"Some people cannot be resurrected after death. Those who go against the laws of nature cannot be resurrected. Even if Your Majesty wanted immortality, it cannot be achieved, let alone the even more difficult resurrection you want."
"You said your son was resurrected. What changes have occurred since his resurrection? Is he still the same as before, or is he just a shell, like a puppet in someone's hands?"
Yan Hui looked at him blankly, thinking of all the strange things that had happened to her son since he came back. She pursed her lips and said nothing, still hoping that maybe her son was just frightened.
Not long after, Ying came back, carrying a sack. He threw the sack on the ground and untied it, then looked at the little boy with his head sticking out, his eyes bloodshot and his teeth bared.
It was obvious that he was mad, not to mention that his face was pale and blue, which was clearly the color of a dead person.
When Yan Hui saw his son, he stood up and rushed over, but Ying stopped him with a hand: "Wait, don't go near him. Do you know what he was doing when I was there?"
"…What happened to my son?"
Ying whispered, "General, when I went there, this kid bit his servant to death. He then lay on top of him, drinking his blood and eating his flesh like a wild beast."
"Those killed by his bite soon became like him, like... a contagious plague. My subordinates killed those two out of fear for what might happen."
"Huh? Not two. I asked three people to take care of my son. How come there are only two?"
The three of them felt a pang of fear as soon as these words came out. They suddenly realized something. Gu Chen's expression became stern. "Ying, quickly take people to find that person and bring him back. If you can't bring him back, kill him on the spot."
"And be careful not to get bitten."
"Yes, General."
Gu Chen's mind raced, and he quickly deduced the truth of the matter. He said in a deep voice, "Yan Hui, I'm afraid you've been targeted and used from the very beginning."
"Your son's death was probably caused by them. They took advantage of your eagerness to save your son and set a trap for you. Regardless of whether you agreed or not, they got what they wanted."
"Your son will be the source of the spread of the plague."
If something is so contagious, what else could it be but a plague?
Yan Hui's face turned pale instantly and his body trembled slightly. Looking at his son who was still going crazy, he didn't look like a human being at all. He was no different from a wild beast out of control.
He clenched his fists and whispered, "General, this is all my fault. I was too stupid and was taken advantage of."
Gu Chen sighed in his heart. The war with the Huns was not scary. What was scary was who was behind the scenes and why he had so many tricks up his sleeve.
This was the first time he had heard of this kind of plague that was transmitted by biting people. It was conceivable that if it spread within the city, the city would be breached without any fighting.
The most terrifying thing is that when the plague breaks out in the city, it happens to be the time when the rescue troops arrive. It is easy to imagine what will happen when the rescue troops are caught off guard.
This is a plan that kills three birds with one stone!
Gu Chen frowned and didn't even have time to rest. He immediately called people over to discuss. Regardless of whether the disease would spread so quickly, they had to take precautions early and arrest and guard those with problems.
As orders were issued one after another, the entire Pingcheng began to become restless. Every household was searched. The soldiers were already exhausted and could hardly open their eyes.
The people opened the door tremblingly and said respectfully, "Sir, no outsiders have entered our house, really no outsiders."
"Well, be careful. If there is someone with red eyes who wants to bite you, remember not to get close to them. You must find a way to stop them and find someone else."
"Yes, I know."
After closing the door, she patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "Old woman, what kind of thing is this? Why are you staying up late at night looking for a red-eyed man?"
"Why would someone bite someone? This can't be a wild animal. Forget it, let's go back and rest."
The old couple returned to the room to rest, and they didn't notice that the window was being slowly opened. A figure came in, and blood dripped onto the ground.
The black shadow pounced towards the person on the bed, opened its mouth and bit the neck, swallowing blood frantically, and no screams could be heard at all.
Soon the black shadow crawled out. The two dead bodies on the bed were twitching all over. They suddenly sat up and crawled outside, their scarlet eyes baring their teeth.
A whole night passed without finding anyone, and the people in the City Lord's Mansion didn't sleep well, with worried expressions on their faces.
Gu Chen said in a deep voice: "Keep looking. Find the person out quickly while it's still daylight. We must not let that thing escape from the city."
"Yes, General."
A burst of drum sounds rang out, and Gu Chen, wearing armor and holding a long sword, led his men out of the city with a murderous aura, and the two sides began another round of fighting.
In the alley, the man huddled in a backpack, his scarlet eyes looking outside through the gaps. He trembled with fear when he saw the search officer approaching.
Li Si didn't know what happened to him. Why did he become a completely different person after being bitten by the young master? He was so thirsty and hungry that he could only feel better by drinking human blood.
He covered his face and dared not face himself. He knew that the officers were looking for him. He was afraid of death and did not dare to go out.
He only dared to go out at night, and then he couldn't control himself and started biting people and drinking their blood, repeating this over and over again.
Two days passed, and more and more people in the city were bitten. One person infected two people, and two people infected even more people...
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