Bai Duo stood on the towering city wall of the inner city, looking through the heavy snow at the once-familiar streets of the outer city. The shops along the streets were closed, and some buildings had even collapsed.
The breakfast stall that I used to eat at often no longer exists, and the old neighbors are also missing. They have probably become nothing more than a handful of dirt.
Only the broken merchant flags were left, rustling in the cold wind.
This was still a scene close to the inner city. He was separated from the Chen family brothers. His Lihuo inner Qi surged like a sea to the foot meridians, and the Qinggong martial arts of catching cicadas in eight steps was pushed to the extreme.
He started running towards the outskirts of the outer city and the city gate.
Only to discover that the further away from the inner city, the fewer the rescue points set up by the Yamen, and in the end there were simply none.
There are even holes on the ground in some suburbs that have been blasted by artillery, as well as half-shot arrows that have not had time to deal with.
"It turns out that the plague control only affects the radiation range of seven or eight miles from the inner city wall, and some edge locations are directly abandoned.
Those corpses that had no time to be burned were also buried here, so large-scale corpse transformation occurred. "
Bai Duo recalled that when he was moving quickly, he seemed to have encountered some city guards patrolling. He also wondered why there were so many soldiers guarding a dead area.
It turned out to be to suppress the corpse transformation.
"It is really troublesome that corpses infected with the plague virus cannot be burned, otherwise the virus will spread into the air. If the wind direction happens to be blowing towards the inner city, it will be completely over.
Fortunately, Yaojun and his people moved all the most seriously infected people and corpses to the suburbs. "
Bai Duo looked back and unknowingly traveled another ten miles. The places where the plague was most severe were a full twenty miles away from the inner city.
This is close to the maximum diameter of Fenyin's area. With this distance as a buffer, it is no wonder that the inner city can live in peace under the plague.
...
"Brother Bai, you've come back just in time. Let me introduce you to her. This is my sister Chen Wanluo."
When Chen Qingzhi saw Bai Duo returning, he introduced him enthusiastically.
Bai Duo walked over with a smile and saw a pretty woman looking at him.
The woman is about 28 years old, and she is wearing a green close-fitting cotton skirt that perfectly highlights her beautiful figure. The smooth green hair was tied into a side braid, and the end was tied with a light-colored ribbon and placed on the right shoulder.
Although she is not very old, she has the gentleness of a woman.
This is probably the third lady, Chen Wanluo.
"Miss Wanluo." Bai Duo nodded slightly as a greeting.
"Hello, I often hear my brother mention you, and now I see you are indeed extraordinary." Chen Wanluo smiled lightly, with the cunning of a girl hidden in her eyes.
Bai Duo quickly understood that this slightly mature dress was probably not what she wanted, and it was probably the elders of the Chen family who had done it deliberately to prevent the young woman from getting out of touch and losing the family style.
Especially Chen Wanluo was not accompanied by ordinary people, so he had to be even more cautious.
Bai Duo turned to look at the woman who was serving porridge not far away and said, "That must be the wife of Yao's defender, right?"
"That's right, the wife of Yao's defender was named Sun, and she was well-known as a virtuous wife. She was also one of the dignitaries in Fenyin City who took the lead in doing good deeds and giving porridge.
You said that at this juncture, even if Taoist Cui develops a magical medicine to resist the plague, who would dare to actually contact those who are infected? "
Chen Qingzhi looked at the long queue outside the porridge shed and couldn't help but admire him.
After all, Chen Wanluo was arranged by her family to serve porridge with Mrs. Sun. It must have been purposeful and she wanted to make a good impression.
After all, in these troubled times, money no longer matters, and having the right to have an army is the way to go.
But the Yao family has already stood at the top of the city's status, so there is no need to show off, so Mrs. Sun's porridge must be sincere.
"Yes, yes, Sister Sun is such a nice person." Chen Wanluo agreed on the side.
"You girl, no matter how big or small, please remember to call me Aunt Sun from now on so as not to lose your seniority etiquette." Chen Donghai corrected him immediately.
Chen Wanluo shrank her neck and didn't dare to talk back, so she could only mutter: "What do you know? Sister Sun is so beautiful and calls people old. I really don't understand what girls like to hear!"
Bai Duo laughed dumbly beside him. It had only been a while since they became like sisters. The Chen family had established a good relationship quickly enough.
Bai Duo then went to talk to Mrs. Sun for a few words, and mentioned Yao Junsu's care for him many times. Mrs. Sun was an extremely smart person.
Naturally, he could hear the sound of wind in the city and recognize Bai Duo.
So the two of them talked happily.
After all the porridge was distributed, it was already dark, and everyone began to prepare to close the stall and rush to the inner city.
"Brother Bai has to attend the banquet this time, so he can't look for opportunities to escape drinking." Chen Qingzhi followed from behind and said to Bai Duo.
Bai Duo nodded, "That's natural. I won't go home until I'm drunk tonight."
Soon he remembered another important thing and said to Chen Donghai: "Brother Donghai, I remember that you like antiques very much."
"You have this hobby, why would Brother Bai suddenly ask like this?"
"To tell you the truth, I've been interested in antiques recently. I want something older, freshly unearthed, the best."
Antiques with Yin Qi will produce dragon and tiger Qi, and there are probably also burial objects that were carried by princes and nobles during their lifetime.
These two points are Bai Duo's main search targets.
As a veteran who has been immersed in the antique industry for many years, Chen Donghai must have many connections and channels that can help him obtain it.
"It's so old, but it's just been unearthed? Brother Bai, tell me the truth, what are you going to do?"
Chen Donghai couldn't help but think of the two ominous antiques he found from the house that night when he was tracking down the Mirror Ghost.
After all, he was someone who had experienced supernatural events. Bai Duo knew that he could not hide it, so he had to say truthfully: "You all also know that there have been several supernatural events in the city, and the case of Chang Mansion being wiped out is the most obvious example.
You who are not officials may not know that the reason why the Chang Mansion suffered this misfortune was because of the acquisition of an antique that was stored by the Earthbound Spirit.
Therefore, the Yamen has put great effort into preventing this kind of thing from happening again. "
"What? It's like this!" Chen Donghai was shocked. His nerves were always particularly sensitive when it came to supernatural events, so he hurriedly said: "If this is the case, then I will definitely help Brother Bai search with all my strength."
The weirdness doesn't end just by killing one person. The occurrence of supernatural events has an impact on the whole city.
Who knew that the ghost that destroyed the Chang Mansion wouldn't wander into the Chen Mansion?
Of course, these half-truths and half-false information were all deliberately done by Bai Duo to persuade Chen Donghai.
"Thank you very much, Brother Donghai."
"You're welcome, you're welcome. This is about everyone's life and fortune, so we can't be vague. There happened to be an underground treasure auction outside Fenyin City recently.
They sell not only antiques, but also all kinds of exotic gadgets, and even occasionally some martial arts secrets.
Maybe you can take Brother Bai to have a look at that time. "
Upon hearing the news, Bai Duo's eyes lit up.
The reason for holding an underground auction is that it must be something shady. Whether it is antiques or martial arts secrets, the origins are probably not legitimate.
But the darker it is, the more Bai Duo likes it.
It would be best if there were a few murder cases behind each auction item, and there would definitely be no less Yin Qi attached to it.
The total amount of Yin Qi is linked to the transformation of Dragon and Tiger Qi.
...
