He had a strong premonition that something had happened to everyone inside!
Yuncheng was a city that had been massacred by rebels. Ten years ago, the rebels first approached the county government, hijacked the county magistrate, and falsely passed on instructions. They killed all the Yuncheng government officials and guards, occupied the magpie's nest, and occupied the city. this city.
It was a catastrophe. Even a teenager in his teens knew how terrible that catastrophe was!
Therefore, in the next ten years, Yuncheng, from the officials to the people, was vigilant that other states and cities did not have.
Each Yuncheng County Lord also strengthened the guards of Yuncheng's government office. The walls were heightened and sentries were set up. Guards would patrol the streets no matter the day, and countless lanterns would light up at dusk and go out at dawn.
Not to mention that there are so many people knocking on the door and yelling outside now, even if there is any disturbance, the guards can hear it!
But from the time he came to report to the official until now, there has been such a big thing in the city, but he has not seen a single patrol soldier!
He was in a hurry just now, but he didn't pay attention to this. Now he is simply thinking about it and is terrified!
He pulled the ladder over, placed it inside the wall, and slid down with his legs soft. Just as his toes touched the ground, he was suddenly grabbed by something!
He shuddered and subconsciously wanted to shake the thing away.
However, the thing held on so tightly that he couldn't shake it off several times, and heard a faint "ho ho" sound in his ears.
That voice was too familiar to him who had been on the battlefield!
That is the cry that a person makes when he is dying!
"who?"
With trembling hands, he blew open the fire seal, and when he saw the person under his feet, he fell to the ground with an "ah" sound!
The person grabbing his calf turned out to be the Ma Gang he had been looking for!
Blood gurgled from Magang's throat, and a pair of eyes stared at him. He seemed to want to say something to him, but as soon as he opened his mouth, blood gushed out!
"Old Ma!" Zhao Ben rushed over and picked him up, "Why are you like this? What happened?"
Lao Ma's mouth was trembling, but he could no longer speak. He could only point his blood-stained hand to the backyard of the government office.
The people living in the backyard are Song Wenchang, the lord of Yuncheng County, and his family.
"Something happened to Mr. Song too?" Zhao Ben's eyes were split open. "Don't panic, old horse! I'm looking for someone to save you! I'm looking for someone to save Mr. Song! Just hold on!"
He put down the horse and ran desperately to the county government gate. The gate opened and everyone rushed in. They were all shocked when they learned the truth!
Zhao Ben had regained his composure at this time and said to Huang Ran: "Take a few people with you and send Lao Ma to see a doctor! The rest of the people, follow me into the backyard! I'm afraid the thieves are still here, so take whatever you have with you!"
Everyone nodded silently, some looked for kitchen knives, some touched hoes, and some people couldn't find the tools, so they touched the stones on the street corner in their hands.
Zhao Ben gathered his team and led a group of people to the backyard cautiously.
As soon as they walked through the front porch, they smelled a strong smell of blood. Someone slipped and fell, and his hands were slippery. When he came closer, he saw that his hands were full of bright red!
He screamed in fright, and everyone looked over. Someone lit a fire folder and followed the blood stains. Soon they found a pond. The dancing firelight illuminated the rippling blood in the pool, and the autumn wind blew it. Afterwards, I shook the dead lotus in the pond. On the dead lotus, there were pools of blood rolling around on it, which made people's scalp numb. Chinese website
Zhao Ben trembled with his hands, pulled down a few wind lanterns from the corridor, lit them, put them together in one place, raised them high, and illuminated the lotus pond!
Under the bright light, everything in the lotus pond is invisible!
"Isn't that Mr. Song?"
A cry of surprise rang out!
However, the speaker burst into tears the next moment!
Yuncheng's parents, Song Wenchang, only had a bloody head hanging on the top of the small pavilion in the pond.
Under his head were more heads, one after another, neatly stacked in a strange shape, and every pair of eyes were filled with blood and anger!
Looking at these pairs of bloody eyes, Zhao Ben's eyes turned black.
But he still pushed forward, trying hard to see clearly what was under Song Wenchang's head.
those people.
Next to him are his wife and son.
His daughter was just five or six years old, and just yesterday, he was teasing her with a doll.
Further down, there are the masters and the patrolmen of the government officials.
There were a large number of these people, as many as two hundred, and they were all lined up densely in the small pavilion on the lotus pond. Their corpses were randomly thrown into the pond, and the entire pond was full.
Such a bloody and terrifying situation made everyone present shudder!
Everyone was transported back to ten years ago almost instantly!
However, the killings ten years ago were not as weird as what we saw before. The thieves went everywhere killing people and grabbing property, but they never stacked the corpses in such a shape!
This strange situation made everyone unconsciously think of the sorcery and strange methods of those alchemists, and their scalps became numb.
"Rimasa, what should we... do now?"
someone asked tremblingly.
Everyone looked at Zhao Ben.
Although Zhao Ben was only a small upright person, before that, he had been a centurion in the Changlin Army and had achieved military exploits. He was a man with big ideas!
"Brother Zhao, tell me what to do! We all listen to you!" someone said.
Zhao Ben did not refuse, took a deep breath and said: "The thieves killed all the county government officials, but did not stay. There is a big epidemic in the city, it must be related to them! I now suspect that it is not this city they want, they What’s important is the lives of our entire city!”
"The most important thing right now is to quickly report the situation in Yuncheng to the capital! But if it is an epidemic, if we rush to the capital, we may cause a wider spread of infection. Therefore, we first go out of the city to seek help from the nearby garrison. Just be careful to keep your distance from them!"
He said this, but he was extremely worried in his heart!
If it was really a plague, people would be so panicked that they would flee the city desperately, and there was nothing he could do to stop it!
But there is no better way at the moment, we can only do this.
"We are divided into two groups. One group is in the light, led by me, and goes out from the city gate to report the news; the other group is in the dark, and the destination is still the nearby garrison!" He continued, "But these people will not go through the city gate. , choose a narrow path, everyone should be smart, and if you encounter suspicious people, be sure not to let them know that you are out to report a message..."
"Brother Zhao, what are you worried about?" Huang Ran asked blankly.
"I'm worried that this letter won't be delivered..." Zhao Ben swallowed hard, "I hope I'm overthinking it!"
But his many years of military killing gave him a domineering instinct.
The thieves this time may be more ruthless and inhumane than those who rebelled ten years ago!
When everyone heard this, they clenched their fists unconsciously, and everyone felt heavy in their hearts!
Zhao Ben selected suitable candidates from the crowd to deliver the message, divided them into two teams and said: "The team in the dark should pay attention to safety! When in danger, don't fight hard, it's important to save your life!"
Everyone nodded.
Zhao Ben led a group of people straight to the city gate. From a distance, he saw many soldiers walking around on the city.
In the night, a flag with white stripes on a black background was fluttering in the wind.
