The landlady was willing to take him in. Looking at Wen Yuan's pleading eyes, she finally relented and said, "Okay...but we really don't have any extra rooms here. Maybe the three young masters will have to squeeze in."
"It doesn't matter. We are very grateful if you can take a few of us in. Don't worry, boss lady, I will pay you."
There was a pear dimple on the woman's face when she smiled, "What's wrong with silver? In this dead city, silver is the most worthless thing."
"Stop standing outside the door, come in quickly." The proprietress looked around for a while, then invited Wen Yuan and the others into the store.
Wen Yuan felt strange that she was the only one in the store, so she asked, "Madam boss, why are you alone? Can you manage such a big store?"
The hand the lady boss was pouring tea trembled, and the hot tea spilled on the table.
After placing the teapot, the landlady said sadly: "They are all dead."
Several people were surprised how the boss lady could say these three words so easily.
The landlady sat down slowly, her eyes dull, "Those who deal with dead people are used to seeing people who are born, old, sick and dead, so they won't have too many emotions."
"Are they all gone?" Wen Yuan knew her words were hurtful, but she... still wanted to know...
"Yes." The landlady's mood was light, "They are all gone. My parents-in-law, husband, and my only son... I personally arranged their funerals."
Wen Yuan looked at the ashen-faced landlady and didn't know how to comfort her.
It was the first time she had seen such a strong woman, and she admired her from the bottom of her heart, "If you don't mind, the boss lady, you can call me Ayuan. This is Chunhua, my confidant."
"Just call me Fat Aunt. Let's go. I'll take you to your room first. You can take a shower and change your clothes. Burn these clothes to avoid getting infected."
She first took Wen Yuan and Chunhua to the room with a better layout, and then took the three men to the room where her son lived. "I have cleaned these rooms well. You don't have to worry. Just remember that you can't When you go out, you must cover your mouth and nose with a thick cloth.”
"I know, Fat Aunt, thank you very much. Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to save the people here."
The fat aunt didn't know Wen Yuan's background, so she just thought she was too happy and was talking nonsense.
After the fat aunt left, Wen Yuan told Shen Huaiyan, "Let me find out why the situation here has not reached the capital yet."
"Yes, I'll go check it out right away."
Wen Yuan had a restless temper. As soon as he settled down, he immediately went to find Fat Aunt, "Fat Aunt, where did the county magistrate here escape to?"
"I don't know, maybe Linzhou, maybe Cangquanzhou. In short, he escaped. The person who is now in charge of everything on his behalf was his deputy, which is not bad. If it weren't for him, I'm afraid the plague would spread faster."
"Where is this person? Can I go meet him?"
Although the fat aunt didn't understand why Wen Yuan insisted on taking care of this matter, she saw that she was serious and told her where to go, "Just walk along the official road, it's almost two miles away."
"Be careful, be careful." Wen Yuan is similar in age to her son, so she always feels pity when she sees Wen Yuan.
Wen Yuan left Chunhua in the coffin shop and asked Chi Zhaoyue to follow her to protect her, while he and Quan went to find the deputy who was in charge of Xianglan.
The scenery along the way can only be described as horrific. Wen Yuan shed tears unconsciously when he saw these suffering people.
This is her father and the emperor's uncle, the country that has been guarded by countless ancestors. The people here are all her family members... How could this happen? How could it happen...
With emotion in my heart, I had already walked outside the county government office. The place had already become dilapidated and dilapidated. There were dried eggs on the door. Looking at the broken eggshells on the ground, I could already understand what was going on.
Pushing open the door of the county government office, several corpses covered with white cloth suddenly appeared in front of him. Wen Yuan had already taken the elixir refined by Quan and would not be infected, but he was still shocked to see such a scene.
"Where are you from! Get out quickly! You'll be infected soon!" A tall man in official uniform kept driving the two of them away.
Quan took out the token and showed it in front of the man, "The person coming is Princess Xianyang of the Dragon Kingdom."
"Princess Jin An, princess, why did you come to this place in person? Is it possible that the palace already knows about Xianglan's situation?"
Judging from his concerned look, he must be the second-in-command that the landlady calls him.
The man stretched his neck and kept looking outside, but he didn't see what he expected for a long time.
Wen Yuan had to speak out to break his illusion, "I just came here from the capital not long ago. At least before I came here, I had never heard about the Xianglan epidemic. This time I came here without any intention..."
"How come you haven't heard of it? As early as three months ago, I had people rushing to the capital!"
What? Wen Yuan was shocked by his words. Has it been three months?
The man knelt on the ground and kowtowed in despair, "Oh God, Your Majesty, open your eyes and take a look... Who in this city is not your subject... You have to wait until everyone in the city is dead before you can see us. ?"
Wen Yuan knew that there must be a hidden secret in this, "I will ask my people to rush back to the capital. As long as I am here, I will never allow harmful animals."
"I am very grateful that Princess Xianyang cares about the people, but... this city is already a dead city. Is there really anything that can be done?" The man had also been eagerly looking forward to someone coming from the palace, but after so long, he could only helpless Watching these people die one by one is heartbreaking.
"I said there is a way, then there is a way. At worst, I will go and ask the emperor personally."
Wen Yuan fluttered her sleeves and left. When she returned to the coffin shop, Shen Huaiyan had also returned, "A Yuan, I have found out clearly that he is the county magistrate of Xianglan and has blocked all news. All letters sent out of this city have been blocked. It was intercepted by his people.”
"Go check it again and bring this idiot to me as quickly as possible! There is also this letter. I have to trouble Ah Yue to go there in person and give it to my father. Let him take it to the palace and present it to me. To the Emperor." The two left together, leaving only Fat Aunt and Wen Yuan in the coffin shop.
Just as he was about to speak, there was a knock on the door of the coffin shop, "Fat Aunt... Fat Aunt..."
There was a dirty little baby standing outside. He looked like he was only three or four years old. He could not walk steadily. "Fat aunt, my mother..." the child swallowed, "Mom... is asleep. I can't scream." Awake."
People who understand already know what is going on. The child lives with her mother day and night, and she does not know whether she is infected. The fat aunt handed the child to Wen Yuan and the others, "Can you take her down to take a bath and deal with it first? I'll go …Look at her mother.”
"Don't worry, Fat Aunt, we will take care of her. Go quickly."
The little girl was very well-behaved, her face was white and tender after being wiped clean, and she looked like she was well-raised. She looked at Wen Yuan with her big round eyes.
She suddenly reached out and touched Wen Yuan's face. Her cold little hands obviously frightened Wen Yuan, "Thank you, sister... I know, my mother is gone..."
Wen Yuan was shocked but also sad that such a young child had to endure so much.
"Then why did you say that just now?"
The girl found a place to sit down, hugged her little self, and looked extremely pitiful, "Because I hope my mother is just asleep."
"I'll go find something for you to eat." Now in this city, there is a lack of food and clothing, so Wen Yuan has no choice but to find something for her to eat from her own space bracelet.
"It turns out that my sister is a practitioner."
"How do you know?"
"My sister has a space bracelet on her hand. I've seen it before. It's something only practitioners have. My dad also has it..."
Wen Yuan lamented the memory of this child. He was obviously only three or four years old, but he still remembered her father.
But soon the little girl's face darkened, "But daddy doesn't want mom and I anymore... Mom said he went to Yangyang Mountain to practice, but I saw him in the city... with a beautiful girl beside him. sister."
Sheep Mountain? Wen Yuan had never heard of this place, but he guessed that the child was talking about Eryang Mountain, where they would go soon.
She was also a poor child. Wen Yuan gently stroked the little girl's head, "Oh."
After death, people infected with the epidemic must be burned, and their ashes must be sealed and buried deep in the soil.
But in order not to make the child sad, the fat aunt only said that she had been buried when she came back. But now the child has no relatives and can only stay in the coffin shop. Fortunately, the fat aunt is a compassionate heart and is willing to take her in.
"Sigh, I don't know how long it will take Huaiyan to come back." Wen Yuan couldn't eat, "Sigh... I'll be back in a few days if I hurry up, right?"
The situation in Xianglan couldn't be delayed now. Fortunately, Shen Huaiyan came back in a few days with County Magistrate Chen tied up.
"You are so presumptuous! I have achieved fame! How dare you humiliate me like this!"
Magistrate Chen was baffled. She didn't know that Shen Huaiyan was sent by Wen Yuan. "How dare you! You dare to speak like this in front of Princess Xianyang. Watch your head!"
"Princess Xiang... Xianyang? Why are you here?"
"If I hadn't come here, how would I have known that the county magistrate had escaped first when the city was infected?! You are so brave, you dared to stop He Rongbing from delivering a letter to the palace. Aren't you afraid that the people in Xianglan will die and the emperor will punish your nine clans? !”
If you can stop it for a while, is it possible that you can stop it for the rest of your life?
"Escort him back to the capital and let him explain to the emperor!"
Magistrate Chen, who had just been brought back, was dragged away by Shen Huaiyan again. With Shen Huaiyan under his personal supervision, Wen Yuan felt relieved.
"Master." Wen Yuan found Quan at night.
Without her, Kaiquan already knew what Wen Yuan wanted to say, and it was nothing more than asking him to save these common people.
"Master, you know how to refine so many elixirs, otherwise... just refine some elixirs that can cure this plague? This is also a meritorious deed."
As expected, Quan understood her request, but he was also helpless. The medicine to treat the plague was hard to come by, and his miraculous elixirs were all infused with his own demon power. People in such a city...he How much demon power will be lost?
