"Do a search, maybe you can find some clues." Dong Zheng suggested, "This is too weird, we better find out what they have experienced."
Ren Heming sighed and said, "I think so too. Maybe I will encounter something that harmed the entire team on the journey. Come, let's see the situation first."
Dong Zheng lifted the curtain of the carriage and got into the already slanted carriage. The stench was stronger than ever before. There were many utensils from Dashi, except for the messy dumping, there was no damage, and a teacup fell. On the ground tea was splashed on the carpet, Dong Zheng reached out and touched it, but the carpet was still wet.
A middle-aged man fell on the floor, his face had obvious Persian features. Almost all his exposed skin festered into blurred flesh, and the thick water soaked his clothes. The smell that Dong Zheng smelled came from him.
plague
Upon seeing this, Dong Zheng immediately covered his mouth and nose. He didn't care to observe carefully, exited the carriage, and shouted to Ren Heming: "Senior brother! I have a corpse here, it seems that the plague has rotted away!"
At this time, Dong Zheng heard Ren Heming, who was facing his back, scolding. He stared at the pool of people in front of him, took a step back, and said, "I have it here too!"
The two opened the curtains of all the carriages as fast as they could, and almost every room contained one or two corpses, all of which festered.
The strange smell from the corpse seemed to turn into a poisonous gas that could kill anyone anytime, anywhere. Dong Zheng and Ren Heming tried to hold their breath, and the two quickly mounted their horses and left the area as quickly as possible.
They kept walking two miles before they gradually slowed down. Dong Zheng looked back at the way they came from. It stands to reason that they should have set the fire to burn the sick corpse, but now they are in the deep mountains and forests, and any spark can It is possible to cause wildfires, but under the balance of the two, it is still not rashly dealt with.
"Plague." Ren Heming murmured, "There must have been a plague somewhere where they passed, and everyone was infected."
"Will there be such a violent outbreak of plague?" Dong Zheng asked, "These people seem to be sick at the same time, and even if they die of the plague, how can those horses explain it?"
"The horse should have been scared to death."
Dong Zheng: "You mean evil spirits?"
Ren Heming nodded: "Although the amulet didn't notice it, there is only one explanation for it at the moment, otherwise they wouldn't be able to die violently while running at the same time."
Dong Zheng frowned thoughtfully and said nothing.
"The nearest village is on the border with Dashi, we have to speed up, try not to go there, if you get sick, it will be over." Ren Heming lit the tracking talisman and said, "Let's go, old man. Seven, after a while of hard work, I have a hunch that at most tomorrow, it will all be over."
Continuing along the official road, the corpses of the caravan on the road made both of them feel particularly heavy. After walking for about two hours, the sun gradually set in the west. The horses under them slowed down a lot due to exhaustion, so Dong Zheng and Ren Heming came down to let them rest, and at the same time ate something to replenish their stamina.
Apart from walking, this journey was spent on horseback, and there were monotonous forest scenes on both sides. It could be described as difficult and boring. Fortunately, Dong Zheng had a calm personality and could endure hardships, but he still inevitably thought of Cui Zuojing. What is the boy who was summoned by him doing at this moment
Since he entered the test, he has not felt the existence of Cui Zuojing, and there is only a faint trace of the connection of the blood pact, which is to prevent foreign aid from interfering.
The two sat silently by the roadside eating dry food. At this moment, Dong Zheng heard a scream from a distance.
He raised his head and looked vigilantly in the direction of the sound, Ren Heming asked, "What's wrong?"
Dong Zheng made a gesture for him to be quiet, and after a few seconds, another scream came, but this time it was much clearer.
is a little girl.
Ren Heming's face suddenly became serious, he copied the remaining half of the dry food into the cloth bag, and immediately got up and said, "Go, go and have a look."
The two quickly walked through the woods following the sound, the screams getting closer and closer, Dong Zheng opened the branches and leaves covered in front of him and rushed out, and saw the girl who was being blocked by the brown bear on the cliff.
The girl was wearing a red robe that was too wide for her, her bare feet were covered with scars, and she shrank into a ball and shivered, while the brown bear stared at her as she paced back and forth, as if trying to figure out what to say. as well.
There are beasts in front and cliffs in the back. If no one rescues, the girl will probably die here.
But the vision enhanced by the core allowed Dong Zheng to see a festering piece of flesh on the girl's arm.
Exactly the same as those on the corpses of the merchants.
At this critical moment, Dong Zheng decided:
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