On the road, Lin Luoran met some people who were still alive. She hurried to Shencheng in her heart. She left the medicine powder when she could take care of herself, and forcibly poured the decoction into the comatose. She also encountered dozens of people needing treatment intermittently. .
After all, there was a delay, and when the three of them arrived in Shencheng, it was already dark.
The strange thing is that the torches are brightly lit outside the city wall, but there is no light inside the city. A heavily guarded city can be justified as a quarantine area. But no food was provided, the people in the city were allowed to perish themselves, and no doctors were sent to treat them. What kind of quarantine area
No food, much less medicine.
Heavy soldiers surrounded the big city tightly, and the buffer zone between the original moat and the city was crowded with civilians. These are not infected, and if there is a slight sign of illness, the soldiers will mercilessly throw them into the city.
There are only ten thousand healthy civilians, but thirty thousand elite soldiers. The infected people in the city were separated by the high city walls. In the past few days, they searched for everything they could eat, and they all relied on drinking water from the well to continue their lives.
Where Lin Luoran was shrouded in consciousness, he was furious when he learned the truth.
Who said that the ruler of Ying Kingdom has no courage? This is obviously very courageous, to gather these plague-infected civilians together, to wipe out the grass and roots in one fell swoop, and to eliminate the plague!
Black kerosene had been doused on the city wall long ago. It was unrefined oil, and it ignited as soon as it touched the fire. It seemed that the general who led the army was struggling between his conscience and his fate, and he hadn't issued the last order to burn the city.
Lin Luoran was glad that he was not late, but Sang Ye was a little sarcastic.
He just said, if you change to Penglai, there is no way to transport the food and medicinal materials that can feed tens of thousands of people in the case of fighting on the front line. If you burn it and block the news, you can push the casualties to Penglai This move by Yingguo's high-level executives saves time and effort, and is more ruthless than him.
While she was standing on the sidelines not far away, two more civilians were thrown into the city because of red spots on their bodies.
The crowd panicked, and soon calmed down under the threat of the soldiers' cold swords.
Someone was carrying a wooden barrel to serve porridge. No matter how big or small the earthen bowl held in the hands of the common people is, there is only one spoonful, and the clear soup has little water, which can count the rice grains in the clear porridge.
A man who was dressed in tattered clothes suddenly dropped his bowl and became angry: "I only drink two meals of rice soup a day, you are going to starve everyone to death!"
There were sporadic responses, most likely from people who were better dressed.
Before the catastrophe, these people were rich people with little assets. They didn't live a life of gruel twice a day, and they didn't have enough power and money to evacuate Shencheng. , with no imaginary response.
They didn't have the deep-rooted meekness of the people at the bottom after being oppressed... There were already ragged civilians staring at him with sympathy. The man suddenly had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the soldier serving the porridge sneered, stepped on the bowl he knocked over, and said coldly, "This man is sick, throw it in."
"yes!"
The rich man in tattered red-purple silk clothes showed panic, and loudly distinguished: "I'm not infected, don't blame me!"
Cut, anyone can believe that they are not infected? Prostitution is controlled within a certain range. People are used to this kind of judgment of resignation these days. The rich were tied up with ropes by the soldiers and put into the city from the ladder.
The loud landing sound proved that the movements of the little soldiers were not gentle.
Lin Luoran didn't intend to look any further, she had just scanned the outside of the city carefully with her spiritual sense, and there was no Ximei's mother and younger brother in the buffer zone of the moat that lacked water.
They were either driven into the city or died. Hope it's the former.
Lin Luoran turned his head:
"Are you going in with me, or are you going to stay outside?"
Sang Ye took the initiative to step forward to express his position. Joke, stay outside and drink gruel? He already knew that Lin Luoran could cure the plague, and he was still willing to stay with Lin Luoran without the worry of infection.
In an environment where water and food are cut off, it is the wisest choice to be with a fairy who can conjure water and all kinds of food out of thin air.
Seeing him nodding, Lin Luoran grabbed his waist and threw it into the city wall. The remaining strength in his hand made Sang Ye, who had recovered his martial skills, quite embarrassed when he landed. Especially when he saw Lin Luoran descending into the city with Ximei in his arms, he couldn't help pursing his lips tightly.
This fairy seems to be pure in heart, but also extremely vengeful, which can be seen from her attitude towards the strange little girl and herself. The seventh prince, Sang Ye, quietly made a conclusion for Lin Luoran, and he was 70% correct.
"Look, someone flew in..."
"Have you been hungry for a long time?"
"I'm sober!"
When Lin Luoran flew into the city, he didn't use Xiaoqianjie to cover up his figure, and was clearly seen by many hungry and drowsy people. The civilians started talking, but the soldiers and officers murmured that these people were crazy. No one would go to the city unless they didn't want to live.
Having said that, the news was reported layer by layer, and the general who led the army this time was thoughtful.
Someone flew into town
He knew that martial arts had reached a certain peak, and with the support of internal strength, he was able to learn light skills such as "climbing the ladder", which is similar to walking in the air. Such a strong man, why did he suddenly come to Shencheng
The general was dubious, and asked people to check whether there were civilians spreading rumors and waiting for an opportunity to mutiny.
The civilians swear by it, but there is something to it. Although the sky was dark, the figure of Shengxue in white was particularly conspicuous, and there were two soldiers who saw it with their own eyes, and it wasn't fabricated by these civilians.
The general was astonished in his heart, but calm and composed on his face. He was about to appease the emotions of the common people as usual, and released the imperial doctor's progress in researching the cure for the plague, when a colorful light suddenly burst out in the dark city.
A female voice was heard outside the city through the thick stone walls:
"Within three days, the city burners... die."
The general stared at the colorful light, what kind of treasure is that? The woman who spoke is a powerful martial artist who just entered the city, right? It is absurd that a single person can stop the military order!
Civilians are clamoring, what, want to burn the city? Are they also going to be burned to death
The general also had expectations in his heart, hoping that the female martial artist could show her strength... He didn't want to give the order to burn at all. These are 40,000 civilians, citizens of Ying Kingdom.
A man of seven feet, the sword can only be used to cut against the soldiers of the enemy country, and should not be used to massacre civilians.
The general looked in the direction of Shencheng full of hope. If the picture of Liwei he imagined did not appear, it was still the female voice from before, he hesitated:
"I need a hundred women who can cook..."
Need women to go to town? At this juncture, whoever dares to enter the city, the civilians retreated one after another. However, women are soft-hearted, especially those women whose family members have been imprisoned in the city, and they are a little hesitant.
The general asked those women, and their family members either died or were imprisoned in the city.
If they couldn't escape death, wouldn't it be nice to have a family reunion? Some people meditated in their hearts, and eventually more than a hundred women also entered the city.
"Give me three days... to save them."
More than a hundred women had already been put into the city, and the female voice said the last sentence without making a sound, as if she was pouring water into a boiling oil pan.
save them
—Who is she going to save? Save everyone
The numb nerves of the civilians were stirred. For humble people like them, is there anyone who is willing to save them with his own body? Liar!
Hey, are you lying
How many people wanted to vent this questioning cry out of their chests, but in the end it turned into inexplicable tears and expectations.
Who wants to die if they can live
if you can live...
The night wind made the light of the torch tremble, and the city wall was covered with black kerosene. As soon as sparks touched it, Shencheng would be engulfed in flames in an instant.
Lin Luoran only had three days, and she wanted to save 30,000 people.