Chapter 461 Successfully Entering the City
Chapter 461 Successfully Entering the City
It soon got dark and people started lighting fires around.
Shi Yi quietly took out a bottle of medicine from his arms, poured out a few pills and stuffed them into Qingqiu's hand.
Qingqiu saw the three and immediately understood.
She calmly handed one to Shitou, put one into her own mouth when she turned around, and put one into the donkey's mouth when she stroked San's head.
Asan didn't like pills, but when Qingqiu stuffed them into his hands, he chewed them obediently.
Ugh! What a weird taste. I don't like it.
Asan lowered his head and nibbled a few bites of wild grass to dilute the taste in his mouth, then stood obediently close to Shi Yi.
In the past, it would not have eaten the grass on the ground that had been stepped on by so many people!
Shi Yi smiled and touched Asan's ear with one hand, and put the pill into his mouth with the other hand.
In this situation, she still needs to take adequate precautions, otherwise, just a few of them won't be enough to fill the gaps in these people's teeth.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, the night officially arrived with its engulfing darkness.
Shi Yi took advantage of the cover of darkness to sprinkle medicine powder around them, and also smeared a lot on their bodies.
Shi Yi clapped his hands and said to Qing Qiu, "Go to sleep peacefully, everything will be fine."
Although Qingqiu believed in the young lady's ability, she had to be so brave to sleep well when there were strangers all around her.
Shi Yi sat back to back with her, and soon Qing Qiu heard Shi Yi's even breathing.
The lady actually fell asleep?
Shitou sat near them and looked at Asan and the two girls.
He didn't dare to feel sleepy at all. His eyes were as big as bells, and he stared vigilantly at the movements around him.
Fortunately, the night was peaceful...
In the middle of the night, Shitou saw some people trying to approach them on tiptoe. He was about to draw his sword to show them how powerful they were, but for some reason, those people ran away, holding their stomachs, before they got close.
Later, several more waves of people came, and their situations were generally similar.
Shitou suspected that they all had stomach upsets, and they had stomachaches whenever they wanted to do something bad.
It's retribution!
Afterwards, those who were active in mind seemed to be very ill, and at dawn the next day they were still unable to stand up.
However, Stone doesn't care whether they live or die.
After dawn, Shi Yi rode on the donkey and left with Shi Tou and Qing Qiu in a swagger.
Shitou glanced back and whispered, "Miss, there is a tail following you."
Shi Yi held a piece of grass in his mouth and said nonchalantly:
"Let them do whatever they want. If they want to die, just come over here." This is not the time to be a good man or a believer.
Qingqiu was timid. She was afraid and held Asan's hand and quickened her pace.
The three men and the donkey finally found their way back to the official road.
After roughly figuring out the direction, I realized that it was no longer realistic to return the same way I came. I had run too far, so the safest thing to do now was to hurry to the nearest city.
When you go to a place with government offices, at least the public security is much more reliable.
Thinking of this, Shi Yi decided to continue moving forward, no matter which county was ahead, he would enter the city first.
When we arrived at the city gate, we saw the victims queuing up in a long line waiting for porridge.
Wow! Wow, there are at least two thousand people gathered here.
Thinking about the group of people last night, plus the ones I met on the official road, there are probably more than 500 people.
It’s not a good thing for so many people to gather together!
Shi Yi regretted coming here, but she had no other choice at the moment. She could only choose to go into the city first to see the situation.
Although they were in a miserable state after being forced to flee yesterday, one could tell they were different from the disaster victims just by looking at their clothes.
Shitou paid the entrance fee promptly at the city gate. Even though he was blackmailed by the soldiers, he did not hesitate. He took out two pieces of silver and threw them directly to the gatekeeper.
The soldiers took the money and happily let them in.
When we arrived in the city, we saw old streets, low houses, and a dilapidated place.
Shitou frowned, Qingqiu looked around anxiously, Shiyi looked around and said directly to Shitou:
"Go to the direction of the county government office and ask what's going on with these disaster victims. Then we can figure out how to avoid the flood of disaster victims."
Shitou nodded, bought a few large vegetable buns from a roadside stall, handed them to Qingqiu, and then went back to buy a few meat buns.
Miss and Qingqiu don’t like meat fillings, so this time I bought it for myself.
After all this trouble, he was starving, and his stomach became even happier when he saw food.
He took a big bite of the meat bun, and the aroma of the meat filling immediately exploded on his tongue.
He wolfed down a plump white bun in a few bites, then took out another one and started eating it in a big mouthful. He ate four in a row before he felt his stomach was full.
When I picked up the fifth bun, this time I was not so anxious to stuff it into my mouth.
He took a bite and chewed it, then casually chatted with the old man selling buns:
"Uncle, why are there so many disaster victims outside the city? What happened?"
The old man selling buns saw that there were not many people on the street and there was no other business except the customer in front of him, so he started chatting with him.
"Hey! What a sin! I heard that he was fleeing from Yingzhou. It was said that there was a flood there, and all the fields and houses were washed away.
These people can't survive, so they just run away!" They are all pitiful people.
Shitou was puzzled and asked, "Yingzhou? It's so far from here, how did they all escape here?"
The old man said, "Humph! I heard that the local officials of Yingzhou fled overnight, and the counties near Yingzhou closed their city gates and did not allow the victims to enter the city.
So, they crossed the mountains and bypassed those counties, and when they came out of the mountains, they all ran to our small Dan County. "
Shitou scratched his head: "Oh, so the officials of Tan County felt sorry for them and gave them porridge, right?" The county magistrate of Tan County was quite nice.
The magistrate of Tan County cried and said: I was forced.
The old man sighed, "We don't know about that. Anyway, we heard that although the county magistrate did not allow the disaster victims to enter the city, he would provide porridge twice a day, morning and evening.
Alas! We don’t have much food in Tan County. I heard that the soup in the porridge is so thick that you can see your reflection in it. ” I don’t know if you can see the rice grains in a bowl of porridge.
Shitou: "Which county is the closest to you?"
The old man said: "Neither of them is very close. To the east is Wei County, and to the west is Gong County."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yi said to Qing Qiu, "Eat quickly, and then we'll get on with our journey once we're full." It's not a safe place to stay.
Qingqiu looked up in surprise, forgetting to swallow the bun in her mouth. She asked in a low voice:
"Miss, didn't you say that we should rest here for a day before leaving?" I'm so tired and sleepy.
She didn't dare to sleep all night last night and now she is tired and hungry.
Shi Yi looked around, and when he saw that no one was around, he lowered his voice and said:
"We can't stay here for long. It's not safe!"
When Qingqiu heard that this place was dangerous, she suddenly felt that the delicious buns were no longer fragrant.
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