Quick Wear: Don't come over here, you are looking for trouble

The journey was very urgent, and the young master was actually feeling unwell the whole time, but he knew what was more important than what was less important, and he held on and refused to complain or cry out in pain.

The further south they went, the more real they saw. It was not the prosperous scene of the imperial city, but from time to time there were hungry people passing by with their families, looking pale and skinny. Most of them were timid and hurriedly avoided the majestic guards on horseback, but some would come for help, and the servants or palace maids would more or less share some food or silver with them.

"They..." The young master had experienced begging himself, but he still felt pity for them subconsciously when he saw them, especially the children, who were perhaps only two or three years old, being held by their mothers who were as thin as skeletons, moving forward step by step...

"stop looking."

Xie He lowered the curtain. He knew the urgency of the situation better than anyone else, otherwise he would not have gone there in person. "Be careful, the wind is strong."

Xu Bai looked over with tearful eyes, and Xie He explained to him, "We have already asked people to distribute food. Since we have come across this, we will not ignore it."

"……Thanks."

Xie He smiled, "These are my people." Xu Bai came closer and could clearly see the helplessness hidden in the depths of his eyes, "Niannian, the further we go, the more cruel these things will become."

“……” The young master once thought that what he had encountered was terrible enough, but he didn’t expect that it was just the tip of the iceberg. In this extremely depressing atmosphere, he urgently wanted to say something.

"Before... when I only had one copper coin left, I bought a vegetarian bun, but it was snatched away by a beggar... But they, they didn't even take a copper coin—"

Xie He was right. Another day passed and they were about to enter the county seat of Ling County.

What does something that has been soaked in water look like?

White and rotten, a disgusting odor approached before he entered, and the young master covered his mouth and retched. This was a completely uncontrollable physiological reaction. He lifted the curtain of the carriage to see that there were all kinds of things scattered under the rolling wheels, tangled and tangled, and he couldn't even tell what they were.

Xie He took out a sachet and tied it directly to Xu Bai's waist. "There are agarwood and mugwort in it. You take it with you and don't take it off."

The prefect, county magistrate and county magistrate were all there. They were wearing official uniforms, their hearts were beating fast, and they were eagerly waiting for the emperor to come.

Faced with the natural disaster, the reaction of Ling County was not slow, but the vast flood of water rushed up and down, inevitably carrying away many people who refused to move or fled. So there were wails and cries everywhere, and no one dared to delay, and reported it quickly layer by layer.

"I'm coming."

The three leaders hurriedly knelt down in the street, which had been washed with clean water, waiting for His Majesty to come.

Xu Bai felt sad and felt drowsy from the back. He did not wake up even when Xie He gently pinched his cheek. He just frowned and simply got off the carriage by himself.

The guards surrounded this place tightly, fearing that something might happen to His Majesty who was above everyone else.

……

Xu Bai had a dream. He dreamed that he was walking forward non-stop, but the more he walked, the weaker his feet became. Finally, he could not move at all, taking one deep step and one shallow step.

Looking down, he saw that the bodies under his feet were swollen and white. As he lowered his head, the bodies all twisted their necks to look at him.

"Ah!...Ah!"

Xiao Tao was startled. Seeing him suddenly stand up, she hurried over to help him. "What's wrong? What's wrong, sir?"

Xu Bai: [Ah!!!]

He also cried out in his mind, which frightened Liu Er, who was concentrating on watching the show, so much so that his mind was running wild. [What happened! ]

[Scared, scared me to death, I just dreamed about——]

Xu Bai paused for a moment, then turned his head with a creaking sound and said in a resentful tone, [Are you...watching a horror movie...Who allowed you to secretly play a horror movie in my mind!]

Liu'er silently stopped the movie. Oh, he forgot that the person he brought was not afraid of anything except ghosts.

【Shouldn’t you have received a materialistic education?】

[That doesn't affect my fear!] Xu Bai accused it, [You are not allowed to look at it again!]

"Young Master? Young Master, wuwuwu..."

Xiao Tao was about to cry. His Majesty asked her to accompany the young master back to the residence arranged by the prefect, but... but why did the young master become like this when she came back?

"...Don't cry..." The result of being frightened was that he couldn't speak clearly after waking up. Xu Bai tried his best to reach out and pat the little girl, "I'm fine..."

As a result, Xiao Tao cried even harder, and her tears were on his fingertips, "Master, wuuuu..."

"..."

"Water..." As a second choice, Xiao Tao couldn't stop crying, so Xu Bai simply ordered her to pour him some water. Even when pouring the water, Xiao Tao's eyes were fixed on him, as if he was afraid that she would run away.

After drinking this little bit of water, Xu Bai felt much more stable. He comforted Xiao Tao for a while before asking, "Where's His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty and the prefect are out on an inspection tour," Xiao Tao answered. "Your Majesty said that you are not feeling well and don't need to go with them, so they sent you back first."

Xu Bai looked around. It was obvious that the place had been cleaned up well. The bed curtains were all brand new, but the plants outside the window were drooping and looked very lifeless.

"Can I... go out and take a look?"

"Let's go... There's nothing to see outside." Xiao Tao obviously saw something on the way back. When she heard the word "go out", her face turned pale and she tried her best to stop him. "Besides, we are exhausted from the journey. It's not too late for you to rest first, young master."

Xu Bai was silent for a long time, then asked, "Xiao Tao, did you see anything?"

The little girl shuddered, "I..."

Xiao Tao couldn't help asking. She was actually feeling very uncomfortable and couldn't help but blurt it out, "Sir, His Majesty didn't allow me to tell you, but, but... when we came back, we touched, touched... a corpse..."

"She, she was still... still holding a child in her arms, I... I thought she was alive, so I went to help her, but... I turned around and found that she was... dead... dead..."

"That child in her arms, that child..." Xiao Tao's lips trembled, her face pale, "That child bit his...his mother's wrist and drank blood..."

It was intermittent and it took a lot of effort to make my words clear.

"...This..." Xu Bai was not actually afraid. He was just sighing at his mother's greatness. But Gu Nian definitely hadn't experienced this. Moreover, what Xiao Tao said was very similar to what happened in the Gu family. Gu Nian was also protected by his parents and escaped - and his parents also died.

The young master listened with his eyes wide open, and then he stared blankly into space for a long time, his lips trembling, and with great effort, he uttered a hoarse and painful cry from his throat.

"Father...Mother..."

"mother……"

The young master clenched his jaw, and felt his heart suddenly tighten and ache, his vision became blurred, and his body went limp.