A gentle breeze drifts across the river surface, and the coolness is mixed with some rotten stench. The river is still clean and thorough, and the silver light is shining under the moonlight. Occasionally, there are fish showing their heads, which look plump and tender, but No one fished it to eat.

Geng Zhi hasn't come back yet, everyone looks listless, along the way, there are only about forty guards around Si Qinglian, and the familiar colleagues have become monsters, they have lived together for several years or even more than ten years, looking at themselves The brothers who were close to each other left one by one, and they were no less sad than Xia Ningle.

Xia Ningle closed her eyes, she was adapting, adapting to this torment, adapting to being able to adjust her emotions faster and make herself indifferent when others leave. When she opened her eyes again, what she saw was Si Qinglian's unsteady eyes. instant gaze.

"I am fine."

Whether it's really all right or forced to smile, Si Qinglian didn't probe too much, but got up and jumped onto another partition, leaving more space for Xia Ningle to calm down.

Si Qinglian drew out the long knife at his waist, and plunged the cold blade into the water. A fish was strung on the knife in this way, the tail of the fish was still swaying, splashing water droplets all over the body.

Then, Si Qinglian disemboweled the fish, and the bloody intestines were pulled out. Her white hands were full of fishy smell and dirty mucus. The guards at the side didn't know if they could smell the fishy smell, and suddenly retched. .

Then Si Qinglian twisted off the fish head and cut the fish meat. She was as indifferent as when a corpse puppet biting human flesh. The guards hadn't eaten anything, so naturally they couldn't spit out anything. After seeing too many deaths, the guards couldn't help it. There was no response, but this time they collapsed, sitting on the partition and weeping faintly.

Many people followed with red eyes.

Xia Ningle's attention shifted to Si Qinglian's body. After she finished all this, Chun'er gave Si Qinglian a handkerchief to clean her hands. As for the fish on the partition, she had already dismembered her into pieces.

Xia Ningle: "What are you doing, Your Highness?"

"See if the fish can be eaten."

Si Qinglian shined the torch light on the fish, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it, it was very fresh, not the rotten death of a corpse puppet.

[Information: The current source of infection is mammals. 】

Xia Ningle carefully recalled the plot, and the types of infections that appeared were dogs, rats, horses, etc. There was indeed no source of infection other than mammals, that is to say, fish is edible.

But the fact that it was not mentioned in the story does not mean that the fish is safe. After careful consideration, Xia Ningle said, "The dried fish we ate before should have been dried before the infection. I don't know if the river is clean now, Your Highness." Can't take a chance."

"I don't intend to eat it." Si Qinglian washed the dirty handkerchief and spread it on the partition, then spread the fish meat on the handkerchief to cool.

There was a cry from inside the academy, the back door opened, and the students escaped. The white Confucian uniforms they were wearing were dirty and torn. They jumped into the river and swam towards the partition. As soon as Geng Zhi and the guards rushed out, they closed the door behind them. , the corpse puppet inside slammed into the hard wooden door in a daze, and the noise it made attracted the nearby corpse puppets.

Si Qinglian raised his hand: "Cover."

The guards rallied and drew their bowstrings, the nearby corpse puppets were getting closer and closer, Geng Zhi held the door firmly, and shot a salvo of bows and arrows, killing all the corpse puppets with exposed heads. Come on, jump up and get on the partition steadily.

These students watched their former friends rushing out of the academy completely unrecognizable, all crying bitterly. The guards paddled the water and led them away.

……

There were occasional waves at sea, and because the merchant ship was too heavy, seawater occasionally flooded onto the deck, and the villagers had to scoop out the seawater with buckets or basins. Everyone hadn’t eaten at all, and they lost their energy after working until midnight.

One of them hid under the vertical pole, gathered his clothes, and was trembling all over. His eyes scanned the crowd vigilantly, for fear that anyone would notice his abnormality.

He secretly opened the skirt again, there was a bite mark on his chest, the blood had stopped flowing, pus was coming out of the wound, if he could stare carefully, there seemed to be something moving on it.

"Oh cow, don't be lazy, work quickly."

The village chief yelled, and he was so frightened that he immediately tightened his clothes, stood up slowly, and joined the water scooping team with a washbasin.

The soldiers told He Shikun what had happened after he fell into a coma. He Shikun frowned and remained silent for a long time. He walked out of the cabin, and the wind and waves at sea hit his face directly.

"General, it's stormy outside, you'd better stay in the cabin!" The soldier behind reminded.

He Shikun shook his head. He glanced at the sky, but he couldn't even see a single star. Thinking that the strong wind would not stop for a while, he asked, "Where is the boat heading?"

"We don't know either, it was Song Yuhang who set up the boat."

"Let him drive to the imperial city." He Shikun has lost too many people, and now even if he bites the bullet and goes with Si Qinglian, it will only make him lose more. Si Qinglian is far more difficult to control than he imagined, " The plague is getting worse and worse, and the northern border is in danger, I have to go back immediately and seal off the two major passes in the northwest, the imperial city."

"Yes."

The soldier went to the cockpit to inform Song Yuhang, Song Yuhang responded vaguely, and the boat continued to go to the northern Xinjiang area, but what he didn't expect was that the village head noticed something was wrong. The village head went to sea when he was young, so he can naturally tell the direction , he came directly to Song Yuhang for a theory and asked him to drive to the imperial city.

Song Yuhang was also vague.

The village chief frowned: "Lord Song, almost all the people in the fishing port are dead now. This matter is of great importance. I should go back immediately and report this matter to the Holy Majesty."

"Your Majesty has not been in court for a long time. If you want to ask for credit, you may have miscalculated. I advise you to obediently be your village chief and do your job well. You are so old, even if you can get promoted and make a fortune. , and no life to share." Song Yuhang taunted the village chief while shaking his back to make Yu'er sleep more soundly.

"Does Master Song want to conceal this matter?"

"I didn't say that."

What the village chief and Song Yuhang said was clearly heard by He Shikun outside. The sea water hit his face again, but he didn't even blink his eyes, gloomy like a ghost.

He turned away and went to the deck.

His eyes fell on the busy villagers. The sea water kept pouring in, and the villagers had no time to drain the water. Everyone was nervous and afraid, even if the boat would sink. Only He Shikun looked pale.

His eyes were on the young man. The man was the one who had been bitten before. He curled up, seemed to be very cold, and shivered from time to time. He Shikun thought for a while, pointed at the man, and ordered the soldiers to take him into the cabin .

The soldiers are holding on, ah cow.

Ah Niu's face was pale, as if he knew something, he clutched his clothes tightly and came to the cabin, He Shikun retreated the soldiers and closed the hatch, Ah Niu's eyes were fixed on him and the knife on his waist.

"What is your lord looking for me for?"

"I want you to do me a favor."

"What... busy?" Ah Niu was terrified.

He Shikun smiled, seeing that his lips were pale but his cheeks were flushed, obviously suffering from a high fever, he said lightly, "Kill everyone in your village."

Ah Niu was taken aback for a moment, and quickly understood what was happening. He hurried forward to grab the knife, but He Shikun turned around to avoid it. The knife was pulled out instantly and pierced through the back of Ah Niu. Blood dripped down, and Ah Niu convulsed and fell to the ground .

He Shikun watched his life disappear slowly, he was not in a hurry, he wiped the blade slowly, then opened the door and went out to wait behind the door, Ah Niu stood up staggeringly, and followed out.

When he looked up, his eyes were gray.

He walked unsteadily, followed the sound to the deck, the night hid his gray eyes, and the fellow villagers complained when they saw him: "Oh cow, where are you slacking off again, come and help."

Ah Niu walked slowly behind him.

When the fellow villagers turned around, Ah Niu had opened his mouth wide and bit his neck. As soon as the heart-piercing cry came out, his neck was torn apart. Many people heard the sound and came over one after another.

Ah Niu raised his head, and blood flowed down the corner of his mouth.

"Ah... yes... it's a corpse puppet!"

Everyone fled in a hurry, but a ship was so big, there seemed to be nowhere for them to go except the sea, but they knew how dangerous the sea was, and now they were hungry, and they really wanted to jump into the sea Eighty-nine can't live.

"what--"

There were screams one after another, and the villagers tried to call the soldiers to save them, but when He Shikun stood there, the soldiers looked on motionlessly, and no one dared to help.

"My lord, save someone quickly!"

He Shikun raised his hand: "The villagers are all infected, we can't bring them back to the imperial city so that more people will suffer, kill them!"

The cold knives were drawn out all at once, and the villagers were frightened. When they turned around, they were slashed in the back by the knife. The blood stimulated the corpse puppet, and it bit people even more frantically. The commotion on the deck caught Song Yuhang's attention.

As soon as Song Yuhang opened the door, the corpse puppet threw the villagers down and staged a gluttonous feast in front of him. He was completely stunned, and when he looked far away, it was like a purgatory on earth, with corpses everywhere.

Seeing this, the village chief was so frightened that his legs went limp.

Song Yuhang trembled all over his body. Years of experience as an official told him that this place was very dangerous. Even if he escaped the corpse puppet, he would never survive dawn. He turned back, picked up his back, and looked around the cockpit. He found the water bag, Turn around and leave.

The village chief yelled, "Take me with you."

Song Yuhang had no time to take care of it. He picked up the wooden basin that was thrown aside, and jumped into the sea without hesitation. Back Lan and Yu'er were placed in the wooden basin. He supported the wooden basin and kicked his feet to swim away from the merchant ship.

"thump!"

Many villagers also had to jump into the sea. The deck was full of blood. The sea water washed the deck clean. Immediately afterwards, the arrow feathers shot out and killed the villagers who jumped into the sea. One after another, the bodies sank into the sea. People are all disappointed when they see it.

Song Yuhang ran fast, and it was dark, but he was not hit by the arrow, and the village head followed closely behind him. He looked back, and was frightened to travel far away when he saw such a scene.

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