After some inquiries, I learned that the raw materials for the sausages were purchased from a butcher named Zhu in Jiangcheng. If the latent infected people cannot be isolated in time, the entire northern Xinjiang will fall into crisis.

"Girl, I don't want to die yet. Is the infected person really hopeless?" The man started to cry as he spoke, "There is an old mother in my family, what should she do in the future? "

The good brother beside him also broke down in tears.

Xia Ningle just shook his head, and the others didn't say anything.She didn't sleep all night, and kept studying the parasites. She found that no matter day or night, the parasites had no vitality, and everything would die with a knife, not at all as fierce as the corpse puppet.

She cut another sausage and used two small branches as chopsticks. After finding the parasite, she pulled it out. The worm squirmed a few times, as if it had lost the shelter of the temporary shelter, and died after a while.

"Eat something first." Si Qinglian gave her a pancake.

Xia Ningle shook his head: "It seems that this thing can only survive in flesh and blood. If my guess is correct, the reason why Yu'er was not infected is because the flesh and blood are full of insect eggs. After the shell is broken, the human brain becomes The best place to live, and because the brains of infants and young children are underdeveloped, so they escaped the catastrophe."

"Then why do people change when they die?"

Xia Ningle frowned, and tried to explain as clearly as possible: "I don't know about this...but the infected person will have a high fever when they are extremely hungry, and they will recover after eating. It seems that the eggs are crazily absorbing nutrients, waiting to grow Afterwards, it will attack the head, so the infected person will have nosebleed symptoms, if the person dies and loses the source of nutrition, they can only burrow into the brain and survive by eating meat."

It's a pity that this is ancient times, and there are no modern technological equipment, otherwise, more information can be extracted from the blood of the infected to verify Xia Ningle's guess.

Si Qinglian's eyes were slightly shocked.

Obviously Xia Ningle's statement was a bit shocking, but Si Qinglian had to believe it, otherwise it would be difficult to explain the various changes in the corpse puppet. She was silent for a moment: "Are these guesses accurate?"

"I'm not sure, but Your Highness can catch a mouse and let me do an experiment." Although Xia Ningle doesn't know much about dissection, she has a system, and it shouldn't be difficult to learn, probably.

Si Qinglian nodded, and put the pancakes in her hands: "There is no rush, you have something to eat first, and we will leave here at noon."

"Then...they..." Xia Ningle's eyes were fixed on the three people who were tied up. At this moment, their complexions seemed to be overly indulgent. They looked like they hadn't closed their eyes and slept for several days and nights, and their bodies were thinner than last night. point.

Si Qinglian didn't answer, she asked Geng Zhi to check the temperatures of the three of them, they all had a high fever, she shook her head at Xia Ningle, the meaning was self-evident, she would not take them with her.

Those three people were not in good spirits, but they didn't notice that someone was discussing them. Xia Ningle recalled what the man said to her just now, and felt a little unbearable, and this feeling of powerlessness came to her heart again, just like when she looked at the little things When the two rushed towards the corpse puppet.

"There will always be a lot of helplessness in a person's life." Si Qinglian noticed Xia Ningle's downcast expression, "Ning'er doesn't have to always take things on herself, isn't it tiring to live like this?"

"I just want to be able to save one person is one person."

Si Qinglian looked at the three people who were unaware, and sighed helplessly: "Forget it, I just take them with me, and when they become corpse puppets, it won't be too late for me to kill them."

Xia Ningle's eyes were slightly surprised, and she seemed unreal to Si Qinglian who suddenly changed her mind, and for a moment forgot the grotesque feeling of being called "Ning'er".

"Your Highness, there are more and more corpse puppets outside." Qiu'er interrupted the two, "Something is wrong."

Hearing this, Si Qinglian jumped onto the wall.

There were rotting human heads everywhere outside the wall, and the surroundings of the temple were cool and cool. These corpse puppets showed no signs of dissipating. She looked back at the horses. There were only about thirty horses. Even if a horse was ridden by two people, there were at least 20 People don't have horses.

Qiu'er said: "Your Highness, these corpse puppets seem to have been driven here, look over there..." She pointed to the ground not far away, which was a pool of dark red soil.

"It seems he hasn't given up yet."

After Si Qinglian said something, she jumped off the wall. Qiu'er didn't understand, so she could only chase after her and asked, "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Before Si Qinglian could speak, he said honestly, "Your Highness, this subordinate can lure the corpse puppet away, and then His Highness will take the people to Jiangcheng first."

"No need, these corpse puppets were attracted by He Shikun, he should be nearby, and he won't let Ben Gong go easily."

As if to verify Si Qinglian's statement, a sharp arrow was shot through the air and nailed to the pillar. There was a note tied to the arrow. Geng Zhi took off the note and handed it to Si Qinglian.

Xia Ningle was curious, so he stood aside and took a look. Si Qinglian unfolded the note, which had the imprint of the jade seal on it, and said on the paper that Si Qinglian should follow He Shikun back to the imperial city to get married.

Si Qinglian sneered, and immediately tore up the note. Dong'er beside him was so angry that he called He Shikun shameless, frowning frankly, as if he wanted to say something but didn't know what to say.

In the novel, He Shikun didn't give up even though he directly forced people to death. Xia Ningle knew that this matter was not over yet. Sure enough, about a quarter of an hour later, another sharp arrow shot at him.

This time, there was no jade seal on the note, but it was full of threats. If Si Qinglian refused, he would attack the temple. He only gave Si Qinglian half an hour to consider it.

"Everyone, hide."

Si Qinglian ordered the three infected people to be released. Everyone's eyes were filled with fear of them. In desperation, the three could only hide under the caravan's cart, and the rest of them hid in corners or in broken houses. The horses were also led into the house.

When the time comes.

Arrows shot from the sky densely, in all directions, like a heavy rain, falling on the temple with a "swoosh" sound, some passed through the doors and windows, some smashed the tiles, and poured down from the roof.

Everyone curled up, for fear of being shot, Yu'er was startled and cried, and the nanny hugged her in the corner, and the sharp arrow would always land next to the nanny intentionally or unintentionally.

Xia Ningle was protected by Si Qinglian, she said: "Your Highness, I can do it myself, hurry up and help the nanny."

Si Qinglian didn't move, and gave Qiu'er a glance. Seeing this, Qiu'er immediately jumped up and kicked the broken table in front of her, blocking it in front of her, and turned around a few times before reaching the nanny.

The horse was big and didn't know how to dodge. It was shot in the flattery, raised its front hoof, neighed, and ran rampant in the room. The rest of the horses were frightened and then trampled. Some people couldn't dodge and were crushed to death. .

Then the horse rushed out the door.

Was shot as a hedgehog.

After the rain of arrows stopped, there were only eight horses left, three of them were seriously injured, and six people died. Looking at the chaotic scene in front of him, Xia Ningle felt very uncomfortable.

He Shikun broke his face with Si Qinglian, maybe it was because of Xia Ningle's consideration that he gave a warning to make Si Qinglian get ready. If there was no warning, the consequences would not be the current situation, but no matter what He Shikun said He cared about Xia Ningle, for the imperial power, he was definitely determined to win it.

Well, there will be another attack after that.

Si Qinglian and Xia Ningle said: "He Shikun is insidious and cunning, and he can do whatever it takes to benefit from it. Even if he knows that you are by Bengong's side, he still orders people to shoot at random. It shows that he doesn't have you in his heart."

Xia Ningle didn't care if He Shikun had her in his heart, she was just worried that He Shikun would kill Si Qinglian directly if he lost his scruples, and if someone was bitten to death by a corpse puppet at that time, in troubled times, no one would delve into it.

"Did Ning'er listen to what I just said?"

"Well, I know."

Xia Ningle was a little absent-minded, and Si Qinglian felt that it was because she didn't listen, so she called out "Ning'er" again, and when she received a faint response from the other party, Si Qinglian's face darkened, and she didn't say anything else.

The smell of blood in the temple made the corpse puppets outside become irritable, shouting all the time, and someone broke down and shouted: "I want to get out of here."

Some people go along with it and some discourage it.

In the end, those who wanted to leave decided to cut off the horse meat and throw it far away. After luring away the corpse puppets, they flinched and went out, but they were shot through the chest by a sudden arrow and lost their lives. Everyone was frightened again. He ran back, sat on the ground crying and cursing.

"What does He Shikun mean?" Song Yuhang jumped, "Do you want to rebel? When I return to the imperial city, I must read a book from him."

As soon as Song Yuhang finished speaking, the sharp arrow cut across his neck abruptly, scaring him to rush back to the house to seek shelter. Qiu'er took off the note on the arrow and handed it to Si Qinglian.

It was written on the note that if you don't obey, no one can leave the temple. Si Qinglian tore up the note and said, "He Shikun wants to trap me here."

There is still some food for the team, and the dead horses can also be used as food for a period of time, but since there are nearly 80 people in the temple, the food can't last for a few days. I can let He Shikun handle it.

"Your Highness, for the current plan, we can only pile up the corpses at the door, lure the corpse puppet to the front door, and then our subordinates will escort His Highness to run through the back door." Geng Zhi said seriously.

This is indeed a good way, but the people around listened to the words, their faces were ashen. For them, the aftermath is extremely important. After death, the fallen leaves return to their roots. , is a death without a burial place, and it is also the most embarrassing way to die.

As a commoner, they dare not speak up, but Si Qinglian will silently lose people's hearts. If she wants to ascend to the throne, as a woman, she must have to work harder than a man.

Xia Ning said happily: "Forcibly breaking out is too dangerous, why not bury the person first, and we will think of other ways later."

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