Taoist and dog

The door opened almost silently, but it was enough to attract the attention of the two of them. They both looked up, and just as their eyes fell, they saw a rough and yellow hand stretched out from the side of the little girl's face, and that hand covered the little girl's chest. mouth, dragging her back violently.

Lu Qinghe reacted immediately, he pinched a talisman to bully him, and just as he was about to touch the owner of that hand, he saw a frightened face.

That look is exactly the same as that of this little girl.

Lu Qinghe took half a step back and put his hands on his side.

The one holding the little girl was a man, his dirty face was invisible, but his eyes were particularly obvious.

The man looked at Lu Qinghe vigilantly, and stepped back a little bit with his arms around the little girl.

Xiao Rong followed, seeing the situation, he guessed that this should be the family member that the little girl mentioned.

They retreated into the threshold, and the door panel closed silently but quickly.

The two looked at each other.

Xiao Rong: What should I do?

Lu Qinghe: No hurry.

Said it was not in a hurry... Xiao Rong looked around, and when he saw those people in the city, he felt sad and disgusting the most, but since he met this little girl, his heart began to hang, especially Just now she turned around in a daze.The way she presses her lips with her fingers can make Xiao Rong have nightmares for days.

Just then, the closed door opened again.

Xiao Rong breathed out, but forgot to vomit.

Inside the door, a hand was waved inward, beckoning them to come in.

Lu Qinghe didn't speak, just dragged Xiao Rong's chain and walked in, Xiao Rong let him drag him staggered, he leaned back, wishing to block the door with his hands and feet, but he was still dragged in by Daoist Lu.

In the room, there was still the smell of fire, if the walls were not clean, Xiao Rong really thought there was a big fire here.

Xiao Rong subconsciously covered his nose. For him with a sensitive sense of smell, the smell was a bit disgusting after a long time.

The structure of this place is similar to that of Lu Qinghe's house. When you enter the door, you have to turn to the side to find another house. They follow the owner in their hands and enter inside. The little girl is sitting on the pit, leaning on a woman's arms, guiding them. Naturally it was her father.

丨 Apart from fear on their faces, they were exhausted. They were obviously a little scared of the sudden visit to these two people, so they didn't speak, just watched there.

"Excuse me..." The little girl reminded her not to speak, and Lu Qinghe lowered her voice to the lowest, "What happened here?

The man seemed to be touched by this question. He was obviously taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and sat down. The man's voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, "You can talk in the room, as long as you don't make noise. That's fine, you sit too, I haven't seen outsiders for a long time, I'm not used to it..."

There were a few chairs scattered in the room, Xiao Rong didn't sit, he was standing next to the door, Lu Qinghe grabbed it casually, and sat opposite the man, "Are you from the mouth of the river?"

"We..." The man sighed heavily towards the ground, he glanced at the little girl before continuing, "We are not from here, we just came to visit relatives a while ago, and we did not expect to encounter such a thing ..."

"What's the matter?" Lu Qinghe asked immediately, "Is there an epidemic?"

"I don't know, it's too sudden, all of a sudden..." The man murmured for a moment and suddenly raised his head. Because he was thin, his staring eyes were a bit scary, but it was much better than those skeleton-like people in the city, "Where did you come from?" In the beginning, no one knew about it. I heard that some people had a strange disease with itchy body, but nothing could be cured. Bathing and taking medicine were useless. No one took this matter seriously, and chatted after dinner. That's all, suddenly one day..."

Those who got sick ran into the city, and they lay on the ground, against a wall, or anywhere and started scratching themselves and yelling.

They scratched very hard, first the flesh turned red, and then it bleeds, this alone was not enough, they picked their own flesh, and even gnawed it with their teeth, as if something strange had grown on their body, tearing the flesh raw down.

That scene was quite terrifying.

It happened so suddenly that everyone was shocked and dumbfounded. Later, they realized that their behavior must have something to do with the strange disease before.

The mouth of the creek is in disarray.

"Some people hide at home and dare not go out, and more people want to run out. The city is in a mess, there are people covered in blood on the ground, and people rampaging on the streets... It's too chaotic, I can't control it, the police Shooting guns is useless... After contacting the higher-ups and hearing about the situation at the mouth of the river, they immediately ordered the city to be closed, and the police had no choice but to block all the city gates and wait for the higher-ups to send people to rescue them." Those The picture was too scary for him. The man couldn't help shaking when he said this, "If you can't get out, you can only wait for death. Everyone will definitely not do it. They rushed out of the city regardless of the police's obstruction, but..."

"But?"

The man covered his face, and his hoarse voice was mixed with crying, "I don't know why, as soon as they ran out, they ran outside the city. It wasn't too far, and they all melted..."

"Molten?" The word Lu Qinghe heard it fresh, he understood the melting of ice and snow, what does it mean to put it on a person

think?

"Yes, it's like an ice cube, it turns into blood in an instant, without even a bone... Some people don't believe in evil, and they run out, and those who run out are in front of us... So they are set up at the city gate. The barriers outside are not preventing people from going out, but... reminding us not to leave."

Xiao Rong grinned.

"How could this be?"

"I don't know, I also want to know how this happened..." The man held his hand instead, his hand stopped shaking, but his shoulders shook even more, "So we don't dare to run, we just wait here to die. I don’t know… Is it because we should die, or because we haven’t suffered enough… We didn’t catch the disease, but the people we knew all fell down one by one. We had no choice but to stay away from them as much as possible, for fear of being infected with that terrible disease. I don’t even dare to look at them like that…”

More and more people died, and they retreated farther and farther away, almost touching the city gate. Now it doesn't matter whose house it is, all the houses are empty, and they can live directly.

Fortunately, they didn't get sick, but unfortunately, they were trapped in the city.

The police said that the higher authorities would send someone to rescue them, but they have not waited until now.

"Since the outbreak of the disease, have people been dying?"

"Yeah." The man nodded.

"So, what about talking outside?"

Lu Qinghe asked another key point, and the man said, "They stay outside during the day waiting to die, and at night, they have to eat."

"Eat?"

"Well, everything that has sound and movement, they will drag it in and eat it when they see it. The corpses you see in the city have all died of illness, and there are many...In the house, they dragged people to Inside, they ate them directly, they didn’t eat corpses, they only ate moving, living ones.”

Xiao Rong took a breath silently, he and Lu Qinghe had been wandering outside today, and no one thought about going inside to have a look.

Fortunately, he didn't go in. If he went in, he might really spit it out.

"So here, don't go out at night, don't talk loudly outside, they are like animals, they can only find what is in front of them, and they can't find it across the room."

"That's it..." Lu Qinghe showed a grateful expression, and he said to the little girl, "Thank you, if it weren't for you, we might just..."

The little girl didn't say a word, and arched into her mother's arms again.

The woman nodded to them without expressing much.

"Who are you...?" The man suddenly asked.

"Traveler," Lu Qinghe said, "passing by here, I originally wanted to go to the city to rest, but I didn't expect that once I entered the city..."

"When there is nothing wrong, the river trough is very lively," the man sighed. There was no light in the room, but Lu Qinghe saw the tears in his eyes. Kneeling down, "You are not from the river trough, and you were not there when they were sick, so... you should be fine when you go out. I beg you, after you go out, find someone to come over. If you don't need to save us, just... take my daughter Just take her out, let her go out safely, we... that's it for us, we are not human or ghost, we probably won't live long, but she is different, she is still young, so I beg you..."

The man started to kowtow as he spoke. He kowtowed so hard that the ground slammed.

Lu Qinghe sat there for a while, he didn't accept these big gifts with peace of mind, he was thinking about other things...

"Are the three of you all right in this city?" Lu Qinghe asked, "I think you are different from the people we met when we first came in."

They are obviously sick, and the family of three is just thin.

The man was stunned for a moment, "I... don't know, is there anyone else? We dare not go out, so we have been hiding here, just my girl... she always runs out, finds food for us, finds out The way, it’s not easy to be alive, so I didn’t ask what’s going on outside…”

"Is that so..."

"You two, it's too dangerous here at night. You will deal with it here tonight. Tomorrow, I will ask Nizi to send you to the city gate. It's fine during the day. They don't eat people during the day." Knowing whether it was for flattery or for some other reason, he pulled a smile with difficulty, and then stood up.

When he said this, the woman on the edge of the pit also stood up, and she began to spread the quilt. Although she didn't speak, it could be seen from her actions that the woman was very excited. It's not smooth.

Xiao Rong looked at Lu Qinghe, the family looked pitiful, but... are you sure you want to spend the night here?

Thinking of those people scratching and scratching, Xiao Rong felt very uncomfortable, and wanted to sleep in such a place.

Unfortunately, Taoist Lu nodded and they couldn't leave.

Xiao Rong sighed and resigned to his fate.

He walked to the edge of the pit, and since he stayed, he went to bed quickly, and when he woke up, it would be dawn, and nothing would happen.

Just when Xiao Rong passed Lu Qinghe, the latter suddenly looked up at him.

Lu Qinghe's eyes were full of deep meaning, Xiao Rong was about to explore, when a shadow suddenly flashed by the dark window.

The shadow was flying fast, like a bird passing by, but Xiao Rong could see clearly that it was a person.