Zhao Xuan replied, "This is already the boundary of Qingyang. Your Majesty wants your servants to stop the boat here so that they can protect your empress and ask her not to go ashore."
"Has Your Majesty already landed?"
Ye Chiying looked regretfully at the towering green mountains on the shore and the winding and rugged roads in the fields, and had no choice but to give up, nod and go back to the cabin.
But it was said that as soon as Qin Zheng and Jia Fu arrived at the border of Qingyang, they immediately got off the boat, took a few personal guards, mounted fast horses and ran overland to Qingyang City.
As they walked along, they saw from time to time the corpses of people who had been dead for many days and rotted on the road. Most of them had their hearts dug out, and there was a big bloody hole in their chests, but it was so impermeable!
"What is this Qingyang Order for? Are you just going to let that monster hurt innocent people?"
Qin Zheng rode his horse and galloped all the way while frowning and saying:
"Your Majesty, since you are a fairy, it is natural that there is nothing a mortal can do."
Jia Fu followed him on a red date horse and took over the message: "Your Majesty, don't worry about the dead bodies on the roadside for now. We will investigate more carefully after we enter the city gate."
"What you said makes sense"
Qin Zheng raised his whip and sped up. Along the winding and rugged road, he could see Qingyang's city gate tower not far away.
I saw the gate of Qingyang City open. Two or three soldiers were listlessly holding long tasseled spears and standing in front of the wall with a sick look on their faces. The city gate was empty and could not be seen.
a passerby
"Why is there no one here in broad daylight?"
Qin Zheng rode his horse to the city gate, stopped and asked, "Where is your Qingyang government office?"
However, there was no answer for a long time. Qin Zheng leaned over and took another look, only to find that the soldier in front of the wall had been dead for a long time. There was a pair of big, lifeless eyes on his gray-grey face, as if he only recognized it.
Because I was leaning against the wall, I never fell to the ground
He tentatively raised his horsewhip and flicked one of the soldiers, and the soldier's body fell down with a sound, knocking several others beside him, and they all fell to the ground with a crash, kicking up the dust on the ground.
"Your Majesty, it seems that this place is not a good place. It is worse than we imagined. Could it be that all the people in the city are dead? In my opinion, Your Majesty should not take risks easily. Should I ask you to go in with your attendants to investigate first and then make some reasoning?
"
Jia Fu saw him at the side and knew something was wrong, so he worriedly advised him:
"Sir, as a scholar, how can he compare to me, a rough-skinned and thick-skinned warrior? It is better for you, sir, to go back and leave the rest to me!"
Qin Zheng did not agree. He turned around and said to his attendants: "You escort sir back to the ship first. I want to go there in person to see what kind of monster this is!"
"If your Majesty insists on doing this, then I will not go back."
After hearing this, Jia Fu replied with a firm look: "Your Majesty, the monarch and his ministers are like weighing weights. The scales are inseparable from the weights, and the weights are inseparable from each other. Since your majesty is going, how can I still care about personal life and death? Wherever your majesty goes, I will follow you!"
"
"Ha! Sir, you are really stubborn!"
Qin Zheng laughed loudly after hearing this. He rode back on his horse, walked up to Jia Fu and said, "I accept your intention, sir. I know that you are a loyal minister, so I will not ask you to take risks with me. If anything happens to me,
If you die inside, sir, how can you help the young prince for me? Besides, I still don’t believe it. I have been on the battlefield, through water and fire, and my boat will capsize in this small ditch, sir, you
Go back! Wait for my news on the boat."
"But, Your Majesty... uh..."
Jia Fu originally wanted to say something, but Qin Zheng suddenly hit him hard on the back, knocking Jia Fu unconscious, and then quickly caught him as he almost fell off the horse.
He said to the attendants around him: "Quick, please escort Mr. back to the ship. Don't let him go ashore again and then mobilize the soldiers and horses from neighboring counties. Come to Qingyang as soon as possible to escort him!"
"Here!"
The guards took the order and led the unconscious Jia Fu, who had whipped his horse and whipped his horse, back to the way he came from. Qin Zheng then turned the horse's head and entered the city without fear.
I saw that in this huge Qingyang City, the streets and alleys were deserted, let alone people. Not even a dog could be seen. I wonder if it was a psychological effect. Even the sun in the sky suddenly hid in the clouds.
Leaving behind a dark and lightless cloudy sky, the fog is heavy, and the surrounding light is much darker.
The urgent document from Qingyang Order came into my hands only the day before yesterday. How come in the past two days, in such a large county, not a single person is left? There must be something weird in this. Could it be that the goblins ate them all?
Qin Zheng slowed down his horse and slowly walked freely with the horse under his crotch while looking around.
Chirp——!
Suddenly, the horse under his crotch roared loudly and refused to go any further.
"Zhuiying, what's wrong?"
Qin Zheng reined in his horse and stroked its mane caressingly. This horse Zhui Ying had been following him in battles for many years. It had never panicked on the battlefield. What happened now? It suddenly looked so panicked?
Bang!
Suddenly there was the sound of something falling on the ground in an alley ahead.
Seeing that Zhui Ying refused to move forward, Qin Zheng had no choice but to get off his horse, stroke the horse's head briefly to express comfort, and then walked alone into the alley.
Unexpectedly, Zhui Ying seemed to have a spirit. He bit his shirt from behind and refused to let go, as if he didn't want him to pass.
"Okay, Zhuiying, don't make trouble, I'm just going to take a look."
Qin Zheng patted the horse's head gently, pulled out his clothes from its mouth, and walked forward again
Chirp——!
Zhuiying hissed and wanted to bite his clothes again. Who knows, at this moment, a figure suddenly flashed out of the alley.
"who?!"
Qin Zheng alertly drew out the sword from his waist, stood in front of Zhuiying and asked sternly
"Ouch! It scared me to death!"
A delicate voice screamed in shock. Only then did Qin Zheng see clearly. It was a girl who was about thirteen or fourteen years old. She was wearing an autumn-colored skirt and a little girl's bun.
She has a beautiful face and big eyes. Although she is wearing coarse clothes, she looks as delicate and cute as a silk figure.
"Don't kill me. I'm a good girl. Aren't you a monster?"
The girl covered her chest with one hand, pointed at him with one hand and asked what frightened her frightened expression.
"It turns out it's a girl. I'm so sorry for disturbing her. I'm Qin Wen. I was traveling far away. I passed by this place and saw that there was no one in the city. The soldiers guarding the city gate were all dead. I dare to ask the girl, do you know what happened?
What's going on?"
Seeing that Qin Zheng was an ordinary girl, he put away his sword and asked kindly
"So this official is from out of town?"
The girl looked at him in astonishment, and saw that the horse behind Qin Zheng kept scratching its hooves uneasily, and kept blowing air from its nostrils, as if it wanted to rush over, so she took a step back and said: "Guardian, we
It would be a long story to talk about the things here, but can you please hold your horse first? I am timid and afraid of it..."