Ye Lingquan thought she woke up very early because it was not yet bright outside. But Shen Wenzheng was gone. She and her daughter's quilts were folded neatly and placed at the foot of the bed. She must have been light. He moved lightly, fearing to wake himself up. Ling Huan tidied up briefly and went to knock on the door of Xie Zhe's room. Han Sheng opened the door and found that he was not in a good state of mind. Xie Zhe in the room was also a little sleepy. He didn't know when they would wake up. sleep.
"Mrs. Shen left," she said, "she probably left with Yi Yi when it was still dark."
Han Chang yawned: "It's time for us to leave. Unfortunately, we haven't said goodbye to her yet."
"The world is like this, people come and go." Xie Zhe said from behind.
They packed their luggage and walked on the street. They found that there were still some people in the town after dawn. But the number of people was far from being lively, and the street did not seem to be built for this kind of crowd. People looked left and right, one or two people They were all jealous, and when buying food, they would throw broken silver coins directly on the stall, and the stall owner would pick them up. They were all afraid that someone would turn their backs first, show their fangs and rush towards them. Before the morning fog cleared, three people passed by. A shop that sells breakfast. I want to have something to eat before leaving. Other nearby shops are not open, so the queue for this shop is extra long, but the main reason is that there is a long distance between people. It seems that many people have seen the town. The horrific sight of living corpses attacking people is why they pay such unified attention to their behavior.
The two people lined up in front of them seemed to be friends, but they were quite close. They were talking in low voices:
"Did you hear that a group of living corpses appeared at the same time on East Second Street last night... I saw it with my own eyes! I also heard the clear sound of the piano, it was like a ghost, it was so scary."
"Really or not? Don't they all act alone? Don't bluff people, no one can stand being scared now."
"What's the point of lying to you? I saw it when I got up at night. At a glance, there were four or five of them. One of the corpses was not rotten. Looking at the clothes, it was the young lady who was buried three days ago. I was shocked I almost peed my pants!”
"Didn't they say that if they died, they would be burned immediately? How dare they bury them in the ground?"
"Tch, it won't be a problem if you give her enough money. Think about it, even though the person is dead, it would be too miserable to burn her with fire. Which family member can bear it? Especially her grandma is old and despises this the most. It costs a lot of money. The price suppressed the news. I thought someone would tell me today that the coffin was rotten somewhere... Alas, they didn't know whether it was nailed or not."
"Who knows if he is completely dead? How come I heard that people can still move when the coffin is being loaded..."
"Who says it's not? He should be dead. But if I can't protect him, who's enemy... right? He's still alive and kicking, but he managed to burn it down. Where can he go to reason with him?"
"Forget it. If you contract this plague, there will be no way to save it. Sooner or later, you will have to... Oh, it seems that the corpses are now centralized for processing by the government, right?"
"That's right. I heard that the family on West Street had a dead son, and they were reluctant to hand it over, so they chopped the body into several pieces to prevent it from coming back to life and harming others. I still handed it over two days ago because the eyes kept moving. , the old couple can’t stand it!”
"I'll go... No wonder I heard people say that sometimes people can be seen walking on the street! I didn't believe it at the time, I thought they were scared and talking nonsense..."
In the quiet morning, the three of them heard this conversation clearly, and they couldn't help but feel scared. The morning mist was a little thinner, and there was a coldness in the haze, which made no one of them want to speak first. The three of them just looked at each other, feeling in their hearts. Be extremely cautious when mentioning this.
It's better to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.
When they came to the queue, Ling Huan wanted to drink a bowl of hot white porridge, but this shop did not allow people to eat inside, so he could only buy some hard goods such as steamed buns and pancakes and leave. The fog cleared, and there were still so many people on the street.
Personally. It’s not too cold in this town, but
People were hunching their necks, almost hiding their heads between their hats and raised collars, carefully looking around through the gaps. The patrolling police officers were tall and straight, but their expressions were as nervous as everyone else's.
Xixi.
"Where are we going now?" Ling Quan asked Xie Zhe while eating pickled steamed buns.
"We entered the town from the south yesterday. The west is the deserted beach, the east is bordered by a place called Jiangyuan Town, and the north and east is a large city. Since Jiangyuan Town was bordered by this place in the early days, it is said that there were also many infected people.
I don’t know about people in the north, but since it is a big city, protective measures should be better."
"It's also stricter." Han Chang added, "Go directly to the west and try to avoid contact with people."
"But a controlled city is safer," Xie Zhe disagreed, "We can apply for passage."
Han Zhang frowned. He didn't seem to agree with Xie Zhe, so he retorted: "Don't you know how ridiculous the efficiency of these small places is? There are only three days until the new year. Are you the one who approves documents?
Have a holiday?"
Xie Zhe has always been considered a rule-abiding person, but when Han Shang said this, he couldn't refute it. Ling Huan laughed along with him:
"It looks like we are going to spend the New Year in the wilderness."
Han Chang paused for a moment, his face looking rather sad. He also tried to force out a smile and said apologetically:
"I owe you a New Year."
"Okay, it's all your choice, don't be polite. Let's go to the west first."
At noon, they passed a special street. This street was the only one that was considered prosperous, and every shop was open. But the passers-by had sullen faces, and the customers coming in and out were even more sad. It turns out that this is
The "Funeral Street" in the town sells white candles, paper, gold ingots and other things. Xie Zhe glanced at the coffin shop and saw many boxes smaller than the coffins displayed inside.
According to what I heard during the day, most of them are used to pretend to be burned dead people. Maybe the price will be cheaper, after all, it is difficult to make money in all walks of life recently. There is also a pair of paper pictures of a boy and a girl placed in front of the store.
People, when Ling Huan passed by, her heart went crazy. They knew that she must have thought of her unlucky situation with Miss Tao Zhu, and they quickened their pace. Speaking of which, they didn't know what the county magistrate and Tao Zhu were doing...
Unexpectedly, before leaving this street, they actually saw an old friend.
Shen Wenzheng's clothes were mainly maroon, but now she was wearing a black cloak, and her daughter also wore a black blouse. Both of them looked sad, and still had red and swollen eyes.
I just cried. Ling Huan was the first to run forward and asked worriedly:
"Mrs. Shen! How could you... be difficult, could it be——"
Shen Wenzheng nodded and gave a polite smile with difficulty. Shen Yiran was still hiccupping, which made people feel distressed just to see her. Han Chang knelt down and coaxed her for a few words, then picked her up and patted her.
Back. Shen Wenzheng said with dull eyes:
"It's too late. Her aunt's family has gone crazy about the baby... Neighbors said she was still pregnant. My brother-in-law was the first to be infected. He went crazy and bit her, biting off three fingers on her right hand. She never died after that.
She wrote to me. She was still holding on and wanted to give birth to the child, but she had a miscarriage the next day. The neighbors tied her husband at home. She had just had a miscarriage and was lying in bed with a high fever... After that
——”
She glanced at Han Zhang, who understood what she meant and held the child farther away. Still staring blankly at the shining golden paper ingots on the street, still sobbing. Shen Wenzheng turned his back and lowered his voice. Talking to Xie Zhe and Ling Quan, Han Sheng also pricked up his ears to listen.
"When I went there in the morning, I saw my brother-in-law trapped on a pillar, dead...but still struggling feebly. My daughter was frightened, and I quickly took her away. When the neighbor heard the child crying, he She walked out and explained to me. While her children were still playing, she told me that my sister was still a boy after seven months of pregnancy. Although the baby had a miscarriage... it did not die."
"!"
Xie Zhe was fine, but Ye Lingquan felt her heart had stopped. Even though she had seen and heard many incredible things, she still felt unspeakable fear after something so close to her happened.
"You mean he can still..."
"Able to move, cry, crawl... That night my sister fainted from the pain, and the neighbors said they saw a small bloody ball crawling onto the street - I couldn't believe it. Where does a baby, a fetus, get its strength? How does it move? It must not be something humans can do, and it only took one night. Later, my sister had a high fever, and there were still people willing to take care of her at that time. The neighbor's The child let her know that her child was not dead. Within two days, she also disappeared. No one in the town saw her again, dead or alive. But I think she must be in danger..."
"I know you are not one to joke, especially when it involves the life and death of your loved ones. But this, this is simply too bizarre."
Xie Zhe also broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. He had never dealt with such a weird thing. So, Shen Wenzheng came here at noon, preparing to buy some things and hold a decent funeral for his sister's family. After saying this, Han Shang Hugging Yi Yi over again, she immediately held her mother's hand. So the three of them also helped. Without saying anything, they knew what their priorities were.
Because they had to move the body, they asked Ling Huan to take the children to stay away and wait alone outside the courtyard. They heard a strange neighing sound, which was like a scream but not like it. It was probably because the throat of the person involved was rotten. .Soon, the two girls, one young and one young, could see from the street that a black column of smoke was rising from the courtyard, which was so thick that even the breeze could not disperse it. After a while, they smelled a strong stench, with a burning smell. The smell was rotten. Because it was winter, the previous smell was not too strong, not to mention that people were tied up in the yard, so the smell dissipated quickly. At first, no one except Hanzhang could smell it. After that, there were some salvation rituals, and It would take a while. Still asking her mother and two brothers what they were doing, Ling Huan thought about it and explained to her:
"Well... you saw a scary guy this morning, right? He is... he, he has died of the disease, you know that. People who die of this disease can only be burned with fire. Hanshang will A very powerful spell that can turn a corpse into ashes in an instant. My brother named Xie has practiced with a monk and can recite scriptures to save the soul..."
“Where will the transcended soul go?”
"Go somewhere... where there is no disease."
Ling Huan put her hands on Yi Yiran's shoulders and sighed softly. At this time, she heard the clear ringing of the bell behind her and turned around.
A strange woman looked here curiously, holding an instrument in her hand that she had never seen before.
