The checkpoint guards at the gate of the city were ineffective, and several guards were pushed far away by the fleeing refugees. Given the current situation in Jimo City, there was no way to add more manpower.
What exactly happened? It had only been more than half a year since they left Jimo, and a prosperous city had become what it is now.
The three of them saw that they had no choice but to use Qinggong to climb over the wall. The city wall was very high. Ruyi pulled the young master over first, and Ningwu followed behind.
Standing on the city wall and looking at Jimo City from a bird's eye view, all three of them felt a chill.
The four streets in the east, west, south and north are empty alleys, the doors of every house are closed, and the streets are extremely deserted.
Occasionally someone would open the door and walk towards the city gate.
The inn has been completely closed. The person in charge of the inn, Yi Cheng, has long abused his power by selling and giving away the horses in the inn, while he chose a good horse and ran away.
The young master couldn't help but feel worried when he saw what his hometown had become.
Ningwu quickly grabbed his hand and said: "Don't worry, the Chu Mansion is a little remote, so we might be able to avoid this disaster. If Jimo's strange disease cannot be cured, we will take my uncle and aunt to Xiyang."
By the time we arrived at Chu Mansion, it was already dark. There were no lights on the streets, and there was no smoke from the kitchens. There were only wild dogs wailing, and birds and crows mute. The whole Jimo City fell into a kind of quiet panic.
The door of the Chu Mansion was closed tightly, and none of the long string of red lanterns on the outer wall of the door was on. Chu Ao knocked the door knocker a few times, but no one responded. His heart was like a boat in the sea, ups and downs.
The three of them climbed over the wall again, but saw that most of the rooms in Chu Mansion were dark.
The only ray of light comes from the yard where grandma lives.
The three of them hurried over.
As soon as I entered, my eyes were filled with white...
There were white curtains and white paper flowers, and several people were crying miserably with their backs to the three of them. They were wearing hemp and mourning, and were surrounding a brazier and throwing paper money into it.
"Grandma... let's go..." The maid in the middle cried the most excitedly. She sniffed and could hardly breathe.
"Grandma has passed away!" the young master exclaimed.
The three people wearing sackcloth and mourning turned around and were surprised to see it was the young master and the others.
These three people were all very familiar to each other. The one who cried the most was Wan'er, who was always in tit-for-tat with her, and the other two were Lao Liu and Lao Qi, who treated her like a younger sister.
"Master! Why are you back!" Wan'er said in surprise.
"It's a long story! How are my parents? How did my grandma go? Where are those aunts?" The young master's voice is not completely clear yet, he can barely speak, and his pronunciation is still hoarse and low.
As soon as he asked these questions, Wan'er cried even harder.
Lao Liu and Lao Qi also sighed at the same time.
At this point, no matter how stupid a person is, he knows that his parents are no longer here.
The young master staggered and almost lost his balance. Fortunately, Ningwu and Ruyi were there to support him, so he barely managed to fall down.
He stood there blankly for a long time, then rolled his eyes and fainted.
It was half an hour after he was revived. When the young master opened his eyes, he was confused for a moment and then saw the naked body. He realized that all this was an irreversible fact, and he burst into tears with grief.
As the saying goes, men don't shed tears easily, but after such a big event, the feeling of losing a loved one cannot be solved by just a few tears.
This sad mood spread quickly. Ruyi wanted to comfort her adopted brother, but the words turned into sobs when she reached her lips.
Ning Wu was not familiar with the two elders of the Chu family and had only met them once. To be honest, they didn't have any deep feelings. However, she couldn't help but feel heartbroken when she saw Chu Ao so heartbroken.
The young master knelt in the mourning hall of his grandma, beating his chest and shouting: "My children are unfilial. When you left, I didn't come back to see you for the last time...I..."
During this period, I fainted several times because of my excitement.
Ruyi and the others pinched him and gave him soup and medicine to wake him up.
Tossing said that Young Master Midnight's mood finally relaxed a little.
After careful questioning, I found out that there were only three of them left in the huge Chu Mansion, and the others died of illness or fled.
Wan'er grew up in the Chu Mansion and the Chu Mansion was her home. Even if she died, she wanted to die in the Mansion.
As for Lao Liu and Lao Qi, there were only three sisters. The elder sister had already gone ahead. The remaining two people really didn't want to go back to their hometown, so they stayed in the Chu Mansion to look after the house.
Ruyi was also filled with sadness. She looked around, but could not see her grandma's body, so she asked: "When did grandma leave? Are you keeping vigil for her? Why can't you see her body?"