Lao Liu replied: "It has been three days. The corpses of those who died of the disease must not be placed in the house, otherwise the living people will also be infected with the disease. They will be sent to Yizhuang as soon as they die. Don't you know?
…The Yizhuang in Jimo City can no longer hold any people, and many people’s bodies have been hastily thrown into the wild without even a pit…Hey…”
Ningwu frowned and asked: "What is going on? It was fine when we left. How could it be so serious in just half a year?"
Wan'er wiped away her tears, sobbed slightly, and spoke softly.
Two months had passed since the young master was forcibly taken away by Princess Ningwu, and it was the Mid-Autumn Festival.
At night, the moon is bright and the stars are bright, and the sky is high and the clouds are thin.
After the reunion dinner, people from every household dressed in festive clothes were eating moon cakes and drinking tea, or families were enjoying the moon in the courtyard or on the street.
The old man held the child on his knees and told the legend of Chang'e flying to the moon.
But something strange happened on this beautiful festive night.
At that time, Wan'er was admiring the moon in the yard with the master, his wife, and her grandma. Suddenly, she heard an explosion in the sky, and then a star fell from the distant night sky, and it hit Mr. Yin Zhu, the governor of Jimo City.
's house.
At that time, many wealthy families who saw this scene came to congratulate them, saying that this was a miracle and was a blessing from the Lord's good deeds. Lord Zhu himself was also very happy, and held a banquet with the guests.
Visitors eat and drink.
After three drinks, Mr. Zhu also took everyone to see the place where the stars fell.
I heard that the object was an object that shone with blue light, like condensed jade, and was extremely beautiful. It had a hint of fairy aura, but its whole body exuded a slight chill.
Miss Zhu loved this thing very much. Mr. Zhu loved his daughter so much that he gave the star to Miss Zhu with a wave of his hand.
This anecdote was supposed to be just something people talked about after dinner, but little did they know that a few days later, something strange happened.
The officials, wealthy people, and businessmen who came to Master Zhu's house to see the stars all contracted a strange disease.
A strange smile gradually appeared on their expressions.
The first person to notice such symptoms must be the person closest to them, either their wife, their parents, or their children, or of course the brothel sister. The sick person laughs horribly in his sleep.
There was no laughter, and his breathing was considered calm. However, his mouth was grinning back in an unimaginably weird arc.
A normal smile matches the facial features and is lively and joyful.
This kind of laughter can only be described in four words: extremely terrifying.
At first, this smile only appeared when they were sleeping, but as time went by, they gradually couldn't get rid of this smile. Apart from this smile, they could no longer make other expressions.
Seven days later, all the people who went to drink wine at the Mid-Autumn Festival night died.
Their death state was extremely horrific, their eyes were wide-eyed, their canthus was cracked, their mouths were grinning from ear to ear, and the lower half of their faces were extremely distorted.
After they died, the people who first discovered these people's symptoms also had this kind of smile on their faces.
Another seven days later, the second group of people fell.
This strange disease spreads at a rapid speed.
No one knows exactly how it was contracted. Some say it was contracted by touching someone who died of the disease, while others say it was contracted by looking at a dead body.
Since all the people who died at the beginning were wealthy merchants, the first thing that collapsed in Jimo City was the business. Fortunately, there was a slight disconnect between the rich and the poor, and there were not many contacts, so the transition was delayed.