Considering that it was not far from Fu County, everyone slept until Chenzheng this morning before getting up one after another. They simply washed up and drank some water. The two families continued walking along the main road. After walking for nearly an hour, they arrived at the intersection of the three intersections of the official road. .
This is a flat and open land, still surrounded by mountains, but there are three winding loess roads connected to the southeast, southwest and northwest. These roads are wider and much flatter than the mountain roads we have traveled before.
Some refugees can already be seen on the three roads in different directions. Most of them came from the nearby mountains and gathered here. Then they went their separate ways and headed for unknown futures.
Qingyu came to the intersection of three roads and stared at the irregular cracks on the ground. These cracks were caused by lack of water and dryness after being exposed to the sun. This was also an early warning from nature to humans.
Zhufeng saw her frowning and feeling bad, so he stepped forward and asked, "Is this a bad omen? Is there danger on the road ahead?"
Qingyu raised her head and looked to the southeast. If she kept going along this road, she would reach Fu County in less than four hours. What she had just taken was the bad luck to get to Fu County.
"Shanggan and Xiadui." She glanced at Zhufeng and said, "Repeated hexagram."
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Yesterday we finally had a day of cool weather, but today it seemed like the sun was going to double. There was no shade along the official road, and the sun made people dizzy.
From time to time on the road, you can see haggard refugees sitting to take a breath. These people are all wearing tattered clothes, their faces are full of ravines, and their faces are covered with dark mud, which makes flies want to bully them and circle around them frequently.
What is even more shocking are the lifeless corpses on the roadside. Most of these corpses are old or young. Their families may be too tired to flee and have no time to let them bury them in peace, or they may have no interest in this world. I was so desperate that I just let the world rot with it.
After days of exposure to the sun, the carrion has already rotted and stinked. The pungent rotten odor made everyone who passed by cover their noses and mouths. As for their ears, there were flies buzzing constantly, as if they were celebrating the hard-earned food rations. .
There were countless signs of death along the entire road. At this moment, Qingyu and the others truly understood how serious the external situation was. They had not felt it deeply in the mountains before, but since then...every step has really become more serious. Witnessing the cruelty of hell.
Zhufeng was a good doctor, so he naturally knew that these rotting corpses contained diseases, so he asked everyone to cover their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs while walking.
Maybe it was too smelly, or maybe it was so miserable that Zhao Qian's daughter-in-law, Tong, actually vomited all the way. When she arrived outside the gate of Fu County, her face was pale from vomiting, as if she was going to die.
Taking advantage of her breather, Wen Ya winked at Zhufeng.
Zhufeng spread his hands: This is just ordinary vomiting. I don’t have any medicine now. What problem can be solved by checking her pulse?
Wen Ya's eyes widened: How can ordinary vomiting result in such vomiting? There are so many dead bodies along the way, who knows whether he will be infected with corpse poison?
Zhufeng had no choice but to come to Zhao Qian with a smile, "Brother Zhao, I know a little bit about medical skills, why don't you let me show it to your wife? The corpses along the way are full of poison. I'm afraid that if you get sick, it won't be cured if it takes too long." Already."
Zhao Qian was dumbfounded and surprised, "I didn't expect that Brother Bai can actually have medical skills. Brother Bai really impresses me." As he said this, his heart felt sour. In the Bai family, the older one can see doctors and fight, and the younger one can. Thinking about it, if you look at your family of five, the hope of survival is very slim.
Zhao Qian signaled to Tong, who smiled slightly on her pale face, said thank you, and stretched out her hand.
Zhufeng felt his pulse with two fingers. After a while, his expression became a little strange. He looked at Zhao Qian, but pursed his lips and said nothing for a long time. Zhao Qian felt guilty and asked urgently: "What's wrong? Are you really sick?"
Zhufeng shook his head and waved to him again, "Come here." After Zhao Qian came over, he whispered: "Congratulations, you are going to be a father again. It will be more than two months."
Zhao Qian's face froze and his expression was obscure. He turned back and glanced at Tong, who was also looking at him worriedly.
He pondered for a long time and then said solemnly: "We can't have this child. Our family of five may not be able to survive, so why let this unborn child come out and suffer."
He struggled for a long time, and his face showed pain, but he still looked at Zhufeng firmly: "Brother, please give me a prescription to remove the child." He paused, as if to strengthen himself.
Determined: "I don't want this child to suffer."
Zhufeng patted his shoulder and said, "Sure, it's up to you. It's only been two months now, so it's easy to get it."
When Qingyu saw Zhufeng coming back, she looked across the street again to see what Zhao Qian said to Tong. Then she saw Tong crying and nodding. Finally, the couple held their youngest four-year-old son and couldn't stop swallowing. The two daughters also had tears in their eyes.
reddish.
After Zhufeng sat down, he explained the matter. Wen Ya and the others felt a little sad when they heard it. After all, it was a life, but now it was forced to be strangled in the belly due to reality; but if it were not like this, let the child be born, and then
Too cruel.
The so-called choice is just the lesser of two evils.
The Tong family finally calmed down, and Zhao Qian came to Zhufeng apologetically, "Let's go, let's go into the city."
But Qingyu shook her head: "You can't go in. This city can't be entered." She stood up, walked and walked in the open space in front of the city gate, and finally stopped at a side position, "Qiangonghai, we will stand up immediately
Here."
The four people in Zhufeng could understand, but Zhao Qian's family was confused. However, they knew that this little girl knew the art of divination, so she must have some skills. He was embarrassed to ask a little girl, so he asked Zhufeng: "Brother Bai, what are you talking about?"
What does it mean?"
Zhufeng followed Wen Ya and others to Qingyu's place and said, "This is the birth place. There is a big disaster at the gate of the city today. If we stand on the birth place, we can avoid the disaster."
"Big disaster? What kind of big disaster will there be?" Zhao Qian was worried. But as soon as he finished asking, he heard a noise. He followed the sound and looked over, only to see a large number of people suddenly pouring out of the city gate.
These people, if they are in good condition, can use carriages, sedan chairs, or carts; if they are in poor condition, they can carry baskets and shoulder poles. But whether it is a car or a person, they are all taking care of their children, taking care of their mothers, and running around with their families.
Someone was running slowly and fell down when he was squeezed from behind. This fall caused a bunch of people behind him to trip and fall. The people behind him didn't care at all and stepped over these people.
In just a few breaths, a serious stampede occurred at the originally peaceful city gate. A large number of people continued to pour out of the city. The space at the city gate was limited, and many old people, children and even young adults fell down.
On the ground, he was trampled mercilessly by the people behind him.
What's even worse is that once these people fall, it will be difficult to get up again, because there are always a steady stream of people coming forward from behind... For a time, screams, howls, and calls at the city gate shook the city.
The situation in heaven and earth is horrific.
Zhao Qian's family was so shocked that they forgot to breathe, and Zhao Qian was even covered in cold sweat. A kind of fear lingered in his heart. If they had entered the city just now, his three children might have died under these ruthless feet.
Qingyu looked at the people who were screaming, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes: Repeat hexagram. Repeat means stampede. At least a thousand people will be killed or injured at the gate of the city today.
Qingyu looked at her family of five, who were in rags and penniless. They also needed to survive, and they had to struggle to survive in this troubled world. But now, there was such an opportunity, she said:
"Repeated hexagrams often lead to Li hexagrams, and many people here will be separated from their loved ones."
She pointed at a luxuriously dressed woman not far away. The woman was getting out of a porter's load. She looked very reluctant, but the porter didn't care. After urging the woman to come down, he picked up the load and headed back into the city.
Run, he has to go back quickly to pick a second guest.
These ladies have bound feet and cannot walk at all, so they can only ask porters to pick them out of the city. However, in order to rush, the porters will not actually send people to the designated location. Anyway, they have collected the money in advance, as long as they
Just leaving the city is enough.
These women are indifferent and have little knowledge. When encountering the situation where the porters abandon their picks, they naturally feel helpless and helpless.
There are quite a few such people. Qingyu has seen several women who were bumped around like headless flies but didn't know what to do.
She came to a woman in blue, who was sweet and cute, and said with a sweet voice: "Sister, you won't be able to wait for your family here. Give me twenty copper coins, and I will point you to a direction.
Just wait there and your family will come out to be with you soon."
When the woman in blue saw that it was a little baby, all dirty and dirty, she immediately waved her hand impatiently, "Go away, little beggar, don't touch me."