The substitute sister found that the plot collapsed

Chapter 61 The Uninhabited City

"Hey... Uncle Liu! Calm down!" Luckily, Zhao An grabbed him, otherwise Ge Qi's body should be in a different place by now.

Although Ge Qi's accident in the dream would not affect the small trial, wouldn't it be good to impress the three elders?Casually attacking mortals is really a test of speaking skills...

Explain why you do what you do.

But in fact, Liu Chengyan just wanted to teach him a lesson.

But nephew Zhao has already spoken up for him, so let him go for now.

"You can do it yourself!" Liu Chengyan threw down a cruel sentence, and called the two girls back to the carriage.

By the way, did you forget something?
Ge Qi sat up from the ground with a dull expression on his face.

However, Liu Chengyan's words just reminded him that his bad attitude towards him in the dream should be just a so-called "competition method", and now Ge Qi naturally disdains to argue with him.

But, why did Liu Chengyan appear in his house outside the dream?It can't be lost, right?

Are you kidding me, didn't Liu Chengyan grow up here?

Shaking his head to disperse the mixed thoughts in his head, Ge Qi thought that he must catch up with them quickly, but the next moment he saw the carriage stopped beside him.

Liu Chengyan raised his chin, "Get in the car."

Looking at the hand in front of him, Ge Qi hesitated for a long time, but Liu Chengyan grabbed the collar first, lifted it up and threw it in.

If it weren't for the jade card to prove that he has an important role, Liu Chengyan wouldn't want to care about him.

And he was suddenly transformed back into a living person by Zhao You, the meaning of which still needs to be discovered, leading him to provide clues is always beneficial to the completion of the small trial.

At this time, a new task also appeared on the jade card, which at least had some effect - "Go to Xijiang to find Zhao You".

Now there is no need to go back to the palace to look for ghosts, just start heading west.

Taking a last look at Zhao's old house, Liu Chengyan also got into the carriage.

Because he still retains the spiritual consciousness of foundation building strength, it is easy and convenient to drive the carriage.

And because it was a dream, Ge Qi felt that there was nothing wrong with the horse running by itself.

The only thing that is a little wrong is that the distant cousin keeps pulling me to ask how to match the clothes better...

But he is a normal man now, the ghost knows what the concubine Ge Qi here thinks.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes." So he couldn't understand, and he was always vague.

"That's right, I also think you look better in a blue fairy dress." Zhao An said happily that Ge Qi was too discerning to agree with her. It’s the same white, so it looks better when you wear it.”

"Thank you." Liu Chengyan pulled out a far-fetched smirk.

Luo Ying, who watched everything from the sidelines: "..."

A senior and delicate girl teaches online how to offend two men at the same time with one sentence.
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In such a cheerful (not) atmosphere, the carriage drove for half a day and arrived at Xijiang mentioned in the letter.

Maybe Zhao You didn't remember much of the scenery along the way. Most of the scenes were covered by thick fog, and the distance was much shorter than in reality.

But when the city where the West Camp was stationed appeared in front of them, the four of them were overwhelmed by the oppressive sight.

The city wall was more than 30 feet high, and at the bottom of the wall collapsed and broken vertical ladders and siege engines. Almost every brick was more or less stained with blood.In some places, the traces of being burned and cut by knives are still fresh, especially the tightly closed city gate. I don’t know how many people fell under it, so that the golden door nails and the red facade were stained black by dried blood.

"No one." Ge Qi, who came to his senses first, murmured softly.

At first, he was glad that there were no corpses everywhere, but it was even more disturbing to see such a deserted place.

He has never been on a battlefield, but he also knows that such an important place cannot be guarded by heavy troops.

Although all abnormalities can be attributed to this being a dream, he always felt that maybe the city might really be empty.

——If I remember correctly, a plague broke out in the West a few months ago.

Ge Qi didn't know where the origin was. He only heard that the new emperor, who was still the prince at the time, had ordered the border to be sealed off as soon as he heard the news.

But soldiers and horses can guard against people, but they cannot guard against the plague.

Unfortunately, the disease was infected by soldiers in the army. When it was discovered, those who had not yet shown symptoms had to evacuate urgently.

If it wasn't for the fact that the new emperor had signed the peace treaty with the Xi clan on behalf of the dynasty a month ago, and returned to Beijing to return to his command, I'm afraid they would have been unable to escape this catastrophe.But unexpectedly, a greater catastrophe befell the country of this dynasty——

The emperor suddenly fell ill and died.

The prince was distraught and hurried to the throne.And the first thing he thought of was those refugees.

In order to prevent the plague from spreading to the east, the new emperor ordered the closure of trade routes, and set up "Anji Fang", where sick people lived and doctors were sent to treat them.

It's a pity that this plague is so ferocious that there is no cure until now, and even the imperial doctor sent has killed dozens of people.

and so……

"It's probably not an exaggeration that the whole city died because of this. Right?" Ge Qi lamented a little worried about the country and the people.

Unfortunately, the three monks present at the moment didn't have time to talk to him, because in their eyes——

Above the city, monstrous resentment replaced the sky, covering the whole city like a dark cloud filled with countless resentments, releasing naked malice towards those who came.

"Why don't you talk?" Ge Qi didn't understand the solemn expressions of the three of them, so he also looked up.

But the city tower was empty, and the clear sky was even more devoid of birds and insects, which made him shudder.

"I said," Ge Qi recalled that he could only read books, and retreated for a while, "do you really want to go in?"

Excluding the plague, he recalled what happened in the old house before, if the city was full of ghouls...

Nothing more comforting than a body full of festering dead.

"You stay here." Liu Chengyan seemed to see his thoughts, and told him familiarly, "Don't run around this time, you will be fine if you stay in the carriage."

The three of Liu Chengyan naturally didn't know about the plague, but they still had a way of dealing with ghouls and grieving ghosts.Among other things, it is not a problem to set up a formation to protect Ge Qi's soul.

After all, this is Zhao You's home court, what if she suddenly turned her face and wanted to devour the soul of the living.

"Oh." But Ge Qi obviously didn't take Liu Chengyan's words seriously.

He suddenly remembered...

It's just a dream.

Dream!
So what is he afraid of?
The city looked weird at first glance, but he didn't believe that there were also things outside the city.

And it's not that he's afraid of ghosts and corpses, it's just that he's a scholar with no strength to restrain a chicken, so why would he provoke someone he can't beat?
But it is also a wonderful thing to be able to visit the frontier in a dream that you have never had the chance to visit in person.

So watching Luo Ying and the three drift away, Ge Qi, who couldn't hold back, hurriedly changed his outfit.

He had endured this woman's attire for a long time, but when he found that Liu Chengyan was also wearing a blue dress, he forcibly suppressed his restless heart.Although he didn't know it, what he saw was the image transformed by Zhao You's dream after Jingtian's illusion, referred to as illusion.

At this time, the three of Luo Ying had already arrived at the gate of the city.

The closer you get, the more suffocating the oppressive feeling of resentment will be.

Although she guessed that there was something hidden behind Zhao Youzhi's death early in the morning, but with such a huge grievance, what she experienced during her lifetime might be more complicated than they thought.

"Wait!" Liu Chengyan suddenly stepped forward to block in front of the two girls.

Seeing a cloud of black resentment flying down from the sky with its tail dragging, Liu Chengyan thought it was Zhao You who was going to attack them at first, but after sweeping his consciousness, he found that she didn't seem to have any malicious intentions.

So this group of grievances avoided the fate of being dispersed by spiritual power, and turned into phantoms, as if recreating a past event.

(End of this chapter)