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The teahouses and restaurants on both sides of the street had long since been closed. The people inside did not leave their homes and were isolated from the world. The people who stayed outside were mostly the soldiers and the civilians who were dying due to the plague.

The infirmary was in a state of crisis, but the doors were tightly shut. The entire street was a mess, empty white paper lanterns were blown about by the wind, and leaves could fly in all directions along with the wind, blowing up the yellow sand in the sky.

By now, the capital had long since retired from prosperity. The pestilence that had plagued the city had filled the air with miasma, dust had filled the walls of tall ancient buildings, the eaves of the houses of the commoners, and poisonous gas had enveloped the entire capital city.

Everywhere, corpses were being carried around by the bailiffs, one after another.

"Mother, wake up, don't die! Mother …" "Don't leave me …" On the stairs under the closed medical board, there was a woman, covered in filth, lying motionlessly on the ground with tears in her eyes.

"Don't go over." Seeing Luo Shang walk over, Leng Mufei grabbed her wrist.

The plague had come so suddenly, it wasn't as simple as it looked. It was probably difficult to break it, even the empress dowager and His Majesty couldn't. If he accidentally got infected, he would probably die.

Luo Shang removed his hand and walked over while holding onto her skirt. Her slender fingers gently touched the woman's eyelids, the blood veins in her eyes were as thick as clots of blood, and there were also minute purple cracks on her neck. Luo Shang looked at the child and shook her head.

"Big sister, how is my mother? Will she die? Are you here to save her?" The child cried as he looked at Luo Shang with her red nose.

"I …" "I'm sorry." Luo Shang hurriedly stood up and avoided the child's eyes.

She didn't know how to tell this child who was still so young that there was no cure for his mother. Even if Hua Tuo was reborn, he wouldn't be able to cure that woman.

"No …" Mother, mother, don't leave me behind. How can you leave Hu'er behind? " The child shook the woman with all his might, but the woman had already lost her breath, so she couldn't even say the last words.

On the steps, next to the firewood, under the broken bridge wall, there were cries of grief everywhere. It was the pain of a loved one leaving, the fear of death. The heart-wrenching screams made Luo Shang's heart break.

"Don't die, father, you can't leave the child and me behind!"

"Mo Lang Zhong, open the door! I beg you, please save my child, please save my child …"

"…"

The sound was as ear-piercing as an incantation, causing Luo Shang's brain to ache. She covered her ears, clenching and clapping her fists.

"The sounds I heard in my dreams were repeated over and over again." Mother, why are we the subjects of Wei Kingdom, why — "

"Child, child, don't be afraid. Mother will accompany you. In the next life, we won't be people of the Acropolis."

Acropolis Empire's Acropolis Guild's head was in pain, really in pain. Luo Shang bit her lips until threads of blood flowed out, while she clenched her fists and smashed them hard on her head.

"What are you doing?" Leng Mufei pulled her up from the ground, both of his hands holding onto her shoulders, only to see his raise his head up his tear-stained face, as bitterness filled his heart.

Luo Shang looked at him with tears in her eyes. She looked pitiful.

"State of Wei, State of Wei … Don't be a guardian of the nation. "Ugh …" Halfway through her sentence, she closed her eyes and rapped her head.

But the man in front of him was completely shocked, Leng Mufei's face quickly turned cold, the shock in his eyes quickly turned into worry.

"What did you say?" Who did you say shouldn't become a guardian of a country? Luo Shang, look at me. Leng Mufei's hand that was on her shoulder shook her body.

Luo Shang slowly raised her head and looked into his eyes.

"Good boy, tell me, who doesn't want to be a guardian of the country?" His words were extremely gentle.

"I don't know, I don't know. Don't ask me, don't ask me. "My head hurts …" As if she was possessed, Luo Shang's face did not look good. She looked miserable.

He had saved her so many times, that every time Luo Shang fell, she would never be able to affect his heart as much as this time. Leng Mufei did not continue to interrogate her, and his large palm stroked her face, as he pulled her into his embrace.

His heart ached, too, his heart ached for her. He slowly turned his head and looked at the trembling woman in his arms. Is it possible that I really have feelings for you? Luo Shang.

"Don't be afraid, Luo Shang." Leng Mufei hugged her tightly, trying his best to give her safety.

After a while, he felt the person in his embrace struggling free from his embrace.

He let go of the hand that was hugging the woman's body. The fear that had just appeared on his indifferent face had long since disappeared.

Luo Shang slowly opened her eyes. She was a little powerless, and a little lost. and she asked, "What's wrong with me? You... What are you looking at me for? "

"You just …" Leng Mufei frowned, his deep eyes sizing up the lady from top to bottom, his brows twisted into a line, his deep eyes deep like the abyss.

Seeing Luo Shang being so confused, Leng Mufei laughed and immediately changed his expression. "It's okay, you just shouted that you wanted to marry me."

Luo Shang snorted, pushed him away and stood up.

Leng Mufei looked at her, his smile still on his face, but the curve of his lips continued to sink. It seemed that he should investigate this woman properly.

According to Luo Shang, the first thing she thought of was the water well.

Leng Mufei didn't even have a say as he honestly followed Luo Shang to every house and alley in every major city to look for a well.

"I say, you have already walked for so long. You have also checked all the wells. There are no problems, so we can't rest for a while." Leng Mufei turned and blocked in front of her.

"Do you know why they died?" Luo Shang stopped in her tracks and looked at him.

Leng Mufei arrogantly curled his lips. "Plague."

"No. Because they don't know where the source is. If you want to continue resting, the next person to die won't be just them. And you. "

Leng Mufei shook his body and swallowed his saliva. He muttered to himself, "What a joke, This King has great fortune."

He smiled and was about to step forward.

A black shadow flashed by with incredible speed, as if it were a bird that was flying through the air, leaving no footprints wherever it went.

Leng Mufei's face immediately darkened, the smile in his eyes was extremely cautious. He frowned, looked at Luo Shang's back figure in the distance, hesitated for a moment, and still clenched her fist tightly as she turned around to leave.

It was a mess everywhere, and the foul air was suffocating.

When Luo Shang turned around, the man had already disappeared, she could only assume that the man was impatient and went to rest somewhere.

"Is there anything wrong with the well water?" "Where did that plague come from …" Luo Shang gently wiped the sweat off her forehead. She suddenly realized that there was a person lying beside the well entrance, and as if she had thought of something, she immediately went over and put her finger on that person's neck.

These people all have the same pulse and the same symptoms. What exactly is the problem?

"Little girl, run for your life. Let's go."

Hearing the cough, Luo Shang turned around. An old man with a white beard and temples was drinking a bowl of soup for a person who had been infected by the plague in his arms.

"You …"

After the old man fed the medicine in the bowl to the patient, he got up with difficulty. Luo Shang went forward to help him, but he rejected him.

"This old man was just a leisurely man. When I saw the thick miasma in the capital, I knew that it was a plague, so I came in to take a look." He stroked his grizzled beard and shook his head. His Majesty was currently incompetent. The empress dowager was a woman, so what could a small plague do? I'm afraid this Wu Zhou will be the same as the Guardian Kingdom back then. It was not the plague that had killed them, not the war. The human heart. "

Luo Shang held onto the handkerchief and asked: "You … It's someone from Wei Kingdom? "

When the old man heard her words, he laughed it off and waved his hand before sighing deeply.

"He stood up and looked towards the horizon." So what, so what. All living things in the world are at odds with one another. People have a hundred lives in a cycle of reincarnation, and countries also have their ups and downs, so it's not important, nor is it important. "

"Then do you resent Acropolis?"

The old man looked at her carefully and narrowed his eyes. Why, little lady, you seem to be very interested in the Acropolis Kingdom. "

Luo Shang smiled humbly. I am just curious. Senior, I apologize, I should not have asked about this matter. "

This little girl was indeed not like an ordinary girl. Her actions, movements, including her appearance, made her look extremely similar to that person, the woman that he had wanted to protect all his life but was unable to approach.

Back then, when he was exiled by His Majesty and was sent back to the palace with news of Wu Zhou, that woman was already dead. He was doing everything he could to protect her daughter, the Ninth Princess. But unfortunately, the Ninth Princess had already died at the edge of the cliff.

After so many years of roaming the world, his hair had already turned white in the middle of the year. No wonder people called him senior.

"You want to save them too? Aren't you afraid of death? " The old man looked at Luo Shang.

"Afraid." But I'm more afraid of seeing innocent people die. "

"Yes." The old man nodded. He took out a folded paper from the box behind him and handed it over to her. This is the recipe left behind by the Empress of Wei when she dispelled the plague in the city. It's a pity that two of the herbs here are missing.

Luo Shang took the scroll. Indeed, there was an empty corner at the bottom.

"Senior, where are you going?" Seeing that he was about to leave, Luo Shang immediately asked.

The old man laughed. As the sun began to set, it was time for this old one to leave. Little girl, has anyone ever told you that you look like a person? "

Looks like a person? Shen Changqing once said that she looked very similar to the current Jinghe of the empress dowager. But isn't he someone from the Acropolis Kingdom? Why would he see the Jinghe?

"Unfortunately, she died." The old man carried the box on his back and waved the horsetail whisk in his hand, letting out a loud sigh. It was already over, and his eyes were filled with tears. Coming to this place, it was as cold as ice. Humanity, the young female Emperor. "Another sigh. The country has been destroyed and families have perished."

Luo Shang held onto the scroll, her trembling lips repeating the old man's words. Another sigh. The nation was ruined.

Another sigh. The nation was ruined.

Could it be that he was talking about the Madam Yan, the Guardian Queen?

When Luo Shang wanted to stop the mysterious old man, he had already walked far away.