Chapter 494 Leaving the City
Wenwen was frozen to death, but she did not find peace after her death. There were large and small wounds on her already thin body, and the bright red blood had frozen and turned into crystal.
Xiaomi just covered Wenwen with the thin quilt.
The door was wide open, but the house was empty. There was nothing to keep out the cold.
Even Xu Qiuju is not at home.
Shen Zhiyu was silent for a while. He didn't know if his guess was correct, but he still felt that Wenwen's death might have something to do with Xu Qiuju.
After all, there is such a cowardly lady...
"Zhiyu, why did you come to me?"
Xiaomi wiped her tears, sniffed and asked.
He was indeed sad about Wenwen, but there was nothing he could do.
"I want to go outside the city to find my father."
The little guy had a serious look on his face and had no intention of joking at all.
Several villages outside the city have returned with good news. They have sent people to look for rat nests in the mountains and forests, and now they are almost all eradicated.
At most, for five more days, they can withdraw most of their soldiers and come back to defend the city.
But the letter sent back by Ah-Dai didn't contain any news about Dad.
This scenario is almost impossible to happen.
Unless something happens to my father, I can't tell my mother about good or bad news.
Grandma was so busy these two days that she had no time to care about herself. He just happened to be able to sneak out of the city and visit his father in the village.
After hearing what he said, Xiaomi couldn't believe it. It was so dangerous outside, but he wasn't even afraid!
"Do you really want to go?"
Xiaomi was not sure and asked again.
"Um."
The little guy replied with firm eyes.
He wanted to see his father, and also went to the village outside the city to ask for some herbs from the second master.
"Then when shall we leave?"
"Let's go now. I brought two steamed buns and a bag of water. If we go faster, we can get there in an hour and a half."
"OK!"
The two children agreed and immediately followed quietly to the backyard.
Two old hens kept in the backyard were huddled together and taking a nap. They opened their beady eyes when they heard the noise. They saw two dolls crawling on the wall, and they suddenly started clucking.
Upon hearing this, the two little kids hurriedly climbed out of the wall. When the guards of the mansion came over, they only saw two old hens with fried feathers walking back and forth in the fence, looking anxious.
The guards didn't know the reason, so they just thought they were about to lay eggs and didn't answer.
Seeing that he was about to leave, the two old hens crowed louder and even flapped their wings, threatening to fly out of the fence.
The guard just thought they were about to lay eggs, so he was furious. He simply took a straw mat and covered it on the fence, directly blocking the semi-open chicken pen.
Being blocked, the two old hens became so angry that all the hair on their necks exploded, and their cries became even shriller.
Hearing the noise, another boy ran over. Just when the two of them were confused, a mouse tried to escape along the chicken pen, but was trampled to death by the guard.
"After a while, it turned out that a mouse had entered the house. I thought the two chickens were about to lay eggs."
As the guard spoke, he picked up the rat's body from the ground through the oil paper.
These things cannot be thrown away casually. The best thing is to take them and burn them to avoid causing other troubles.
"Don't tell me, these two chickens can really lay four or five eggs a day."
After dealing with the mouse, one person carried the body to dispose of it, while the other began to clean up the blood stains on the ground.
The two little kids hid all the way, fearing that they would be discovered by patrollers.
Finally, after wandering around for two quarters of an hour, we arrived at a dog hole.
"You can go directly to the woods outside the city from here. If we go east, we can go to the village."
Xiaomi had been a beggar, so he naturally knew where these dog holes lead.
Nowadays, many dog holes in the city have been blocked. Perhaps this one is not blocked because it is too remote.
Watching Shen Zhiyu climb out of the city, Xiaomi thought again before leaving, and moved stones from the side to block the entrance of the cave, and pulled up the grass on the ground to cover it.
It wasn't until the entrance of the cave was covered that Xiaomi led Shen Zhiyu into the woods.
The changes in the land caused the trees to die one after another, and the continuous heavy snow and heavy rain caused them to rot and fester. The two dolls shuttled among them, not daring to touch any of them.
Afraid they would be buried by these rotting trees.
"Zhiyu, we are almost there."
Xiaomi looked at the light in front of her and whispered.
"good."
The little guy held on to his cloak tightly for fear of falling behind.
The soil in the woods exudes a faint stench. Because it is damp and cold, every step on it feels like stepping on something soft and slippery.
Shen Zhiyu was light and could only walk forward step by step on the footprints left by Xiaomi.
The herbs in the village were almost running out. Aze took a group of people into the mountains early in the morning. The soldiers stationed here were transferred to the next village. There are not many men left in the village now.
Xiao Qi was guarding the entrance of the village with a few teenagers aged fifteen or sixteen, waiting to notify the villagers if there was any situation.
"Xiao Qi, your sword skills are really good. When can you teach us?"
Teenagers are at a playful age. They used to think that Xiao Qi was always cold-faced and difficult to get along with. Plus, he was a few years younger than them, so naturally they couldn't play together.
It wasn't until they saw a set of swords played by Xiao Qi a few days ago that they all joined in.
After all, other people kill mice with either hatchets or hoes. If they could also wield a sword, how powerful they would look!
"I didn't play well."
Xiao Qi neither agreed nor refused, just shook his head and said.
He learned all this from the master in the village, and he had only studied for three and a half years, and he was not yet able to teach others.
"Xiao Qi, just teach us—"
When everyone was making noises, they heard a sudden movement in the woods nearby, followed by several bangs. The trees that were barely standing suddenly collapsed, one by one, and all at once. Blockbusters.
"What's going on here?"
Some people didn't react and looked at the rising snow, their eyes widening.
"Who is it! Come out!"
With sharp eyes, Xiao Qi caught sight of the blurry figure hiding behind the tree.
Hearing Xiao Qi's voice, Shen Zhiyu was just stunned and felt that it sounded familiar.
Xiaomi has never met Xiaoqi, so naturally she doesn’t know who they are.
But following the path in their memory, they should have taken the right path.
"We came from Yancheng and we have no ill intentions."
Xiaomi did not go out, but hid behind the tree and expressed his intention.
"Come from Yancheng?"
someone asked rhetorically.
"Yancheng has closed its gates a long time ago. Where are you from? Tell the truth quickly!"