Chapter 71: Dangerous Encounter (4)
Affected by the momentum, the earth seemed to have lost its color, and Yin Yin, who was sleeping, slowly opened her eyes.
"here it is?"
"Get up if you're awake. We need to get ready to leave here."
"Well?"
Just after waking up from a dream, she was told to leave. Yin Yin felt confused in the daze. She sat up and looked around. They seemed to be in a house?
"Where is this place?"
"Weicheng."
"Huh?"
"Can we take action?"
After packing up his bag, Guisha walked towards Yinyin, obviously ready to leave.
"Where are you going?"
"Leave Weicheng."
"Huh? Why? It took a lot of effort to get here."
"This place is different from the Weicheng you know. If you want to survive, leave here quickly."
"What's going on?"
Yinyin, who had just woken up and knew nothing, was even more confused after hearing Guisha's words. She seemed to hear shouting in her ears, which was obviously different from the shouting caused by the plague. It was like a cry for help...
"What's that noise?"
"Tsk, are we nearby yet? Stop asking questions and just go."
The ghost took Yin Yin away without asking for her consent.
"Ah, wait, what on earth happened?"
No matter how Yinyin called out, the ghost remained indifferent, as if he was determined to take Yinyin away. As soon as she walked out of her hiding place, Yinyin was picked up by the ghost and jumped onto the roof, climbing up high, as if to avoid being seen? Yinyin, who had no idea what was going on, felt powerless under the ghost's actions. She knew that resistance was useless, so she had to wait until the ghost stopped.
The place where the ghost demon went was to avoid the eyes and ears of others as much as possible, and it could even be said that it was a blind spot that could not be noticed at all. However, when Yinyin was led by the ghost demon to run, she looked around and saw how the officers and soldiers treated the people . Regardless of the cries of others for mercy, the officers and soldiers took a very tough action. Yinyin could not believe what she saw. She didn't understand why the officers and soldiers wanted to arrest people, but for what reason did they take such actions? Yinyin could not believe that it was Zhou Yan's order. She was convinced that Zhou Yan would never do this. Even if he did, what was the reason?
He let Yin Yin go only when he brought her to a high tower in the city. There was no need for him to say much. Just by looking at her expression, he knew how much Yin Yin had seen. Seeing it with her own eyes was faster than hearing him explain it. This was also the reason why he did not take Yin Yin out of Weicheng directly.
"What happened? Why did this happen?"
From the high tower where Guisha brought Yinyin to, one can clearly see that there are many civilians in the heavily guarded area not far away. From their conditions, it is clear that most of them are infected with the plague or have symptoms. What exactly do they want to do by gathering them together?
"It was an order from Prince Jing. He wanted to capture all those who were infected and had contact with them, regardless of whether they were alive or dead, and the same applies to those who were related. If they were not burned directly, they would be killed first and then burned. Otherwise, it would be impossible to stop the continued spread."
"What? This... This is impossible—"
As if it had nothing to do with him, Yinyin was narrating the situation recklessly. Yinyin couldn't believe it and even thought she had misheard. An order from Jing Wang Zhou Yan? To kill all those people? The dead can be ignored, but what about those who are still alive? Those who were not infected but just had contact with the virus should also be killed? Yinyin couldn't figure out why Zhou Yan issued such an order, and more importantly, she couldn't believe it.
"Whether you believe it or not, you should have seen the actions of the officers and soldiers in the city just now, right? In this city, besides Prince Jing, who else do you think has such great power? Remember what I said before? Prince Jing is a cruel and cold person. Although I don't know why he stayed in Weicheng, and I don't know why he did this now, I can only say that this is his nature. He will not be merciful when facing such things."
"No, you're lying, Yan is not that kind of person—"
When she heard Guisha's evaluation of Zhou Yan, Yinyin refuted it without hesitation, her tone was so firm. She really didn't know what kind of person Zhou Yan was in the past, and she almost forgot the fear in her heart when she first saw Zhou Yan after losing her memory. Now she only vaguely remembered Zhou Yan's gentleness towards her. Maybe Zhou Yan was cold to other people, but when it came to her, Yinyin clearly felt that the gentleness was not false. The matter with Ma Feng was only because she could not accept it at the time, and now she thought it was because of herself. The prosperity of Weicheng in the past and the support of the people of Weicheng for Zhou Yan were not false. It was hard for Yinyin to imagine what kind of cruelty was hidden behind Zhou Yan's gentleness.
"Whether you believe it or not, what you see is reality."
"…No, I don't believe it. Why did you show me this?"
"There's no reason. I just want you to give up and leave with me sooner. If I don't let you see the current situation, will you believe me?"
Yinyin's thoughts were completely occupied by the situation in front of her. She didn't realize the true meaning of Guisha's words at all. It should be said that Yinyin had lost her calmness in judging and understanding other people's words, and her emotions became more and more agitated. Guisha felt that everything that happened in front of her had nothing to do with her, and even the previous hesitation seemed to have never happened. He described the current situation lightly and took the opportunity to confirm his position in Yinyin's heart. Seeing that Yinyin's thoughts were completely occupied by Zhou Yan and the things in front of her, it seemed that she didn't even have him in her eyes...
