Chapter 96

Lou Han ran out of the room in fright. How could the insect be in the old woman's body? She thought of what the coachman who had sent the little maid of honor had said before she left, and she was a little afraid. Lou Han ran to other people's houses and looked at them carefully. There were red festering marks on the necks and behind the ears of all the people in the street. Little white bugs were wriggling on them, but they knew nothing about it. The signs of life were normal. Lou Han ran to the little maid sitting outside and looked at her neck and behind her ears. Fortunately, she had nothing. This place is so strange. What should we do.

After eating a piece of dry steamed bread, the little maid clapped her hands and stood up. Carrying the package on his back, Lou Han followed him all the time.

He followed the little maid to the end of the street. At the corner, Lou Han saw a little beggar, a little boy, squatting in the corner. The little maid in waiting also saw it. She ran over and handed the little boy a piece of pancake. She was very glad to see a living man in this deserted place: "Hello, do you know how to get to the government?"

Looking at the stranger in front of him, the little boy couldn't help shrinking his neck. He buried his head in his knees and didn't take the pancake. Lou Han squatted beside the little boy and climbed up to look at his neck and behind his ears. The little boy was not infected by insects and was healthy. Lou Han breathed. There are normal people in this city.

Seeing the little boy's resistance, the little maid of honor was not in a hurry. She broke open the pancake and put it in her mouth. She said with a smile, "this pancake is not poisonous. You see, I've eaten it myself."

The little boy then raised his head and looked at the little maid. His dark hands pulled the skirt of the little maid's neck. The little maid was so scared that she sat down on the ground and nearly exclaimed. The boy took back his hand and said, "are you from outside the city?"

After all, no one likes to be touched suddenly, especially when she exposes her neck to a boy, even a little boy. The little boy looked at the little maid's unhappy face and said, "I'm just rude to you. I'm sorry." Lou Han is smiling helplessly. The little boy is very clever.

The little maid in waiting, looking at the little boy who apologized to her, said with a smile: "it's OK. Hey, hey. "

"I just looked at your neck to see if you have been poisoned. Fortunately, you haven't The little boy had a sincere smile on his dark face.

"Zhonggu?" The little maid in waiting said she didn't quite understand.

The little boy stood up, looked around warily, and was ready to leave. He waved to the little maid to follow him. The little maid followed him, and Lou Han followed him.

The little boy led her out of the street and went to a forest where there was a broken temple, which was hidden by a bush and tall trees. It was not easy to find outside. The little boy pushed aside the bushes and went into the door of the broken temple. He whistled. Suddenly, a group of big black dogs came running. There were seven or eight of them! The little maid in waiting hid behind the little boy.

Lou Han thought it was fun, but he was not seen.

"Don't be afraid, these dogs are here to protect me." The little boy touched the head of a big black dog. The big black dog licked the little boy's hand happily.

"You haven't said what a poisonous insect is." The little maid in waiting softened when she saw these dogs.

"We hide in the temple," he said After that, the little boy took the little maid's hand and went into the temple. The big black dog at the head followed him. The rest of the dogs continued to hide in the bushes to guard.

The temple was full of cobwebs, messy tables and chairs fell to the ground, gray everywhere, and the light was dark. As soon as Lou Han went in, he saw a smashed statue of Confucius. Confucius' face was painted in ink and his arm had fallen to the ground. Lou Han shook his head and followed the little boy and the little maid into it. The little boy pressed a small raised block on the back of the statue of Confucius, and a brick on the floor began to shake. Soon, a secret passage appeared.

Lou Han followed the little boy, the maid in waiting and his big black dog into the secret passage. The secret passage was not a passage. As soon as he came down, there was a small room with kerosene lamp, bed, quilt, wardrobe, table, chair, teapot, book and so on.

The little maid exclaimed, and Lou Han felt that the small room was very warm.

The little maid sat at the table, and the little boy got her a glass of water. "Why don't you live with the people in town? What about your parents? " The little boy looks like he's only about ten years old, but it's really heartbreaking to live here alone.

"All the people in the town have been poisoned by poisonous insects. They are like walking dead now. I don't want to live with such people." The little boy spat his lips.

"What kind of insect?"

"You don't know? Taoist Qi Yue will distribute food to the people in this city every month. There are special food for poisonous insects in the food, so as not to damage their bodies. " The little boy trembled as he spoke, and Lou Han felt shivering in his heart.

"A long time ago, a year ago, Ancheng was hit by a drought. The whole city's grain was gone, and people were starving. Taoist Qi Yue distributed grain to the people of Ancheng, saying that if they ate the grain, they would live forever, and the people of Ancheng lined up to take the food! They were very grateful to Taoist Qi Yue, but suddenly one day, my mother found that there was an egg hatching out of the rice she was eating! " The little boy's eyes were red and his words were resentful."She ran out to the person who distributed the grain. How could there be insects in the grain? The person who distributed the grain was very angry and beat my mother violently. Soon after my mother came back, she changed her appearance."

“…… What's it like? " Asked the little maid, swallowing.

"I don't know when there is a clay sculpture of Taoist Qi Yue at home. She holds it day by day and keeps talking about it." The little boy was lying on the table with tears in his eyes running down the corner of his eyes.

Lou Han wants to help him wipe away his tears. His hand goes through the little boy's head. Lou Han is really helpless.

"What about your father?"

"I've been drawn to conscription." The little boy sat up and rubbed his eyes. The front paw of the little black dog jumped on the little boy's knee, wagged his tail and licked his cheek. The little boy giggled.

He turned his head to look at the little maid in waiting and said, "you can't eat anything in this city, or you won't know how to be controlled."

The little maid in waiting had goose bumps all over her body. She nodded and asked, "what do you eat?"

"Behind the temple is a vegetable field. I grow some vegetables and raise some chickens, and I cook and eat them myself." The little boy grinned.

"Why don't you leave here?" Asked the little maid. Lou Han also nodded, indicating that he was curious.

The little boy said helplessly, "if only it were so easy to leave. There are four gates in this city. Each gate is guarded by heavy soldiers. It's hard for a mouse to escape. "

"Don't go through the gate." The little maid grinned and said, "I came to the city to save a girl who was caught by the government. She is very good at martial arts. She can take us to the wall. As long as we save her, we can get out of the city openly!"

The little boy brightened his eyes and said, "really?"

The little maid nodded and touched the boy's head with a smile.

Then the little boy was depressed again and said, "but there are many soldiers in this prison. How can we get her out?"