The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

On the city wall of Zhangyang County.

The captain went up to the city gate to inspect and saw that several guard posts were empty.

He thought the soldiers were playing cards together, so he suppressed his anger and looked to the left.

Seeing a soldier sitting in the corner of the city wall not far ahead, the captain was furious and quickly stepped forward to question:

"Where's Sun Yanghua? That's how he arranged the guards! Look at these..."

"vomit!"

Before he could finish, the soldier sitting there vomited.

In an instant, a sour and foul smell spread.

The captain covered his nose and retreated quickly, then saw the soldier slowly raise his head, his face pale and his eye sockets deeply sunken.

The soldier wiped the vomit from the corner of his mouth and tried to stand up to answer, but fell down again.

The captain had been retreating. Seeing him like this, he knew something was wrong and turned around and ran quickly down the city wall.

The captain tore off a piece of clothing and wrapped it around his mouth and nose, then rode his horse quickly towards his residence.

As I passed the street, I heard people screaming.

"Ah! It's the plague!"

The crowd dispersed instantly, and the captain saw a person lying in the middle of the street with excrement all around him.

The captain knew something was wrong and feared that the plague was about to break out in the city.

He rode home quickly and just as he was about to ask the butler to pack up his belongings and arrange for carriages and horses, he saw that the butler's eyes were sunken and he looked extremely weak.

The captain was shocked and pointed at the butler, asking him to step back.

He quickly ran to the house of his wife and two children, fortunately they were fine.

The captain quickly packed up and drove his carriage out of the city gate, only to see a large number of people gathered at the gate.

Among them, many had pale faces and were shaking even when standing.

With a "puff" sound, excrement gushed out, and the people at the city gate screamed in fear and quickly scattered.

The captain covered his face with his scarf, drove around the man and came to the city gate.

The soldiers guarding the city were already frightened by the man just now. When they heard the captain tell them not to check again, they ran away as if they had been pardoned.

Seeing this, the people around moved the fences blocking the way and rushed out of the city gate.

In less than half a day, all those who could run had run away, and the rest were too ill to walk. Zhangyang City completely became a dead city.

Without soldiers guarding the city gate, it was soon broken open by refugees outside the city.

......

Lu Qingqing and her group did not know that Zhangyang City behind them had been broken, but at this time they also encountered new troubles.

The official road ahead was blocked by some rocks and tree trunks, and there were hillsides on both sides of the road.

This thing was obviously set up here intentionally by someone to block the way of passers-by.

Before they could retreat, a group of men rushed out from the nearby woods on the road behind them.

They were holding hatchets or sticks in their hands, with ill-fitting clothes hanging from their bodies.

Each of these people had a fierce look on their face, staring straight at the carts in the team, with greed and covetousness revealed on their faces without any concealment.

At a glance, their number was much greater than the combined number of Lu Tianming and Master Yan's teams.

Seeing that the robbers had ill intentions, Lu Tianming, Master Yan and his companions quickly picked up the weapons at hand and watched the robbers with ill intentions vigilantly.

For a moment, the atmosphere on the scene was extremely tense.

At this moment, a tall man walked out from the group of robbers blocking the road.

This man has high cheekbones and a mouthful of yellow buck teeth that are particularly eye-catching.

He glanced at the carts in the team with a greedy look and shouted at the top of his voice:

"Leave all your things to me and get out of here! Otherwise... hehe! Don't blame us brothers for being rude!"

Lu Tianming stared at the group of people, secretly estimating the difference in strength between the two sides.

The enemy has more than twenty people on our side. If we just charge in and fight...

Before Lu Tianming could continue thinking, the bucktoothed robber's face darkened and he said coldly:

"I'm warning you, if you know what's best for you, put your things down and leave immediately, so that the women and children in your group can leave here alive."

The bucktoothed robber snorted coldly when he said this:

"But if you dare to let our brothers do it ourselves, then don't blame us for being ruthless. No one will be able to escape!"

As he spoke, the bucktoothed robber looked at Madam Yan who had popped her head out from beside Master Yan, and said with a lewd smile:

"Of course, if they were all as beautiful as the little woman next to you, I wouldn't be willing to kill them. I'd keep them by my side as my wife!"

After he finished speaking, the group of robbers behind him also laughed.

Hearing this, the men in Master Yan's team were immediately enraged, and everyone clenched their weapons tightly.

They knew very well that with Master Yan's temper, he would never tolerate such an offense, especially an offense to Madam Yan.

As expected, Master Yan sneered after hearing this, and said in a cold and firm voice:

"Oh, what a big tone! In all these years, I've never seen anyone as arrogant as you! Okay, let me see if you have the ability to be so arrogant, or are you just looking for death!"

Before he finished speaking, Master Yan had already jumped off the carriage lightly.

Lu Tianming saw that Master Yan's team had jumped off the carriage and were ready to fight.

He knew that he had no choice at this moment, so he shouted loudly to the people in the team:

"Men, grab your weapons and beat these thieves to death!"

Following Lu Tianming's order, everyone rushed forward with weapons, and the two sides instantly engaged in a fight.

Master Yan went straight for the bucktoothed robber. The bucktoothed robber was tall and looked quite powerful, and his strength was greater than that of an ordinary person.

But compared with the martial arts master Yan, he is nothing.

In just a few breaths, there was a crisp "clang" sound, and the weapon in the bucktoothed robber's hand was knocked to the ground by Master Yan.

The bucktoothed robber was horrified and quickly hugged his head, running desperately backwards, hoping that his companions behind him could stop this evildoer.

Master Yan went in alone, slashing at the robbers who blocked his way with his long sword. Wherever he went, blood and flesh flew everywhere.

After killing seven or eight robbers, the remaining robbers hid far away when they saw Master Yan.

At the same time, Lu Qingqing stood on the shaft of the cart, holding a bow and arrow, closely watching the changes in the situation on the scene, and shooting an arrow from time to time.

Although their number of people is smaller than that of the robbers, and many women are unable to participate in the battle, the people in Master Yan's team are very skilled in martial arts.

In a fight, they can often fight one against two, and even have enough energy to help the people of Lujia Village.

At this time, Master Yan was chasing the bucktooth robber.

The bucktoothed robber looked back from time to time and saw Master Yan getting closer and closer to him.

The bucktooth robber knew very well that if he ran so far that he was the only one left, he would be in dire straits!

He began to run in circles around the battlefield, and this move actually delayed a little time.