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

These days, tuberculosis is incurable; if you get it, you're going to die.

Moreover, this disease is very torturous.

After contracting the disease, one will experience coughing, fever, and general weakness, and will soon become extremely thin.

In the later stages, the patient begins to cough up blood and has difficulty breathing.

The scariest thing is that this disease is contagious.

It's fair to say that most people are afraid of tuberculosis.

The man was no exception; upon hearing the words "consumption devil," he covered his mouth and nose in disgust and took a few steps back.

Why didn't you say so sooner!

Your inn is teeming with tuberculosis patients, how can it still be open?

I think you're no good either, old man.

Whoever lives here is incredibly unlucky...

The man cursed, glanced at the dark second floor, and strode out the door.

Behind him, a group of men followed him out the door.

Seeing this, the hunched-over soldier followed behind and escorted the person away.

The door was closed only after everyone had left.

Only then did his hunched back straighten up again.

He went to the backyard and called Bai Song and the others who were hiding there back into the house.

Fearing that the men might not have gone far, no one dared to turn on the lights.

After staring at the dark room for a while, Bai Song pointed to a few more people on duty.

The others did not go back to their rooms to sleep either.

Those men are very likely to come back again.

After all, the people they were looking for were clearly Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang!

Even if they managed to deceive everyone just now, it doesn't mean they can successfully escape.

After everyone returned to the house, they sat on the bed with their weapons in hand and closed their eyes to rest.

On the street, after the group of men ran out, they went to search the surrounding area.

However, this inn is already quite large.

Nearby, several other businesses had closed down due to their inability to continue operating.

The group of men ran all the way to the end of the street before they came across a house that was inhabited.

This family originally sold oil, but after the city was locked down, they sold out their stock and closed their shop.

The family lived in the small courtyard behind the shop and rarely went out.

Hearing the group of men ask about outsiders, he immediately thought of Lu Qingqing and the others at the inn.

In the past two days, Bai Song and the others saw that no shops were open on the street, so they assumed that no one lived here.

They did not deliberately avoid it when they went out.

And this family watched almost every single one of their trips.

However, this family was acquainted with the old man at the inn.

Therefore, he did not speak when the group of men asked him the question.

However, the sound of the door opening woke up the sleeping child as the men searched the courtyard.

Seeing so many strangers, he was so frightened that he burst into tears.

The leader of the men heard the crying and came to the backyard.

He took a white flour pancake out of his pocket and handed it to the child.

"Kid, I have a few questions for you."

If you answer obediently, this white flour pancake is yours!

The child rubbed his eyes, looked at the white flatbread in front of him, swallowed hard, and then nodded vigorously.

"Ask away, I'll answer obediently!"

The child's grandfather, who had rushed over from behind, saw this scene and his heart jumped into his throat.

But now, there's nothing he can do.

I just hope the child won't reveal the names of the people at the inn.

The man stared at the child's face and asked:

"Child, have you seen any strangers lately?"

Outsiders are people who come from outside the city.

One of them was a very tall and strong man.

There was also a small, thin man carrying a bow and arrows; they were probably driving a carriage.

When the child heard the question, he looked away from the white pancake.

After thinking about it carefully, he shook his head.

The child's grandfather breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Unexpectedly, the child pointed in the direction of the inn to the west and said in a clear voice:

"I didn't see the two people you mentioned, but I did see other outsiders."

There are so many of them!

Lately, I've been driving horse-drawn carriages in and out a lot.

My mother said that they went outside and bought a lot of grain!

They're really something! They managed to buy so much food; they could eat white flour pancakes every day!

The child spoke, looking at the man who had asked the question.

"Uncle, I've told you everything I know."

Can I eat this pancake?

The man tossed the pancake to the child, then turned and looked coldly at the child's grandfather.

"Old man, aren't you going to tell the truth?"

Upon hearing this, the man next to him immediately pushed the whole family to the ground.

Upon seeing this, the child on the bed threw down the biscuit in his hand.

She got out of bed crying and tried to grab those men.

The men who were holding the child hostage wouldn't hold back just because he was a child.

Seeing that he was about to make a move, the child's grandfather quickly shouted:

"I'll tell you everything, please don't lay a hand on me!"

He immediately recounted to the man everything he had seen over the past two days.

The man's face turned sinister after hearing this.

"Damn it, I've been fooled by that guy."

I knew it! What a coincidence that the inn had run into a consumptive!

It turns out, it was all a lie!

The person who killed Yang Laowu must be among them!

As she spoke, she kicked the child's grandfather.

"Old man, let me tell you the truth, I am a powerful and ruthless fighter."

If you dare to reveal what happened tonight!

Then your whole family can forget about living!

The child's grandfather was kicked so hard he curled up, and it took him a while to catch his breath.

At this moment, the group of men had already led their men out the door.

The father waited until the person had walked away before carefully going forward to close the door.

As for what would happen to the group of outsiders in the inn, he really couldn't control that.

These days, it's already a struggle for his family to survive!

After leading the group out, the man did not return to the inn.

He had just received news that there were quite a few outsiders in the inn, at least a hundred or so.

In this situation, the twenty or so men he led were no match for him at all.

He sent a dozen or so of his men back to call for help.

In addition to returning to the thug shop, we also need to call over all the people searching in the vicinity.

Soon, more than a dozen people ran out.

The man led the rest of his men to hide on a street corner not far from the inn, keeping an eye on the inn's direction.

About 15 minutes later, the first batch of rescuers arrived.

At this moment, if you look from above Dongyuan City, you will see...

There are more than a dozen teams in the entire northern district of the city heading towards the inn.

On the second floor of the inn, Lu Qingqing sat on the bed, her heart beating inexplicably faster.

The room was silent. She got up quietly and went to the window.

It was pitch black outside, and there was no sound except for the wind.

After standing by the window for a while and seeing that there was nothing wrong, I went back to bed.

Half an hour later, Lu Qingqing, who was sitting on the bed pretending to be asleep, suddenly heard Xiaobai's barking in the backyard.

The voice sounded familiar; it was Xiaobai issuing a warning.

She jumped up, grabbed her bow and arrows, slung her quiver over her shoulder, and ran out the door.

I pushed open the door to the room opposite and went to the window.

I quietly pushed the window open a crack and looked into the backyard.

In the dim moonlight, more than thirty men stood in the courtyard, each holding a machete.

People were still climbing over the wall to get inside.

Before she could react, the soldiers on duty noticed the anomaly and shouted:

"Get up quickly, someone has come in from the backyard!"

As soon as the sound came out, the man who had climbed over the wall from the backyard knew he had been exposed.