Three Hundred and Eighty-Eight: Dongqing Earthquake (20)

Jiang Pengji put a thousand stones of grain in this "granary", and the thirty people brought by Xu Ke could not transport it back at once.

He simply took some of the grain first, occupying half of the area of ​​the cart, and put the herbs in the medicine storehouse and the items that Jiang Pengji specifically asked for in the other half. Xu Ke poked the big bags of strange things. With his knowledge, he couldn't tell what material they were made of for a while.

However, based on the feel just now, the big bags should contain powdery substances.

"It looks like lime..." A servant said softly on the side, "but this kind of bag has never been seen before."

The servant naturally hadn't seen this kind of bag, because it was an industrial paper bag. Jiang Pengji considered that cremation would be blocked, so she could only use burial to deal with the body. In this case, she must be prepared to prevent land pollution, and even the place to bury the body must be carefully considered.

After flipping through the simple mall, there were very few things that could be used for disinfection. There was no way, she could only exchange a few bags of lime for emergency.

According to her understanding, lime already exists in this era. Every household occasionally uses it to prevent moisture and mosquitoes. When building tombs, they also use this thing to sprinkle a layer at the bottom of the tombs... The only thing that is out of the ordinary is the industrial paper bag filled with lime.

But this is easy to solve. Anyway, the papermaking workshop of Liu Mansion has mature papermaking technology.

In the papermaking industry, Liu Mansion is the authority, and she has the final say on right and wrong.

More importantly, Xu Ke will not get entangled in such things.

Lime?

Xu Ke frowned, but he didn't doubt anything.

For safety reasons, the group groped in the dark and pushed the cart back along the original route. Now the damage caused by the earthquake has just begun, and the court has not taken any rescue actions so far. The survival of the surviving people is worrying. In this situation, it is not surprising that they turn into mobs, burning, killing and looting.

However, they wanted to avoid it, but their luck was too bad. There were clusters of flames swaying in the distance, which looked extremely scary in the dark.

"Will-o'-the-wisp fire--that's a ghost--"

"Ghost?"

At first glance, many people thought that the fire and black shadows were ghosts, and they screamed in panic. The crowd was in a state of panic.

Xu Ke saw this, his face darkened, and he shouted in a low voice, "Shut up! Look carefully, they are all human, not ghosts!"

The serious voice was full of pressure, and the servants were frightened into silence, and they didn't even dare to breathe.

Xu Ke's voice slowed down a little, and he repeated, "A gentleman does not talk about strange and chaotic things. Don't be afraid, they are all human."

Everyone was too nervous, his throat rolled, and he kept swallowing saliva.

The temperature tonight was already hot, and now he was nervous again. After a while, his forehead was sweating and his palms were hot.

Xu Ke calmly lowered his voice, "Don't make a sound, squat down and hide..."

The fire in the distance was approaching them, and the originally bean-sized fire slowly expanded.

Looking at the direction these people were heading, they were actually preparing to enter the city.

The walls of Shangjing City seem majestic and heavy, but after hundreds of years of wind and rain, the inside is far more fragile than the outside. The ground dragon turned over, the city wall collapsed and was damaged a lot, and the soldiers guarding the gate disappeared. The majestic huge city gate broke into several pieces and looked shaky.

In order to survive, some surviving people simply packed up their belongings, packed their bags, and sneaked out of the city through the city gate.

At this time, the people didn't have time to escape, so how could they take the initiative to enter the city?

Xu Ke frowned deeply, wondering if this group of people was a disaster relief team sent by the court.

If so, the people of Shangjing City would have hope.

After half an incense stick, Xu Ke dispelled his speculation in his mind.

There were many "ghosts" in that group, and the night was too dark, so Xu Ke couldn't judge the specific number.

Listening carefully, their steps were heavy and steady, and no one talked in the team, only the footsteps and the dull movement of the wheels rolling.

Xu Ke had already asked people to push dozens of carts to the dark, and they carefully hid in the backlight. Now the moonlight is dim, and they will not be discovered by the other party under normal circumstances. However, his strong psychological quality does not mean that his teammates also have a heart made of steel.

A man does not talk about strange things, but that is what he said, but humans are born to fear unknown things.

When they encounter phenomena that they cannot explain, they often like to attribute these phenomena to ghosts and gods, and their imaginations are huge.

The group of people walked along a path not far away, and the distance between the two sides was very close. Seeing this, Xu Ke's face was extremely heavy, and everyone was even more nervous. One servant even trembled, and his abdomen relaxed, and a warm and smelly smell came out.

Xu Ke glanced at him, but didn't say anything. However, man's plans are not as good as God's plans, and his pig teammate still let him down.

Just when the strange team was about to reach the halfway point, the servant at the back of the team suddenly jumped up with a ferocious look on his face, uttering a painful cry for help, waving his right arm non-stop, and vaguely saw a long strip of something swinging in the air. Looking closely, it turned out to be a snake.

"Snake - there is a snake -"

The man's call startled the others, and the team instantly became chaotic. Many servants who were hiding on the ground also jumped up in fear, and quickly moved away from the person bitten by the snake. This time, the unknown team was also alarmed.

"Who is there -"

Xu Ke's heart sank, and he gritted his teeth secretly. What a bad luck!

The scene he least wanted to see happened. The unknown team surrounded them with guns.

The burning tongues of fire kept licking, and from time to time there was a burst of sound. Xu Ke's neck was against the sharp blade, and his life was out of his control.

He secretly took a deep breath, suppressed those distracting thoughts, straightened his back, and wore a bloodstained black jujube scholar's shirt, which made him look proud.

"These people are sneaky and suspicious, arrest them all——"

Someone said, and the group of gunmen pretended to step forward to arrest people.

"Wait!" The two sides confronted each other. Xu Ke was not afraid of the threat, raised his hand to stop them, and said calmly, "The earth dragon turned over, causing the capital to be devastated, and only one in ten people survived. I was entrusted with the delivery of food and medicine, which concerns the lives of many people. I can't delay for a moment, and I hope you warriors will be accommodating. I saw your whereabouts before, so I avoided you to prevent misunderstanding. If you still don't believe it, I am willing to go with you. But there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants in the forest. A cook who transported food was accidentally bitten by a snake. I wonder if you can save one or two?"

The group of people also looked at each other, not knowing how to deal with them.

They were exhausted from working at night, and they were relaxed for a while, so they didn't notice that a group of people were "ambushing" at such a close distance.

If these people had malicious intentions, they would definitely be caught off guard.

The embarrassed scholar in front of them looked like the leader. He didn't change color when facing dozens of sharp spears. Not only was he not scared by them, but he also hoped that they would save people. This was strange. Search for "Dingdian Novel 208xs" on this site, or remember the website address: