"Ah!" A tragic sound broke the peace of the city.
Anyang was located in the northern part of Jiangsu Province. It was an important city in the center of the northern part of Jiangsu Province, and it was also a battleground for military strategists.
This place faced the river and the sea. There were no mountains and mountains, and the terrain was flat. Moreover, the rivers and lakes within the territory were crisscrossed, and the water network was crisscrossed.
It was raining heavily in this beautiful city known as the " Plain Water Village." Occasionally, there were a few people walking on the streets with umbrellas.
The scream was not heard by many people because it was drowned out by the rain.
The next morning, there was a corpse floating by the river.
"Look! What's that?" At this moment, someone suddenly shouted.
"It seems to be a person!" Someone echoed.
At this moment, someone had already jumped into the water and swam towards the corpse.
When the man swam to the corpse, he was stunned and his body trembled.
He didn't touch the corpse. Instead, he swam to the shore quickly, his body trembling." Report…report…report to the officials!”
After a while, the armored guards of the city lord's mansion arrived.
When the corpse was pulled out, everyone was stunned. Some of them even closed their eyes and did not dare to look, while others directly vomited.
Because what they had salvaged was only a skeleton wearing clothes.
After identification, it was indeed a human skeleton.
"You don't know! That person was fished out, leaving only his bones!”
"Yeah! I saw it too! His skin, flesh, and internal organs were all gone!”
"Don't you think it's strange? Even if he killed someone, he couldn't have shaved off the flesh so cleanly!”
"Yeah! I also find it strange!" At the thought of this, the man rolled his eyes." Say, do you think it's a monster?”
"Stop talking nonsense! Monsters! Those demons were fine in the forest. Why would they come here?”As soon as that person spoke, everyone around him burst into laughter.
"Don't laugh yet!" That person was also anxious." Have you forgotten that Qinghe County and the state became a dead city and a ruined city overnight a few days ago?”
" Oh," someone thought of it too." Didn't they clarify it in the end?" There's no such thing!"
"Clarity? Don't you think it's strange that people only clarified it after they found out? Moreover, they even sent troops! Besides, aren't you all curious? Aren't these actions to block the news?”
"If it was that simple, would there be such a big commotion?”
After hearing what he said, the people around him felt that it made sense and began to think.
"Believe it or not, I have a friend who went to Qinghe County. When he got there, he found that Qinghe County had become an abandoned city. He even sent back a video. I still have that video in my storage stone.”
As he spoke, he took out his storage stone and played the short video. Those people all gathered around.
They all saw the tragic state of Qinghe County.
"Let us save the recording and go back to study it!”Someone suggested.
"Alright!" After saying that, he helped those people save the video one by one.
"Don't think that I'm exaggerating! Everyone saw the corpse this morning! I think there will be a second and third corpse tomorrow, and it will be the same as the first corpse!”
"Old Zhang! I think you're right!"
"Yes, yes, yes! Then what do you think caused it?”
"It's a monster! It was said that those demons ate human flesh cleanly. After eating it, all that was left was a skeleton! Some even ate people without spitting out bones!”
"What you said makes sense! However, in this clear world, the demons were all in that forest. How could there be any demons!”
"If you don't believe me, then you can continue to stay here! I'll bring my wife and children to my relatives 'house to hide for a while! I don't want to die here!"
After saying that, he picked up his small stool, waved the fan in his hand, and walked away with his back hunched.
Some of the people behind him were frowning, some were deep in thought, some were touching their chins, some didn't take it seriously and laughed at Old Zhang's cowardice, while others thought that Old Zhang was talking nonsense.
This Old Zhang, whose real name was Zhang Guohua, served in the army when he was young and made a lot of contributions. He became a chiliarch in the army. Later, he retired and returned to his hometown to enjoy his life.
His wife, Ye Shufen, had known each other since they were young and could be considered childhood sweethearts. Moreover, when Old Zhang first served in the military, his family did not allow him to wait for Zhang Guohua. However, Ye Shufen was stubborn and would not marry anyone other than Zhang Guohua. In the end, the two of them became lovers.
Old Zhang returned home and saw the woman in the kitchen, who was rubbing her forehead and counting the beads of sweat.
"Stop doing it! Stop doing it! I have something to tell you!" He patted the woman's shoulder and said.
The woman turned around. Although time had left traces on her face, one could tell how beautiful she was when she was young.
"What's wrong? What happened? Look at your serious face!" That woman was Old Zhang's wife, Ye Shufen.
"My wife! Come out first, I have something to say!" With that, he turned around and left the kitchen.
Ye Shufen looked at Old Zhang, who was acting a little weird today. She placed the vegetables in the pot onto a plate, turned off the fire, washed her hands, and walked out of the kitchen.
"What's wrong? What was going on? What do you want to tell me?" Ye Shufen walked out of the kitchen and saw Old Zhang sitting in the living room with a worried expression.
"Shufen! We've known each other since we were young. After all these years, do you think I'm someone who would spout nonsense?”Old Zhang sighed.
"What's wrong with you?" Ye Shufen was very worried about her husband and asked hurriedly.
"Shufen! I went out for a walk this morning, and my eyelids kept twitching. In the end, those old men and I saw the guards of the city lord's mansion fishing out a skeleton from the moat!”Old Zhang sat up straight and told Ye Shufen about his worries.
"A skeleton! What's so strange about that? When a person dies, all the flesh and organs in the body will melt. Only the bones will be left. Look at how mysterious you are! If you tell me about this, I'll go and cook!”Ye Shufen didn't care about this matter. Instead, she stood up and prepared to leave.
"Let me finish! Why are you in such a hurry?" Elder Zhang grabbed Ye Shufen who was about to leave.
"Good, good, good! I'll sit down and you can say it. Hurry up and finish. I still have to cook. In a while, our precious grandson will come back from school and complain that he's hungry!”Ye Shufen was not impatient and sat down again.
"I know that when people die, those things will be gone! However, I heard one of the guards say after examining the skeleton that the person died last night!”Old Zhang saw Ye Shufen sitting down and quickly went up to her and whispered.
"He died last night? Impossible, you must have heard wrongly!" Ye Shufen started to doubt Elder Zhang's words. She quickly touched Elder Zhang's forehead." You don't have a fever!"”
" Sigh…" Old Zhang took Ye Shufen's hand off." Many people heard it!" I'm not the only one who heard it!"
"Then what do you want to say?" Ye Shufen did not sit down and asked Old Zhang.
"My wife! Have you seen the video of Qinghe County that Old Li posted last time?”Old Zhang looked at Ye Shufen and asked suddenly.
Ye Shufen stood there and thought for a while. Suddenly, she thought of something and started to get nervous. She quickly sat beside Old Zhang." Old Zhang! Are you saying that Anyang County will be like Qinghe County?”
"My wife! You understand now!" Old Zhang was a little excited when he saw that Ye Shufen understood what he meant.
"Old Li was my former comrade and saved my life in the past. He's still locked up and can't get out! Because she was afraid that he would spread the video of Qinghe County!”
Old Zhang did not stop and continued,"I don't know how long it took Qinghe County and Ning Province to become like that, but now, Anyang County is about to start! That's why I came back. I want to tell you that we must take our grandson and leave Anyang County!”
"Old Zhang! Shouldn't we inform the neighbors and ask them to come with us?”When Ye Shufen heard that Anyang County might become an abandoned city like Qinghe County, her heart almost jumped out of her throat. She stood up, rubbed her hands, and paced around the room.
"It's useless! I said it was a demon, but they didn't believe me! I think we're the only ones left! Only then will they believe it!" Old Zhang sighed and shook his head helplessly.
Ye Shufen's face had turned pale. She could not believe it, but she had to believe in her husband who had been with her since she was young.
After speaking, Ye Shufen hurriedly went to the school to pick up her grandson and applied for leave from school. Then, she returned home, packed some clothes, brought some food, and left the house with Old Zhang.
"Old Wang! Then Old Zhang really moved away!" Old Liu, who had been listening to Old Zhang's conversation in the morning, looked at Old Zhang, who had left in a hurry, and said to Old Wang, who was next door.
"I really don't know what's wrong with him. He used to be a soldier and walked through piles of dead people. Why has he become so timid now?”Lao Wang sighed and took a sip of tea from his teacup.
"Could it really be like what he said?”Old Liu hesitated. He didn't know if he should leave with Old Zhang.
"Don't listen to his nonsense! How can that be!" Old Wang reprimanded Old Liu.
In the evening, the weather in Anyang was a little stuffy. People couldn't sit still at home. They felt like they were being steamed in a steamer.
Many people walked out of their homes and enjoyed the shade outside.
The evening sky was a little different from usual. He didn't know if it was because of the sunlight or if the clouds were originally red.
Many people raised their heads to look at the sky. They thought that the red clouds that filled the sky were burning clouds.
In the city, there were many alleys like the one Old Zhang lived in.
Old Liu sat in front of the door and looked up at the sky.
He didn't know why, but ever since Old Zhang left, he felt uneasy.
"The sky is filled with burning clouds and the weather is hot. Is it really like what Old Zhang said? Is a disaster really coming?”
He muttered in his heart as his legs unconsciously walked home.
Old Liu, whose real name was Liu Shiwei, died early. His daughter was working in another city, so she took root in another city. He lived here alone.
Sometimes, even his neighbors would help him.
He returned to the house and paced around." No! I have to go! I feel more and more that Old Zhang is right!”
As he thought about it, he packed his things, carried his bag, and closed the doors and windows.
"Yo! Isn't this Old Liu? What are you doing!" Old Wang, who lived next door, saw Old Liu carrying his bag and asked.
"I want to see my grandson!" Old Liu smiled awkwardly and said to Old Wang.
Old Wang's real name was Wang Xiao. He wasn't a local, but because he married into the family, he became a permanent resident here.
"Don't tell me you want to run too!" Old Wang could read Old Liu's mind.
"No…no! I'm really going…to…see my grandson!”After saying that, Old Liu ignored Old Wang and left in a hurry!
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