Famine and Chaos: Weaving Cloth in Exile to Escape the War

Suddenly, Shen Qingzhou remembered the sound he had heard when he came to the thatched hut.

He heard the indistinct voice of a strange man, and three loud bangs.

Seeing the empty thatched hut in front of him, Shen Qingzhou was instantly so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged.

Kyoto Haru must have run off with some random guy!

And he brought those two bastards with him!

She could shamelessly carry his child behind his back, so how could she possibly behave herself in this place of exile?

She must have already hooked up with some random guy here!

Thinking of this, Shen Qingzhou clenched his fist and said to Liu Yi, "Liu Yi! Go and catch her! Now! Immediately! Go and bring back that shameless harlot Jing Zhichun! She must have hooked up with some wild man in exile and run off with her adulterer! Go! Bring back that adulterer and his wife together! I want to personally... cough cough..."

Shen Qingzhou was so angry that he started coughing violently.

Just then, a chirping sound came from outside.

Liu Yi frowned, immediately stepped out of the thatched hut, and saw the monkey on the carriage start calling out towards the back of the hut.

He took the handkerchief off his nose and smelled a faint odor of blood in the air.

"There's a fresh smell of blood outside. Someone just died here," Liu said, quickly walking towards the back of the hut.

"What? Someone's dead?" Shen Qingzhou was taken aback and quickly said to Eunuch Wang, "Quick, carry me over to see."

Eunuch Wang hurriedly and laboriously carried Shen Qingzhou, who was slumped on the ground, out of the thatched hut and then went around to the back of the hut.

In the dim light of the lanterns, the group saw two corpses on the ground, covered with firewood, their heads and faces completely obscured.

Liu Yi, with his sharp eyes, immediately noticed the oil stains spilled on the firewood. "Someone is trying to burn the corpse."

Shen Qingzhou, perched on Eunuch Wang's back, coldly said to Liu Yi, "Liu Yi! Turn it over! Lift the firewood and see if that slut's corpse is inside!"

Upon seeing the two corpses, Shen Qingzhou felt his anger subside somewhat, for some reason.

Actually, rather than seeing Kyo no Haru run away with two bastards and some other man, he would much rather see Kyo no Haru among the two corpses.

If Kyoto Haru dies, then it will be heaven's mercy in ending this disgrace for him!

Upon hearing this, Liu Yi stepped forward, lifted her foot clad in a hard-soled boot, and deftly used the tip of her shoe to pry away the firewood covering the corpse's head and face.

Then, he crouched down and brought the lantern close to the two corpses.

The firelight instantly illuminated two corpses with their eyes wide open, seemingly dying with their eyes still open.

On one of the corpses, there was a bloody hole in the forehead, and the face was covered with dark red blood, making it impossible to see the original appearance of the corpse.

But from his Adam's apple and large hands, one could tell that he was a man.

The chest of the other corpse was also covered in blood.

Moreover, both corpses had red, swollen blisters on their necks and bare arms.

The moment Liu Yi saw the blisters, his face darkened, and he quickly took a few steps back, putting on a handkerchief: "They are two male corpses, around thirty or forty years old, and they are unfamiliar. There is no woman's corpse. Moreover, both of them are infected with the plague."

Upon hearing that both corpses were infected with the plague, Eunuch Wang trembled with fright and quickly carried Shen Qingzhou back several steps.

Although he himself had contracted the plague, the plague emanating from the dead was a different matter.

He could cure the illnesses of the living, but he always felt that those of the dead were particularly ominous and dangerous.

However, at least they had medicine to treat the plague, unlike these lowly people who, if they contracted the disease, could only lie in their dilapidated houses and wait to die.

Upon hearing that Jing Zhichun's body was not among the two corpses, Shen Qingzhou felt immense disappointment and confusion, which instantly transformed into even greater rage.

"Not her?!" Where did that bitch hide?! Did she somehow sprout wings and fly away?!

"No! The snow has lessened considerably now. If she just ran away, there should still be footprints on the ground! Liu Yi, quick! Go find the footprints! No matter which rat hole she's hiding in, or which random guy's house she's hiding in, find her!!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yi's expression instantly turned cold.

If it weren't for his young master's orders, he would have slapped this inhuman piece of trash into a corner and given him a good beating.

His son used to be such a bright and upright normal person.

But ever since she met Shen Qingzhou, she has gradually developed those shameful habits!

Several times, Liu Yi could feel his young master's gaze falling on him. That gaze would always sweep over his back, waist, and buttocks, making him feel cold and terrified every time.

He kept this debt in mind.

"Hehe, Young Master Shen, my task is merely to protect your safety. As for helping you capture your runaway concubine, that's a private matter for your Shen family. What does it have to do with me?"

Shen Qingzhou felt a tightness in his chest from Liu Yi's blatant refusal, but he dared not openly break ties with Liu Yi.

After all, he might still need the Liu family to escort him back to the capital in the future.

Immediately, he gritted his teeth and said to Eunuch Wang, "Go! Find that bitch for me, I want to see her alive or dead!"

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Wang felt extremely bitter.

Where could a eunuch who couldn't lift a finger or carry a load find someone?

However, Liu Yi is clearly standing by and doing nothing, and Shen Qingzhou is throwing a tantrum for some unknown reason, refusing to stay obediently in the Liu family and be taken care of, and insisting on returning to this place of exile.

He himself was absolutely unwilling to serve the Shen family anymore.

He absolutely has to find this person.

Immediately, Eunuch Wang could only carry Shen Qingzhou to the carriage, and after putting Shen Qingzhou down, he went to find Jing Zhichun.

Just then, the monkey with shiny black fur and bright eyes that had been quietly sitting by the carriage suddenly chirped twice.

Immediately, the small monkey darted out from the carriage shaft, and after a few limping leaps, it jumped and sat on Liu Yi's shoulder.

Seeing the monkey yell again, Liu Yi immediately asked, "Did you see something?"

The monkey immediately nodded, then patted Liu Yi's ear with its front paws, turned its head to the other side of the thatched hut, and began to chirp and scream repeatedly.

Liu instantly understood what the monkey meant.

He smirked and reached out to pat the monkey's head.

Fortunately, he didn't kill the monkey a few days ago, as the monkey was indeed useful to him.

Kyoto Haru, hiding on one side of the thatched hut, also saw the monkey leap across the carriage.

She recognized that limping monkey all too well; it was Ma Zhenzhu's monkey.

How come it's with Liu Yi again?

Jing Zhichun didn't have time to think much and hurriedly began to take off her protective suit.

This protective suit has come into contact with those two plague-infected corpses, so it can't be brought into the space.

Jing Zhichun had just pulled her protective suit halfway off when she suddenly felt a chill on her neck, followed by the familiar yet suffocating feeling of tightness.

At the same time, a familiar voice came from above her head.

"Young Master Shen, the person you are looking for is here."

Jing Zhichun quickly grabbed the rope around her neck and looked up. She saw two dark figures that had silently appeared on the roof.

One of them was Liu Yi, whom she had met at Yeyang'ao.

The other one is Ma Zhenzhu's monkey!

Meanwhile, the monkey on Liu Yi's shoulder was gripping a piece of hemp rope, the other end of which was strangling her neck.

The way the knot was tied, and the angle at which it was tightened, were exactly the same as when Ma Zhenzhu tried to kill her that day.

"Hehe, Monkey King..." Kyoto Haru forced a dry laugh, grinning at the rooftop, "Go easy on me..."

The moment she finished speaking, the mechanical voice of the system in her head rang out.

It kept ringing.

P.S. "My darlings, the story about the medicine monkey will be explained later in the plot. This is not a fantasy novel, it's not a fantasy novel."