Chapter 162 Entering the City
When Pei Rong was talking to the soldiers at the city gate, no one spoke among the people waiting behind him.

Now that the soldier had gone to find Zheng Feng, Lu Shaoling spoke up: "No way? Is it the same as the corruption you had in your body? Half of the people in Hexin City are infected with corruption?"

Pei Rong didn't know, he looked at Jiang Lisheng.

Jiang Lisheng didn't know, but she felt that it was probably true. Even the people of the Yun family who had close contact with him could be infected with the poison, so someone had to deal with the corpses in the entire Pei Mansion. How could those who handled the Pei family's funeral not be infected with the poison?

Now it has been nearly a month since the Pei family was wiped out. As a mortal, unlike Pei Rong who had the elixir brought by Yun Wang to save his life, he will definitely not be able to hold on for long. In this way, if people come into contact with each other, won't half of the city be infected?

Zhu Wenyin asked doubtfully, "But Lord Zheng is in the city. He is an official appointed by the imperial court. Shouldn't he order people to burn the city from outside? The soldier said he was also in the city. Isn't he afraid of being infected?"

Pei Rong said in a deep voice: "If the court had ordered a death sentence, Lord Zheng would have been trapped in the city long ago. He would have burned himself to death with the current soldiers after the city was burned. This is an order that soldiers must obey."

Zhu Wenyin was stunned when she heard this and was speechless.

Pei Rong added: "If I'm not mistaken, there should be an imperial envoy sent by the court stationed outside the city, but it's a little distance away from Hexin City. I guess they are afraid that the plague will find them. The role of the imperial envoy is to lead the troops and urge Lord Zheng to follow orders. If Lord Zheng does not obey the holy order, he will be killed without mercy."

Lou Qianyi was shocked. "Is the mortal world so terrible? These are the people of the whole city."

Pei Rong was silent. The mortal world was not scary. What was scary was the people in power. In order to prevent the plague from spreading out of Hexin City, they had to seal off the city when they could not save it.

Lu Shaoling asked Pei Rong, "How many people are there in a city?"

Pei Rong pursed his lips, his face pale, "There are 20,000 people in Hexin City."

"Twenty thousand." Lu Shaoling felt that it was enough. He looked at Jiang Lisheng. With so many people, Junior Sister Jiang couldn't save them, right?
Jiang Lisheng pinched her thumb and index finger together, thinking that out of the 20,000 people, at least 10,000 of them were infected with the poison. She could save Pei Rong, and a few people from the Yun family, but how could she save the 10,000 people in this city? What could she use to save them? Now there were no more mixed spiritual energy groups in her spiritual palace for her to set up the transformation array. The empty spiritual palace did not even have a wisp of air.

Everyone was a little silent.

Chu Bitumen knew Jiang Lisheng's situation best. He had investigated and found that her soul palace was now empty, and she couldn't mobilize even a trace of spiritual energy. Besides her, no one else could save the people in the city. Moreover, even if she could save tens of thousands of people, how big a formation would she have to set up? How much spiritual power would she have to have to avoid being drained? Now, I'm afraid it's impossible no matter what.

The soldier came back soon, followed by Lord Zheng Feng who came hurriedly.

Zheng Feng had a resolute look, and a face that looked righteous, but now he looked gray and haggard. He stood on the city wall and looked down. As expected, he saw Pei Rong, but he still took a long time to identify him before he asked tentatively, "Is it really General Pei?"

It was mainly Pei Rong, who, after being healed by Jiang Lisheng's spiritual magic, had his spiritual roots reshaped for the second time. Compared with before, he was not unrecognizable, but a layer of turbidity seemed to have been washed away from his body, and now he was full of fresh and handsome energy.

"Sir Zheng, it's me." Pei Rong nodded.

Zheng Feng looked at him excitedly, "Brother Pei, are you still alive? I heard that you were taken away by the Yun family of Yunshan City, but there was no news for such a long time, I thought you..."

Pei Rong said, "He was saved." Zheng Feng nodded and spoke to him across the city wall. "Because the Pei family was in trouble, the officials in the city did not handle the aftermath carefully, so they might have been infected with the plague. The imperial physician from the court not only found no way to save him, but also contracted the plague. Now half of the people in the city have been infected with the plague. Since you are still alive, can you save them? You are a member of the Yun family?"

From Zheng Feng's point of view, behind Pei Rong, there were handsome men and beautiful women, each with a noble temperament. It was rumored that all the members of the Yun family in Yunshan City were born with good looks, so they must be members of the Yun family.

Pei Rong didn't say no, but turned around and looked at Jiang Lisheng.

Jiang Lisheng sighed and shook his head at him, "I don't have any spiritual power now. If there are only a few people, I can still use pills to save my life and think of a way, but tens of thousands of people..."

Although Pei Rong understood it in his heart, his face still darkened.

Jiang Lisheng paused. To collect the souls for the Pei family, they had to go into the city. Even if there was no other way, they had to go into the city. She whispered to Pei Rong, "Just say you brought the doctor from the Yun family. You can try."

Pei Rong nodded and relayed Jiang Lisheng's words to Zheng Feng on the city wall.

Zheng Feng was not very happy. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Pei, the imperial court has ordered that this city must be burned down before midnight today. My family members have been taken into custody by the imperial envoys from the court. If I do not obey the imperial order, my family members will be executed immediately, and all nine generations of my clan will be exterminated."

His face was pale and he said, "The situation in the city is very serious. Many people are rotting and smelling bad. Most of the doctors in the city are dead. One of the two imperial doctors sent by the court earlier is also dead. If you don't have a real and effective method, I advise you not to come in. Entering the city now is tantamount to seeking death."

No one wants to die, but Zheng Feng is an upright person. Even if the disaster was caused by the Pei family, Zheng Feng knew that Pei Rong could not be blamed. Naturally, he did not want Pei Rong to come in and die again after he had finally survived.

Pei Rong said: "Let's go in and take a look, and then make a conclusion."

"If you come in, you can't get out." Zheng Feng advised kindly: "The court sent 200,000 troops to take over the 50,000 troops in Hexin City. Now there are 250,000 troops, almost sealing off the entire Hexin City. I don't know how you got in by the troops, but if you can't save the people in the city, you'd better leave quickly."

Pei Rong shook his head, "Sir Zheng, you have the heart to burn down a city full of people? Please open the city gates and let us try, just in case there is hope."

Seeing that he insisted and that no one behind him objected, Zheng Feng sighed, "Well, little brother Pei, since you want to go into the city so much, I will let you in. But you have to know that it will be difficult to get out after you come in. You are the only one left in the Pei family, and you really shouldn't come in to die now."

Pei Rong said: "Master Zheng, just let us in."

Zheng Feng could only order people to open the city gate.

The city gate was quickly opened from the inside, and the group entered Hexin City.

Everyone, including Pei Rong, now has keen senses. As soon as they entered the city, they smelled a strong stench of decay, the same smell that Pei Rong had emitted when he was corroded by the poison.

Zheng Feng stepped forward but did not dare to get close. He said to Pei Rong: "Brother Pei, you smelled it too. If you leave now and do not come into direct contact with anyone, I can still let you go."

Pei Rong's face turned pale and he slowly shook his head.