After rebirth, the Queen of Madness has gone against the will of Heaven

Chapter 114 Accidental Rescue

When Yu Qingli woke up, sunlight was shining on a huge spider web between the beams. She opened her eyes and saw the shadow of a lantern-sized spider on the snow-white wall. She was startled and thought she was dreaming.

Rubbing his brows, Yu Qingli sat up gently and couldn't help but sigh.

Murong Yanhui's lethality is still very strong. At least I had a strange dream all night yesterday, and it was not a good sleep at all.

Although it was still early, Yu Qingli couldn't sleep anyway, so she simply got up without calling the servants. She gently pushed open the half-open window.

The sun was shining brightly, illuminating the courtyard in every detail. The flowers swayed in the wind, revealing their most beautiful moments. A small insect, whose name I didn't know, quickly crawled from a leaf to its underside, its long antennae swaying along its edge. A little water welled up in the cracks of the bluestone tiles, a touch of green filling the puddle with vitality.

To be honest, Yu Qingli doesn’t really like sunny days, so she doesn’t like summer either.

On a sunny day, everything is too clear, every detail visible, leaving no place to hide. She always thought that she was best suited to sitting alone by a window in a misty corner, sipping a glass of sake. It would be best if there was a refined man in the next yard, so they wouldn't need to meet, just listen to the music of the zither every day.

However, no matter how much she wanted to, everything was impossible. After this rebirth, Yu Qingli knew that she would never have such a leisurely and ordinary life again.

People are like this, the more they can't get it, the more they desire it. So in the final analysis, dreams are actually something that you can never reach.

One person's honey is another person's poison, but what is poison and what is honey is different for everyone.

Yu Qingli combed her hair while thinking. It was already the second day of sunny weather. The long rainy season in the lunar calendar was about to end. Yu Qingli wanted to go to the embankment first to take a look. If everything was fine, she should tidy up her cloth shop and resume business.

After the flood, everything was in ruins and it was the right time to make a fortune. Yu Qingli didn't want to miss such a good opportunity.

It was not yet time for breakfast, and the red bean porridge and minced meat pancakes that were always available in the small kitchen were both lukewarm. Yu Qingli was not picky, so she just ate some and went out.

Before leaving, the girl who was sweeping the floor told Yu Qingli that Yu Zhengsha had gone to the embankment early in the morning.

Yu Qingli nodded slightly, thinking that Yu Zhengsha was also motivated by this sunny day.

There were obviously more people in the city than usual, because it was a sunny, warm day, and everyone's faces were filled with excitement, and they were walking and running around.

Yu Qingli found it a little funny. Just because of a warm sun, these lazy people became so active. It can be seen that people's desires are sometimes easy to satisfy, but once they get used to that happiness, they will forget the joy they felt when they got it.

Should I take advantage of this psychology and consider new sales methods?

Yu Qingli was thinking and paused slightly. Someone behind her suddenly bumped into her body which had stopped suddenly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," the man apologized repeatedly before he even got up from the ground. He was a thin and small person, and looked so weak that he could be blown away by a gust of wind, but his eyes were sparkling, like the stars at midnight, which made people unforgettable after just one glance.

Before Yu Qingli could react, someone behind her suddenly shouted, "Catch that man, catch that man!"

With a "pop" sound, Yu Qingli felt a pain in her right hand. She was pushed to the ground by the weak man again. Yu Qingli struggled to stand up and saw that the man was running very fast. He disappeared from everyone's sight in a short while.

The people chasing behind her also ran to Yu Qingli. A yamen runner saw Yu Qingli and said softly, "Huh?" Then he squatted down and helped Yu Qingli up, saying softly, "Miss Yu, why did you go out alone? You didn't even let a servant follow you."

Yu Qingli didn't want the other party to recognize her, so she could only smile awkwardly.

The yamen runner was not one to waste time. Seeing this, he said, "Miss Yu, you'd better go back home quickly. The streets may be in chaos these days."

"What's wrong? Did that guy just now do something wrong?" Yu Qingli asked while rubbing his right hand which was hurt from the fall.

The yamen runner hesitated for a moment before saying, "After the flood, there will be some chaos after all."

Seeing the yamen runner's hesitation, Yu Qingli said, "Since you recognize me, you also know my identity. Let me ask you, what exactly happened?"

The yamen runner had no choice but to answer directly, but he lowered his voice. "After the flood, the victims were exposed to the scorching sun, which usually leads to an epidemic. The Prime Minister ordered the victims to be rounded up and controlled. Who knew some people would actually flee in droves? We're currently apprehending those fleeing to prevent them from spreading the disease."

After the yamen runner finished speaking, he looked at Yu Qingli and said seriously, "So Miss Yu, you'd better go back home quickly and wait for a few days when things are quieter before going out again."

Yu Qingli refused to comply and grabbed the yamen runner and asked, "Where are those disaster victims you mentioned being surrounded? Take me to see them."

"How can this be good?" The yamen runner exclaimed, "A place like that is not suitable for you, young lady."

She didn't know why, but Yu Qingli just wanted to go and take a look. Her heart seemed to be possessed by the disaster victim just now. She just wanted to see if all the disaster victims had those clear eyes.

The bailiff couldn't persuade her, so he agreed to take her there to have a look, but he also agreed that she could only see it from a distance.

Yu Qingli agreed, and he turned around and took Yu Qingli there. Along the way, he continued to chatter and persuade Yu Qingli that the place was not a place for an ordinary lady to go.

Yu Qingli chuckled and ignored him, thinking in her heart, could a disaster victim with such eyes be sick?

The place where the disaster victims were concentrated and controlled was Chu'an Town in the suburbs of Kyoto. There were yamen runners standing guard along the way, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. Because Yu Qingli followed the yamen runners, she was not questioned.

The sun was beautiful today, but Chuan Town was not. From afar, one could see billowing smoke and a filthy atmosphere. The well water had turned green, and the land had turned to mud.

"What's going on with the fire?" Yu Qingli finally couldn't help but speak.

The yamen runner's back stiffened, and then he said something in a low voice. Yu Qingli really didn't understand, so she smiled faintly and didn't care, and walked straight over there.

She had just taken a few steps when she found she could no longer walk. Her legs couldn't help but tremble, her stomach was churning, and a burnt and foul smell in the air hit her face.

Yu Qingli covered her mouth and nose, turned around and ran. The yamen runner didn't chase her, but just sighed and said, "I told you not to look, but you insisted on looking."

Yu Qingli ran a long way in one breath, but the burnt smell still lingered in her nose, making her stomach churn. She fell to the side of the street and vomited with a "wow".

Today, she saw the most terrifying scene in her life.

The flames of the cremation carried a devouring ferocity, emitting a strange, burnt stench. Weak, dying victims were left carelessly by the side. Although the yamen runners ordered the living to cremate their deceased loved ones as soon as possible, many villagers remained unwilling to do so, believing that only burial could bring peace. Thus, a strange scene emerged: relatives would rather let the bodies of the deceased be abandoned in the wilderness than toss them into the fire. Moreover, the deceased had all died of illness and no one except their relatives had touched them.

In order to prevent the plague from spreading further, Yu Zhengsha had to spend money to hire those poor people to throw the dead into the fire. However, those people were callous and picked up people on the ground without even looking. Sometimes they even picked up some victims who had not yet died and threw them into the fire, and they immediately let out a sharp scream.

Under the scorching sun, the dead bodies changed color, and the choking smoke and the smell of rotting corpses filled the air. However, the most shocking thing was not these, but the villagers in the remote suburbs of Kyoto. They seemed to think that there was nothing wrong with Yu Zhengsha's decision. They numbly re-leveled the land and continued to live in an orderly manner.

The fire burning corpses was not far away, and the air was filled with a strange smell, but they continued to live as if they were unaware.

Survival is more important than anything else.

Yu Qingli felt the same way, but she was still frightened. She covered her chest for a long time and couldn't breathe. She thought that the scene was simply hell. It was nothing like the pair of eyes as bright as stars in her mind.

Qingli felt that she really shouldn't have gone to see it on a whim today. Now, she was afraid that she would have nightmares all night long.

Yu Qingli laughed at herself, stood up and said, "You have to live too, don't you?"

As she spoke, she dragged her tired body slowly towards the Prime Minister's Mansion. She had to have a good rest today, as she no longer had the energy to run the shop.

After returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yu Qingli fell headfirst onto the bed, but those horrible scenes and those eyes like midnight stars kept spinning in her mind, giving her a splitting headache.

Yu Qingli sat up and suddenly thought, there must be a reason why she could live again. Was it God giving her a hint today?

Thinking of those disaster victims who were half-naked, Yu Qingli suddenly decided to go to the cloth shop. She wanted to do her best to help those disaster victims, which would be worthy of this second life.

Yu Qingli made up her mind, drank the refreshing tea on the table in one gulp, and went out again.

This time she walked very fast and soon arrived at the cloth shop. The gate of the cloth shop was open, and Yu Qingli walked in without knocking. There were three or five shop assistants gathered in the yard, and they all stepped aside when they saw Yu Qingli come in.

"What's going on?" Yu Qingli asked, but her eyes fell on the person lying on the ground in the yard.