The refugees rioted and the court suppressed them with force. Su Xubai and Meng Shaoqing came to Jiangnan together. He and Meng Shaoqing were originally suppressing it at the front. Now when they came back to rest, they met Hongdou who was asking for help at the county Yamen.
When he saw Hongdou, she was very embarrassed. She knelt at the door of the county government office and cried loudly. Su Xubai thought that he had made a mistake. After all, how could someone who was confirmed to be gone come back to life?
But when Hongdou saw her, besides subconsciously dodging at first, he rushed over the next moment: "Master, madam, madam was detained by the refugees, please go and save me!"
Su Xubai had forgotten how he rushed out at that time. He only remembered that he ran to the place Hongdou said and wanted to turn the whole village upside down, but he found nothing. The rest
, there is only a burned village.
"Has the person been found?" Meng Shaoqing, who came back from the previous trip, had been sending people to patrol after hearing that Chengchun was captured by the refugees. When he came back today, he heard that the person had been found, so he hurried over to take a look.
As soon as Meng Shaoqing walked to the door, he was pulled back by Su Xubai: "Don't go in!"
Meng Shaoqing was stunned for a moment, then looked at Su Xubai: "How are you?"
"No injuries, but I saw some scary things. I was probably frightened, and now I have a fever!" Su Xubai said softly, "How are you doing over there?"
"The riot has been suppressed, and the people who took the lead in making trouble have been arrested!" Meng Shaoqing frowned, "The disaster relief money will be sent to Huizhou early tomorrow. There are also people raising funds in Hangzhou and several surrounding towns.
We sent some supplies there, and logically it shouldn't have caused such an ugly scene. These refugees just want to eat, so where have the hundreds of thousands of tons of food gone?"
"There are many people who are struggling to make a fortune for the country. The poor people are all the common people!" Su Xubai lowered his eyes, his face full of solemnity.
"I heard that the people you led killed a lot of refugees?" Meng Shaoqing suddenly remembered the business, then turned back to look at Su Xubai, "You know, at this juncture, you are causing trouble for yourself by attacking the refugees.
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"Those people are no longer ordinary people. What they did is more terrifying than grass bandits!" Su Xubai couldn't help but feel sick when he thought of what Islam reported later, "They eat human flesh, and
, they won’t even let go of children as young as three or four years old!”
Meng Shaoqing was also stunned.
They were sent to suppress the refugees, so they came directly to the rioting Hangzhou, not knowing exactly what the situation was in Huizhou now.
When the flood first started, the imperial court immediately sent people to provide disaster relief, sending batch after batch of money and food, but riots still broke out.
It is not unusual for disaster relief funds to be embezzled, so the emperor immediately sent people to suppress the refugee riots after learning about them. At the same time, they also stopped by to investigate the whereabouts of the disaster relief funds.
Because they came directly to Hangzhou, there was no sign of people living in poverty around Hangzhou, so when Su Xubai said that they were eating human flesh, Meng Shaoqing also looked incredulous: "The imperial court released so much grain, it's not a famine."
How could you end up eating human flesh after living for several years?"
Su Xubai pursed his lips, not knowing what to say.
Meng Shaoqing was silent for a long time, then patted Su Xubai on the shoulder: "I finally found it again. Don't scare people away again! If you do it again, you may not be able to find it again."
Su Xubai glanced at Meng Shaoqing, and then laughed: "Go and do your work, I'll be back in a while!"
After Meng Shaoqing left, Su Xubai returned to the house, and Hongdou just sat in front of the bed, changing her to a clean wet towel every little while, trying to cool her down in this way and prevent her brain from burning.
Broken.
"You... take good care of her!" Su Xubai walked up to Cheng Chun, looked at her pale face, and after a long time, stood up and left.
Su Xubai walked out of the yard and looked at the guards beside him: "Keep your guard here. If anyone inside makes any mistakes, please come and see me!"
The guard quickly responded: "Yes!"
At night, Chengchun slowly opened her eyes. The room was dark. In the distance, there was a small red light. She chased the red light and walked forward. Not far away, she saw the child.
, and a beam of red light is the hairband on her head.
"elder sister!"
Chengchun walked towards her step by step as if he was bewitched.
Suddenly, someone grabbed her hair from behind: "Run? Where are you running to? Sheep, you have to be conscious of being a sheep!"
The cold and sharp blade was pressed against her neck. She wanted to run, but she couldn't struggle away. He watched helplessly as the child in front of him was broken apart bit by bit.
Blood was mixed into the muddy ground, the big iron pot was bubbling, and there was a pair of bright red embroidered shoes.
"Ah! Ah!"
Screams echoed throughout the entire courtyard.
Cheng Chun sat up suddenly, covering her ears and screaming like crazy.
Su Xubai quickly ran in from outside and hugged Chengchun into his arms: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Ah Chun, I'm here, don't be afraid!"
Chengchun covered his ears and screamed heartbreakingly until all the lights in the room were lit by Hongdou.
"It's okay, it's okay, Ah Chun, it's okay!"
Cheng Chun grabbed Su Xubai's lapel tightly, his whole body trembling all the time: "They were eaten... they were really eaten! Those people called us sheep, two-legged sheep, three-legged sheep.
A four-year-old child...she is only that big. They say raising cubs is a waste of food..."
Chengchun's tears were like broken pearls, falling drop by drop.
Hong Dou, who was standing aside, was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat just listening to it. Her eyes were red and she was standing there at a loss. He had no way of thinking about what she had gone through in the past few days since Cheng Chun was taken away.
What?
Su Xubai hugged Cheng Chun tightly: "They are all dead. The leaders were all strangled on the spot. Those kidnapped women are now placed in the county government office. Ah Chun, don't be afraid, everything is fine. Really
It’s okay now!”
Cheng Chun raised his head and looked at Su Xubai in front of him. His eyes were as red as a rabbit, wet and full of fear.
Su Xubai felt very distressed, but could do nothing. He could only hold her tightly in his arms and kept repeating: "It's okay, it's okay..."
It wasn't until late at night that Chengchun was tired from crying, and Hongdou gave her a bowl of sedative medicine, and she fell asleep again.
Su Xubai looked at Hongdou in front of her. She had too many questions, such as how they escaped from such a fast river? How did they get to Hangzhou? Was there someone secretly helping them behind the scenes along the way? Also
Yes, how much hardship did they suffer during this period?
But when she looked at Hongdou, who was lowering his head and clenching his hands tightly, she suddenly didn't want to ask. If she asked, what she got might not be the truth. If she asked her, it would be better to wait for Chengchun to explain herself.
The story of the rioting refugees cannibalizing human flesh was still spread. Although Su Xubai and Meng Shaoqing had placed everyone who knew about the incident under surveillance, because the incident was so tragic, there were still some rumors.
Got out.
The whole Hangzhou was extremely panicked because of this incident.
The person in charge of disaster relief this time was a student of Prime Minister Hao. He was a second-rank official. He was indeed a talented person. However, this talented person didn’t know how he came to provide disaster relief, and he actually caused such outrageous things.
But at the moment, they don't have the energy to care about what's going on in Huizhou. The first thing they have to do is to control the refugees who have flowed into Hangzhou. Violent suppression is just a temporary measure. What they really want to control is to give them food.
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There are many wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou, and many are kind-hearted. Knowing that they are raising funds for the refugees, even ordinary people will give one or two copper coins to do their part.
Porridge shacks have been set up everywhere to feed the victims, and bamboo shacks have also been built to provide shelter from the rain to give them a place to stay in a short time.
Just these things made Su Xubai and Meng Shaoqing very busy, so by the time Su Xubai actually had time to sit down and talk face to face with Chengchun, it was already five days later.
Chengchun must have been stimulated. Although her fever has gone away in the past few days, she is still asleep most of the time and has nightmares from time to time. When Su Xubai saw her like this, he still swallowed the accusation on his lips.
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Until this day, Cheng Chun took the initiative to find him. Without greetings or prelude, he just said: "Where are my parents?"
At that time, Su Xubai was angry!
These days, he was extremely busy inside and outside. Chengchun never asked him from the beginning to the end, what is he doing now? Is he busy? Is he tired? He finally came to him with this questioning tone.
"Is this how you ask for help?" Su Xubai put down the pen in his hand and looked at Cheng Chun in front of him coldly.
"I didn't ask you to do anything. If you don't tell me, then remove the guards and I will leave on my own." Cheng Chun looked at Su Xubai in front of him, his voice was very soft, but he spoke very clearly.
Su Xubai looked at Chengchun in front of him and laughed angrily: "Chengchun, if I hadn't saved you, you would be dead now!"
"Didn't I save you once? It's even!" Cheng Chun looked at Su Xubai and said coldly, "Either tell my parents what happened, or let me go!"
"Leave? How to leave? According to the deed, you are my concubine, how can you leave?" Su Xubai sneered, "Chengchun, you faked your identity and sneaked into Hangzhou, I can send you to prison right now!
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Chengchun pursed his lips and said nothing.
"So, who helped you?" Su Xubai walked up to Cheng Chun and looked at her condescendingly, "I don't believe you have the ability to forge an identity for yourself!"