Five carriages were lined up in a long snake, and the wheels of the carriages rolled very fast, creating bursts of dust and smoke from time to time.
"Brother Mu, the road ahead is the official road, it's safe." Si Hu, who was sitting in the lead car, turned around and shouted.
Unexpectedly, Xu Mu from behind said something coldly.
"Si Hu, turn to the small road."
The path back to Wangzhou is not only difficult, but also requires a detour of more than ten miles, but it is indeed the safest way at the moment.
Official road? There are no officers and soldiers patrolling the official road for a long time.
"My boss, I've been cut off!"
Seeing that the five carriages were about to go around the path, they never thought that at the fork of the path, there were already piles of broken trees, layer upon layer, at least half a person high.
Not only that, without warning, there was an irregularly swaying fire in front of him.
There was also a faint roar of madness.
"My boss, we are refugees! How did those refugees know that we would go back to Wangzhou? They even cut off the roads." Chen Sheng's voice was trembling.
"Turn off the lantern." Xu Mu gritted his teeth and quickly looked around, "Go to the woods on the right."
Upon hearing Xu Mu's words, the five carriages immediately turned off their lanterns and drove forward with difficulty, following the road in the forest with only the faint moonlight.
Under normal circumstances, refugees would never be so crazy. After all, they are still hungry and weak, so they would not think about chasing some carriage. At most, they will chase for a while, and then give up when they see that they cannot catch up.
But now, the refugees behind are simply going crazy. Under the moonlight, they are like a colony of ants being scalded by hot oil. They are densely packed and coming from all directions, rushing towards them like crazy.
"God doesn't care, and neither do the officials. What will I do if these dog people starve to death? Then we can eat tree bark, horses, or people! Everyone is dead on both sides, but we can't starve to death!"
A very bewitching voice shouted angrily from behind.
Accompanied by this, there were also rising voices in agreement.
"Master, these people are crazy!" Chen Sheng drove his horse desperately, his tone already filled with panic.
"Let's go!"
"The driver behind you, cut open the grain bag and throw two bags of rice and wheat into it!"
When the driver behind the car heard the words, he hurriedly followed the instructions, tore open the two grain bags and pushed them down.
In an instant, the dust from rice and wheat rose into the air, causing the refugees who were pressing forward to stagnate for a while, and then rushed towards the ground crazily. Even though it was still raw food, they couldn't wait any longer, and they were all dirty.
He stuffed handfuls of dirt into his mouth, rolled it down his throat and swallowed it into his stomach.
No matter what, we finally gained some distance.
Xu Mu took a rare breath of air. The danger was far from over. He smelled the smell of rice and wheat, and more and more refugees followed him.
There were a few madmen who ran so fast with bare feet that they were about to cling to the carriage.
"Ticket!"
When the last driver heard the sound, he hurriedly picked up his whistle stick and stabbed it aside several times. Finally, several lunatic refugees were stabbed away, and they knelt on the ground and howled angrily, tearing their matted hair wildly.
"My boss, we have deviated from the route." Chen Sheng gritted his teeth.
"Nothing, just get rid of the refugees first." Xu Mu rubbed his forehead tiredly.
If you are surrounded by refugees, there is a high probability that you will die among them.
Xu Mu was sure that someone must be causing trouble and wanted to cut him off in the middle of the road.
"Master, there's a noise behind me...he's coming again!" The driver at the end shouted in panic.
Xu Mu had a cold face, and after thinking quickly, he spoke in a deep voice.
"Chen Sheng, go get all the lanterns! Si Hu, get out of the car and pick up some larger branches."
When both Chen Sheng and Si Hu hurried over, Xu Mu hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, quickly tied the branches with hemp ropes using the length of the carriage as a distance, and hung up the lantern.
Then, he raised the whistle stick in his hand and stabbed the old horse hard in the abdomen.
The old horse neighed in surprise, dragged four or five branches with lanterns hanging on it, and ran forward crazily.
"Quick, get in the car."
Xu Mu did not dare to delay, so after some urging, he and Chen Sheng each jumped into a carriage, followed the other direction, and continued to attack on horseback.
But the carriage covered with horse lanterns was not so lucky. Xu Mu looked from a distance. In less than half a stick of incense, all the horse lanterns were turned off, and the poor old horse could still be heard faintly neighing in pain.
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"Poor that old horse... he's going to be eaten alive!"
Xu Mu was also silent for a moment, but it was a good ending to return to Wangzhou safely at the cost of a carriage.
"Brothers, go back to the path."
Although they occasionally encountered a small number of refugees who collided with each other, fortunately, the remaining four carriages drove very fast, and before long, they could already see the outline of Wangzhou City in the distance.
"Master, the city gate is closed."
Even during the day, in order to prevent refugees from entering the city, only half of the city gates were opened, not to mention it was late at night.
"It's okay." Xu Mu's face was calm.
If he hadn't been prepared, this troubled world would have been chewed into dregs long ago.
Si Hu had already jumped off the carriage, holding a small bag of broken silver, and threw it in through the gap in the city gate. Soon, half of the city gate slowly opened.
"If it's later next time, you have to add more money." A sleepy-eyed city guard cursed while holding a money bag.
Xu Mu slightly raised his hand and quickly entered Wangzhou City with the remaining four carriages.
"Brother Mu, your little maid wife is here to pick you up again."
Just entering the city gate is not far away.
Following Si Hu's voice, Xu Mu just raised his head and saw a tired-looking Jiang Caiwei, with a thin and frail body standing under a wall, shivering.
When he saw the convoy coming back, he was so happy that he started running towards it.
Xu Mu felt a little tight in his chest, hesitated for a moment, and jumped out of the carriage.
"Xu, Xu Lang."
"I asked you to stay at home. It's already late at night, and what are you doing out here?"
"The slave family is worried about Xu Lang." Jiang Caiwei lowered her head and her voice sounded like a mosquito.
"There are a lot of gangsters on the street, and there are also old drunkards who get drunk and go crazy in the street——"
Bang!
An old hatchet fell from Jiang Caiwei's body, making a crisp sound.
Xu Mu was startled, and Si Hu and others behind him were also startled.
Jiang Caiwei blushed and hurriedly picked up the rusty and blunt old hatchet and held it in her arms.
Xu Mu felt the sour feeling in his chest getting stronger and stronger.
He was obviously very scared and his body was fragile, but he still hugged Lao Chaidao and waited for him to come back.