More than twenty cool figures on horseback rushed along the official road along the Jijiang River.
"Stop the horse."
"call!"
Xu Mu rode on his horse and turned back coldly, looking at the scenery behind him. After two or three miles further, they calculated the inner city.
The farther away from the inner city, the more messy the official roads became. Xu Mu only turned his head and took a few glances, and found at least six or seven dead bodies dumped on the roadside.
There were half-dead fleeing people wailing as they passed by. They raised their hands pitifully and reached out to Xu Mu and others to beg for food. In the past, they would have never dared to provoke the strongman, but in such years and such hunger
, I can no longer care about it.
"Chen Sheng, send me some dry food."
Chen Sheng nodded and took out a dozen grain steamed buns from the horse's belly, before sending them out——
In an instant, there were roars all around, rushing towards them.
"Master, there are too many people."
"Those who are only kept for two days will be sent out." Xu Mu's voice was deep.
There was no dry food, and the twenty or so of them had swords, bows, and arrows, and of course there were many ways to do it. However, these refugees were covered in scars, dying, and could not even walk steadily.
"My boss, how come the imperial court doesn't provide disaster relief!" Chen Sheng shouted angrily.
Xu Mu didn't answer, with a stern look on his face, he asked more than 20 horsemen and horses to clean up, and continued on his way.
Behind them, the refugees formed a large circle, frantically scrambling for food.
After driving forward for another journey, without the flow of the Ji River, the terrain became more and more desolate. Not to mention the trees, even the thorn grass had been uprooted.
An old tree had its skin peeled off, and there were still dense tooth marks on the exposed trunk.
"Boss, those people are digging water chestnuts."
Water chestnuts, also called horseshoes, are buried very deep in the soil. It would be extremely tiring to dig them out with just your hands.
At this time, there were hundreds of refugees, a large, dark group, squatting on the swamp that was about to dry up, crying, picking up dead branches and branches, and digging into the mud. Every time a water chestnut was dug out, they would
It attracted dozens of people fighting for it.
The person who grabbed it didn't bother to remove the dirt and bit the small black lump into his mouth, leaving his mouth full of blood.
Even so, others kept picking at his mouth with their hands, trying to pull it out.
"My boss, I, I can't stand it anymore." Chen Sheng's eyes burst into tears.
"Let's go first." Xu Mu gritted his teeth.
He remembered what Tsuneoshiro had said, that the Great Ji Dynasty was not a famine without food, but that 70% of the food in the world had gone missing.
In troubled times, if you store grain, you will become rich enough to rival your country.
As long as there is still some conscience in the court, it is time to provide disaster relief. The miserable situation of these refugees is so incompatible with the prosperity of Changyang.
"I said leave!" Xu Mu shouted.
After more than twenty riders and horses, they withdrew their silent gaze, and only turned their overwhelming anger on their riding whips, driving the fierce horses very fast.
The journey from the inner city to Laoguan is at least 700 miles. Even if it is faster, it will take three or four days.
As the night got darker, a group of people had no choice but to retreat into the woods, build a bonfire, and rest for a while.
"Longbow, go watch the night in the taller trees."
The bow dog wrapped in gray robe nodded, quickly climbed up a bare old tree, found a branch and sat down.
"The bark of the nearby trees has been stripped off. Obviously this place is not far from the inner city." On this issue, Chen Sheng was still furious.
Xu Mu sighed in his heart. The closer he got to people like Chang Silang and Yuan Tao, the more he understood how cruel this world was.
"Molly, have a good rest, we have to go on a journey tomorrow."
The group of people nodded, and after arranging the night watchmen, they were about to take a rest. Unexpectedly, not long after, Gonggu, who was enjoying himself in the tree, suddenly raised his head.
Zhou Zun and others who were on duty at night also walked back in a hurry.
"What?"
"My boss, there are refugees coming around!"
Xu Mu frowned and headed north for two thousand miles. There were many refugees along the way. He didn't expect to go all the way. But he never expected that these refugees would be so crazy.
How could it be so easy to deal with twenty big men with swords?
"My boss, we are approaching!" Chen Sheng gritted his teeth and walked to Xu Mu's side.
"Ride away."
"Boss, these people are blocking the road!"
"Raise the sword!" Xu Mu's eyes darkened, and after a low shout, he pulled out the long sword from his waist. When he came from the border, he already knew how crazy refugees were when they were extremely hungry.
Clang, clang, clang, more than 20 people slowly retreated to the horses and took out the simple knives on their backs.
Bow Dog's only eye shone dimly in the night.
Click.
The sound of dead branches being trampled down.
Not long after, the moving figures slowly gathered over.
A bald man had eaten something. His mouth was full of oil and water, and his belly was as round as a pregnancy.
He raised his head and wiped his mouth, and his whole face suddenly became greasy.
Behind him, dozens of refugees also had their mouths full of food. Some of them were in the dark, and they were holding a few dying children.
"My boss, people cannibalize people..."
When Zhou Zun was at the border, he once went out to the village to inquire. When he came back, he fell off his horse and vomited.
Xu Mu's palms trembled slightly, not because of fear, but because of pain. Previously in Wangzhou, when he went out to collect food for the first time, he encountered a group of refugees and was almost blocked in the middle of the road.
No matter what the environment, evil people will always be evil.
The bald man opposite opened his eyes wide, looked at the horses behind Xu Mu and others, and then laughed sharply.
His eyes were dull and his teeth were black.
"I killed a roe deer earlier to eat, and now I'm going to eat a horse again." Baldhead rubbed his belly, paused for a moment, and suddenly cried out inexplicably.
Emotionally unstable, like a madman.
This bare mountain top has even the bark and grass roots plucked out. Where did the roe deer come from!
"Kill him!" Xu Mu gritted his teeth.
More than 20 young and strong men were already angry. Under the leadership of Chen Sheng and other heroes, they brandished simple knives and attacked the refugee gang.
After just one encounter, seven or eight crazy refugees fell into a pool of blood.
"Eat, eat horse meat, this is horse meat, horse meat is not salty anymore——"
Xu Mu became angry and stabbed forward three times in a row, and blood spurted out. The bald man, who was still talking nonsense, cried in pain, seemed to have burped, and vomited a piece of meat that looked like a finger.
, vomited on Xu Mu.
Xu Mu returned his sword coldly, dusted off the dirt on his body, and stood quietly in the night wind.
The refugee gang, which consisted of dozens of people, was now afraid. After a dozen of them fell down, the remaining people ran forward, crying and screaming.
"Boss, all the children have been rescued." The first few villagers walked back hoarsely, each holding a child.
"Brother Mu, these kids are all sick."
"It's not illness."
"Master, I'm going to get some food." Chen Sheng hurriedly ran around and fetched a few steamed buns, and just handed them to one of the children.
The child hurriedly opened his mouth, but before the steamed bun came into his mouth, he made a "burp" sound, retched and coughed repeatedly, and his face turned pale.
Everyone present felt pain in their hearts.
"Get on, get on the horse, and rush to the town ahead." Xu Mu turned his head and glanced forward, only to feel that the night of the entire Epoch was becoming more and more desolate.