The sun has set, and scattered stars hang in the sky.
The already quiet Jiangjiacun was once again agitated by the sound of gongs and drums.
"Hengrong, what's the matter?" asked a woman holding a bowl of rice soup that was so clear that you could see the bottom.
Hengrong went straight to the topic and said loudly: "Jiang Xiucai's family just said that the county seat has been invaded by refugees, and they may attack the town soon. Those who are willing to leave can go home and pack their things now. We will be at the entrance of the village in an hour."
gather."
"Leave? Why should we leave?" someone asked.
There was no need for Hengrong to explain, someone immediately said: "The refugees have all come here and we don't want to leave. What if they hit us here?"
"I think 80% is false, right? There are officials in the county, so how can the refugees dare to go in? Do they have the ability even if they want to?" said someone who didn't believe it.
"Last time Jiang Xiucai said there might be a locust plague and you lied about it, isn't it true?" Song Furong happened to be present, and she immediately got angry when she heard this.
"Did Jiang Xiucai's family give you food or money and ask you to speak for them again?" the man who just spoke said angrily.
Song Furong pouted at her on the ground and said, "I believe in their family even if they don't give you anything, but you jump out and jump around whenever you say something, just like someone dug up your family's ancestral grave."
The man's face looked as ugly as if he had eaten a fly, and he was so angry that he wanted to rush over and hit her.
Jiang Hengrong felt his head buzzing as he looked at the noisy crowd, and he beat the gongs and drums violently.
‘Dong dong~’ Two loud noises frightened the quarreling crowd and their voices became quieter.
He said: "What's there to make a fuss about? If you're willing to leave, just go home and pack your things. If you're not willing to leave, just keep it."
Seeing Jiang Hengrong's unhappy look, no one dared to say anything.
The county magistrate is not as good as taking charge now. Isn't he the most powerful in Jiangjia Village?
The woman who just wanted to pounce on Song Furong was interrupted by Hengrong, and she didn't dare to make any more trouble, but she still said stiffly: "Hey~ I really believe everything others say. There are refugees who have gone to the county, and the government officials
We caught them all alone, and they can still wait until they come to us."
"Anyway, if you want to leave, you can leave. My family won't leave. It just so happens that the house and fields belong to my family when you leave."
After the woman finished speaking, she walked away.
Some people were moved by the words of the woman who left. If everyone else left, then the fields and houses would not belong to those who stayed here.
Although it's still dry now, it doesn't mean it won't rain in the future!
Oops, this is such a nice thing. If too many people leave, I will have to thank Jiang Xiucai.
Immediately, several people said they didn't want to leave either.
Seeing them like this, Hengrong didn't know what they were thinking. Just when he wanted to give some more advice, the people from that house waved their hands and left.
"Humph, you guys who don't know anything, if you want to leave, go home and pack your things. You can wait an hour at most before leaving. If you don't want to leave, just stay here like them." After Jiang Hengrong said that, he turned and left.
Some of those who stayed were hesitant, while others hurried home to pack their things.
Hengrong thought about what Jiang Zhiyue said when she followed Jiang Xiucai to come to him, and his heart kept beating.
I think that a man of his age was stunned by a little girl's movie just now. If you tell me this, it will make you laugh out loud.
But thinking about that girl's serious look, he couldn't believe it.
So after notifying everyone in a hurry, he quickly went home to pack his things. He had to take his food and the chickens and ducks with him.
Those who stayed there and haven’t left are also worried. Is it possible that the refugees really came over? Can the government just ignore it?
No matter what, follow Hengrong and the others first. If no refugees come, then they come back. The house and fields will not really belong to them just because they left for a few days.
With this thought in mind, I quickly went back to pack my things.
Even though we don’t have much food at home, we can’t let the refugees rob us of it.
At this time, the Jiang family was also busy packing their things. Because Jiang Zhiyue had warned them a long time ago, they packed up quickly.
The grain in the cellar was moved to the oxcart, as well as the clothes and fabrics to be carried, the things needed to eat on the road, plus oilcloths, raincoats and other messy things, and the two oxcarts were filled to the brim.
At this point, Mrs. Jiang avoided the Wang family and asked Jiang Zhiyue to put some food into her little treasure box, so that the food on the carriage would not be so conspicuous.
Otherwise, it would be unjustifiable to still have so much after selling so much grain at noon.
The four members of the Wang family didn't bother them. When they came, they were pushing a cart. Although they had to use manpower to push it, they could still load all their belongings.
Wang Fugui and the others also understood that the Jiang family was willing to take them in because they were getting an advantage, but they couldn't just bother them with everything and make it difficult for his sister and daughter.
The Jiang family didn't say much. They helped whoever could help, and let the Wang family do what they could.
Everything was loaded on the carriage, and the room looked empty, which made everyone feel a little uncomfortable.
I don’t know if I can come back after leaving now.
When Jiang Zhiyue entered the room, she found her mother still standing by the bed folding clothes. She didn't know how many times she had folded the clothes.
She stepped forward and asked, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"Your grandpa won't come over either, so why don't you worry about me?" Ms. Zhang could only explain with a frown.
"Mom, don't worry about grandpa and the others. They were fine when we went to see them yesterday. They must have their own ideas if they don't come to our place." Jiang Zhiyue comforted.
"Besides, my two uncles and several cousins are also very skilled. They can be safe together in the same village."
"That's right. I was in a hurry. My mother didn't even think of this." Mrs. Zhang said with a smile.
Because she was worried about those in the Zhang family, Jiang Zhiyue accompanied her mother Zhang to Zhangjiacun yesterday.
Mrs. Zhang was helpless. She went to call for help yesterday, but her father felt that it would trouble them if so many people from the whole family came over. He said a lot of words to persuade her to comfort her, but in the end he didn't come over.
They also said that no matter what happened, they would follow the villagers and told them not to worry.
Now I can only hope that they will be fine after hearing the news.
At this time, Zhangjiacun also received the news. The man who brought the news, Jiang Yun and the others, would definitely recognize him when they saw him. He was the middle-aged man they met in the town in the evening.
He happens to be from Zhangjiacun and is the son of Hengrong of Zhangjiacun, so his words are highly credible.
When Jiang Zhiyue and the others returned to the village, the man also returned to Zhangjiacun and told his father about the matter.
There are only a few households in Zhangjia Village, only about 30 households, and most people make a living by hunting. Therefore, although the locust plague has a little impact on them, it does not hinder their lives very much. If the refugees hadn't come, they would not have left.
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In Jiangjia Village, every household that was willing to leave also packed their things and stood at the entrance of the village waiting.
Hengrong agreed to wait only for an hour, but when the time was almost up, someone came in a hurry.
They also felt shaken when they heard the commotion outside, so they hurriedly packed up their things and came over.
After counting the number of people, I found that most of the people came, but there were still more than 20 families who did not come out.
Among them, there were a few lonely elderly people who felt that it would be better to die at home when they were older than to become lonely ghosts outside, so they were unwilling to follow them.
If you haven't come yet, you probably don't want to leave.
Everyone glanced at the village, full of reluctance, and finally looked at Hengrong.
"Hengrong, where are we going this late at night?" someone asked.
Those who were reluctant to follow muttered and complained: "Where can we go at night? There are hundreds of people in our village, and refugees may not dare to come here."
Some people rolled their eyes at him. They didn't listen to what Jiang Xiucai said about refugees who invaded the county town. If you even dare to attack the county town, who do you think you are?
However, someone still answered: "Yes, no matter how urgent it is, don't rush this night. We won't be able to leave until dawn tomorrow."
Although their complaining voices were very low, Hengrong, who was not far away, still heard them.
He glanced sideways and said impatiently: "If you don't want to leave, it's still too late to go back. Otherwise, just follow me honestly and there won't be so much nonsense."
Several people did not dare to say anything more and lowered their heads unconvinced, waiting for Hengrong's arrangements.
"We are experiencing a severe drought, a locust plague and an earthquake. Let's go east. I heard that the third prince's fiefdom is over there. He is also kind. When we get there, he will definitely not leave us alone." Hengrong sighed.
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"And if you walk further east, you'll reach the Imperial City. You won't be afraid of anything anyway."
Jiang Zhiyue was not surprised when she heard his arrangement. No matter what happened, the people would definitely feel that the Imperial City was the safest.
However, they didn't know that the imperial city was now in chaos. Even if she told them, they might not believe her, and they would probably think that she didn't know what she meant.
There is no need to think about this now. Jiang Zhiyue plans to take the Jiang family to the southeast. The emperor there is far away from the imperial city, but there is a general guarding it now.
Now we can still walk with them for a while, and let them choose which way they want to go.
Hengrong added: "Let's walk to the east first and see how far we can go."
Jiang Zhiyue frowned. Going east was the way to the town. If that group of refugees came from the town, wouldn't it be a sheep entering a tiger's mouth?
Thinking about it in her mind, she had already spoken out her objections: "No, we can't go that way."
Hengrong felt unhappy when he heard that someone dared to oppose him, and said in a bad tone: "You can only take that road out of the village. If you don't go east, you might have to go to the Big Python Mountain in the west."
"Grandpa Hengrong is really smart. He can think of an idea as soon as I tell him. There is only one way out of the village. The refugees will definitely take this way when they come here. There are no forks in the road. If we bump into each other while walking,
Wouldn't it be a waste of effort to become a refugee?"
Jiang Zhiyue praised Jiang Hengrong so highly that it was hard to get angry at her again.
Even though she felt a little unhappy, she understood what Jiang Zhiyue meant and could only say: "The girl from the Jiang family has said everything on my mind, so what do you think we should do now? We can't go back after we've sorted it out."
Jiang Zhiyue smiled and said, "Let's hide in the mountains for one night. It won't be too late to leave after dawn."
"Okay, just follow what the Jiang family girl said, let's hide in the mountains for the night."
Seeing that she agreed with this opinion, Jiang Zhiyue led the Jiang family in front to clear the way. The Wang family and Song Furong family followed closely behind, and the rest of the people also followed.
However, some people sneered at this. Jiang Huzi was still upset because Jiang Zhiyue put a knife on his neck to scare him, and he was afraid and hated her in his heart.
He followed a little distance away from Jiang's house and asked loudly: "You are so powerful and yet you are afraid of a few refugees. How many times with your kitchen knife can you scare them away?"
Hearing his yelling like a primary school chicken, Jiang Zhiyue turned around and glanced at him disdainfully.
It was already dark, but when Jiang Huzi saw Jiang Zhiyue looking over, he thought he saw a flash of starlight.
Gee, this little girl from Jiang Xiucai’s family is so damn pretty.
It's just...too violent.
Jiang Huzi quickly lowered his head and looked at the road carefully.
Others didn't answer, because some people still had livestock with them, so they found a relatively flat and convenient road.
After walking for half an hour, everyone found a place to stop and rest.
Everyone wiped their sweat and sat down.
Looking down from the mountain, you can vaguely see several villages at the foot of the mountain, and some people's oil lamps have not yet been extinguished.
I don't know how long it took, but when everyone was no longer paying much attention to the situation at the bottom of the mountain, someone exclaimed: "Look, someone is coming down the mountain."
After hearing his words, everyone quickly looked down the mountain and saw a long fire dragon, with someone holding a torch coming this way.
Then I saw those people holding torches going to the village next to Jiangjia Village.
Because they were at a high place, they could clearly see those people entering the yard and starting to rummage for things.
The owner of the house heard the commotion and started fighting with those people. The people were fighting as if they were desperate for their lives.
Some people even had knives in their hands. They were fighting for the food in an old woman's arms. When they saw that the old woman didn't let go, they swung the knife at her.
From a distance, I saw the woman twitching on the ground for a few times after being stabbed and then stopped moving.
After they finished robbing that village, those people gathered together and headed to the next village, and the next village was: Jiangjia Village!
They did the same thing when they arrived in Jiangjiacun.
Because the people in Jiangjia Village knew the news in advance and escaped, those people vented their grievances on the remaining people without finding much.
The scene at the bottom of the mountain was so horrific that everyone couldn't bear to look away and couldn't bear to look at it anymore.
Everyone's mood dropped. No matter how good or bad their relationship was in the past, they felt uncomfortable. Seeing them being killed made people feel a sense of grief that made their lips tremble and their teeth tremble.
They wrapped themselves in clothes and suddenly felt that the hot night suddenly became cold.
Thinking about the kitchen knives waving in the hands of the refugees, it felt like it was going to hit them in the next moment.
The whole family crowded together, as if that would make them feel safer.
Fortunately, they all followed him out just now, otherwise he might have lost his head by now.
Not far away, Jiang Zhilan gathered her clothes and turned her eyes to see the calm Jiang Zhiyue.
She suddenly felt that Jiang Zhiyue's appearance was particularly annoying. Everyone was afraid, so why wouldn't she be afraid?
Jiang Zhiyue's calm look gave Jiang Zhilan the idea of destroying her.
When Jiang Zhiyue noticed the unfriendly gaze and looked over, she saw the expression on the discovered Jiang Zhilan's face distorted for a moment, and then she forced an ugly smile.
