The next morning, when Song Mu got up, the scholars from all the houses were already packing their things.
Yesterday's monster incident ended up being an unhappy affair, and the people in Shaozhou Prefecture obviously didn't want to see Song Mu and others. This morning, some officials came and urged everyone to leave.
On the surface, it was said to not hinder everyone's hunting mission, but secretly, everyone understood why.
After all, Tao Fengming had lost someone's face, and he didn't want people to make irresponsible remarks about the affairs of the state capital.
We are just a bunch of talented people, with only literary and no official positions. Under the current situation, we can only accept it calmly, pack our things and leave.
After experiencing what happened last night, Song Mu now had some thoughts in his mind. Could it be that the other party urging everyone to leave so hastily had something to do with that Ke Jijin?
After packing his things, Song Mu came to Tao Fengming's room. At this moment, Tao Fengming was still dressed in the same sloppy way. Even after washing up yesterday, he suddenly looked unkempt.
Now the clothes he was wearing had changed into a light blue robe. When he saw Song Mu coming in to get something, he immediately said to Song Mu.
"Jing Zhao, we will leave the city gate from the west today."
Song Mu was stunned when he heard this. He didn't understand what Tao Fengming meant, but he just nodded.
Not long after, a group of people from Jizhou Fuxue packed their bags and prepared to set off. However, Tao Fengming still went to the government office, handed a message inside, and then led everyone towards the west gate, slowly
Out of the city gate.
However, after leaving the city gate, today's team was moving very slowly. Tao Fengming seemed to deliberately slow down everyone, and everyone walked leisurely on the official road.
Sensing something was wrong, Xiao Xiong stepped forward and asked, but all he received in response was Tao Fengming's "Oh."
Song Mu was following Tao Fengming, but he couldn't help laughing when he saw Tao Fengming's actions.
Tao Fengming did this, maybe he was waiting for something, maybe he asked Qingtianwei to light the fire as he said yesterday.
But this made everyone feel that something was wrong. After all, when Tao Fengming just came out of the government school, he kept urging everyone to move forward. Today's behavior is really abnormal.
No one dared to say anything more about this and just walked behind.
After walking for about seven or eight miles, they also climbed a mountain. It happened that many refugees in front of them came this way. Tao Fengming immediately waved his hand and asked everyone to rest nearby.
This immediately surprised everyone, but they all put down their bags and rested on the spot.
Song Mu also sat on the floor, took out his gourd and drank two sips of water, preparing to eat something.
"Brother Jing Zhao, sir, what are you going to do today, and you won't tell us where to go. It's almost noon, and we have only gone so far."
Song Mu was taking out the dry food from his bag when Xue Kaiwen's voice sounded next to him.
Song Mu just shook his head with a smile, and then said to the other party.
"I don't know about this. Maybe this is Master's idea. We don't want to do anything."
When Xue Kaiwen saw this, the expression on his face was very frustrated, but it was hard to say anything at the moment. He could only take the dry food handed over by Song Mu and start eating it.
Although it is autumn, the weather in Guangdong is still relatively hot. The midday sun is indeed a bit scorching, and everyone is a little drowsy.
Song Mu glanced at Tao Fengming, who was sitting on a stone not far away, drinking tea, and turned around to take his dried meat, when a voice sounded next to him.
"Is the flatbread delicious?"
A childish voice sounded, and Song Mu turned his head and saw a little girl with tattered body, two pigtails, and a dirty face standing on the edge of the official road, looking at Song Mu with her fingers in her mouth.
Song Mu was stunned for a moment, then looked down at the half-eaten cake in his hand.
"Is it delicious?"
The other party asked again, and Song Mu took out a breath without saying a word. He just reached out and broke open the cake in his hand, and then handed it over.
The child immediately looked at the cake in Song Mu's hand eagerly, then seemed to swallow hard and rushed forward.
"Nuan Nuan!"
At this time, an anxious voice sounded, and then a man with the same ragged clothes came over. Seeing the child taking biscuits from Song Mu, he rushed up.
When the child touched the cake in Song Mu's hand, the man quickly hugged the child and then bowed towards Song Mu.
"I'm sorry, sir, I'm sorry."
With that said, the man was about to leave, but the child in his arms was still looking at the cake in Song Mu's hand eagerly. He raised his head, still twirling his fingers in his mouth, and said something to his father.
.
"Daddy, the cake is delicious."
Song Mu couldn't bear it anymore. At this moment, he hurriedly stepped forward and gave the biscuit to the other party. Seeing the sallow appearance of the father and daughter, he turned his head and handed over the small half of the biscuit left in Xue Kaiwen's hand.
"Brother Jing Zhao, you..." Xue Kaiwen had a look of shock on his face when the food was snatched from his mouth. However, when he stepped forward and saw the appearance of the father and daughter, he just sighed and said nothing.
The two of them left gratefully, but at that moment, hungry people looked over. Song Mu really couldn't stand the eager eyes of those children, so he immediately took out all the dry food in his bag, leaving only the dried meat that the master put here.
However, even so, it was only a drop in the bucket. These victims came from nowhere and were already hungry. If Song Mu and other scholars were not here, frightened by the pressure of everyone, they would have looted these things.
stand up.
Looking at the small hands stretched out in front of him, Song Mu could only look up at Tao Fengming.
At this moment, Tao Fengming drank the last bit of tea, took out the dried meat, chewed it in his mouth, and said lightly to everyone.
"Take out all your dry food and give it to them."
Hearing this, all the scholars were a little surprised, but they still obeyed.
For a time, the entire official road was filled with people reaching out to Song Mu and others. It was not until the official officers arrived that they gradually continued to move forward.
The rations in the hands of Song Mu and others were all divided. At this moment, everyone was stunned, looking at Tao Fengming not far away with puzzled eyes.
"This...we have no dry food here, what should we do next?"
Xue Kaiwen asked from the side at this time. Although the other scholars did not nod in response, there was a bit of confusion in their eyes.
Song Mu had the most troubled expression on his face. He was about to hand over his hand and accuse him when he heard Tao Fengming's voice.
"Yes, without dry food, we will definitely not be able to leave."
Song Mu turned around. Tao Fengming had already stood up from the stone, patted his sleeves, and then turned to look at everyone.
Under that messy long hair, his eyes seemed clear.
"Let's call it a day and go back to Shaozhou Fucheng to replenish our supplies and leave tomorrow."
"What?"
Everyone's eyes widened when they heard Tao Fengming's words, and there was a lot of discussion at the moment.
Today I came out and walked slowly for a long time.
So you want to go back?
Song Mu was also stunned, but at this moment, he was a little happy. As expected, Tao Fengming did not give up on that matter so easily.
This means I have to go back and make a break.
With that said, Tao Fengming led everyone back to the official road.
This time, Tao Fengming's pace was much faster, and everyone hurriedly followed. Song Mu asked beside Tao Fengming.
"Master, what are we going to do when we go back?"
"Slay demons and demons."
Tao Fengming said this and added another sentence.
"Speed up your pace, Shaozhou Prefecture is in danger right now."