After a while, the old Taoist priest left the city and staggered into a dense forest.
Several people behind him were overjoyed.
What a God-given opportunity. They were most afraid of the old Taoist priest getting into a crowd; now in the wilderness, with no one around, it was a good place to commit evil.
Several people followed him from a distance. When the old Taoist priest stopped, they changed their eyes, bent down, and got closer.
Closer, closer, closer!
The bright knives shone with a cold light, reflecting their fierce eyes; the knife holder's eyes were cold and stern, his eyes narrowed, and the blade of the knife went straight down.
"ah--!"
At this moment, the old Taoist priest suddenly yawned and raised his hand to stop the knife from falling rapidly.
Discovered?!
Several people were surprised and couldn't help but pause; however, the Taoist priest untied his belt and let out a "hiss" sound.
It turned out that he wanted to pee.
Oh shit!
Several people suddenly felt as if they were humiliated, especially the man with the knife, whose anger was rising. They thought: Anyway, there are many people, and it is in the wilderness anyway, so what if they are exposed?
"Grandma, I'll kill you when I get old!"
The man shouted loudly, gritted his teeth, raised the knife, and chopped more ferociously. However, the Taoist priest staggered forward as if he had no idea.
The knife just missed.
The man was unsteady and almost fell.
But he didn't. The moment he stood still, the Taoist priest turned around and looked at him stupidly.
The man was stunned for a breath, and the heat on his feet caused his expression to change drastically.
The Taoist priest had not yet put on his trousers. He was holding his trouser pocket with one hand and holding the "gun barrel" with the other hand, and peed on his shoe.
"Damn, you should really die!"
Angry, really angry.
Ordinary people can't bear it, let alone a vicious desperado.
"Old man, I'm going to cut you into pieces, and then feed you to the dogs!" The man's teeth gnashed, and the muscles on his face were twisted and squirming visibly.
"You, uh - why are you chasing me?" The old Taoist priest had a dull look on his face, and his voice was full of confusion.
"Kill you!"
The man holding the knife shouted loudly, jumped up suddenly, and the blade came down with a cold light.
"puff!"
But after hearing this sound, blood splashed three feet high!
This blood was exceptionally bright red, and it looked shocking and shuddering; however, the person bleeding was not the old Taoist priest, but the fierce knife wielder.
His blood is flowing before his eyes; his knife is stuck in his waist.
"how come?"
The man had a look of shock on his face, and his voice was trembling with pain and shock.
"this...!?"
The three people traveling with him were all dumbfounded and looked at each other; now all this was beyond their awareness.
"run!"
I don't know who spoke first, but the three people immediately turned around and ran away; their postures were so embarrassing that it could be called "a mess".
No matter how stupid they are, they understand that this time they have kicked the iron plate and provoked an existence that they cannot afford to mess with.
"Since you like to follow me so much, then come with me." The old Taoist priest looked at the backs of the three people fleeing, smiled "hehe", then waved his hand and rolled up his sleeves, a strong wind suddenly blew;
The three of them, together with the knife wielder who could no longer stand up due to pain, were swept up by the strong wind; then, with a "bang", the cyclone exploded, and they all disappeared under the floating vegetation around them.
Also missing were the old Taoist priests and...
The little gangster walking on the road was frightened by the sudden turn of events. He never thought that he would actually take a bite of dog shit!
The moment the old Taoist priest disappeared from this place, the three golden beans in his hand all turned into shit balls, and one of them was bitten in his mouth.
He originally wanted to test it to see if what people said about the soft texture of gold was correct, but unexpectedly, the gold that went into his mouth turned into a ball of feces!
"I'm going, I'm going to kill him... ugh——, he's eighteen generations of ancestors."
The bastard was vomiting dog shit and yelling hysterically at the same time.
"boom!"
While he was scolding, an earth-shattering sound made him shut up; in his hand, the two dung balls exploded before he could throw them!
It exploded, it really exploded, it hit him all over!
"Woo——"
The gangster stopped scolding and instead started to cry. There was an explosion and he swallowed the "thing" in his mouth. A stream of stench came out of his throat and followed the ball of feces downwards.
It kept falling, and some "escaped", pushing upward, usually coming out of the nose, usually rushing to the forehead.
He couldn't stand it anymore, he really couldn't stand it anymore. Although he was a gangster, had he ever been hit like this or bullied like this before?
"Woo-wu-wu-"
His eyes were red, he crouched down and stretched his neck, with a look of pain on his face. His cry echoed, just like a ghost's cry.
Walking on the empty street, Xu Sheng felt restless. The closer he got to his destination, the more deeply worried he became.
Recently, people have been dying in the city. Even if a notice is posted and a few thieves and plunderers have their heads chopped off as a warning, the damned people will still die after all.
Two bowls of porridge and two steamed buns a day are not enough to support life for some weak people. Moreover, in recent days, Xu Sheng was surprised to find that some people voluntarily starve to death!
Some elderly people who are in their dying years often donate their own food when they see their younger members of the family crying and hungry...
According to Li Xiaowei's statistics, eighty-four people have died in the city, seventy-three of whom are old people.
So far, the elderly are the biggest victims of the forced food requisition policy!
They are originally a vulnerable group. After a hard and painful life, they should be taken care of and enjoy their old age. However, they do not want to become victims!
Hearing the news that so many old people had passed away, Xu Sheng couldn't help but worry about the old man selling sesame cakes.
"Is he okay?"
Xu Sheng whispered to himself, his face solemn, and his steps gradually stopped.
Then, he stopped. In front of him was the alley where the old man selling sesame seed cakes lived. The old man lived in the thirteenth house on the left.
He asked the soldier who was sent out last time to find the old man's address, and he naturally knew this place.
"It should be...nothing, right?"
Xu Sheng murmured in his heart, making his own judgment. After all, he sent someone to tell Lieutenant Li last time that the old man only received half of the food. Even if he couldn't eat enough from the rationed food, he should still be able to go home.
Use leftover grain to add meals.
Xu Sheng hesitated for a while, finally convinced himself, took a deep breath, and walked into the alley.
This alley is very narrow. Basically, only one person can walk straight up. If two people are facing each other, they have to turn sideways. This alley is very deep. If you look forward, you can't see the edge at all, only a dark patch.
The alleyway is very humid, the air is filled with a rotten and sticky smell, and one or two puddles appear on the ground from time to time.
The old man lived in such a residence for a long, long time.
"Snapped"
Xu Sheng counted, and when he reached the thirteenth house, he naturally stopped and knocked gently on the door.
No one responded.
Xu Sheng thought it was because the old man was old and didn't hear clearly, so he increased his strength and patted a few more times.
"Papa pa pa"
Still silent.
Xu Sheng panicked, and some bad guesses suddenly came into his mind.
"Pah! Pah! Pah!"
This time, Xu Sheng slapped the door panel with almost all his strength. He even shouted at the same time: "Uncle, open the door. I am the young man who loves to eat your sesame cakes."
However, still no one answered.
Xu Sheng felt scared, his "invisible secret power" was running, and when his eyes were focused, he slapped the door with a palm in the air.
"Boom!"
There was a loud noise, and a door panel fell. Such a loud noise made even the neighbors who were dying of hunger and unwilling to move their heads peek through the crack in the door to watch.
Xu Sheng had no intention of paying attention to them, and strode into the courtyard; the courtyard was full of shabby things, and a few crooked tables and chairs stood out among the weeds. It was obvious that the old man's life was
In fact, it is quite difficult.
Xu Sheng squinted his eyes and walked closer, only to see the lines on the table, which looked like a chessboard.
It turns out that the old man still has such a hobby.
Thinking like this, Xu Sheng couldn't help but smile knowingly. If he had known this before, he would definitely have had a good fight with the old man.
"Uncle, it's me, are you there?"
Xu Sheng was searching and shouting in the courtyard when suddenly, an object, like a nail, pierced his eye.
In the side corner of the yard, there is a small wooden shed. In the wooden shed, there is a... coffin!
That's right, it's the coffin.
Xu Sheng took a few steps closer and saw something very real.
He was trembling, and even though he was unwilling to do anything, he walked to the front of the coffin anxiously. He stretched out his hand and opened the lid with a cruel move.
Alas!
Xu Sheng took a breath of cold air and felt a chill in his heart.
There was a corpse lying in the coffin. If it wasn't the old man, who could it be?
"How could this be?"
Xu Sheng's heart was as sharp as a knife, and he immediately felt that the world was spinning, and at the same time he was extremely puzzled.
It shouldn't be, it doesn't make sense, he obviously only asked Colonel Li to collect half of the grain, how could the old man die?
Could it be that he didn't starve to death?
As soon as Xu Sheng had this idea in his mind, he immediately gave it up; he looked at the old man's body carefully, and it seemed that he had lost more than a little weight.
He was clearly suffering from hunger and cold and had not eaten for a long time.
"Colonel Li! Captain Li!"
Xu Sheng muttered twice in succession, his teeth grinding together and his eyes flashing with fire; at this moment, he could not help but blame Captain Li for the old man's death.
"Yes, you really can, how dare you turn a deaf ear to my words!"
Xu Sheng's face was gloomy, and he was filled with endless anger amid his grief. He stood upright, took a deep breath, then, with a flick of his sleeves, he walked straight out the door.
He hurriedly went to Captain Li to find out what was going on. He actually turned a deaf ear to his words! Rarely in his life, Xu Sheng had murderous intentions!