If the emperor would take care of them, they wouldn't have to run around like this long ago.
She looked around and saw a rolling mountain on the opposite side, so she asked, "Where are you from?"
Meng Zheng said quickly, "Mrs. Chu, we are from nearby. Our village is called Mengjia Village, which is only ten miles away from here.
A few days ago, there was a wave of floods here, and our village was flooded.
We escaped. Because we couldn't bear to leave our hometown, we wandered around here for the past few days, hoping that the flood would recede so that we could go home.
But the floods have not receded, and it feels like it will rain heavily in a few days, and the village will be flooded, so we gave up going home and planned to go to the Imperial City."
"I see.
So you can't find anything to eat near here?
I see there is a big mountain opposite, and there should be game in the mountain, why don't you go hunting?"
Yun Ruoyue asked.
When everyone heard this, they were immediately frightened. They looked at me and I looked at you.
Even Meng Zheng's face flashed with a hint of timidity.
At this time, a villager said, "Madam, that big mountain opposite is the mountain in our Mengjia Village.
There is indeed prey there, but we don’t dare to go up the mountain to hunt!”
"Why?"
Chu Xuanchen suddenly spoke up.
"Because there is an eye-catching white-fronted tiger in that mountain. It's scary! I heard an old man who used to go hunting in the mountain say that this tiger is big and fierce, with a green face and fangs. It's very fierce, like a devil.
Any villager who dared to break into the mountain to hunt was killed by the tiger, so over time, no one dared to go up to the mountain to hunt!"
"Yes, my grandfather went hunting in that mountain and was bitten to death by a tiger.
My father saw it with his own eyes at that time, but fortunately my father escaped quickly, otherwise I would be gone!"
"That tiger was so powerful. In the past, in order to avenge the people who were killed by it, the villagers went into the mountains with weapons and wanted to kill the tiger.
As a result, the tiger was not killed, and instead killed several villagers! From then on, we never dared to enter the mountains again!"
"No one has entered the mountain for many years, and it has become denser than before. There are thorns everywhere, and you can't get in even if you want to!"
Hearing these people's words, Chu Xuanchen and Yun Ruoyue suddenly looked at each other.
He said: "No one goes into this mountain all year round. There must be many other prey besides the tiger.
If someone dares to go hunting, they might be able to hunt a lot of prey, and then everyone won’t have to go hungry!”
"It's easy for Mr. Chu to say it, but none of us are a match for that big tiger. Who dares to go?"
"Yes, if you go, you will definitely die in vain. I don't dare!"
Chu Xuanchen suddenly looked at Meng Zheng, a hint of joking flashed in his eyes, "Didn't Meng Zheng say he was very powerful?
He has great martial arts skills, is as strong as an ox, and can also march and form formations.
Otherwise, you can take us to hunt that tiger so that everyone can eat tiger meat!"
"ah?"
Meng Zheng pointed at himself in embarrassment, with a hint of timidity in his eyes, "I, I don't dare! I heard that the tiger weighs a thousand kilograms, and it can beat people into pieces with just one paw. I don't want to
Take everyone to die!"
Chu Xuanchen smiled faintly, "You said you were very powerful yesterday, why are you so timid today?
Meng Zheng, I admired you a little, but I didn't expect you to be so timid.
It turns out that you can only talk freely, but you become timid when you go to the battlefield. You are even afraid of a tiger, so how can you go to the battlefield to kill the enemy?"