Hongshi tapped the table and said: "Yes, since we arrived in Fuzhou for disaster relief, people from other places have flocked here. Only in Lianjiang County, which was the most severely affected, no one has been here. Although
Many people starved to death in famine before, but this huge
There must not be even a single living person left in the county, and there is no trace of the county magistrate." Every person who comes to receive rice has registered which county they came from, so many days, so many
Today, I have never seen anyone from Lianjiang County.
When talking about this, Lin Xueli frowned, "The lower official once sent officials there, but all of them never came back. Now no one dares to go, and some people even spread it privately, saying
Even if the people there are still alive, they have become savages who drink blood and eat human flesh raw."
Hongli shook his head and said: "No, no one would be willing to eat human flesh unless they had no choice. In my opinion, there should be other reasons. I told my second brother before that I wanted to go to Lianjiang County, but my second brother
If I don’t agree, I’ve been putting it off until now.”
"I am also afraid that you are in danger, but since we are here to provide disaster relief, we should have a beginning and an end, so I want to go to Lianjiang County before leaving to see what is going on there. Fourth child, would you like to go with me?
See?"
Hongli was silent for a while and said: "Second brother is afraid that after I return to Beijing, I won't be able to let go of the Lianjiang County matter and will hold a grudge against me, so that's why you say this?"
Hongshi did not answer his words, but said: "No matter how you say it, the safety of the people of Fuzhou is the most important thing."
Hongli was moved and whispered: "Thank you, second brother."
"We are brothers. Don't talk to outsiders like this. Now that we have decided, we will leave for Lianjiang County tomorrow and bring some food with us. For safety reasons, I will send more people to follow." At this point.
He glanced at the place and said: "Zhaohui, Agui, you two are not weak in martial arts, so you should also go with us."
After Zhaohui and the others agreed, Lin Xueli also said: "Second brother, can I ask my subordinates to go with you?"
Hongshi said happily: "Master Lin has this intention, so naturally we will not object."
The matter of going to Lianjiang County was decided. Early the next morning, Hongshi, Hongli and Lin Xueli took all the people and horses to Lianjiang County. For safety reasons, Hongshi took a full group of people with him this time.
There are more than a hundred capable sergeants, and Magistrate Lin also has more than a dozen cadres.
Lianjiang County is quite far away from the government office. It took more than three hours to walk before I could see Lianjiang County. The entire county is surrounded by a river. There is only a wooden bridge to enter Lianjiang County from here.
You can walk, otherwise you will have to go through dozens of miles of mountain roads.
After crossing the wooden bridge, Agui suddenly rubbed his arms and whispered to Zhaohui next to him: "Bingyangzi, have you noticed that as soon as you cross the bridge, you feel a little colder. The wind just blew me all over.
All the sweat was taken in."
Zhaohui had the same feeling. He looked around cautiously and said, "Be careful. I feel like it's eerie here and something's not right."
After they entered the county, a group of ghost-like figures appeared on the other side. Just as they were crossing the bridge, the bridge that was just fine suddenly broke off and fell into the rapid water. There seemed to be a vague figure following them.
He fell into the water, but too fast to see clearly.
This sudden change made the leader's pupils shrink sharply. Once the bridge was broken, it meant that they could not cross the river, and it was obviously impossible to flow across it. The flood season had just passed, and the water flow was much faster than usual, making it impossible to swim.
In the past, the wooden bridge that fell down before was washed away to an unknown place.
Seeing that he didn't speak, the people below asked: "Chief, what should we do now?"
"There is no other way. We can only go around the mountain road and walk faster. There are not many people around Brother Si, and we don't know what the situation is in Lianjiang County. We have to follow him quickly to protect Brother Si."
"Yes." After a brief response, a group of people quickly walked towards the mountain road in the distance. After this group of people, another group of people came to the shore. After some consideration, they also decided to go around the mountain road and into Lianjiang River.
county.
Just as these two groups of people were rushing to Lianjiang County, changes that they did not expect had already occurred in Lianjiang County.
Let's say that after Hongli and others came in, what they saw was a state of depression. Walking on the empty street, there was not a single human figure, but occasionally you could see white bones. I don't know if they were animals or humans. They smelled bad.
The smell always fills the tip of the nose and lingers.
The sun was shining brightly, but it gave people an eerie feeling. Without any instructions, the sergeants woke up one by one and paid careful attention to every move around them.
Just when Hongli was about to find a house and push open the door to take a look, the houses on both sides of the street suddenly opened their doors, and a group of people with disheveled hair who looked like savages rushed out. Each of them held up hoes, hatchets and other objects, and smiled strangely at them.
Rushing over. The sergeants reacted quickly and immediately stopped in front of Hongli and others to block these people who came with bad intentions. Seeing the sergeant draw his sword, Hongli quickly said: "Don't hurt them."
Hongli's words made the sergeants retract their sabers and only used sheathed swords to stop them. However, they must have suffered a loss. Fortunately, people didn't know that there were so many of them that they could still stop them.
Hongli did not just watch, but said loudly: "Fellow fellows, please calm down. We are the imperial envoys sent by the imperial court to provide disaster relief. Now there is no famine in Fuzhou Prefecture. Everyone has food and porridge to drink. Today
The reason why we are here is to distribute food to you. If you don’t believe it, just watch.”
As he spoke, he quickly opened the mouth of the grain bag, letting the white rice appear in front of the people. However, those people seemed not to see or hear. They still waved their hoes and hatchets and attacked the sergeants with all their strength. Under such an enemy attack,
While I was on guard, some sergeants began to get injured.
Hongshi said eagerly: "Fourth brother, stop talking. In my opinion, these people are crazy. They won't listen to you even if you talk nonsense. It's better to push these people away quickly and leave here."
Hongli didn't want to hurt these suffering people, but seeing that the situation was getting out of control, he could only agree. With their orders, the sergeant couldn't wait to draw his saber. With the help of weapons, the situation gradually improved.
But soon their faces became extremely pale, because there were many people who looked worse than the ones in front of them.
There are also crazy people rushing over from all directions, surrounding them. Seeing the densely packed hoes and hatchets, I feel frightened. And I don’t know why, their sabers always hit nothing, but those
The seemingly dull hoe and hatchet could always hit them accurately, leaving them covered with bruises.