"Bizhi understands that after following the Marquis into the city and settling in the Marquis' hiding place, I will immediately gather people to do this." Shen Guang said solemnly.
Wang Junlin nodded, and the group of people walked towards the river bridge. They were dressed as a caravan, so they were naturally in the group on the left.
Before Wang Junlin and his entourage stepped onto the bridge again, suddenly, there was another violent sound of horse hoofbeats behind them, "Yes, yes, yes."
"Make way, make way. We are the soldiers under the command of Qin Anhou. Whoever dares to block the way will be killed!" Immediately afterwards, a series of arrogant shouts went straight to the eardrums. Wang Junlin turned his head in shock and saw a group of cavalry, like a whirlwind. They usually rush over from the west. Whether they are ragged refugees or pedestrians who can't escape, they are all knocked over without any hesitation by their horses, regardless of whether they are alive or dead!
"They are the devil's soldiers, hide now!" Someone shouted at the top of their lungs, fled the team, and plunged into the willow forest by the roadside.
"Poison General's men are coming! Hide!"
"They are the soldiers of the poisonous general!"
On the left and right of the bridge, all the people ran away to the roadside in unison. Like frightened chickens, they were afraid that if they ran too slowly, they would be knocked to the ground by the soldiers of the so-called poisonous general, and they would have nowhere to redress their grievances.
In the blink of an eye, the previously crowded river bridge became smooth and unobstructed.
"Hahaha, hahaha! You untouchables dare to slander our prince. When my prince comes, we will poison or burn you to death." The 'poison general's soldiers' who rushed to the bridge were overwhelmed. He hit him, waved his whip a few times triumphantly, and galloped away laughing wildly.
"This is too much!"
"Why hasn't His Majesty the Emperor captured and beheaded that devil?"
On both sides of the bridge, curses alternated. People on the left side who were forced to give way to the road cursed loudly at the backs of the people hurried away on the other side. However, the refugees on the right side of the bridge had long been accustomed to being treated as trivial by those in authority. They silently They emerged from the willow forest and walked quickly to the bridge in silence. Under the threat of the soldiers, they formed a long queue again. They just hoped to reach the outside of Jincheng as soon as possible and beg for a life-saving meal from the court's porridge shed. of eating.
At this time, a shrill scream came from the refugee team on the right, "Mother, mother, what's wrong with you, mother?" followed closely, and there was chaos all around. Three children under the age of ten, together with a figure standing on the ground. Men and an old man gathered around the body of a woman and howled loudly.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way. Are you dead? If you are dead, just move aside. The Marquis of Qin An will come to Jincheng to take charge of the General Manager's Mansion soon. If the Marquis sees you like this, don't mention how angry he will be." The fire chief shouted, and with a wave of his hand, a group of hungry wolf-like soldiers rushed forward, beating the surrounding refugees with sticks and driving them back to their own team. Then, he pointed the stick at the bridge of the nose of the man who lost his wife, and shouted loudly Order.
The man had no strength to resist, so he could only kneel down next to his wife's body, put her on his shoulders, and led the family slowly towards the roadside. The three children cried loudly and staggered behind their parents and grandfather. , not daring to make any more stops.
"Damn it!" Wang Junlin was extremely angry when he saw this scene. He jumped off the blood-maned horse whose hair was dyed black, and walked over to help the man hold the corpse on his shoulders.
Shen Guang and two others quickly ran over, grabbed the man's arm, and tried to help him stand up from the ground and stabilize his body.
Xu Jingzong hesitated for a moment, then dismounted and took steps, and stepped forward to grab the three children. Under the surprised or mocking eyes of everyone on the left side of the bridge, he sent the three children to their parents. On the way, he quietly stuffed the three children into their hands. A piece of dry food.
The three children were also very hungry. When they smelled the long-lost food, they immediately forgot about the pain of losing their mother. They opened their mouths and took a big mouthful of the dry food in each hand. Unexpectedly, they ate too quickly, and immediately, one by one, I was so choked that I rolled my eyes.
Wang Junlin and others were shocked, and quickly slapped their backs with their hands to comfort the three children. Wang Junlin felt a little guilty, and took out all the dry food in Shen Guang's bag with a wave of his hand, and delivered it to the three children.
This time, they were in big trouble. With a "boom" sound, hundreds of refugees broke away from the team and swarmed towards the bags of dry food in front of the three children. Fortunately, Shen Guang and the two guards were very skilled and responsive. Quickly. Realizing that something was wrong, he immediately waved his scabbard and knocked the fastest rushing refugees to the ground one by one. He scared away the other refugees and prevented them, along with the family and young children they had kindly rescued, from being swarmed. The arriving refugees were trampled to death!
Wang Junlin sighed, and led others to escort the family aside, and helped the elderly man to sit firmly on the stones by the roadside.
Wang Junlin bowed to the old man as a junior. Xu Jingzong and Shen Guang looked at each other and followed Wang Junlin's bow.
"Old man, you have suffered a lot. May I ask where your family comes from?"
The old man seemed to be numb to the death of his daughter-in-law and did not feel much sadness. He hurriedly waved his hands and said: "A strong man should never do this ceremony. This old man cannot afford it. The old man's surname is Zhang. There was a snowstorm in Anning County half a month ago. There is no hope for spring sowing. The whole year's livelihood is about to be cut off. After discussing with me, my son decided to leave home and go south to Jincheng, the capital of the state, to see if he could get some work to support his family. Unfortunately, there was not much food left last year. The little food he brought on the road was quickly eaten by the family. Yes, my daughter-in-law also starved to death just now..."
Looking up at the direction of Jincheng, the old man showed a bitter and sad look, and sighed: "I don't know if our family can survive in Jincheng. It is best to find a job digging ditches and working on the ground. I grit my teeth and just hope that we can survive this disaster year." , let’s go back to our hometown to sow the land for a good harvest next year..."
Wang Junlin smiled bitterly. Looking at the densely packed refugees on the road, they probably all had the same idea as the old man. They walked to Jincheng, the state capital, to find a job to support their families and survive this year. However, there were so many refugees, but there were not many opportunities to work. There are so many refugees. How many can find a job? For the rest, where do they find a way to survive?
His heart was extremely heavy, but Wang Junlin smiled at the old man and said warmly: "The old man knows how to take care of the house, and your family's life will definitely be better and better. I have one more question. Now there is a big disaster in the three counties in the north of Yongzhou, and the people have left their homes one after another. , I wonder if the place is still peaceful?”
The old man sighed and said: "In the disaster years, how can we say the word 'peace'? Those who kept their duties dragged their families and families to escape, while those who did not keep their duties gathered together to rob rich landlords. Along our journey, the houses of wealthy landlords who were once prosperous turned out to be empty, and their entire families were nowhere to be found."
PS: The third update is here, and there are two more————