Suddenly, the leader of the caravan passed by Xia Shang on horseback and looked at the group of victims and said lightly.
Xia Shang didn't know why the other party suddenly talked to him.
"I can see that you are from a wealthy family in the capital. Although I don't know why you took the trouble to go with our caravan, I have seen many kind-hearted young masters like you. I have never been out of the capital, so I don't know.
The world is suffering, and there are many people like you."
The team leader seemed a little emotional and pointed at the group of victims.
"Those people don't deserve your pity. They are so grateful, but only now. Do you think they will remember your kindness? That's a big mistake."
Xia Shang didn't like to argue with others, but the team leader's words were really harsh, and he couldn't agree with his point of view, so he said: "That said, there are always exceptions."
"You don't believe it? If you don't believe it, you will be in trouble. Do you think I give them food because I am kind? This is just money to buy. If you don't give it to them, they will come to rob it, and then there will be more trouble. Like this
The victims are just like the bandits who robbed them. They are even more disgusting because they always have a smooth excuse. No matter what they do, they are like victims.
I have been walking this road for many years. There are no mountain bandits or water bandits in the west of Dahua, but there are many such victims, and they come to you openly to ask for things, which is very abominable. I'm lucky, I meet one or two groups during a trip, good luck
No, we will meet five or six batches in one trip. If you don’t give food, then you will be bleeding. If you give food, this trip will be in vain. If you have the worst luck, you will encounter a few people who claim to be robbing the rich.
If you are a martial artist who helps the poor, then..."
The team leader didn't speak. He looked at Xia Shang's indifferent expression and shook his head: "I'm telling you, my old boss died at the hands of these victims."
This sentence made Xia Shang frown and look into the leader's eyes seriously.
"I'm telling you this because I don't want you to be like my old boss. My old boss is a good man and a kind man. He has been on this road for decades as a trade route. Every time he encounters disaster victims, he puts out a lot of food.
.Many victims of this generation still remember the name of their old employer. However, there was a famine one year, and there were many more victims than usual. The victims left one after another, and all the food we brought along was gone. When we really
When we couldn't get any food, we encountered another group of victims.
The victims were known to my old boss and had given them food several times. They used to call my boss the living gods, but this time they didn’t give them food. That night, the victims robbed us all.
supplies, my old boss also died at the hands of those victims."
As he said that, the team leader sighed: "Hey, I'm telling you this just to tell you a common saying, pitiful people must be hateful. You think they are pitiful, but I think they are gods of plague, and I want to send them away quickly."
After saying that, the leader led the horse to the front, leaving Xia Shang thinking.
"That team leader is a good man." Xian'er said softly.
Xia Shang nodded and didn't think much about it.
Then, something strange happened.
In the next three days, the team will encounter more or less disaster victims every day.
This is completely different from the usual situation.
The team leader has realized the problem. It may be that famine has broken out in an unknown place.
"Everyone should be careful about their personal belongings, valuables, and edible things. They should hide them so that no one can see them."
After sending away a group of victims, the team leader began to urge everyone to protect their belongings.
As soon as he finished speaking, several vague figures appeared at the end of the dry road ahead.
The people in the team are used to this, and they know that there is another group of disaster victims ahead, but this time there are fewer people, roughly estimated to be only seven or eight people.
"Sir, there are so many victims, what happened around here?"
Xia Shang shook his head. Looking at the anxious look of the team leader, he always felt that this trip would not be so peaceful.
After walking for a quarter of an hour, the victims and the team met in front.
As before, the victims gathered around.
"Come on, let's have a bite of food. We haven't eaten for three days and three nights."
This time, the team leader changed his usual practice and drove away these refugees with a cold face.
There were some kind-hearted people in the team who were quite dissatisfied with the team leader's actions. It wasn't until the victims were driven away that anyone started to question them.
"We had given food to all the victims before, but now we only have a few. Why don't we give it to them again? What if they really starve to death?"
The leader replied: "What does it have to do with me whether they are alive or dead? I am worried about you. Your lives are in my hands, and I will send you to your destination safely. The same is true for you now.
It’s clear. There are more victims than we thought this year, and we don’t know what happened. We don’t know how many more victims we will encounter in the future. If we run out of food on the road, wouldn’t it be very dangerous to encounter victims again?
?The number of victims who passed by previously was small, so we don’t need to be afraid of them. The remaining food has other uses on the road, so we can save whatever we can now."
The team leader is right to be worried, and there are also people in the team who have such doubts.
"Leader, there are still a few days before we can walk through this yellow sand."
"If we follow the current route, it is estimated that there will still be five days. However, I plan to change the route. We will probably encounter disaster victims on this route. Our food is for sale and we just give it to others. This trip is considered
It's a shame. It's hard for us to do business back home, and I'd rather take a long way to avoid the victims, so it's safer."
The team leader's words immediately aroused dissatisfaction: "Hey, didn't we say we could reach Chengdu in thirty days? Now you suddenly changed the route, how many days will it be delayed in the middle? I am going to Chengdu to discuss business."
"I'm not negotiating with you! We won't take the official road and take the mountain road. The journey will be delayed by ten days. So we decided to change the road at the fork in front and enter the mountain."
The team leader still had absolute say in the team. Regardless of other objections, the team left the official road and entered an unknown mountain forest area after an hour.
Even if we change the road and enter the mountain, we will still encounter some victims on the mountain road. You can imagine how many victims we will encounter if we continue to take the official road.
When this matter became more and more eye-catching, Xia Shang also felt that something was strange. Why were there disaster victims everywhere in this area?
Previously, the team leader also asked some of the victims, where they were from and what happened to them?
As a result, the victims' answers were vague. They all said they were people from some nearby villages and towns. They said that there was a severe drought this year and the rice fields had no harvest.
For some reason, Xia Shang always felt that it wasn't that simple. (To be continued)