Chapter 700 On the way to escape the famine 5
“Second brother, third child, you two go to the victims first to find out information. Don’t act separately. You two go together.”
Lao Zhangtou immediately gave instructions. Dao said, they didn’t know anything, and it was hard for them to rush into the pile of victims. If they were washed away, they wouldn’t have anywhere to cry.
“Okay, Dad!”
After the two agreed, they each held a dagger in their arms and walked into the crowd of victims. The two daggers were from those same places. Captured from the hands of a strong man.
The remaining people, led by Lianyi, stayed away from the indifferent victims. Many people had already cast their green eyes on them, but they saw that they were mostly men and they were holding hatchets, kitchen knives and other weapons in their hands. , so there is no fault.
Lianyi frowned. It was daytime, and these people could still hold back. Once night came, those extremely hungry people would definitely reach out to them, because they didn’t look hungry. The look of my belly.
"Master, we must leave here before tonight, otherwise we will not be able to leave."
Lianyi jumped off the cart and whispered to Lao Zhangtou.
“Well, I saw it. Some people looked at us differently.”
Lao Zhangtou is not stupid. He has been gone for more than half a month, and he can still tell them apart by the look in their eyes.
"Wait until your second uncle and third uncle find out the news."
Lianyi nodded, walked over and asked Huiniang to tie the tiger to her chest to prevent anyone from snatching the child. Several aunts also followed suit and tied the youngest child to their chests, especially Mrs. Liu, who tied it carefully and carefully.
Half an hour later, Zhang Jun and Zhang Cheng, sweating profusely, squeezed out of the gathering place for the victims and walked towards this side.
"How's it going?"
Old man Zhang asked, and everyone else focused their attention on the two of them.
"Dad, this Haoyuan County is already in a state of semi-lockdown. You can only go out but not enter. There is only one corner door open. Those who can enter and exit are the rich households in the city, and some from the city. The wealthy families who fled from the famine in the south of Liangzhou used money or food to clear the way and paid several times more than usual to enter the city."
Zhang Jun wiped the sweat from his forehead and took the lead. He spoke.
"Common people like us, if there is a road guide, will be charged on a per-person basis, which is ten taels of silver per person. A young man like Feng Liang will also be charged five taels of silver."
Zhang Cheng continued.
"Tsk, why don't they grab it!"
Zhang Shi clenched his fists and said angrily.
"In this situation, my stomach is not full, who can get so much money!"
Song Dachuan also said solemnly.
“So there are people who collect children at the gate. If they see a handsome child, they will use the child to pay the cost of entering the city and let the civilians in.
When we touched the small door just now, we saw a family who had sold their twin sons to get in. But they were already penniless, and there was nothing they could do even if they entered the city. "
Zhang Jun shook his head and sighed.
"We have money, or else we can avoid disaster and go to the city first. "
Zhang Zhong lowered his voice and said.
"Uncle, I'm afraid it won't work. These soldiers guarding the city have colluded with the traffickers. If they don't want the money, they must keep their younger brothers and sisters. Where are we? ”
Ripple has no illusions about such people.
"This"
The two of them were stuck after listening to Ripple's words. After all, this thing is really possible. Their children have been raised well. Although they fled all the way, at least they can Guaranteed to be 70% full, even if two-thirds of the food they brought has been consumed, the children are still energetic, but they are afraid of being targeted by human traffickers. "Then what should we do?"
"Go back and leave the place where the victims gather. Too many people can cause trouble. Let's ensure our own safety first and then think of a solution."
Lianyi looked at the sun that was already setting slightly in the west and said directly.
"Let's go back. I saw a forest before. Let's go deeper and avoid tonight first."
Old Zhangtou was paying attention to the surroundings all the way. environment, the decision was made immediately.
Everyone said nothing, turned around and left with the cart. Even so, several groups of people followed them and followed them, seeming to want to find out where they were staying.
Lianyi pretended not to know and asked everyone to speed up their pace. They walked back six miles and stopped in a bald forest.
"Master, uncles, dad, you go in first, and I will follow."
Ripple let the others go in first, she wanted to deal with those tails.
"Lianyi, be careful. If you can't deal with it, run back and don't get yourself involved."
Old Zhangtou immediately ordered. Song Dachuan also stared closely at Lianyi, waiting. looking at her reply.
“I know, don’t worry!”
After saying that, Ripple turned around and ran back to the road, and happened to come face to face with the group of people. Before the other party could react, Ripple's stick had already fallen, knocking out seven or eight people in three strokes, five divided by two.
Then she waited for a while, but before she could see the people who had thrown themselves into the trap, she threw the fainted people one by one into the field ridge by the dirt road, then clapped her hands and prepared to return.
After walking two steps, she heard the sound of horse hooves, and then saw a carriage appearing at the end of the dirt road. The carriage came quickly, raising a large amount of dust, so she gave way to the roadside. I don’t want to get kicked by a horse.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! The horse is shocked! Get out of the way!"
Hearing the driver's exclamation, Ripple realized that something was wrong with the two horses pulling the cart. , his eyes were bloodshot, as if he had been stimulated by something, his nose was snorting, and he just rushed forward.
Ripple didn't intend to take care of it, and had already turned around and jumped into the field. The voice of the stone mortar that had not appeared for a long time could be heard in his ears:
"Ripple, the person in the car is the minister of this disaster relief. You can find a way to save him." Otherwise, the disaster in southern Liangzhou will spread to the north and even Huzhou, and many people will die."
Lianyi knew that her mission was about to come to an end, so she did this again. .
She immediately stopped her actions, turned around and ran towards the carriage, scaring the driver so much that he shouted:
"Get out of the way! You don't want to live anymore!!!"
Then, under the horrified gaze of the other party, Lianyi jumped onto the horse's back, pulled the reins directly, and forced the two horses to stop.
Because Ripple’s strength was too great, the upper bodies of both horses were lifted up by the reins in her hands. The carriage also formed a 30-degree slope with the ground. "Boom" and "Ouch" came from the carriage. ” sound, it was obvious that the person inside was hit.
"Stop it, don't let me beat you!"
Ripple said coldly to the two crazy horses.
As if feeling the powerful aura on Ripple's body, the two horses did not dare to run anymore after their front hooves landed, but their hooves still bounced back and forth on the ground, showing their irritable mood.
Ripple then loosened the reins, turned around and shouted to the people in the carriage:
"Are the people inside okay? Just answer the question if it's okay!"
"It's okay!"
After three breaths, a voice came from inside.
The coachman had jumped off the carriage, opened the carriage door, and helped the people inside out.
Dear children, see you tomorrow~
(End of this chapter)