Chapter 12 Stranger
After Wang Hu received a slap in the face, his distracted eyes finally came together, and then slowly became fierce, like a wounded lone wolf.
He looked at Lu Ye first, and then turned his gaze to the soldiers not far away who were killing the scattered refugees.
Wang Hu fiercely wiped away the snot and tears on his face, climbed up, and clenched the simple spear in his hand. His face was flushed, and half of his face was still covered with five-fingerprints from a slap, which was high and swollen. rise.
A dull voice was squeezed out of his throat, desperate and sad.
"Brother, I listen to you and do what you say!"
Wang Hu took a big step and was about to rush out and fight to the death with the soldiers who were chasing the refugees by the river.
Lu Ye was so anxious that he couldn't hold it back after several pulls.
Pop!
He could only give Wang Hu another slap in the face. This time, there were slap marks on the left and right sides of Wang Hu's fierce face, which was finally symmetrical.
Wang Hu was stunned, his fierce aura plummeted, and he looked at Lu Ye with an aggrieved face.
"Brother, why are you beating me again?"
Lu Ye hated that iron cannot become steel, and pointed to the mountain.
"Huzi, you're running the wrong way! We have to run to the mountains!"
"There are many officers and soldiers, and there are servants from wealthy families as minions. There are only two of us, and we don't even have food in our stomachs. Full.”
"Do you think you are a master, rushing to charge thousands of troops by yourself?"
"We brothers want to live, not to die! No one has discovered us yet, and you can't do it yet." When I was working hard!"
Wang Hu suddenly woke up and said that he might not be able to listen to other things, but when it came to the master, he finally knew how much he weighed.
"Brother is right," he rubbed the palm mark on his face, "Hiss...don't hit your face so hard in the future, it hurts...let's run up the mountain..."
The two immediately supported each other and ran towards the mountain.
Because they were afraid of being exposed on the official road and attracting pursuers, they did not dare to blatantly escape along the road, and could only hurry along the official road.
Wang Hu grabbed Lu Ye's arms and stepped forward, almost trotting. Lu Ye quickly grabbed his arms, deliberately controlling his speed.
"Huzi, don't run too fast. If you run too fast, we have no food in our stomachs and we can't hold on. If we run too fast and lose all strength, we can only fall on the spot and let others slaughter us."
“We just need to run faster than others.”
Wang Hu wanted to say that there were pursuers behind him, and the faster he ran, the better, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he felt angry on both sides of his face. It hurts, he immediately changed his words.
"I know, brother, I will listen to you from now on."
Then the two adjusted their speed, supported each other with wooden sticks, and walked forward with their waists bent, while not forgetting to turn and look back while running.
I saw that behind me it had become a hell on earth.
At this time, most of the sun has set below the mountain tops, leaving only a little afterglow trying to illuminate the world, like a candle's remaining flame, which will be extinguished at any time.
Outside the city.
Armed soldiers, government servants and servants of wealthy families rushed out, armed with knives and guns, divided into dozens of small teams, crashed into the homeless shacks, and killed the old and weak indiscriminately.
On the other side, after the officers and soldiers who left the city to suppress the bandits today crossed the river, they launched an attack from behind the refugees. They also divided into several small groups and patrolled along the river to prevent the refugees from crossing the river to escape.
The refugees, old and weak, women and children who faced the two groups of soldiers were like a fragile piece of tofu that was crushed into pieces by the two hammers at the front and back.
The setting sun stares silently, dyeing the earth red.
However, the area occupied by the refugee shacks was too large. The officers and soldiers spread out in all directions and attacked from both sides, forming a large and loose net. Many refugees on the periphery escaped from the "net".
Many of them waded across the river from a distance and ran to the foot of the mountain. There were also many refugees who ran to the wilderness on both sides of the city, just wanting to stay away from this hell of fighting.
When scattered refugees crossed the river, a small patrol of cavalry led the infantry to pursue them fiercely.
In just a short time, many corpses fell from the river to the foot of the mountain. Following the fleeing refugees, dozens of soldiers rushed across the foot of the mountain and chased towards the mountain.
Lu Ye and Wang Hu didn't dare to look too much, and hurriedly ran away with support.
The two of them tried to control their foot speed, but behind them were the cries of many refugees soaring into the sky, and the shouts of murderous officers and soldiers, so the two of them involuntarily accelerated their steps a little faster.
One step at a time, one step at a time, one step at a time, until the sky was dark enough to hide his figure, Lu Ye dared to pull Wang Hu up the road and escape.
I don’t know how long I ran, but the sounds of crying and fighting in my ears slowly subsided.
The two men were panting heavily and were already halfway up the mountain. Their legs were trembling, their breathing was rapid, and they were running slower and slower. In the end, they simply moved one step at a time.
Lu Ye and Wang Hu turned around and looked again.
The sun has completely set at this moment, and darkness covers the sky.
Outside the city, many refugee shacks were swaying here and there. Many of the shacks were set on fire, illuminating the surrounding area. You could see the corpses of many refugees lying on the ground.
Perhaps the officers and soldiers who "went out" today spent a whole day running around, first killing the young men, and then returning to the city to attack, which consumed a lot of their energy.
There was a horn blowing, and many soldiers who had been chasing in the mountains held torches and crossed the river to return to the team, following the large group of soldiers towards the city.
Wang Hu sat down on the ground, breathing heavily.
“Brother, have we escaped?”
Lu Ye frowned.
The government first singled out the young and strong refugees in the name of conscription, then killed them in the name of going out to suppress bandits, and then attacked the refugee shacks occupied by the old, weak, women and children.
The large number of young and strong refugees were swept away, and the old, weak and a few young and strong who escaped would no longer pose a threat to the city.
It is already dark now, and I am afraid that the government will not have the energy to pursue and kill everyone anymore. "Maybe," Lu Ye took a breath, "Take out the buns, eat some first to replenish your strength, and then see if you want to hide or escape."
Wang Hu took out the remaining piece of hard bun from his arms, broke it in half, and handed the extra half piece to Lu Ye.
Lu Ye blocked it and took the missing half.
"Huzi, eat more. If we really want to fight, you can't lose your strength."
Wang Hu didn't give in anymore. They sat on the mountain road and chewed big food. Eat hard buns, replenish your strength, and keep your eyes on the bottom of the mountain.
At this time.
The city gate is open.
First, the officers and soldiers who "went out" today returned to the city.
The soldiers who had previously rushed out of the city to fight were followed by the government officials back to the city.
The servants of wealthy families who also carried knives and participated in today's encirclement and suppression of refugees gathered together, about hundreds of them, and set up torches.
There was a civil servant in red robe, accompanied by many wealthy family heads, riding a big horse and saying something unknown to the slaves.
I saw all the slaves scattered like stars in the sky, scattering into the surrounding wilderness.
There were dozens of people and horses among them, crossing the river and heading straight to the foot of the mountain.
Wang Hu spat hard.
“Brother, look, the officers and soldiers have withdrawn, but those bastards are chasing us!”
He was disillusioned. He wanted to be a servant of a wealthy family before, but now he calls these people bastards. .
Lu Ye stood up with the hard bun in his hand and turned to look at the top of the mountain. Now the two of them had only climbed half of the mountain road.
"Let's go! Eat while you walk! It's dark, I don't believe these losers will search the mountains carefully."
"Let's run as far as possible to the mountains and then hide."
"If you are unlucky enough, you will have to fight hard!"
Wang Hu nodded in agreement, glanced down, and suddenly let out a sigh.
"Brother, look, this official is a cat crying and a mouse pretending to be compassionate."
"The front foot is killing people with a knife, and the back foot is looking for someone to save him!"
I saw a middle-aged man next to the red-robed official. The Taoist priest with a long beard and black robe got off his horse, and several Taoist boys immediately surrounded him like stars over the moon.
The black-robed Taoist had an immortal air and a very good skin. He was holding a small flag with many incomprehensible runes painted on it, and he was walking calmly in the bloody field.
There were also accompanying Taoist boys who held bells, struck rocks, or played flutes. There were also several Taoist boys carrying bamboo baskets, taking out large amounts of paper money and throwing them around.
It's just that the Taoist priest led the Taoist boy to wander on this tragic land, his eyes swept the corpses left and right, his face was expressionless, and it didn't feel like he was saving the souls of the dead, but more like going on an outing to pick things.
Lu Ye suddenly felt something in his heart. He inexplicably recalled the fish and dragon picture in his mind and looked at the Taoist priest.
Immediately, the picture showed a man-eating giant crocodile with a ferocious mouth full of sharp teeth.
The giant man-eating crocodile quickly disappeared from the scroll, and another scene was displayed on the scroll.
I saw corpses of refugees everywhere. The Taoist priest was walking among them, shaking the talisman flag in his hand. Among the corpses of the refugees who fell to the ground, pale white shadows floated out from the corpses.
These shadows are somewhat human-like. The head and torso can be barely distinguished, but the limbs cannot be distinguished, and the facial features are all black holes. The "mouth" is opened wide, as if it is screaming in pain.
As these shadows fell into the flag, the runes on the flag became more dazzling and concise.
A few more lines of writing are displayed.
“Name——Unknown.
Gen Bone——Psychic Jade Bone.
Condition - old and feeble.
Lifespan: 93/120.
Qi and blood——3000/10000. "
Crack.
Lu Ye opened his mouth wide, and the hard bun in his hand fell to the ground, jumping and rolling down the hillside.
Wang Hu pounced forward and pressed the hard bun firmly under him.
He raised his head and said in confusion.
“Brother, what’s wrong with you?”
The corners of Lu Ye’s mouth twitched.
"Huzi, pinch my thigh, my brother's hand is numb."
Wang Hu: "..."
Why pinch your legs when your hands are numb?
(End of this chapter)