Chapter 627

Zhu Xiu looked around subconsciously.

A moment later, he shook his head.

"My subordinates don't see anything else."

There was no sound except this strange silence; Apart from the scattered houses that vaguely show the stability of the past, there is nothing else to see.

Xu Mingyi: "this time, shouldn't it be the time to prepare for evening food."

Zhu Xiu suddenly.

Late food

you 're right.

Xu Mingyi looked at a folk house not far from the front: "but along the way, there was no smoke."

I didn't smell the smell of food.

Zhu Xiu was silent.

Did the people dare not make cooking smoke, afraid to attract officials who came to grab food?

Has it reached this point?

Xu Mingyi clenched the reins in his hand.

Where there are people, there is no smoke and fire.

What is the role of the government? Instead of maintaining the stability of the people, it has become the biggest beast in the eyes of the people.

Before the War reached here, the government had destroyed the people's livelihood here first.

In other words, in the eyes of the imperial court, the survival of the people is not the most important, but the rivers and mountains in the world.

The only thing they want is to raise enough troops, horses, food and grass to "eliminate and suppress thieves", for which they can even pay no price.

Under the war, the people will always suffer the most.

The party slowly came to the inn in Zhu Xiu's impression.

Like other shops, the door of the inn was closed. Zhu Xiu dismounted and knocked on the door. For a long time, there was no response.

We can only raise our voice and say, "we're passing by. We want to stay here for a night!"

There was a rustle of conversation in the door.

After a while, someone opened the latch. The two doors first opened a fine crack, and then revealed an inverted triangular eye, looking up and down Zhu Xiu and his party.

Those who opened the inn had a pair of bright eyes. After a few glances, they knew that they were from other places. Then they opened the door and welcomed people in.

"Now is no better than in the past. Please forgive me for your neglect..."

This is a middle-aged man with a short and fat figure and a felt hat. He should be the innkeeper.

It was obviously a woman's voice that talked with him in the door just now. Most of them were the husband and wife guarding the inn.

The tables and stools in the hall have been put away. The shopkeeper temporarily moved several stools from the table and greeted Xu Mingyi and others: "sit down first. I'll let my wife clean up some rooms."

"Feed the horse." Zhu Xiu lost a heavy purse.

The shopkeeper reached out and took a look at six or seven jujube red horses outside the shop. He nodded and took the horses to the backyard.

"I don't know where you're from? Where you're going? At this moment, it's not suitable to go far..." after arranging the horses, the shopkeeper brought two pots of tea. Obviously there are no other guys in the inn.

"We're going to Ganzhou to look for relatives." Zhu Xiu chatted with the shopkeeper according to Xu Mingyi's explanation.

"Qianzhou..." the shopkeeper poured tea and sighed, "I'm afraid it's hard to find this person..."

"What do you say?"

"You should know that Qianzhou suffered a disaster two months ago. The Rongjiang River and Donghe river overflowed! I don't know how those dams were built... In short, it flooded many counties around, Linyou and Liquan. They all suffered, alas..."

The shopkeeper lowered his voice and said: "Floods are common in the south. It's nothing in previous years, but now the government is too busy to care about the people in Ganzhou. The flood destroyed houses and fields, and there is no harvest. Many people have no place to go. Most ordinary people have fled the city. Those who have relatives go to relatives, and those who don't get anywhere... Not long ago, a group of disaster victims came to our town Well, he was expelled by the order of the county magistrate. "

"Besides, it's not peaceful around now. You must have seen it all the way? The more you go to Qianzhou, the more chaos ahead. We're better here..."

The shopkeeper said, glanced at the handsome "young man" sitting there quietly eating tea, and kindly reminded: "In particular, you are riding horses. Now it's very eye-catching... Not to mention those hungry refugees and bandits, they are seen by the government. I'm afraid they may not be able to get well. At present, the government collects war horses everywhere, and some mules in some families have been taken away..."

When Zhu Xiu was about to answer, Xu Mingyi swept his eyes at the shopkeeper and said, "there are some backgrounds in my family. I'm sure they don't dare to ask for trouble."

The young man's voice is clear with a touch of pride.

The shopkeeper was stunned at the publicity.

But I really know.

He said, at this time, how can anyone dare to ride a horse around

I think so. If I don't have an identity, I'm afraid my family won't be allowed to go this far.

In particular, although the young man was dressed in ordinary clothes and didn't have very eye-catching objects all over his body, he couldn't hide his dignity.

I'm afraid I can't have such confidence just because I have money. I want to come mostly or the children of officials

The shopkeeper made a judgment in his mind and didn't say more about this topic. He only told "always be careful. Those bandits are crazy and don't distinguish people", "if you go further, it may not be convenient to find food. You must prepare more dry food on the road".

After saying this, he said, "it's getting late. If you have to hurry tomorrow, you'd better have a rest earlier."

Just then the woman went downstairs and said that the room was ready.

Xu Mingyi went upstairs.

Zhu Xiu walked at the end. When she stepped up the stairs, she took off her cloak and held it in her arms, revealing the long knife behind her back.

When Xu Mingyi and his party entered the room, they heard the couple's low voice from downstairs.

"I think they ride horses... The government said two days ago that if anyone doesn't pay for a horse, if he reports to the government, a horse can be rewarded with one money and silver? If he comes from other places, should he?"

"It should be the official's children who go out... I don't dare to ask more, and don't offend others to avoid disaster... Don't you see, you have a knife! If you can carry a knife, you can be young? Wait carefully and earn some room money and tea money..."

The woman seemed to say something. Their voices were getting away. Hearing the sound of footsteps, they should have gone back to the backyard.

"Fortunately, what the girl said just now will restrain them, otherwise it will be troublesome for the people who attract the government." in the guest room, ah Zhu frowned and couldn't help saying more: "it's just that the government raids the people's fat. How can the people help to read together."

Those with horses should be reported to the government, and those with grain should also be reported?

What did you say just now? Whose mule was also taken away by the government. Did he report it to the government?

Xu Mingyi took off his cloak. "If you have interests to pursue, you are not afraid of those who do not work for the tiger."

People's evil thoughts will be bound and amplified by the current situation.

The government has begun to ignore etiquette and law. Can you expect the people to continue to abide by it?

If they were just ordinary passers-by today and showed a little weakness, they would have to leave more than horses.

At dawn the next morning, Xu Mingyi left the inn.

Before leaving, Zhu Xiu had bought some breakfast and dry food in advance. One breakfast shop was still open. When he went, a group of officers patrolled and watched the shopkeeper of the breakfast shop fill the leading officer with silver.

The party drove their horses to the end of the street and heard the cry of an old woman across a low lane.

"Please, officers, this is really the last grain in the family... My old man has been ill for a long time and has no money for medicine. I really can't lose this grain! Please, look at the share of my two sons and three grandchildren who have been enlisted by the military camp, and leave some for us!"

"Please, please! This is life-saving food!"

"... old shell who doesn't know interest, get out!"

Hearing the news, the old woman seemed to be pushed.

The sound of the official's hooves went away, and the old woman's cry became more and more desperate.

But it was very quiet. It seemed that no family dared to show up.

Xu Mingyi, who has been listening, didn't come forward.

What about coming forward?

Will you beat back the officers and take back food for the old man?

But when she's gone?

Although her hero is very powerful, what she leaves to the old man will only be a more terrible end.

Without thinking about it, we can see that what we see and hear now is just the tip of the iceberg of injustice in the world.

With her only hands, she is doomed to be unable to help them with such brute force and stupid methods.

"Send it to the old man. Don't be seen." she took off the plain face purse from her waist and threw it into ah Zhu's hand.

When people are ill, they always have to take medicine to eat.

Of course, we should think of ways to deal with big things, and we should do our part in small things.

The party continued on their way and went in the direction of Ganzhou.

Sure enough, as the innkeeper said, the more forward it became more and more chaotic.

One day, when I was passing through a deep mountain, I also met a group of bandits who wanted to rob. However, after Zhu Xiu pulled out a knife and broke one of them's left hand, the rest did not dare to come forward to entangle again.

In Xu Mingyi's opinion, the robbery methods of these people are still a little rusty and astringent. It is expected that they have just entered the industry.

Therefore, just disperse it. Zhu Xiu and others are no longer determined to hurt people's lives.

That night, I walked all day and couldn't find a place to sleep.

"Looking ahead, it should be a broken temple. My subordinates take people to clean up. Girl, let's make do with it for one night?" Zhu Xiu suggested.

It's late at night. I don't know the situation ahead. It's really inappropriate to take risks on the road.

Xu Mingyi nodded: "OK."

There is nothing to make do with or not to make do with. Since I chose to go out of this door, I naturally thought of everything I should think of.

The party drove their horses in the direction of the temple.

There is fire in the temple, which is the reason why Zhu Xiu and others can see the outline of the temple from a distance. I think there should be refugees or other people on their way here to rest.

In this case, go and discuss it for convenience. We should make a night together. There should be no big problem.

Near the temple, I heard a voice.