Before officially stepping into Wanhuai Mansion, Bai Sheng and his entourage encountered a group of homeless people with great momentum.

Seeing Bai Sheng and the others coming, their originally empty eyes suddenly lit up, and they rushed forward to beg, hoping to come and eat. The guards alertly reined in their horses in front of the carriage and shouted loudly to prevent the homeless from approaching the carriage.

The homeless people have been walking for an unknown amount of time, and they have eaten everything they can eat everywhere they passed, wild vegetables and fruits, voles and pheasants, grass roots and tree bark...... It's just a cannibal. It was not easy to meet this group of people who dared to go in the direction of Anhui Huai, although they did not look rich, but these men on horseback were all burly and strong, and they must not worry about eating and drinking, and even the horses they rode were fat and strong, how fragrant they tasted...... Many of them were already drooling.

Hong Quan, the leader of the guards, stepped forward and said a few good words, hoping that they would give way, but the homeless people had no homes and land, and they only wanted to survive, so they could easily disperse. There were too many displaced people, and Bai Sheng and they were blocked from moving forward.

Zhou Lang, the guard who was driving, whispered to Bai Sheng if he wanted to do it if necessary. Bai Sheng saw the situation outside clearly through the gap in the car curtain, and his face sank like water. The main purpose of his trip was to properly settle them, so that they could have enough to eat, a house to live in, and a field to cultivate, but what is the matter at the moment? Begging is nothing, but if you can't get anything, you block the way, and force people to give alms and rob them? If you indulge them, will these people feel that this should be done in the future, and it will become more and more serious? But if they are not given, according to the current situation, it may not be easy for them and others to get out. He didn't want to face the people of Yue with swords, besides, there were a lot of them, they looked like poor people, and their skills were naturally incomparable with the guards. Bai Sheng had a headache, in his opinion, a conflict was inevitable.

Without waiting for Bai Sheng's instructions, Zhou Lang had to ask again.

Helian Yanran knew Bai Sheng's dilemma when she looked at him, and she said as if unintentionally: "Human nature is the most untested thing in this world. One thought is noble, the other is despicable. At any time, it is not that there is no choice, but whether to finally suffer morally and suffer yourself, or to choose to extinguish the conscience of heaven and die or live or die. ”

Bai Sheng looked at her, his eyes were inquiring, and he asked, "What does Yan Ran think it should be?"

"If they comply with their request and give alms to eat, the best result is that the displaced people will disperse, but it is difficult to guarantee that similar incidents will not occur, and there is a suspicion of appeasement and adultery, which will strengthen their courage to block the road and beg for food, and from then on they will become even more lawless. The worse one took over because some of the homeless people thought that they would have food to eat with His Highness, so they simply changed their original minds and followed the tail line all the way, relying on His Highness's sympathy, and begging for a meal was a meal. If you don't want to give alms......" Helian Yanran paused and glanced at the curtain that had been lowered, "Your Highness should be able to find out soon." ”

As if to confirm her words, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd. A few restless people who decided that there must be a wealthy man of high status sitting in the carriage, wanted to take the opportunity to make a big deal. One of them looked a little obscene, he glanced at several people, and said loudly: "Their carriage is full of grain, but they refuse to give us a little life, what a black heart!"

Another person followed closely and said: "Yes, these days, I am pulling grain down this road, and it is clear that I am going to sell grain at a high price." ”

"This is to make the country rich, profiteers. Another man replied with a loud voice.

"You evil-hearted profiteers only care about getting rich, but you don't care about the lives of our poor. Hand over the food!" said the fourth man, looking around at the homeless people around him, and said with righteous indignation.

"Yes, hand over the food!"

"You dog merchants, leave the grain!"

"I just want to turn my heart into silver, and I am not kind to the rich!"

"Hand over the food!"

More and more displaced people are crying out. They surrounded Bai Sheng and his entourage, and the crowd was excited, and they continued to weave this imaginary injustice in their minds, and there was a great tendency that they would never give up if they didn't see food. Seeing this, the guards were even more energetic, always vigilant, and clenched the blades at their waists. For a time, the two sides were at a stalemate.

The first obscene person who stood up and incited the displaced people rolled his eyes and continued to fan the flames: "Not only did they not give us food, but now they still want to do it? ”

"In broad daylight, is it difficult to kill people?"

"Is there any royal law left?" ......

The displaced people became more agitated and indignant.

The voices in the crowd were not one-sided, and some people stood up to stop them: "Don't do this, everyone. Something to say. A young man who looked like a scholar said loudly.

"Li Xiucai, your wife is dying of hunger. It's good that you don't say that you help beg for food, but you actually protect these profiteers in turn, I'm afraid you're stupid to read. Someone scoffed.

The young man who was called "Li Xiucai" turned slightly red with excitement, but he refused to flinch: "My mother taught me since I was a child, and I have to be a backbone. What is the difference between you forcing others to give alms like this and robbing them in the open?"

"As far as you are the noblest and the most backbone, we don't have it. Tell me, how much is the backbone worth? How many dollars can you exchange for dry food? We just want to fill our stomachs, and you don't have to come to eat when we get food. The instigator said, deliberately hitting him.

Li Xiucai, who was already thin, had been hungry for a few meals, and was hit like this again, and almost fell, thanks to someone who helped him in time.

Li Xiucai is right. Don't be impulsive. The man who held Li Xiucai persuaded in a deep voice.

"Zhao Junbao, should you be your barracks here, or should these people be your soldiers under Captain Zhao Baili, why should the old men listen to you?" the instigator mocked.

"Wang Erleng, what kind of bullshit are you putting on?"

Six or seven sturdy men walked out behind Zhao Junbao and wanted to step forward, but he stopped them: "If you don't take good care of your family, what are you doing here?"

"Big brother, you are a person who has captured the enemy and made military achievements, why let him be bullied like this?"

"The heroes don't mention the courage of the year. Zhao Junbao patted him on the shoulder, "Zhuzi, we want to live, but we also have to be worthy of our conscience." ”

"Big brother rest assured. We will never do anything that hurts nature and reason. ”

"Yes. We are also people who have been in the army. ”

"You can't embarrass your eldest brother. Several men said one after another.

"You're all hard bones. There's a kind of time when the old men distribute the food, don't be greedy!" Wang Erleng said viciously, turned his head and shouted to the crowd, "Folks, they don't dare to do anything to us." The food is on the wagon, and we can live if we eat it!"