Xi Jia settled down, put away his thoughts, and continued to move forward with the convoy.

After unloading the goods in the south of the city, Rao is in the prime of life, and his waist is so sore that he can't straighten up. However, after finishing the work, the team leader came to hand out treasure coupons, and each person could receive seven taels of meat, five catties of noodles, and five catties of rice according to the coupons.

Xi Jiamei took it with a smile. At present, the army is in chaos, and it is not easy to get enough to eat. Hunger is everywhere outside, and the tragedy of cannibalism is not uncommon. Or did he have the foresight, after the barbarians occupied the city, he immediately signed up to follow the convoy, so that he could go home with rice and meat.

With these rewards, when cooking rice, mix a little more water and add some millet to last for a long time. It's much stronger than the neighbors.

He was already extremely tired, but he took the reward in his hand, and his steps were much lighter. He was afraid that others would covet him, so he hid everything in his clothes as much as possible.

The way home was not long, passing by the neighbor's house, he suddenly found the door of the house wide open, couldn't help but be curious, walked in and took a turn. The son of the king died twelve days ago in the siege of Malayta, and she survived alone. But no matter how sad it is, the city should not be open when it is not peaceful.

There was no one inside, and the house had apparently been emptied. Xi Jia saw the dustpan turned over in the courtyard, and there were still a few buds in the cracks, thinking that Wang Po was feeding the chickens at that time? Of course, the chickens were gone. Since Wang Po is not at home, in this period of scarcity of living materials, her family will inevitably be washed and "borrowed".

He couldn't help but sigh, and looked at the door of Wang Po's house as he walked out. It was beaten for her when her son was still alive, and the wood was very thick.

If you chop it back, you can also use it as firewood, he thought, anyway, it seems that the old woman will not come back, and he will bring an axe later, and others will eat meat, so he will drink some soup.

Thinking so, he pushed open the door of his house, and at a glance the house was still the same, and there was no trace of being smashed and robbed. Xi Jia breathed a sigh of relief, after all, he had been away from home for many days, and the danger did not only come from the barbarians, but also from many desperate human compatriots.

He shouted in a loud voice: "Dad, I'm back!" The world is too chaotic, his family is too poor, Xi Jia has passed the age of standing but has not yet married a wife, and he lives with his father.

No one in the room responded.

Daddy was a little behind his ears, and Xi Jia called him again while taking the rice, flour and meat to the kitchen.

Still no one answered.

Xi Jia felt that something was wrong, and went to his room to take a look, and sure enough, there was no one.

Just out of the house?

Xi Jia suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and cooked, waiting.

It was dark, and it didn't take long for the moon to rise on the willow tops, but Dad never came back.

Xi Jia's heart was pounding, he couldn't wait any longer, so he went out to find it.

……

This search is several hours. Unfortunately, he got nothing.

He had asked many people and visited many households, but the other party, like him before, had a tired and indifferent face, and before he could say what he meant, he slammed the door with a bang, and almost caught his face.

He could barely remember how many years ago they had been harmonious residents and friendly neighbors.

Until the early morning of the next day, Xi Jia did not find his father. When he returned to his dilapidated house, he was exhausted, and he had been running around for many days, and after he came back, he went out to look for his father without touching his teeth, and when he walked into the house, he couldn't hold it anymore, and sat on the ground panting.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and there was a knock on his door.

Before dawn, who would open the door so early? Xi Jia got up and looked at people through the cracks, and then opened the door: "Jia Tianding, what are you doing?"

The person who came to the door was born with a roe deer's head and a rat eye, and he was very wrong, and it was Jia Tianding, the neighbor he usually looked down on.

Jia Tianding looked left and right: "Go in and talk." He raised a fur hat in his hand.

Xi Jia looked at it, and immediately grabbed his arm: "Where is my father!" He hunted weasels for three years, and skinned his father to make a hat, it was Jia Tianding's hand, he would never admit his mistake, his father's baby was tight, and he would wear it when he went out.

Jia Tianding hurriedly said: "Go in and say, otherwise I'll go." ”

He was born thin, and Xi Jia brought him in and closed the door with a bang. "Say it. ”

"Dajia, your house has been dark for two nights, and I saw that the lights were on again last night before I came to you. ”

When he said this, Xi Jia's heart chuckled: Father has been missing for two days? A big living person, just lost? But Xi Jia knows that this city is full of dangers. Two days after my father was lost, the chances of being found were already very small. "Where's my dad?"

"Captured by brutes. ”

Xi Jia's head "buzzed".

I'm really afraid of anything. He went out for ten days, thinking about his father every day, lest he suffer at home alone, who knows......

It turned out that there were a total of nine *** in Tianfu Guanli, and every family had to queue up to get water. The old man of the Xi family went out to fetch water as usual the evening before yesterday, and walked back to Sweet Water Lane.

Jia Tianding lived in the depths of the alley, and there were few pedestrians at that time, and he happened to hear some commotion outside the door, first the sound of buckets falling to the ground, and then the frightened cries and begs for mercy of Daddy Xi, but the sound was short, and it only lasted for two or three breaths before stopping. He looked through the crack in the door and saw two brutes standing outside, loading the fainted old man into a sack.

The two of them withdrew quickly, and Jia Tianding waited for a while without seeing anyone again, so he went out and picked up the things left by Daddy Xi.

"If you don't believe me, I still have a bucket there, which is also yours. ”

Xi Jia's face turned pale: "Where did they take my father?" Intuition is not a good thing.

Jia Tianding said in a low voice: "I don't know, I can only understand a few words when those two barbarians speak. "Tianfu Pass has been occupied by the Holy Domain for more than a year, and some mortals have done work for them, and they can understand a little barbarian language. "I've worked in the barbarian general's mansion. ”

Xi Jia's throat was very dry: "What did they say?"

"Dajia, you can stand up. Jia Tianding whispered, "I understand a little bit intermittently, as if I am hungry, I want to feed quickly, and I will fight again soon......

Before he finished speaking, Xi Jia spat blood from his mouth with an "ah", and fell down with his head up.

Jia Tianding pushed his chest and pinched people, and finally woke him up. Xi Jia was silent for most of the day, and his eyes were straight.

He didn't have much doubt about Jia Tianding's words, because at that moment he remembered the tragic scene he saw when he entered the city, and the brute beast devoured the living. That kind of monster can commit murder on the spot in downtown areas, and it is so skillful, it must also be because it can often eat human flesh.

He listened and listened to Jia Tianding continue: "You have been away for a long time, and I don't know that there are always old people who live alone in the city who have disappeared in the past few days, at least a hundred. ”

Xi Jia's mind buzzed, and he immediately remembered the empty door of Wang Po's house.