Chapter 19: Nosy
It can't be a cannibal, right? Chen Shuo clung to Haoyi's side and slowed down. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info began to regret meddling, knowing that he was now a target of activities, and he didn't know how many blind forces were ready to tie himself up to negotiate terms with Chu Ci.
Chen Shuo, who was thinking about how to get out, only heard the little girl's heart-rending cry. Sending the Buddha to the west, Chen Shuo gritted his teeth and led the guards through the dilapidated hall quickly to the backyard.
The first thing that came to mind was a two-story pile of dead bodies, with a lot of firewood scattered around it. The little girl grabbed the old man with the torch with both hands and cried out bitterly.
Facing the choking smell of corpses, Chen Shuo was stunned for a moment, as if all the cries had disappeared. Living in an era of peace, he has at most followed the trend to think about the meaning of life, and has never thought about how his body will be treated after death.
Hunger everywhere! These four words are truly presented in the form of a three-dimensional image, which is a terrifying picture in front of you, which carries a strong mockery of life, grabbing your body like a tornado, forcing people to accept the fate of being smashed to pieces.
Chen Shuo, who had been stunned for a long time, was pushed by Haoyi, and finally came to his senses. Subconsciously asked Koichi to hurry up and notify the palace to bring someone here, but he quickly stepped forward to grab the torch and threw it into the scattered corpse pile without hesitation.
The crazy little girl pounced, waving her limbs and scratching in an orderly manner, until Koji pulled the emaciated her off his body that Chen Shuo felt his arm being bitten.
The others present looked indifferently at the chaotic scene, as if this farce did not exist in their own lives.
The fire burned for a long, long time, and the small courtyard was filled with the smell of corpses and tar, and even the homeless homeless people avoided it with disgust.
Chen Shuo stood there unswervingly, looking up at the pile of corpses slowly merging, accompanied by a crackling and collapsing sound, and finally turned into a charred black piece.
The chief butler followed Hao Yi out of the palace with a mind full of doubts, and looked at the color of the smoke floating in the sky from a distance to know what was burning.
When they quickened their pace and arrived at the courtyard, they saw Chen Shuo with fire on their faces and resolute in their eyes. The chief butler was full of shock in his heart, and for the first time he looked at this cultivator seriously.
Because the death of displaced people is not only starvation but also contagious diseases, no one is willing to risk their lives to dispose of corpses, but the spread of the virus will bring more innocent deaths. In previous years, the doctors could also be allowed to develop antidotes to save lives, but now the situation is turbulent, and the hospitals have long been empty, running in all directions.
Finally waiting for the big butler to bring someone, Chen Shuo, who was a little dizzy from the smoke, quickly stepped forward.
"Trouble the big butler to settle the homeless people in the courtyard to a new place first."
"I can't be the master of this matter, you have to tell the master."
"No problem! You arrange it first, and I'll go to him immediately! ”
Looking at Chen Shuo's earnest gaze, and then looking around at the ruined courtyard, the big housekeeper nodded solemnly.
When the guards asked the outcasts to get up and leave, they just wailed and didn't make any gestures to cooperate.
Only then did I notice that there were mostly women and children here, and there were not many young and middle-aged men. Seeing that the urging of the guards did not have any effect, Chen Shuo shouted angrily: "Stand up and take you to dinner!" ”
Hearing this, most people were a little stunned, and their eyes revealed disbelief. Then there were several gray-haired old women who supported each other, and they didn't have too many doubts, maybe they recognized their own powerlessness, maybe they saw through the cruelty of life.
On the way to the palace, Chen Shuo has been organizing language, and he is in the limelight in front of people, what should he do when he sees Chu Ci? You can't just say that you look sad and want him to feed these people, right?
It is estimated that the God of Wealth will sneer and then pretend to be deaf. His steps became slower and slower, and when he reached the front of his yard, his heart became more and more weak. Seeing Chen Shuo's strength, the big housekeeper thought that he must not let me carry a pot on his back, so he was obliged to inform Chu Ci that Chen Shuo was back.
Really stood in front of Chu Ci and looked at his tired appearance of obvious lack of sleep. Chen Shuo thought bloodily, he was still a child, and I was still in a hurry to make trouble, and I didn't know how to speak for a while.
"I heard you brought back a group of homeless people?" Pressing the raised green tendons, Chu Ci asked weakly.
"Well, I think they are so miserable, not to mention that they are not well fed and clothed, and they don't even have a place to bury. In order to save firewood, the corpses are piled up in a pile and only burned once! ”
Chu Ci's tired expression had turned into impatience, and he was about to drive him away.
"Actually, I discovered a big secret about them. These displaced people are all women and children, and it stands to reason that it is impossible to flee without strong labor, but without a single prime of life, it is impossible for this infectious disease to kill men, right? ”
Finally heard something interesting, Chu Ci lowered his head and muttered for a while.
On the way back, I didn't hear of any natural disasters that needed to be evacuated, but the people who besieged the imperial city were nearly a month old, so they would definitely choose to recruit troops nearby, and these displaced people should be nearby villagers.
Thinking of this, Chu Ci felt that he could take these women and children a fight, and raised his hand to beckon the chief butler to give a few orders. The chief butler raised his head sharply and stared at the prince in surprise, then looked back at Chen Shuo, bowed deeply and retreated.
Chen Shuo swore to the sky, and the chief butler looked at him with an expression full of pity and apology, as if he was going to send him to the western sky. Even Chu Ci asked kindly; "You've worked hard, do you have anything special you want to eat?"
Decapitated rice? This thought jumped into his mind for the first time, Chen Shuo laughed dryly twice to ease the uneasiness in his heart, and asked tentatively: "I don't have anything to eat." It's just a little bit of a question you want to ask, okay? ”
"Look at your politeness, what is the secret of our senior brother?"
If anyone really believes that he can be called a brother and sister to a wealthy nobleman, he will not be far from death, holding back the white eyes that are about to come out, and asking loudly: "What do you have to do with the big housekeeper?" Does it have anything to do with me? ”
"Secret." Chu Ci saw Chen Shuo's aggrieved expression, swept away the tired feeling of the day, and even the heart that had been pulling for Mo Feng's safety all day long was relaxed for a moment.
At this time, in the base camp of the Demon Sect, Mo Feng, who was worried, was already sober, he frowned at the disheveled Mulan on the steps, and said with a little disgust: "What are you going to do?" ”
His gaze shifted from the wine glass in his hand to the prisoner, and he couldn't help but chuckle. Since becoming an elder of the Demon Sect, no one dared to behave so recklessly in front of him. That disgusted gaze reminded him of the humiliating years of being slaughtered, and it seemed that he had to teach him how to respect his elders.