Volume IV

Chapter 328

Daheng Dynasty, Yuxian County.

After years of severe drought, the people were struggling to make a living, and the land was thousands of miles away, so that the corpses were all over the field, and the eyes were full of the bones of people who had died of starvation.

The autumn wind is bleak, and the scorching summer heat is gone, but Yuxian County still has no harvest.

Behind the low hill, in a makeshift stronghold made of rudimentary timber, a dozen small, emaciated teenagers shivered.

Countless people fled the famine after years of drought, but most of them died on the way to escape the famine, or became food for others.

The Daheng Imperial Court seems to have turned a blind eye to this, and has not given a grain of rice and gold for three years, so Yuxian County has long been a hell on earth.

From time to time, mutilated corpses have been found, which is shocking.

Only those who fled the famine knew that it was the pain of starvation to the point of having to eat the flesh and blood of their fellow citizens.

The teenagers were almost starved to the bone, and they were emaciated to the point of not being human.

At first, the adults who led them to flee the famine added up to nearly a hundred, but now after half a year of displacement, only these few dozen people have survived.

They looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, but their lips were already pale, a direct reflection of chronic dehydration and lack of salt supply.

Don't say it's firewood, rice, oil and salt, now in this world, I'm afraid it's a problem to eat enough!

The adults fled to death, and the remaining dozen teenagers traveled along the way, fleeing all the way from Yuxian County to the Beimang border, wanting to enter the neighboring county to seek a way to survive.

However, Yuxian County's close neighbor, White Tiger County, turned a cold eye to this, and even sent troops to drive away the desolate people who fled into the county!

However, there are so many people who have fled from the famine in Yuxian County, there are tens of thousands of tools, and even if they send troops to drive them away for a while, it will be difficult to stop the desolate people who are exhausted from going here.

So a harsh law was issued, anyone who is not from White Tiger County, if they trespass into White Tiger County without permission, they will be killed!

As soon as this order was issued, the fleeing people of Yuxian County all accumulated grievances, and even rioted for a time.

But with their bare hands, and after many escapes and lack of food, where are the opponents of the heavily armed brutes?

In several conflicts, many desolate people in Yuxian County died tragically under the sabers of the defenders, causing the remaining desolate people to flee in panic and never dare to cross the line again!

But this also announced the death of many desolate people, because except for the neighbors of White Tiger County next door, the rest of the bordering areas are all dangerous territories infested with wild beasts.

White Tiger County is the only way out!

But White Tiger County has blocked the hope of the desolate people of Yuxian County, and if they are forced to die!

They had no choice but to wait for death on the spot, or take the risk and go deep into the mountains and jungles of the four parents in crisis.

However, after entering the mountains and forests, many deserted people never returned, never to be seen again.

Whether they are alive or have been reduced to the belly of wild beasts, it is unknown!

At this time, in the temporary stronghold, more than a dozen hungry teenagers were huddled together.

The autumn wind is coming, the temperature of the sky is plummeting, they are all only an inch, where can they withstand the coming cold?

Two of them avoided the crowd slightly.

A thinner teenager curled up in a ball, exuding a weak aura all over his body, his face was pale, and his cheeks were already covered with beads of sweat.

The boy beside him, who was slightly stronger than him, used a cloth made of coarse cloth to wipe the sweat from the former's face.

The slender boy must be in a state of illness, with chills all over his body and weak hands and feet, as if he was about to die.

But the slightly stronger boy did not abandon him, but used a shabby sea bowl with a pungent herbal soup and put it into the mouth of the slender boy.

At first glance, these two people seem to be brothers, even in the process of escaping the famine, they still do not give up, really

It's rare.

However, the dozen or so teenagers on the side looked at the two with sarcasm.

Because they knew that the boy had a rare cold disease, even in normal times, he had to go to the pharmacy to seek medical advice, and it took many days of lying down for a long time to get better.

But now he is on the way to escape the famine, with the physique of a slender young man, I am afraid that he will not last long and will die!

The care of the strong boy is afraid that it will be in vain, and in the end, he still has to watch his younger brother close his eyes!

The teenagers watching from the sidelines will not help, because winter is approaching, and if we don't save enough physical strength and food, I'm afraid everyone won't be able to survive the cold winter!

And when their eyes fell on the sick and weak boy, it was like a hungry wolf seeing food, and there was a ghostly light hidden in the depths of their pupils!

They are waiting, waiting until the sick and weak boy is like a gossamer, and waiting until he dies of anger!

At that time, even if the sick and weak young man was still their compatriot a moment ago, with a strong person, it was absolutely impossible to be the opponent of a group of them!

In the years of escaping the famine, people cannibalize people, which is just a common thing.

Such a tragedy is staged every day, but the desolate people seem to acquiesce to its happening, and they don't even have the slightest intention of stopping it!

Death may be a relief for them.

The sick and weak boy's surname is Jiang, and his milk name is Monkey, which is also commensurate with his body shape.

The boy who was slightly stronger than him was surnamed Xu, and his nickname was Manzi.

The monkey and the barbarian are small, in a village, their parents are good friends, and the two grew up wearing a pair of pants since childhood.

Needless to say, the friendship between the two of them was needless to say, so it was absolutely impossible for Xu Manzi to watch the monkey die of illness.

The medicinal soup in the bowl was all collected from the forest by himself.

And every time he went out to look for herbs, he had to put the river monkey on his back and tie it to his body with a straw rope.

This was done for the sake of the villagers who had fled the famine together with the embankment, and it had been half a month since the last time they had received some rations to satisfy their hunger, and they were already hungry with their chests and backs.

The barbarians don't worry about leaving the monkeys among them, who knows if they will lose their minds and do something unreasonable?

In the era of desertion, what outrageous things can't be done?

So every day, in addition to looking for a way to survive, the barbarian has to carry the monkey around to find herbs and food, and sometimes even rats, grasshoppers and the like, he will not let go!

But if he has a bite to eat, he will never starve the river monkeys!

For two weeks, both of them were barely able to eat some food to maintain their strength.

And the river monkey is indeed rare, he has not died of illness for more than ten days, but now his condition is not optimistic!

If you don't find Lang Chinese medicine for treatment and delay for a few days, I'm afraid you will have no surgery!

Jiang Monkey seems to be terminally ill, in a coma every day, rarely awake, and Xu Manzi is also at a loss for this.

Even if Lang Zhong is willing to treat the river monkey now, it is estimated that he will not be able to pay for the consultation.

A fourteen-year-old boy feels that the sky is about to fall, which is really suffocating.

......

Fast forward to three weeks since the monkey fell ill.

This slender boy looked like a cockroach, his life was terrifying, and more than a dozen teenagers were exiled to many places, but he still did not die on the road!

On this night, the autumn wind gradually rose, and the night was filled with the meaning of Xiao Killing.

Xu Manzi used his weak clothes to cover himself and the river monkey, and the two curled up in the pyre.

Feeling the hot and cold temperature on the river monkey's body, Xu Manzi sniffled, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

Let's go

However, at this moment,

A sudden and loud footstep came suddenly, which instantly surprised Xu Manzi!

"What was that sound just now?" Behind the firewood that had long been extinguished, a young man who was traveling with him asked suspiciously.

Let's go

Immediately after that, the second footsteps suddenly sounded, which made everyone's spirits tense!

The sound of footsteps coming from the darkness is creepy!

Could it be a terrible ghost who is asking for his life?

Some of the young men were trembling and their faces were frightened.

The shadow of the unknown is approaching, as if the black and white impermanence of the hand-held iron chain is suffocating!

Let's go

The third footsteps were heard, and by the faint light of the firewood of Mars, a figure shrouded in black robes slowly emerged from the night!

The teenagers in the "shelter" were all chilled, and they got up and retreated slightly.

The figure stepped into the firelight, and suddenly flicked its fingers.

A cluster of flames burned, and he held a fire fold in his hand.

He blew slightly, and the flame of the fire broke up.

Then, slowly, he took a few sticks of dry wood from the nearby pyre and threw them into the extinguished firewood, but ignited them with a fire breaker.

Smoke and fire spread and rose, instantly illuminating everything in the "shelter".

More than a dozen teenagers who had fled the famine looked at the silent figure in front of the fire with trepidation.

Xu Manzi also looked at this person, but there was not the slightest hint of fear in his eyes.

After many years of escaping the famine, he no longer fears anything else, because the worst outcome is nothing more than death, so he has nothing to fear.

The figure was shrouded in a robe, and it was impossible to see his appearance, except for a pair of shining eyes that looked through the gap in the hood, casting a fiery gaze on the teenagers here.

After a while, his eyes suddenly lit up when his eyes fell on Xu Manzi and the sleeping river monkey beside him!

"Chatter Chatter ......"

With an eerie and terrible laugh coming from his robes, the dozen or so teenagers present all stepped back in horror.

This person's laughter is like a devil, which makes people shudder!

Suddenly, the figure in the robe slowly took out something from the wide sleeves of the robe, which made everyone stunned, and then showed a fanatical look!

In his hand, there were five or six pieces of naan stacked on top of each other!

For the teenagers who were already hungry and dizzy, it was tantamount to gold and silver treasures!

However, the figure in the robe was too terrifying, and everyone was a little nervous for a while, but no one dared to step forward first.

Xu Manzi took a deep breath, and was the first to take a step and strode in front of the robe.

The man in the robe looked at him with surprise and surprise, and then directly reached out and handed a piece of naan to Xu Manzi.

Xu Manzi smiled, took the naan without hesitation, and then immediately turned around to share the naan in his hand with Jiang Monkey.

Seeing that Xu Manzi got the naan cake they had always dreamed of, the remaining dozen teenagers were all red-eyed, and they couldn't help but come forward to beg for food.

However, the man in the robe smiled gloomily, and then Shi Shiran said:

"Chatter...... There are only five loaves of bread here, and now he has taken one, and there are only four left, and there are fifteen of you!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and then looked at Xu Manzi with their eyes!

Thirteen people, even if the remaining four naan cakes belonged to them, each of them would be able to get a small piece at most.

But Xu Manzi became the first person to eat crabs, and he got a cake alone, and he and Jiang Monkey were both estimated to be able to eat enough!

This made everyone else's eyes redden, and even their eyes became eerie!