Chapter 100 (1st Update)
The carriage continued on the old dirt road, where jackdaws flew low among the trees, and the afterglow of the setting sun cast on the mile-long convoy, which seemed quiet and tranquil.
It was getting late, and the carriage stopped again.
And they encamped in the field, and the soldiers raised their glasses to the moon and drank and talked merrily, and the servants gathered together in twos and threes around the campfire.
After a night of silence, the convoy traveled on the road for a few more days, and finally arrived in Tianshui County.
On the road, groups of ordinary people gradually appeared, carrying their bags and driving donkey carts to pass by the convoy from time to time, quietly watching.
These ordinary people were dressed differently from the homeless people they had met last time, on the contrary, they were neatly dressed and looked healthy.
When the convoy stopped to rest on the way, the common people followed from a distance, and the scholars sat on the vegetarian brocade and ate fresh food, while the common people could only eat some dry food.
The carriage walked for a few more days, and everyone gradually discovered that it was the season of mango planting, but the large fields looked extremely depressed, and even overgrown with weeds. Apparently due to the fact that there is no one to cultivate and weed.
"Stop! There was a shout outside, and all the noblemen got out of the carriage.
Yang Yu stood by the carriage, eating the dry food in his hand, but found that the common people next to him were looking at him with a smile.
The nobles of the noble clan would prepare enough food for a month or two on the road, and when they arrived in the town or store, they could also supply it in time. But those common people are different, they can only carry dry food for more than ten days on the road, and after the dry food is eaten, they can only dig wild vegetables before they can go to the next town.
The Wuhu invaded the Jin Dynasty, and the people of the Shi tribe were displaced, and it was normal to encounter displaced people on the way, but it was extremely difficult to help the displaced people.
Pei Liang and the soldiers have already taken the lead to protect the other warriors. What's more, as early as in Xinye, they were already walking two roads, Yang Yu lowered his head and thought, only feeling that his thoughts were chaotic, and he couldn't think of any way for a while.
After a few more days of carriage travel, the common people behind the convoy gradually slowed down, and finally they were left far behind the convoy.
Just got rid of a group of homeless people, but everyone felt that their hearts were even heavier.
Occasionally, decomposing corpses were seen on the road, discarded on the path, and as the weather gradually warmed up, the corpses exuded a disgusting putrid stench, and a swarm of green-headed flies attached to the corpses, and the carriages passed by, and the flies were frightened and flew up from the corpses, making a "buzzing" sound. Although the convoy was only passing by, the stench seemed to linger in the nose like epistolicus. The most desperate thing is that the corpses are all mutilated, and some only have a skeleton and skull left, and a few strands of red and white flesh hang on the white bones, which makes people shudder.
Huan Qilang was riding on a horse, and when he saw this qiē, he ordered Huan Qiurong to be locked in the carriage and never allowed her to come out, and even the curtains on both sides of the carriage were tightly sewn. Huan Qiurong didn't know why, cried for a few days, and finally could only sit silently in the carriage.
All the families in the convoy who had sister-in-law followed suit and locked the girl in the carriage. Only the Yang family, Yang Xiu traveled with Kong Lao outside, and the master of the Yang family can be said to be only Yang Yu, Yang Yu presides over the overall situation, arranging all the maids of the Yang family in the carriage, and they are not allowed to move around at will.
The atmosphere in the convoy was getting darker and darker. There was no other way than to speed up the carriage.
The coachman drove the carriage in black and white alternately, and the carriage traveled day and night for two days.
At noon on the third day, there was a dull sound on the uneven dirt road of the carriage.
"Lang Jun, dozens of homeless people have appeared in front of you. Yang Guchen was in charge of exploring the way ahead, and he whispered to Wang Jingzhi.
Wang Jing was dressed in a plain robe, his eyebrows and eyes were cold, his black hair was like a high-grade silk draped over his shoulders, his brows were slightly frowned, and his eyebrows were slightly raised. Those eyes couldn't look deep to the end, and a pair of thin lips under the high bridge of the nose hooked a light smile.
"What will happen to the concept of displacement?" His voice was cold and gentle.
Yang Guchen looked at Wang Jingzhi, couldn't help but be attracted by his brilliance, was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and said: "Dozens of people, men, women and children, dressed in rags, skinny, standing neatly in the middle of the road, I have advised them many times to give way, but no one gets out of the way." ”
On Wang Jingzhi's elegant lips, a light smile gradually disappeared, and he slowly looked at Yang Guchen and said, "Stop, take twenty buckets of grain, and let them get out of the way." ”
Yang Guchen nodded slightly and left.
The convoy slowly stopped in place, Yang Yu lifted the curtain and looked out, not to mention wild vegetables and tree bark on the side of the road, even the land was dug with many pits of different sizes.
Yang Yu once heard Ah Weng mention that when marching and fighting, there was often a shortage of food and grass, and the soldiers often ate wild vegetables on the side of the road in order to maintain their body and fight, and if they didn't have any wild vegetables, they would dig the ground and soil, and if they were lucky, they would catch insects in the soil and replenish their bodies.
The Hu people ate human flesh, at first because of the lack of food and grass, and later developed into a habit.
Yang Yu frowned, looking at the carriage in front of him, Yang Guchen rode on the horse and leaned his body slightly, talking to the people in the carriage.
Yang Guchen lowered his head and said to Wang Jingzhi: "Those homeless people are scattered. ”
Wang Jingzhi nodded slightly, and said in a cold voice like jade hitting an ice chisel: "Okay." ”
The convoy stopped for three incense sticks and marched again.
As the sun sank in the western mountains, a dilapidated village appeared in front of them, and everyone decided to set up camp outside the village.
The huge convoy stopped at the entrance of the village, and each family sent their servants to cook on fire. The people, who had not seen hot food for many days, looked a little excited, and the girls of each family were also released from the carriage.
Su Jin paved a long Milky Way, and everyone sat on the soft collapse and chatted.
Yang Yu used a bowl of hot soup shallowly, felt warm in his heart, and looked at the excitement around him with a smile.
"Ah Jiu, you've worked hard these days. Since Yang Yu was disfigured, Ah Jiu has been guarding the side inch by inch, Yang Yu knows that this is Ah Jiu repaying the favor, but he can't be indifferent to such a quiet guard, turn a blind eye.
Ah Jiu is tall, but he is often shy, just like now, his handsome face is slightly lowered, and the roots of his ears are slightly reddened and said in a low voice: "I once said that I will give up my life to repay, and I have not paid much." ”
Yang Yu tilted his head and looked at Ah Jiu. Ah Jiu also looked at Yang Yu so fixedly.
Yang Yu smiled: "My face is very ugly, but there is no trace of disgust in your eyes. ”
Ah Jiu raised a bright smile and said, "If Ah Yu is ugly, there will be no beauty in this world." His words were teasing, but his expression was extremely serious, if it weren't for Yang Yu reaching out and touching the scar, maybe he would really believe it. (To be continued.) )