drove Li Sanzhu away, and Situ Yan asked Li Dalang what he meant to Li Daniu and Cao. If Situ Yan's temperament is used, it is good not to drive people out of the village. But after all, the Li brothers and Li Daniu still have a blood relationship.

Li Dalang actually didn't want to send it in his heart, but when he thought of his father watching from the sky, he still discussed with Situ Yan and wanted to send some boiled wild vegetables paste. Situ Yan took the wild vegetables dug up, added two pieces of bone-attached free meat, and boiled out a soup for Li Dalang to send over.

Waiting for Li Dalang to come back, he began to set the meal, of course, unlike the Cao family, their family ate black gnocchi soup made of rabbit meat and wild vegetables. It's just that Situ Yan doesn't like to eat black noodles, so she drank some wild vegetable soup and filled herself with water. When I returned to the house in the evening, I found two buds from the ring, and the locust flower cake was eaten with water before falling asleep.

Li Dalang was lying on the kang, and several people didn't speak for a while, they saw that the little sister only drank some soup tonight, and the little sister didn't like to eat black noodles, they all knew this, but at this time there were only black noodles at home, and the county seat was closed again, and in addition to their family, the people in the village were afraid that they couldn't even eat black noodles, and a few people couldn't even sleep.

It wasn't until the next day that Situ Yan took the four of them to find the cave where the grain was stored, and saw that there were four bags of black noodles and one bag of bud grain noodles inside, and the four of them became happy. After moving all the grain home, Situ Yan took two bags of black noodles and one bag of bud grain noodles and made cakes, and put the other two bags of black noodles in his room and stored them.

"Little Five, how do you make these old cakes?"

"Big brother, the cakes are easy to hide, if there are any more disaster victims entering the village, we will hide the cakes in the ceiling, and others will not be able to find them."

Li Dalang thought that the little sister had a good idea, so he called San Lang and Shiro to help him knead the cakes. He and Erlang went into the mountains to collect firewood and dig wild vegetables, and hunted by the way.

The villagers of Lijia Village have no grain to store, and every family goes into the mountains to dig wild vegetables, plus the victims who enter the mountains, people can be seen everywhere in the mountains for a while, and there are many people who go into the deep mountains, and it is more and more difficult to hunt, and even a pheasant and hare can not be found on the mountainside.

The nearly 200,000 victims in Youzhou have been reduced by one-fifth in a few months, and the floods in the south have caused thousands of miles of floating corpses.

In Lu'an County, where the old mansion of Wu Mansion is located, the victims of the disaster rioted at the beginning of the imperial court's order, and directly captured the county government, and after looting, the county government was burned with a fire. And all the rich shops in the city were ransacked, and even the old mansions were not spared.

The village of Shuanghe, where Li Youzhu is located, was also flooded. When the flood wanted to destroy the embankment, Li Youzhu fled with Cui Ping and the servants in the house to the Erjin courtyard bought by Bo'an County.

The two shops in Bo'an County have long been empty. Although it was looted by the victims, the houses are still there, and they can be settled for the time being.

Due to the haste of his escape, Li Youzhu only brought a cart of grain with him, and failed to take anything else. Especially the silver and antiques in the cellars.

Bo'an County is better than Lu'an County, because the county order sealed the city in time, and organized the people in the city to defend the city. Although there was a riot in the city, it only lasted for one day, and all of them were confined at the gate of the West Street Market, and the large households in the city were allowed to give silk grain and porridge, which finally quelled the riots in the county.

As early as when the disasters in the north and south of Wei were frequently reported, Wu, Shu, and Turks immediately dispatched troops to collect grain and grass. Just wait for the internal strife in Wei to be together, and then you can send troops.

Pingnan Hou Shizi Duanmu Xuan, holding a secret letter, was looking at it carefully.

"Ziheng, how is it? Is it time to send troops? In the past few days, several old ministers have been arguing with the court every day, and I think my father is also inclined to send troops. The Seventh Prince, Mu Yi, shook his fan and sat on the square armchair, waiting a little anxiously.

"If you ask me, then I can tell you that the time is not coming. If the emperor asks, I can only say that my relatives don't care about the government. ”

"Alright, you're still playing tricks with me."

"According to what is written in the letter, I don't know what Emperor Wei means at this time, if he orders to open a warehouse and release grain to revitalize the disaster, then even if we send troops, I am afraid it will be a tough battle, and the loss of troops will be inevitable. If he's just reducing the tax, then we'll just wait for them to mess with themselves. ”

"With our troops, we have not lost to the Wei State, and we have already had enough food and grass for all these years of recuperation, so why wait."

"Sun Tzu's Art of War has a cloud, 'All the art of war, the whole country is the first, and the country is second; The whole army is the first, and the broken army is second; The whole brigade is the first, and the broken brigade is second; The whole pawn is the first, and the broken pawn is second; The whole army is the first, and the army is second. Therefore, a hundred battles are won, and the good ones who are not good are also; The soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good. He will be defeated, so why should we wait a few more days? ”

"I'm not as good as you in the way of using soldiers, but according to my understanding of my father, I'm afraid I won't miss this opportunity."

"The affairs of the court are the most troublesome, you can find a way to persuade you, I don't bother to wade into this troubled water."

"You're the best at hiding out. I'm anxious here, you're good, every day is either riding a horse or swimming in the lake, how can there be a little urgency of the imminent war. ”

"I'm busy. Your eldest uncle, who has been discussing with me every night in front of the map of Wei State, has been arguing with me again at this time, and your nephew can't let me be quiet for a while. ”

"You can't blame me for this, it's my uncle, but it's your father."

"Okay, okay, I've read this letter too, and I've said what you want to hear, can you let me rest for a while?"

"Okay. By the way, Ziheng, do you remember Brother Zhongxian? ”

"Remember, he had a great girl. I seem to remember that her sister lives in Youzhou. Duanmu Xuan didn't just think of Wu Jin's sister, he also thought of that interesting boy, who also lives in Xinchang County, and he doesn't know what to do at this time?

"Yes, this time Youzhou is a drought and an insect plague, whether it can survive or not, it is unknown?"

"I think she's going to survive, I'm just a little curious, how did she survive, and how did she escape?"

"Are you so sure he'll be able to escape?" The Seventh Prince doesn't think so, how can a 7 or 8-year-old girl survive without the protection of adults.

"She'll survive, I don't believe we can bet."

"What is a bet?"

"After conquering the Wei State, the loser will give the winner a house and ask for a house in the capital."

"Good. I'll send someone to keep an eye on Zhongxian, if such a big thing happens in Youzhou, he will definitely contact his sister. ”

"I don't think so, these days Yangzhou floods, maybe he has returned to the capital, I'm afraid he is still on the road at this time. But it's better for you to send someone to take a look, after all, he had a fight with our brothers. ”

"It's fine." The two chatted for a while, and then the Seventh Prince left. Duanmu Xuan was sitting on the couch, and in a trance, he actually connected the kid he saw in Xinchang County with Wu Jin's sister who had never met, and even he felt ridiculous.

A small episode of Wu Guo, like a gust of wind blowing before the war, did not make any waves.

The grasslands of the northern Turks were also plagued by insects, and they began to attack the border before winter. Emperor Wei successively received a number of 800-li emergency military information excerpts from the Xuanwu County Guard and the general of the border area. finally pulled the mediocre emperor up from the gentle township and began to discuss politics.

Before the winter, the general of the auxiliary state rushed to the border city with 30,000 soldiers to resist Hulu with the border soldiers, and escorted a batch of grain and grass to Youzhou with the army to be used as military rations.

This auxiliary general has lived in the capital for a long time, and has never led soldiers to fight, where would he have thought that the victims of Youzhou have already rioted, he was in a hurry to make contributions, and rushed with soldiers and horses day and night, but only sent a thousand people to escort grain and grass, and the grain and grass were only taken to Liaodong County, that is, they were looted by the victims. By the time the general received the letter, the victims of the riot had long since disappeared.

If he loses grain and grass in a battle, what kind of face does he have, thinking about hiding this matter first and raising grain and grass on the spot, but Xuanwu County has experienced drought and insect plague first, and the whole county can't even find edible grass, so where can he get food. And the county government has long let the victims loot. The general of the auxiliary state sent soldiers into the city and villages to loot, and successively scraped Xuanfu County, Liaodong County, Changli County, and Liaoxi County again, and even the big families in the city did not let go, forcing the people to leave their hometowns and complain.

In Lijia Village, early in the morning, the villagers went into the mountains to find food, and at noon the villagers rushed home to start cooking breakfast.

And Situ Yan was squatting in the stove room to cook lunch for the four brothers who had just come back.

Suddenly there was a slight tremor on the moving surface, this dynasty did not have heavy armor, and it was only possible to cause such a vibration, and that was that many people came on horseback together.

As she expected, it was the soldiers sent by the auxiliary general who entered the village this time, these people were different from the victims, they all came on horseback, and dozens of horses ran into the village at the same time, of course, the ground trembled slightly.

"Brothers, come out quickly and take the snow wolf and carrots into the mountains."

"Little Five, what's wrong?"

"There's no time, don't ask, run." Situ Yan just suspected that it was the soldiers who entered the village, and these people must have moved faster than the victims, so she didn't have time to explain in detail to the four of them.

"Little Wu, why don't you run?"

"I'm a girl, brothers, don't worry, I'll be fine."

"If Xiao Wu doesn't leave, I won't leave." Several people spoke in unison, where could they put their little sister.

"If my brothers still recognize me as a girl, just listen to me once, go quickly, I will be fine."

"Little Five, I won't go. Let Erlang take the junior and junior away. ”

"No, if my brothers don't listen to me and don't want me to take care of the house, then I don't want this family either, even if the matter is over, I won't stay. Whether the brothers go or stay is up to you. Situ Yan said it so ruthlessly, just to force a few people to leave.

"Little Wu, I'll go, but you promise me, you must take care of yourself, and you must not have an accident."

"Brothers, don't worry, I must have nothing to do, when these people are gone, I will go into the mountains to find you, go quickly." Snow wolf! Situ Yan called the snow wolf and drove the four of them into the mountain. Only then did he go home and put all the things in the house into the ring, and the door was not locked, and he went directly to the entrance of the village.

At this time, the soldiers had already begun to loot from house to house, but Lijia Village had already been looted by the victims. In the homes of the villagers, there is nothing but wild vegetables that have been dug up in the mountains these days. Angry soldiers went around with horsewhips.

"Soldier, soldier, our village has just been robbed by the victims, and we really can't get food. You are good, raise your noble hand, and let us go! At this moment, Muramasa has been pressed to his knees by two soldiers on the ground and kowtowed to these people again and again.

"Damn, what are you bluffing, when I first entered the village, I saw that the chimneys of every house were smoking, what kind of rice to cook without food, Lao Tzu was about to starve to death without food, and you still fucking hid it. His grandmother's is not dead. ”

"Official, what I said is true, you are doing well, ouch, don't fight, don't fight." Before Muramasa could finish speaking, he was beaten to the ground by the soldiers several times, crying in pain.

The little lamb who was standing on the side, when he saw that his father was beaten, shouted and rushed forward, but before he could rush to the edge of the village, he was kicked to the ground by the soldiers next to him, and he was also whipped several times. Aunt Fu'er's movements were slower, and she ran from home at this time, and when she saw that the head of the family and her son had fallen to the ground, she rushed up crying, and the entrance of the village was in chaos for a while.

The villagers were also angry, but not even a single one stood up to plead. If it hadn't been before, Situ Yan would have thought of a way even if he hadn't rushed forward. But at this moment, she only stood behind the crowd and watched from afar. As long as these soldiers don't kill them, she won't make a move.

After a while, the soldiers who were searching from house to house came back angrily, "Tun Chief, I didn't search for anything except some wild vegetables." ”

"Tun Chief, I'm here too." The soldiers who came back were all empty-handed, and the angry tun chief gave the village two whips again, and then scolded and took people to ride to the next village.

The villagers stepped forward to send the village and the family back, Situ Yan took out a medicine bag and left it for Aunt Fu, only showed the injury to Xiao Yang'er, and made sure that it did not hurt the muscles and bones, and then went into the mountain to find Li Dalang and them.

When everyone went home, Situ Yan told the four of them what had just happened.

"Is there any royal law here, the soldiers have become ringing horses, this is more ruthless than the victims, how can we have a peaceful life in the future!" Li Erlang was so anxious and angry when he heard this, and even his eyes were red.

"Little Wu, just now those people entered the village, why did you let us run?" Li Dalang is still worried about this matter.

"I heard the sound of horses' hooves just now, and guessed that it might be the soldiers who entered the village, I was afraid that it was to catch the soldiers, so I let the brothers go into the mountains to hide. And I'm just a girl, it's useless for these people to catch me. ”

"Little Wu, if there is another one in the future, our family will never be separated again?" Li Dalang thought of the worry and fear when he was hiding in the mountains just now, that is, his hands were still shaking at this moment, if something happened to the little sister just now, he was afraid that he was so ashamed that he didn't even have the courage to live.

"Yes, Xiao Wu, our family will never be separated in the future." Erlang also thought that just now in the mountains, a few people were in a hurry, but there was no way at all.

"My brothers heard me say that sometimes the short-term separation is for a better time in the future. So it's not about staying by your side or protecting, as long as we are together as a family, no matter how difficult it is, we can survive. Just like me and my brother, although he doesn't know what's going on here, I believe that he must still be alive, just for me, he will live strongly. ”

The four brothers glanced at each other, and Dalang, Saburo and Shiro understood in their hearts, but they still didn't want to be separated from Xiaomei. And Li Erlang didn't understand it, but he knew that he would definitely hold on for this little sister, and he would dig wild vegetables for his little sister to pick up firewood, he didn't want his little sister to live a hard life.

The words of this day soon became a reality, and several people were separated from each other, but they tried to live for each other.