Hongshi tapped on the table and said: "Yes, since we arrived in Fuzhou for disaster relief, people from other places have flocked to it, but this most severely affected Lianjiang County, not a single person has ever come, although many people have died of famine and starvation before, but the huge county is not even a living person, and the county official is nowhere to be seen." "Every person who comes to receive rice, they have registered which county they came from, so many days, so many days, but they have never seen anyone from Lianjiang County.

As soon as he said this, Lin Xueli's brows also furrowed, "Xiaguan once sent a yacha to go there, but none of them have gone back yet, and no one dares to go until now, and some people even spread it privately, saying that even if the people there are still alive, they have become wild people who drink blood and eat human flesh raw." ”

Hongli shook his head and said: "No, if it is not a last resort, how can anyone be willing to eat human flesh, in my opinion, there should be another reason." I told my second brother before that I wanted to go to Lianjiang County, but my second brother didn't agree, so I dragged it on until now. ”

"I'm also afraid that you are in danger, but since we are here for disaster relief, we should have a beginning and an end, so I want to go to Lianjiang County before I leave to see what the situation is there. Fourth, would you like to go with me to take a look? ”

Hongli was silent for a while and said: "Second brother is afraid that after I return to Beijing, I won't be able to let go of the affairs of Lianjiang County, so I will be angry, so I say this?" ”

Hongshi did not answer his words, but said: "No matter how you say it, the safety of the people of Fuzhou is the most important thing." ”

Hongli was moved in his heart and said in a low voice: "Thank you, second brother." ”

"We are brothers, don't say such things to see the outside, since it is decided, then we will leave for Lianjiang County tomorrow and bring some food when the time comes. To be on the safe side, I'll send more people to follow. Speaking of this, he swept his eyes and said, "Zhaohui, Ah Gui, you two are not weak in martial arts, so you two will follow together." ”

After Zhaohui and the two agreed, Lin Xueli also said: "Second elder brother, can you let the lower officials go with you?" ”

Hongshi said happily: "Lord Lin has this heart, so naturally we will not object." ”

The matter of going to Lianjiang County was decided, early the next morning, Hongshi, Hongli and Lin Xueli took all the people to Lianjiang County, for the sake of safety, Hongshi brought more than 100 capable sergeants this time, and Lin Zhifu also brought more than a dozen yacha.

Lianjiang County is quite a distance away from the government office, it took more than three hours to see the shadow of Lianjiang County, the whole county is surrounded by a river, to enter Lianjiang County from here, there is only a wooden bridge to go, otherwise you have to go around dozens of miles of mountain roads.

After crossing the wooden bridge, Ah Gui suddenly rubbed his arms and whispered to Zhaohui next to him: "Sick Yangzi, have you noticed that as soon as you cross the bridge, it seems to be a little colder, and when the wind blew just now, I was sweating all over my body." ”

Zhao Hui also felt this way, looked around vigilantly and said, "Be careful, I feel that this place is eerie, not quite right." ”

After they entered the county, a group of ghost-like figures appeared on the opposite bank, and just as they wanted to cross the bridge, the bridge that had been at the end of the bridge just now suddenly broke off and fell into the turbulent water, and vaguely there seemed to be a figure falling into the water, but the speed was too fast to see clearly.

This sudden change made the pupils of the leader shrink sharply, and the bridge was broken, which meant that they could not cross the river, and it was obviously impossible to flow over, just after the flood season, the water flow was much more turbulent than usual, and it was impossible to swim at all.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the people below asked, "Chief, what should we do now?" ”

"There is no way, I can only take the mountain road to bypass, go faster, there are not many people around the fourth elder brother, and we don't even know what the situation in Jiang County is, we have to hurry up to protect the fourth elder brother."

"Yes." After a brief response, a group of people quickly walked to the distant mountain road, and after this group of people, another group of people came to the shore, and after thinking about it, they also decided to detour the mountain road into Lianjiang County.

Just when these two groups of people were rushing to Lianjiang County, changes that they did not expect had taken place in Lianjiang County.

Let's say, after Hongli and the others came in, what they saw was a depressed appearance, walking on the empty street and not seeing a single figure, but occasionally you could see Bai Sensen's bones, I don't know if it was a beast or a human, the unpleasant smell always filled the tip of the nose, lingering.

It was obviously sunny, but it gave people an eerie and terrifying feeling, and without any orders, those sergeants woke up one by one and carefully paid attention to every move around them.

Just as Hongli was about to look for a family to push the door and go in to have a look, the people in the houses on both sides of the street suddenly opened together, and a group of people with their hair like wild men rushed out, all holding hoes, firewood knives and other things, and rushed towards them with a strange smile. Those sergeants reacted quickly, and immediately stopped in front of Hongli and the others, blocking these people with bad intentions, and seeing the sergeant draw his saber, Hongli hurriedly said: "Don't hurt them." ”

Hongli's words caused those sergeants to withdraw their sabers, and only stopped them with sheathed swords, but this time, they must have suffered a loss, but fortunately, people don't know, so many of them can still stop them.

Hongli didn't look at it dryly, but said loudly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, please calm down, we are the Qincha sent by the imperial court to relieve the disaster, now there is no famine in Fuzhou Mansion, everyone has food and porridge to drink, the reason why we are here today is to send you food, if you don't believe it, just look at it." ”

As he spoke, he quickly untied the grain bag and let the white rice appear in front of the people, but as if they didn't see or hear, they still brandished hoes and knives, and attacked the sergeants with all their might, and in this situation of enemy attack and defense, some sergeants began to be injured.

Hongshi said eagerly: "Fourth, don't say it, in my opinion, these people are crazy, they can't listen to what you say, so hurry up and retreat these people, and then leave here." ”

Hongli didn't want to hurt these people who had suffered a lot, but seeing that the situation was gradually out of control, he could only agree, with their orders, the sergeant couldn't wait to draw his saber, with the help of the blade, the situation gradually improved, but soon their faces became extremely blue, because there were many people who looked more crazy than these people in front of them were rushing from all directions, surrounding them, and seeing the dense hoe and firewood knives, their hearts were terrified. And I don't know how, their sabers are always cut empty, but those dull-looking hoe knives always slash at them with unerring accuracy, slashing them all over their bodies.