Qin Yu, who was quietly walking through the alleys of the city, saw that he was about to arrive home, but Qin Yu was suddenly attracted by a quarrel in an alley!

"How did you find here?" In the alley, a young man in a Confucian robe scolded with a pale face. In front of the young man was a commoner in ordinary clothes. There were also a couple of sacks next to them.

The man said anxiously: "Childe, how dare the villain disobey Childe's orders and come here." It's really ...... It's urgent. ”

The young man said with a calm face: "What is the urgency?" ”

The man said: "It's Wu Yuanwai, he and his son Wu Geng were pulled up to the city to defend, yesterday two days when the Hu army attacked the city, a boulder was thrown up, and he and his grandfather were stoned to death, Mrs. Wu is now crying at home, like crazy, said...... Say ......"

The young man said sharply, "What are you talking about?" ”

The man said...... In order to buy grain from the son, it was almost a bucket of rice and gold, and all the family property was spent, I thought that I could save the lives of the family, but now the lord is dead, the son is also dead, the house is empty, she doesn't want to live, she wants to hang herself, she is noisy, I am afraid that the news will spread, and it will ...... at that time"

"Smack!"

A loud slap slapped the man in the face, and the man covered his face and took a step back, but saw the young man's forehead with green tendons, and said solemnly: "Bastard, I just asked you to sell grain, who told you to publicize it to the outside world, saying that the grain was bought from me?" ”

"I ...... I ......"

The man snorted and said: "The siege of the city for a month, the city is short of food everywhere, when we noticed that we have food, someone once hit our idea, reported the name of the son, only to tell them to retreat, who knew that the news spread like this, the villain did not mean it, the childe ...... Please also forgive your sins. ”

"Incompetent and stupid!"

The young man cursed, bowing his head and calculating. He was nervous now, thinking of his father's iron-blooded face and iron-blooded heart, if his father knew that he had stolen and sold the scarce grain and grass in the city through connections, he believed that his father would cut off his head without hesitation, and no one's face would be useless.

The man didn't speak, just looked at the young man timidly, and the blade-like light flashed in the young man's eyes, and said gloomily: "Mrs. Wu, you must die!" ”

"Ahh

The man covered his mouth in surprise and whispered, "Are you going to kill her?" The Wu family is a big family in the city, so I'm afraid of ......"

The young man sneered, "Isn't she just trying to die? As long as her hands and feet are clean, who knows if she committed suicide or homicide? ”

The man timidly said, "That'...... Who's going to do it? Those people under my command are just evil slaves who deceive the good and fear the evil, and let them kill people, especially the wives of big families like the Wu family, I'm afraid they don't have the courage to do so. ”

"Well, don't worry about it......"

The young man sneered: "If you can be so careless in the business of losing your head, then you should die." So, it's not just her, you're going to die too! ”

As soon as the man heard this, his frightened eyes just widened, and the young man pounced on his throat with his big hand, and said with a cruel smile: "You are dead, see who can find out about this son's body!" Just by virtue of my father's identity, he never dares to trouble me with his words! ”

"Public ......"

The man only shouted one word, and with a "click", his not slender neck was pinched off.

The young man used all his strength, pressed his two thumbs on the man's throat, and pressed the knuckles of his throat deeply, and the man's eyes almost bulged out, and there was no trace of blood at all. Gradually, the man's eyes froze, completely losing the color of life, only faintly glowing in the light of the setting sun.

The young man let go of his hand viciously, and the man fell limply to the ground as if he were half torn sack.

"Ahh Suddenly there was an exclamation from the corner, and a person suddenly jumped out from behind the half-collapsed wall battlement.

It was Qin Yu who followed the alley when he noticed the quarrel and quietly squatted and hid there, he was hiding there, watching this amazing scene, but this big rat that had eaten too much human flesh and became extremely fat jumped at his feet without fear of people, and he jumped out of the hiding place in shock.

The young man didn't expect that there was still someone hiding here, so he was shocked and pulled out a short knife from his waist, and shouted, "Who is it? ”

Seeing that it was a soldier in light armor, the young man relieved himself and sneered: "It turned out to be a lackey under my father, there is a road in heaven if you don't go, look for death!" As he spoke, he swung his sword and pounced.

Qin Yu screamed, smeared oil on the soles of his feet, slipped away, turned around and ran, his body was extremely flexible, like a loach, the young man was willing to stop, he strode and chased after him, just chased a half-collapsed wall battlement, he saw Qin Yu pull out a brick with his hand, turn around, hold half a brick in his hand, and slap it on his head fiercely.

"Khooth!"

There was a dull sound between "bang" and "poof", the young man's body stood suddenly, he slowly turned his head, and then, the blood on the top of his head suddenly flowed down, and his eyes were blood-red, and he couldn't see anything.

"Bang bang bang, bang bang ......"

Qin Yu's face did not change, he was already a person who came out of purgatory, and it was no longer like a month ago that he would be surprised and moved by death, Qin Yu was like hitting an inanimate object, and the originally loud "bang" sound turned into a dull "pop" sound in just a few clicks. The young man's head turned into a rotten watermelon, and it wasn't until Qin Yu let go of the hand that grabbed him by the collar that he bent his legs just now, and fell to the ground with a "porphyr" sound.

And Qin Yu's eyes were focused on the sack on the side, and when he opened it, it was indeed grain! He couldn't help but be overjoyed! Lifting the sack, ignoring the two people who fell beside him, Qin Yu ran out of the alley.

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After a month of siege, food has become more expensive than golden beans, and the city of Dingyuan is full of hunger and desolation. On the street, a woman held a gold and jade bracelet and shouted: "One steamed bun, just change one steamed bun!" Who will change me for a steamed bun? ”

Someone changed, the woman took the steamed bun and just took a bite, an unkempt child ran by, stretched out a dirty little hand, grabbed the steamed bun and ran.

"Give it back to me, my steamed buns!" The woman had not gone far after her, and then she fell to the ground with all her strength, and could only fall on the ground and groan----

In the alley, the door of a house was closed, and a thin child was weakly beating the door knocker, and after a long time, the door opened a crack, and the inside was still tied with an iron chain, and through the crack in the door, the face of a middle-aged man peeked out, and his complexion was better than that of the child outside, but like many refugees on the street, his face was full of blankness, only the eyes, staring at the little boy outside as if he were examining a prisoner.

The little boy stretched out his thin and weak arm and begged: "Uncle, my father and my mother are starving to death...... uncle, please give me a stutter, just give me a mouthful." ”

The middle-aged man said coldly: "Here you are, what are we going to eat?" ”

With a bang, the door slammed shut, and the little boy knocked weakly a few times, and went back in despair, and after a short walk, he fell to the ground, unable to get up again.

No one looked at him, the people on the street were like the walking dead, there were too many similar scenes, often people walked and walked, and they could never get up again when they plunged into the ground, and people from the beginning of fear and fear are now commonplace, and even sleeping with corpses, they have no feeling at all, and hunger has hardened people's hearts like iron......

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At this time, in the main hall of the yamen of the state capital, after just repelling the offensive of Hu Bing, the state assassin Shi Tiemiao and other officials were sitting in a precarious position, all with solemn faces, and the atmosphere in the hall was extremely depressing.

After Lingzhou finished reporting the statistics of casualties, he sighed long, folded his hands, and said in a deep voice: "The Hu army has been attacking the city for more than a month, the soldiers defending the city have suffered heavy casualties, and the food in the city is limited. ”

The state assassin Shi Tiemiao asked him: "Now, how much grain is left in the treasury?" ”

This don't drive said with a heavy face: "The surplus grain in the treasury can still be used for three months for my officers and soldiers, but ----- this is calculated according to the current daily consumption of one meal. ”

Tie Miao took a long breath, choked his wrist and said: "Lack of troops and food, the soldiers and horses on the periphery have not been able to carry out an attack on the Hu army that is enough to pose a threat, and I don't know how long the Hu army wants to besiege the city, colleagues, do you have any suggestions?" ”

Na Bei said: "My lord, with the defenders at the head of the city, they are no longer able to defend the city, and now, we must concentrate the young and strong people in the city, and even women and children, and go to the city to help in the war." Defending the city, unlike marching and fighting, as long as you have the strength to move the rolling wood and stones, if you don't have the strength to move the rolling wood and stones, you can still do it by pouring gold soup and boiling water. It's just that if you want to recruit people, you have to take care of their food, and our current surplus food ......"

As soon as he said this, the brilliance in the man's eyes also dimmed, and for a while, several people were silent again.

After a long time, Tie Miao said in a deep voice: "These days, this official has been insisting on patrolling the city, and I found that more and more people in the city have starved to death because they have no food, and the government's food relief has long been stopped, and the street patrol team and cleaning team composed of the people have also stopped a long time ago, and now the city is full of hunger and stench. ”

But he smiled bitterly and said: "Everyone is so hungry that they can't walk, how can they still have the strength to do things for the government?" Two colleagues, if they continue like this, the only result is that the whole city will collapse and the jade will be burned. Therefore, the official thought of a last resort......"

Several officials sitting in the lobby raised their heads together and looked at him urgently: "Lord Assassin, please speak!" ”

Tie Miao said slowly: "To defend it, there is only one way, to concentrate the food of the military and civilians in the city, arrange and distribute it in a unified manner, and give priority to the supply of soldiers." ”

Then don't be dumbfounded: "How different is this from now?" ”

Tie Miao said in a deep voice: "Yes! Many rich gentry have a lot of food hidden in their homes, and they are all searched out for military use, so that we can recruit young and strong people to defend the city, and the people must be willing to go up to the city wall in order to have something to eat. ”

Then don't drive: "But what about the people who can't defend the city?" ”

Tie Miao said: "Those who are driven out of the city, and the grain is collected and used for military purposes, if they are unwilling to defend the city, they will also be sent out of the city, and they are now in the city, which is to compete with the army for food." ”

After saying this, everyone was shocked!