Seeing that there was no accident, everyone quickly appeared to check the injuries of the two and found that the neighbor was fine.

As the backbone officer of the Four Seas Merchant Gang, Luo Wei has a lot of experience, and he knows that so many people on the other side have run for dozens of miles, and there must be other people who have been taken captive.

He asked, "See the other captives?" ”

When he asked, the other three brothers of the Bao family looked embarrassed, and they were slightly worried that it was too risky to continue to save people.

Instead, Bao patted his head and said, "Yes, it must not be too far, we can save people, and this gang of thieves must be eliminated." ”

Bao's mother said, "There are seven or eight other people from neighboring villages, and I know two of them. The thieves went faster with them, probably a little ahead of us. ”

The neighbor added, "I guess I also passed by this mountain, and I saw blood stains on the road after people were beaten." ”

Luo Wei said, "Bao Chu, you first take people down the mountain to join Qiangfu, and our people from all over the world continue to pursue." ”

Bao Zhu bowed to his mother and said, "The Four Seas Merchant Gang is admirable, and the children are willing to go with them to save people." Mother, rest assured, I will protect myself. ”

Bao's mother knew that Bao's filial piety, quality and chivalry were regarded as more precious than life.

Although their family is not a poor family, let alone a prestigious family, they have always educated their children in this way. This Bao's life ethics is exactly what Bao's mother wants to see.

Of course she agreed, but she also told Bao not to work too hard and to do what she could. His elder brother Bao Ya also reassured the third brother that this time he would take care of his mother and let Bao come back before dark.

In this way, Bao's mother and the other three brothers of the Bao family went down the mountain first to join everyone. Luo Wei, Bao Chu and the other four continued to pursue.

Luo Wei first distributed Bao Chuhu cake to replenish his strength, and the latter ate half of it, and said that he would eat the rest later.

Luo Wei knew that he was filial, so he gave him another one, and the amount given was just right, so that people would not feel a sense of charity.

After replenishing their strength, they observed the footprints of the other party and found that the enemy had withdrawn in a hurry, and there were obvious traces on the loess. Follow the footprints little by little and feel the mountain, and finally get closer to the top of the mountain.

The higher you climb, the more vegetation there is, and some of the trees even have intact bark, so it is clear that the hungry do not want to expend too much physical strength and climb deep into the mountains in search of low-energy food.

Seeing this scene, Luo Wei thought that if there was no Xinxi Liang army, I am afraid that the entire Sanfu would be starving everywhere except for the private fields of warlords and scholars.

With Xiayang and other three counties, no less than 400,000 stone of grain has been given and sold, and it stands to reason that it can barely supply the current 400,000 people in other areas of Sanfu to survive until autumn, but now it is such a situation......

Of course, those grains will not disappear out of thin air, and now they are stored in the warehouses of the Xiliang Army and the major warrior clans, and sold at twice the price, and there are many people who sell their children as slaves in exchange for food.

In fact, this truth is also well known in Sansuke.

For example, the temporary market opened by Zheng Guoqu in Qiqi County was specially designated for sale after refugees gathered. With the dreadnought army and the Four Seas merchant gang surveilling, it is naturally difficult for the scholars to intervene.

However, after buying food at half the price of Chang'an, the refugees will not eat a few bites at all. They would rush to the court of the nobles and get back money and bran, grass roots, and bark for a little more money.

Then they went to the Zhengguo Canal, bought some grain with the money given to them by the scholars, mixed it with bran and ate a little, and then went to exchange it for food and money. And so on and so on to survive the disaster.

This is why Dong Bai and Tong Yuan can't open a warehouse and give it away for free or sell it at a low price. Because most of this grain still goes to the hands of warlords and nobles, how can it be cheaper for these potential enemies?

Sanfu's situation is not so much an injustice as an inevitability of interests.

"They've probably been gone for a while."

Bao out's words brought Rovere back to reality.

Bao Chu carefully checked the blood stains on the ground, which had dried up and dimmed, indicating that the other party might have driven the villagers away soon after releasing Bao Mu.

Luo Wei and Bao analyzed that although this dirt mountain is not very large, it is enough to hide about 100 people, and it is estimated that it is the den of this gang of thieves. However, the thieves before were all local accents, and they evacuated so quickly, indicating that there were people nearby who responded.

Bao Chu was not afraid after hearing this, on the contrary, he said calmly: "I have also heard about some villagers who are unwilling to be hungry and have become thieves. ”

"They get addicted to it once they are full, and they even feed their fellow villagers with it. Although these people were just ordinary people half a year ago, they must not be ignored! ”

Luo Wei stared at Bao Chu and said, "It's true, the troubled times are difficult, but people should not lose the quality of being called human. The more people who can insist on morality and integrity at this time, the brighter they will appear in this dark night. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Wei solemnly hugged his fist to Bao and said, "Bao Shaojun's character, Wei has heard of it, and this time I saw you filial piety, looking for your mother, and saving your neighbors with righteousness." Wei admired, please accept my bow. ”

Bao Chu also respectfully clenched his fists and saluted back: "Bao just insists on some qualities that I think should be adhered to, and it is really not worthy of Brother Wei." ”

"It's a certain person who originally thought that the Four Seas Merchant Gang was doing copper-smelling things, but he didn't want to be a group of people who protected the trade route and acted chivalrous. Out of admiration, please accept this worship. ”

Luo Wei said, "Brother Jiaocai, where do you think this thief will go?" What should we do? ”

Bao Chu said, "The other party is estimated to have moved to their original village, or other dens. Although the other side may be much more numerous than us, I will not give up if I don't do my best. ”

The other two merchant officers leaned over and said, "Okay, let's do our best together without leaving a trace of regrets." ”

The figures of the four people looked particularly tall against the backdrop of the setting sun.

......

"Look, it's a torch!"

An officer of the merchant gang noticed a large group of armed men in front of him, among which several torches flashed to stand out.

Luo Wei motioned to the four of them not to make a sound at first, and then talk about touching it a little bit.

It turned out that the four of them followed the trail and went directly to the other side of the mountain. However, it was very strange to see the footprints and blood marks, and the traces of less than 30 people, which were originally estimated to be less than 30 people, suddenly became more than 200 people.

If this is the case, they may also choose to retreat and let the Xinxi Liang Army or Merge the State to intervene tomorrow, which is the safest way to deal with it.

However, the more than 200 footprints did not leave far away, but walked along the side of the mountain to the foot of the other side of the mountain where Qiangfu and Bao Mu were. In this case, the four of them will follow if they are chasing, and they will also follow if they escape.

Sure enough, when they found more than 100 people, it was already dark, and the other party had obviously found Qiang Fu and the others, and the black pressure directly surrounded Qiang Fu and more than 10 people!