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The next day, Zhao Yu decided to take Jingnu north to bypass Ye County and go to Yuncheng.

In the north of Ye County, there is a small county named Kunyang, the scale of the city and county is about the same as that of Luyang, maybe a little smaller, but the contact with Ye County is no less close than that of Luyang.

This Kunyang, south of Ye County, to the northwest is Runan, and to the northeast is Xiangcheng, but what is puzzling is that it is obviously close to Ye County, and the exchanges are also close, but Ye County belongs to Nanyang County, and Kunyang belongs to Yingchuan County, and the vague junction between Ye County and Kunyang is the boundary between Nanyang County and Yingchuan County.

It snowed for the first time this year last night, and seeing that winter was coming, Zhao Yu felt that he had to take Jingnu to find a place to live as soon as possible, otherwise if they continued to hide in the mountains and forests, they might not be able to survive this winter.

And Kunyang is the place that Zhao Yu has chosen for the time being, at least safer than Luyang and Yexian.

With half a day's journey, Zhao Yu took Jingnu to the county seat of Kunyang County.

At that time, he stood outside the city and watched from a distance for a while, and sure enough, he didn't see those soldiers wearing leather armor, and the people standing on duty outside the county town were all county soldiers who were not wearing armor.

"Good!"

Zhao Yu secretly shouted hello, turned his head to Jing Nu and said, "Let's see if we can sneak into the city." …… Remember, my name is Zhou Hu, and you are my brother Zhou Jing. ”

"Hmm." Although Jing Nu was cold and hungry, she still cheered up and made a serious appearance with a tense face.

Telling the quiet girl, Zhao Yu took her hand and walked slowly towards the county seat.

"Let me blend in, blend in......

On the way, Zhao Yu secretly prayed.

In his opinion, as long as he can sneak into the city, it will be easy to do, although he and Jingnu have no long things, but they can barely get through this winter by helping people do things, Kunyang's county seat is also a county seat no matter how it is said, and there may not be a shortage of manpower in the city, and that is the opportunity for Zhao Yu and Jingnu.

Of course, if he can blend into the city.

But unfortunately, two teenage children walking together without adults around them is too conspicuous.

Several county guards guarding the city gate glanced at them, and immediately surrounded them and asked: "Stop, two boys, you two are not locals, are you?" Where did it come from? Is there a way? ”

Under the interrogation of these county officials, Zhao Yu began to tell the story he had made up: "...... My two brothers fled from Wanbei to here, there is no road guide, ask a few uncles to make it convenient, it is too cold outside the city. ”

Under his affectionate pleading, several county officials flashed a little pity on their faces, and they discussed with each other in a whisper.

"Lao Zhang, let the two children into the city, it should be fine, right?"

"No, didn't your lord give the order? Refugees who fled from Ye County were not allowed to enter the city. ”

"But these two children ......"

"Give them some food and send them back to Ye County, isn't there a place to help refugees in Ye County?"

Hearing these county guards whispering, Zhao Yu knew that there was no play in entering the city.

Sure enough, after a while, one of the older county officials divided a palm-sized rice ball between Zhao Yu and Jingnu, and said to the two with a little apology: "Boy, the county magistrate of my county ordered earlier, no refugees are allowed to enter the city, you might as well take your brother back to Ye County to see, Ye County has a place that can accommodate your two brothers......

Listening to what he meant, Zhao Yu vaguely heard a little meaning: it seems that the county magistrate of Kunyang County is very afraid of the influx of refugees from Wanbei into his Kunyang.

After eating a closed door in the county seat, Zhao Yu could only leave with Jingnu.

But the good news is that they got two more pieces of bread.

Let Jing Nu temporarily hide one of the pieces in case of emergency, and Zhao Yu tore the other piece of cake apart and half it with Jing Nu.

This time, he stared at Jingnu back and forth, not giving her any chance to hide the food secretly, nor listening to Jingnu's white lie of saying 'I'm full', and asked her to finish eating by the order of the young master.

Of course, Jingnu didn't dare to disobey Zhao Yu's order, her eyes were mixed with helplessness and happiness, and she ate the half of the cake in small bites.

Although Zhao Yu's order was very tough, Jing Nu was still very happy to think that he cared about her.

However, thinking of the current situation of the two, Jing Nu inevitably became a little worried: "Young master, this can't enter the city, what should I do?" ”

Zhao Yu frowned and thought for a moment, if it was in the spring and summer, it would not matter if they went straight to Yuncheng, but it was cold winter now, they had to find a place to live in the winter as soon as possible, otherwise, if they couldn't survive Yuncheng, they would definitely freeze to death in the wilderness.

He thought for a moment and said, "Go and try your luck in a nearby village." ”

"Hmm."

Where the county seat, there must be a village within twenty miles around, no, about two hours later, Zhao Yu and Jingnu found a village on the north side of Kunyang County.

At this time, the time had passed, and it was probably more than an hour before dusk was approaching, so Zhao Yu immediately took Jingnu forward.

This village, let's call it Xu Township, because then Zhao Yu communicated with the young people in the village and learned that the villagers in the village were basically surnamed Xu.

I feel that this Xujia Village is similar to Zhengxiang in Luyang, and there are fields all around, of course, it has been covered by snow at the moment, and it looks white from a distance, and on this white snow field, there are about dozens of dwellings in the forest, and the middle part is quite close, and the ones on the edge are much more scattered.

Those houses that are close to each other are probably the center of the village, that is, the place where the village chief, the village head, or the village elder, the village elder, the village elder, the village elder, the village chief, the village chief, the village chief, the village elder, the village elder

Even in winter, the village is not left untended, except for some children playing in the snow, and some young people patrolling the surrounding area to check the bamboo fences around the village.

These people immediately noticed Zhao Yu and Jingnu, and immediately surrounded them: "Where did those two children come from?" ”

Zhao Yu hurriedly told the story again.

As soon as they heard Zhao Yu and Jingnu claiming to be refugees who had fled from Wanbei, those young men suddenly frowned, looked at the eyes of Zhao Yu and Jingnu, three points of pity and seven points of disgust.

Looking at their disgusted eyes, Zhao Yu suddenly thought of Zheng Xiang.

He vaguely remembered that it seemed that the villagers of Zheng Township had also looked at Ding Lu and other refugees who fled with this kind of disgust, originally Zhao Yu only felt some pity for those refugees, until he experienced it personally at this moment, and he realized how desperate the refugees who poured into his Luyang County at the beginning.

Probably this kind of desperation in front of you......

"There is no extra food in the village, and there is no shelter for outsiders, so you two children should leave quickly."

The young men in the village waved their hands to drive away, and then turned around and left.

"Young Master ......"

Jingnu grabbed Zhao Yu's sleeve and called weakly.

"Uh, it's okay, this little setback can't stop me."

Zhao Yu shook his head, with a smile on his face to comfort the restless Jing Nu, and then said with a wry smile: "It's just that you and I may be freezing outside again tonight." ”

"I'm not afraid." Jingnu shook her head and said, "As long as the young master is here, I am not afraid of no matter how cold it is." ”

Rubbing Jingnu's head, Zhao Yu looked at the few Xu Village villagers who left in the distance with a complicated expression.

It was only now that he realized how desperate the refugees who poured into his Luyang that day were.

But at the same time, those refugees were also lucky, because they broke into Luyang, which was the Luyang where his Luyang Zhao clan was located.

Before the disaster of the Hou Mansion of his hometown, he received nearly 10,000 thousands of refugees in Luyang, and most of the merits of these people who were able to survive and live in Luyang were attributed to his father Luyang Xianghou and to his Luyang Zhao family.

However, as perhaps the last bloodline of the Luyang Zhao family, he Zhao Yu is almost desperate, he can't even give the loyal little maid around him a place to shelter from the wind and rain, is this world really as peaceful and prosperous as his father said?

After standing for a while, just as Zhao Yu was about to leave with Jingnu and hurry up to find a place where he could spend the night before it was dark, suddenly the alarm bell rang in this Xu Village in front of him.

Or someone may carry an iron pot and shout loudly while clanging the bell.

What he shouted, Zhao Yu couldn't really hear it.

He approached the village curiously with Jingnu, hid in the wall of an adobe house, and secretly watched the village.

At this time, the village was in chaos, and many young people in the village were holding sticks and pitchforks, as if they were trying to fight with others.

But at the moment when Zhao Yu and Jing Nu Cat were next to the earthen house, they only heard a bang, and the three young people in the village were swept away by something, and fell to the ground wailing.

At this time, Zhao Yu realized that there seemed to be a group of uninvited guests who had arrived in Xu Village.

I saw that those uninvited guests were unkempt, fierce and vicious, all armed with swords and spears, and at a glance they knew that they were not good, only the one who was the leader looked a little decent, but unfortunately when this person opened his mouth, it had nothing to do with decency: "...... I'm waiting here just for money and food, and don't force me to kill. ”

Poof, the man slammed his spear to the ground.

Looking at it, Zhao Yu saw a person at the feet of this person, and the red blood had stained the ground.

"Who are these?" Are there thieves nearby?'

Zhao Yu thought as he looked at it.

And at this moment, a shout rang out in the village, explaining his confusion: "Ying bandit! The bandits have attacked the village! ”

"Ying bandit?"

Zhao Yu frowned and thought.

Ying mountain thief, as the name suggests, is the thief on Ying Mountain, but is there a thief on Ying Mountain?

To be honest, Zhao Yu really didn't know, after all, he hadn't paid attention to these things before.

"Young master, let's go quickly."

Jingnu was scared, and pulled Zhao Yu's sleeve and whispered.

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded, and quietly retreated with Jingnu, preparing to return to the outside of the village along the way she came.

Come to think of it, where can the two of them interfere in something like a thief attacking a village? What's more, there is no need for him to do anything for this unkind Xu Village.

However, at this moment, the two suddenly heard a hehe laugh from close behind them: "There are still two little cubs hiding here......"

Zhao Yu only felt creepy, subconsciously turned around, and even saw a Ying Mountain thief with a sharp blade looking at them with a strange smile.

Subconsciously stretched out his hand to protect Jingnu behind him, Zhao Yu was quite frightened.

Suddenly, he had an idea and shouted, "Wait! I'm going to run to you! ”

"What?"

The Ying thief on the opposite side was obviously a little stunned, frowning and looking Zhao Yu and the others up and down.