When Yang Fan changed the guard and walked down the city to go home, his eyes were full of beggars and homeless people on both sides of the street, all with withered faces and waiting to be fed. According to the regulations, as long as more than three people gather, they will be placed on a major crime of gathering people to plot misdeeds.

At the beginning, under the scorched earth policy, a large number of landed or tenants instantly became homeless, or were driven to the north of the thief base, when the lord found that these people went north to become a kind of capital enemy, immediately changed the strategy, the remaining people, driven into Pucheng, and these driven into the city, with a pitiful little food, either exhausted in a few days, or by the county in the name of funding the official army to resist the thieves, became worthless, this time increased the burden of Pucheng. Half a month ago, people died of starvation, and now it has become commonplace.

And the official army is not having a good time, the original little money and grain tax burden, in Yan'an permission, was left in the local area, in order to lure the thieves, everyone is still happy, but, with the 5,000 Zhang Cun Meng army, 3,000 Zhang Jiajun entered, those seemingly rich reserves can not cope at all, the original city, can still be two meals a day, see that there is no war, simply one meal a day, to the present, it is just gruel to live, how to fight this battle?

There are no grains of grain on the market, at that time, the thieves besieged the city, only one day, the grain merchants hung up signboards, grain and rice were sold out, thank you for not sensitive.

Is it really sold out? Everyone knows the reason, isn't it a hoarder?

Now it's even more terrible, even if you are holding gold and silver in the city, it is difficult to buy food, a tender and tender girl, you can only change a flatbread, if it weren't for your brother Niu'er's little red idiot for that childhood sweetheart, even if you are in the mouth, you have to make a flatbread for him to become a family.

Now, Yang Fan is secretly glad that he made his decision, and used all the savings in his arms to buy the food he could buy, although this is somewhat sorry for the honest and honest pot helmet shop owner in the neighborhood, but he also told him the consequences at that time, and now it seems that in the entire neighborhood, only a few of them can still deal with it, and the rest, what else can they say? Just now, I saw with my own eyes that at a corner of the street, a piece of white Sensen's bone, and there was still a piece of clothing left on the side of the bone, what could I do if I saw it? There was only a long sigh of relief.

The people are suffering, and the people are suffering, which is really a wise saying.

When I was about to arrive at the door, I saw a servant, holding a big knife in one hand, with blood dripping down it, and an object in the other hand, which was happily flipped back and forth to admire, and his mouth was constantly smacking.

Yang Fan couldn't help frowning, and he didn't know which one had bad luck, because one object hurt his life. But when I saw it, I just saw it, and I just leaned back on the side of the street, and I didn't care about it. Actually, you can't manage it if you want to.

The official recognized Yang Fan, and when he saw that he was laid off and went home, he raised his hand to greet him, "Brother Yang is back, is there any movement of the thieves today?" ”

Although Yang Fan hated them as a guy who made war money, he still stood up and replied: "It's Brother Li, it's still the same, tepidly around, and I don't know when it's the head and tail." ”

Then Li Yashi walked in front of Yang Fan, put the bloody knife under his armpit, and shouted: "When is this the tail of the hand, you are tepid there, but you have suffered us little officials, tens of thousands of people are nested in this palm-sized place, not to mention food, even the firewood has been seriously insufficient, people's hearts are becoming more and more unstable, and there are small commotions every day, so that our brothers are exhausted." Seeing Yang Fan frowning at the bloody waist knife under his armpit, he couldn't help but smile sadly and said: "Just now, a big family took out a piece of silverware and went to the street to sue Boss Zhang of the rice shop to buy some sweeping food to save his life, but he stabbed the hornet's nest all of a sudden. "Yang Yang's hand, indeed, is a silver plate in his hand, the workmanship is extremely exquisite, I want to be the housekeeper of a large family, at this time, in order to eat a bite of food had to be taken out for exchange." Just this thing that is usually regarded as an heirloom treasure, now, it is only exchanged for three catties of sweeping food, as a result, the owner has not gone out of the food clip, so let a group of homeless beggars break in, a burst of robbery, was trampled into a meatloaf at that time, and the rice row was smashed to a pulp, if it wasn't for our brother rushed early, chopped over dozens of them on the spot, I can't say that it will be out of control now. ”

"Hey-" Yang Fan also snorted, and said sadly: "Yes, this thief is also, if he doesn't attack the city, this is actually harming the people of the city." ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Li Yashi also whispered: "Life and death are fate, how good it is for everyone to be happy." As he was gossiping, suddenly, not far away, there was a burst of shouting and screaming, followed by a burst of gongs. When Li Yajun heard this, his expression changed greatly at that time, and he hurriedly told Yang Fan: "Brother Yang, it seems that there are hungry people over there again, I have to go over and take a look, you are busy." As he spoke, he didn't wait for Yang Fan to reply, he directly tucked the silver plate in his waist, and ran away with a big knife.

Yang Fan stretched his neck to watch him run away, and listened to the shouting, it seemed to be the direction of a horseman's house, it seems that there is another family that is going to be destroyed, but it's a pity, it's a pity.

Sighing a pity, Yang Fan slowly grinded home and walked into the streets and alleys that were originally quite lively, but at this time, it looked like hell and was as dead and silent, there was no one at all, even a dog that took care of the house, dog? It has long been eaten by the hungry people, where is left?

Came to the door of his house, pushed it with his hand, the top of the inside was dead, raised his neck and shouted to his aunt to come out, after a long time, the door was opened inside, and when Yang Fan just entered, his aunt immediately closed the door, picked up a big log, and put it on the top.

"Dad, you're back, but you're scared our mothers to death."

Yang Fan walked towards his father's house and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The mother-in-law hurriedly said with palpitations: "Just last night, the neighbor in the west was broken down by a group of hungry people, and they didn't find anything to eat, so they took away a child from his family. When he said this, his face was full of horror, "That family is crying, like something." ”

Yang Fan stopped, looked left and right, saw that his courtyard wall was still complete, and hurriedly asked in a low voice, "What about Xiaohong's family?" ”

"By the way, when you went to the city yesterday, it was Niu Er's vacation, just in time for Xiaohong's paralyzed old lady to die."

"How did you die?" Yang Fan was surprised.

"What else, starvation."

"Didn't the cow store some for him?"

"How good is that? In less than half a month, he ran out of food, and the paralyzed man couldn't go out to find something, so he starved to death. Seeing that her husband was no longer speechless, he continued: "At that time, Niu Er was on vacation, so I hastily buried her in the yard, took Xiaohong directly out of the brothel, and brought her home. ”

Yang Fan was surprised, "How did the old bustard be kind and agree to this matter this time?" ”

"What's the kindness, isn't it that the old bustard sees that he really hasn't eaten to feed these sisters? If you starve to death, you will lose your capital, so let them bring it back to help her feed, and the people will bring it back, but the redemption deed will not be given, and when the war is over, it will be pulled back. ”

"This group of pigs and dogs is inferior to something." Yang Fan scolded in a low voice. Then he asked: "But today is the cow going to the city, isn't it dangerous for Xiaohong to be at home alone?" No, I have to take a look-"I brought it back, even if it is a home for the time being, even if it is my brother and sister, I can't ignore it as an older brother, just turn around and pull the door."

The mother-in-law grabbed him: "When you look at her, she will already be eaten." Seeing that Yang Fan was anxious, he hurriedly said: "It's all our brothers, as soon as I discuss it with our parents, I will make my own decisions and take Xiaohong to our house." It's in my mother's house. ”

When Yang Fan heard this, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and smiled gratefully at his wife, who had become skinny, but he gave up the idea of going to his parents' house to ask for peace, after all, it was inconvenient. So he turned to his house and asked in a low voice as he walked, "How much food is left in our family?" ”

The mother-in-law looked left and right, and lowered her voice like a thief: "There is still half a bag left, and a bowl of rice in the pot a day can support it until the end of the month, but fortunately, everyone is lying still and can still survive." ”

"Ahh Yang Fan agreed, and then stopped talking.

"It's just that now I'm less and less afraid to fire." Aunt mother-in-law complained.

"Why?"

"And ask why? Now, all the eyes of the hungry people are staring at everyone's roof chimney, as long as the family smokes, immediately rush up, break down the door and rob it, in the second half of yesterday night, the old Zhang family wanted to quietly boil some hot water for the hungry son, but the result was still not hidden from the hungry people, all of a sudden, hundreds of people rushed over, and the old Zhang family was finished. Look at the silent master, wiped his eyes with his sleeve, and muttered in a low voice: "It is said that King Chuang Bodhisattva came to the world, and there is that to save people's hearts, but this siege has been under siege for nearly two months, and I don't know how many people have been starved to death, and I don't know how many people have been killed, so why don't you take action?" How nice it would be to break the city quickly. ”

Yang Fan stood up completely, listening to his mother-in-law's complaints, he couldn't help but cry and laugh, as a family member of an official, he was looking forward to breaking into the city all day long, what was going on?

However, it seems that it is better to break the city, after all, the city is broken, and everyone has a way to live, or this powder keg-like Pucheng may be set on fire at some point, and at that time, the consequences of the starving people's riot will be worse than the slaughter of the city by the army.

After a long time, Yang Fan couldn't help muttering: "King Chuang, when will the city be broken, this tepid, it's really a rush to death." ”