Li Yanzhao put away his bow, dismounted, and came to the place of the incident. He led his horse carefully around the wanderers and stood at the center of this little storm.

Before he could ask the reason for the matter, Liu Jiwu had already handed over the sheep's head gold bead with red rope in his hand. Li Yanzhao looked down and saw the golden bead, and couldn't help but feel that the blood in his body seemed to be coagulated, and he was stunned in place, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

Liu Jiwu saw Li Yanzhao standing in place inexplicably. Puzzled in his heart, he hurriedly stepped forward and poked the iron armor on Li Yanzhao's chest with his fingers. Li Yanzhao reacted, grabbed the bracelet with the sheep's head gold bead in his hand, and looked at it carefully.

Liu Jiwu saw Li Yanzhao grab the gold bead, and looked at it carefully with a solemn expression. Looking at his expression, for a while, Li Yanzhao had the feeling that he wanted to embezzle this property and take it for himself. It wasn't until he watched Li Yanzhao's gaze slowly move away from the thing, and then walked to the side next to the little lady who was still holding the old man and weeping with palpitations, that Liu Jiwu felt that he was too careful.

"Little lady, this thing is something you carry with you?" Liu Jiwu heard Li Yanzhao ask, the little lady was still weeping, and before she could answer, Li Yanzhao had already stuffed the thing into the little lady's hand to wipe her tears. Then he looked at the old man's wounds.

Liu Jiwu had already taken out the bamboo whistle and blew it, and when he heard the call of the bamboo whistle, dozens of horsemen who were still stationed on the slope rode their horses one after another. Seeing this kind of formation, the strong men who had just shot were already frightened. knew that the consequences would be like this, why did he have to be greedy and rob the little lady's property in the first place.

Cao Jian ran to the front with the rest of the cavalry, and when he saw Liu Jiwu's big hand, the cavalry dismounted one after another, pulled a noose and tied up the bandits who were interested in getting rich, hurting people, and even wanting to attack the team.

On the other side, Li Yanzhao, who was squatting in front of the little lady to check the old man's injuries, untied the blood-soaked clothes on the old man's body, and saw that the knife was actually on the old man's right chest, between the two ribs. Seeing the blood foaming from the old man's mouth, he saw that he was no longer alive.

The little lady saw Li Yanzhao sigh and get up, and her expression became more and more anxious. She stretched out her hand and grabbed the corner of Li Yanzhao's clothes, and pleaded with tears in her eyes: "General, save Uncle Zhong, general...... Little girl, please save Uncle Zhong! Seeing that the lives of people who get along day and night are hanging by a thread, she can't take care of much at this time, so she can only regard the low-level general of the Liangzhou Army in front of her as the only feasible support.

Li Yanzhao looked at the little lady who was crying and opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't say anything. For a weak woman who will drift alone in the troubled times in the future, he feels that the words on his lips seem to have a thousand weights.

The old man's injuries are incurable under the current conditions. However, facing the little lady in front of him, how could Li Yanzhao bear to tell her this kind of news that the sky is undoubtedly falling for this little lady?

The little lady grabbed the corner of Li Yanzhao's clothes, looked at Li Yanzhao's face with teary eyes, and saw that Li Yanzhao repeatedly wanted to speak and stopped, she let go of the hand that was holding the corner of Li Yanzhao's clothes, and then took out the sheep's head gold bead from her arms tremblingly, handed it to Li Yanzhao tremblingly, and choked up: "General...... If the general can live with Uncle Zhong, the little woman ...... The little woman is willing to give this thing as a gift to thank the general. ”

The little lady also said that Li Yanzhao was unwilling to help, so she said this, hoping that Li Yanzhao would do his best to save Uncle Zhong. This couldn't help but make Li Yanzhao's heart even more bitter. He stretched out his hand and gently pushed back the two hands of the little lady holding the sheep's head gold beads, and then squatted down and sighed regretfully.

"Little lady, your family is also a medical family. The old man was stabbed in the chest and suffered a wound to his organs. Although I have the heart to save each other, I can't do anything about it......"

What Li Yanzhao said is true. At this time, this level of damage will lead to pneumothorax symptoms, the lungs will be punctured, a large amount of air will rush into the lungs, blocking the alveoli, making the lungs unable to carry out gas conversion, coupled with a large amount of bleeding, with the medical degree of this era, it is completely incurable and dead.

If it were in the later life, Li Yanzhao knew very well that he would immediately isolate the wound from contact with the air, and then send him to the hospital for emergency treatment and blood transfusion, and he would still have a good chance of being saved. However, in this era, looking around, there are barren and uninhabited, Li Yanzhao really has no knowledge, but he has no skills.

Seeing that the old man's face gradually turned pale, and a large amount of blood foamed from the corners of his mouth, dyeing his chin, neck and placket clothes into a dazzling bright red, the girl looked at Li Yanzhao with a helpless expression, and finally couldn't hold back anymore, her right hand holding the upper half of the old man's body trembled, and then buried her head, and the low sobbing gradually turned into a howl that let go of the voice.

At this time, the old man's consciousness and consciousness are gradually lost. He raised his right hand tremblingly, and tried to caress the girl's head with all his strength, but his hand was halfway up, but he was unable to continue.

Li Yanzhao knelt down and reached out to hold the old man's hand. Seeing this old man on the verge of dying, and the girl who was crying beside him, Li Yanzhao only felt that his heart was blocked for a while. He secretly regretted that he came too late, so that this pair of young and old could bear the most unbearable farewell in the world at this moment in this cold yellow earth.

Seeing this dying moment, but still full of nostalgia for this old man in this world, Li Yanzhao couldn't bear it, the old man's hand was a little cold, passed to his palm, he looked at the old man as if he still had a thousand words in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "What kind of wish does the old man still have, although the younger generation is not talented, he is willing to do his best for the old man but the long-cherished wish." ”

When the old man heard what Li Yanzhao said, a look of relief appeared in his eyes. His mouth was wide open, and his throat was full of sounds, but he couldn't put together a complete sentence.

After a long day of vain, the old man finally gave up this useless attempt. With the last strength of his right hand, he clenched Li Yanzhao's hand tightly, until Li Yanzhao's finger joints showed a pale color caused by poor blood. Then the old man raised his left hand tremblingly, pointed at Li Yanzhao, and then pointed to the girl who was holding him on his side, and nodded invisibly.

Then, the old man's left hand fell, and he caressed the weeping girl lovingly, and lasted for about ten breaths, and the old man could not support it, his eyes slowly closed, and then his head tilted, and he was no longer silent.

"Uncle Zhong! Uncle Zhong! Seeing that the old man was dejected, the girl called the old man's name hoarsely, but the old man was no longer alive, but his face was peaceful when he was dying, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

The surrounding homeless people, seeing this scene, all looked unbearable. From time to time, someone stepped forward to comfort the little lady. However, the little lady was also so sad that she couldn't help herself. He hugged the old man's body in place and cried for nearly half an hour before he stopped.

Li Yanzhao turned back early to find Niu Erzhuang and Qin Dayong, and asked the two to go to the foot of the mountain to find a secluded place sheltered by trees and trees, and dig a tomb for the old man. Ding Yue, Cui Yang, Han Wencan, and Wang Qiang, four soldiers who knew how to carpenter, also cut down trees, and temporarily made a mouthful of longevity wood for the old man.

The people who committed the crime earlier had already been escorted to the side to wait for their fate. Li Yanzhao asked Liu Jiwu to take out a pen and paper to count the number of people under the rule of the elders of each sect, and then prepared to report back to the county seat, so that the Taishou could arrange the food and materials urgently needed by these refugees accordingly.

After arranging these things, Li Yanzhao waited for the four carpenters to make the longevity wood, and then asked people to carry the old man, and then went to find a stream nearby, fetched water to scrub the old man's body, and then put it into the coffin. The little lady still couldn't stop the sadness in her heart, and she was supported by Li Yanzhao with sobs, and followed the four coffin-carrying soldiers to the tomb dug at the foot of the mountain.

The four coffin-bearers hung a corner of the coffin with a lasso, and then the four of them worked together to carefully place the coffin in the tomb before untying the lasso and carefully filling in the earth.

As the soil covered the coffin one after another, the little lady was already crying. Crying and crying, he fainted beside Li Yanzhao. Seeing this, Li Yanzhao hurriedly held on, so that the little lady would not fall straight to the ground.

The warm fragrance of nephrite was in his arms, but Li Yanzhao didn't have many charming thoughts in his heart. It was the first time in his life that he had such close contact with a woman, and he was caught off guard, but a little flustered. Fortunately, the four people who filled the soil were busy with the work in their hands and did not look at him. It made him secretly relieved in his heart.

Li Yanzhao is deeply afraid that the great defense of men and women in this era will make public opinion unfavorable to this little lady. So fortunately, he bowed down, picked up the little lady, and then said to the four people who filled the soil as soon as possible, and after the filling was completed, they would come to chase the team. The four of them answered, and then Li Yanzhao carried the little lady on his back and went to find Liu Jiwu, who was leading his horse.

Putting the little lady on horseback, Li Yanzhao took the reins of the horse and walked side by side with Liu Jiwu. Just caught off guard, Liu Jiwu suddenly asked: "This little lady's family is a medical family, how did the hundred people know about it?" ”

Li Yanzhao didn't expect Liu Jiwu to ask this question, and his body froze in an instant. After thinking about it, it was better not to mention the sheep's head gold bead after all. So he said lightly: "Half a year ago, when we were still on the way to escape, do you remember that in the left and left of Longxi County, there were several elderly people in the team who had a tired journey and suffered from the disease of the plague. ”

When Liu Jiwu heard this, he thought about it for a moment, then remembered this matter, and said: "There is a little girl in that shopkeeper, and the healing medicine is conveniently written by her, so this little lady is it?" ”

Li Yanzhao nodded when he heard this: "It's this little lady." In this way, she can be regarded as our life-saving benefactor, seeing the current scene, she must have no relatives and no reason, and she is lonely. Before the old man died, she was entrusted to my care, and we must restrain my subordinates and never act lightly. ”

Liu Jiwu nodded: "What the hundred people chief said is extremely true. After the little lady wakes up, I will inquire later, if the little lady has nothing to rely on, then you have to think of a good life to settle down. ”

While the two were talking, Cao Jian had already led people from the head of the team to the back of the team, and counted the situation of this team of displaced people. Then bring the summarized results to Li Yanzhao for a look.

Li Yanzhao took the few pieces of straw paper that were densely drawn with clay blocks, and at a rough glance, the population reported by the old officials of each sect on Cao Jian's registration was as many as three or four thousand!

Seeing this situation, Li Yanzhao couldn't help but start to feel deeply worried about Xin Taishou in the county government. With such a large number of displaced people, if there is any chaos caused by lack of food and clothing, it will definitely be a difficult situation to clean up.

Therefore, the top priority at the moment is nothing more than to report too quickly, and strive to let him try his best to mobilize grain, grass, cotton wool and other materials for backup. After the displaced people cross the river and enter the country, they will choose a place to resettle.

In fact, if he didn't want to bother to resettle this group of displaced people, Li Yanzhao could also lead this group of displaced people down the Taoshui River, and finally cross the big river into Jinxing County. Moreover, Jinxing County was originally the first Liangzhou pastor of the Zhang family, and Zhang Liang set up a county in order to settle the displaced people in Guanzhong.

However, Li Yanzhao is well aware of how important the resource of population is in these troubled times. A large population means higher productivity, more convenient technological innovation, and a more abundant supply of troops. Out of this consideration, Li Yanzhao was actually unwilling to let these displaced people go to Jinxing County.

Thinking of this, Li Yanzhao summoned Niu Erzhuang and Han Wencan, handed over the two reports on the situation of the displaced population that he had transcribed and handed them to the two respectively, and instructed Niu Erzhuang to go to the county government and Han Wencan to go to Daying, and after crossing the river, he should report the situation to Zhao Duwei and ask him to come to help.

The two of them took the order and left, seeing that the dust raised by their horses' hooves was getting farther and farther away, Li Yanzhao looked at the sky, it was almost evening.

He also called Cao Jian and asked him to take people to the mountains to hunt some animals. The rest of the sergeants camped in a nearby valley with a detachment of displaced people. And they all took the command. With everything in order, Li Yanzhao felt a wave of sleepiness hit him. Before the injury had healed, he forcibly drew the bow and shot the arrow, probably because the wound burst out again.

Enduring the slightest pain and discomfort in his arm, Li Yanzhao and his soldiers chose a camp together, cut wood, and built a shack. The young and strong among the homeless people, under the orders of the elders of the various sects, came to help with tools, and together with the soldiers, they set up this temporary camp where they would live later.