It is not too far from Wujiang to Jiankang, but there is a Yangtze River between them, and Gao Fei, Huan Wen and other people must first arrive at the ferry port on the Wujiang River, and then take a boat instead, drifting down the Yangtze River all the way, which can go straight to Jiankang. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Gao Fei sat in the carriage, and did not say a word to Huan Wen along the way, and he felt too bored, so he opened the roller curtain of the carriage, leaned on the window and looked out, enjoying the scenery along the way.

The carriage swayed and walked on the official road, farther and farther away from Wujiang County, after turning a few corners, the carriage began to march south, Gao Fei noticed that on the edge of the official road, a huge boundary monument was particularly eye-catching, only to see that it was engraved with three big characters of "Wujiangdu".

When he saw the three big words "Wujiangdu", Gao Fei couldn't help but secretly think: "Isn't this the place where Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, killed himself back then?" ”

The group continued to walk along the official road leading to Wujiangdu, and it was deserted all the way, and basically no one was touched.

When continuing to walk forward for about five or six miles, the group came to an intersection, and the number of people suddenly became more numerous, all of them walked in the direction of Wujiangdu, and the bustling pedestrians blocked the intersection at once, and the sound was also very noisy, and the carriage of Gao Fei and the others had to stop temporarily.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Huan Wen, who was reading, immediately shouted outside, "Why did you stop?" ”

"Childe, there are too many people in front, and the intersection is blocked, and we can't get through." The official in charge of driving replied.

At this time, Gao Fei was closing his eyes to recuperate, and after hearing the officer's reply, he immediately opened his eyes, lifted the curtain of the car window and poked his head out to look out.

At this crossroads, the road taken by Gao Fei and others is located in the middle, on the left is a smooth road, on the right is a potholed path, although the land is still covered with snow, but there are more people walking on the road, the snow has also been trampled and melted, mixed with the soil on the ground, forming a piece of mud.

The roads on the left and right were crowded with people, all of them in tattered clothes, men and women, old and young, pushing wheelbarrows, carrying baskets, carrying tattered ones, crutches, holding babies, all in tattered clothes, gray and puffy, muddy sweat on their cheeks, and mud on their feet, legs, and bodies. Swarms, gangs, like hungry beasts with blue eyes, and like a swarm of bees whose nests have been destroyed, hurried and rushed forward.

The "squeaky and squeak" moans of the wooden cart and the heart-rending cries of the children from time to time pierced Goofy's ear drums like an awl, making his heart tighten one after another. As he walked, an old man fell down, he crawled on the ground, and his two wizened hands stretched forward a few times, and then he never moved again. Immediately afterwards, another woman fell, half-lying on a small dirt slope by the side of the road, looking at the four or five-year-old child beside her, shaking her head in despair, shedding a few cloudy tears, and swallowing her breath.

There was also a young mother, who had taken the small mouth of the baby in her arms, who had only been a few months old, from her small, fluffy breast, shook it vigorously, and suddenly went crazy and howled, and the baby had died for a long time......

Gao Fei glanced around, looked farther away, and found that the roadside was full of people who could not walk and fell, and there were heart-rending cries everywhere, this horrific scene was terrifying, and it was only at this moment that Gao Fei really understood the true meaning of "mourning all over the wilderness".

For a moment, Gao Fei only felt a panic in his heart, a kind of depression that was almost about to explode. He saw with his own eyes that these people coming and going, as if they were struggling in the palm of death's hand, were running for their lives in a hurry, no one paid attention to anyone, and the fallen people just fell, no one cared to ask, and they could even step directly over their corpses as if nothing had happened, and continue on their way, like a nobody, so insensitive.

It was only at this time that Goofy truly realized that the era he lived in was a time of great turmoil.

"Don't look at it!" Huan Wen, who was sitting in the carriage, suddenly spoke, "I've seen a lot of such a scene, but what can I do, we still can't do anything now, can you help any of them?" ”

Gao Fei didn't want to look any further, he sat in the carriage, didn't say a word, but his face was cold and abnormal, his hands were clenched tightly, his whole body was trembling, and the scene in front of him made him somewhat unacceptable.

Huan Wen, who was sitting opposite Gao Fei, saw Gao Fei like this, and suddenly said, "Is it the first time you have seen such a scene?" ”

"Why is this happening? Why didn't I see such a scene in Wujiang? Goofy didn't answer the rhetorical question.

Huan Wen said: "Because the county order of Wujiang County is my father!" Three years ago, the territory of Wujiang County was not much different from what you saw, it was my father who saved Wujiang County. But how many prefectural orders can there be like my father? Nowadays, the war in the north continues, and the people are displaced and have migrated to the south, thinking that they can live a peaceful life, but the fact is that these northern people who have moved south not only have to avoid the pursuit of the Hu people, but also have to defend against the attacks of robbers and rogues, and what is even more hateful is that they have to endure the oppression of the gentry in the place where they belong after moving south, so there will be so many refugees ......"

"And where are they going?" Goofy asked, puzzled.

"Jiankang! At least around the capital, the refugees can still get some good treatment. ”

After Huan Wen said this, he stood up, lifted the curtain of the car window, looked out, and then lowered the curtain, and said to himself: "The city is blocked like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to pass for a while." Zhao Si! ”

"Childe, what do you command?" The official in charge of driving the car poked his head in from outside and asked.

Huan Wen said: "You drive the carriage back to the county office, Song Wu and I will ride to the ferry, and they will escort us to Jiankang." ”

"But Childe, the county commander has instructed ......"

"It's nothing, do as I say, or we'll never reach the ferry even if we wait here for a day or two." Huan Wen said categorically.

As soon as the words fell, Huan Wen said to Gao Fei: "Let's go out to ride horses, and we can ride horses from both sides of the official road to the ferry." ”

After saying this, Huan Wen stuffed Sun Tzu's Art of War directly into his luggage, bent down and jumped out of the carriage, calling a servant, and he rode the same horse with the officer.

Gao Fei has an indescribable feeling for Huan Wen, this guy who is only eight years old, whether he is talking or doing things, has a bit of a sense of youth and old age, he is neat and neat, and he never drags.

Since Huan Wen was willing to give up the carriage and ride the horse instead, he naturally would not be so squeamish, he also got out of the carriage, and there was already a servant on a horse waiting there, stretched out his hand and pulled him to the horse, and as soon as he lifted the reins, he was about to leave.

"My bag!" Goofy hurriedly shouted.

"Leave it to me!" Behind them, another official on horseback jumped off his horse, took out Goofy's backpack from the carriage, and put it on his back before turning over and getting on his horse.

"Let's go! Go to the ferry! Huan Wen saw that everyone was together, so he shouted.

A group of five people, riding three horses, first broke through the crowd, and then walked in the snow-covered fields on both sides of the official road, all the way to the Wujiang crossing.

The crossroads are still more than ten miles away from the Wujiang ferry, Gao Fei rode on horseback, looking at the official road to the ferry port is crowded with people, these are refugees, fleeing from nearby counties, including both refugees from the north, and new refugees from nearby counties who can not bear the oppression and escape, new and old refugees are intertwined, forming a long human dragon, difficult to march towards the ferry.

Gao Fei and the others soon arrived at the ferry, the ferry was handled by the soldiers, the entrance was under the rectification of the soldiers, lined up in five long formations, the soldiers at the bayonet were receiving the funds needed to take the ferry one by one, if there was no money, it could be replaced with something valuable, even if it was your turn to queue up for nothing, he would be driven out of the line by the soldiers, and he was not allowed to enter the ferry.

When Gao Fei saw such a scene, he felt an indescribable discomfort in his heart, and at the same time, he would worry about the refugees behind him, who had worked so hard to come to this place, but they didn't want to pay money to cross the river. Those blue-clad refugees are afraid that even if they come here, they will look at the river and sigh.

The world is like this, Gao Fei can only turn a blind eye, but after thinking about it, this is Wujiangdu, so shouldn't the soldiers who are soldiers here be Wujiang's soldiers, so Gao Fei turned his head and asked Huan Wendao: "Master Huan, Wujiang ferry should still be in Wujiang County, right?" ”

Huan Wen nodded and said slowly, "I know what you want to say." Although the Wujiang ferry port is still in Wujiang County, the jurisdiction of the ferry does not belong to the Wujiang River, but to the army patrolling the river. Otherwise, how dare these soldiers charge for crossing the river under the nose of their father! ”

There are dozens of small boats docked on the shore of the Wujiang ferry, which are responsible for transporting people from the shore to the big boat parked in the center of the river.

There are three large boats parked in the middle of the river, lined up in a straight line, each boat can carry 500 people, and go back and forth between Wujiangdu and Jiankang every day, twice a day, and can transport 3,000 people to Jiankang every day. And the army guarding here demanded 20 yuan per person for crossing the river, and he had an income of 60,000 yuan a day, which was really a lot of money.

Without further ado, Huan Wen and the others rode to the entrance of the ferry, did not line up, and walked directly to the front, one of the officials handed an official disc to a soldier guarding here, and after the soldier inspected it, he let him go directly, without collecting a single money, but his eyes revealed a lot of grievances.

After waiting for the bayonet, Goofy asked, "Don't we want money?" ”

"We have official disks for customs clearance, even if they want to accept them, they don't dare to accept them!" The official said.

"Don't ask so much, get on the boat, in a while it will be full, it's time to sail, this is the last trip of the day, if you can't make it, you will have to wait until tomorrow morning." Huan Wen said.

The group dismounted one after another, and under the guidance of a soldier, boarded the small boat on the shore, and then the small boat was responsible for transporting it to the center of the river, and then transferred to the big boat, and the horses were also on board.

After waiting for a while, the big ship parked in the middle of the river was full of people, and Gao Fei noticed that the bayonet on the shore no longer allowed people to enter, and it was directly sealed.

The boat began to move, slowly sailed away from the Wujiang River ferry, along the Yangtze River, down the river, all the way to the direction of Jiankang. Gao Fei stood on the boat, looking at the long dragon of people on the shore, and there was always an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Goofy is now like a grain of sand drifting in the middle of a river, he can only go with the flow, but he can't change anything, but he secretly made a vow in his heart: "One day, I will change everything here!" ”