(The chapter I uploaded earlier was out of order, so I resent it.) ）

Loess high slopes, barren and bare land, covered with snow. The scrawny old man sat on the edge of the cave, holding the firewood he had picked up, and lighting a fire. He leaned against the wall, looked up at the sky, and was silent.

There was nothing in the pot, and some snow water was boiling. The old man squinted for a while, felt a person sitting next to him, and asked, "Who?" The young man wore a broken felt hat and turned his head, "Don't panic, passerby." Settle down. The old man stood up and hurriedly asked, "Do you have anything to eat?" ”

The man shook his head and put his hands in his sleeves to doze. The old man leaned back to his original place in disappointment and sighed, "God won't give you a way to live." ”

"Didn't the imperial court allocate food? Why, didn't go to get it? The man's eyes were still squinting, and the old man did not look at him. The two of them were talking more like they were talking in a dream, but they were talking to each other.

"Where did the food come from. Hmph, it's good not to take the food away. The wave of grain that came before was used as military salaries to break the bones of those barefoot rebels. Where did we get the food to eat? Why, you got it? There was a hint of doubt and jealousy in the old man's voice, as if the young man had really received it.

"I said. It turned out that the backup supply had arrived, no wonder. The man shrugged his shoulders, his neck was a little uncomfortable, and then he lowered his head, "Uncle, do you have any water to drink?" ”

"There is it in the pot, scoop it yourself. Listening to your tone, you also rebelled barefoot and fled back? The old man asked.

"yes, just escaped from Qingyang." The man opened his eyes and saw that the water in the pot could not be boiled for a while, so he simply picked up the scoop hanging on the window next to him, scooped it over and muttered a few times.

"How many people died?"

The man seemed to feel the chill from his throat to his stomach, clutched his stomach, and muttered, "Many." If you can escape, if you can't, you will die. "There is a bit of detachment in the words, and I see it very thoroughly." Rebel against this thing, pick up the hoe and pick up the knife, and think clearly, either lose your head or lose your head. It's still the group of dog officials who lost their own, and it depends on their ability. ”

The old man smiled, "It seems that I haven't practiced my skills at home." ”

The man dusted off his trouser legs, lowered his head and laughed at himself: "Let's get a job, at least my life is saved." Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood. He looked up at the sky, his eyes were drowsy, and asked, "Uncle, is there no one in there?" I'll go in and sleep for a while. ”

The old man put his hands on his sleeves and said softly, "Wait, wait." ”

Soon after, the man fell asleep by the wall, fell headlong, and never got up again. The water in the pot began to bubble. The old man took out a knife, turned to the side, and muttered, "Drink my water, and you will pay back with your life!" It's been a long time since there's been such fresh meat, young man. The short knife in his hand, wrapped in strips of rags, stabbed the man in the neck.

The wind howled, and the short knife, which was less than three inches away from the man's neck, suddenly stopped. A hand pinched the old man's wrist, and the man next to him suddenly opened his eyes and sneered: "Cannibal old ghost, sure enough, there is really a person like you." ”

The old man felt a strong force from his wrist, and the hand holding the knife couldn't make it stronger, so he trembled and gave away the short knife, and shouted: "Who doesn't eat people these days? Don't you eat people and eat soil? He hadn't ever encountered such a thing, and the moment the knife hit the ground, the left hand quickly grasped the hilt of the knife and stabbed the man in the abdomen, which was the nearest fatal position.

"You have to blame those dog officials and dog emperors for eating human flesh, but it's your fault for taking people's lives." The man didn't give the old man a chance to make a move, and kicked on the old man who pounced, and the old man, who didn't have a few taels of meat, was kicked three meters away. The man dusted off his body, walked over and said with a smile: "Use sweat medicine to charm people, killing and eating, this kind of old beast, even if he borrows his life in the yang world for ten years, and when he reaches the underworld, he will never be able to live beyond his life." ”

After that, a punch hit the old man's front door, which directly bloomed, and another punch knocked the old man who screamed out unconscious. The man got up, loosened his neck, and as soon as he blew his whistle, a few horses flew in the distance. Seeing the old man who had fainted on the ground, he exclaimed: "Hongji, I can't imagine that this cannibal old ghost really exists?" ”

"What a cannibal old ghost, it's an old man who relies on sweat medicine to defeat people and has no strength. Li Xin, have the remnants of the brothers been gathered? "The man is Li Zicheng, who has just escaped from Qingyang Western Australia.

"Well, some of them were co-opted, and some of them were frightened and ran away. That Du San and Yang Laochai were both killed, and this time their vitality was greatly damaged. The man who was called Li Xin by Li Zicheng dismounted, "Hongji, what are your plans next?" ”

"I can't stay here anyway. The strength of the imperial court is too strong, Hong Chengchou does have two hits, and our mud-legged men are indeed no different from local chickens and dogs, and they are chased by him. I plan to lead my brothers to Gao Yingxiang, the king of Shanxi, to discuss the plan, what do you think? ”

Li Yan nodded and said: "Hongji is right, now that the enemy is strong and I am weak, it is not wise to hit the stone with an egg, or to retreat as an advance, I also agree." ”

"Since the two eldest brothers agreed, how could the younger brother disobey. Brother Li, what should you do with this old ghost? ”

"Drag behind the horse, expose the corpse in the wilderness, it's disgusting to see it." He turned around, "Zong Min, you go into the house and take a look, I heard that this cannibal old ghost has washed and dried people's legs, and stored them in case of trouble, you go and see, you can take as much food as you can, these days, stuttering is more important than anything else." ”

Li Yan shook his head and sighed: "I thought that the Jingshi had a righteous Yang Jue, but unexpectedly, he was also a raccoon dog, not only did he not transport the food for disaster relief, but he fed the group of dog officers and soldiers, and praised him for being a man who was not afraid of rape, he was really blind." Li Zicheng got on the horse and said slowly: "It's good that you can see clearly, it's good that we rebel, we can't survive, and we have to do it." Don't talk about Zhao'an, even if you give Lao Tzu a prince, if you don't knock him down from Shuntianfu, let the brothers behind him eat enough, you will not give up! ”

"Hongji, you have this idea, the great cause is self-contained! Don't learn from the king's left, before the great cause is accomplished, he will compromise. ”

The peasant army in Shaanxi suffered a great blow this year, and was gradually exterminated and quelled. It was not as Yang Fan expected, and the 10,000 stone food and salary he risked his life in exchange for this time indirectly contributed to the post-chaos of this rebellion. Not a grain of rice came out into the hands of the people. Sun Chengzong would not do this, and Hong Chengchou would not be stupid enough to give the hard-won food to these untouchables, so that they could eat enough and then pick up a hoe to rebel.

One person, maybe really can't change much. Yang Fan, who went south, may not know that a repression and rebellion did not ease as beautifully as he imagined, but intensified. This qiē, on the side of Zhu Youzhen in Shuntian Mansion, may be a few sentences of good news in the excerpt handed over by Hong Chengchou - the rebel leaders Du San and Yang Laochai were killed, and the Shaanxi rebellion was pacified.