Chapter 2: Corpses

Looking at this terrifying corpse, Zhang Chu couldn't help but stand on end. I quickened my pace and ran forward, and after walking a short distance, I found the corpse lying on the side of the road, and the further I went, the more corpses there were, most of them were old people and children, and there were no wounds on the corpses, and they should have died of illness or starvation. Because of the experience of the past few days, Zhang Chu had to think that it was more likely that these people would be starved to death.

Gradually, Zhang Chu became numb to all this, and no longer looked at the corpses that appeared from time to time, as if they were the scene as it should be. Zhang Chu walked with difficulty, only hoping that he would not become one of the corpses. Zhang Chu dragged his increasingly heavy legs on this road of death, and he couldn't see the end of the road or hope.

When all the hope was gone, Zhang Chu's whole body became numb, and he lost the motivation to think about problems, he no longer observed the surrounding environment, but just dragged his heavy legs forward aimlessly.

A corpse was lying in the middle of the road, Zhang Chu stepped on it directly without paying attention, a standard mouth gnawed on the mud, although there was no audience, but this also made Zhang Chu very angry, got up from the ground and walked to the side of the corpse and kicked it unceremoniously. "Don't find a place to die." Zhang Chu scolded.

The corpse was not very happy to be kicked, so it reacted, and it trembled and made a sound. Zhang Chu was taken aback. "Even if you're dead, you won't stop."

Zhang Chu looked at the "deceased" attentively, and the "deceased" actually opened his eyes, his lips trembled and he made a sound: "Save me." ”

It's not dead, it scared me to death. "Save you, I'm not a doctor." Zhang Chu thought. However, Zhang Chu soon understood that in this era, there is no need for a doctor to save people, as long as there is food, anyone can save people. Thinking of this, Zhang Chu hugged his food tightly. He turned to leave, but after taking a few steps, he couldn't help but look back, "If I leave, this person will really be a corpse." ”

Turned around and went back to inspect the "corpse". There are no scars on his body, and there is still a heartbeat and breathing, so he should be hungry.

The man silently watched Zhang Chu check on him, he didn't have the strength to make any more statements, he just forced himself to open his eyes and look at Zhang Chu, not knowing whether Zhang Chu wanted to find something useful in him or save him.

Zhang Chu found some weeds and dead branches on the side of the road and started a fire, fetched water from a clay pot and burned it on the fire, broke the wolf blood in the bag and put it in the water, boiled a pot of blood soup, and then poured it into the person little by little, and then sat next to watch him gradually recover, and after a while, the person finally got angry again, and tried to support himself to get up and said to Zhang Chu: "Thank you, master."

"Master? Where do you see I'm a master? Zhang Chu asked strangely.

"Look at your short hair, aren't you a disciple of Buddhism?" The man said.

Only then did Zhang Chu notice that the man had long hair and was wearing ancient style clothes. So he asked, "What year is it?" ”

"It's August of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, but the new emperor has just ascended the throne. Master, why don't you even know this? ’’

"I've lived in the mountains for a long time, and I've only recently come down to walk on them." Zhang Chu said perfunctorily.

At that time, Zhang Chu had tens of thousands of horses galloping in his heart. It doesn't matter if he was caught by mistake, he was almost thrown to death, starved half to death, chased by the wolf to become the wolf's snack, Zhang Chu thought that this was the limit of bad luck, and thought that as long as he found the road, he could return to the previous happy life of doing nothing. I didn't expect that I was now in the Ming Dynasty, and it was the last years of the Ming Dynasty, when life was ruined, and human life was not as good as dogs. Those two things talk about experience, what's the use of the experience, I've read a lot of travel novels, and I haven't heard of the time travel and then wear it back.

Seeing that Zhang Chu was in a daze, the man didn't ask anything more, and lay on the ground slowly recovering his strength.

Suddenly, Zhang Chu thought that not only could he not go back, but he might become a corpse like these people, and then slowly rot, and he must find out the situation he is in now.

So he asked the man, "What's your name?" How do you lie down here? ”

"My surname is He, and my name is He Jin. It is a farmer in Yanchang County, Shaanxi, this year Shaanxi suffered a disaster, the weather was drought, the crops in the village were not harvested, the grain was eaten up, and then people began to eat wild vegetables, grass roots, and bark, so the government still forced taxes and taxes, and the people in the village could not live, so they could only leave their hometowns and flee the famine. However, there were also disasters along the way, there was nothing to eat, and everyone did not go far, and many people starved to death on the way to escape the famine. My parents also died on the road, and now I am the only one in the family. I couldn't stand it when I got here, and I was going to die here, but fortunately the master saved me. He Jin intermittently talked about his experience.

After listening to these Zhang Chu's heartaches, he came to the end of the Ming Dynasty, and when he arrived in Shaanxi, which was the hardest hit, it would be very difficult to survive, and he didn't know when he would lie hungry on the side of the road and become a corpse because of no food.

Zhang Chu couldn't help but hug the burden wrapped in wolf meat on his chest. But looking at He Jin who was lying on the ground weakly, Zhang Chu sighed helplessly, took out a piece of wolf meat from his baggage and handed it to He Jin, telling him to eat slowly.

Seeing that the sky was darkening, Zhang Chu had no choice but to find a leeward place to drag He Jin over. He Jin fell asleep again after eating, Zhang Chu looked up at the starry sky, his heart was full of confusion, what to do Not only was his situation difficult, but now there was another hungry and dying He Jin, if he took him, the consumption of food would be doubled, and he would not always have such good luck to have wolf meat to eat. But if such a weak person is allowed to fend for himself, he will not live for a few days. Forget it, it's a few days to be able to save it, it's a big deal to starve to death together, it's better to live in this troubled world than to die. After thinking about it, Zhang Chu was no longer entangled, and the whole person relaxed and quickly fell asleep.

When Zhang Chu woke up again, it was already the next morning, and He Jin had also woken up and sat next to Zhang Chu looking at him.

Zhang Chu looked at him and asked, "What are your plans in the future?" ”

He Jin was silent for a long time before he said, "I don't know what to do in the future. Thank you Master for saving me, I can only move forward, hoping to find something to eat. I had some strength and was able to walk on my own. ”

Zhang Chu heard that He Jin had misunderstood what he meant, and thought that he was afraid of being dragged down by him, so he said: "I mean if you don't have any goals, then the two of us will go together and have a good response." ”

He Jin was very happy when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Okay, let's go together." ”

Zhang Chu asked again, "Are you familiar with this place?" ”

"It's not very far from my hometown, but I don't know what it is. Originally, I and the homeless people walked along the road. Hokin replied.

"That's all I can do." Zhang Chu said helplessly.

Zhang Chu took out the wolf meat and boiled it in a crockpot, and after the two of them shared the food, they were ready to set off.

He Jin's body is okay, after a night's rest, he has the strength to walk on his own after eating.

When Zhang Chu heard He Jin's introduction, he wanted to find something to defend himself, and he would be in trouble if he didn't run into beasts or bad guys again.

Zhang Chu found a willow tree with the thickness of an egg on the side of the road, and it grew relatively straight. Looks like this can be used. Zhang Chu called He Jin and the others to break the tree from the roots with all their might, Zhang Chu found a sharp stone chip to polish off the small branches on it, put the crown part of the tree on the fire and burned it, and scraped the charred part out with a stone chip, so that Zhang Chu had a wooden stick with a point. With the wooden stick in hand, Zhang Chu was much more relieved.

The two of them prepared to stop and embarked on an unknown journey along the main road.

The two men added some security together, and at noon they found a small village with several thatched houses scattered along the roadside, and smoke rising from the houses in the courtyard with stone walls. Finally found someone, and the two couldn't help but lift their spirits and speed up their walking.

I came to the courtyard with an eager mood, and saw that the courtyard door was closed, and Zhang Chu was about to knock on the door, when he suddenly heard a child's voice shouting from the courtyard: "I don't eat human flesh." ”

Eating human flesh, the two of them were scared to stay there at that time.