Chapter 3: The road meets the Yuan family
Chen Nuo didn't expect that he would be thrown off the horse.
When he woke up again, he found himself already at the bottom of the mountain. His clothes were shredded by bushes, and he was left with several wounds, some of which were already bleeding.
He vaguely remembered that in the face of the arrow that Boss Sun was about to shoot, he had already neighed in fear when he sat down on his horse. Before the arrow came out, he probably felt the power of the arrow.
It's not hard to come hard, and Chen Nuo has no choice but to choose to avoid it.
It's a pity that riding a horse in the mountains like him doesn't have much room to play. In the moment he turned, the horse's hip had already been shot by the arrow. The horse went crazy and panicked, and suddenly crashed into a big tree next to it.
The horse was knocked to the ground in a daze, and Chen Nuo was thrown by this inertia and fell out heavily.
He couldn't remember whether the little girl Yuyi was injured in the emergency, and whether she also fell off the horse.
He didn't care about the injuries on his body, so he got up and looked for them in a panic.
There was no trace of her.
Should he rejoice, or should he be worried?
Yuyi didn't find it, but saw an oilcloth package.
This package is all too familiar to Chen Nuo, this thing is originally his.
The package was sturdy and undamaged. Looking at the package in his hand, Chen Nuo was helpless.
Where is this package going to take him?
At this moment, suddenly the sound of horses' hooves rumbling in the distance.
The sound was coming in this direction, and in a few moments, the sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer.
Chen Nuo didn't want to be discovered, so he found a hidden place to hide.
By this time, the sun had set in the west, and it was clear that he was not in a coma for a while. Just in the western sunlight, dust was dancing, and a mixed contingent of infantry and cavalry appeared.
Most of the infantry, dressed in simple leather armor and armed with spears, or swords and shields, marched in tandem with the cavalry.
The few cavalrymen, dressed in light armor, carrying bows and arrows at their waists, and spears in their hands, supported them in front or to the right and left.
In the midst of them, there were wagons at a rapid pace, piled with sacks of goods. On both sides of the car, there were clouds of pitch black stuff hanging.
Chen Nuo took a closer look, and those tied to the wheels were clearly a long and puffy hair.
Countless black hairs were connected to human heads, swaying from side to side with the speed of the car, and the flesh and blood were blurred.
Chen Nuo's stomach churned, and he didn't dare to look at it again.
By this time, the carriages had already come out one after another, and at the end of the procession there was a string of prisoners tied with hemp ropes. They were driven by the soldiers who were in charge, and the breath of death hung over everyone's faces.
The west wind was shining, and their flags were blowing in a mess. Only then did Chen Nuo notice that their banner was actually the word Yuan.
Chen Nuo suddenly thought that the little girl Er Yuyi seemed to have said that her Zhen family was here to send grain and grass to the Yuan family this time. If you don't hear it wrong, the Yuan family in his mouth, I don't know if it's the team in front of him?
Chen Nuo went up the mountain again, and he found a dead horse, the shoulder bone of the dead horse had been broken, and the death was extremely tragic. This dead horse was his former mount. He also saw many corpses, as well as hoes, broken knives and broken guns discarded on the ground.
None of the corpses were intact, and their heads had been cut off.
Chen Nuo couldn't bear to look at it anymore, he looked back, remembered the Yuan family horse he had encountered before, and understood.
The people who passed by just now, they were probably sent out to pick up the Zhen family's food protection team. It's just that there was a sudden situation on the Zhen family's side, and they were stopped by the bandits led by Boss Sun, and they were just in time, not only rescued the Zhen family, recaptured the grain and grass, but also killed the bandits together.
He searched for a while, but he didn't find the little girl's jade clothes, but his heart was a little looser.
Perhaps, she has been rescued by the Yuan family.
It was getting late, and hunger was pressing him at the same time. He came to the village down the hill.
The village is still quite large, and there are many villagers, but there are many who die of hunger, and the rest are hungry, and they are not far from death.
When Chen Nuo came in, he was stared at by the hungry people on both sides of the road, and his whole body was terrified. He found that most of them were staring at their bulging waists, knowing what the problem was.
So he opened the oilcloth a little, revealing the wooden tablet, and no one was interested in paying attention to the scholar anymore.
It seems that it is not easy to find food, so it is important to rest and recover some physical strength first.
I found a corner and leaned against it, but I was really tired, and I didn't know when I actually fell asleep.
But I don't know when I was woken up by a commotion.
In front of the street, the hungry people stopped a horse and a man on the horse like crazy, and surrounded him in groups, not letting him go. No one was afraid of him, even though his face was trembling and he was shouting and killing with his sword.
It's not that the hungry are not afraid of death, but there is something more terrible than death, and that is hunger.
What's more, the hungry people knew that the man on the horse, despite his vicious appearance, was already bleeding from his chest, and he was obviously seriously injured. They will not be afraid of such a man who has a knife in his hand but is powerless to splash it.
Soon, the men on the horses were pushed down, and the horses were beaten by the hungry. The hungry people used awls, tiles, and pieces of iron, as well as any sharp weapon that could be used at hand, and which was a little sharp.
They poke these sharp weapons at the horse's body, whether it is the horse's back, the horse's belly, the horse's legs, or the horse's eyes...... I just want to kill the horse immediately, and immediately divide the corpse and eat the meat.
Chen Nuo really couldn't believe the crazy scene happening in front of him, he couldn't do anything about the hungry people, but he still felt sorry for the man who was pushed off the horse.
regretted his situation of being bullied by dogs in Pingyang.
When I think about it, how spirited he is. He has a crowd of people around him to call on, and he can use a good bow to shoot beautiful feathered arrows. He was called the boss.
This boss, Chen Nuo only knows his surname Sun.
He had fallen down the mountain because of him.
This time he was alone, and the narrow road met again, it was really a narrow road. Chen Nuo slowly stood up and came to Boss Sun.
Boss Sun was pushed to the ground, watching the hungry people kill his foal and eat the meat of the horses, only to scold him. It was powerless that when he suddenly saw Chen Nuo, he was stunned at first, and then his face slowly changed, and he recognized him.
He moved, instinctively wanting to stand up and draw the knife, but he was not strong enough blood, so he simply didn't move. raised his neck, but glared at Chen Nuo, looking like he didn't admit defeat and was clearly beaten.
Chen Nuo stretched out his hand, grabbed his clothes, and dragged him all the way to the corner. Leaving him behind, he turned to the hungry people and begged for a piece of horse meat.
"You didn't run?"
Chen Nuo sneered twice, found some firewood, and set up a fire to barbecue meat.
Of course, Chen Nuo asked him deliberately, he knew that this Sun Boss was bleeding too much, and he couldn't run away if he wanted to.
Boss Sun knew very well in his heart that if he fell into the hands of the enemy, he would die this time, and since he couldn't run, it was better to simply close his eyes and not speak.
Chen Nuo grilled his meat and did not speak. When the meat was roasted, he threw half of it to him, and half of it was eaten by himself.
Boss Sun was bleeding profusely, hungry, and in need of food supplements, he got the horse meat, but he ate it all very unceremoniously.
It was getting dark, and it was getting dark.
Chen Nuo didn't speak, but he suffocated Boss Sun.
He opened his eyes impatiently and asked him, "When are you going to do it?" ”
Chen Nuo sneered and said something that answered the question: "How does the taste of your own horse meat compare to other people's?" ”
"What did you say?"
At this time, Boss Sun was confused: "What is someone else's own family, Lao Tzu has been hungry for a day, it would be good to be able to eat a bite!" ”
"Hmph, you're really going to pretend to be confused!"
Chen Nuo turned over and thought of the pair of ancestors and grandchildren, if it weren't for him, the boss, who suddenly broke into the peaceful life of others, how could it cause such a tragedy? The culprit still wants to pretend that he doesn't know anything!
He restrained his anger and spat at his face, word by word: "Is the meat of that old horse not as tender as the meat of your young horse?" ”
Boss Sun stared, really not understanding why Chen Nuo said this.
Chen Nuo stared at him, and he could be sure from his eyes that he was indeed not lying.
If he wasn't lying, who would be the killer of the grandchildren?
Boss Sun suddenly thought of something, and he nodded: "I know, I know why you suddenly asked that." ”
Then he told Chen Nuo that he had led his group of men to pass by the post station at the foot of the Black Mountain during the day, but when they arrived, the post station had been looted. The messenger was killed, the thatched hut was destroyed, and even the horses in the inn were slaughtered and eaten, leaving only the skeletons of horses all over the ground.
"And do you know who did this?"
Chen Nuo recalled the situation when he had pursued them earlier.
At that time, he was chasing after him, and the road suddenly split in two, and there were messy marks on both sides, and he was a little suspicious at that time. Now it seems that there were really two groups of people, and they went in different directions.
In addition, the bandits he had seen before were all vegetable-faced, and their eyes were full of hungry green light, so it was clear that they couldn't have just eaten horse meat.
Based on these doubts, this is why he is reluctant to take action against the surnamed Sun.
Boss Sun shook his head unbearably in Chen Nuo's longing eyes.
Chen Nuo retracted his gaze in disappointment and said lightly, "You can go." ”
Boss Sun didn't believe his ears, but froze.
Doesn't he want to take revenge?
Chen Nuo saw that he didn't move, and suddenly thought that he was injured at the moment, but he didn't want to stay with him, so he had to stand up by himself.
If you don't go, I'll go.
However, none of them could go.
At this time, a group of soldiers suddenly rushed over, pointed at the wounded Boss Sun and asked, "What are you doing, get up!" ”
Chen Nuo knew that Boss Sun was a bandit leader, and if he was caught, it would be a dead end. He wanted to go back to help him, but he was already surrounded by the soldiers who rushed up.