Chapter 8: Encounter with a thief
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Liu Jun was very moved by the sensible appearance of the little girl, and they all said that the children of the poor were in charge of the house, and the little girl's hungry eyes lit up, but when she got the snacks sent by Liu Jun, she didn't eat them by herself immediately, but all of them were packed up to keep and take back to her family to eat.
"Is your family around here?" Liu Jun asked.
The little girl nodded timidly, perhaps it was the first time she had met such a kind person.
"You go and call your family, and I'll treat your family to a snack."
The little girl was still a little unconvinced, but the old man next to her said, "You have met a kind person, go and call your family over." The little girl finally nodded, and ran away with the plate of snacks she had given him earlier.
"I heard that Zhang Xianzhong rebelled in Gucheng, and the little girl's family probably fled from there." Liu Jun said, "In troubled times, people's lives are like mustard, no wonder the predecessors would rather be peaceful dogs than people in troubled times." ”
"The sage is poor and good alone, and the good is to help the world, and the little brother is also a talent, in this troubled world, shouldn't he serve the country and do things for the people?" The old man looked at Liu Jun.
"I'm just a martial artist, although I have a few catties of brute strength and can read a few words of the book of saints, but if I really want to serve the country, there is no way."
"It's going to be a township test soon, why don't you participate, if you can be promoted, you can also be awarded an official and a half-position, and then the army will be effective, or the royal insult outside the customs will beat the Tartars, or the customs will be against the thieves, and the people will help the world, wouldn't it be good?"
"In fact, this day has come to this day, whether it is the Tartars outside the gate or the thieves inside the gate, in fact, it is only a superficial problem, and the real trouble of the henchmen is not here. Liu Jun shook his head and sighed.
The old man was surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect that he could hear such insightful words from a young martial artist on this country road today, and he was also very impressed by this young man at the moment.
After a while, the little girl really brought back a group of people. There were more than 30 men, women, young and old, and there was obviously more than one family. They were all dressed in tatters and even had a few sick numbers. Think about it, too, drag the family and flee in panic.
"Man, let's have a big pot of porridge and then a pot of mutton soup!" Liu Jun estimated that this group of people was afraid that they would be hungry for a few meals, and they didn't dare to ask the guy to bring the steamed buns directly, for fear that they would choke on eating at that time.
After a while, porridge and mutton soup were served, and a group of refugees saw that Liu Jun and several good people were so kind-hearted and really gave food to eat, and they hurriedly rushed up, holding bowls to receive porridge and soup, and squatted aside to eat after taking it.
Two large barrels of porridge and a barrel of mutton soup quickly bottomed out, and these people finally had a good stomach. The little girl's parents took the little girl to Liu Jun and the old man at this time, knelt down and kowtowed.
"Thank you for your kindness, and the little ones are grateful, and they are willing to repay them as cattle and horses in the next life."
"Hurry up, who hasn't had a time of crisis, just a meal." Liu Jun pulled him up, "Where are you from?" ”
"Xiangyang Nanzhang, the Zhang thief who was recruited by the imperial court rebelled again, burned and looted everywhere, and he couldn't stay in the township anymore, so he escaped."
The old man asked with some doubts, "Zhang Thief rebelled in Gucheng, Gucheng is in the west of Xiangyang, and Nanzhang is in the south of Xiangyang, there is Xiangyang City, Zhang Thief should not kill Zhangnan." Besides, even if you want to escape, you should flee to Xiangyang or Nanyang and Chengtianfu, why did you flee all the way to Macheng, the capital of Huangzhou? ”
"The thief rebelled and plundered everywhere, and it turned out that in the past two years, many thieves who had been recruited by the imperial court also responded in all directions, and the remaining thieves hiding in the mountains and forests in various places also followed and made chaos everywhere.
Now Xiangyang, Yunyuan, Nanyang, and Chengtianfu are all in a panic, although Xiangyang, Nanyang and other big cities are fine, but we can't enter. I had to come all the way east, originally planning to go to Huainan to go to relatives, but yesterday in Huang'an encountered a group of thieves, we fled in a panic, and lost our luggage. ”
Liu Jun's expression changed, "The thief has already arrived in Huang'an?" "Huang'an is in the northwest of Macheng, originally a part of Macheng, and later in Jiajing, from Macheng, Huanggang, Huangpi three counties each separated a part of Huang'an County. If the thieves have already appeared in Huang'an, then even Macheng will not be spared.
"How many?" The old man also immediately became solemn.
"It is estimated that there are thousands of people who came all the way from the west, and now it is estimated that they have entered Macheng County."
The old man immediately beckoned, called an entourage, and whispered a few words, and then the retinue nodded and left, Liu Jun probably went to report to the county.
Before he could digest the news that the thieves had invaded the border, suddenly a group of people fled in confusion on the road ahead, all riding horses and driving carriages, apparently a group of merchants and travelers.
"Little Er, water, bring the water quickly." A man rode to the tea shop and jumped down, shouting in a hurry.
"Brother Tai, what's going on up ahead?"
"The thieves are coming, run." The man wiped a handful of sweat and gasped.
"Rogue? How much, how far?"
"It is estimated that there are more than 100 people, all of them have pond horses, not far from here, maybe they will arrive soon, I advise you, run quickly."
The guy fetched water, and the man poured a few big mouthfuls, then dropped a handful of money and ran away without returning.
Liu Jun was about to avoid it, but unexpectedly, a burst of smoke and dust rose, and a sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, and it was estimated that it was too late to run. His big green mule, no matter how fast he runs, probably can't outrun the opponent's horse.
Hands, it is estimated that it is even worse, he didn't even have a sword on him that looked like a scholar, and he looked at the tea shop, dozens of refugees who had just eaten, and the old man and his companion and three subordinates. The refugees and the two old men are not combative, and the only ones who can fight are him and the three entourage, and it is estimated that a few guys in the tea shop can barely be counted. But there are hundreds of people on the other side, and this is simply an egg hitting a stone.
What to do, what to do?
Liu Jun looked at the burden he put on the table, and suddenly a plan flashed in his mind.
"Master, let's stay away for now." The scribe was whispering to the old man. The old man was not flustered, he was still secretly looking at Liu Jun at this time, he found that Liu Jun encountered this incident, but he did not show a panicked performance, and suddenly his eyebrows expanded, as if he was thinking about it.
At that moment, he waved his hand, "Don't worry, let's see what this young man has to say." ”
Liu Jun was turning to the old man at this time, "Uncle Shi, if the little nephew is as expected, the entourage of Uncle Shi who left just now must have gone to report the thief to the county seat?" ”