The two walked on the street, there were scattered snowflakes falling in the night sky, and on a cold winter night, people came out from time to time on the street, but basically they all came out to look for food, and there were some people who curled up in the street begging.

Seeing the pain of begging, Chu Feng and Feng Yuerong also felt very uncomfortable, now they have more than enough heart but not enough strength, they have nothing to eat on their bodies, and they can't help them.

Walking through the streets, the once prosperous Lujiang City has now become a world of ice and snow, and the hunger and cold have made this prosperous city lifeless.

In the whole Lujiang City, there is not much food left, in order to let the people have food to eat, Huo Ang also took out all his family funds, boiled porridge in the city, the rice is less porridge, although he can't eat enough, but he can also last for a while.

Outside the city, Xia Meng's army has not been attacking, and wants to use the method of blockade to cause chaos inside Lujiang City. Chu Feng and Feng Yuerong also helped to boil porridge and medicine every day to help the hungry and cold people.

Time passed day by day, Lujiang City, also became a dead city, Huo Ang took out the grain, and it didn't last long, every day in the future, the porridge became thinner and thinner, and the rice grains in it could be counted, and the other foods in the city were basically eaten, and the livestock in the people's homes had already become food for the stomach.

One night, Chu Feng and Feng Yuerong were inspecting the street, and when they passed by a house, they actually smelled a smell of meat, and the two of them walked in under curiosity.

Walking outside the door, through the half-open door, the two saw an amazing scene and immediately froze in place.

What they ate turned out to be people!

The two immediately rushed into the room and saw that it was a child who was being eaten, a pot full of them, and the people in the room were eating with relish.

"Vomit ......"

Feng Yuerong suddenly retched and almost threw up, so she quickly covered her mouth and looked outside.

Chu Feng said angrily: "You, you guys, are actually eating people. ”

There were four people in the room, parents and two boys, the two boys were not very old, and the parents looked to be in their thirties.

After seeing Chu Feng and Feng Yuerong rushing in, the people in the room were also frightened and hurriedly put down the bowl, but the two children kept holding the meat in their hands and were unwilling to put it down.

"Young Master Chu, we, we are really hungry, if we don't have anything to eat, our family will all starve to death. ”

Chu Feng glanced at the meat in the pot, and he was also sick to his stomach, so he quickly turned his head and said, "You guys, who are you eating?"

The father said, "It's my daughter." ”

"What, your daughter?" Chu Feng said in surprise.

The father suddenly left tears, trembling hands, picked up a girl's dress next to him, and said in a choked voice: "Master Chu, she is my eldest daughter, our family, there has been nothing to eat for a long time, and my daughter has also fainted from hunger several times, because she has not eaten anything, she relies on eating snow all day to satisfy her hunger, and she is also sick, and she can't live anymore." I really have no choice but to, can only ......"

At this point, the father could not speak any longer, knelt on the place, hugged his head and cried.

"Daddy, child, I don't blame you, I don't blame you......"

The mother hugged her husband, tears already wet her face.

"Woo woo woo ......"

The two children began to cry as well.

After Feng Yuerong eased up, she looked at the family who were hugging and crying, and she didn't know what to say.

Then, the mother knelt in front of Chu Feng and pleaded: "Young Master Chu, we are forced to do it because we have no choice but to do this, we know that this is against the principles of heaven, I beg Young Master Chu, as long as I can let my two children live, no matter what the crime, I am willing to confess, I only beg Young Master Chu, don't embarrass my two children, Young Master Chu, I beg you, I beg you......"

The mother knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chu Feng to plead, Chu Feng quickly helped her up and said, "

Sister-in-law, don't do this, I have nothing to punish you, I just saw you eating...... Eat your own ...... Child...... I ...... for a moment

"Sister-in-law, I won't punish you, I just hope that you won't do such things in the future. ”

The mother kowtowed in thanks, got up from the ground, and said: "Young Master Chu, in fact, not only our family, but also many people in the family now, have begun to eat people, there is no food, they are all forced to be like this." ”

Chu Feng's face was shocked, and he asked, "Now, there are many people in the city, have such things happened?"

The mother nodded and said, "Now everyone in the family is the same as us, and they have nothing to eat, so they can only eat the people in the family." ”

"Ahh ”

Feng Yuerong suddenly shouted, maybe it was the first time she had seen such a situation, and she couldn't accept it, but now although she has eased up a bit, she still looks uncomfortable.

Chu Feng said, "Let's go to another house to have a look." ”

"Hmm. ”

Feng Yuerong followed Chu Feng's side, holding Chu Feng's hand tightly, feeling that Feng Yuerong was trembling a little, Chu Feng asked, "What's wrong with you, why are you so nervous?"

"When I think of what happened just now, I am very scared, they are all parents, how can they ...... Eat...... What about their own children. ”

"Alas......"

Chu Feng let out a long sigh, and then said: "This is the reality of the situation, there is nothing to eat, you can only wait to be starved to death, so it is not strange to eat people." Now, I don't know how many people in the city are still in this situation, we have to investigate it quickly, and then work with Lord Huo to find a way. ”

The two visited many homes and found that most of the families had such a situation, and the old, weak, sick and disabled in the family had become food for other people.

Feng Yuerong really couldn't stand such a situation, and on the way back, she retched even more.

Chu Feng accompanied Feng Yuerong back to the place where he lived, and gave Feng Yuerong a calming elixir, and finally felt better.

After the two found Huo Ang and explained the situation in the city, Huo Ang was also unacceptable, as a parent official here, he couldn't bear to have such a thing that violated heavenly reason.

"Lord Huo, there is not much food left in you now, if you don't have anything else to eat, I'm afraid that more people will starve to death. ”

Huo Ang was silent for a long time, without saying a word, and finally, as if he had made up his mind, he said: "Master Chu, I'll figure out a way to do this, and tomorrow, I'll give everyone something to eat." ”

"Master Huo, do you have anything else to eat?"

Huo Ang looked at Chu Feng, and said in a sad tone: "Young Master Chu, you and Feng Yuerong have been busy for a day, go back and rest early, you don't have to worry about the food matter, I am the Taishou of Lujiang City, and I will find a way to deal with the food matter." ”

Chu Feng nodded silently: "Then Lord Huo should also rest early and take care of your body." ”

"Okay, you guys should rest early, too. ”

After Chu Feng and Feng Yuerong left, Huo Ang found some generals in the military camp and began to discuss the matter of food.

Early the next morning, Chu Feng and Feng Yuerong got up and prepared to help make porridge, and when they arrived at the place where the porridge was boiled, they smelled a smell of meat, and many people had already lined up in a long line.

"How can there be meat?" Chu Feng said curiously, and hurriedly came to the shed where the porridge was boiling with Feng Yuerong.

Looking at the meat in the pot, Chu Feng looked surprised and asked one person, "Where did you get this horse meat?"

The man said, "Early this morning, Lord Huo sent ten horses, let us kill them, and then boil broth for the people to drink." ”

"Where did Master Huo get the horse?"

"It's a military horse. ”

"Military horses?"

Chu Feng suddenly understood how this horse meat came from, and also thought of what Lord Huo said to him last night, it turned out that the food that Lord Huo said was these military horses.

For the army, military horses fight side by side

Partner, is also an important member of the barracks, now, Lord Huo has begun to use military horses as food, you can imagine how serious the matter has become.

Chu Feng looked at these people who boiled horse broth, many of them were soldiers in the army, and everyone had a kind of grief on their faces, and besides, these boiled horse broth were all distributed to the people, and none of those soldiers drank it.

"Lord Huo's use of military horses to serve as food for the people is not a long-term solution, and without military horses, if there is a war in the future, we will also suffer a big loss. ”

Chu Feng sighed and said: "This is also a way that has no choice, it is better to eat military horses than to eat people." ”

"Alas......"

After a long sigh, Feng Yuerong walked to the cauldron and helped distribute the horse broth to the people.

Huo Ang issued an order that in the future, there will be no more cannibalism in the city, and solemnly explained that there are still many military horses in the barracks, which is enough for the people in the city to eat for a long time.

This news made the people in the city feel a lot more at ease, and after that, there was indeed no cannibalism, and Huo Ang would send ten military horses every day.

Looking at these eaten military horses, the hearts of countless soldiers were dripping blood, and many soldiers were really hungry and couldn't hold on, so they could only eat a little with tears.

Huo Ang stood on the city wall every day, but many times, he was in a state of daze, Chu Feng and Feng Yuerong understood what Huo Ang was feeling at this moment, and they also accompanied him silently.

The winter is getting colder and colder, and when it snows, there are more and more of them, and it is not easy in Lujiang City, and outside the city, Xia Meng's army is also not happy.

The front line is tight, and Chamon has no extra strength to replenish here, so in Chamon's army, they can't avoid fighting, because of the large number of people and the huge consumption of grain and grass, so the reserves are also decreasing day by day, coupled with the cold and bad weather, the officers and men in the army are already a little discouraged.

Both sides are holding on, consuming the last of each other's strength.

The weather is cold, and the water falls into ice.

"Lord Huo, now those military horses have been eaten more than a hundred, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid it will be ......" Chu Feng said the worry in his heart.

Huo Ang held his hands and kept looking at the local military camp in the distance, and then said slowly: "If you can hold on for a few days, just hold on for a few days, if the sky is going to kill my Lujiang City, I will live and die with Lujiang City." ”

After finishing speaking, Huo Ang asked Chu Feng, "Young Master Chu, how is Senior Zhong now?"

Chu Feng said: "Teacher Zhong was seriously injured before, and he is still in retreat. ”

After Huo Ang said "um", he said: "Young Master Chu, Miss Feng, on behalf of all the people of Lujiang City, I thank you and Senior Zhong for guarding Lujiang City. ”

After speaking, Huo Ang solemnly saluted the two.

Chu Feng and Feng Yuerong hurriedly returned the salute, and Chu Feng asked, "Lord Huo, what do you mean by this, we should do it to protect Lujiang City." ”

After Huo Ang saluted, he said: "You are not from Lujiang City, you should not be trapped and die here like us, Wind Girl, you are the daughter of the Wind City Lord, and you should not have been protecting us, now, Xia Meng wants to break through Yangzhou, the Wind City Lord has been resisting in the front, you should go to help the Wind City Lord." You can all fly in the sky, so hurry up and stay in front of Zhong and get out of here. ”

The two of them heard what Huo Ang meant, and knew that Huo Ang was thinking about himself, but both of them were firm in their hearts, and they had no intention of leaving here.

"Lord Huo, we know your good intentions, but Chu Feng and I will not leave here, we are ordered to come here to protect Lujiang City, we will definitely not abandon this place and flee for our lives, if we really want to die in Lujiang City, then we will also live and die together with Lujiang City." ”

After Feng Yuerong finished speaking, she looked at Chu Feng, Chu Feng nodded and said, "Rong'er is right, we will not leave here, we will live and die with Lujiang City." ”

The two of them were resolute and had no intention of leaving this place at all, and Huo Ang was very grateful in his heart, and saluted the two again to thank the great grace.