Chapter Sixty-Eight: Southbound
In March, the spring was getting warmer, and the spirits of people and animals were good, and the mule cart was two minutes faster than before.
There are many refugees in Yuzhou, and the government has demolished the east to make up for the west to open a righteous warehouse, and the official road has long been repaired by the refugees.
Therefore, when the uncle and nephew stepped on the boundary of Huaizhou, they suddenly saw the avenue in front of them, and they were both wide-eyed, and they were a little at a loss for a while.
The road section is covered with thick dry mud, piled up with stones, broken wood, and all kinds of garbage.
"Fourth uncle, how about we unload the carport and ride the mule directly?" You can't all be on her legs, she must be fine, but let's take a look at my fourth uncle's body.
"You can ride a mule, and I'll follow you. Wait until you get to the town in front of you and buy another one. Gu Anxia said, and began to unload the carriage.
Gu Tianxing felt that although this mule was not as good as a horse, it was much taller than a donkey, and it was not a big problem to carry two people, and he was still a child.
However, she kindly invited the fourth uncle to come up, but was reprimanded with righteous words.
"How does this work? Since ancient times, men and women have not sat at the same table at the age of seven, and you are now nine years old. The so-called women should be on guard, and they must not act like this in the future. ”
"Peaches were fifteen years old before, didn't they still sit on the wheels with their cousins, squeezed like something?" Gu Tianxing was a little unconvinced, ancient times were trouble.
"How can it be the same, it's the right to hurry. At that time, we were on the run, and now we are going to travel, and the ceremony must not be wasted! With that, he lifted the hem of his shirt and walked forward on tiptoe.
Gu Tianxing gave him a blank look, yes, I'm just blind and kind! You can go if you like, and it's not me who is tired anyway.
Gu Anxia wiped her sweat and estimated that she had walked more than ten miles, right? The two legs are like a pestle, and the waist is sore.
Turning his head and glancing at his niece who was riding on the back of a mule, he wanted to give himself a big mouth.
What do you think you can do?! A person who knows the law of immortals still wants you to be a weak scholar and polite?
"Tuan Tuan, have you been sitting on it for a long time? If you don't come down for a walk, you can move your muscles and bones. ”
Gu Tianxing looked at his fourth uncle's embarrassed appearance of pouting his ass and rubbing his waist, and the little devil in his heart rushed out.
"It's a bit bumpy, but I can still bear it, why don't you come up and sit down for a while, Fourth Uncle?" After speaking, without waiting for him to answer, he suddenly realized:
"Ah, forget about men and women! Walk a little longer, I guess it's almost there. ”
Small, let you be hypocritical, and do it yourself.
After rushing for a while, Gu Tianxing finally got down from the mule, not intentionally giving up his seat, but in fact...... It's time to cook.
"We don't have much food with us, do we? It's safe to go to the front town to buy more. Gu Anxia calculated while eating, it had been almost two months since she came out of the house, and she shouldn't have enough to eat.
Gu Tianxing nodded in response, all the food stored before going out was left at home, and the two of them only brought less than a hundred catties, so naturally they couldn't support it for too long.
In the spirit bead, Shui Lanxing's family has stored more than 1,000 catties of spiritual rice, but it is his own treasure, how can he waste it casually.
It's not that she's picking, it's really ...... It's too picky! Anyway, it's reluctant.
Gu Anxia sandwiched two pieces of salted meat and fried bamboo shoots, how to eat it, how do you think it is not the taste at home.
"Tuan Tuan, did you put too much salt in this dish?"
Gu Tianxing: ......
Love to eat or not! Glaring at him fiercely, he turned to pull the rice.
Gu Anxia moved his buttocks, stretched his head forward and said, "I see, we can find a cook, no matter what the situation is, we can't be wronged." ”
"Find the cook, you take her on a mule?"
Guansha: ......
This kid is used to scaring people!
The two were chatting when a dark shadow swept by, and when they could see clearly, the white porcelain bowl on the stone and the rice were all gone.
Gu Anxia was startled, looked down at her niece who was calmly picking up vegetables, and also sat down, picked up the bowl and chewed slowly.
"It's just a child, and he's quite bold. Forget about the rice, but don't throw the bowl away. ”
It was a utensil sent by the Tuan Tuan Master, pure white and flawless, and the peony depicted on it was even more magical.
"But thirteen or fourteen years old, let him run slowly, don't be in a hurry. That's right, I fry the dishes, so you wash the dishes. ”
Gu Anxia held her waist, she still had to find a cook as soon as possible!
The uncle and nephew walked slowly all the way, this time Gu Tianxing generously threw the mule to his fourth uncle, stretched his waist, and his legs also had the benefit of legs!
After half an hour, a ruined village appeared in front of them.
Gu Anxia counted them, and judging from the ruins and broken walls, they were only eight or nine households. Think about it, how can such a thatched house withstand the flood.
Closer, a pungent fishy smell came from me, and flies could be seen buzzing everywhere. The two approached a large house that was still intact, with a stone furnace by the door, and it seemed that there were still people living in it.
Of course, it is only that the general framework has not collapsed, and you can experience what it means to be riddled with holes when you enter it.
In one corner of the room lay a thick thatched heap, on which lay a little doll of one or two years old, with her eyes closed and her face pale.
Gu Anxia was about to walk over, when suddenly, a person jumped out from behind the dim basket, holding a pig-killing knife, and slashed straight over. He stumbled in fright and sat down on the ground.
Gu Tianxing secretly flicked his fingers, and the person who came flew out upside down, lying on the ground unable to move. But those wolf-like eyes stared at them deadly, and their teeth clenched, as if there was some uncommon hatred.
Gu Anxia was a little poor, stood up and patted his clothes and said, "Ahem, it's been a long time, and it's a little rusty." ”
When I came back from Chang'an, I never played any role as a master again, and I suddenly ran into a villain, and instinctively wanted to hide. I think that in the imperial city, two personal soldiers were holding big knives to cut themselves, and he sat there calmly drinking tea.
Gu Tianxing was amused, "It's okay, you're old, your immortal aura hasn't diminished." ”
After laughing for a while, he walked up to the child on the ground and asked:
"I'm done eating, I have to take my bowl."
The young man's eyes were sluggish when he heard this, and he asked in surprise, "You, no, don't you eat us?" ”
Gu Anxia was shocked when she heard this, squatted down and took the butcher knife from the young man's hand, and threw it outside. walked to the edge of the haystack again, "Tuan Tuan, come over and take a look, this kid is not very good, his body is so cold!" ”
Seeing that her niece didn't care about herself, she simply hugged the child over, "You can take a look and see if you can save it." ”
The little girl's fair face was so thin that her heartbeat was getting weaker and weaker, Gu Tianxing couldn't bear it, and quietly lost some aura for her to continue her life.
"It's also malaria, what's going on with the county order of Anhe, didn't you give him a prescription? Why didn't it get here? Or is it that the medicinal herbs are expensive and you can't afford them? ”
The last sentence was to ask the man on the ground, and see that he could mash the rice he had snatched and soak it in water to feed the baby, because he should cherish her very much.
"The prescription for this disease has been available for many years, and the county order has also organized people to distribute decoction and medicine. But the group of madmen went crazy and killed the adults, and the grain in the Yicang was snatched up.
The rich in the city were killed and robbed! ”
The young man said that the hatred in his eyes was even stronger, he turned his head to look at the little girl, and said:
"The major pharmacies in the town have all been occupied by the Dalong Gang, and a pair of medicines is one or two silver! I tried my best to buy two pairs for my sister.
Just ...... It was all my fault for robbing the two of them of their food just now. As long as you can save my sister, my life is yours. ”
Gu Anxia glanced at his niece and helped the young man up. "I don't need your life, just tell us about the Big Dragon Gang."
Gu Tianxing pretended to take out a few pairs of medicine from his backpack and handed them over. The young man is grateful, and if he boils the medicine, he knows everything and says everything.
This so-called Big Dragon Gang was just a few gangsters in the county who were hated by everyone. After the flood, the people suffered heavy losses, and the county did not see the grain release for a long time, so they instigated everyone to loot the grain shops.
Many people were hungry and dizzy and naturally participated in it, and when they reacted, it was already difficult to ride a tiger, so they could only follow the robbery of Yicang and the killing of the county order.
One wrong step, one wrong step, and now his hands are stained with blood, and there is no turning back.
The real pity is for the people who have not done anything wrong, without food, and they have to be exploited by the wicked, and they are miserable.
"Then what you just said about eating...... Cannibalism, what's going on? Gu Anxia had been thinking about this question for a long time, and seeing that he hadn't mentioned it for a long time, he was a little anxious.
The boy's eyes darkened, and his voice trembled a little.
"We hadn't left the village a month ago. Everyone ate all the turf in the field, and when they were really hungry, they chewed two mouthfuls of soil and tightened their trouser belts.
But I don't know when the children in the village have been decreasing one by one, and the wilted adults who were originally hungry are getting more and more energetic day by day......"
He closed his eyes and tried to calm down, and didn't continue. The uncle and nephew had numb scalps and goosebumps.
"Tomorrow, we're going to meet this big dragon gang for a while!" Gu Anxia was silent for a while, and suddenly said this.
"Good!"