"That's not ......" Mu Yu immediately thought of the two people he had met in the broken temple the day before, and one of them had such a scar on his face. Okay, thank you, you go get busy. ”

The shopkeeper is still here, she shouldn't say too much, and when the shopkeeper walks away, she whispered, "Is it possible that the two people we met in the broken temple that day were the two people in the shopkeeper's mouth?" ”

"It's possible." Xie Chongning nodded expressionlessly, "Don't worry, eat first." ”

When Mu Yu walked out of the hotel, the beggars squatting on both sides had disappeared, "These people were still here just now, why are they suddenly gone?" ”

"There are a few more people there." Xie Chongning looked ahead, and also quickened his pace, keeping up with the beggar trotting in front.

The entrance of the yamen can be said to be crowded with people, and there are several officials standing on the steps, and several large wooden barrels are placed in front of them, and the words "porridge" are hung next to them.

The people who just walked down with the wooden bowl all wiped out the liquid at the bottom of the bowl with sad faces.

"I didn't expect that the yamen could still help the people, and it could be regarded as making a difference." As soon as Mu Yu praised him, he heard several sneers beside him, which were extremely harsh.

Is it not inferior? Mu Yu looked around suspiciously, and a man in tattered clothes stretched out his porcelain bowl that was already a little broken to Mu Yu, and sneered, "This is still called giving relief to the people?" You see, there is not a grain of rice at the bottom of this bowl. ”

The porcelain bowl was dark, the liquid in the bowl was slightly milky white, the clear soup was watery, and there was indeed not a grain of rice.

The man, perhaps thinking that his ridicule was useless, withdrew the porcelain bowl, drank the rice water from the bowl in one gulp, shook his head and walked away.

This scene deeply touched Mu Yu, she knew that these people were not doing well, but those lost and desperate faces really made her, a modern person who had no worries about food and clothing, feel deeply guilty.

"Brother Xie, what can I do to help them?" She stood weakly in the crowd of people coming and going, even if everyone knew that the so-called porridge of the Yamen did not have a grain of rice, but this was their only hope of survival.

She also thought about giving her own money to help the people, but this is only a drop in the bucket, today she can give porridge, tomorrow she will leave, these people still have nothing to eat.

Xie Chongning looked at Mu Yu calmly, "Continue south." ”

The only thing they could do was to tell the emperor what they had seen and heard, and let the emperor deal with the bandits in the south and what was happening in these villages.

But there is still a cabinet in the court, and when the emperor's governance measures come down, the people in the south don't know how many sins they will suffer.

Before leaving, she bought all the grain from several grain shops, and bags of rice and noodles were stacked together, which was also spectacular, looking at the begging people who couldn't stand on the street, Mu Yu could only sigh while distributing food.

Suddenly, there was a quarrel between the team, and the loud sound could reach Mu Yu's ears.

"What's wrong?" Mu Yu stopped what he was doing, and saw that the two were about to fight.

One of them pointed to the man standing in front of him, "He is the people of the city, and it is a shame to come here to steal food from us wanderers." ”

The person standing in front was indeed dressed well in this team, although it was also coarse linen, but the clothes were clean and tidy, and it didn't look like he had been hungry for a few days, "How do you know that I am a citizen of the city, and I haven't eaten for several days, and I'm hungry!" ”

"You fart, I once went to your house to ask for some alms, you scolded me and didn't say anything, and you broke my bowl." The latter was particularly excited, waving half of the porcelain bowl in his hand, eager to kill the former.

Mu Yu sighed, there are too many wandering people, and there are indeed some ordinary people who come to rub food with a fluke mentality, but there are so many people, she has no way to tell them.

The two of them talked about each other's reasoning, one scolded, the other refused to admit it, and finally scuffled together and raised a cloud of dust.

Xie An stepped forward and separated the two, "Miss Mu, be careful. ”

Looking at the dust raised, Mu Yu had an idea, and with a plan, she walked back to the table where the food was distributed, grabbed the dust on the ground and threw it into the rice noodles.

"What do you do?" The people standing at the front of the team could see clearly that the good food had been wasted like this, and those who had not eaten for a few days were not distressed.

Xie Chongning's movements froze, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he also followed the example of Mu Yu, grabbing the dust on the ground and sprinkling it in the grain.

"If you don't want to give us food, then don't pretend to have so much food on the table and waste it in front of us."

Mu Yu's actions spread ten, ten, hundreds, and soon reached the rear of the team, and the condemnation became louder and louder.

"That's why I want to help you." Mu Yu glanced at the person who was calling the most cheerful, and was not affected by the scolding behind him in the slightest, "I just want to help people who really need help, as for those who pretend to be wanderers and want to eat and drink here, let's go back." ”

The reason why she sprinkled dust in the clean grain was to prevent the existence of opportunistic people, and the dust in the grain would be particularly unpalatable to eat, and who would choose to eat these things mixed with dirt if they were not really hungry?

"You are a waste of food, and you will be damned."

No matter how sarcastic and scolding those people were, Mu Yufeng smiled lightly, "If you still need it, line up, and if you don't eat, get out." ”

Sure enough, when she went down, a few people walked out of the team, still shouting and cursing in their mouths, and when those people were almost gone, the team quieted down.

The person who was accused of being a common man just now also patted the dust on his body and left in pieces, but the man who fought with him smiled happily and shouted, "Miss, you are so wise." ”

The distribution of food continued, and although the people who took the dusty food complained, they were more moved, and bowed and thanked the three of them gratefully before leaving.

"Miss Mu is so smart that she can think of such a method." Xie An is a heartfelt but silent person on weekdays, only doing what Xie Chongning commands, but after getting along with Mu Yu in the past few days, he admires this young lady from the Luanping Marquis Mansion from the bottom of his heart.

This method is borrowed from the method of a famous minister, He Shen, so she deserves this praise, "There may be only so much I can do for them." ”

"There's more to it than that." The corners of Xie Chongning's mouth were almost undetectably raised, and his eyes revealed an indescribable tenderness. "If this method is implemented nationwide, it can benefit more people."

Before they left, they bought another carriage, although they couldn't buy too comfortable carriages in Lancheng, but it was already a salvation for Mu Yu, as long as she didn't ride a horse, she could accept any carriage.

The wound on her leg had already scabbed, and the pain was even more pronounced when she rubbed her clothes, so that she walked extremely slowly, and it was quite happy to have a carriage to get around.

In Lancheng, what they have to face is an even more terrifying winding mountain road, with mountains towering among the clouds, and they don't know where the end is at a glance.

This time, they prepared enough dry food, which was to prevent another heavy rain, and to store some dry food, at least to save their lives.

Inside the carriage, I don't know if it was the weather, or the mountain was too high, Mu Yu panicked, always feeling that something bad was going to happen, she probed out of the carriage from time to time to see the situation outside the car.

It's just that there is still a mountain on her left, and all she can see is some jagged stones, and there is nothing unusual about it.

Xie Chongning saw that she couldn't sit still this day, and couldn't help asking, "Are you uncomfortable?" ”

"I feel a little tightness in my chest." Mu Yu's face had a hint of bleak white, and his willow eyebrows were lowered downward.

"Isn't it too high?" Xie Chongning had been half-leaning on the right side of the carriage, his elbow pressed against the curtain of the window.

Mu Yu was a little out of breath, looked at the curtain that had not been opened, and asked, "Brother Xie, can you lift the curtain on your side a little." ”

Xie Chongning hesitated, but his elbow didn't move, but asked, "Are you not resting well, you close your eyes and rest." ”

Mu Yu glanced at Xie Chongning suspiciously, he had been pressing the curtain of the carriage over there all the way, could it be that he was afraid of what he would see?

It is true, the mountain road is bumpy and steep, Mu Yu is sitting on the left, and he can only see the higher mountain, while Xie Chongning is sitting on the right, looking down at the bottomless cliff.

Xie Chongning pressed the curtains, because he was afraid that Mu Yu would be frightened, so he was considerate and never changed his actions.

Fortunately, Mu Yu also knew the eyes, since Xie Chongning didn't want to open the curtains, she didn't ask, according to Xie Chongning's words, closed her eyes and prepared to rest.

There were a few loud noises suddenly coming from the calm mountain road, Xie An shouted that it was not good, and Mu Yu saw the boulder rolling down the mountain through the car window, which instantly smashed on the top of the carriage and smashed the lid on the carriage down the abyss.

Xie Chongning wrapped his long arms, hugged Mu Yu and jumped out of the carriage, and then a larger boulder fell, directly smashing the carriage into the abyss.

Mu Yu grabbed Xie Chongning's arm in shock, the carriage had already rolled down with two horses, and there was no shadow, she looked in the direction of the boulder rolling, and could clearly see several black figures, which was deliberately done by someone.

The stone rolled down, but it didn't hit them, and with it, there was a gradual sound of horses' hooves coming up and down the mountain road, and the sound of horses' hooves was very chaotic, and I don't know how many people there were.

In front and behind, and even above, the black-clothed men pounced one after another, holding long swords one by one, with a clear goal, that is, to kill the three of them.

Although Xie Chongning is strong in martial arts, but he has a Mu rumor in his arms, it is more or less inconvenient to move, and these people seem to have known Xie Chongning's skills for a long time, using crowd tactics, wave after wave of people were killed by Xie Chongning's sword, but it was followed by a more noisy sound of horses' hooves.