"What's wrong!"

The carriage had stopped, and Zhang Jing lifted the curtain of the carriage and poked his head out to inspect the situation outside.

"It seems to be a bandit!" The coachman's voice was nervous.

Zhang Meishou and Ah Li in the carriage also tightened their faces when they heard this.

"Don't panic, protect the carriage!" Zhang Jing ordered the coachman and his entourage, and then turned his head and said to Zhang Meishou: "Hide in the car, don't come out"

Zhang Meishou nodded hurriedly, and subconsciously touched the sleeve crossbow placed close to him.

Zhang Jing had already jumped out of the carriage.

It happened to be a dense forest, and the water under your feet was covered with dead leaves, and the air smelled of rotting leaves.

A group of ragged men rushed out of the forest, holding long knives or wielding hoes, blocking the path of Zhang Jing and his party.

There were about twenty people on the other side, and Zhang Jing roughly estimated.

In addition to the coachman, although he only brought six retinues, all of them were selected strong men, all of whom had been trained.

The group of people in front of them, although they were all young and middle-aged, most of them had sunken cheeks and skinny appearances, as if they were waiting for an opportunity like hungry wolves.

These people are less like bandits, more like a group of improvised victims.

Zhang Jing had a plan in his heart, and now that Huzhou was in front of him, he didn't want to cause more trouble, so he immediately took the initiative to say: "We have dry food in the car, we can share some of you, if you don't hurt people indiscriminately!" ”

A group of people on the other side looked at each other for a moment when they heard this, and discussed in a low voice.

During the discussion, some people kept casting their eyes on Zhang Jing and the others, as if they were weighing.

"There are only a few of them, how much dry food can they bring and share some? I'm afraid it's not enough for us to stuff our teeth! A burly man said in a local dialect: "It's better to kill them all, and when we escape, some people have already started eating human flesh!" ”

These words stirred up a stir in the crowd.

Some people shook their heads, they didn't dare to take risks, some people were extremely hungry, and when they heard the word human flesh, they even coveted it uncontrollably.

They hadn't eaten meat in so long that they had forgotten what it tasted like.

In the past two months, even a bowl of thin rice soup has been a luxury for them!

"They seem to have children in the carriage," a thin man stared at the carriage with an unusual glint in his eyes.

"Damn, there's no end in sight these days! It's better not to eat if you don't have enough, and sooner or later you will starve to death! The burly man shouted in a dumb voice, took the lead in raising the big knife in his hand, and rushed towards Zhang Jing and the others.

Immediately after, the people behind him also gritted their teeth and pounced.

But before they could get close to the carriage, they heard someone screaming in pain, but in an instant, three or four fell to the ground.

Zhang Meishou clenched the sleeve crossbow in his hand.

"Cotton, protect the third uncle!" She restrained the tremors in her voice.

In the previous life, most of the bloody storms she saw were murderous and bloodless power, but it was the first time that she had come into close contact with these victims who seemed to have lost their humanity in such a close way.

What made her want to tremble was the terrible glint in the eyes of these people.

Ah Li clutched the dagger tightly in both hands, and her expression was firmly at Zhang Meishou's side.

Don't be afraid, as long as someone dares to approach her girl, she will dare to stab the other party to death, she is now a big girl who knows a lot of kung fu!

The two sides were entangled together, and the group of victims were already red-eyed, and they all rushed forward one after another as if they were not dying.

But in the end, they are physically exhausted, not to mention that it is extremely reluctant to fight two and one, and because of the presence of cotton, it is even more impossible for this group of people to win.

They fell one after the other.

Seeing that the winner or loser had been decided, someone finally sobered up and ran back into the forest while the chaos was in chaos.

"My family of six is starving to death, why can you still have fine clothes and food, and there are a group of servants! Born as a human being, why should you divide the high and the low! Who is rare of your star's charity, Lao Tzu can take whatever he wants! If you dare to stop it, I will dare to kill! The burly man ignored the knife wound on his arm, but became more and more crazy.

He cursed and rushed towards Zhang Jing.

However, as soon as the knife in his hand was raised, it broke away from his hand and smashed to the ground.

Cotton frowned and pulled the sword out of the man's heart.

The man fell with a bang.

Looking at this scene, Zhang Jing's heart was complicated.

He didn't want to cause trouble, so giving concessions has become a heinous crime?

No, it's just that he eats enough, and the other party can't eat enough, he deserves to die in the eyes of the other party.

In this world, where is there any good and evil, right and wrong

"Stop! Stop! ”

In the dense forest, suddenly another person ran out.

Since the burly man fell, several people who had already retreated heard this sound and hurriedly retreated to the rear.

Zhang Jing was escorted back to the carriage, his eyes fixed on the man who had just appeared, but his voice was soothing, and said, "Don't be afraid, it's okay." ”

Zhang Meishou nodded, but he did not let his guard down, and tightly held the sleeve crossbow hidden at his side.

"Who allowed you to hurt anyone? How many times have I told you, we have been forced to flee from the city, and we are here for a way to survive, not to be the bandits who disregard people's lives! The man's voice was indignant and heartbroken.

He was tall and thin, and although his robes were a little shabby, they were of fine silk of the highest quality.

Because of the stubble on his face, he couldn't tell the specific age for a while, and he should be around thirty years old just listening to the voice.

"It was Blacksmith Hu who took the lead"

"We weren't going to hurt anyone, but we're hungry."

The rest of the people were either remorseful or bowed their heads and did not speak.

The man said: "If you bear with me, the food for the imperial court disaster relief will be delivered soon." ”

"Even if it is delivered, what will they give us a bite to eat!" One man burst into tears as he spoke.

The man stopped him from talking any further, and walked in the direction of Zhang Jing instead.

He bowed to Zhang Jingchang.

"It's because I failed to restrain the villagers, so that you were frightened, and I hope that Brother Tai Haihan."

The man was speaking in an official dialect at this time.

Zhang Jing replied to him with an indifferent face, and said, "Huzhou has now suffered a natural disaster, and conflicts are inevitable. We hurt people today, also out of self-protection, since you are a reasonable person, then there is no need to say anything else about this matter, and we will leave. ”

So saying, he got into the carriage and left.

The man kindly reminded, "I wonder why you are entering the city at this time?" Nowadays, the boundaries of Huzhou are really not peaceful. ”

"We're looking for someone." Mentioning this, Zhang Jing inquired by the way: "Do you know how to go to Gui'an County?" ”

However, this feeling of killing the other party and asking the other party for directions seems a little weird.

Surprise flashed across the man's face when he heard this, and he immediately looked at the brothers who were helping the injured man back.

"We escaped from Gui'an County."

The man sighed.