Fleeing all the way, ten rooms and nine empty, a large number of refugees dragged their families and mouths, and poured in the direction of the capital.

The city pass was lost, and the Xirong soldiers drove the hinterland, if there was no one, although the vanguard looted only a hundred people, but they were elusive, looting from place to place, and never clash head-on with the Liangzhou soldiers, and they were very cunning.

Although Luo's destination is Tongzhou, he must detour through the official roads of the capital, so he travels with a large number of refugees, during which he suffers hardships, typhoid fever and frost.

The grain and rice brought out had already been eaten on the road, and the two hangs of money were also used out in order to buy medicine for Erkui.

Luckily, there was also an ox cart with shelter from the elements.

But this only ox cart has long become a thorn in the eyes of the refugees, and they are hungry, staring at the astringent oxen, and their thoughts are constant. Luo Shi, who found this, had already made a plan in his heart, and instead of causing trouble, he would go to the next village and sell the ox cart for money.

At night again, there was no shop in front of the village, so Shengzi drove the ox cart to the roadside forest and parked it, and took turns keeping vigil with the two people.

Luo Xi slept in the car with Qiqi, Erkui was injured and could only lie down all the time, Aunt Cuiying sat in the car, closed her eyes and took a nap, the surroundings were quiet, only the cold wind howled.

It was late at night, and it was the turn of the full hoard vigil, and he was getting older, and he gradually dozed off at the fire......

Suddenly, the scalper mooed and let out a scream, and everyone woke up!

Shengzi immediately rushed out, and saw that the ox cart was surrounded by a group of refugees at some point, and the three or two men had already stabbed the sharp wood into the neck of the ox!

"What are you doing?"

Shengzi has always loved the calves at home, and when he saw this scene, he raised his eyebrows and was about to pounce with his fist, but was stopped by Luo Shi.

Luo Shi shook his head at him: Now that he is dragging his family with him, Erkui is seriously injured and difficult to do, and he must not have another conflict.

"Everyone is starving to death, the bark and mud are eaten, you still have cattle, you should come up with help, don't rob who you rob!"

The bald man at the head saw that the family was cowardly, and he was even more arrogant, and he roared with his neck, causing the people on the side to hiss in response, and they waved the wooden sticks in their hands, and even the iron tools, and knocked on the ox cart board.

The bald man let out a loud sigh, raised a rusty machete, and slashed at the scalper's head!

With tears in the corners of his eyes, the scalper fell to his knees on the ground, called weakly twice, and never moved again......

"Let's share the meat!"

The bald man waved his hand, took out his knife, and began to chop meat, he seemed to have killed a cow, and in a moment, he had already removed one of his front legs.

More and more refugees are coming in from the woods and learning that there is beef to eat, and everyone is like crazy! Disemboweled, even the internal organs and large intestines were snatched away, and the air was filled with a fishy smell.

Luo Shi felt that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly called Shengzi for help and helped Erkui out of the car, and she was ready to leave here as soon as possible.

But I don't know who made the first move, after snatching the blood buffalo meat, they hit the family with their ideas, and they fled and took an ox cart, it must be a rich man, robbing her!

The red-eyed refugees, one did not dare to come forward, two cowered, and three became mob robbers.

They pushed away Luo Shi, threw Erkui out of the car, rummaged in the carriage, and asked them to take away any food, use, bedding and crockpots, even cowhide water bladders with clean water.

Uncle Man Ho and Shengzi immediately stepped forward to stop them and scuffled with them; Aunt Cuiying was crying and cursing, while helping Erkui, whose wound had ruptured, to hide aside; Luo Shi protected Qiqi in his arms, and his silver teeth were clenched......

Two fists are invincible to four hands, Shengzi's nose is blue and his face is swollen, and he only grabs back half a steamed bun cake for Qiqi.

He slapped himself with his backhand in frustration, squatting on the ground and silently wiping away tears.

The refugees are all cheap bones, and when they rob something, they don't entangle with Shengzi, and they run to the forest, one in the east and two in the west, and disappear into the dark night in a blink of an eye.

There was only a pile of blood and a cow skeleton on the ground, and the car was empty, and there was nothing left.

*

An unwarranted disaster made Luo Shi even worse, not to mention buying medicine for Erkui's treatment, even to fill his stomach, it became a big problem.

In a hurry at dawn, Luo Shi carried Qiqi behind him, Shengzi dismantled the car board, made a simple bedlift, and walked with Uncle Manchu and Erkui.

After walking for most of the day, I finally saw a few farms and villages.

In her pocket, there was fresh fruit picked in the woods in the morning, and she herself had eaten the sour fruits, and those that seemed to be in good condition had been saved; Shengzi wanted to go hunting in the woods, but he didn't dare to stay too far away from his family, for fear that they would be bullied by the refugees again, so he only picked up two bundles of firewood and brought them back.

The family carried firewood and fruits, and wanted to go to the village to exchange for some food, listening to Qiqi's shouts of hunger, eating sour fruits and vomiting to their stomachs, and Luo was very distressed.

But the reputation of the refugees is too bad, and there are often stealing chickens and dogs, robbing and thieves when passing through the village, even the most kind people can't be kind to those who come to the door to plead.

They closed the door tightly, scolding foul language, and if Luo stayed for a long time, they would magnify the black dog to come out and bite people.

Families begged for help, but none of them were willing to lend a hand.

A few people sat on the side of the road depressedly, the cold wind blew, Qiqi shivered from the cold, and went straight into Luo Shi's arms.

For the first time, Ross felt despair.

Coming through, she can do anything smoothly, even if there is a best villain, she is just a clown who jumps off the beam, and there is no good ending after all. She was worried about her feelings and fearful for the hunters in the capital, but she was never helpless to eat a full meal......

Shengzi squatted on the ground and turned his head to look at Luo Shi, his eyes filled with complicated emotions that did not belong to a fool.

He leaned closer, stretched out his fingers, and scraped the bridge of Qiqi's small nose, keeping her appearance firmly in mind.

Having made up his mind, he got up from the ground, and without looking back, walked towards the way he came—

"Why are you going?"

Luo asked him in a loud voice.

Shengzi paused, endured it and didn't look back, he was afraid that as soon as he turned around, he would never want to go again!

forced himself to run wildly, all the way along the official road, to a town when he came, and then recruited soldiers here, five taels of silver for a soldier.

He lined up, his fists clenched, and when it was his turn, he met the clerk's eyes, and he said aloud:

"Sold! Voluntary! ”

The little head on the side saw Shengzi's figure, nodded with satisfaction, and he instructed the clerk to sign the life and death certificate, and give him more money.

Shengzi could not write his name, but only bit his finger and pressed his handprint on the paperwork.

When he received the money, he was about to run, he wanted to send money to his daughter-in-law, and he wanted to buy food for Qiqi, but he was stopped by the soldier on the side and said loudly:

"Where do you want to run after joining the army? Stay here for me! ”

"My money! Didn't give it to my daughter-in-law! ”

Shengzi was so anxious to die, he came to join the army for money, and if the money couldn't reach his daughter-in-law, he would have to die in a hurry.

"Ascend, ascend......"

At this time, Uncle Man Ho came over, he was not as strong as Shengzi's body, these miles of travel, he ran out of breath, and saw that Shengzi really sold himself, and he was choked up and speechless for a while.

"Uncle...... Uncle! Give my daughter-in-law, buy food and medicine! ”

Shengzi saw Manchu coming, he was very excited, and after throwing the silver ingots and copper coins in his hand to him, he turned his head to talk to Manchu while being dragged away by the soldiers of the army.

Thinking of going to the battlefield and dying for a lifetime, and never seeing his daughter-in-law and Qiqi again, Shengzi cried loudly, like a child.

Man Hoard held the silver in his hand, only to feel that it was hot, so hot that he could barely hold it.

*

Luo Shi hugged Qiqi, her heart was uneasy, she waited for Uncle Manchu, but she didn't wait for the promotion.

After Manho handed over the silver ingots and half a string of copper coins to the palm of her hand, the emotions of running for her life in the past few days instantly collapsed, and tears burst down the embankment.

Qiqi saw his mother's tears, so he clamored for his father to hug him, but no matter how Luo Shi comforted him, it was to no avail.

Manchu's daughter-in-law's eyes were red, her throat was choked, she knew that Shengzi was for Qiqi, and she went to join the army for Erkui's injury, how would this kindness be repaid? I wanted to say a few words of comfort, but it was too thin, so I had to sigh.

Trapped in emotions and hesitating, Luo Xi didn't even know whether he should continue to go to Tongzhou, or follow the conscription army north to Pingshui Pass.

After a moment of stunnedness, he didn't put away the money in time, and the sweetness of this white flower immediately attracted the attention of the refugees-

They think that this family is easy to bully and rob, and the big man who beat people is not there, so don't they just grab another hand?

A thin young man, staring closely at the silver in Luo Shi's hand, took advantage of her inattention, flew up and pressed her to the ground, struggling to snatch the silver ingot from her palm.

Luo Shi came back to her senses, hunched over, and tightly protected the silver on her chest, she bit the young man's wrist as if she was so fierce that she would never let go even if she tasted a mouth full of blood!

Shengzi sold herself in exchange for the money, if she didn't desperately protect it, it would be too sorry for this affection!

Seeing that the boy was so direct, the surrounding refugees surrounded him one after another.

The bold eat meat first, and the timid only drink soup, and many refugees who did not attack the ox cart last night because of their conscience are now full of regret, seeing that the thin young man is on it, they are all gearing up and eager to try, for fear that a hesitation will make someone take the lead!

Scratch –

The rope of the copper coin was broken by the young man, and the copper coin was thrown all over the ground, leading everyone to rush and grab it!

Luo pulled the copper coin on the ground in embarrassment, protecting her body tightly, more and more fists and kicks fell on her back, and her throat overflowed with a trace of fishy sweetness......

"Mother...... Mother! ”

Qiqi was crying on the side and almost lost her breath, she ran out on the radish leg and ran outside, she wanted to find someone to save her mother!

I saw the horses' hooves trampling on the official road, the wheels were on the wheels, and a column of darts with waist knives and leather boots was coming, and the huge dart flag at the front was waving in the wind.

Qiqi couldn't understand this, but she recognized the knife, and those who had the knife could save her mother, she hugged the thigh of the person next to her fiercely, and cried:

"Help, help, my mother!"

These words fell into Li Chen's ears, and inexplicably became "Uncle, uncle, my mother?" ”

He was suspicious, where did Xiao Douding come from, hugging him and calling his uncle?