Chapter 304: Snatching the House
Killings from brawls were the norm in Flame City, and they didn't attract much attention, and some witnesses fled, fearing that they would be targeted.
"Childe." Fu Li and the others finally appeared, they went separately to find out the inside story of Flame City, and when they rushed over, they saw a circle of corpses lying around Shen Run, Fu Li and the others were frightened, His Majesty was attacked when they were not there, and they were not able to protect them.
Shen Run didn't care, they didn't stay alone with Chenguang for a while, they felt good, so they didn't blame Fu Li for going out to find out the news for so long before they came back.
The basic situation in the Flame City was almost clear, and as expected, in the outer city of the Flames, people fought for shelter and food after entering the city.
There was little land for raising livestock and growing crops in the outer city areas, and land and materials for building houses were scarce, which led to strife. People who have already occupied houses and land have gathered in gangs, and the more people there are, the more they can resist the looting of outsiders. Wanderers who do not have land or houses will also gather in gangs, and the more people there are, the more likely they are to compete for land and houses.
In the outer cities, every day there is a struggle for food, houses, and land as trophies, and every fight results in death.
No one will stop such a fight, for in this city the winner reigns and the loser dies.
"Every three years, a group of people will be allowed to enter the inner city, and that is the people of Lingwuzhuang." Si Qian said to Chenguang, "As long as the leader of Lingwuzhuang can lead people to guard Lingwuzhuang for three years, he can enter the inner city." Therefore, in this outer city, Lingwuzhuang is the biggest force, Lingwuzhuang has the most land, the most gorgeous houses, and the most abundant food in the outer city. Every day, there are people who go to challenge Lingwuzhuang, and there are also people who want to join Lingwuzhuang, but the number of people in Lingwuzhuang is limited to one hundred. Those who can enter Flame City are not ordinary people, and very few people can hold Lingwu Village for more than two years, but I heard that the current owner of Lingwu Village is about to turn three years. Three years ago, another rule was added, even if you didn't join Lingwuzhuang, as long as you could live in the outer city for more than three years, you could enter the inner city. ”
Does this mean that the average person does not live for more than three years in the outer city?
Morning Light was speechless.
Fu Li continued with Si Qian's words: "Childe, it's getting dark, you need a place to stay at night, your subordinates have already looked for it when they come back, and there is a fairly clean place, you can stay temporarily tonight." ”
Shen Run glanced at the darkening sky and nodded.
Chenguang had no objection, and when she followed Shen Run forward, she looked up at the moon in the sky, the moon seemed to be red, and it looked a little weird.
The group went to the place that Fu Li said, and Shen Run naturally took Chenguang's hand and walked forward.
The morning light suddenly stopped, and she tilted her head to look at the sparse weeds in the distance.
"What's wrong?" Shen Run asked suspiciously, following her gaze.
In the sight of the morning light, a young man with an unkempt face dirtier than a beggar was cowering in a corner and gnawing on a charred bone, gobbling it up. Then, another ragged man suddenly ran up and snatched the bones from the young man's hand at once. The young man naturally did not follow, and the two of them fought, punched and kicked, and finally the young man was knocked to the ground and kicked several times.
The man who snatched the bones walked away.
The young man, covered in wounds, rolled twice in the weeds, and suddenly hugged his head and began to cry.
Chenguang stared at him for a moment, then suddenly spoke softly, "Like a wild dog." ”
Shen Run didn't understand what she meant, thinking that she was frightened by the cruel side of human nature, so he wanted to say a few soft words to comfort her, but Chenguang suddenly curled his lips and smiled.
"Interesting!" She said with interest.
Shen Run: "......"
It's hard to guess what she's thinking.
The place where Fu Li said that it is clean and can be settled is not in the housing gathering area, but in a remote place, probably newly built, so it looks quite clean.
At sunset, more than 20 men are squatting in the yard to roast the whole lamb, the gravy and fat are roasted by the charcoal fire, exuding a very beautiful fragrance, a group of men squatting in the yard and sitting on the threshold to feast, eating with their mouths full of oil.
The smell of meat attracted many wanderers, who knew that they were outnumbered and did not dare to come forward, so they could only sniff the fragrance from a distance and chat for comfort.
While the men were eating fragrantly, the arrival of an uninvited guest interrupted their party and led them to death in a state of pleasure and joy.
Chenguang and Shen Run stood on the street outside the courtyard.
According to the rules of Flame City, Si Qian took the lead in cleaning up the people in the house and forcibly vacating the still clean house.
As night fell, the temperature in the Flame City plummeted, and Chenguang thought to himself, no wonder it was not easy to survive three years in the Flame City, and the icy temperature alone could freeze many people to death.
This is the beast city, and for man, it is hell.
A crane with body temperature draped on her, and the morning light was slightly stunned, and she glanced at Shen Run.
She was not hypocritical, she simply accepted it, Shen Runxuan's strength was profound, and he was not afraid of the cold.
Fu Li and Si Qian cleaned up the fairly clean house, and walked into the low stone house in the morning light, although it was not good, but it was sheltered and had a warm brazier, which was much better than sleeping in the open.
There could be no bed in this place, it was all a hard bunk of stones, covered with sheepskin blankets, all of which had been used by others, and she naturally did not want it in the morning light, so she wrapped herself in a deep crane and sat on a small stone pier under the wall to roast the fire.
Fu Li and the others continued to roast the freshly slaughtered mutton in the courtyard, Shen Run and Chenguang sat in the house, what displeased Shen Run was, why did Si Qian have to lie in the house?
He glanced at Si Qian several times, but Si Qian didn't take him seriously at all, handed a water bladder to Chenguang, and said:
"Master, this is water drawn from outside the city." He knew she thought the city was too dirty.
Shen Run looked at Si Qian with a calm face, when did he go to fetch water?
Morninglight shook her head.
Shen Run saw that Chenguang refused, and his mood improved, and he smiled at Chenguang and said, "Hungry, there are no good things in this kind of place, barbecue is being made outside, you will use some after a while." ”
"I don't ......" Chenguang wanted to refuse, but before he could finish refusing, Fu Li had already wrapped two roast lamb legs in leaves and came in, and presented them to Shen Run first.
Shen Run took it, wrapped the bones of the leg of lamb with leaves, and was about to hand it to Chenguang, but Chenguang stood up, far away, covering his mouth and nose, with an uncomfortable expression.
Shen Run was taken aback.
"Your Highness can't get contaminated with meat these days, it will cause discomfort." Si Qian opened his mouth and explained in a flat voice.
Shen Run glanced at him coldly, but suddenly remembered one thing, because he was in a hurry, he didn't pay attention to it, but when he heard Si Qian's words, he suddenly remembered that since he entered the desert, Chenguang, who had always liked to eat meat, had never touched meat again, and he refused to even eat jerky. Originally, he didn't care, but now that he thinks about it, it is strange that Chenguang, who has always liked meat, suddenly does not contaminate meat.