Chapter Forty-Eight: Upper Village, East of the City
"I'll tell you!" A younger man stepped forward.
He glanced at the old woman, and said, "Our Fang City is the smallest Fang City in Shuyang County, close to the city gate, and some people who come and go will come to our Fang Market to stay in the hotel before they have time to go to the hotel, so our Fang City has taken in a large number of refugees." ”
"Somehow, the news of the refugees being taken in reached the ears of the Ming Mansion, and the Ming Mansion sent officials to drive out the people of our entire Fang City, and then, our Fang City became an empty Fang."
He looked at the old woman, then swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and continued, "Lin Niang's son is Fang Zheng, Fang Zheng was killed by mistake by an official for dissuading the official messenger from driving people away, and this matter reached the ears of the Ming Mansion, and the Ming Mansion was furious, so he spared a few of us." ”
"Everyone in the house has been expelled?" Lin Yun'er was a little unbelievable, this Ming Mansion in Shuyang County is really a bit amazing! This is still at the feet of the Son of Heaven!
"Yes!" Everyone nodded suddenly, the old woman came to her senses, and continued to say to Lin Yun'er, "The family of Mrs. Xu's husband said that he was expelled early because of the child's illness, and now the child is half dead, and his mother was starved to death the day before yesterday. ”
"Starved?" Ma Mengfu was stunned, "Isn't there a porridge shed in the county?" ”
The young man retorted, "Hehe, the lady thinks too much, a big pot of rice soup with a few grains of rice, whoever drinks it is just a full meal of water, blocking the mouths of the people." ”
Ma Mengfu didn't give up and continued, "Didn't anyone sue you? It's only seven or eight days away from Kyoto. ”
"This lady, there are more than 20 people we sent out to complain, and none of them returned safely!" The young man said, "A few years ago, there was a sensible prefect, but now as soon as the prefect Huang dies, Fuzhou will be in chaos. ”
"You say that the Fuzhou Rebellion was caused by the death of Governor Huang?" Lin Yun'er took over the conversation and asked with a solemn face.
"No!" The young man said, "When Governor Huang was here, the people below were just a little troublesome, but those were all things behind the scenes, and now they just moved those things to the surface." ”
I see.
Lin Wan'er paused, "The little girl is not talented, I have studied medical skills with my sister for a few years, I wonder if you can take me to meet the little Langjun of the Xu family?" ”
"It's not impossible." The old woman Lin Niang said, "It's just that this morning, there was a big commotion at the east gate of the city, and now you can't get in if you go out." ”
"It doesn't matter." Lin Wan'er paused, "I wonder who else has been here today besides the two of us?" ”
Lin Niang glanced at Lin Yun'er, then at those people, and shook her head, "I haven't seen it, we are all near the east gate of the city this morning, everyone just wants to see those relatives who were expelled from the city gate." ”
Looking at their expressions, it seems that they have no intention of lying, if Lu Shuangshuang has not hidden in this workshop, it is taking advantage of the turmoil to get out of the city gate.
Lin Yun'er looked at the sky, then got up, and wanted to go out, but was stopped by Lin Niang, "The two ladies are leaving at this moment?" ”
"Yes, I am afraid that the illness of Xiaolangjun of the Xu family cannot be delayed." Lin Wan'er said extremely humbly.
Lin Niang bit her lower lip and glanced at the younger Lang Jun, "If that's the case, I'll let him take you to the city gate, it's just ......"
"Thank you mother-in-law for making it happen." Lin Yuner said.
The young man sighed lightly, then flashed and made way for them, "Two ladies."
Please go this way. ”
So, the two followed the young man and walked out of the broken courtyard, turned a few alleys, and came to the city gate.
Standing still not far from the city gate, Lang Jun, who had never said a few words along the way, opened his mouth at this moment, "Out of the city gate and about five miles north is Shangcun, I can only send it here, the two ladies still take care." ”
"Thank you." Lin Yun'er gave her a hand, and Ma Mengfu also owed him a debt.
The young man waved his hand, "I hope I can see you again in the future." Then he ran down the alley from which he had come, like a frightened rabbit.
Lin Yun'er sighed lightly and was about to walk towards the city gate, but was stopped by Ma Mengfu, "Yun'er, if you go out of the city gate, we won't be able to enter." ”
"yes, are you scared?" Lin Wan'er looked at her.
Ma Mengfu shook her head, "I've never been afraid." ”
Lin Yun'er smiled, if she couldn't find Lu Shuangshuang, she could see the Xu family's Xiaolangjun, but if she couldn't see it, her heart would be uneasy.
What they didn't expect was that there were two rows of martial marquis at the gate of the city today, and the marquis were holding weapons in their hands, checking the pedestrians, and there was a fence gate outside the city gate, blocking the refugees who came in from the outside.
The two of them walked to the gate of the city together, but were stopped by the Wuhou Gate guarding the gate, one of them had deep eyes, about six feet tall, and looked at them from a high position, "Where are you going?" ”
"Get out." Lin Yun'er didn't move, just looked at him.
Wu Hou looked puzzled, but he didn't seem to be able to say what was wrong, so he looked at them down the mountain for a long time, and finally dodged to make way for them.
Ma Mengfu's palms were already wet with sweat, and she kept pinching Lin Yun'er's cuffs, so she barely had the strength to support herself to move forward.
The gate was not big, but it made them walk very carefully, as if they would be dragged back in the next second.
About three miles after walking out of the city gate, you will see a field of green vegetation, and the trees are numerous, but the branches are bare and lifeless.
"Wan'er, these trees ......" Ma Mengfu pointed to the bare branches in front of him, and some tooth marks could be faintly seen on them.
In later generations, Lin Yun'er has seen many reports, when people in the old society were famine, they ate Guanyin soil when they were hungry, some were grass roots, tree bark, and now, the new shoots on the branches have long been gnawed away, indicating that the situation of refugees here is even worse than the situation in later generations.
The air was filled with the smell of decay, a smell that Lin Wan'er was familiar with, the smell of the dead.
"Wan'er......" Ma Mengfu pulled the corners of her clothes tighter, and her face also had an extremely hideous expression.
Lin Yun'er was helpless, she didn't have any ginger slices on her body now, so she really couldn't help her, so she could only comfort her, "Don't be afraid, it's just some dead mountain beasts, let's just pass." ”
After walking a few more miles, they finally came to the upper village that the young man said, and in the distance, Lin Yun'er saw a pillar at the entrance of the village, and a worn-out flag floated on the pillar, shaking in the wind, as if it was going to be torn apart by the wind in the next moment.
She looked at the village again, and there was a well less than fifty paces away from the entrance, and the bucket by the well had long since been broken, and no one had used it for a long time.
They had barely taken a few steps when a voice shouted, "Who are you?" What to do here! ”
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