Chapter 68: Refugees in Flux
One day in July, the sun was blazing, and the ripe grains were so hot on both sides of the road that they bent over and bowed their heads. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 InfoGrasshoppers are as numerous as blades of grass, and in the wheat and rye fields, in the reeds on the shore, they make a faint and noisy chirping.
The endless stream of carriages, loaded with luggage, was heading into the distance, and the carriage made a rattling sound, as if it was overwhelmed and in danger of falling apart at any time.
There are also many pedestrians on the road, dragging their families with sad expressions, their hearts are full of nostalgia for their hometown and confusion about the future.
But what can this be, a few days ago, there was one news after another from the west that shocked everyone, the beast tide of the Moonfall Great Forest slaughtered millions of humans, captured Hammer Town, captured Yunni City, and ate 500,000 wolf tooth legions.
At this time, the beast tide is slowly rushing here, bringing with it the eerie horror and death bells.
Although the government came out to refute the rumors, saying that the heroic army of the empire would definitely defeat the beast tide and regain the lost land.
They even sent troops to stabilize the rich squires who fled with money, but more and more adventurers from the west confirmed that the beast tide had already carried the power of swallowing the sky, and the lies of the government became more and more pale, and finally, the great escape began to spread to the area hundreds of kilometers east of Yunni City.
People hoped to flee to the city of Cangzhou, or even to the imperial capital, to seek refuge, where there were heavy imperial guards who would be able to hold back the tide of beasts.
Leaving their homeland and giving up the food that is about to be harvested, people are indeed very helpless, but compared to dying in the mouth of the monster, what is this helplessness?
However, there are still some more stubborn people who do not want to go away and wait alone...
As soon as Kaslow's early reign ended, the ministers returned to their respective residences in a panic.
Just now, the old emperor was furious in the Qiankun Palace, and several high-ranking officials were imprisoned one after another.
As the Beast Tide became more and more powerful, the Tiens Dynasty and the Langya Empire continued to arrange troops on the border, with the intention of attacking, which forced Kaslo to dare not send any more troops to fight against the Beast Tide.
The two empires fought well, hoping that in this way, they would consume Kaslo's national strength and eventually bring down Kaslo.
With the influx of refugees, Cangzhou City, one of the satellite cities of the imperial capital, has become overcrowded, and various crimes have occurred frequently, which has made the situation even worse for this ancient empire, and the empire's finances have also been stretched.
At this time, it has been 5 days since the Zerg captured Yunni City, and this series of news has already spread all over the country with lightning speed.
Qin Fan stood on the avenue leading to Cangzhou City, looking at the exhausted refugees, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, the killing heart of the Zerg forced them to continue to slaughter and devour the lives of aliens, fortunately, this time Qin Fan, a human being, was the master, otherwise these refugees would not be able to escape the pursuit of the Zerg.
These refugees may suffer some physical suffering, displacement and fatigue. This, in the final analysis, is not strong.
And the Zerg, once they don't have strong strength, there is no doubt that they will face extinction!
Qin Fan took a deep breath, his conviction in his heart was much firmer, he was used to seeing joys and sorrows, and it was inevitable that he would have some pity, but as the master of the Zerg, it was impossible for him to give up any chance for the revival of the Zerg because of his kindness.
So he sent the insect swarm to continuously expel the refugees, so that the refugees flocked to Cangzhou City, as long as Cangzhou City was in chaos, the Zerg could easily take it, and then radiate around, occupy more giant cities, and keep snowballing.
At his side, a tall woman with long silver hair, a thin and fat body, and a noble temperament, was following him step by step, this person was the Queen of Blades.
The refugees in the past all looked at the two of them in awe at this time, without him, because not long ago, there was a gentleman who saw the blade queen who was sinking into the fish and falling geese.
Unexpectedly, these two people overturned more than a dozen burly strong men with their backhands, and it seems that they must be powerful warriors, with strong strength, and they will be respected wherever they go.
The gentleman put down his cruel words and wanted to go back and gather more people to come back to find the field, but he walked a few steps before his pupils widened and he died violently.
And when the old man of that gentleman's son felt the ethereal aura on Qin Fan and the others, he didn't even dare to let out a fart, and ran away in dismay.
As he walked, a thin black line in the distance suddenly appeared on the horizon, and Qin Fan said indifferently: "It seems that Cangzhou City has arrived, I heard that the roads in Cangzhou City extend in all directions and are extremely prosperous, why don't we enter the city at a glance?" ”
The Blade Queen next to her only had Qin Fan in her eyes, and now that Qin Fan spoke, how could she refuse, so she quickly nodded and responded.
When I walked in, I found that the thin black line was a huge city wall with no end in sight, with a height of more than 50 meters, and the material was hard obsidian.
The walls of the city glow in the sun, emitting a luminescent glow.
It's just that at this time, the queue into the city lined up for thousands of meters, and people kept complaining about the damn sun and the soldiers at the city gates.
Qin Fan looked at the crowded team and shook his head, when does this have to be queued, unless he directly breaks through or flies over, but being so high-profile is obviously not what he wants.
He approached an honest farmer, smiled slightly, and said humbly, "Big brother, what the hell is going on?" Why do you have to wait in such a long line to enter the city? ”
The old peasant was flattered when he saw a boy wearing a brocade suit and an elegant temperament asking questions, and hurriedly said: "This son, do you know, since yesterday, anyone who enters the city needs to pay 2 gold coins to enter the city, and they must queue up in an orderly manner, and enter one by one. ”
Qin Fan: "Oh? So why do you have to go into the city? Is there something in it that attracts everyone? ”
The old peasant said helplessly: "That's not it, now everyone has fled, there is no money and no land, food and drink have become a problem, we just want to rush into the city and get an errand." ”
Qin Fan shook his head and thought to himself, with so many refugees pouring into Cangzhou City, how could an errand be found so easily? It must have been extremely chaotic, and these powerless peasants would end up either begging in the streets or starving.
At the same time, he secretly laughed at the incompetence of the Kaslow government, and did not know which brain-dead official was responsible for dealing with these refugees and would not divert them to other cities.
Blocking the gate of the city, waiting for the beast tide to appear, without the impact of the beast tide, they themselves will be completely chaotic, let alone resist the beast tide.
Just when they were bored, a splendid carriage, escorted by several handsome knights, rushed straight towards the city gate, and the refugees heard the sound and quickly made way of a passage.
Qin Fan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked the old farmer before: "Who are those people, you can go in directly without queuing." ”
The old peasant sighed: "Brother Gongzi, those are the convoys of rich or noble people in Cangzhou City, with their power, they can freely enter and leave Cangzhou City without restrictions, and the rich people from outside, as long as they pay a certain amount of gold coins, they don't have to queue up." I don't care about some gold coins, maybe you can go and make luck. ”
Qin Fan nodded, thanked him, and walked towards the gate of the Blade Girl Dynasty.
The old farmer looked at Qin Fan and the Queen of Blades who were far away, breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and secretly rejoiced in his heart.
Just now, he smelled a familiar breath, one he would never want to meet again.
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Saying that, Qin Fan walked slowly towards the city gate, and the dense crowd seemed to be pushed away by a layer of invisible things, and he and Blade walked under the city gate unimpeded.
I saw two teams of fierce soldiers, carrying knives and shouting: "Don't mess around, come one by one, hand over 2 gold coins, and inside is a spacious street." If I could see who dared to disrupt order, don't blame us for being ruthless. ”
Qin Fan walked out of the crowd and calmly walked towards an unpassable aisle, presumably that passage was prepared for some special people.
A soldier was about to shout angrily, but suddenly found that Qin Fan and Blade had different temperaments, and immediately nodded and said, "Two ......"
Before Qin Fan could finish speaking, he threw out a cloth bag, and the soldier hurriedly caught it, he only felt that his hands sank, and there was a tinkle in the bag, and when he opened it, he immediately took a breath of cool air.
There must be thousands of gold coins, and ordinary nobles will be rewarded with a few hundred gold, how can they be as generous as the two in front of them.
Treating money as dung, the background of the two must be very terrifying, he was secretly glad that he was not rude just now, thinking of this, he became more respectful, and groveled: "Two slow walks, two slow walks." ”
Cangzhou City is really big enough, and the spacious avenues are several times larger than the streets of Falling Hammer Town, but now the flow of people has skyrocketed, and the streets are full of people, most of them are homeless refugees who look panicked.
After asking for directions, Qin Fan took the blade and walked towards the largest hotel in the city, which was the most well-informed place, but it would not be as smoky as the one on the street.