Chapter 728: Relief
"Don't crowd, don't crowd, line up to ......" A circle of sergeants surrounded the carriage, separating the crowd and then dividing the food in the carriage.
There were so many refugees who came around at once, and as far as the eye could see, around the carriage were all hands stretched out on tiptoe, like a jungle, dense, and impossible to count.
"My lord, give me a little ......"
"Give me a little ......"
"Our family hasn't eaten for a day, please......"
These refugees who had escaped from Gyeonggi stretched out their hands and looked at this side with longing eyes, all trying to squeeze forward a little as hard as they could.
Those who got the things, some of them directly stuffed them into their mouths at once, and some of them hurriedly retreated with food tightly and went to find their families and partners, the scene was noisy, if it weren't for those sergeants surrounding the vehicle, it is estimated that someone would have rushed over to grab it.
This four-wheeled carriage was filled with emergency items prepared by Yan Liqiang for emergency supplies on the road, including dried meat, fried rice noodles, milk cakes, and some water in wooden barrels, which are simply priceless treasures for the refugees who are now gathered on both sides of the official road.
In this case, the woman holding the baby just now couldn't squeeze in at all, the child was crying, she could only stand anxiously on the side of the road and watch, her eyes were full of powerlessness and helplessness, Yan Liqiang personally found a kettle, filled a pot of water, a piece of jerky, and a small bag of fried rice and milk cakes, came to this woman, and took the things in her hand to the woman......
"Thank you, thank you, ......" The woman held the child in her arms with one hand, and took Yan Liqiang's things with a trembling hand, and tears came out at once, falling down in an uproar.
After taking these things, she hurriedly squatted down, wiped a handful of tears, gave the child a sip of water, and then picked up a piece of milk cake, chewed it herself, and then carefully crossed it into the mouth of the swaddling baby, like a bird feeding, and the crying child ate something in his mouth, and stopped crying at once, and began to eat milk cakes in large gulps......
Yan Liqiang watched quietly from the side, and waited until the baby had eaten for a while and stopped crying, and then he opened his mouth calmly, "Where are you from, why are you here alone with the child?"
Hearing Yan Liqiang's question, the woman's tears fell down again, but she still held back her tears and replied, "My lord, the people's daughter's name is Wu Qinghe, she was originally from Guanxiang in the west of Huizhou City, and Huizhou City suffered a big change the day before yesterday, and many people in the surrounding villages became unrecognized, biting people everywhere, eating people and killing people, and the city was also in chaos...... On the way, we encountered thousands of people, like wild beasts, my husband and my family, all killed, I had to take the children and run out with the neighbors who had fled together, and then ...... Later came here...... and his neighbors were also separated...... So there's only one woman here......"
Yan Liqiang could imagine the scene that this woman said, even if he didn't see it, he sighed in his heart, "Do you still have parents and brothers at home now?"
"No, ......no," the woman shook her head in distraction, continued to wipe her tears, and whispered, "In the village where the maiden's house is located, I heard that the whole village is dead, and now only the maiden and this child depend on each other......
Yan Liqiang looked at the refugees who were scrambling for food around the carriage, then at the woman and the baby in her arms, and then turned his head directly, "Meng Hui......"
"My lord, you call me!" Meng Hui hurriedly ran over.
"I remember that two of the cars in which the women were sitting in the back could still sit people, you send her over and let her go with us all the way!"
Meng Hui looked at the woman and the baby in her arms, then at Yan Liqiang, and nodded heavily.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you, ......" When the woman named Wu Qinghe heard Yan Liqiang say this, tears flowed down again, and she hurriedly knelt down with the child in her arms and kowtowed heavily to Yan Liqiang.
Yan Liqiang helped the woman and the child up, "Get up, get up, you go to the car behind, come with us, there is also a ...... to take care of on the road", after speaking, Yan Liqiang asked Meng Hui to take the woman to the car with the palace maid sitting behind.
Yan Liqiang asked himself if he was not a soft-hearted person, but at this time, he knew that a weak woman fled with an infant baby, without relatives and without any reason to rely on, the final result, the probability of this woman and the woman's child surviving is too low, fortunately, the weather is sunny these two days, if the weather is bad these two days, as long as it rains at night, this woman is sick, the mother and son will be finished, at this time, it is really a cheap human life!
There are too many refugees in front of him, even if Yan Liqiang has the ability to do it at this time, he can't do anything at this time, he can only do his best and ask for peace of mind!
Meng Hui had just left with the woman, but the dead eunuch beside Concubine Rong appeared in front of Yan Liqiang, at this time, the old eunuch was dressed in a steward's service, his face was angry, he opened his mouth to accuse, and lowered his voice, "Lord Yan, what are you doing, we are in this situation now, we don't have enough to eat, and you still give our things to these refugees, don't you know who is sitting in the car, what do you care about the life and death of these people, are you confused, Niangniang is still waiting in the car?" What if these refugees rioted......"
This dead eunuch, Yan Liqiang has endured him for a long time, but at this time, Yan Liqiang still suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a calm tone as much as possible, "The public is too worried, the food we brought in the car and it is enough for us to use for a few days, there is no hurry, since I can bring Niangniang and King Min out of the imperial capital, I can naturally send them to a safe place......"
"You ......" The dead eunuch just wanted to jump to his feet and say something, and suddenly saw Yan Liqiang looking at him with a cold gaze, thinking of Yan Liqiang's methods along the way, for some reason, this dead eunuch felt a chill in his heart, and what he wanted to say was choked all of a sudden, he flicked his sleeves, sneered, turned his head and left, and threw down a sentence before taking away, "Then I'll see how you explain what happened!"
Although there was a lot of food on that four-wheeled carriage, it was all distributed at this time, that is, in a few minutes.
After the food on the carriage was distributed, the sergeants closed the door of the carriage and let the refugees who were holding out their hands around the carriage to leave, "The things have been distributed, hurry up, hurry up, don't surround ......"
Some of the refugees left, some of them did not, and many of them still surrounded the carriage, not letting the carriage go, still stretching out their hands, looking up, and shouting, "My lord, my lord, give me more......
"My lord, give me some more......"
"You have so many carriages, there must be a lot of food on the cart, give me some more......"
Yan Liqiang heard it in front, his brows furrowed, and he just gave an order and said one word, "Go!"
All the sergeants got on their horses, and the whole team walked forward slowly, and the refugees on the road in front saw the convoy moving, and many people got out of the way, but at the same time, there were some people who did not move, and the honor guard was surrounded by many people, so they blocked the road, just slowly moved their steps, and a pair of eyes looked at the carriages in the convoy, and the atmosphere slowly changed......
Suddenly, among the refugees, one of them shouted, "Can't let them go, there must be food on this car, why do they have food, we don't have it, everyone go up with me to grab it......
"Yes, and these carriages and horses, we can go if we rob them......" another voice agitated.
The crowd around the convoy was a little turbulent and restless all of a sudden, but before the crowd could come close......
In the sound of the bowstring trembling, the crowd around the carriage remembered two screams almost at the same time, and in the crowd, there were two people with roe deer's head and green skin, and the arrows that flew from the air pierced through their chests and nailed to the ground, those two people were the two people who were talking loudly and encouraging the refugees to rob the convoy just now.
Seeing the dead people, the refugees who had already started to kill people and wanted to surround them just now screamed all of a sudden, and they were so frightened that they ran away, panicked one by one, and their faces turned pale.
When they received the food just now, these people didn't think the convoy was terrible, but at this time, when they saw blood and killed people, they reacted, and the people on horses in this convoy were all sergeants, not ordinary people.
Yan Liqiang, who was riding on Caiyun Chasing the Moon, slowly put away the bow in his hand, his eyes were shining, he glanced at the refugees around him, without saying a word, and lightly clamped the stirrup, Caiyun Chasing the Moon trotted up, and the convoy behind also moved, and no one dared to stop him on this road......
The convoy went all the way, and there were more and more refugees on the side of the road, but the convoy did not stop until the convoy came to the outside of the county seat of Wuting County, and Yan Liqiang raised his hand and stopped the convoy at once.
Under the city wall of the entire county seat, at this time, it has already been crowded with countless refugees, and there are temporary shacks everywhere, densely packed, just a cursory glance, the number of refugees gathered under the county seat at this moment is at least more than 100,000.
Yan Liqiang frowned and looked at the county seat of Wuting County in the distance, and he was a little hesitant in his heart.
"My lord, my mother is looking for you......" Liu Xi rode up on the horse and whispered.
Yan Li emphatically turned his horse's head and came to the side of Rong Guifei's carriage in the middle of the team, and the curtain on the carriage was opened again, revealing Rong Guifei's eyes, looking at Yan Liqiang who came over, "Lord Yan, is there something going on in front?"
"Qi Yu Niangniang, there is nothing to do in front ......" Yan Liqiang shook his head and said.
"Lord Yan, isn't it the county seat of Wuting County in front, since there is nothing to do, why did Lord Yan stop again? Niangniang and King Min have been running around for two days, and are still waiting to go to the county seat to have a good rest?" The dead eunuch was also next to Concubine Rong's carriage, and when he saw Yan Liqiang coming, he rushed to Yan Liqiang, and said in a sharp voice, since he left Jingxigi, this dead eunuch has become active again.
"Niangniang, I don't think we should enter the county seat of Wuting County, let's find a place to rest outside the city for the time being......"
"Ah, why, why don't you enter the city, the county seat of Wuting County is obviously in front......" Concubine Rong hadn't spoken yet, and the dead eunuch was still chattering, looking at Yan Liqiang with suspicion, with a smug expression," After entering the city, we can also go to the official mansion to inquire about the situation and see if there is any news of His Majesty, and as long as Niangniang shows her identity, you can also ask the county government to notify the county guard of Hualan County, and let them send troops to find someone to escort us away, then everything will be fine, Lord Yan doesn't want Niangniang and King Min to enter the city, what kind of heart is ...... peace."
Yan Liqiang squinted his eyes and glanced at the eunuch, and calmly looked at the pair of eyes in the carriage, "Now the situation in Wuting County is unknown, and there are too many refugees gathered outside the county, once you enter the city, if there is something to do, it will not be easy to get out, if Niang Niang feels that this place is safe, and she feels that she doesn't need to listen to my arrangement, and insists on entering the county seat, then we will part ways here, Niang Niang can enter the city by herself, and then let Hualan County send troops to escort it!"
Hearing Yan Liqiang say this, the whole team suddenly fell silent......