Chapter 363

Due to the continuous march for seven or eight days, there was very little rest, and the Jinyi guards and the officers and soldiers were very tired, and they were ready to fight a battle, but after discovering that it was an empty city, the soldiers relaxed and suddenly became a little tired and tired.

Song Nan looked at the officers and soldiers whose faces were pale and yawning, and understood that the team needed to rest and recuperate, and because he had not figured out the movements of the thieves, he could not send troops; In view of this, Song Nan repeatedly issued orders, ordering more than ten cavalry to go out of the city to look for the movement of the thieves in the three directions of southeast and west, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were stationed to rest and stand by.

After the scout cavalry was dispatched, Song Nan did not rest, he took Wang Yong and Li Daniu and dozens of personal guard battalions to ride around the streets of the small county town of Wen'an.

The whole county is like the ground swept by a tornado, full of mess and blood, and the nose is stinking; On the few streets that were the only ones, there were not many intact houses, and the dilapidated houses on both sides were all old and weak women and children, and there were no men in the prime of life, who were obviously all dragged into the thieves and joined the gang.

"Big Niu, put those hundreds of strong men and order them to clean up the garbage on the streets, the stench of this street must be that there are corpses that have not been buried, and they must be buried or burned quickly, otherwise there will be a great epidemic." Song Nan frowned and ordered.

Li Daniu agreed, hurriedly turned back and led people to escort more than 700 so-called thieves in the square, and began to clean up the streets and houses.

Song Nan and Wang Yong rode horses and continued to walk along the street, and when they reached a street in Xicheng, they suddenly found a group of ragged people gathered outside a pergola and didn't know what they were doing.

Song Nan rode by slowly, and in the pergola, a cloth-clothed woman masked with a green cloth was holding a spoon in a large pot to scoop out the soup and pour it into the bowls of the people stretched out by the pot. Song Nan felt puzzled, dismounted and walked into the porridge shed, the woman took care of herself and scooped the soup for the people, and seemed to be unaware of Song Nan's arrival.

Song Nan arched his hand and said, "This sister-in-law is polite." ”

The woman stopped the spoon in her hand, raised her head and glanced at Song Nan, and then bowed and said in a low voice: "The official is polite." ”

Song Nan saw that the woman's eyebrows and eyes were very refreshing, and her skin was smooth and without wrinkles, and then looked at the woman's hairstyle, which was not the bun combed by a married woman, she regretted her words and said busily: "It turned out to be a girl, offended." ”

The woman whispered, "It's okay. Then he continued to give porridge to the people.

Song Nan said: "There is turmoil here, it is respectable and admirable for the girl to do this righteous act, didn't the thief make it difficult for the girl?" ”

The woman said: "The slave family hid, and only when I heard that the city had calmed down did I dare to come out, and the villagers did not eat or drink, but fortunately there was still a bag of grain in the cellar of my house, so I took it out and boiled porridge and rice to satisfy the hunger of the villagers, which is not a righteous act." ”

Song Nan nodded and said: "I see, a good Wen'an, it has become like this, it is really distressing, the thieves and soldiers are harming the people, I will definitely find them to settle this account." ”

The woman was stunned and whispered, "They are not thieves. ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "What? ”

Wang Yong, who was following behind Song Nan, shouted: "You woman, dare to speak like this, could it be that you have colluded with the thief?" ”

Song Nan stared at the woman and said coldly: "They are causing trouble, why does the girl have to defend them?" ”

The woman said: "They are not thieves in the first place, most of them are ordinary people in Wen'an." ”

Song Nan said: "It may have been the people before, but after burning, killing and looting, is it still the people?" ”

The woman said quietly, "Naturally, they deserve to die, but is it entirely their fault?" You officials know the suffering of the people, and it is just ten rooms and nine empty, and the government still forces the people to farm land, pay rent and raise horses, and the people have no way to live, so they will do these stupid things, they are wrong, but others are not wrong? ”

Wang Yong shouted angrily: "Shut up, you woman, you actually defend the anti-thieves, could it be that the anti-thieves can't do it?" ”

The woman said, "If the slave family were with them, they would not stay here and give porridge to the people; The slave family is not defending them, the slave family just has something to say. ”

Song Nan said quietly: "Who are you?" Ordinary women couldn't say these words. ”

The woman was stunned, slowly brushed off the green cloth on her face, revealing a dignified and delicate face, and said: "The slave family's name is Liu Yuerong, and Liu Liu and Liu Qi, who rebelled in Wen'an, are the two brothers of the slave family, and I am their own sister." ”

Everyone was shocked, Wang Yong shouted, several guards jumped forward, and pointed at Liu Yuerong with their swords, the sister of the bandit chief must also be extraordinary, for fear that she would burst out and hurt people.

Song Nan was also taken aback, this woman was the sister-in-law of Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi, and she didn't leave with the thieves, but stayed in Wen'an County to help the people, which was really strange.

"Generals, the slave family is a weak woman, why bother with a sword? Are you still afraid that I will not be a woman? ”

"Sharp teeth! Anti-thief family, complicity! You are not small, you dare to stay in Wen'an County, do you think that the officers and soldiers will not be able to attack the small Wen'an County? Wang Yong shouted.

The woman smiled sadly and said, "Why are the slaves leaving? The rebellion of the two brothers is not something that the slave family can stop. The slave family knows that after my brother rebels, the nine clans of my Liu family will be punished, but what can I do about this? All the slaves can do is not to follow them to harm the people, but to stay in Wen'an County and give porridge and rice to the people who have been harmed by them with their modest efforts, so as to alleviate their guilt. ”

Song Nan was surprised in her heart, Liu Yuerong chose to stay in Wen'an County, she must know that she could not be spared, if she chose to follow her brother's team to attack others, or there was a chance to live, but she chose to stay here to give porridge and rice, obviously she did not agree with her brother's rebellion, but even so, how could she escape the responsibility of the anti-thief.

Song Nan sighed lightly and shouted, "Take it away." Then he turned and walked out of the pergola.

Wang Yong shouted: "Come with us." ”

Liu Yuerong shouted behind Song Nan: "This general, the slave family has a request. ”

Song Nan turned around and said, "Please speak." ”

"The slave family will give up this pot of porridge and rice and then go with you, if I leave, they will all starve."

Song Nan walked for a while, turned around and walked to the cauldron, rolled up his sleeves, picked up a wooden spoon, and said, "Okay, I'll help you cook porridge together." ”

Liu Yuerong was stunned for a moment, but saw Song Nan stretch out her hand to greet a group of people who were so frightened that they hid far away and said: "Villagers, line up to come over to receive porridge and rice, remember that this is the porridge and rice that Miss Liu gave alms, but you have to remember her kindness." ”

The people trotted forward, driven by hunger, but if there was food to eat, everything else could be left aside; Liu Yuerong sighed lightly, and also picked up a wooden spoon, while beckoning everyone to be careful not to squeeze and not burn, while pouring spoonfuls of gruel into their dishes.

A pot of gruel was quickly cleaned up, but there were still hundreds of people who slowly gathered and did not have their turn, and a large pot of porridge seemed to be a lot, but in fact, there were only more than 100 bowls gone; Liu Yuerong looked at the disappointed looks of the people, and begged in a low voice: "General, can you allow the slave family to cook a big pot of alms for the people?" You have mercy on these folks, who have not eaten a grain of rice for a few days. ”

Song Nan shook his head and said, "No." ”

Liu Yuerong showed a look of disappointment on her face, bowed her head and said: "Okay, the slave family knows that there are too many requirements, and the slave family is now the family of the thief, and they have no right to make any requests." ”

Song Nan said: "Don't worry, I will order someone to take them to the county government square, and I will order someone to boil a few large pots of porridge and rice for them to eat, you can rest assured." ”

Liu Yuerong was overjoyed and said, "General, will you really do this?" The slave family thanked the general on behalf of the people. ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "I don't need you to thank you, it is the responsibility of the court to help the people, what is it if you want to thank you?" Girl, you're still worried about yourself, do you know what's about to be faced by you? ”

Liu Yuerong said gloomily: "It's nothing more than death." ”

Song Nan sneered: "It's good to die, but it's a pity that it's not so cheap, you will be confiscated into slavery, maybe you will be confiscated into the sect department or official prostitution, and suffer all kinds of humiliation that you can't think of." ”

Liu Yuerong's face turned pale, she couldn't speak for a long time with her mouth open, Song Nan sighed in her heart, this woman didn't know how mean and fierce the court treated the prisoner's female dependents, a good girl's family, the fate of the future would be unimaginable, and she didn't know why she wanted to reveal her identity, maybe she felt guilty for what her two brothers did, and begged for death to atone for her sins.

"Ask the general to complete the slave family and die." Liu Yuerong muttered.

Song Nan shook her head slowly, Liu Yuerong suddenly jumped up and crashed into the wooden pillar next to her, Song Nan quickly grabbed her, Liu Yuerong shouted: "Let the slave family die, let the slave family die." ”

Song Nan shouted in a low voice: "Take it away!" ”

The guards stepped forward to put the paralyzed Liu Yuerong on horseback, and the group galloped away.