Cheng Yuan was full of hope for finding food, and when he was about to set off, he saw that Song Jing was a little unstable.

Then he gave him half of the baked cake: "Song Jing, take it." ”

Song Jing hurriedly waved his hand, staring at the baked cake with his eyes, indicating that he couldn't ask for it.

Seeing this, Cheng Yuan put it away again.

When he walked to the depths of the ruins, Song Jing poked Cheng Yuan's shoulder with his fingers: "Guogong, you can ..... half of the baked cake Give me something to eat first. ”

Song Jing died to save face and suffer the crime, and only after eating the cake did he have the strength.

Cheng Yuan saw that he was pitiful, and scolded: "You are a girl, you still have to play duplicity, find food, and the people will be saved, The road to the imperial court into the mansions is blocked by stones, and you can't get in for a while, so you can only rely on yourself." ”

"Do you still have bread, Grandpa Guo?" Song Jing asked with bright eyes.

Cheng Yuan looked at him as if he was going to beat someone: "Song Jing, why don't you go looking for food, go back." ”

Zhu Neng and Kuang Yu behind him were puzzled.

"What do you mean, Grandpa Guo?" Song Jing hurriedly said, "I'm not hungry." ”

"There are a lot of people grabbing food where the food is, so I'd better go." Song Jing said.

"Grandpa Guo, I want to go back...."The little waiter cried with a sad face, tentative.

"What do you want to do!" Cheng Yuan turned around and looked at the waiter seriously.

The little chamberlain swallowed his saliva and wanted to say something more, but when he saw Cheng Yuan's gloomy face, he felt cowardly, and decided to find a reason to be the target of not being killed, and said, "The slave wants to go back to serve His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Then you go back by yourself, this time you are the only one, even if there is danger, you are the only one, and the loss is not big."

"The slave is still.... Let's stay put. ”

It's not too early, and you have to find a place to put food in Huazhou before it gets dark.

In this case, Cheng Yuan didn't want to talk too much about the matter of reprimand.

Zhu Gaochi didn't come today, even if there was danger, it was a group of them, and Bengong ventured into the disaster area like this, and when the time came, he could be a martyr for his son to beg for a national duke. Except for Song Jing, the others are all military generals and guards, and Kuang Yu also has some fist and foot kung fu, which is basically no problem.

The crowd continued to set off, walking all the way through the ruins.

Everyone was cautious, Zhu Neng was a little panicked when he thought that the ruins under his feet would collapse directly at any time, after all, the danger was unpredictable, but when he saw Cheng Yuan leading the way in front, he could only grit his teeth and follow, looking indifferent.

The role of role models is endless, and people's psychological quality and state performance will also infect those behind them.

Everyone slowly got used to the environment.

At nightfall, everyone finally arrived at the Huazhou Mansion Grain Depot.

This yamen has long been buried in ruins, and the ground on the left side is relatively low, and it has been flooded.

If you come one step later, I'm afraid that all of them will be flooded.

There is no life, only a breath of death, everyone is eager to leave this dangerous place, but no one knows where they will encounter a collapse or even collapse when they pass by, so they can only wait for the rescue of the court in this hopeless place like trapped beasts.

Hunger is not terrible, what is terrible is the plague, if it is sick, wait for death.

Some people even find ways to salvage what they can eat in the stinking water.

Cheng Yuan and the others stood in the dark, looking at the people below who were salvaging with torches.

Song Jing said the approximate location of the grain depot, and everyone began to move the ruins.

Suddenly, a bag of grain was thrown out from the side, and Zhu Neng quickly caught it and was surprised.

"Brother Cheng, food flies out of the ground."

Cheng Yuan was also a little surprised, how could there be grain from the ground.

"Smack."

Then another bag was thrown up.

Cheng Yuan was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and handed over the grain directly to the guards behind.

Then another bag of grain.

Song Jing and Kuang Yu looked at the front of them and felt that it was really amazing.

Under the ruins, they produce their own food.

Cheng Yuan carefully found that there was a hole in the side, because he didn't see it because it was dark.

At the bottom of the hole, someone was digging for food.

All of a sudden, Zhu Neng and the guards behind him became vigilant and surrounded the hole.

Song Jing said nervously: "It must be the gang of thieves from the village next door, Cao Menghu and they are here to smuggle grain." ”

Cheng Yuan remembered this and immediately asked everyone to squat at the mouth of the ruins and wait.

According to Song Jing, this Cao Menghu is from the next county, and he used to rob the government in the past, and this time he is estimated to have come to steal grain.

The grain of the Huazhou Mansion is life-saving, how could Cheng Yuan let this gang of thieves take the grain.

By the time it was time, five or six people crawled out of the hole.

As soon as they came out, they saw seven or eight dark shadows rushing towards them.

The guards shouted in the darkness of the night: "Caught, caught." ”

The torches were quickly lit, illuminating the nearby flatlands and attracting many victims.

Behind him, the victims saw Cheng Yuan wearing official uniforms, and whispered, "It's from the imperial court." ”

The burly figures were tied up and pressed to the ground, unable to move.

"He's Cao Menghu."

"I am, what are you calling grandpa for!" Cao Menghu shouted.

"The two princes, what should Cao Menghu do?"

Hearing the title, the black shadow struggled and said, "Is there anyone named Cheng Yuan among you?" ”

Okay, you Cao Menghu, do you care if you have a name for Cheng Yuan, you ask Lao Tzu what he is doing. Cheng Yuan: "I am." ”

Cheng Yuan scolded his mother in his heart, these thieves pay attention to what they do.

Well, my name is Cheng Yuan, I can't dare to admit it, "I'm Cheng Yuan, what do you want." ”

Cao Menghu said: "It turns out that you are Cheng Yuan, and Xiaomin Cao Menghu has something to say." ”

Cao Menghu struggled for a long time, but he directly broke free from the guards' clamps, got up and said, "Zhen Guogong, I didn't expect to see you here." ”

Zhu Neng blinked, which seemed to be asking Cheng Yuan, how did Zhen Guogong have anything to do with a thief who stole grain.

"Zhenguo Gong, please accept Cao Menghu's worship."

Although Cao Menghu's hands were tied behind his back, he still knelt down and bowed.

The situation changed a little suddenly, and the wooden stick in Song Jing's hand was still on guard.

After the torch approached Cao Menghu, Cheng Yuan saw clearly that this was a dark-skinned northern man.

At this time, Cao Menghu continued: "Zhenguo Gong, Xiaomin Cao Menghu These days, I have heard from the floating victims that after the ground moved, it was you who brought people here, and I heard that you saved people and were buried.

In this land movement, some officials and gentry have fled, leaving only us ordinary people waiting to die here, but you are a rare official of my Cao Menghu, who came from the capital, but went deep into the most serious place in Huazhou to rescue the disaster.

If you hadn't dredged the river, we would have drowned sooner or later, so please bow down to the people. ”

As he spoke, he landed on his knees and then bowed his head.

Cheng Yuan didn't say anything, he and Zhu Neng stared at Cao Menghu to distinguish the real from the fake.

Obviously, this Cao Menghu is a lover.

Cheng Yuan looked at Cao Menghu, as for whether he was a thief or not, Cheng Yuan had heard of it himself, and the most important thing was to ask how much food there was under the ruins, not to catch a little thief hungry.

Besides, this person is calm and relaxed, and there is no panic in his eyes, unlike other thieves, Cheng Yuan can be sure that this thief is not the kind of thief who is extremely vicious.

As for why Cao Menghu knew about himself, Cheng Yuan was not surprised at all, he believed that this Cao Menghu must have many refugee brothers, who can be so calm and relaxed, and can echo his brothers, and is by no means an ordinary little thief.