Chapter 11: Killings are everywhere
The sun had set, and the scattered starlight hung in the sky.
Jiangjia Village, which had calmed down, was once again boiled by the sound of gongs and drums.
"Hengrong, what's the matter?" A woman with a bowl asked, "The bowl is a clear rice soup that can be seen from the bottom."
Hengrong went straight to the point and said loudly: "Just now Jiang Xiucai's family said that the county seat has been broken by the homeless, maybe it will hit the town in a while, and if you are willing to go, go home now to pack your things, and gather at the entrance of the village in an hour." ”
"Let's go? Why are we leaving? Someone asked.
It didn't take Hengrong to explain, and someone immediately said: "The homeless people have all come in, let's not leave, what if we hit us." ”
"I think the eight achievements are fake, but there is an official government in the county, how dare the homeless people go in, even if they want to go in, do they have that ability?" And some unbelievers said.
"Last time, Jiang Xiucai said that there might be a locust plague, and you also said that you were false, didn't this really happen." Song Furong happened to be present, and when she heard this, she immediately went over.
"Did Jiang Xiucai's family give you food or silver, let you go back and speak for them." The man who had just spoken was angry.
Song Furong snorted her on the ground and said, "I don't give me anything and believe in their family, but you, as soon as you say something, you jump out and jump, like a big guy digging your ancestral grave." ”
The man's face was as ugly as a fly, and he was so angry that he rushed over and hit her.
Jiang Hengrong only felt his head buzzing when he looked at the noisy crowd, and he slammed the gong and drum.
'Knock knock~' The two loud noises frightened the quarrelling crowd, and the sound became quieter.
He said: "If there is anything to be noisy, if you want to go, go home and pack your things, and if you don't want to go, you can stay." ”
Seeing Jiang Hengrong's unhappy look, no one dared to say anything.
The county official is not as good as the current management, in this Jiangjia Village, isn't he the most powerful.
The woman who just wanted to pounce on Song Furong was interrupted by Hengrong, and she didn't dare to make trouble anymore, but she still said stiffly: "Hey~ I really believe what others say, then there are homeless people who go to the county, and the government is the first to arrest them, and they can wait for us to come." ”
"Anyway, if you want to go, my family will not leave, and it just so happens that this house and Hetian are also my family."
When she had finished speaking, she walked away.
Some people were moved by the woman who had left, and if everyone else had gone, then the field and the house would not have belonged to those of them who had remained here.
Although it is still dry, it does not mean that it will not rain in the future!
Hey, this is a tender and good thing, if there are more people leaving, I have to thank Jiang Xiucai.
Immediately, a few people said they were not leaving.
Hengrong didn't know what they were thinking when he saw them like this, and just wanted to persuade them a few more words, the people from those families waved their hands and left.
"Hmph, a few people who don't know anything, if you want to go, go home and pack your things quickly, and wait for an hour at most to leave, and if you don't want to leave, stay here like them." Jiang Hengrong also turned around and left after speaking.
Some of the people who stayed behind hesitated, and some hurried home to pack their things.
Hengrong thought of what Jiang Zhiyue's girl said when she followed Jiang Xiucai to him just now, and his heart kept beating drums.
Thinking that he is so old, he was just stunned by a little girl, wouldn't this make people laugh out of their big teeth.
But thinking of the girl's serious appearance, he didn't dare not believe it.
So after hurriedly informing everyone, he hurried home to pack his things, and his family's food and those chickens and ducks had to be brought.
The hearts of those who stayed there and didn't leave also beat the drums, could it be that the homeless people really came? Can the government ignore it?
No matter what you say, follow Hengrong and them first, if there are no displaced people to come and then they come back, then the house and Tian will not be really theirs because they are gone for the past few days.
Thinking like this, I quickly went back to pack my things.
Although there is not much food at home, it can't be robbed by the homeless people in vain.
At this time, the Jiang family was also in full swing to pack up their things, because Jiang Zhiyue had already woken them up, so they cleaned up neatly.
The grain from the cellar was carried to the ox cart, as well as the clothes and fabrics to be carried, the guys to eat on the road, and the mess of oilcloths and robes, and the two ox carts were full.
That's it, Mrs. Jiang also avoided the Wang family and asked Jiang Zhiyue to fill some grain into her small treasure chest, so that the food on the carriage would not be so eye-catching.
Otherwise, I just sold so much grain at noon, and there is still so much to say.
The four members of the Wang family didn't come to trouble them, they pushed a cart when they came, although they had to be pushed by manpower, they could also load their things.
Wang Fugui and they also understood that the Jiang family was willing to take them in because they made a profit, but they couldn't trouble others with everything without a look, making it difficult for his sister and daughter.
The Jiang family didn't say much, they would help those who could help, and let the Wang family do what they could.
Everything was loaded on the carriage, and the room looked empty, and everyone felt a little uncomfortable looking at it.
I don't know if I can come back after this trip.
Jiang Zhiyue entered the house and found that her mother was still standing by the bed folding clothes, and she didn't know how many times she had folded the clothes.
She stepped forward and asked, "Mother, what's wrong with you?" ”
"Your grandfather won't come over, do you think your mother won't worry?" Zhang had no choice but to frown and explain.
"Mother don't worry about grandpa and them, they were fine when we went to see them yesterday, they must have their own ideas if they don't come to our side." Jiang Zhiyue comforted.
"Besides, the two uncles and a few cousins are also good, and they are safe together in the same village."
"It's also true, it's also urgent, my mother didn't expect this." Zhang said with a smile.
Because she was worried about the people in the Zhang family, Jiang Zhiyue accompanied her mother Zhang to Zhangjia Village yesterday.
Zhang's couldn't help it, she went to call people yesterday, but her father felt that a large family of so many people would trouble them, and said a lot of words to persuade her to comfort her, and finally didn't come.
They also said that no matter what happened, they would follow the villagers and let them not worry.
Now I can only hope that they will be okay when they hear the news.
At this time, Zhangjiacun also received the news, and the person who brought back the news, Jiang Yun, they would definitely recognize it when they saw it, it was the middle-aged man they met in the town in the evening.
He happens to be from Zhangjiacun and the son of Zhangjiacun Hengrong, and his words are also highly credible.
When Jiang Zhiyue and the others returned to the village, the man also returned to Zhangjia Village and told his father about it.
Zhangjia Village has a small number of households, only about 30 households, and most of them make a living from hunting, so although the locust plague has affected them a little, it does not hinder their lives much, and they will not leave if they are not called by the displaced people.
On the side of Jiangjia Village, all the households who were willing to leave also packed their things and stood at the entrance of the village and waited.
Hengrong said that he would only wait for an hour, and when the time was almost up, someone would come in a hurry.
They also listened to the movement outside and their hearts were shaken again, so they hurriedly packed their things and hurried over.
After counting the number of people, I found that most of the people came, but there were still more than 20 families who did not come out.
Among them, there are also a few lonely old people, who feel that even if they die at home when they are old, it is better than becoming a lonely ghost outside, so they are not willing to follow.
If you haven't come yet, you probably don't want to go.
Everyone glanced at the village, full of reluctance, and finally looked at Hengrong.
"Hengrong, where are we going this big night?" Someone asked.
There were those who were reluctant to follow, and muttered and complained: "Where can you go at night, there are hundreds of people in our village, and the homeless people may not dare to come." ”
Someone rolled his eyes at him, I didn't hear Jiang Xiucai say that the homeless people have entered the county, and they even dare to fight the county, what are you.
However, someone still answered: "Yes, no matter how anxious you are, let's not rush this night, we won't be able to go again when tomorrow dawns." ”
Although their complaints were very small, Hengrong, who was not far away, still heard it.
He glanced at him and said impatiently: "If you don't want to go, it's too late to go back now, otherwise you will follow honestly, what so much nonsense." ”
A few people didn't dare to continue to say anything, and hung their heads unconvinced, waiting for Hengrong's arrangement.
"Let's go to the east, I heard that it is the fief of the three princes, and others are also kind, so when we get there, they will definitely not ignore us." Hengrong sighed.
"And if you go further east, you will reach the Imperial City, and you won't be afraid of anything anyway."
Jiang Zhiyue was not surprised to hear his arrangement, no matter what happened, the people would definitely feel that the imperial city was the safest.
However, they didn't know that the imperial city was also a mess now, and even if they said it, they might not believe it, and they probably thought she didn't know what to do.
Now there is no need to think about this, Jiang Zhiyue is planning to take the Jiang family to the southeast, where the direct emperor is far away from the imperial city, but now there is a big general guarding there.
Now I can walk with them for a while, and then let them choose which way they want to go.
Hengrong said again: "Let's go east first, and see how far we can go." ”
Jiang Zhiyue frowned, going east is the way to the town, if that group of homeless people comes from the town, isn't it a sheep into the tiger's mouth.
Thinking in her heart, the words she objected to had already come out: "No, you can't go that way." ”
When Hengrong heard that someone dared to oppose him, he was unhappy, and said in an unkind tone: "You can only take that road out of the village, and if you don't take the east, it will be difficult to go up to the big python mountain in the west." ”
"Grandpa Hengrong is really smart, I can think of the idea as soon as I say it, there is only this way out of the village, and the homeless people will definitely take this road when they come, and there is no fork in the road here, if we run into the homeless people while walking, it will be in vain."
Jiang Zhiyue's words held Jiang Hengrong high, and it was not good to be angry at her again.
Even though she was a little unhappy in her heart, she also understood Jiang Zhiyue's meaning, so she could only say: "The girl of the Jiang family said everything I thought in my heart, then what do you say we should do now, we can't go back after we have cleaned it up." ”
Jiang Zhiyue said with a smile: "Let's go to the mountains to hide for a night first, and it's not too late to leave when it's dawn." ”
"Okay, according to what the Jiang girl said, let's hide in the mountains for the night."
Seeing that she agreed with this opinion, Jiang Zhiyue led the Jiang family to walk in front to open the way, the Wang family and the Song Furong family followed closely, and the rest of the people also followed.
However, there are also those who scoff at this, Jiang Huzi is angry because Jiang Zhiyue put a knife on his neck to scare him, and he is afraid and hated her in his heart.
He followed a little distance from Jiang's house and asked loudly: "You are so powerful that you are afraid of a few homeless people, and you will scare people with your kitchen knife a few times." ”
Hearing his chicken-like clamor in elementary school, Jiang Zhiyue looked back at him with disdain.
It was already dark, but when Jiang Huzi saw Jiang Zhiyue looking over, he felt that he saw a flash of starlight.
Tsk, this little girl of Jiang Xiucai's family is really fucking good-looking.
It is... It's too violent.
Jiang Huzi hurriedly lowered his head and looked at the road carefully.
The others didn't answer, because some people still had livestock, so they found a relatively flat and convenient road.
It took half an hour before they found a place to stop and rest.
Everyone sat down with sweat wiped from their sweat.
Looking down from the mountain, you can vaguely see several villages below the mountain, some of which have not yet turned off the oil lamps.
I don't know how long later, when everyone was no longer paying much attention to the situation at the bottom of the mountain, someone exclaimed: "Look, someone is coming down the mountain." ”
Hearing his words, everyone hurriedly looked down the mountain, it was a long fire dragon, and someone was holding a torch to come this way.
Then I saw the people holding the torches going to the village next to Jiangjia Village.
Because of the high place, they clearly saw that the people had entered the courtyard and began to rummage through things.
The owner of the house heard the movement and fought with the men, who tore and beat as if they were not going to die.
Some men even had knives in their hands, and they fought for the food in an old woman's arms, and when they saw that the old woman did not let go, they swung the knife at it.
From a distance, the woman was stabbed and twitched on the ground a few times, and then there was no movement.
After robbing that village, those people gathered together and went to the next village, and the next village was: Jiangjia Village!
When they arrived in Jiangjia Village, they did the same.
Because the people of Jiangjia Village knew the news in advance and escaped, those people didn't find much and vented their anger on the rest of them.
The scene under the mountain was unbearable, and everyone couldn't bear to look at it anymore.
Everyone was depressed, and in the past, no matter whether the relationship was good or bad, they felt uncomfortable, and watching them be killed made people feel a sense of grief in their hearts.
They wrapped themselves in their clothes, and suddenly they felt that the hot night had suddenly become cold.
Thinking about the kitchen knives wielding in the hands of those homeless people, it was like slashing at them in the next moment.
The family huddled and squeezed together, as if that would make them feel safer.
Fortunately, they all came out with them just now, otherwise they might have been in a different place by now.
Jiang Zhilan, who was not far away, gathered the clothes on her body, and turned her eyes to see the calm Jiang Zhiyue.
She suddenly felt that Jiang Zhiyue's appearance was particularly eye-catching, and everyone was afraid, why wasn't she afraid.
Jiang Zhiyue's calm appearance made Jiang Zhilan have a desire to ruin her.
When Jiang Zhiyue noticed this unfriendly gaze and looked over, she saw that the expression on Jiang Zhilan's face who was found was distorted for a moment, and then forced out an ugly smile.