Mai Xiaoji hurriedly jumped out of the car, in order to scare the unscrupulous people on the road, Ji Rongjin painted his face and arms very fiercely, which really scared the little ghost and thief.

After a while, he came back and said, "Most of them are migrated from Longxi and Liangzhou. ”

"Mr. Situ, this is the territory of Xijon and Beidi's activities."

Situ Lai nodded, "That's right, in the past two years, Great Xia has ceased war with the frontier, including a large section of the northwest. ”

Ji Rongjin knew about this matter, it was not that the two countries did not want to fight, but there were too many natural disasters and material scarcity that they had to make a truce.

"Since there is no longer a war, why are these people still wandering to the desolate land of Yidong? Could it be that there is another fight in the west? ”

"There is a great drought in the west, and many grasslands have become deserts. ”

I see.

Halfway through March, the Pacific monsoon wind blew, yesterday it was still a thousand miles of yellow, a light rain sprinkled at night, the next day, the ground was covered with green, many people digging grass roots, pinching the young grass that had just been unearthed to wrap their stomachs.

Like most people, Ji Rongjin and the three walked east along the dry river until they saw water rushing through the riverbed.

"Do you want to stop like them?" After more than a month of eating and sleeping, the mules were too tired to walk.

The straw sandals on Mai Xiaoji's feet were already torn and only a few wisps of soles remained, and when he saw many homeless people stopping along the river, he also carried bamboo tubes and bamboo baskets to replenish water and dig grass roots.

Ji Rongjin stood on the mule cart and looked into the distance, looking for the final foothold, and saw that there was a mountain in the vast distance, "No, turn over the big mountain in front." ”

Situ was taken aback, "At least two or three hundred miles, and three or four days of walking." "But the dry food hidden in the mule cart is only enough for two days.

Of course, Ji Rongjin knew that his little face had turned yellow and black, and he had been coated with a layer of yellow powder, which was exactly the same as calling Huazi, baring his teeth and smiling, his snow-white teeth were incompatible with everything around him.

"Mr. Situ, don't worry, we can't be hungry."

Hungry? Situ looked into the distance, "As far as the eye can see, there are wild and wild places everywhere, there is not even a village, let alone a county town, there is no supply, let's drink water and eat grass roots like them?" He gestured to the crowd in the distance that had stopped around the river.

"Trust me, Mr. Szeto." Ji Rongjin smiled slyly.

Situ looked at the little lady in front of him with a complicated expression, and then looked at a few strong men who had been staring at their mule cart not far away, and said in his heart, if nothing else, just for this conspicuous mule, they should stay away from this group of people.

"Okay." He nodded, seeing Mai Xiaoji come back from hydration.

There was dry food hidden under the mule carriage, and the three of them did not swagger, drinking water and chewing grass roots like everyone else, but the water they drank was boiled water, and along the way, the three of them did not get sick, which was the credit of boiled water.

Mai Xiaoji quickly ate well, and hurriedly cut the grass and fed the mule, so that it could rest for a while, and the three of them set out on the road again at about two o'clock in the afternoon.

A few strong men who had been trying to grab the mule looked at the three people who were getting farther and farther away, "Do you want to follow them and sneak attack at night?" ”

"They have bows and arrows."

In this era, iron supplies were not only scarce, but also very tightly controlled, and it would be nice to have a knife for cutting vegetables in five out of ten, and it seemed that these three people actually had bows and arrows.

But the mule was too tempting, "Go, follow." ”

As the sun set and the sky slowly darkened, Mai Xiaoji asked, "Let's stop if we find a flat place in front." "He drove a mule cart.

Ji Rongjin said, "Tonight, we don't stop. ”

"Ah......" McBecky thought he had misheard, "why?" ”

She sat at the entrance of the carriage and looked up at the starry sky: "The moonlight is very good today, and it will not affect the road." ”

"Yes...... The mules are tired! ”

Ji Rongjin jumped off the mule cart, "Then we'll walk." ”

Situ came to see her jump down, and he also jumped down from Mai Xiaoji's side, "Are you worried about those strong men?" ”

"Hmm." Ji Rongjin didn't deny it.

"I see." McEigher also jumped out of the car and pulled the mule cart away.

She said: "The more you get to the end, the more people's hearts fluctuate. ”

Situ came to brush his beard, "From the unknown to the end, the end is just one more river, and there is nothing else, a mule cart with production value is worth killing and setting fire." ”

"What, they're still going to kill?" Mai Xiaoji was so frightened that he looked back again and again, as if he saw a ghost fire, and his steps became faster and faster.

It's nice that someone understands.

Ji Rongjin sighed comfortably, "I have an intuition that if you climb over the mountain in front, there must be villages and towns. ”

The three of them took some dry cakes and ate them as they walked, not daring to stop.

Until midnight, I couldn't walk.

"Jin Niang, do you want to take a break?"

Ji Rongjin stopped, but didn't sit on the mule cart to rest, just took a sip of water, "I feel that they are getting closer and closer to us." ”

Mai Xiaoji and Situ held their breath and condensed, listening to the sound of the night wind blowing past their ears, which was the sound of trampling on the wild grass and road.

Mai Xiaoji approached Ji Rongjin in surprise, "Mianniang, what should I do?" "Do you want to kill someone?

"According to what I taught you, try not to hurt people's lives, but if they want to end up at the end of the road, we will not be merciful."

"Okay."

The moon is bright and the stars are scarce. On the endless plains, the wind blows and the shadows are abundant.

A few strong men were running and running, and someone shouted, "Hey, I saw the shadow of the mule cart just now, why did it disappear all of a sudden?" ”

The group paused suddenly, and by the moonlight, they looked closely, and the mule cart, which was more than one person high, seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

"It's really evil, it's impossible!"

Several people split up to find it.

The wild trees and shrubs were pulled and pulled, and the car where they were hiding was about to be found, when suddenly, a scream, "Oops! "Someone tripped.

"Two dogs?"

"Brother Ji, save me!"

"Bang tom."

"Who's ......"

"Where's the rope?"

In the night, the voices are in each other's voices.

Ji Rongjin and Situ pulled the rope to stop people, one pulled one accurately, Mai Xiaoji learned moves from people in the army, and it was no problem to tie up a few people.

Half an hour later, the three of them made up five people and won a big victory. The danger was lifted, and Ji Rongjin climbed into the mule carriage and fell asleep.

Mai Xiaoji and Situ took turns to be on duty with big knives, and in the second half of the night, they passed in a blink of an eye.

At dawn the next day, Ji Rongjin stood in front of the five strong men in high spirits, holding his arms and condescendingly.

The five of them saw a slender little girl, all of them struggled with hatred and wanted to beat people.

"The more you earn, the tighter the rope becomes." Ji Rongjin kindly reminded.

"Phew, stinky, you're playing yin."

Ji Rongjin smiled brightly, "No matter what trick you make, it's a good move to catch someone, this strong man, don't you say?" ”

"You ......" The strongest, bearded guy jumped up at the sight of it, and was kicked to his knees by Mai Xiaoji, "Look at you are still dishonest." The strong man's tendons were almost broken, and he screamed in pain.

Ji Rongjin glanced at the five people, and finally his gaze fell on a young man in his early twenties, "Have you ever read?" ”