The situation was much more dire than Xu Sheng had envisioned.

The food in the city, even if it was dug three feet into the ground, could not meet his and Captain Li's expectations.

More than ten days have passed in the blink of an eye, and some people have already starved to death!

"You're going to give me an explanation."

Xu Sheng sat in the dark hall, in his brother's chair, just like his brother that day, condescendingly, looked at Captain Li coldly, and asked in a cold voice.

He once made it clear that no matter how much food there is, even if it doesn't last for a month, everyone must be guaranteed to eat; However, in just a few days, dozens of people have already starved to death.

"Immortal Chief, this matter ......" Captain Li looked panicked, and he only felt deeply aggrieved and helpless in his heart.

I really don't blame him for this.

"Don't spit out, if you can't give an explanation, military law will serve." Xu Sheng's tone was full of anger, and the fire in his eyes was terrifying.

"Alas—" Captain Li sighed and gritted his teeth and said, "This matter is my problem; But there's really no way to avoid it. ”

"!"

Hearing that Captain Li was "quibbling", Xu Sheng was furious, his anger "rubbed" up, and the "invisible secret power" spread out, shaking the hanging lights in the hall!

He made it very clear that there are six districts in the city, and each district has a porridge shed at the four corners. People over the age of 14 can get two bowls of porridge and two steamed buns every day; Those under the age of 14 will also have one steamed bun and two bowls of porridge every day.

With this kind of ration of food, it is certain that you will not be able to eat enough, but no one will starve to death.

"Immortal Chief!"

Captain Li fell to his knees with a "poof", his body kept shaking, and he said with great difficulty in a trembling voice: "

Immortal Chief's idea is good, but in fact, it is another matter. There are often people who plunder others after eating their own food, and there are also some old and weak people who are secretly coerced and do not dare to take food. I have tried to put an end to this kind of incident, but there are not enough men, we only have 7,000 men, and we are not enough to defend the city, so how can we supervise everyone to eat? ”

"How could it be ......?"

Xu Sheng choked and was speechless for a while.

After listening to Captain Li's words, he froze; He had never imagined that this would happen.

"Ahh

Xu Sheng sighed. This time, it was his fault; He overestimated his command abilities and underestimated the meanness of human nature.

"You... Get up. ”

After a while, Xu Sheng barely got out of his self-blame for himself; He looked at Captain Li helplessly, and said weakly: "Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven." From the next meal, if someone does anything oppressive, he will be held responsible. No, directly... Behead. ”

Speaking of the word beheading, Xu Sheng was obviously stunned. With an easy disposition like him, he really doesn't want to do extreme things; However, this time it was different, he was too angry. What is the difference between plundering others of their right to live and killing people? Those who do not deserve to live.

"No"

Captain Li glanced at Xu Sheng deeply, then bowed his head and agreed, wanting to turn around and leave.

"Wait"

Xu Sheng stopped him in time, closed his eyes and hesitated for a moment, before he said coldly: "You better print out some notices first, and tell the whole city: If anyone does not obey the rules, he will resist with his life." ”

"No"

Lieutenant Li bowed his head in reply, and then strode outward.

Xu Sheng, in the end, he can't be ruthless like that, he is not that kind of person after all.

He also knows that the role of a notice is limited after all, and there will always be people who risk their lives; Even without a notice, cutting off a human head is enough to deter the whole city; It's pasted, if you don't have your head falling to the ground, it's still a piece of paper.

In fact, there is not much difference between sticking and not sticking, and you always have to kill a few people to curb the greed of people's hearts.

But he still had a little illusion, imagining that maybe there were no more vicious people in this city, and a single notice would be enough to suppress the evil spirit.

"Ahh

Xu Sheng sighed again, the current situation has already overwhelmed him and he is physically and mentally exhausted. The enemy forces outside the city are growing in great force and increasing day by day; The surplus food in the city is about to run out, and contradictions are rife.

He is not an official, and he has never been a commander, how can he be able to deal with such a crisis?

Under heavy pressure, he once had the idea of escaping, and he had "invisible secret power", "relics", "spiritual roots", "nirvana pills", "life and death mysticism", and "universal law". If you want to escape, you can't do it.

But if he really did that, he was really sorry for his brother, sorry for his conscience, sorry for the people and soldiers in the city.

Besides, there is another layer, which is the demonic youth.

The demonic youth is obviously here because of Xu Sheng, and can locate and track Xu Sheng by some means; Now that the situation is complicated, the demonic youth does not dare to act rashly, but if Xu wins out of Zhiyang and breaks the siege, the demonic youth will definitely pursue it!

"I have been firmly tied to this city for a long time."

Xu Sheng muttered to himself, then sat down slowly, closed his eyes and pondered.

In Jiangzhou, an old Taoist priest shook his head and sang as he walked:

"Everyone in the world says that immortals are good, but I don't know that I am a fairy. There have been several sad things in the world, but in the end, mortal dust can't forget it. ”

This Taoist priest walked on his own as if he was stupid, completely unconcerned about the eyes of others.

If Xu Sheng was here, he would be surprised, this Taoist priest, he recognized.

The first time they met in their lives was two and a half years ago, on that official road from Ningling County to Nanjun, in that somewhat unusual rainstorm.

At that time, this Taoist priest said that he would go to Jiangzhou to leave the water and kill the dragon; Now, he didn't know that he didn't kill the dragon, but he really stepped on the land of Jiangzhou.

"Old man Niubi, you can't be blind."

Just when this Taoist priest was proud, someone suddenly shouted loudly and slapped him in the head.

"Smack"

"Oops"

The moment the slap fell, the Taoist priest screamed.

In front of him, a bastard in a slanted coat and a hanger, was crooked and bared his teeth, looking annoyed. Looking down at the bastard's body, the old Taoist priest's feet were stepping on his dragged cloth shoes.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's my clumsiness, it's my clumsiness."

The Taoist priest bowed his head and apologized again and again.

"Stinky Taoist, you're not clumsy, you're blind." The bastard was obviously not a master to be messed with, so he grabbed the Taoist priest's collar and said sharply: "Stepping on my 'golden boots' uncle, where can I solve it with a word of embarrassment?" ”

"That's... So what do you say? The Taoist priest shrugged his body, his eyes narrowing and opening at once.

"What to do...?" The bastard looked the Taoist priest up and down, looked him carefully, and after a while, he said with a little annoyance: "Damn, after all, there is a poor ghost, and the master is not an unreasonable person, if others say less than fifty eldest sons; As for you... Ye Kai is gracious, only twenty are accepted. ”

Twenty eldest sons are enough to buy ten pairs of cloth shoes, and the gangsters' request is not an exaggeration to say that it is blackmail.

"Uncle mean, I still have to thank you?" The old Taoist priest tilted his head and shook his neck and said.

"Nonsense, isn't what you did fair?"

"Fair, fair, but—" The old man blinked, and said slowly, "I don't have a son." ”

"Hey, do you want to die!?"

The thug stared, raised his fist and was about to swing it down.

"Wait" The old Taoist priest shrank his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I don't have a son, it doesn't mean that I don't have anything else." ”

"What bullshit? Except for money, Lao Tzu is not rare. ”

"How do you know I'm worthless?"

"Huh!?"

Hearing the value, the gangster's face changed instantly, he looked at the old Taoist priest with interest, and then let go of his hand, and said with a smile: "What is a valuable good thing, take it out and let the uncle see." ”

"Well, I'm the best treasure in the world." The old Taoist priest moved as he spoke, thrust his big hand into his sleeve, groped twice, and took out a stone!

This stone is dark and irregularly oval, with pitted tops and inscriptions, which looks really plain and unremarkable.

However, if Xu Sheng was here, he would be surprised; This stone is the "Treasure of Luminescence" that has a deep relationship with him and falls from the sky

"Stone!?"

The thug raised his eyebrows, twitched the corners of his mouth, and scolded angrily: "Old thing, you can't fool me? ”

"So you don't like it, I said earlier, what else do I have here?" The old man frowned, with a look of disdain, and with a flick of his sleeve, the stone slipped in; Then, the other hand touched the buttocks, stretched out a fist, and said with a smile: "Now, here you go." ”

"Old thing, you're really looking for death." The thug bared his teeth and said viciously, "You have to kowtow to me ten times today." ”

"Ding! Bite! Bite! ”

The bastard had just stepped forward, and before the posture was set up, the man froze; Not only the bastard, but all the people around him who watched the excitement were stunned.

Several golden beans fell to the ground, glittering.

"Oh my God!"

The bastard also reacted quickly, screamed, squatted down, and snatched all the golden beans in three or two clicks.

There were a few people around who looked straight and painful, and secretly patted their thighs, blaming themselves for hesitating.

"Is it enough?"

"Enough enough"

The bastard smiled and couldn't close his mouth, for the first time in his life, he had more than a little gold.

"Oh"

The Taoist priest nodded, then turned around and squeezed out of the crowd.

"Wait"

The bastard seemed to have suddenly thought of something and wanted to keep the old Taoist, but the Taoist priest ignored him at all, and squeezed out of the crowd with all his strength.

"Hey—"

The thug stretched out his arm, but it was in vain after all.

He regretted it a little, since he had met a fool, why didn't he slaughter more than a knife, the Taoist priest was afraid that there were more than a few golden beans on his body, and even that ordinary stone, which was now several grades higher in his heart.

"It's a pity, it's a pity"

The thug sighed twice, but it was the extremely clever man who leaned down and left rather low-key.

The tree is big, and the wealth is jealous. Who doesn't blush after making a windfall? There are so many people around, and there are a few outlaws who are obsessed with money.

The so-called gangsters not only love money, but also cherish their lives.

This bastard thinks well, and there are really a few outlaws in the field; It's just that those few people are not targeting him, but the old Taoist.

Compared with the cunning and scoundrel bastards, it is obviously easier to deal with the half-idiot and half-stupid old Taoist.

At least, that's what they think.