"Alas...... Looking at his appearance, he must have drowned. ”

Yao Rui sighed lightly, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Shen Laosan's strange expression.

"Brother Shen thinks that what Yao said is not right?"

Shen Laosan bowed slightly, and his tone was less playful and more serious.

"Brother Yao, if you take a closer look at the corpse, it's clearly a group of rats."

"yes, what's wrong with the rat?"

The doubts on Yao Rui's face deepened, and he looked at Shen Laosan, wanting to know the answer.

"It seems that Brother Yao, born in the family of an official eunuch, has not seen natural disasters."

Shen Laosan sighed lightly, and a touch of sadness appeared on his cheeks.

"Brother Yao doesn't know that mice are not the same as vultures."

"Vultures eat scavengers, while rats love delicious food."

As soon as these words came out, Yao Rui's eyes widened suddenly.

"You mean, this man died recently?"

Shen Laosan nodded heavily and continued:

"Yes, this man did not die from the floods, but ...... Man-made disaster! ”

Yao Rui's body trembled, and then quickly stabilized.

"I don't know if Brother Yao has ever heard of it?"

"I have a friend who has described the form of a starving man."

"Muscle atrophy, shriveled organs, yellow hair, skin and bones."

Shen Laosan's words made Yao Rui nod silently in agreement.

He is a eunuch in the West Factory, so he naturally has a certain understanding of autopsies.

Looking closely, it is not difficult to find that the state of the corpse is indeed as described by Shen Laosan.

He was indeed starving to death.

Yao Rui's eyes flashed with pain, but at this moment, he suddenly found that the corpse's ribs were broken a lot.

Wait, why do people who starve to death have broken ribs, could it be that they have suffered violent collisions?

Yao Rui frowned and pondered, and his gaze at the corpse became more and more serious.

Soon, he noticed another strangeness.

That's the buttocks of this corpse, missing a large piece of flesh. And the section is neat and smooth, and you can see that this is caused by sharp weapons.

Yao Rui seemed to have thought of a possibility, and his face turned extremely pale in an instant.

At this moment, he finally understood how important the task given to him by Yang Dong was.

To a certain extent, the life and death of hundreds of thousands of victims in Los Angeles are closely related to his choice.

"Brother Yao, Brother Yao!"

Shen Laosan's call woke Yao Rui up from his thoughts.

He pointed to the street not far away, and whispered:

"Brother Yao, we have now entered the lockdown."

"Take my word to heart, talk less and watch more."

"By the way, tonight, the chief of the city will have a banquet for Commander Lin. Then you will come with me to the feast. ”

"I'm already in town."

Yao Rui patted his cheek and regained his spirits.

But soon, he was shocked again by the tragic situation on both sides of the road.

If the scene outside the city is the hell of Abi, then the situation inside the city is purgatory on earth!

Some people are desperately stuffing clods of dirt into their mouths, and even though their bellies are round, they are still hungry.

Some people held the bark of the tree and gnawed on the hard wood.

What's more, they picked up their own children and secretly exchanged them with the neighboring family......

The tragic appearance in front of him was like a dagger, piercing deeply into Yao Rui's heart.

He originally thought that his family's experience was miserable enough.

Compared with the current situation in Los Angeles, it is far inferior.

What a miserable thing these people are!

Yao Rui took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the sadness in his heart. He turned to look at Shen Laosan and said:

"Brother Shen, tonight's banquet, but is Commander Lin arranging disaster relief?"

"Perhaps."

Shen Laosan glanced at the victims on the side of the road, and put down the curtain of the carriage.

Soon, they arrived at the inn arranged by the chief of the lockdown city.

Shen Laosan said goodbye to Yao Rui, turned around and returned to his room.

In the room, the housekeeper looked at Shen Laosan, hesitated for a moment and said:

"Master of the family, you are touching the scene today, remembering those past events?"

"Touching the scene?"

Shen Laosan was slightly stunned, and then figured out that it was his words to Yao Rui that made the housekeeper worried. So he opened his mouth and explained:

"Butler, you're thinking too much."

"The moment I decided to become a grain merchant, I no longer needed these useless emotions."

"How many victims starved to death, what does it have to do with me, Shen Laosan? It was he Lin Luo who provided disaster relief, not Shen Ji Grain Shop. ”

"I came here for one purpose, and that is to make money. As for those words, he just wanted to borrow Yao Rui's hand to cause some trouble for Lin Luo. So, you get the idea? ”

Hearing these words, there was no trace of worry on the butler's face.

He immediately nodded and said:

"Since this is the case, the old slave is relieved."

……

Unconsciously, three shots on the moon.

Yao Rui put away his pen and ink and rubbed his sore wrist.

As soon as he arrived at the inn, he immediately took pen and ink, preparing to report to Yang Dong what he had seen and heard along the way.

Before I knew it, it was night.

Counting the hours, it's almost time to go to dinner.

Yao Rui immediately got up and walked out of the inn.

Shen Laosan seemed to be waiting for him, and when he saw him come out, he immediately approached him.

"Brother Yao, you follow me for a while, don't talk casually."

"Today is extremely important to Commander Lin, don't lose a big one because of a small thing!"

Yao Rui bowed his head slightly and followed behind Shen Laosan.

They got into a carriage and disappeared into the night.

After about half an hour, the carriage came to a steady stop.

Yao Rui stepped out of the carriage, but was shocked by the sight in front of him.

Compared with the hellish miserable situation in the outer city, Yao Rui at this moment seems to be in a fairyland.

Carved beams and painted buildings, building boat painting workshops.

In the large garden, a small stream runs through the intestines.

The garden is full of flowers and variety.

The trees are leafy and full of life.

Yao Rui even found some fruit trees in the garden.

The ripe fruit was scattered all over the place, but no one picked it up.

At this moment, he suddenly felt so unreal! Such a vibrant place, is it really a flooded Luoju?

At this time, two officials quickly stepped up to meet him.

They glanced at the carriage and immediately squeezed a flattering smile into their faces.

"You're from the capital, right?"

"Come on, come on, please come in. Our chief officer, Lord Zhao, has prepared wine and food for everyone to wash the dust for you. ”

Shen Laosan smiled, arched his hand towards the two officials, and handed over two pieces of broken silver.

"In this way, there will be two Lao."

After speaking, he dragged Yao Rui and followed behind the servant.

Walk through the garden and turn into the cloister.

After entering the inner courtyard, he rowed across a small river.

In this way, we arrived at the venue of today's banquet.

Today's banquet venue is located in a small building on the island in the middle of the river.

The small building has only two floors, and there are exactly four sandalwood tables.

At this moment, the sandalwood table is full of all kinds of dishes.

Green vegetables and carp, chicken, duck and fish, wine and Jiao'e.

There is no shortage of all this!

If Yao Rui hadn't seen Lin Luo go up to the second floor, he would have thought that he had left Luozhou.

"Brother Yao, take a seat."

"These days, the wind and dust have been served, and the five internal organs temple has been treated badly. No matter what, I have to eat a big meal to make up for it today. ”

Shen Laosan said, grabbing a chicken leg and stuffing it into his mouth.