Zhao Xiaoyu squatted down and handed the kettle to the child.

The child picked up the kettle, gurgled two mouthfuls of water, stuffed a piece of cake into his stomach, and then looked at Yang Fan with blank eyes.

Yang Fan turned his head to look at Ouyang Tao: "Brother Ouyang, do you still have anything to eat there?"

Ouyang Tao handed the dry food he brought to Yang Fan.

Yang Fan stuffed the whole dry food to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man looked at Yang Fan gratefully, unable to speak with his mouth open.

When the nearby pedestrians saw Yang Fan doing good deeds, they gathered one after another, and their faces were yellow and thin, as if they hadn't eaten for a few days.

Yang Fan naturally understood their thoughts, but he didn't have much dry food in his hands.

Yang Fan looked at Ouyang Tao and Li Kai: "Do you have any money in your hands?" bring it to me, count it as what I borrowed from you, and I will return it to you in the future." ”

Li Kai untied the money bag on his body, and there were more than a dozen taels of silver in it: "Take all this money." ”

Ouyang Tao took out the silver money and handed it to Yang Fan: "These are for you." ”

Yang Fan took the money and distributed it to those people, then pulled a man who looked a little literati and asked, "Where did you all come from? Why did you come like this?"

The man said: "We are all residents of Lingnan County, this year's drought, the fields have no harvest, the people are hungry, the imperial court relief has not arrived, the unscrupulous rice merchants have raised the price of rice, and they are going to be starved to death, so they all want to go to the state city to beg for a bowl of rice, and now Li Bashan of Daxing Mountain took the lead in the uprising, trying to kill the county to grab food, a burst of killing, countless casualties, but also killed Sun Youhao, the guard of the thousand cows.

We are all ordinary people, and we don't want to rebel with Li Bashan, so we have to flee for our lives, but we are going to the state city, the road is far away, I don't know how many people will starve to death on the road, Gongzi is kind-hearted, Lin represents the refugee Xie Gongzi of Lingnan County. ”

The man bent down and bowed deeply to Yang Fan.

Yang Fan helped up the man surnamed Lin: "You are a scholar?"

A man surnamed Lin: "No, Lin Zhiping is a talent who was admitted in the nineteenth year of the Apocalypse." ”

Yang Fan: "Lin Xiucai is willing to take us to Lingnan County with us, we can pay you." ”

Lin Zhiping was puzzled: "Lingnan County is in chaos now, what are you going to do there?"

Yang Fan: "We are businessmen, we have some things to do when we go to Lingnan, and now that Lingnan is in chaos, it is better to have an acquaintance to lead the way." ”

Lin Zhiping hesitated for a moment and then nodded: "Okay, I'll take you there, it's a big deal to die, the son is kind to me, and Xiaosheng should repay him." ”

Yang Fan nodded: "Don't worry, it'll be fine." ”

Several people did not ride horses, but led their horses to continue walking in the direction of Lingnan, and starvation appeared on the side of the road from time to time.

Yang Fan's mood became heavier and heavier, and he asked Lin Zhiping beside him: "Mr. Lin, you said that this Li Bashan took the lead in rebellion, is it right or wrong?"

Lin Zhiping was stunned, he was a person who read the books of sages, and he didn't dare to answer this question casually.

Yang Fan: "There are just a few of us here, what you think, then say anything, don't worry." ”

Lin Zhiping: "Rebellion is a great crime of rebellion, if it is still peaceful today, Li Batian will not succeed, but without food, people will starve to death, both horizontal and vertical, there will always be some people who will take the risk to echo, and it will be worth it to have a full meal or two." ”

Yang Fan: "Then Li Batian can grab food?"

Lin Zhiping: "The county town can't be entered, those past merchants have become Li Batian's main source of food, you ride to the county seat, if you run into Li Batian's people, there may be some trouble." ”

Yang Fan: "You mean, he will come to rob us." ”

Lin Zhiping: "Yang Gongzi and several people are wearing swords, and they are all martial arts people, so they should not be afraid of them." ”

Yang Fan turned back to Zhao Xiaoyu and said, "Find a place to sell these horses, exchange some grain for passers-by, and find a few tattered clothes to change, we all have to change." ”

Zhao Xiaoyu answered, and went to discuss with Ouyang Tao, and she was very in favor of Yang Fan's approach.

Zhao Xiaoyu was even more sure in her heart, Yang Fan usually looks like a scoundrel, but in fact, he is an old-fashioned and warm-hearted person at heart, and when he saw the starving people on the side of the road, the unbearable in his eyes made her feel a little distressed.

He just didn't want to show his fragile side, and when he watched the child eat the cake, he raised his head, but she saw the tears in his eyes that had not been dried by the wind, and thought to herself, if Yang Fan became an official, he should be a good official.

A few people found a teahouse on the side of the road, changed their clothes, and all of them turned into refugees.

Yang Fan looked at Zhao Xiaoyu and was stunned, and said: "Even if Zhao Da Beauty is dressed in such tatters, she is still beautiful and moving, will she be caught by Li Bashan to be the lady of the village." ”

Zhao Xiaoyu's face turned red, although it was a joke, but she praised her beauty.

But thinking of He Xiaoling, he was a little deflated in his heart, and asked: "If you want to catch He Xiaoling, you can also catch He Xiaoling." ”

Yang Fan was stunned for a moment: "How could you suddenly think of her." ”

Zhao Xiaoyu: "Because she is beautiful." ”

Yang Fan: "Actually, you're pretty much the same. ”

Zhao Xiaoyu: "Is it because I'm good-looking, or is she good-looking?"

Yang Fan scratched his head, in his heart, he still thought He Xiaoling was better-looking, just saying this, Zhao Xiaoyu was afraid of being unhappy, so he said: "You are different types of people, it's really hard to compare." ”

Zhao Xiaoyu was puzzled: "What's the difference, it's not all women." ”

Yang Fan: "You are the kind of beauty that is heroic and heroic, and she is the kind of beauty that is weak and gentle and elegant." ”

Zhao Xiaoyu was a little dizzy when he heard this, and asked, "Then which one do you like?"

Yang Fan thought about it seriously: "I like both, as long as it's a beautiful thing, I will like it, but you two don't seem to like me very much, is it because I'm not handsome enough?"

Zhao Xiaoyu was stunned: "How do you know we don't like you?"

Yang Fan: "Sister Xiaoling saw me like she saw a wolf, it's too late to hide, how can she like me." ”

This is true, Zhao Xiaoyu asked in a low voice, "What about me?"

Yang Fan frowned and looked at Zhao Xiaoyu: "Do you like me?" I remember you said that even men in the world will not marry me. ”

Zhao Xiaoyu was surprised: "Did I say it?"

It seems that he really said such a thing, but at that time it was just an angry remark, how could Yang Fan take it seriously, and besides, he kissed her, and she didn't seem to refuse.

Yang Fan said seriously: "You said it." ”

Zhao Xiaoyu was about to explain, but Ouyang Tao and Li Kai walked over.

Ouyang Tao: "Yang Fan, the money from the sale of horses has been divided, and now we can only walk to the county seat." ”

Yang Fan: "Let's take a look at the situation first, I'm not in a hurry to take office, it's just that it's not difficult to get rid of a Li Bashan, but what about the people in this county?"

Ouyang Tao frowned and said, "But you are only a new garrison, and people's livelihood issues are not under your jurisdiction." ”

Yang Fan looked up at the sky and said slowly: "I am a person who wants to be a hero, regardless of the life and death of the people, how can I be a hero?"