Chapter 2 Human Jerky
Although Chu Yun couldn't eat enough, he was slowly able to walk with at least a stick, and he also got to know a lot of neighbors nearby, such as Lin Sen and his mother opposite, these two people did take good care of their fiancée Su Jin, this Lin Sen was a hunter, he brought his mother here for more than a year, and at first he relied on his craft to hunt some prey, but the more people here, the more difficult it is to hunt. But he was able to identify some of the wild plants, and he had a high prestige in the camp, and many young people followed, so he did not starve to death. He really liked Su Jin, and taught her a lot of skills to identify wild vegetables, so that Chu Yun and Su Jin didn't starve to death.
However, this guy didn't have a good word when he saw him, and Chu Yun also knew that he had dragged Su Jin down, otherwise this eighteen-year-old girl would not have lost more than thirty pounds in more than a month and became a thin woman like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl. Chu Yun also knew through Lin Sen's words that some of the food he gave Su Jin privately had all gone into Chu Yun's stomach, so Lin Sen had no good impression of Chu Yun.
The rest of the people are nearby villagers, most of them are honest farmers and their families, Chu Yun also asked them where this is, but they don't know, they only know that this is Wuyu Town, and Chu Yun can't think about what the specific place is.
Just when Chu Yun was half dead, the arrival of more than a dozen people broke the peace of this small camp.
As soon as they came, they gathered them all, all of them in turbans and armed with all sorts of weapons, and the leader was dressed in tattered leather armor, and they told everyone that they were beggars. Chu Yun also came to the back of the crowd with his crutches, and when he heard the three words of the beggar army, his heart moved, as if he had heard it somewhere. As the name suggests, the beggar army is organized by the homeless people who begged to survive in the troubled times, but the specific time is that dynasty Chu Yun can't remember clearly.
The beggars told them that they could only survive if they joined them, and now the barbarians from the north were killing Han people everywhere, and it was not safe here, and the barbarians were likely to call. In addition, they also told everyone that they would give them some meat to eat regardless of whether they joined the beggar army or not, and that they would be given double as many as they joined, and immediately everyone was grateful, and there were more than a dozen people who had no family members who joined the beggar army on the spot. But the other more than 100 people were very hesitant, on the one hand, they had family members, and they didn't accept family members. On the other hand, joining the beggar army will definitely fight, and fighting will kill people, and most of them are peasants, and they are still very afraid.
Lin Sen and his group are actually very excited, more than 20 of them are in the prime of life and eager to get ahead, but the beggar army obviously does not want to be old and weak, most of them have families. Lin Sen talked to the leader of the beggar army, but the people of the beggar army did not let go, and Lin Sen could only retreat lonely. More than twenty of his companions also retreated with him. But the people in the beggar army said that they were here to recruit soldiers, but it was strange to see that these people did not join, but they did not feel a little regretful.
Chu Yun felt that something must be strange about things, after all, the beggar army, since it was called this name, it must be composed of people who couldn't survive, so how could they take out meat to help the homeless? After all, the men who joined them had meat to eat, and it was reasonable, how could they be so generous to those who didn't join? What dynasty Chu Yun didn't know what dynasty it was now, but it must be a troubled era, and the most important thing in troubled times was food, and these people had been put to the point of having meat to eat together?
But the ten men did carry a few bags, and the leader took out some pieces of meat from them and shook them, and everyone in the camp cheered. Chu Yun looked carefully at the meat in his hand, which was like roasted beef jerky.
Chu Yun looked at the two people of the beggar army holding a bag, patiently distributing the jerky to everyone, the young and strong ones were a little more, and the older ones were a little less, that is, Chu Yun was not missed, and a piece of black jerky was thrown beside him.
Chu Yun was just about to pick it up with her hands, but at this time Su Jin ran back, she didn't know how much dirt she had rubbed on her body, but there were a few wild vegetables in her hands, it seemed that she heard someone else's notice and ran back. But no matter how dirty her clothes are, they can't stop her youthful vitality, there are too few women here, and there are even fewer young women, Su Jin attracted the attention of the dozen or so beggars as soon as she appeared.
There were a few people whose eyes showed an obscene light, but they quickly put it away, but Chu Yun saw it clearly, after Su Jin came over, he was immediately told by Aunt Lin that she could receive meat, she ran over directly, and the beggar army man also deliberately gave her an extra piece, she smiled at the person, and the beggar army man was stunned, until the people around him came to him, and he didn't come back to his senses.
"Young master, you see that the two of us have combined and received three pieces of meat. Su Jin said with a smile, in the past few days, Chu Yun knew why Su Jin was so afraid of himself.
Su Jin's family is also a member of the family, but a few years ago, her father was executed because of a political struggle with the wrong master, and Su Jin's whole family was going to be exiled, and the Chu family rescued her through connections. Chu Yun's predecessor was arrogant by nature, and he felt that Su Jin was no longer worthy of him, so he often used excuses to beat and scold Su Jin, which is why Su Jin was so afraid of him.
During this time, Chu Yun changed her attitude towards her, so Su Jin's heart slowly recovered, although she didn't eat, but this was the happiest day after her father's accident, Chu Yun often told her jokes and stories, so she didn't feel so hungry.
Chu Yun glanced at the meat in Su Jin's hand, and found that many people around him had eaten it in large gulps, but some people took the meat and carefully returned to their house, Chu Yun knew that they were reluctant to eat it, after all, this meat might be able to save their lives at a critical time. Chu Yun also instructed Su Jin to help him walk into the house, although Chu Yun's strength was no longer there, but he still had the super sense of a martial artist, and he vaguely felt more than a dozen hot eyes looking at them.
On the way, I met Lin Sen and Aunt Lin, the two of them carefully held the jerky, their faces were full of joy, and when they saw Chu Yun and Su Jin, Lin Sen hesitated for a moment and then walked over.
"Su Jin, this piece of meat is for you. Lin Sen directly ignored Chu Yun, put a piece of meat in Su Jin's hand, and then helped Aunt Lin to leave, Su Jin called several times because she wanted to help Chu Yun, but Lin Sen didn't look back.
"Brother Chu, look. Su Jin was embarrassed and took the meat handed over by Lin Sen.
"I'll talk about it later. When Su Jin saw Chu Yun's appearance, he stopped talking and helped Chu Yun walk back to the thatched hut in the corner.
"Bring me a piece of meat. Chu Yun's face was full of seriousness, Su Jin saw Chu Yun like this, and returned to her fear of Chu Yun, she carefully held a piece of meat in both hands and handed it to Chu Yun.
But Chu Yun didn't eat the meat as she imagined, but lowered his head and sniffed it, then looked at it carefully, and finally threw it on the ground, Su Jin saw this scene and quickly picked it up, he didn't know why Chu Yun looked so serious, and she didn't dare to ask more.
"The hiding place I asked you to find, how far is it from here?" During this time, Chu Yun also asked Su Jin to pay attention to the nearby hiding place, although Su Jin didn't understand the reason why Chu Yun did this, but he still found a few places, enough to hide the two of them.
"The nearest distance is one mile, Brother Chu, why are you asking this?" Chu Yun listened to Zou Mei, he was about to leave with Su Jin, but this distance was too far, and in case the people of the beggar army arranged manpower around, it was completely impossible for Chu Yun and Su Jin to run out.
"Su Jin, go to Lin Sen's house to take a look, if they eat meat, forget it, if they don't eat it, let him come over. Although Su Jin didn't know what Chu Yun meant, he still went out to Lin Sen's house. After a while, Lin Sen followed Su Jin and walked in.
"What is the matter with your young master looking for me? You can't pick up your shoulders and legs, if it weren't for Su Jin's face, I wouldn't want to talk to a waste like you. After listening to Lin Sen's words, Su Jin's face changed drastically.
She ran to Chu Yun's side and said sharply: "Brother Lin, you have helped me a lot, I am very grateful to you, but you insulted my husband so much, in the future, we will break off our kindness, and your great kindness, I Su Jin will repay you as a cow and a horse in the next life." After Su Jin finished speaking, it was Lin Sen's turn to change his face greatly, no one could see his thoughts, he kept hitting Chu Yun, didn't he just want to replace him, this time it was counterproductive, he couldn't wait to give himself two mouths.
With the advent of the troubled times, the social order began to be destroyed, and some people were not as deferential to people with status and status as before, but were full of hatred, obviously Lin Sen was such a person.
"You are a dutiful son, and I admire people like you, so I want to save your life and your mother's life. But because of your stupidity, I regret it, you go. After Chu Yun finished speaking, he waved his hand, Lin Sen's words made Chu Yun angry, no one dared to talk to him like this for many years, plus Lin Sen obviously liked Su Jin, Su Jin was his nominal woman and life-saving benefactor, with Chu Yun's careful eyes, he had long seen him unpleasantly, and now he insulted himself like this, Chu Yun completely gave him up.
Lin Sen looked at Chu Yun and Su Jin, who no longer looked at him, and wanted to say nothing but couldn't say anything, and finally left with a pale face.
"Xiao Jin'er, help me up, I want to go out for a walk. After Chu Yun finished speaking, Su Jin obediently helped him up, and then the two of them walked out inconspicuously, walked about a hundred meters, and one person jumped out of the forest and stopped the two, Chu Yun saw that he was wearing a turban and a knife in his hand, and knew that he was also a beggar soldier.
"Where are you going?" The beggar soldier looked at Su Jin with fiery eyes, and watched Su Jin hide behind Chu Yun. Chu Yun had no doubt that if he didn't answer well, what he was waiting for was a knife, because it was already a hundred meters away from the small camp where they lived, and the dense trees blocked everyone's view.
"It turned out to be a hero of the beggar army, my body is not good, my sister has to take me for a while every day, I didn't expect to meet the great benefactor you, I am the first time to eat meat for so many years, it is really delicious, I really want to thank you, my sister also ate a lot, she was moved by the taste of meat and cried, this is all thanks to you these great benefactors. Chu Yun immediately put on a smiling face, constantly touting this person, the smile on this person's face became stronger and stronger, and the knife in his hand also withdrew its scabbard.
"Hahaha, you're really good at talking, if it weren't for your bad bones, I really want you to join us. Now it's getting dark, you should hurry up and take your sister back, it's not a safe place in the woods when it's dark. Although this person took all of Chu Yun's sycophants, he still didn't mean to let them go, Chu Yun walked back with a thousand thanks, and as soon as he turned his head, Chu Yun's face became solemn.
When Chu Yun approached the house, he saw more than a dozen people from the beggar army in the distance lighting a bonfire and eating, the smell of meat kept coming, and the entire camp was full of people who couldn't resist the temptation to eat meat. Chu Yun's brows tightened even more when he saw this scene.
The two of them returned to the house, Chu Yun was motionless, almost like a piece of ice, and Su Jin didn't dare to speak. After a long time, Chu Yun sighed, and wanted to say something to Su Jin, but at this time, the door was opened, and Lin Sen walked in embarrassedly.
"Don't get me wrong, Young Master Chu, I just heard that my mother may be in danger, but not for myself. Seeing that Lin Sen was still defending himself for the sake of face, Chu Yun was a little amused and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Have you eaten the meat?" Lin Sen didn't know why Chu Yun was so entangled in whether he ate meat or not, but he still shook his head, Chu Yun was really happy to see this.
"Okay, since you haven't eaten, I'll tell you something, you are not allowed to shout or move, you must listen to me calmly, can you do it?" Chu Yun looked at Lin Sen seriously, and Lin Sen nodded.
"Let me tell you, the meat that the beggar army gave us is human flesh with spices, if you eat it, then do you need to talk about the consequences?" After Chu Yun finished speaking, Su Jin and Lin Sen changed color.
In fact, Chu Yun saw that this was really a fluke of human flesh, human flesh and beef looked almost no different, of course, there was no difference in eating, the only thing was that it smelled a little sour, and there was blood on the jerky they gave Chu Yun, Chu Yun had killed countless people, and he had seen more human blood than pig blood and sheep blood, he was 100% sure that the bruises on it were human blood, and the jerky with human blood must be human flesh.
What made Chu Yun even more vigilant was that some black powder was sprinkled on the surface of the jerky, if Chu Yun didn't guess wrong, it should be the powder containing mandala flowers, when Chu Yun was promoted to the ground level, Chen Huo, who was protecting the Dharma for himself, had been tricked. Moreover, Liu Sanniang, the sao lady, and her wife Hua'er like to study this messy medicinal powder the most, and Chu Yun has seen it many times. Although I don't know why there are mandala flowers here, this is not something that Chu Yun considers. Chu Yun was thinking about the true purpose of the beggar army, and it seemed to be clear at a glance.