Before dawn, Xiong Wei called the team up and prepared to hurry. It's been a long way. Xiong Wei is always like this, if he said that he left at three o'clock the day before, he would leave at the end of the day. However, sometimes it will be delayed until three o'clock before leaving.

This way of moving, the soldiers are always unpredictable.

This kind of move also made the thieves wonder. Xiong Wei enjoyed it.

There were no thieves along the way. It's not that he's not calm, it's that he did a lot of preparation before leaving.

The day before, after everyone had gone to sleep, he would have taken a small group of men to explore the way. Investigate the terrain and whether there will be ambushes in high or low-lying places. How far this town is from the next one. Do they want to enter the town?

After the investigation was clear, he left the team behind, and then he hurried over to let everyone hurry up.

Then a large group of people hurried away, and now it was a time of famine, and there was silver and food. It is impossible not to attract hungry wolves. Even if the small bandits don't dare to do it, the big bandits will appear a few.

After all, the people live on food, and the bandits also have to eat. Besides, who does not be tempted by silver?

After he finished sweeping, the team was on the road with peace of mind. He lay down in the car and fell asleep for a while. It just happened to be guarding the lucky king who was full of bad intentions.

After a day's journey, they arrived at the Texas Post House.

When the soldiers had eaten and drunk enough at the inn, they had to start arranging their wagons and horses, and they had to replace the tired horses with the good ones in the inn.

"Arrange all the food, everyone has worked hard in the past few days. I'm talking tonight. We'll start tomorrow. We're going to be in town tomorrow to find out what's going on. A portion of the food was distributed to the people affected by the disaster. ”

Xiong Wei carried a bag of grain and said as he walked. The soldiers were very happy to see Xiong Wei working like them, and they all admired him.

Xiong Wei didn't like to see the soldiers doing nothing behind their backs while they were working. And he felt that he was a person who practiced martial arts. His martial arts are the best among these people, and he is the leader, so he must play an exemplary role.

Xiaoyaozi saw that Xiong Wei was also carrying grain and grass, and walked over slowly.

Xiong Wei saw Xiaoyaozi and hurriedly said, "Master, the apprentice has an idea, you see if it will work." Tomorrow we will enter the disaster area. There were also some people fleeing on the road. Can we take out a small amount of food first, and distribute it when we meet the victims on the way? Don't wait until the county seat of Texas to send it again. ”

As he spoke, Xiong Wei threw a bag of rice on his shoulder on the cart, and then sorted out the rice on the cart.

"Well, that's a good idea. Xiaoyaozi patted the dust on Xiong Wei's shoulder, feeling that the child had grown up and matured.

"That's right! Master. I want you to stay for another day, mainly because I want to keep Ying'er. I just asked Yun'er to inquire about the news. The damage was severe, and I guess some of them should be sick. I want Ying'er to ......"

"Okay! keep busy, be careful. Xiaoyaozi went back with his hands behind his back. He smiled slightly as he turned around, and he felt that Xiong Wei was mature again. Now I think about the problem is really exhaustive.

"Come on. Xia Yun came back from outside and called Xiong Wei.

Xiong Wei walked over and asked, "How's it going?"

Xia Yun pulled Xiong Wei over and said, "I found a strange phenomenon. There are many people in a 10-mile radius near Texas, but there are many elderly people or people with disabilities. Didn't see young people and children. ”

"It's not surprising, maybe the young man has escaped. The old man couldn't walk and stayed. We need to hurry up to help these old people. ”

"But have you noticed? We didn't find a few young people along the way. Although this truth can be explained, Xia Yun still feels weird, "If you want to say that you are fleeing, why didn't you see it on the road." ”

Xiong Wei frowned and said, "I really didn't pay attention. ”

"Think about it. We've always come from the north. If you take Texas as the center, the Linqing disaster area to the west is also very serious. To the south is Jinan Mansion, which is no better than Texas. ”

"And what about fleeing east?"

"I've already inquired about the situation in the east. The same is true of the east, where there are only old people. ”

"It's okay if you don't say it, but I really don't think it's right when you say it. We haven't seen a few young people fleeing north along the way?"

"Also, we haven't encountered any thieves along the way. Xia Yun reminded again, "When we came, we clearly heard Qianlong say that there were thieves in Shandong. So why is it that no one is tempted by a large deal?"

"That's right, that's what you're talking about, I'm thinking about it. Even if there are not enough people on one mountain, many mountains can be united. ”

"You've been fighting the front station first these days, have you encountered any bandits?" Xia Yun asked again.

Xiong Wei began to recall the situation of these days, starting from Jingshi, he had also encountered it, and he had encountered it many times. But at each time there were only two or three little thieves who ran up in front of them and dangled them a few times, and as soon as he held his sword, they ran away. It's just a rush this way, and it's a little weird to think about it now.

"I don't feel like they're here to rob, it's like they're here to get information. ”

"Inquire about the news, you say, will they plan to do it somewhere?" Xia Yun said solemnly.

"Yes, you're right. Although my method is good, if the thief wants to rob sincerely, it is normal to lie in ambush for a few days and nights. I finally waited for a few people, but I was scared away before I could fight, which was a little wrong. ”

Xiong Wei held his right hand with his left hand and his chin with his right hand and began to think, he also felt that something was wrong this time.

"And. We didn't have a single thief on the way from Jingshi to Cangzhou. Cangzhou to Texas, there is the kind of situation you said. I think someone designed it all to let us down. When we let our guard down completely, they will do it. ”

Xiong Wei squinted his eyes, looked at the grain and grass in front of him, and was silent. He felt that what Xia Yun said was very reasonable.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew. He looked up and shouted, "Who!"

Xia Yun hurriedly looked back when she heard Xiong Wei's shout. The branches of the tree not far away were still shaking.

The corners of Xiong Qi's mouth curled slightly, and he said, "Hmph! They can't sit still." ”

"Someone! Get the manager of the inn. Fortify tonight. So saying, Xiong Wei went into the house.

As soon as Xiong Wei sat down, the steward of the post house came, saluted Xiong Wei and said, "Lord Xiong, come here to listen to the errand." ”

"Please take a seat, I invite you to come, just to ask if there are any rules for thieves in this part of Shandong, or if there are any relatively large leaders, and no one else dares to offend. ”

"I haven't heard of that. The thieves in Shandong are all bandits because of the drought and the people's lack of livelihood. They were also good citizens. ”

"Oh!" Xiong Wei nodded, "what is the terrain in Texas, is there any suitable place to harbor bandits?" ”

"The terrain of Texas is high in the southwest and low in the northeast. The landforms are multi-like, which can be roughly divided into three categories: highlands, slopes, and depressions. But even the high ground is not very high. There are also no particularly high mountains, which are not suitable for Tibetan bandits. It's okay to make a little fuss. But ......"

"But what?"

"There is a Weishan Lake five or six hundred miles away from Texas, if there are bandits, where should be the largest gathering place for bandits in the radius. In fact, they are not bandits, they just like to rob the rich and help the poor, and they are also chivalrous thieves. ”

"What is the population of Texas. How many old people are there?"

"The population is not large, only about 1,000 people. Now there is a famine, I don't know how many people died. Hey......" he sighed and continued, "I don't know how many old people there are. ”

"Okay, you go down first. ”

Xiong Wei sat on a stool, his left hand supporting his right hand, and his right hand supporting his chin. But he still felt that something was missing, and it always felt weird.

He said to himself: "If there is a famine, the men will go up to the mountains to become bandits." Where have the women and children gone?" he began to wonder more and more about this.

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