Chapter 525 Troubled Times
Outside Canghe City. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In recent years, in the south of Shu Kingdom, it has often fought with Nanliang, especially in Nan'an and other places, which have fallen one after another, and even the boundaries of Yuanjing City and other places are also in danger of falling.
The war is raging, and the people are struggling to make a living.
Even if Southern Liang and Shu have strict military laws, and there is no similar slaughter of cities and murders such as Yuanmeng in the north, but under the fire of war, killings are everywhere, how can there be peace and contentment?
For example, in Nan'an, Qudao, Dongtiao Pass, and even Jianmen Pass, and even similar to Yuanjing City, and even in Li Village, people began to flee north.
For example, places like Yuanjing City have not yet experienced war, but there is a threat of war, so these people who go north are still prepared.
However, Nan'an Qudao and other places, after war, are embarrassed refugees, along the way, hungry and cold, there is no shortage of old, weak, sick and disabled, died halfway.
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Refugee.
Hunger.
Icy cold.
Even though it is almost southern, there is little snowfall after winter, but with a damp chill, it seems to be able to penetrate clothing, which is not much inferior to the heavy snow in the north.
Hunger and cold are selking, and people die halfway.
However, in such a situation, the slightest evil thought in human nature will become extremely strong under the desire to survive.
As a result, there are things that block the road, kill people and seize money, and even rob women and vent their desires.
And when hunger is extreme, there are also many vicious things such as killing people and eating meat.
"On the road ahead, it seems that people are often robbed. ”
"It is rumored that those bandits are people who are crooked, and the one surnamed Xia who took the lead, has martial arts, gathers more than ten people, and becomes bandits, they are robbed all the way, and even the government can't catch them. ”
"I've heard this, and it is said that their chief, surnamed Xia, escaped from the war, and brought a girl with him, and then he was so hungry that he ate the girl. ”
"Spread the word?"
"No, someone saw that the girl was not dead at that time, and she was so frightened that she was completely colorless, and she kept trembling, and then it went down with such a knife, and the poor little girl became a piece of flesh with a full belly. Later, this matter came out of that person, and now their leader, also relying on this matter, is the famous and powerful party. ”
"I heard that two days ago, a wealthy family in Yuanjing City met them when they passed by the front there...... Poor family, servants and maids, wives and children, there are few alive, almost all of them have been killed, I heard that two women with some posture were also caught on horses, and they still don't know where to go. ”
"That's ...... ahead," the man's voice was tinged with fear.
"Don't be afraid. The man who spoke earlier said: "They are also hiding from the government, and they have always been uncertain, and there is still no place to stay." Since they've robbed once before, they shouldn't be here next...... Those corpses have already been buried. ”
At the time of Ge Xiang, many strict orders were issued, one of which was to dispose of all kinds of corpses to avoid breeding evil winds and plagues.
Nowadays, if there is a plague and other diseases in a certain place, then those who hold official positions in the place where they are located will be demoted to their official positions, deducted their salaries, and imprisoned for their crimes, or even beheaded and confiscated from their homes.
Since the previous incident came from two days ago, the corpse must have been disposed of.
But blood stains are inevitable.
If you think about it, you will also see some shocking traces.
Thinking like this, some timid people couldn't help but tremble.
......
Beyond the Canghe River, thirty miles.
It's a mountain.
The mountains are steep.
The group of bandits who were regarded as wandering and uncertain had actually settled here half a month ago and were designated as cottages. After all, if you don't have a fixed place, you can't last long.
The leader who had eaten human flesh was not only proficient in martial arts, but also familiar with poetry and books, and knew the truth.
It's just that the cottage is here, but in the middle of the moon, there is no news exposed, and they also intend to hide, so in the eyes of outsiders, they are still a group of bandits with no foundation.
But today, all these thieves have been killed here.
Including the thief leader.
The head of the thief has an elegant face, a middle-aged appearance, like a scribe, at first glance, he looks like a gentle scholar, and he can't see the slightest ferocity. No one could see that this was the head of the most vicious bandits.
At this moment, he was kneeling on the ground, his head bowed, and he couldn't see the slightest expression.
A sword pierced him from behind.
It was a young girl who held the sword.
The girl was tall and beautiful, but she frowned, as if she was quite disgusted with blood, she drew her sword, forcibly endured the nausea, and turned her head towards the person behind her: "It's okay, go down the mountain." ”
The only four people left behind him were all women, all young and beautiful, and the youngest was even only twelve or thirteen years old.
They are the hard-working people who have been robbed up the mountain by these bandits, and most of their fathers, husbands and other relatives have been killed by the bandits' knives.
At this moment, seeing all the enemies being killed, looking at this bloody scene all over the ground, these women who had endured several days of painful encounters couldn't help but cry out loud, not knowing whether it was the happiness of the enemy's death, or the pain of the death of their relatives, or the horror of this bloody scene.
"Don't cry. ”
The sword-wielding girl sighed and said, "It's all over...... It's useless to cry, go down the mountain early and find a place to stay. In these troubled times, anything can happen......"
"You...... Are you ......?" asked a young woman, who seemed to have come to her senses, trembling.
"I ......" the girl thought for a while and said seriously: "Since I walked the rivers and lakes, I have always been called the Decepticon Sword. ”
This name is very majestic, if it is placed on a strong man with high martial arts, it is convincing, but when it falls on a young girl, it seems a little stunned.
"Are you...... Miss Xie?"
The young woman seemed to remember something, and there was a gleam in her eyes.
The girl who claimed to be the Decepticon Sword glanced at her and said, "Do you recognize me?"
The young woman said in a low voice: "The little woman's surname is Qian, she used to be from Yuanjing City, she has heard of Miss Xie's deeds before, and she still admires her very much. ”
Yuanjing City is near the Mingyuan Taoist Temple, and when Miss Xie heard this, she suddenly realized. And her girlish nature, found that near this Canghe River, there were also people who recognized herself, and she couldn't help but be a little proud, and she was secretly happy in her heart.
Looking closely, although the young woman in front of her was disheveled, judging from her clothes, she should have been a young lady from a big family, thinking of what happened to her now, Miss Xie couldn't help sighing, and was about to be relieved, but saw that the other party had raised her head.
"Miss Xie......" The young woman knelt on the ground and cried: "I am now homeless, and I am alone...... Please also ask the girl to take it in. ”
Miss Xie was stunned, and then a little surprised, and said: "I walk the rivers and lakes, I don't have to be informal, and I don't need any maids and servants." ”
The young woman gritted her teeth with a gloomy look in her eyes, and whispered, "Actually, I ...... I want to ask the girl to pass on my martial arts, so that I can be like a girl and act chivalrous. ”
Apprenticeship and martial arts, this is what she really thinks.
"My martial arts are taught by my master, and if I want to accept apprentices, I must ask my master first, and I can't easily pass it on. ”
Miss Xie said this, and the young woman opposite gritted her teeth lightly, lowered her head, and looked very lost.
Seeing this, Miss Xie couldn't bear it, and sighed: "But in this world, you are a weak woman, alone, with nowhere to go, and no martial arts for self-defense...... So, if you take them down the mountain, and think that they should still have relatives, let them find their own way. You can go to the Shenglong Inn in Canghe and wait for me, and when my business is done, I will look for you and find you a good place to go. ”
The young woman was overjoyed and bowed prostrately.
"Let's go first......" (To be continued.) )