After two days of driving, when I was about to arrive in Liangzhou, I found some refugees dressed in tatters, and I seemed to be a little relieved to see these Han Tongwen. Because there are refugees, it means that Beiting Prefecture is still saved, if you really can't see a refugee in Liangzhou, it will be really bad, because the snow disaster must be more than you imagined. But there is still no room for rejoicing, because not everyone in Beiting Prefecture is so lucky, especially those in the hinterland of Beiting Prefecture!

Entering the boundary of Liangzhou, the weather was already a little cool due to the snow falling in Beiting Prefecture, and occasionally a cold wind blew, Han Tongwen and Qiao Song wrapped their clothes tightly, fortunately, they were wearing thick clothes, but they didn't feel too cold.

Han Tongwen frowned, 100,000 guan of grain is definitely not enough, because not only Beiting Prefecture, but also because of the temperature in Liangzhou, this year's harvest will definitely be greatly affected, and the famine seems to be indispensable. Now that the empire is in an eventful season, strong enemies on three sides of the border are gathering troops, and the empire is in danger, and the eyes of the imperial court are focused on the army, and there is definitely no more effort to focus on these people's livelihood. In the face of catastrophe, it is difficult for a single person to face it alone without the support of the powerful machine of the state.

When I went to Liangzhou City, I encountered more and more victims, Liangzhou and Beiting Prefecture are separated by water, neighbors, and the refugees from Beiting Prefecture are still not very good here, but for the sake of generations of neighbors, they can still get a bite to eat, because the people have always been the kindest.

It's just that Han Tongwen doesn't understand why when he arrived in Liangzhou City, the city gate was closed, and there were piles of refugees outside the city!

Walking around the city gate and walking through the two city gates, I looked, there were already thousands of people outside the city gate, clinging to each other in ragged clothes, some holding babies waiting to be fed in their arms, Han Tongwen saw despair and confusion in their eyes.

After walking for so long, other places are fine, only in Liangzhou City, where refugees are forbidden to enter the city, Han Tongwen stopped beside a little girl who had died, dismounted, and felt a little sour in his heart

"Qiao Song, he's the same age as you."

"Master, if Qiao Song hadn't been lucky enough to meet you, I would have been the same as her" Qiao Song also felt a little pain in his heart, because what he encountered back then would not be much better than now, or even worse.

"Qiao Song, you said that those mountain village husbands still knew that their old neighbors who had been neighbors for a hundred years had been affected by the disaster, and gave them a mouthful of surplus food, but why did these officials who accepted Confucius's ideas Jing Neng do such a despicable and ruthless thing, did they just let our blood compatriots starve to death at the bottom of the city and turn a blind eye?" Han Tongwen's tone was a little angry

"Not all people think this way, you told me that at the beginning of man, nature is good. ”

"Yes, the beginning of man, maybe just the beginning of man. Every time we grow, every time we have experienced, we are gradually drifting away on the road of goodness, Qiao Song, if you become such a person in the future, I will really go crazy" Han Tongwen touched the scene, rubbing Qiao Song's head and couldn't help revealing his true feelings.

"This son, enjoy the stuttering, my girl is going to die!" said a woman in her arms with a yellow-faced little girl, and her voice was weak and weak

"Qiao Song, take out all the food you eat" Han Tongwen couldn't turn a blind eye to these expectant eyes, he had also encountered this kind of great difficulty, even worse than them.

"Master, that's all" Qiao Song took out some small cakes

In order to hurry, Han Tongwen prepared some snacks to eat on the road, some hard cakes, so hard that Qiao Song didn't want to eat them even if he was hungry!

I watched the woman tear the hard cake, soaked it in spit, and when she bit it down, it was only stuck in her throat and reluctant to swallow it, chewing it thinly, and then crossed it to her dying daughter with her mouth.

"Third lady, give you this half piece" The woman hesitated for a long time, but finally gave it to another woman holding the child.

"Thank you, sister-in-law" The woman's eyes were full of tears, and this was not the time to be polite. The two were neighbors, and they supported each other all the way to escape here, originally thinking that they might be able to survive in Liangzhou, but now the four gates of the state city are closed and no one helps them!

"Our sisters-in-law have all died in the snow, and we have nothing to eat, but we only hope that when the city gate will be opened, and we can pass the child to a good family," the woman cried as she spoke, "Pity my girl!"

"Sister-in-law, don't be sad, as long as the child can survive, what does it make if the surname is called and what does it matter, it's better than starving to death with us"

Listening to the tearful narration of the two women, Han Tongwen's heart tingled, parents are like this, as long as the child can survive, they can even die generously. It is already considered lucky to be able to pass on to a good family, and there may only be one way to die.

The woman had just been given a piece of bread, and all the refugees were instantly stirred.

"Childe, okay!"

"Let's enjoy the stuttering!"

"Our children are dying of hunger"

"Qiao Song, let's scatter all the cakes, and give them to those who have children first," Han Tongwen said

Looking at the gray eyes of those who didn't get the bread, the Tang people also had his arrogance, to grab the life-saving food of those children?

"I'm sorry, I only have so much, but I promise that a large amount of grain will arrive in two days at most!" Han Tongwen shouted

But no one seemed to pay attention to him

"You are from the government, that's what you said last month, the refugees here have died in order to wait for the food you say" An old man wrapped his single clothes tightly, shivering in the cold wind, even his life was about to end, and he was talking about the awe of the government.

"This old gentleman, please believe me, I am not from the government," Han Tongwen said as he squatted down

The old man said for those who were lying on the mass grave behind the city, "The old man didn't seem to take care of him, but closed his eyes and looked like he was waiting for death."

"Let's go, Qiao Song, I want to see what this assassin of Liangzhou thinks, doesn't he know that the officials are forcing the people to rebel? Thirty-six roads against the king, seventy-two roads of smoke and dust, the collapse of the Great Sui Empire is just around the corner, why does he still have the courage to block the city gate, is it because he doesn't know that he can be beheaded with just one piece of heaven and turn? Or does he think that he can hide from the sky and the sea!"

When I walked under the city gate, there were people patrolling the city gate.

"Please open the city gate," Han Tongwen had just finished shouting, and the eyes of those refugees lit up all of a sudden, and they gathered under the city gate and waited.

"Who are you?" asked the soldier guarding the city, "Lord Assassin Shi has an order, and those who clear the customs will not open the city without paperwork."

Unable to open the city gate, Han Tongwen took Qiao Song to find an open space and sat down, during which there were refugees carrying some compatriots who had died of hunger and cold to prepare to throw their bodies into mass graves.

"Master, are we just sitting here?"

"Now take a break and sneak into the city with me at night"

When night fell, although there were still soldiers patrolling the city at the head of the city, it was not difficult for Han Tongwen, who was already a great martial artist, to climb over a city wall. found an unpatrolled city wall, embracing Qiao Song, Wudang Tiyun Zong is definitely the only artifact to climb over the wall, and the high and deep city wall is no exception!

It is absolutely easy for a great martial artist to hide from the eyes of these ordinary soldiers, and it is absolutely easy to climb over the wall and enter the city, and there is absolutely a world of difference between the inside and outside of the city. Liangzhou City is located on the trade road between the Tang Dynasty and the Golden Wolf Empire, so it is very prosperous, unlike Chang'an, where a curfew is required when the bell rings one hundred and eight, so the lights everywhere are singing and dancing.

Han Tongwen fell into the city from a dark corner and walked down the street with Han Tongwen. Although there are a lot of snacks on the street, Han Tongwen has no appetite at all, not even the greedy Qiao Song.

"Let's go, go to the restaurant!"

"What are you going to do in a restaurant?"

"If you want to inquire about the news, the restaurant and the Qinglou are the best places to talk about it"