Chapter Ninety-Two: The Old Man

The smoke rose again, but the scarce food in the village had been spoiled by the rebels, and the villagers had to gather together to take out a pitiful little rice and some grass roots to satisfy their hunger. Mitu looked at those numb and helpless eyes, he couldn't bear to leave, so he got up and went to tidy up the few thatched huts that had been burned, he wanted to build a few thatched huts for the villagers to live in, and he couldn't always let the remaining villagers fall under the roof, they were all old, weak, sick and weak.

Several old men got together and discussed for a long time, and finally it was Grandma Huzi who walked to Mitu's side.

"Young man. Grandma Huzi called.

"What's the matter, Auntie?" Mi Tu didn't stop what he was doing.

Grandma Huzi calmed down and said, "Shaoxia, you should leave here immediately." ”

Mi Tu was stunned for a moment, and turned around to look at Grandma Huzi waiting for her next step.

Grandma Huzi took a deep breath, "Don't misunderstand, young man, everyone just thought that you killed so many officers and soldiers yesterday and the official family will definitely not let you go, so it's better for you to get out of here quickly and hide." As she spoke, she looked at Mitu a little nervously.

Mi Tu was moved in his heart, "What a simple villager, after such a catastrophe, he still thinks about others." He smiled reluctantly and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, it's just a group of fleeing routs, and the official family doesn't necessarily know about their existence." With that, he turned around and continued his work.

Grandma Huzi hurriedly stopped him, "Shaoxia, we have dragged you down too much, you are not worth wasting your efforts for our group of women and children, and it is not worth taking risks for us." ”

Mitu's hands trembled, and he suddenly turned around, "Auntie, you are wrong, since I saw you there, I have regarded myself as your family." His words were full of sincerity, waved his hand to stop Grandma Huzi, who was about to speak with tears in her eyes, and continued in a firm and unquestioning tone: "Auntie, you don't have to say it, even if the government really finds it, there is nothing to be afraid of, and who is afraid of who is not necessarily at that time!"

Grandma Huzi sighed lightly and looked at the old men who followed her, and saw that everyone's eyes were also full of tears, and then she heard Mitu's voice sound again, "Auntie, everyone is your own family, you must not call me Shaoxia in the future, so that everyone seems very angry, you can call me by my name in the future." ”

When he looked back, he saw several old people kneeling in the dust and kowtowing to him, so frightened that he quickly threw away the scorched beams in his hands, walked quickly to the front of everyone and bowed deeply to the ground, and said in a loud voice: "How can everyone be like this?

After everyone got up, they didn't say much, and they all walked to the ruins to help clean up.

Mitu did not leave the village, and the next few days passed in a hurry. He first built several thatched huts for everyone, and then used the silver taels collected from the defeated soldiers to buy hundreds of catties of grain at a high price in the city of Hejian Mansion. He heard a major news in Hejian Mansion, the imperial court has reacted quickly from the previous panic, and now there are hundreds of thousands of troops gathering towards Dezhou, not to mention that they are going north to Beiping to fight to the death with the rebellious King Yan, I heard that the general who led the troops is Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, and of course some people say that it is Xu Zuhui, the Duke of Wei. However, in Mitu's opinion, it has nothing to do with him, and helping the old and weak women and children in the village to survive the difficulties is the main topic.

In the past few days, the villagers of the village looked at this busy and sincere young man and were grateful, although the closeness of this feeling had long since lost the previous fear, and really regarded Mitu as his own family, the mood in the village gradually stabilized, although the laughter of the children gradually sounded in the village, and the village gradually regained a trace of vitality.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, this time Mitu was teaching the children to read, suddenly heard a "rumbling" sound of horses' hooves outside the village, Mitu looked up and saw a burst of dust from the soil ridge, and a team of hussars was speeding towards the village. The screams of the village immediately rang out, and countless old people ran out to find their own children.

Mitu calmed the frightened crowd and told them to gather together and not to be separated, and then raised his head to the sky and roared, and the sound shook the mountains.

A deafening whistling sound was heard, and the horse team that was galloping suddenly became chaotic, and the neighing of the war horses continued, and the horse team that was about to rush into the village came to an abrupt end. It took a long time for the horse team to reorganize its formation under the constraints of the officers, and the first officer dressed in brocade clothes and a thousand households looked at the village entrance slowly with a surprised face.

Mi Tu approached the place where the horse team was dozens of paces before stopping, he looked coldly at the dozens of quite strong cavalry in front of him, and when his eyes swept over the thousand households, he immediately flashed, clenched his fists, and said slightly respectfully: "Mi Tu has seen Lord Xu." ”

The person who came was Xu Zhong, the personal guard of Xu Zuhui, the Duke of Wei. At this time, Xu Zhong also came back to his senses from surprise, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Brother Mitu, but Xu Zhong was negligent, forgive the sin!" said and dismounted and walked towards Mitu.

Mitu really wanted to meet him, but he heard a crisp voice behind him, "Big brother, don't believe him, they are bad people!" It was Huzi who spoke, and he saw Huzi standing not far away, with a pair of bright big eyes full of anger.

Mi Tu sighed softly in his heart, it seems that this catastrophe still deeply affected Huzi's young heart, he regarded all those who wore official uniforms as his enemies, and the seeds of hatred had been planted deeply. It was the last thing he wanted to see. He waved his hand and smiled at Huzi: "Huzi is good, go back to find grandma." ”

Huzi shook his head and said reluctantly: "No, I want to see my big brother fight the bad guys." ”

When Mi Tu was unable to do so, fortunately, Grandma Huzi ran quickly and pulled Huzi back.

Xu Zhong saw a deep sense of vigilance from Mitu's behavior of driving away Huzi, but after a long time in the officialdom, he still walked up to Mitu with a smile and said: "This official originally wanted to come to arrest the bandits, but he didn't expect to meet the Mitu brothers here. He smiled and spoke very affectionately.

"Arrest the bandits?" Mi Tu was more vigilant in his heart, but he just wanted to protect the villagers, he didn't want to offend this person who had helped him before figuring out Xu Zhong's true intention, and immediately said with a smile: "Little brother didn't expect to see Lord Xu here, it's really an accident, but I don't know what Lord Xu means by arresting the bandits?"

Xu Zhong listened to Mitu's question, and his eyes flashed faintly, but he still smiled and asked Mitu: "Since my brother appeared here, don't you know that a team of officers and soldiers here was slaughtered a few days ago?"

Mi Tu's eyes flashed when he heard this, and his heart moved: "Sure enough, for this!" He was a person who dared to act, and he was about to speak immediately. (To be continued.) )