Yu Zhi hadn't seen Ye Qinghuan for a long time.
Ever since he picked up Ye Qinghuan, the two of them rarely separated. Even when they slept, they slept on the same bed.
Now, Ye Qinghuan's whereabouts are unknown. Li Haomiao checked for a long time but no news came back.
Perhaps, no news is good news.
Entering Nanzhou Prefecture, you can often meet people fleeing on the way to Su City. These people were all robbed by bandits in the mountains and had no choice but to leave their villages and flee to Cangzhou Prefecture or other counties and cities in Nanzhou Prefecture.
On the roadside of the official road, the faces of the common people were listless and lifeless, like zombies. They looked extremely weak and were about to collapse at any time. But no one stopped, for fear that if they stopped, they would no longer have the strength to go on.
Yu Zhi frowned, he had never seen such a scene. It's more like an escape.
When he went south, he had thought about how serious the banditry would be and how fierce the battle between the mountain bandits and the Suzhou Army would be.
But he never expected that when he came to Nanzhou Mansion, he would first see the miserable state of the people.
Su Muchi understood Yu Zhi's thoughts and ordered: "Steward, give all the money and food we have left to these people."
The steward responded and went to distribute them with Zhou Hu and others.
You will be able to enter Sioux City in a few hours, and there will be no need to travel.
Yu Zhi glanced at Su Muchi and sighed: "The unrest in the world will eventually fall on the people at the lowest level. Thousands of miles away, Kyoto is luxurious and luxurious, and it seems to be a prosperous age, but in Nanzhou right now, everyone is in danger. I can’t eat enough. This world is really disgusting.”
Su Muci looked at the people who were stuffing food into their mouths desperately. She had lived a few more years than Yu Zhizhi and had seen many more things.
"Young Master is kind-hearted, but not everyone is so kind-hearted. In this world, it is not easy to protect yourself," Su Muchi said.
Yu Zhi looked at a ragged little girl not far away. He looks no more than four or five years old. Her big black eyes were very clear, staring directly at the food in those people's hands.
The little girl lowered her head, held her little belly with both hands, then took out a leaf from her tattered clothes and put it into her mouth.
She was obviously very hungry. Like these suffering people, they were very hungry.
Yu Zhi walked forward quickly and "snatched" the leaf from the little girl's mouth.
"You'll get a stomachache if you eat these things."
The little girl seemed a little embarrassed and uneasy with the unfamiliar boy.
Yu Zhi took out a noodle pancake, handed it to the little girl, and said, "Eat this."
The little girl looked at Yu Zhi timidly until her stomach growled over and over again. Eventually, she was starving.
I ate it one bite at a time.
Yu Zhi held the water bag and waited aside, not caring about his identity at all.
"Eat slowly, don't choke."
After waiting for the little girl to eat half of the multi-faceted pancake, Yu Zhi asked: "Where are your parents? Why are you alone?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the little girl's big tears fell on the pancake.
Then tears fell like rain and the sound of sobbing could not be heard.
Yu Zhi was stunned for a moment, then put his arms around the little girl's shoulders and comforted her softly. There is no need to ask the next questions, he can also guess a little bit.
The group of people scattered their money on the roadside, and the hungry people only thought of thanking them after they had eaten and drank enough.
The little girl next to Yu Zhi was already sleeping soundly against Yu Zhi.
She was very hungry and very sleepy.
Probably because I was tired from crying.
Yu Zhi gently picked up the little girl and put her on the carriage. The little girl smiled slightly in her sleep. She thought it was a good dream, and her parents were still alive in the dream.
Yu Zhi got out of the carriage and saw Su Muchi looking at him with a smile.
"What's wrong?" Yu Zhi asked.
Su Muchi walked to Yu Zhi and said, "If I hadn't seen this scene just now, I would never have imagined that the young master has such a tender side. It seems that the young master is also a soft-hearted person."
Yu Zhi rubbed his nose and looked at those people in the distance. "The world is difficult. I can't save the world, and I don't want to save the world. However, some of the people in front of me are still within my ability. If I don't save them, who will?"
Su Muchi found the boy in front of her more and more interesting and cute.
At this moment, the sound of horse hoofbeats came from the official road in the distance. Amid the flying dust, a group of soldiers wearing helmets rode up.
"Go away, didn't I tell you not to beg on official roads?"
"Don't die!"
"If you want to die, go to the ravine!"
A group of soldiers dismounted, holding spears and swords in their hands, and drove the people on the official road fiercely.
"Go away, get up quickly!"
"Get out of here. Don't get in the way on official roads!"
Yu Zhi frowned again and looked at the soldiers with an unkind expression.
Su Muci explained at the side: "Looking at the armor they are wearing, they should belong to the Su City Army. The leading general is called Li Jun, a descendant of the Li family in Nanzhou. With Li's background, Li Jun found a member of the Su City Army. The position of lieutenant general.”
Su Muchi thought for a while and reminded: "The Li family of Nanzhou has a certain weight in the Dachu court. Although Li Jun is not very prominent in the Li family, he is still a member of the Li family after all."
Yu Zhi nodded secretly. He had Shang Fang's sword in his hand, so killing a few lieutenants shouldn't be of much concern.
Su Cheng's army consisted of one commander and three deputy generals. One of them, Su Ji, was dismissed from office due to his inability to suppress the bandits. The second one was Li Jun in front of him.
Although Li Jun was born in the Li family, his cultivation level has reached the sixth level of Armor Breaking, ranking high among the entire younger generation in Su City.
In the past six months, banditry has continued in Sucheng County. Li Jun had no time to rest and spent every day suppressing bandits on the nearby hills. But the bandits are getting more and more suppressed.
Li Jun is not in a hurry, after all, Su Chengjun's coach is not in a hurry either.
On weekdays, Li Jun's responsibility is nothing more than driving away the people on official roads.
While the two were talking, Li Jun walked towards Yu Zhi and Su Muchi. Li Jun knew Su Muchi. The eldest daughter of the Su family and the daughter-in-law of the Fan family, she is a famous beauty in Su City.
"Mrs. Fan, long time no see." Li Jun saluted. There was a strange smile hidden in his eyes.
Su Muchi didn't take it seriously. She had seen many, many such looks, and almost every man looked at her like this.
She, Mrs. Fan, was nothing in Li Jun's eyes, let alone worth caring about.
"General Li, I'm polite," Su Muchi said.
Li Jun said: "The bandits are rampant nearby, why don't you come back to Su City with me so that you can have someone to look after you on the way."
Su Muchi remained calm and asked: "General Li, why do you want to drive away these displaced people? Their villages were looted by bandits and they were displaced. It is pitiful enough. You..."
Li Jun waved his hand and said easily: "Mrs. Fan, this is a military matter, so don't worry about it. No matter how many bandits there are around, our Su City is still fine. As for these people, they can only blame them when they encounter bandits. Their fate is bad."
Su Muchi smiled lightly, and seeing that Li Jun didn't want to say more, she kept silent.
Yu Zhi looked at Li Jun and said: "They were unlucky to be attacked by bandits and lost their homes. They did not expect that they would be driven away by officers and soldiers after being displaced."
Li Jun also looked at Yu Zhi and thought to himself, this young man is really brave.
Li Jun squinted his eyes and looked at Yu Zhi. For some reason, his hand was on the steel knife at his waist.
"Who are you?"
Yu Zhi said calmly: "I am just the bodyguard hired by Mrs. Fan to escort Mrs. Fan south."
Li Jun snorted coldly and said arrogantly: "For Mrs. Fan's sake, I will spare your life. Remember, be careful when speaking, and be careful of misfortune coming from your mouth."
Su Muchi accepted Li Jun's gaze and accepted Li Jun's favor.
Little did he know, Su Muchi sneered in her heart, just waiting to see how Li Jun would end.
This young man is the King of Hell. After today's incident, Li Jun's name has appeared in the Book of Impermanence of the King of Hell.
...
As the carriages and horses moved forward, Yu Zhi held the little girl's hand and headed towards Su City.
The little girl’s name is Tuantuan. As for her last name, she can’t remember it. Probably because he was too young and also because he was frightened.
In short, she was all alone, so Yu Zhi took her with him.
Yu Zhi looked at the little ball beside him, with a smile on his lips, thinking: My aunt must have taken me like this back then.
After all, Tuantuan was young. After eating and drinking, he forgot about those bloody and terrifying things.
"Tuan Tuan, can you follow my brother from now on?" Yu Zhi asked.
Tuantuan opened his big black eyes, looked up at Yu Zhi, and asked, "Can Tuantuan be full in the future?"
"Of course." Yu Zhi smiled.
"Then... Tuantuan wants to eat wild vegetable soup."
"Wild vegetable soup?"
"My grandma said it was the most delicious thing in the world."
"Brother wants to eat too."
"You can eat Tuantuan with your brother."
The boy is more like a child, having fun with the group.
On the way to Su City, more and more people were displaced. The closer they got to Su City, the more people gathered.
After all, being close to Su City and protected by the Su City Army will definitely make it much safer.
Yu Zhi's eyes kept passing by the people on the official road, and Li Jun's soldiers also kept driving away the people on the official road.
Yu Zhi's thoughts were racing, and problems that puzzled Yu Zhi had already appeared on the road in just one day.
The Sioux City Army has a problem.
The common people in official circles also have problems.
There's something wrong with all of this, but it's hard to say what's unusual about it.
An hour later, it was already dusk now, and the group finally arrived at the gate of Su City. After Li Jun said goodbye to Su Muchi, he looked at Yu Zhi contemptuously, that look was a warning and threat.
Yu Zhi pretended not to see Li Jun and thought to himself: Sooner or later, I will deal with you!
At this time, a man walked out of the city wall and shouted loudly: "The people below the city leave quickly and do not gather here. Anyone who lingers in front of the city gate within a stick of incense will be regarded as an accomplice of the bandits and will be killed without mercy!"
The sound was repeated over and over again, until after three times, a stick of incense was lit. This is the deadline given to the people in the city.
Homeless people were scattered everywhere under the city wall, gathering in small groups. A rough count showed that there were as many as five or six hundred people.
At this time, some people began to leave, packing up their few belongings and looking lonely.
Homeless people were driven away again. Fortunately, it was summer and they would not freeze to death even if they were outdoors.
Yu Zhi looked at the direction in which the people were migrating and said to Su Muchi: "Madam, you go first into the city. I will look for you afterward."
After that, Yu Zhi also left with the people.
