"Did you flee because of the plague?" Li Erlin asked directly.
Wang Jiale was a little worried, but when he thought that the man in front of him was just a farmer, he didn't mind the other party's wording. Moreover, the other party was not wrong. On the surface, they said they were going to Yuezhou to join the second master, but the fact was that Fuping The plague in the county was so severe that they did not dare to stay. To put it bluntly, it was just fleeing.
Seeing the noble man nodding, Li Erlin asked for some more news about the plague. Butler Wang didn't talk much, but he answered all questions.
Li Ping'an also listened with his ears pricked up. It was also Linjiang County. Since the Jinjiang burst was not in Fuping County, the disaster was not as serious as Linhu County, which destroyed even the county seat.
After the disaster, the officials of Fuping County quickly opened warehouses to stockpile grain, and set up porridge shacks outside the city to provide porridge to the people who survived the flood. They never thought that the real disaster would come. Within five days, the plague broke out, and the city The people outside the city died in large numbers, and corpses were everywhere.
Butler Wang finally said with a sad face that all the people in the Fuping County government office were dead from top to bottom, and the current Fuping County seat was a lifeless empty city.
Fortunately, their master was accustomed to living in the countryside, far away from the county seat, so he escaped the disaster, but he had to drag his family and family south to Yuezhou to join the second master.
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They also went to Yuezhou?
Li Erlin, Li Ping'an and other people suddenly looked ugly. Does this mean that they will always meet them every day in the future?
Although the other party just said that there is no need to be nervous and panic, the pressure brought by being unable to withstand the other party is too great. Even to a certain extent, because of the other party's existence, Li Ping'an and the others do not need to worry too much about the disturbance of other refugees as before, but under Li Erlin and others From a human perspective, the other party is more threatening than ordinary refugees.
After all, ordinary refugees are basically ordinary people. Even if they have the strength in normal times and have been hungry for so long and fled for so long, they are already exhausted. Even if they want to do evil, they are just like them. But that's not the case with the group of people in front of them. The guards' eyes were shining brightly. According to what Chen Liang said, their guard positions were quite organized. They didn't have any evil intentions. If there was a conflict, Li Erlin and the others would have twice as many strong men. It's not enough to kill the opponent.
Sure enough, it happened next. One day, two days, three days... for several days, they obviously did not travel together, but the places where they stayed for the night were surprisingly the same, which made Li Erlin and others feel happy and worried.
The good thing is that people really don't seem to have any ill intentions towards them, and the two sides have been getting along well; the bad thing is that the other party seems to be targeting them, and sometimes they find a place to stay in advance, and others follow suit, too. After settling down, Mr. Wang even asked Butler Wang to come over and ask why he took a break early...
Li Erlin was overestimating his capabilities, wondering if they had something worthy of being coveted by the other party, or else the other party seemed to be relying on them.
I'm really afraid that this peaceful situation is deliberate on their part.
"Big pot, do we still want to play games?" Xiao Ruyi and Jixiang looked at Li Ping'an with smiles, and Xinglong followed behind Jixiang.
Li Ping'an waved his hands quickly. He really couldn't afford to play anymore. If he kept playing, he would bleed heavily by the time he reached Yuezhou.
Xiao Ruyi pouted, Jixiang and Xinglong were also a little disappointed, Li Ping'an felt soft in his heart, "Then let's play for the last time, and we won't play anymore starting tomorrow."
The three little ones suddenly became happy. Little Ruyi was so proud that she jumped up and down, clapped her hands and cheered.
"Ruyi, you lost."
"ah?"
Only then did Xiao Ruyi react. She hugged her head in annoyance. She was about to cheat, but Li Ping'an predicted it, "You can't cheat. Big brother didn't cheat when he lost before. If you cheat, then big brother owes you everything before." Jelly candies don’t count.”
The little girl stood there with her mouth open. After a while, she snorted, then squatted down and drew circles on the dirt with her fingers.
At this time, Butler Wang came over again. This time he was not alone. He was followed by a strong man carrying a sack.
"Brother Li."
Although this was not the first time he heard Butler Wang address Li Erlin, Li Ping'an couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth every time he heard it. Because he always associates this title with Li Er, the eternal emperor in the history of his previous life.
"Steward Wang, what are you doing?" Li Erlin didn't dare to call Steward Wang a brother. He glanced at the sack in the strong man's hand and asked with respectful confusion in his tone.
Seeing Li Erlin's expression, Butler Wang replied with a kind smile: "My master said that we are on the same road. Seeing that you guys eat less and there are many young and old in the team, he ordered me to give you five pecks of rice." Come."
One dou weighs twelve kilograms, five dou sixty kilograms, which is half a stone of rice. Li Pingan and his party will have more than a hundred people, so they can only eat for two or three days. In the current famine world, it can be said to be very important. What a great gift.
Although Li Erlin was moved, he was not rewarded for his efforts. They just met each other by chance, happened to be on the same road, and only communicated with Butler Wang a few times. He had never seen clearly what Mr. Wang looked like, so the other party wanted to give him half of it. They were given grains of stone and rice, but he did not dare and could not collect them.
"Don't put it down. It's not difficult for us to buy food." Butler Wang's job is to serve people, and he is very good at observing people's words. Before Li Erlin could refuse, he spoke first, "Actually, To be honest, our second master is the governor of Yuezhou, and those who escorted us along the way are also elites from the Huzhou army. They have other tasks. We can enter the county towns we pass along the way, even if the gates are closed, so we don't have to worry. Can’t buy food.”
Li Ping'an and the others were all shocked. Although they had guessed that the other party's identity was not simple, they really didn't dare to think that the background was so big.
The Dajing Dynasty followed the two-level system of prefectures and counties of the previous dynasty, and the prefect was the chief official of one state. Although I don't know what rank the official was, it was certainly not low. More importantly, they are going to Yuezhou.
They actually traveled with the relatives of Yuezhou's parents and officials?
After a long time, Li Erlin came back to his senses and glanced fearfully at Butler Wang, who was still smiling kindly. As soon as his eyes touched, he immediately lowered his head.
"Don't be burdened. My husband has always been kind-hearted. He was heartbroken when he saw so many skinny victims along the way. He wanted to give them some rice and food several times, but he was afraid of causing panic and putting himself and his family in danger. Since we are on the same journey, I can help if I can. The second master is also a good official. You will be able to settle down in Yuezhou. My master hopes that you can arrive in Yuezhou one by one and live a good life in the future."
When Li Erlin heard this, he gave up the idea of refusing. The other party's background was too great. If he decided to refuse, he might make the other party unhappy. "In that case, would you like Butler Wang to say thank you to Mr. Wang on our behalf?"
Butler Wang smiled and nodded, then turned and left.
Li Ping'an came to Li Erlin, looked at Butler Wang's back, and whispered: "Dad, do you think they are really kind?"
He always felt that it was too gratuitous. Is there really a landlord who was so kind to the poor people for no reason?
