Under the moonlight, a long and narrow dirt road.
Five carriages were lined up in a long snake, and the wheels of the carriages rolled rapidly, creating bursts of dust and smoke from time to time.
"Brother Mu, the road ahead is the official road. It's safe." Si Hu, who was sitting in the lead car, turned around and shouted.
Unexpectedly, Xu Mu from behind said something coldly.
"Si Hu, turn to the path."
The path back to Wangzhou is not only difficult, but also requires a detour of more than ten miles, but it is indeed the safest way at the moment.
Official way? There are no officers and soldiers patrolling the official road for a long time.
"My boss, I've been cut off!"
Seeing that the five carriages were about to go around the path, they never thought that at the fork of the path, there were already piles of broken trees, layer upon layer, at least half a person high.
Not only that, without warning, there was an irregular swaying fire in front of him.
There was also a faint roar of madness.
"My boss, they are refugees! How did those refugees know that we would go back to Wangzhou? They even cut off the roads." Chen Sheng's voice was trembling.
"Turn off the lantern." Xu Mu gritted his teeth and quickly looked around, "Go to the woods on the right."
Hearing Xu Mu's words, the five carriages immediately turned off their lanterns and drove forward with difficulty, following the road in the forest with only the faint moonlight.
Under normal circumstances, refugees would never be so crazy. After all, they are still hungry and weak, so they would not think about chasing some carriage. At most, you will chase for a while, and then give up when you see that you can't catch up.
But now, the refugees behind them are simply going crazy. Under the moonlight, they are like a colony of ants being scalded by hot oil. They are densely packed and coming from all directions, rushing towards them like crazy.
"God doesn't care, and neither do the officials. What will I do if these dog people starve to death! Then they will eat bark, horses, and people! Everyone is dead on both sides, but we can't starve to death!"
A very bewitching voice shouted angrily from behind.
Accompanied by this, there were loud voices echoing.
"Master, these people are crazy!" Chen Sheng drove his horse desperately, his tone already full of panic.
"Let's go!"
"The driver behind you, cut open the grain bag and throw two bags of rice and wheat down!"
When the driver of the car behind heard the words, he hurriedly followed the instructions, tore open the two grain bags, and pushed them down.
In an instant, the dust from rice and wheat rose into the air, causing the refugees who were pressing forward to stagnate for a while, and then rushed towards the ground crazily. Even though it was still raw food, they couldn't wait any longer, and they were all dirty and dirty. He stuffed handfuls of dirt into his mouth, rolled it down his throat and swallowed it into his stomach.
No matter what, some distance was finally created.
Xu Mu took a rare breath of air. The danger was far from over. He smelled the smell of rice and wheat, and more and more refugees followed him.
There were a few madmen who ran very fast with bare feet and were about to cling to the carriage.
"Ticket!"
When the last driver heard the sound, he quickly picked up his whistle stick and stabbed it aside several times. Finally, several lunatic refugees were stabbed away. They knelt on the ground and howled angrily, tearing their matted hair crazily.
"My boss, we have deviated from the route." Chen Sheng gritted his teeth.
"Nothing, just get rid of the refugees first." Xu Mu rubbed his forehead tiredly.
If you are surrounded by refugees, there is a high probability that you will die among them.
Xu Mu was sure that someone must be causing trouble and wanted to cut him off in the middle of the road.
"Master, there's a noise behind me...it's coming again!" The driver at the end shouted in panic.
Xu Mu had a cold face, and after thinking quickly, he spoke in a deep voice.
"Chen Sheng, go get all the lanterns! Si Hu, get out of the car and pick up some larger branches."
When both Chen Sheng and Si Hu hurried over, Xu Mu hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, quickly tied the branches with hemp rope using the length of the carriage as a distance, and hung a lantern.
Then, he raised the whistle stick in his hand and stabbed the old horse hard in the abdomen.
The old horse neighed in surprise, dragging four or five branches with lanterns hanging on it, and ran forward crazily.
"Quick, get in the car."
Xu Mu did not dare to delay, so after some urging, he and Chen Sheng each jumped into a carriage, followed the other direction, and continued to attack on horseback.
The carriage covered with horse lanterns was not so lucky. Xu Mu looked from a distance and saw that in less than half a stick of incense, all the horse lanterns were extinguished, and the poor old horse could still be heard faintly neighing in pain. .
"Poor that old horse... he's going to be eaten alive!"
Xu Mu was also silent for a moment, but it was a good ending to return to Wangzhou safely at the cost of a carriage.
"Brothers, go back to the path."
Although they occasionally encountered a small number of refugees who collided, fortunately, the remaining four carriages drove very fast, and after a while, the outline of Wangzhou City was seen in the distance.
"My boss, the city gate is closed."
Even during the day, in order to prevent refugees from entering the city, only half of the city gates were opened, not to mention it was late at night.
"It's okay." Xu Mu's face was calm.
If he hadn't been prepared, this troubled world would have been chewed into dregs long ago.
Si Hu had already jumped off the carriage, holding a small bag of broken silver, and threw it in through the gap in the city gate. Soon, half of the city gate slowly opened.
"If it's later next time, you have to add more money." A sleepy-eyed city guard cursed while holding the money bag.
Xu Mu slightly arched his hands and quickly entered Wangzhou City with the remaining four carriages.
"Brother Mu, your little maid wife is here to pick you up again."
Not far from the city gate.
Following Si Hu's voice, Xu Mu just raised his head and saw a tired-looking Jiang Caiwei, with a thin and frail body standing under a wall, shivering.
When I saw the convoy coming back, I was so happy that I started running towards it.
Xu Mu felt a little tight in his chest, hesitated for a moment, and jumped out of the carriage.
"Xu, Xu Lang."
"I asked you to stay at home. It's already late at night, and you're still doing something wrong."
"The slave family is worried about Xu Lang." Jiang Caiwei lowered her head and sounded like a mosquito.
"There are a lot of gangsters on the street, and there are also old drunkards who are drunk and crazy on the street-"
Bang!
An old hatchet fell from Jiang Caiwei's body, making a crisp sound.
Xu Mu was startled, and Si Hu and others behind him were also startled.
Jiang Caiwei blushed and hurriedly picked up the rusty and dull old hatchet and held it in her arms.
The sour feeling in Xu Mu's chest became stronger and stronger.
He was obviously very scared and his body was delicate, but he still hugged Lao Chaidao and waited for him to come back.
