The sound of galloping horse hooves echoed on the official road from time to time.
After one night, Xu Mu and his party drove more than a hundred miles and arrived at a small town.
Fortunately, the small town in front of them seemed to be used as a transit point. A new post house was built, and there were hundreds of soldiers patrolling back and forth with halberds.
No wonder there aren't many crazy refugees nearby.
"Chen Sheng, you take the people to rest here while I go into the city first."
"Don't worry, boss."
Xu Mu nodded and led a few cavalry and horses, each with their children. Only after showing their tooth tags could they enter the city.
Compared to the disasters outside, the town was relatively stable, with scattered wine shops, restaurants, and even a small bank.
"Zhou Zun, go see if you have any martial arts skills."
Zhou Zun, who was following, nodded and sped away with another horseman.
Xu Mu had a calm expression on his face, and after looking around, he bought some dry food and water bags at the nearest restaurant, ordered another dining table, and ordered some light rice porridge.
At this time, the few children I brought with me were completely free to eat, and each of them devoured their food with their mouths full.
Xu Mu rarely smiled.
"Master, we've brought them." Zhou Zun took a breath and led three or four strong men in.
"Can it be notarized by martial arts?"
The big man at the head quickly took out the notarization and let Xu Mu take a closer look.
"Masti Lake? Is it over there in Weicheng?"
"Of course, yes. This round, I will send the children back to the village."
"How much money will the little boss give me?"
"I will give you five taels first. When I return to Zhuangzi, I will give you thirty taels more."
"Took it." Several martial artists laughed with satisfaction.
Xu Mu did not immediately take out his wallet. On the contrary, his tone suddenly became serious.
"You should have noticed that we, armed with swords and bows, are not ordinary people. If you have any wrong thoughts, my nephews will not be able to return to Zhuangzi, and you will not be able to live anywhere in the world."
Si Hu, who was nearby, raised his hand at the right time and picked up a stone that was pressing on the table leg. He just put it in his palm and squeezed it a few times, and it instantly turned into powder.
Several martial arts practitioners took a breath. With such high rewards and such methods, such people were naturally untouchable.
"Don't worry, little boss, there will be no mistakes."
"The best thing would be, take this letter and give it to the wife of Madi Lake Village, and you can receive the full reward."
With this crooked handwriting, it is estimated that in the entire Daji, only he, a time-travelling person, could write in such an ugly way.
Xu Mu took out a bag of dry food and handed it to an older child.
As soon as the child took it, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Xu Mu, as did the children behind him.
"Let's go."
Several martial arts practitioners lifted the child up and bowed to Xu Mu before taking a deep step and walking outside the restaurant.
"Brother Mu, how about we wait?"
"Keep on going."
There are too many soldiers in the town. If more than twenty of them enter the city, they may be severely investigated, so they simply leave first.
After leaving the town, we found Chen Sheng and others, and then we set off on the journey again with more than twenty people on horseback.
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Three days later, after hurriedly and slowly, we finally arrived near Laoguan.
As Chang Shiro said, this originally abandoned Laoguan has been renovated. There are at least thousands of civilians hanging ropes, climbing the towering Laoguan city wall, and cautiously patching up the wall mud.
"Boss, are those people dead?"
Following Chen Sheng's voice, Xu Mu looked up and found that on the huge wall, at least seven or eight civilians were hanging in the air by ropes, with their limbs stretched out. Every time they were blown by the wind, they would sway slightly. shake.
I don't know how long he has been dead like this.
"Looking for the plum forest." Xu Mu turned his head. There have been countless miserable situations like this along the way.
Sometimes he would be angry, why did he come through time and space and not be the Emperor of Daji or some powerful minister? In this case, he would still have the opportunity to clean up the country and save the country and the people.
But he is just a stickman, and even though he has been careful all the way, he is still just a little-known boss now.
More than twenty people on horseback set foot on the smoke and dust again, away from the range of the official patrol, and ran towards the wilderness on the right side of the official road.
Probably because it is close to Laoguan, the nearby thorn grass trees still have some vitality. But there are also scattered groups of refugees who occasionally appear in the forest, picking at tree bark and grass roots.
"Why don't we provide disaster relief?" Chen Sheng mentioned similar words several times along the way.
Xu Mu also looked gloomy.
If he knew who had hidden the food, he would really like to take Si Hu to kill them.
"Boss, is that Plum Grove?"
Xu Mu looked up and found that not far from them, there was a small forest that was in a mess. It was bare, except for some withered plums at the highest point of the forest, hanging slightly in the wind.
"Brothers, hurry up the horses."
Step by step, more than twenty figures on horseback followed the direction of the plum forest and continued to move forward. Before dusk, after crossing a large area of dry land, the horse slowly stopped beside a pool that was about to dry up.
There are more than ten thatched huts vaguely visible. If they are really heroes, God knows how these people dare to be so brave in the eyes of the soldiers in Laoguan.
Xu Mu got off his horse, walked into the withered grass covering his knees, raised his head and looked around.
The wind blew by, and the dead grass beneath my feet swayed with the direction of the wind, making a "rustling" sound. The unknown wild bird flew higher and higher and disappeared in an instant.
Click, stepped on a white bone, Xu Mu frowned slightly and continued walking forward.
"My boss, something is wrong. It's time to raise your sword." Chen Sheng said in a calm voice and followed Xu Mu slowly with twenty villagers.
Xu Mu raised his hand to signal not to act rashly.
Swish swish swish.
There seemed to be countless figures coming through the withered grass.
"The mountains and rivers are shrouded in mist and rain, and in ten years one sword will kill the dynasty!" Xu Mu shouted in a deep voice with a cold face.
call.
Not long after, countless figures in white jumped out from the withered grass. In the slightly dusk sky, one by one, they looked like immortals descending from heaven.
The middle-aged man at the head, with handsome features and heroic appearance, holding an open umbrella sword, slowly fell from the air and landed in front of Xu Mu.
"The little boss of Horseshoe Lake?"
"Exactly." Xu Mu bowed his hands.
The middle-aged man put away his umbrella sword and looked at Xu Mu seriously.
"Can it be notarized?"
Xu Mu hesitated and handed over his tooth tag. It's not a government official, so why not check it?
Chen Sheng and others behind him also paused slightly and rushed behind Xu Mu. Si Hu held the cleaver, his iron tower-like body blocking half of the setting sun.
The bow dog crouched in the withered grass, already twisting the arrow pot with two fingers.
"Chen Jiaqiao pays homage to the boss!" To Xu Mu's surprise, after the middle-aged Xiaer recognized Xu Mu's tooth tag, he suddenly knelt down and clasped his fists with his hands.
"I'll meet my boss later!"
"Meet my boss!"
The huge dry grassland, surrounded by loud sounds, was remembered.
Xu Mu was stunned in place for a long time before he woke up as if from a dream. Tsuneshiro, the leader of the rebellion, really gave him a great gift.
