The tense air was so stressful that people couldn't breathe.
Those half-starved people who could still move left the place where they were originally staying and surrounded the carriage like ants.
The nursing staff looked at Xiao Yu one after another, waiting for the master's order.
Xiao Yu was anxious, but Qingxue was still standing among the children in confusion.
"Qingxue! Come back quickly!" Xiao Yu shouted.
"Little prince, this little girl wants me to go with her!" Qingxue's hand was already being held by the little girl.
Xiao Yu became more and more worried, and the two of them were some distance apart.
He wanted to go over and pull Qingxue away, but several elderly hungry people came towards him from the roads on both sides, blocking his way. A dozen broken bowls were stretched out in front of him.
"Your Majesty is kind-hearted, please take pity on us old guys who are half buried in the ground. Just give us some food!"
"We can't survive without the stutter. Please have mercy on Alang!"
Xiao Yu was overwhelmed by these people. He had no money or anything, let alone food.
Although he was anxious, he still explained patiently.
But no one listened to his explanation.
Everyone thought that this noble man who could give food to those children could also give frail old people like them a bite to eat.
No one here is willing to believe his explanation, because he is wearing silk and satin, and he is the richest here. Since he can give charity to others, he must also give charity to me.
If he doesn't give alms, he's a bad guy! I guess many hungry people think so.
Xiao Yu was just floating like a lonely sail in the crowd. If the two nurses hadn't squeezed in front of him in time, his clothes would have been torn to pieces.
The other servants and guards also increased their vigilance, holding whistles and sticks in front of the carriage, constantly driving away the hungry people who wanted to get close to the carriage.
At this time, the voice of the Prince Consort Pan Duo came from the carriage: "Xiao Dalang, you and your servants are stupid. If you don't listen to me, you will suffer the consequences! Get in the carriage quickly, and the right way is to leave here."
Xiao Yu ignored him, didn't he want to leave? Seeing that more and more hungry people were gathering together, he was at a loss what to do.
In addition to him, Qingxue not far away also felt scared.
A large group of hungry people surrounded him and the children, and the food box in his hand had been snatched away.
Fortunately, Zhang Huyuan is by his side and can keep him safe for the time being.
In the chaos, Xiao Yu felt more and more uneasy. It seemed that someone was mingling among the hungry people, trying to fish in troubled waters.
Since he couldn't rush through, Xiao Yu had to shout at Zhang Huyuan.
"Zhang Yong! Zhang Yong! Bring Qingxue back to me!"
Zhang Yong was about to agree, but for some reason his body suddenly shrank and disappeared into the chaotic crowd.
Xiao Yu was horrified, and his intuition seemed to come true.
He was keenly aware that just behind where Zhang Yong was standing, there was a skinny man with a wretched face, holding a large bloody stone in his hand.
He grinned in Xiao Yu's direction, revealing a mouth full of burnt and rotten teeth. He raised the stone in his hand in the air, as if he was provoking Xiao Yu and showing off. He knocked down the big guard with a stone. .
Immediately afterwards, another scream was heard from Qingxue. In the chaos, she was suddenly picked up from behind. Two men who did not look like hungry people dragged her away.
One of the men roared at the hungry people, who immediately dispersed in fear.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Yu's mind went blank.
In the bright world, under the emperor's feet, someone dares to steal the wife of the prince of Jiangxia. This is too exaggerated!
"Xiao Dalang, why are you still stunned! Your wife has been snatched away!"
Pan Duo shouted anxiously while hiding in the van. He then kicked away a hungry man who was trying to get into the van, and quickly closed the door and locked the windows.
At this time, Xiao Yu's ears were ringing. He couldn't be modest, polite, or patiently explain to others. He couldn't do these things.
In this dark age where the strong prey on the weak and right and wrong are reversed, a good person cannot survive. He will be mercilessly swallowed by the torrent of the times.
"Save Qingxue!" Xiao Yu shouted heartbreakingly.
More than half of the servants and guards left behind the hungry people who had been entangled before and moved closer to their master.
The collision of limbs inevitably caused bloodshed. People kept falling to the ground during the conflict and were trampled mercilessly by their companions, but no one cared about the lives of those who fell to the ground.
Xiao Yu pushed away an old man who had been pestering him and kept talking about his miserable life after losing his home. He immediately attracted the resentful eyes of the other man, and his prayers turned into vicious curses.
But Xiao Yu had no time to pay attention. With the help of the nurse, he was about to break through the gap.
Not far away, Qingxue had been dragged far away by two men who did not look like hungry people. Her face turned pale, and she cried out the name of the young prince. She kept resisting with her hands and feet, but she was completely unable to break free.
A little girl just cried and followed Qingxue. She didn't understand what mistake this kind-hearted Azi made to be dragged down by the bad guys like this.
She couldn't help but stepped forward and beat a bad guy a few times with her weak hands, but was kicked away by him.
"screw you!"
Not far away, the group of children who were frightened by the sudden roar of hungry people finally came to their senses.
They saw their little sister being kicked down by an adult.
"Ah Heng was kicked down by that bad guy!"
"Don't let them take away Qingxue Azi!"
They were children, and even though they were weak, they still rushed over, hitting and biting the two men, making each other scream in pain, but they could not get rid of these stubborn little kids no matter how hard they tried.
A very young girl followed behind them, wiping her tears as she followed.
A slightly older boy was hugging the thigh of a bad guy. He turned around and shouted to the little girl who was following behind: "Aye, hurry up and call uncle! Let uncle bring someone here."
After hearing this, the little girl nodded in understanding, turned around and ran back, but she fell to the ground before taking two steps, but she got up immediately and continued running towards home despite the pain in her knees.
All this was seen by Xiao Yu. He was somewhat grateful to these children, but he expected that these children would not be able to deal with the two villains after all.
At this moment, a voice came into Xiao Yu's ears.
"Little prince...I'm here..."
Xiao Yu looked up and saw Zhang Huyuan standing up again unsteadily.
The whistle stick was on the ground, his head shook, and blood was still flowing down his forehead, but he had no time to care about it.
He was already tall and as strong as an ox. He roared angrily and swept the hungry people to the ground with a sweep of his whistle stick in the water.
There was no longer any obstruction in front of Xiao Yu, leaving an open space.
"Young prince, my servant is here to help, hurry up and save Miss Qingxue!"
"They're holding on, you come with me!"
Seeing Qingxue being dragged by two people and about to disappear behind a ruins, Xiao Yu was extremely anxious.
He left Zhang Huyuan, who had not escaped from the hungry people, and ran a few steps, but was blocked by a thin figure again.
That man was the wretched man who knocked Zhang Huyuan down with a stone.
"Where are you going, young man?"
Xiao Yu didn't want to tangle with him too much: "Go away, I will deal with you later!"
"He said he wanted to deal with me? Did you hear that? He said he wanted to deal with me!" The wretched man had a surprised expression on his face.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter from around him.
Only then did Xiao Yu realize that he was not the only one here.
There were about twenty or thirty slovenly men in different clothes standing scattered among the ruins, with mocking smiles on their faces.
"Talking to clean me up in my territory is really the most ridiculous thing in the world. Seeing that you are short-sighted and young and ignorant, I will not care about you today. You can go! That little girl will be your toll today. I know that your wealthy family also has one or two maids like this, so I’ll just buy a few more later.”
Just this sentence completely aroused the anger in Xiao Yu's heart.
"I kill you!"
He punched the wretched man in the chest with one punch.
The other party chuckled. He was thin but as nimble as an ape. He turned sideways and effortlessly dodged Xiao Yu's punch.
The other party still didn't seem to be angry. He said with a playful smile: "Young gentleman is angry. We understand that it is not good to win someone's love, but please forgive me. That little girl is really pretty and has a good heart. If you give me Be a lady..."
"I beat you to death!"
Xiao Yu was furious. He punched a few more times in succession, but they were easily avoided by the other party.
Qingxue's wail in the distance was getting farther and farther, and Xiao Yu became more and more confused.
The wretched man probably saw something and said: "I can see that you are in love with that little girl. If she really becomes my wife and thinks about you, this embroidered pillow, all day long, then I will He became a victim.
"If you want to get that little girl back, you might as well make a deal with me. As long as you transport me a cart of gold, plus ten beauties of outstanding beauty, and deliver them here before Mu Gu, I will give the little girl back I’ll give it back to you... But my brothers have been starving for a long time, and I’m afraid that if you come to pick her up then, you’ll have to despise her.”
Zhang Yong, who had pulled away, was furious after hearing this. He hit the wretched man with a whistle stick in his hand.
The other party smiled coldly and dodged on the spot, dodging the heavy whistle stick. The whistle stick landed on the ground and made a big hole on the spot.
"I'm talking to your master, but you're looking for death!"
I saw the wretched man randomly grabbing a broken brick from the wall and throwing it at Zhang Huyuan's head.
Zhang Huyuan had suffered an injury to the back of his head, and his vision was still blurry. He vaguely saw something coming towards him but had no time to dodge.
There was a crisp sound of broken bones, and the tall body crashed to the ground.
The wretched man sneered: "You can't blame me for this, he asked for it."
There was a burst of echoes from around him: "Yes, that's the truth. We can't blame our eldest brother for this!"
Xiao Yu was so angry that he was shaking all over. He picked up Zhang Huyuan's whistle stick and danced in the air like a gun.
He closed his eyes, and he seemed to see the scene when the original owner of this body was being taught marksmanship by Liu Bozheng many years ago.
Several spear techniques that I couldn't understand at the time seemed to suddenly become clear to me at this moment.
He used his stick as a spear and made an offensive gesture.
The wretched man felt very contemptuous when he saw Xiao Yu's posture that looked like a gun but not a gun, a stick but not a stick.
"If the young man wants to do something serious, I will accompany him to the end. Then I can't blame him for being ruthless."
The wretched man winked at the brother on the side and threw a Qi army-style ring-head knife into the air.
The wretched man flew to catch it, and then attacked the vital point of Xiao Yu's marksmanship. He had already made murderous intentions.
…
A group of ragged men appeared on the muddy road holding wooden sticks and hoes. Leading the way was a young girl.
This scene may seem comical, but it's true.
"Aye, who do you want us to save? Uncle...Uncle didn't understand." Walking at the front was a burly middle-aged man with a confused look on his face. His tone was soft, taller than him. The image of Martha is in sharp contrast.
Aye is just three years old, and she doesn't seem to speak very fluently.
He cried and ran home to find his uncle. It seemed that a sister in his family had been bullied by the Qingzhou Gang.
What's wrong with being bullied by the Qingzhou Gang? Since returning to the south, the expatriates from the two states have not dealt with each other. Each one wants to overpower the other. The root cause is the uneven distribution and resettlement of the refugees from the two states by the imperial court.
In the end, the two sides got into a fight over the land issue. Many people died in the end, and they became enemies.
No matter what, if your family is bullied, you have to get back on your feet.
When they set out, they were filled with indignation and gearing up, but when the group reached someone else's territory, they felt guilty again.
I heard that the leader of the Qingzhou Gang, the one named Dongfang Lao, was no ordinary person. He had served as a soldier and had killed real people on the battlefield. This alone was far superior to those farmers who had only dealt with hoes and land. Too much.
The sun was gradually setting towards the west, stretching the figures of the men into long figures, which looked a little strange from a distance.
As they walked, these people stopped.
A group of little kids were squatting on the roadside, playing with clay eggs.
They were not surprised to see the uncles and grandfathers in this group of families, as they seemed to have become accustomed to it.
"Aye, how could you come back now?" the older child asked dissatisfiedly.
"Uncle said, there is strength in numbers." But the little girl said it clearly.
The strong man at the head stepped forward and squatted next to the little boy who was having fun playing in the mud.
"Agou, what happened to the sister Aye mentioned earlier who was killed by the Qingzhou Gang..."
"Uncle Tianmin, you're late again. Why do you come here after every fight? Sister Qingxue was rescued by us." The boy named Agou said scornfully.
Yu Tianmin smiled naively at him. He was originally from a farmer. Although he was tall and strong, he was not aggressive at all and liked to reason with others when something happened.
"Who is Sister Qingxue?"
"Sister Qingxue is Aunt Qingxue. She is more beautiful than the fairy in the painting. She gave us food and helped A Guo put his hair back into a bun. She looks so pretty," said a little girl.
"Then...where is Qingxue Azi?" Yu Tianmin became even more curious.
"Going to A Guo's house."
"oh……"
"By the way... what about the people from the Qingzhou Gang?"
"They couldn't beat Xiao Langjun and they all ran away. It was us who rescued Sister Qingxue."
"I see."
Yu Tianmin nodded doubtfully. He knew that some of the words of these little devils could be taken seriously.
Fortunately, we don't have to fight anymore today.
He picked up Aye and put it on his shoulders, and the other children followed their uncles and turned to go home.
The evening sun was just behind them, coating them with a warm golden color.
Although they still don't have enough to eat every day, they still work hard to live, hoping that tomorrow will still be a peaceful day.
…
Soon after, a carriage carried a doctor to the country of A. The kind old doctor diagnosed the pulse of A’s sick mother and wrote a prescription.
"Master doctor, this prescription is very expensive! I don't have money."
The doctor smiled warmly: "Ah, if you need medicine, just come to my pharmacy. My pharmacy is in Huayi nearby. Just ask Dr. Xue and someone will show you the way. I don't charge you."
"Thank you, grandpa."
After the little girl said that, he walked outside the door and sat on a big rock, holding his chin and looking at the sunset on the horizon.
That sunset glow is as beautiful as sister Qingxue's blush, and that brother named Xiao Langjun is also a good person.
I hope good things come to good people.
