"Folks, please come out," Li Shuangxi felt happy when he walked in and shouted towards the house.
The next moment, someone inside recognized Li Shuangxi's identity and shouted Li Shuangxi's name excitedly. Then they asked why Li Shuangxi came, and finally followed Li Shuangxi out of the room.
It was getting late, and Lu Yunyou, who was standing outside the door, could only vaguely see the faces of those people, but the smell brought out by those people from the darkroom was still very obvious. If there were not vents in the darkroom, the smell of feces would probably be even more overwhelming.
"Village Chief, it was the adults who asked me to rescue you. Please don't be afraid, everyone. The adults won't hurt us." Instead of covering his nose, Li Shuangxi walked in and helped an old man. Based on the previous exchange with Lu Yunyou, After a conversation, he had already concluded that Lu Yunyou was not a vicious person. Out of his trust in Lu Yunyou, he never thought about the possibility of Lu Yunyou harming the villagers. Instead, he expected Lu Yunyou to help them.
"General, let's go farther away first," Yu Tong, who couldn't bear the smell, reminded him quickly when he saw that Li Shuangxi had already brought the people out.
The next moment, Lu Yunyou nodded and walked away first, and then continued to pay attention to the situation in the ancestral hall. When the people inside came out, Lu Yunyou saw the faces of those people one by one. Sure enough, as Li Shuangxi said, they were all old people, but To Lu Yunyou's surprise, two children, one boy and one girl, came out at the end, hiding timidly behind the old people.
Thinking of the outcome of the two children staying in the darkroom, Lu Yunyou couldn't help but feel a sense of compassion. For a moment, his mood was so complicated that it was beyond words.
"Folks, this is the adult I told you about. It was the adult who asked me to rescue you all!" Outside, Li Shuangxi pointed to the white-haired Lu Yunyou and introduced him directly to the villagers.
"Thank you, sir, for saving my life." Then, under Li Shuangxi's prompting, a group of people, led by the village chief, knelt down to Lu Yunyou and kowtowed to Lu Yunyou. Especially the two children at the back, who were frightened. He kept paying homage to Lu Yunyou.
"Everyone, please get up." Seeing so many old men kneeling towards him, Lu Yunyou couldn't bear it anymore and immediately asked everyone to get up. However, because of the smell, he did not go over to help those people up.
"Everyone, please get up." Fortunately, Li Shuangxi was very smart and helped the village chief next to him up, and then went to help others. Now Li Shuangxi had placed all his hopes on Lu Yunyou, whom he had only known for less than half a day. I wholeheartedly hope that Lu Yunyou can save those villagers.
"Lieutenant General Yu, go to General Wang and tell him to arrange two houses for these villagers." After a brief consideration, Lu Yunyou ordered Yu Tong next to him. Since these villagers have been rescued, he naturally cannot ignore them.
"Yes," Yu Tong agreed, with a strange look in his eyes. In fact, he didn't quite agree with Lu Yunyou's approach, but he couldn't disobey his order.
"Brother Li, please tell the villagers about the current situation first. I will take the others to wait there and come to me after you have negotiated." Looking at the elderly villagers, in addition to feeling great sympathy, Lu Yunyou also Thinking of many problems, if he really wanted to help them, he had to start with the fundamental problem first, but the problem of animal infestation was not so easy to solve, so he needed to think about it first.
It was getting late and late, so Wang Yihou had better arrange food and lodging as soon as possible. In addition, Lu Yunyou also wanted to know about the situation at General Xing's side.
"Don't worry, sir. I will make it clear to the villagers as soon as possible." Lu Yunyou's explanation made Li Shuangxi even happier. Li Shuangxi really wanted to make the situation clear to the villagers.
"General, do you plan to take in those villagers?" Zhang Jiutian asked Lu Yunyou directly about his plans from a distance.
"Yeah," Lu Yunyou nodded, not denying it.
"But I'm afraid General Xing and General Wang won't agree. If the general really wants to do this, won't it affect our going to Qucheng to collect food?" Not long ago, Zhang Jiutian also thought of many questions, and most of the things he thought about were Lu Yunyou Issues under consideration.
"Brother Zhang, if it were you, would you choose to die without saving him?" Facing Zhang Jiutian's inquiry, Lu Yunyou didn't care how difficult the solution to the problem was, but wanted to know Zhang Jiutian's attitude.
"Since the general intends to save those villagers, why should he care about my opinion? Zhang is just a junior deputy general," Zhang Jiutian looked troubled, and he really didn't know how to answer Lu Yunyou.
"Then what do you think, how can I help those villagers?" Seeing that Zhang Jiutian was unwilling to talk, Lu Yunyou had to change the topic.
"It's best to say hello to the other two generals first, so that if any problems arise in the future, the two generals will blame you." Seeing Lu Yunyou's resolute attitude, Zhang Jiutian had no choice but to follow Lu Yunyou's ideas. explain.
"You said it quite lightly, but what if they don't agree with my approach from the beginning?" Lu Yunyou frowned.
"The general can only be prepared to bear any consequences." With no other choice, Zhang Jiutian said helplessly: "The general must also know that it is not easy for us to go to Qu and Qin cities to collect food. According to the guide's instructions, Speaking of which, I think the city lord of Qucheng disappeared without a trace long ago after hearing the news of our army’s arrival.”
"If this is true, we can bring all the villagers into the city." Following Zhang Jiutian's inference, Lu Yunyou thought of the idea of placing the villagers in the city, and said with great certainty: "In my opinion, many people in Qucheng have already followed If the city lord flees, there should be many empty houses."
"Next, we will split up. You will be responsible for bringing together the surviving villagers from nearby villages. I will be responsible for leading people to Qucheng to find out the situation. If the situation in the city is as you and I said, I will send someone to inform you. You, and then you bring all the villagers to the city." Without waiting for Zhang Jiutian to speak, Lu Yunyou continued: "I think Vice General Yu is not interested in these things, and it is hard to say about other generals. After I lead the troops and leave, what will happen here It’s most appropriate to leave it to you!”
"The general must think that Zhang is easy to bully?" Unexpectedly, Lu Yunyou thought of a solution so quickly. With a raised eyebrow, Zhang Jiutian suddenly wanted to make a joke with Lu Yunyou.
"Why not?" Lu Yunyou responded tacitly, and then he and Zhang Jiutian burst into laughter. In fact, when Zhang Jiutian expressed his attitude just now, Lu Yunyou had already thought of a countermeasure. Now that Zhang Jiutian asked him, he could naturally answer smoothly. come out.
According to Lu Yunyou's speculation, since there are villagers in Orchid Village who choose to stay, there should be people in other villages who have not left. People in Orchid Village may have some knowledge about this matter and can ask those villagers for help.
"General, Li Shuangxi is here," while the two were laughing, Zhang Jiutian noticed that Li Shuangxi was helping an old man come over.
"Sir, this is Mr. Hong, the head of Lanhua Village," Li Shuangxi introduced the identity of the old man next to him to Lu Yunyou as he approached.
"See you, my lord." Immediately afterwards, Mr. Hong knelt down to Lu Yunyou again. Under the dim light, his body was trembling, and he needed help to even stand, let alone kneel down. Even so, the old man still Looking at Lu Yunyou sincerely, he said, "I heard from Shuangxi that you are a benevolent and righteous person, so I boldly begged you on behalf of the villagers of Lanhua Village to help me and other villagers escape their suffering."
After finishing a sentence, Mr. Hong gasped for breath. It was obvious that it was difficult for him to speak normally in his current situation.
"Sir, Mr. Hong is sincere. You must never abandon us villagers. As long as you are willing to help the villagers, from now on, I am willing to serve you all my life, working hard and never complaining." In order to save the villagers , Li Shuangxi, a seven-foot tall man, knelt down directly to Lu Yunyou.
"Brother Li, get up quickly. I didn't say I won't help you." While helping Mr. Hong and responding to Li Shuangxi, Lu Yunyou suddenly felt like he was overwhelmed with work. However, Zhang Jiutian kept standing beside him. He neither spoke nor came to help, just like an idler.
"Thank you, sir." After receiving Lu Yunyou's reply, Li Shuangxi bowed three times before standing up with a smile. Excited, he shouted directly to the old man beside him: "Mr. Hong, with your help, everyone will be saved!"
"I'm here to thank you for your great kindness on behalf of the villagers." Mr. Hong was also very excited. Just after he finished speaking, he started panting violently. He almost couldn't breathe, which surprised Lu Yunyou.
"Brother Zhang, go and see if Vice General Yu has asked General Wang to arrange a place for Mr. Hong and the others. I will walk around the village with them." After turning around and telling Zhang Jiutian, Lu Yunyou looked at Mr. Hong and Li Shuangxi again. Said: "If Mr. Hong's physical condition is okay, you might as well lead me around the village and tell me about the situation in other villages."
"Promise," Zhang Jiutian turned around and left.
After Zhang Jiutian left, Mr. Hong and Li Shuangxi kept telling Lu Yunyou about the situation in Lanhua Village and the surrounding villages. The situation in the villages was changing too fast. Even as an outsider, after hearing those bad things When things happened one after another, Lu Yunyou couldn't help but feel sad. Unfortunately, what happened in the past had happened. Now all he could do was to gather all the surviving villagers from ten miles and eight villages together, and then make plans.
Time passed little by little. After Mr. Hong and Li Shuangxi finished talking about the situation nearby, Lu Yunyou was a little hungry when he smelled the fragrance of rice. Thinking that Mr. Hong and Li Shuangxi might both be hungry, He asked the two of them to take him back
