Having never seen such a battle before, Baili Xingran was at a loss for a moment. Standing at the front of the car with his hand on the hilt of his sword, he paused as he looked at the crowd of villagers in front of him.
"What's going on?" Yu Qingzhi opened the curtain and poked her head out.
But the moment she saw the villager, she was stunned.
There were more and more villagers, and they actually surrounded their carriage in the middle. Even though these people are all so skinny, gathering so many people together still makes people’s hearts tremble.
There will be so many refugees!
"The Jiangnan area has always been wealthy, how could this happen?" Yu Qingzhi didn't understand, and of course Baili Xingran didn't understand even more.
Seeing Yu Qingzhi sticking her head out, he quickly stood in front of their carriage, subconsciously protecting Yu Qingzhi behind him. After the shock, his hand still did not leave the hilt of the sword. Although they seemed to be just a group of ordinary refugees, even so, he did not dare to take them lightly.
After hearing the noise, Feng Yanli rushed over. He frowned and quickly stuffed Yu Qingzhi into the carriage. Su'er, he and Baili Xingran looked at each other. The two of them slowly stepped out of the carriage. After looking around, they ordered Mo Yan to take out the only things on the carriage.
Although they purchased a lot of things at the station some time ago, for these villagers, it was just a drop in the ocean.
Seeing the long-lost food, the villagers who were just standing and watching from a distance instantly broke their guard and almost swarmed forward to grab what Mo Yan had just put down. The crazy battle, which was almost a scramble, suddenly made the supposedly quiet carriage road noisy.
But, this kind of noise is not good.
Although Feng Baoyue was extremely frightened, when she heard the noise, she couldn't help but secretly opened the curtain and peeked out. But this time, it was a coincidence that the same pair of eyes met. They were a pair of red eyes of an old woman. If you look closely, she was carrying a half-year-old child on her back. I don’t know how long it had been since they had eaten anything normal. The child’s mouth was open but his voice was small and hoarse, as if he had cried all his tears for a long time.
This time Feng Baoyue did not retract her head, and a faint feeling of distress arose from the fear in her heart. She didn't know what was going on, but she subconsciously stretched out her hand, but the old woman seemed to have seen something that could survive, and she went crazy and stabbed Feng Baoyue.
"What are you doing!" Baili Xingran should have stood aside and stared at the scrambling villagers to prevent anything unexpected from Yu Qingzhi and the others.
But the moment he turned sideways, he really saw this scene. He rushed over and stood in front of Feng Baoyue. He glared at the old woman, but still gave her the dry food in his hand. Seeing this, the old woman was afraid that someone would snatch it from her, so she quickly took the dry food from his hand and hid behind a nearby tree to gnaw. But even so, she never forgot the child behind her.
The child couldn't eat solid food, so she found a sharp stone from the ground, opened a slit with her finger, and fed the blood to it.
"ah!"
Feng Baoyue saw this scene clearly, and her eyes widened in horror. It was the first time she knew that there was such a purgatory. Thinking of the luxurious life I had lived in, I regretted not bringing my personal maid to wash my clothes before setting off. But after seeing this scene, she suddenly felt at a loss.
Baili Xingran obviously knew that she had seen it, and he didn't say anything. He just silently moved a few steps to the side so that Feng Baoyue could no longer see her.
No matter how much food they had on their carriage, they could not deal with this large group of villagers. What was even more terrifying was that more people came during the time they were distributing food.
As the number of villagers increases, even they can no longer bear it.
Feng Yanli and Baili Xingran looked at each other, then he personally set up the carriage, threw the last bit of food on the ground, and saw the right opportunity to retreat their carriage from the surrounding villagers.
The carriage had gone a long way, and they did not dare to stop at will. It was not until it was getting dark and they finally saw the city gate that the carriage slowed down. Everyone was worried along the way. What just happened seemed like a purgatory on earth, and people had to care.
The group of people didn’t say a word, everyone was pretentious. It wasn't until they stopped at an inn in the city that they felt relieved.
"Why are there so many refugees? It doesn't look like there's a disaster here." Yu Qingzhi was not in the mood to eat. She held chopsticks in one hand, looked at the fresh food on the plate, and thought of the endless stream of people today. The villagers who came here had no appetite at all.
Feng Yanli was also puzzled, "Logically speaking, if a disaster occurs, it will be reported to the emperor, and then the food reserves will be separated from the treasury and officials will be dispatched to escort the relief food to local areas for distribution. It is absolutely impossible."Such a scene appeared. "
"To be honest, I have never heard of such a serious disaster from Grandpa Zaihuang." Feng Baoyue was also unexpectedly unable to eat.
Although she said she could not interfere in state affairs, she had been with Emperor Feng for a long time, so she knew something about it. It stands to reason that when such a serious disaster occurs, she will more or less hear the news from Emperor Feng. It is absolutely impossible for her to not know any news.
If it didn’t happen recently, then
"Judging from today's situation, the situation in those villagers has been going on for a long time, at least March or May." Baili Xingyu also seemed worried. He glanced at Feng Yanli and continued: "It seems that it is Some people don’t report the truth.”
"You mean, the local officials deliberately did not report the matter?" Feng Baoyue seemed to understand, but was not completely sure: "If this is really the case, what good will it do to them? Moreover, if it is really a disaster Therefore, the longer it is delayed, the more disadvantageous it will be to him."
Even if there is some leftover, there will be a time when it is all eaten up.
She has seen many corrupt officials in the past. They will always report disasters like this to Emperor Feng, and they can exaggerate as much as possible. It is best to get multiple times of relief from Emperor Feng. After that, although they will distribute the relief food, they will inevitably deduct a lot from it to satisfy their greed.
But now, she has never heard of such a situation of not reporting the truth.
"I asked someone before. I don't know the specific situation, but what I heard is closely related to the Caobang." Yu Qingzhi took a sip of tea and frowned, "Look, I heard from the waiter in that shop before. The 'Jiangnan area is not peaceful' I heard originally refers to this incident."
After saying that, Yu Qingzhi suddenly stood up and said, "I'd better go find out more. After all, we don't know the situation here, just in case"
"I'll go with you this time." Feng Yanli also stood up and looked at him as if it was impossible to leave Yu Qingzhi alone again. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com