PDLP Chapter 162 Disaster City
Chapter 162 Disaster City
It was getting dark when Luo Yu remembered that there were two little guys waiting at the city gate.
The three of them made a special trip to the city gate to look for someone.
Mei Zhengyan and Mei Yaoer squatted in a corner by the wall, pressed tightly together. Mei Yaoer held her brother's hand and said softly, "Brother, will my sister and the others come?"
"It should come."
"But it's dark now, and they haven't come yet."
"Today is not over yet, my sisters will definitely come."
"Well, my sisters are so kind. They gave us delicious cakes. They were sweet and delicious."
Luo Yu and Qin Bingrui, who were standing not far away, looked at each other, walked over together and called the names of the two little guys.
"Mei Zhengyan, Mei Yaoer, sister is here to pick you up."
Murong stood by and watched the two people walk towards the two little guys, and couldn't help shaking his head. Perhaps, this was their true nature.
After sending the two little ones to the inn, Qin Bingrui immediately moved out all his unwashed clothes.
If it weren't for the pile of dirty clothes, he might have forgotten about the two little guys.
Although raising children is free these days, it cannot be done for free.
Master Murong: ...
The next morning, Luo Yu drank half a bowl of porridge and ate half a steamed bun, which barely filled his stomach.
"Let's go to Wangzhou City, the sooner the better."
Murong and Qin Bingrui agreed in unison.
Ye Yucheng finally understood that although Miss Qin was decisive in her work, it was Miss Bai who came up with most of the ideas in the end, and Miss Qin was happy to listen to her.
Ye Yucheng sent ten people to follow them to Wangzhou, and the rest stayed in Pingshan County to receive the goods.
Xiaomei and her brother also wanted to go with them, but Luo Qi arranged for them to wait for them at the inn.
A group of people set off in carriages and on horses. Fortunately, there was enough spare rations in the carriages, which was enough for everyone to eat for a few days if they saved some.
Along the way, the grass and trees grew quite well, and no matter how dilapidated the city in the south was, it did not look desolate.
Ye Yucheng is a serious person and doesn't like to talk.
Young Master Murong has always been a man of few words, and he rarely speaks a word unless it is something important.
Luo Yu was so bored sitting in the carriage that he took out his pen and ink and started to draw the manuscript. He would then take the manuscript to Jiangzhou and give it to Bai Lingyi to continue the serialization.
There are so many things to do.
Qin Bingrui can't stop talking, he feels uncomfortable when he stops.
"Master Murong, where are you from? Did following us delay your return? You see, we're pretty miserable right now. We don't have enough to eat or sleep every day, and we don't know if there's any prey we can catch along the way to make a delicious meal."
Murong didn't want to answer her. He felt that she was just asking casually and didn't really want to understand him at all.
Ye Yucheng took the initiative to reply to her: "How could there be prey on the road? All the edible four-legged prey must have been eaten by the disaster victims."
"Haha, I didn't expect Lord Ye to be so humorous. You said there are so many of you and you didn't bring more dry food. Are you planning to eat all the food Sister Luo Yu and I prepared? You have no experience in going out to fight, and your equipment is not complete. Each person should at least prepare a large backpack to pack their own belongings and food, so that if you get lost from the team, you won't be left alone and get into trouble."
"It seems that Miss Qin has a lot of practical experience."
"Nonsense, brother, no, I've been out here for years, even before I was ten. I have all sorts of experience. If I were a man, would I be hunted down by those men in black? I would have killed them all long ago."
"Miss Qin is indeed courageous. You are quite impressive as a woman."
"That's right. It's a pity that there are no armies composed of women now, otherwise I would definitely be a female general."
"..."
Murong couldn't help but smile. Miss Qin and her group's ideas were too advanced for most people to accept. If there really was an army composed of women, not only would Miss Qin be able to become a female general, she might even be able to form an elite army.
After walking for nearly an hour, figures began to appear on the official road that was originally deserted.
There are more and more people, and it is getting denser and denser.
It turned out to be a huge group of disaster victims rushing to Wangzhou City to beg for food. Some were pushing carts, some were carrying loads, and some were holding toddlers...
When the group saw the carriage, they all stopped and turned their heads towards them.
But no one thought of giving them a way out.
"He's from the government."
Someone recognized the official uniform of the Imperial City Bureau.
The crowd began to bustle.
"The official's carriage must have food."
Someone whispered something, and some people began to become restless. There were always some bold ones in the crowd who wanted to take advantage of the situation to rob. After all, there were only about ten officials this time, and they were not afraid at all.
Qin Bingrui sensed something was wrong and whispered to Master Murong, "They're trying to bully the minority with their numbers, aren't they?"
Murong said in a low voice, "Some of them are refugees. They hide among the crowds, causing unrest, and then take advantage of the confusion to sneak in."
"You know a lot." Luo Yu leaned his head out and handed the manual crossbow to Qin Bingrui.
Qin Bingrui took the crossbow and shouted to the crowd: "Get out of my way, or I will kill you without mercy."
"There's food in their carriages. These officials are no good. They're specifically embezzling the relief food..."
A man buried his head and spread rumors among the crowd, creating panic.
Before he could finish his words, the man raised his head and was shot in the throat by an arrow shot by Qin Bingrui.
He fell to the ground with a scream of "Ah", blood splattered everywhere, and he died.
Young Master Murong and Ye Yucheng were secretly surprised that Miss Qin could actually find out who was speaking among the dense crowd of people.
How did he identify it?
"Everyone, do you see this? If anyone creates unnecessary panic again, this will be the outcome."
The victims who were originally crowded on the official road and unwilling to give way, retreated to both sides, and soon made way.
Qin Bingrui whipped the horse whip and sped up the carriage.
It took a quarter of an hour just to squeeze out of the dense crowd. Luo Yu opened the curtains and looked around secretly. There were at least 20,000 disaster victims along the way.
It should be the victims from various villages, towns and counties who gathered together. Some big families were led by their leaders, so they retreated much more quickly.
Some unled refugees mixed in with the crowd, deliberately creating chaos.
Wangzhou City seems to be under a lot of pressure.
As the carriage emerged from the crowd, Qin Bingrui called out again, "Everyone, listen carefully. The prefect will find ways to provide assistance and accept any organized and disciplined groups. However, as for those refugees who have infiltrated the crowd and committed crimes, you'd better clear them out yourself and not bring trouble upon everyone else."
Even if some people have lost their household registration, they should not act recklessly as long as they have relatives to testify.
The most frightening thing is that they have nothing. They are a group of evil people. Even if they become refugees, they will not let others have an easy life.
Fortunately, everyone still values their lives and no one dares to cause real unrest.
After driving for another hour, there were fewer people on the road.
It's already noon.
Luo Yu took out the steamed buns made at the Pingshan County Inn and gave one to each person.
Fortunately, they bought a lot of smoked meat, so Luo Yu put the cut smoked meat in the steamed bun and ate it with great relish.
I wanted to pick up a piece of meat for each of them, but Qin Bingrui shook his head and refused.
"Sister, there are only twelve men here, and if each of them gets a piece of meat, the meat we have won't be enough for several meals. You are the weakest, so you should eat it slowly by yourself."
After saying that, he put two pieces of meat into the steamed bun.
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