Chapter 244: A year old famine, people eat each other!(1/2)
There is no rooster crowing for a hundred miles, and no one is in a thousand miles.
The tragic situation that I had heard of has become a reality, and the shock is unparalleled.
The grain transport teams from all directions were all shocked when walking in the empty and deserted wilderness. No matter what they were originally, they were as if their energy had been removed and they became silent.
Rabbits die and foxes hurt their species, and so do humans.
No one could see the tragic situation of his compatriots and remain indifferent, especially the civilians, yamen runners, and soldiers who transported food. Seeing these tragic scenes, they all thought of themselves.
In the face of natural disasters and man-made disasters, they were just lucky enough to have never been born in Deyang Prefecture, but if such a disaster falls on them, there will be no difference.
Powerless, depressed, sad, sad, panic...
The overwhelming negative emotions swept down, making Li Chuang almost unable to breathe.
Li Chuang is like this, and so are others.
The entire Deyang Prefecture seemed to have turned into a deadly purgatory.
Disaster relief has become particularly difficult.
On the desolate and dilapidated land, no one knows where the hungry people are, and no one knows whether there are still people living.
Grain transport teams came from Delin Mansion, Shunde Mansion, Mulin Mansion and other places, like lonely geese scattering in all directions, looking for hungry people and people.
It is also summarizing the disasters and casualties in Deyang Prefecture.
Any information can be summarized based on talents. In such an environment, even the elite warriors of the Jinyiwei and the Six Gate feel helpless.
In the past, they needed intelligence and just needed to find the strongholds stationed in various places to get what they wanted. In the end, they could also collect them from other people.
However, in such a deserted place that is almost uninhabited for thousands of miles, the methods of the past are useless and can only be collected with the most primitive means.
Search and visit inch by inch.
A huge porridge shed was built at the shade of the foot of a mountain. The smoke from cooking was spreading with the aroma of porridge and rice. Further away, a large number of civilians, yamen runners, and soldiers were building temporary residences.
Xu Wenji walked in the desolate, looking outside the porridge shed, a vast area of hungry people who were already inhumane, with sore eyes, but tears could no longer flow out.
"I remember, thirty-seven years ago, I entered the capital by the imperial edict and passed by Deyang Prefecture. At that time, Deyang Prefecture had thousands of rivers and thousands of hectares of fertile land. Although there were still people who could not eat enough and could not wear warm clothes, it was considered a rare good place in Qingzhou..."
Xu Wenji murmured to himself, as if he was saying that Yu Qiu was killing the fish, as if he was talking to himself, or to the nobles who lived in the temple thousands of miles away.
"The Deyang Prefecture was ranked among the top three in Qingzhou prefectures. It had tens of thousands of hectares of fertile soil, a population of tens of millions, and a lot of money and food..."
Looking at the older and hunched old man beside him, Qiu Zhanyu's voice was a little hoarse and his heart was sore and uncomfortable.
Even if I saw many harsh Jinyiwei, after entering Deyang Mansion, many people could not bear it and yelled wildly, as if they were crazy.
Surrounded by water, raised by thousands of rivers, and living in Qingzhou Mingzhu, now that tens of millions of people, has become like this, who can remain indifferent?
Perhaps many years later, everything that happened at this moment would only be the cold six words "The year is famine, people eat each other." But at this moment, it is still the wailing of millions of people...
Looking at the seemingly many outside the porridge shed, but far fewer victims than I imagined, the two of them were speechless for a moment.
Especially Qiu Zhanyu, until he arrived at Deyang Mansion, he still didn't believe that the disaster in Deyang Mansion would lead to the loss of dozens or millions of people fled.
"This is a natural disaster, but also a man-made disaster."
Qiu Zhanyu's face turned pale and he almost wanted to kill someone:
"Is it Liansheng's teaching again?!"
The disaster in Deyang Prefecture was not overnight, but lasted for more than two years.
But for such a long time, no matter the officials of Deyang Prefecture, the constables of Liushemen, or the secret son of the Jinyiwei, there was no word.
There is no other family in Qingzhou who can have such a method besides Liansheng Education.
Xu Wenji did not speak, and walked a few steps. Before he reached a fast horse that had just arrived, the knight on the horse pulled down, holding a thin blind child in his arms.
This is the first child he has seen since he entered Deyang Prefecture.
"Sir, this child was discovered by Bei Zhi in a cave not far away..."
What else the knight wanted to say? Xu Wenji had already bent down and handed the pancake in his arms to the child, gently stroked his skinny body, and asked:
"Why are you in the cave?"
"...My father, my father took me there, he said there were many bad people outside, and he took me and my mother to hide in the cave..."
The thin blind child chewed the cake and said in a speechless manner.
"Where is your parents?"
"I don't know... Later I couldn't see it. My father said that my mother went to another place. Later, my father left, leaving me some meat and fishy water..."
The blind boy said.
"grown ups."
The knight felt unbearable, so he stepped forward and lowered his voice:
"In the cave, there are indeed two corpses of a man and a woman, as well as some smoked traces. It should be the father of this child who poked his eyes blinded, and then..."
"Stop talking!"
Qiu Zhanyu shouted softly and held Xu Wenji.
"Where is Nie Wen Cave?"
Xu Wenji pushed him away with a expressionless face.
"The terrain of Deyang Prefecture is complicated. After Lord Nie left a porridge shed for food relief here, he went south.
He kept the porridge sheds along the way. Calculate the time, he should have arrived near Deyang Prefecture City at this time. Deyang Prefecture City was the most prosperous before. Even if there is a major disaster, he can hold on..."
The knight bowed and responded.
Qiu Zhanyu's brows frowned very deeply.
In order to clean up the power of the four masters, he and Xu Wenji came later. It was not until the four masters were completely defeated that the two brought people to Deyang Prefecture.
Before this, disaster relief was carried out to wipe out Nie Wen Cave in Changliu Mountain. Many of the porridge sheds they saw along the way were kept by him.
"Is Deyang Prefecture City?"
Xu Wenji nodded and asked his subordinates to take care of the porridge shed and refugees here, and to go to Deyang Mansion with Qiu Zhanyu.
Before getting on the horse, Xu Wenji looked back at the desolate and messy place behind him, and felt sad and unspeakable.
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Leaving food, the group walked quickly, and as they approached Deyang Prefecture, the number of people gradually increased. When they saw Deyang Prefecture City from afar, Xu Wenji suddenly stopped.
Wow ~
The others stopped.
Xu Wenji turned over and dismounted and walked to the nearest porridge shed. There were many refugees gathering here, but they were much better than what they saw when they came, at least not without any slightest scoop.
However, there are still dishes.
After seeing the large pot of cooking porridge and rice, Xu Wenji did not say a word. Qiu Zhanyu fell off the chopsticks. The porridge and rice in the pot were very thick, and the chopsticks stood up one by one.
"There seems to be no problem with this porridge?"
Qiu Zhanyu stretched his eyebrows.
Chopsticks float and heads fall to the ground. These porridges are cooked in compliance with legal and legal manner, and there is no mistake in finding any mistakes.
"I'll ask you, who set up this porridge shed and when was it set up? How many pots of rice can be cooked every day, and how many victims can I help?"
Xu Wenji looked at the man who was cooking porridge and rice and asked in a deep voice.
"ah?"
I heard the question suddenly, and the man's body shook, a little flustered, and speechless:
"I, I..."
"Xilulu!"
Suddenly, the sound of a horse neighing came from a distance. When the man heard it, his whole body shook. The refugees nearby were also shocked and knelt down one after another.
Even if it is holding a bowl of porridge, it is no exception.
call!
A group of knights came hurriedly and saw Xu Wenji and his group from afar. The middle-aged man in front of him looked tight, then he got off his horse and walked quickly. Before he could reach his head, he knelt down:
"Student An Sizhi, pay homage to Mr. Xu!"
"Master of Deyang Palace, An Sizhi."
When they heard this name, the people behind Xu Wenji looked cold. Even Qiu Zhanyu, who had always been steady, almost wanted to draw his sword to kill him.
"Think about it, be careful, the name is excellent..."
Xu Wenji looked at him expressionlessly and asked the four questions he had asked the man before.
"Well…"
An Sizhi's expression changed slightly, and he responded quickly, responding:
To be continued...