In the evening, Tian Jing returned home from outside.

It is said to be home, but in fact it is just a corner of a shack in Xiaochanggan, where many displaced refugees gather, and the environment is extremely messy. The four corners of the stone slabs and the walls made of bamboo branches and withered grass are only used to block the wind, but in fact, they are just as cold inside and out.

As soon as he entered the room, he found that there were only a few broken bamboo branches left on one side of the grass wall, and the cold wind was pouring in from there, and an unkempt woman was blocking the gap with her body, and in the haystack on the ground, an old woman was lying there half-asleep and muttering dreams.

Seeing this scene, Tian Jing's face suddenly became gloomy, even if he didn't ask, he knew that the hay that pasted the wall was stolen by which one to keep warm. In this long winter, it is difficult to find a piece of wood around Gyeonggi, and although there are mountains and forests in the distance, it is a long way to go back and forth, and second, the imperial court strictly prohibits private households from cutting down.

Seeing that the woman was blocking the gap with her body and holding the old mother's feet in her arms, Tian Jing's originally slightly cold eyes became softer, and he turned around and felt a clay pot more than two feet high in the corner of the wall, and stuffed a few handfuls of hay into it.

"Mother, it's time to eat."

The eight-foot man took the old woman in his arms, and at the same time pulled the young woman inside, and the smoldering clay pot was stuffed between the two women's bodies, Tian Jing himself blocked the gap, and threw two pieces of cold and hard rough dough into the clay pot.

"You're hurt again?"

The young woman saw Tian Jing's left half of her body twitching faintly, and asked with a worried face. The opening is Wu Yin, which is different from Tian Jing's Jiangbei Liangzhou accent.

"Out of the way, thank you for your hard work!"

Tian Jing sat in the gap, the cold wind slapped on his back, like a knife, although he was numb from the cold, it still made him feel cold from the bottom of his heart, and his expression when he looked at the young woman couldn't help but soften: "I really want to thank you, if you don't take care of me, my aunt and she are only afraid of ......."

"Ah Zhi is a good lady, you have to treat her well......"

The old woman's mouth was a little vague, the young woman didn't understand much, but after Tian Jing heard this, her face couldn't help but be a little shy, and her eyes fell on the young woman's face uncontrollably. Although she is only unkempt, it can still be seen that this woman has a good face, and there is a charm that is not found in the cold people.

The old woman had eaten half of the bread and fell asleep in a warm clay pot.

The young woman held the bread in her hand and shrunk in the corner obediently, making room for Tian Jing. Tian Jing didn't go over, he got out of the shack, wandered for a while, grabbed a few hay, and some people rushed out to scold and stop them, but when they saw Tian Jing's burly figure and fierce eyes, they just shouted and didn't dare to step forward.

When she returned to the shack and blocked the gap, the old woman's breathing was sometimes dull and sometimes low, which showed that the situation was very bad. Tian Jing covered his face with both hands, let out a long sigh of grief, his arm was suddenly clicked a little, he looked up, and saw the young woman holding half a piece of bread and handing it to him: "Here you go." ”

From the end of the year to the beginning of the year, the old woman did not survive after all, just like the sick and weak people in the other shacks, and filled in the stone hill on the outskirts of the city.

The dead are gone forever, but there is no silence in the shacks, and there are always people filling in the vacant mess.

Human life is really cheap!

Tian Jing is going out less and less, on the one hand to avoid consumption, and on the other hand, it is becoming more and more difficult to forage. The imperial court was unable to provide disaster relief at all, and the big families had no money and food to shade the population, and the people in their shacks seemed to have been forgotten by the world, so they could only wait here numbly for death.

No matter how strong a man is, he can't help but run out of food for days. Especially Tian Jing, a northland streamer who had long been disgusted with people, and when he fell ill, he was quickly driven away by the people of Zuojin, although those people could not benefit from this, but the desperate violence accumulated for a long time always needed to be vented.

In the face of desperation, women show much more resilience than men. She was already skinny, but she dragged Tian Jing's wide skeleton to find a small nest in the rarely visited high hill. The nest was just a depression in the back of the boulder, and the woman dug a shallow pit with her bare hands, and the two of them lay down here waiting to die.

How long can a person live without food? Tian Jing no longer had the concept of time, he didn't even have the strength to raise his head, but he whispered from time to time: "Ah Zhi Niangzi? ”

"I'm here......" The lady's breath was faint, but she still responded.

Tian Jing looked at the gloomy sky, and his tone was a little melancholy: "I really didn't expect that I would starve to death...... My family was originally a large sect in Hanzhong, and those miscellaneous beards were also my slaves...... Thirteen mounted on horses to fight thieves, and fifteen were vertical and horizontal...... Alas, what do I do with my lady talking to me...... It's a pity that I couldn't treat you well after all...... The lady should also be a Jiangdong family, right? I didn't want to send you away for a while, but now I have caused my wife to die with me......"

The woman mustered all her strength, turned over and grabbed Tian Jing's arm: "I am willing, I am willing to die here in the same hole...... What kind of family is the servant, just the palace people who escaped in the garden...... Lang Jun has never harmed me, you, you are the first-class gentleman in the world......"

When Tian Jing heard this, as if he had received the greatest praise, he grabbed the woman, and before he could say anything, there was only a hoarse sound in his throat. He felt the woman's breath weakening and weakening, the only heat he had dissipated rapidly, the tide of grief rushing over his heart, his limbs tensed, and his mouth let out a terrible roar.

"There are still living people there......"

When he was unconscious, Tian Jing felt several figures rushing over, as if looking at his body, and then his teeth were pried open, and a bamboo tube was stuffed into his mouth, and even the extremely sweet rice milk flowed into his dry throat. As if in a dream, he greedily sucked a few mouthfuls, then grabbed the bamboo pipe and shouted vaguely: "Lady, lady......"

I don't know how long it took, Tian Jing's consciousness gradually woke up, he opened his eyes, a bright light filled the field of vision, and after a while, the lines gradually appeared in the bright light, and then outlined a human form.

Standing in front of him was a handsome young man with a golden crown dressed in a blue robe, and the young man looked at him condescendingly with his hands behind his back. Behind him, there are several elite armor soldiers guarding him, and the soldiers exude a strong fierce and murderous aura, although Tian Jing's strength is not low, but he is afraid that he may not be able to be more brave than these guards in his heyday.

"Pavilion, Your Excellency, is it the true monarch of hell?"

Tian Jing was surprised in his heart, he didn't know where he was, and he asked questions with a delay.

"Haha......"

As soon as these words came out, a series of laughter suddenly sounded in the left near, and the corners of the young man's mouth were also smiling, and a guard behind him stepped forward and said loudly: "Open your eyes wide, this one is Shen Hou, the commander of the horses!" Marquis Shen received the edict and served as the governor of the south of the capital, and oversaw the relief matters south of the big truss. If it weren't for Shen Hou escorting Wu Zhongzi to the north in time, how could you Han Ling still have your life in ......"

The sergeant said a lot, Tian Jing didn't know why, the only thing he was sure of was that he was not dead, in ecstasy, his mind turned again, and his body bounced up: "How is my lady......"

"Presumptuous!"

A sergeant stepped forward and slapped Tian Jing down with a flick of the back of his knife.

"Rest in peace, if you are lucky enough not to die, your family will always be reunited."

The young man took a step back and instructed the scribe behind him, "Since the man has woken up, enter his place of origin and settle it later." ”

The group quickly left here, and after a while, Tian Jing's drowsy mind gradually became clear, and he also saw where he was. It was a large adobe house, with excellent wind protection, and a blazing brazier was placed in the four corners of the room, which baked the whole room warm, a world away from the cold wind of the previous day.

There were many wooden couches in this room, covered with thick linen felt, and the wooden couches were full of people. Many people were lying on the couch laughing and chatting, probably because the good luck was good, and the hearts of the people were calm, and a middle-aged man next to him patted the young man on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, kid, Shen Hou has returned to the capital, and we are finally looking forward to living!" Shen Hou also said just now, as long as you are lucky enough not to die, you can be reunited sooner or later. Now it's a separate camp for men and women, and no matter how fierce you shout, you won't be able to see your lady. ”

"Shen, Shen Hou? Is that the noble man Lang Jun just now? But, however, how can it be like a dream? ”

Hearing Tian Jing say this, everyone next to him laughed: "This kid probably doesn't know the name of Shen Hou yet!" ”

"It's not his fault! The horse rode back to the capital on the same day, how is it not a dream. ”

"Yes, the horses don't come out, and there is no one in Jiangdong! On the same day, Gao Yi retired and returned to his hometown, and the princes of Taichung talked empty-handedly, but in the end, it was difficult for the horse to resign from the country, and he returned to save the people on a snowy night! ”

Speaking of the colt Shen Hou, everyone in the room opened the conversation one by one. Hearing those exciting gossip for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, Tian Jing finally determined that he was not dreaming, but was really saved!

Thinking of the young man just now, Tian Jing's mood gradually became complicated, because he had something on his mind, he didn't join in the discussion of others.

After two days of recuperation in this room, Tian Jing gradually recovered some of his vitality, and he begged the soldiers every day to see his wife. Now that his mother has also died, only the lady who volunteered to die with Ah Zhi is his only concern, and he can't be sure of the safety of the lady, and his mood is always high.

But the lady didn't see it, but he saw the righteous horse who saved all the people again.

Although it was only two days, it was like a world away for Tian Jing, Xiao Changgan's original messy shacks were gone, replaced by orderly adobe houses, the roads became neat and clean, a cauldron was erected at every intersection, and there was a raging flame below, the cauldron was boiling with broken bones, the soup was filled with oil flowers and people could take it, and the whole camp was filled with a faint smell of bones.

The weather has gradually warmed up, and there are many short brown men in the camp, led by the sergeant, shuttling through the camp to carry various supplies. There are still many frostbite remnants on their exposed hands and feet, but their faces have always been filled with the happiness of the rest of their lives, even if they are tired and sweating, they still can't stop smiling heartily from time to time, and there is no longer the death and anger that permeated the whole body in the disaster.

The soldiers who led the way led Tian Jing into a brick attic, and before entering, Tian Jing was searched again, and when he entered the room, he saw many scribes sitting in the room, each buried in a large number of cases. It wasn't until he went up to the second floor that he saw the Shen Hou again.

"A criminal pawn in Liyang, a fugitive maid in the garden, his life is very hard!"

That Shen Hou was only wearing fashionable clothes, his hair was casually tied in a loose bun, and he sat in the main hall and exuded a confidence that could not be refused. When Tian Jing came up, he held a scroll in his hand, looked at Tian Jing and said with a smile.

When Tian Jing heard this, cold sweat suddenly gushed out from his forehead, and he knelt on the ground with a plop and said in a trembling voice: "The criminals dare not plead, they are willing to serve the work of cattle and horses, but beg Shen Hou to live my family's life!" ”