Chapter 474: The Fire in the Misty Spring Rain
Brother Shi was really a crow's mouth, just when they were halfway through the journey, when they arrived in Fanshui County, it really rained! It seems that this god has not finished venting yesterday, and it seems that the breath of Qingming and sadness has not yet dissipated, or the resentment of the refugees on both sides of the official road is too heavy...... All of a sudden, the rain began to fall!
But fortunately, the rain was not as heavy as yesterday, but it was a misty drizzle unique to spring.
"It's raining!" The rain fell on Brother Shi's face, and he felt the unique coldness of this spring rain, so he wiped it with his hand and said a word to Lao Yang next to him.
"Shi Gongzi, do you want to go back to the car? You were just cold yesterday, if it rains again......" Lao Yang naturally noticed it, so he nodded and said to Shi Yuan.
But when Brother Shi heard it, he waved his hand at Lao Yang Yi and said, "It's okay, it's okay!" Just find me a coat! Sitting in the car, it's a bit stuffy! ”
When Lao Yang heard Shi Yuan's request, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes: because he didn't know how, when he heard that Shi Yuan was going to wear a robe, he couldn't help but remember the last time he took Shi Yuan and Lin Yingyue to the Lin family's paper workshop outside Jinling City......
The last time he and Shi Yuan were sitting outside the car, it suddenly rained, Shi Yuan asked for a coat for himself, and then ...... I met the Assassin on the stone bridge outside the city of Jinling!
Although Lao Yang was a little hesitant, Brother Shi didn't think much about it, or rather, he didn't think about the last time at all, he didn't believe that there would be such a coincidental thing in the world.
Seeing that Lao Yang didn't react for a long time, he opened his mouth again and urged: "Lao Yang, stop and get it, otherwise, your clothes will get wet later!" If Yue'er and Xiaowei see it, they should scold me again. ”
Lao Yang, who was still thinking about the assassination by the stone bridge outside Jinling City last time, heard about it, and finally reacted, and opened his mouth to comfort: "Son, you still sit in the car!" This is ......"
"Lao Yang, how can you be such a mother-in-law? It's just a dress, I'm really fine! Brother Shi still thought that Lao Yang was worried about his fever yesterday, so he was very arrogant and comforted him again.
Lao Yang saw Shi Yuan's resolute attitude, so he didn't want to say anything more, but he was looking forward to it in his heart, because he was thinking too much...... Then he hurriedly answered and parked the carriage on the side of the road......
It shouldn't be such a coincidence, right? After getting out of the car, Lao Yang still thought silently in his heart with some unease, and then came to the back of the car, and turned out two coats in the wooden box - this is also the decoration of the cold-blooded killer in Brother Shi's eyes......
"Why did Uncle Yang stop the car?" Lin Yingyue, who was sitting in the car in front of her, just opened the curtain and saw this scene. Seeing Lao Yang stop the carriage on the side of the road, he muttered to himself in confusion.
"I said, Sister Lin, how many times have you looked behind you all the way? It's raining this day, and he must be wearing a robe! Shen Wei on the side saw Lin Yingyue like this, so she couldn't help pursing her lips and said with a smile. After a pause, he winked at Lin Yingyue again, and then asked in a low voice, "Why don't you ...... You go sit in the back and sit with that idiot of yours, right? ”
When Shen Wei said this, Lin Yingyue's face turned red with shame, and she hurriedly shook her head: "I don't want it!" Sister, don't laugh at me, you've looked behind you many times before, haven't you? ”
The two women both twisted and denied their lovesickness, while the two sisters, Qingshuang and Qinglu, sat opposite them, with their heads bowed, silent, and didn't know what they were thinking......
As if in response to Shen Wei's words, Lin Yingyue had just finished speaking, but saw that the carriage they were sitting in also stopped. Immediately, I heard the driver outside the car say to Shen Wei in the car: "Miss Shen, I'll get out of the car and take off the ...... clothes."
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Because the misty spring rain began to fall again, the commercial vehicles on the official road also sped up the speed of catching up. Some of the carts carrying cloth, grain, and other goods that could not be soaked in the rain hurriedly drove the carts to the nearby county seats.
When Brother Shi came, he passed by this Fanshui County and felt that there were a lot of refugees. When I went back at this time, I felt that the refugees on both sides of the official road were much less than those outside Yangzhou......
Of course, the number of refugees in Fanshui County has not changed, but there are too many refugees in Yangzhou, and it seems that there are many fewer refugees in Fanshui County.
At this time, when they saw the rain, they hid under the trees that could shelter from the rain, and looked at the passing caravans and pedestrians like walking corpses, praying in their hearts that when good Samaritans passed by, they would leave some food behind, so that they could live.
Because it rained for a day yesterday, and because the rain was heavy at the beginning, more or less people died in refugees all over Yangzhou.
This morning, more than a dozen "corpses" have been burned outside Yangzhou, where refugees gather the most. And in other places, the bodies of refugees who died because they couldn't stand the rain and wind were also disposed of, one or two, two or three...... They were all turned to ashes in this misty spring rain.
Fanshui County is the junction of Yangzhou and Jinling, but the refugees gathered in the past are second only to Yangzhou outside the city, plus the soldiers of Fanshui County were lazy yesterday and did not give porridge to these refugees, so there are as many as seven or eight refugees who died in Fanshui County!
Just when Shi Yuan and the others had just stopped, a group of soldiers from Fanshui County were just disposing of the corpses next to the official road. Everyone couldn't help but smell a smell of burnt meat, and Brother Shi, who was sitting outside the car, frowned slightly.
He has also seen many things about the victims of the disaster in books, the most typical ones are "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road", of course, he has also seen the descriptions of eating tree bark, grass roots, sound soil, and even more, eating human flesh!
This Nanqing is since the beginning of spring this year, the number of refugees suddenly began to increase, and it is still spring, but it has not reached that point, but according to this situation, that kind of thing is inevitable...... The last conscience of human nature will eventually be defeated by this most primitive desire.
Lao Yang had already brought the lily clothes, and Brother Shi sat in the car, putting on the lily clothes and putting on the hat. Looking at the burning corpse not far away, the flame burning in the misty spring rain, sighed softly...... I'm so lucky!
This time I came to Yangzhou, and finally let myself see what kind of world I was in, and he finally understood how difficult it was to do what he had to do in such a world!
(End of chapter)