A few Tiger Army sergeants entered the town, checked and searched, and came back to report that the whole town was empty, and that it had been abandoned for several years.

Wan Hua was shocked when he heard this, such a big town, no matter what, it can't be that there is no one without it, could it be that there was a plague here, and all the people here died!

Wanhua didn't dare to slack off, you must know that if it was really because of the plague, it would be terrible, and if you got it, you would have to die!

So Wanhua put on a mask, gloves, and took Wang Wu and Wang Liu, and they went in person, he wanted to make sure whether there was a plague here, which was a major matter related to the entire Tiger Army, and there was no room for sloppiness.

Entering the town, Wanhua checked in many people's homes, and saw that although there was no one here, there was no corpse in the wild, no one to clean up, except for no one, it was no different from other towns.

In addition, every household here is relatively clean, and there are no pots and pans, as if they are collectively fleeing the famine.

Seeing this situation, Wanhua will also be a little relieved, and he can be sure that there has been no plague here, which is good.

As for why the whole town went out to flee the famine, it may be because the famine, forced labor and taxes were too heavy, so that the people were overwhelmed, and this is what made them all flee.

Such a situation is not uncommon in these years, since Emperor Chongzhen came to power, the matter of fleeing the famine is getting more and more intense, at first the escape of a family, and then the escape of a village by village, the more serious this situation is,

Until the end the common people simply did not flee, which rebel army came, they rebelled with whichever rebel army, and if there was no rebel army coming, they rebelled themselves, which was also a common phenomenon in the late Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, those anti-kings would not have been tens of thousands of people, not because of how great their ability was, but because the common people had reached this point, and if they didn't rebel, they would die sooner or later.

After the investigation, Wanhua continued to drive with the men and horses, and walked for a while, and a sergeant who did not collect at night took an old man to Wanhua.

This is also what Wanhua explained, after all, this Pingliang Mansion is much more desolate than he imagined, it is really compared with his own name, cool!

In order to have a bottom in his heart, Wanhua just explained that he would not accept it at night, so that when they saw the people, they would invite a few to ask and feel the situation.

This old man looks to be in his sixties, the whole person is dark and thin, and his face is even thinner and out of shape, if he sees it at night, he must be frightened.

Seeing Wanhua, the old man was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said: "The king spares his life, and the official spares his life,,,"

Wanhua hurriedly got off the horse, smiled and helped the old man up,

"Don't be afraid, uncle, we are the Tiger Army, I am the Generalissimo of the Tiger Army, we are all the people's team, in order to save the people of the world from fire and water, I will not embarrass you."

Wan Hua's sincere words and kind attitude relieved the old man's panicked mood a lot, and his body didn't tremble like it did at the beginning.

Then Wanhua took the old man aside, Wang Wuwang and Liu and other guards battalion sergeants guarded on the side, and the rest of the tiger army sergeants continued to hurry forward so as not to delay the trip.

The sound of "cooing", Wan Hua saw the old man's stomach growling, obviously hungry, and then he was in poor spirits, and his steps were still a little weak, obviously because he did not eat enough and lacked nutrition.

So Wanhua brought two scallion oil flatbreads and gave them to the old man, "Uncle, I am busy here, and I don't bring anything to eat, here are two flatbreads, you will eat them first." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, little old man is not hungry, not hungry."

Although the old man said this in his mouth, his eyes couldn't help but stare at the two scallion oil flatbreads, and his throat was squirming up and down, obviously greedy.

"Hehehe,,, don't be polite to me, when I'm done eating, I still have something to ask him, and this will be my thanks."

Wanhua said, but he couldn't help but hand over the flatbread to the old man.

When the old man saw this, he was no longer polite, regardless of whether you were good or bad, killing or chopping, he would eat first and then talk about it, so the old man just couldn't care so much, and ate it in a big gulp.

Wan Hua saw him gobbling up, for fear that he would choke, so he hurriedly brought a water bag and gave him a drink.

Seeing Wanhua's attitude, the old man was even more relieved, and thanked him a few times, and drank "gurgling".

After a few efforts, a scallion oil flatbread weighing more than a pound was eaten by the old man at all, but at this time, the old man didn't eat it, but stuffed the remaining flatbread into his arms like a baby.

"Uncle, I don't think you seem to have eaten enough, why don't you eat?"

"Thank you for the king's generous gift, the old man is full, and there are two little grandchildren at home, so this big cake will be left for them to eat, so that they can also enjoy it."

When Wanhua heard this, he smiled bitterly, and then brought a few flatbreads and handed them to the old man.

"Uncle, you don't have to keep it, it's fate that we met today, you let go of the food, I'll get it for you when you go back."

When the old man heard this, his eyes lit up, as the old saying goes, you don't take advantage of it, bastard, Wanhua said so, where does the old man still have a polite truth, in one breath, it is two big cakes, and it is not troublesome at all.

After eating the flatbread, the good man was full of burps, and even drank a few sips of water, which was slow.

To tell the truth, when the old man let go of eating flatbread, Wanhua was still holding it in his heart, for fear that he would eat too much and cause trouble, if that was the case, he had done a good thing or a bad thing, but fortunately, the old man's body was okay, and there was no accident, and Wanhua was also relieved.

After eating, Wanhua asked, "Uncle, what is your surname?" ”

"The little old man's surname is Zhang, his name is Zhang Bayou, the king just calls the little old man an old man, and he doesn't deserve the title of "old man" of the king. ”

"The old man is humble, the kid asked you to inquire about something, why do you look so barren when you are so peaceful, didn't I hear that this place was not bad before, how did it become like this!"

Seeing Wanhua ask like this, the old man seemed to remember the beautiful and happy past, and his spirit was also a lot higher.

"It used to be good, I think when the temple master (Emperor Wanli) was there, the little old man also had a good life for a few years at that time, I haven't eaten anything of this chicken, duck and fish, it was really good at that time, everyone finished eating, playing chess and fishing together, and roaring a few times from time to time, that is really happy like a fairy!"

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