Ma Laosi and Tianluo started their daily routine while walking, Tianluo looked at the road everywhere, groups of hungry people, sighed: "I can't imagine that it is not only our Liujia Village that escaped, but so many people have suffered disasters, fourth uncle, you Majiapo is not better than us at the border pass, can't you pass?" ”

Ma Laosi shook his head and said with a wry smile: "There were locusts last month, and all the seedlings planted in the spring were gnawed, but this is no harvest, Brother Liu, your Huailai Town is an important military town, even if it suffers a disaster, don't the government and the garrison open warehouses to distribute grain?" ”

The wolf shook his head: "The official said, there is a border pass, the warehouse is full of military food, if the warehouse is opened to us ordinary people, the Mongols will not eat, our family is not a military household, so we can only go out with other ordinary people to escape the famine, I didn't expect to come out of a few miles to meet robbers, the night was chaotic, I was separated from my companions, I can only continue on the road alone, I don't know if my fellow villagers are dead or alive now." When he said this, his face was gloomy, and he was about to cry.

Ma Laosi hurriedly patted him on the shoulder: "Brother, it's going to be fine, everything is fake these days, it's true to live hard by yourself, don't worry, with us to eat, you will definitely not be left behind." I heard that there were people in Akagi in front of us who gave porridge and grain, so we went there first and then made plans. ”

Sky Wolf was secretly happy in his heart, these people were just going to their destination, and it saved him a lot of trouble by mixing with them, and he put on a happy expression on his face: "It's really good that there are such good people." Grandma's, the dog officials are not so kind. ”

Ma Laosi's brows furrowed, and he pulled the wolf to the side of the road. After waiting for the companions behind him to pass by, he said in a low voice: "Brother, I won't tell you, the soup kitchen is not a good person, but the bandits and bandits in the nearby Yangfang Fort, who drank their porridge, but they have to go up the mountain to do things for them." ”

The wolf was taken aback. His eyes widened: "Ah, uncle, aren't you pleasing everyone." If you collude with bandits and bandits, you will be killed. Also, how dare this thief swagger open a porridge factory in the city to give porridge, and the government doesn't care? ”

Ma Laosi shook his head: "The bandits in this Yangfang Fort are usually quite decent. Generally, only robbery is carried out. Don't kill people, but also to the Dongcheng government made a lot of silver, so the government is too lazy to care about them, this year we suffered a catastrophe in Shanxi, the dog officials are unwilling to open a warehouse to release grain, so these thieves in the name of the city squire to open a porridge factory, they are also happy to save themselves trouble. ”

The wolf's heart moved, and he asked, "But the bandits and bandits rely on this trick to recruit troops. Gather people's hearts, isn't the strength getting stronger and stronger? At that time, there will be troops to rob homes and rob houses and attack prefectures and counties, and our Shanxi will rely on Mongolia, don't these officials care? ”

Ma Laosi smiled slightly, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth: "Anyway, I heard that the mountain kings of Yangfang Fort are going to recruit homeless people to stand guard on the mountain, and by the way, repair the defensive fortifications of the cottage, you see that we are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and we can't even stand on our feet after a few days of eating, how can we have the ability to go with them to grab money." ”

The Celestial Wolf asked, "Then what do they want to do with us hungry people who can't help and don't know martial arts, I heard Mr. Storyteller say that they will only do this when the world is in turmoil and someone wants to rebel." ”

Ma Laosi waved his hand: "Brother, what do you do so much, human life is no different from ants these days, look at the roadside." He said and pointed to a few corpses that had fallen on the side of the road more than a hundred steps ahead, "If you don't eat, you will die, and the whole family will starve to death together, as long as you can live, it doesn't matter if he is a bandit or a Mongolian." ”

When he first came to Shanxi, he couldn't stop being sad and angry when he saw that there were starving bones on this road, and he also distributed his rations to the dying people, but in the past month or so, he has seen more of this phenomenon, and he has gradually become a little numb, and he has a deeper understanding of the four words "official coercion and civil rebellion".

But he was still not completely satisfied with Ma Laosi's answer: "Uncle, even if we want to go up the mountain and fall into the grass, but we don't know martial arts, and we are so hungry that we can't even walk, what do these mountain kings want us to do?" When he said this, he also lowered his voice, with a mysterious expression on his face, "I heard that the White Lotus Sect also often gives porridge and lets the poor people in, but none of the people who go in can come out alive. ”

Ma Laosi's face changed, and he hurriedly waved his hand: "Brother, don't you dare to talk nonsense, on the ground of Shanxi, you say this about the White Lotus Sect, and if you hear it, you will die." ”

The wolf crooked the corners of his mouth: "Hmph, others are afraid of the White Lotus Sect, Lao Tzu is not afraid, I want to vomit when I see their gang of gods and swords, pretending to be gods and ghosts, the White Lotus Sect also opened a porridge factory in Huailai, but I heard that there was no return after I went in, so I escaped, if this Yangfang Fort is also a subordinate of the White Lotus Sect and does the same thing, Uncle Ma, then I won't go." ”

Ma Laosi grabbed the wolf and shook his head: "Brother, do you know, this Yangfang Fort rejected the solicitation of the White Lotus Sect a few years ago, and in the past two years, the White Lotus Sect has bulldozed more than a dozen cottage green forests on the ground in Shanxi, but Yangfang Fort has been able to maintain its independence because of its good relationship with the government, and whether it is in an important place, a month ago, I heard that the White Lotus Sect said that it would destroy Yangfang Fort within forty days, so those kings in charge were anxious, so they recruited people everywhere to help defend the mountain, so as to strengthen their momentum. ”

A hint of excitement flashed in the wolf's eyes: "Haha, so that's the case, Lao Tzu has long been unhappy with the White Lotus Sect, and there are several acquaintances in the village who have entered the White Lotus Sect's porridge factory and have not come back, so it's great to have the opportunity to do it with them!"

Ma Laosi looked at the wolf twice: "Brother, do you know martial arts?" ”

The wolf shook his head nonchalantly: "There is a farmer, how can I know that, I heard that if you learn that, everyone can fly in the sky, but it's okay, what I have is strength, as long as I am full, give me a hoe, and beat the demon with a stick, I can still do it, I see that there are still some women in those White Lotus Sects, and they can't beat men, so it's no problem for me to beat these women." ”

Ma Laosi sighed: "Brother, we are all ordinary people, we don't know martial arts, don't fight hard with those who know martial arts, you can't fight, according to me, mix some food in the past, go up the mountain and stand guard, take advantage of the chaos to run out with a few days of rations, it's okay, if the White Lotus Sect kills it, then it's waiting for death." ”

The wolf nodded, did not speak, Ma Laosi saw that the people in front of him had gone far, and hurriedly pulled the wolf to follow, the official road on this road, except for the hungry people, there was almost no one else, occasionally I could see a few fierce faces, strong men with knives and horses roaring past, all in the direction of Dongcheng, the wolf knew that it might be Yangfangbao from all over the country to find a master to help the boxer, and secretly sighed in his heart The next tragic fate of these people.

After walking twenty miles, finally arrived at a small market before dark, the people here also fled because of famine, the village exuded a heavy dead air, not even a wild dog, the wolf has reached the realm, unless there is a big war, you can usually go more than ten days without eating, but these hungry people do not have this ability, after sitting down, they all screamed in their stomachs, and they didn't even have the strength to call the sky and grab the ground, and their eyes were full of numbness to death, dozens of people found a big mansion, and they staggered to find a place to lie down.

This night the wolf did not fall asleep, a person leaning against the wall and squinting, but thinking about all kinds of responses after mixing into the sheep house fort, until the sun hit the body, only to realize that it was a new day, got up and woke up Ma Laosi, and then called the more than 30 hungry people to get up and go on the road, as a result, three people starved to death directly last night, these people did not even have the strength to bury the dead, so they were like a bunch of walking corpses, and followed Ma Laosi to continue to move forward in a daze.

The wolf was desolate in his heart, after all, the three people who were lying on the ground had slept in the same room with him yesterday, and he slipped back to the house under the pretext that he wanted to go to the thatched house. After confirming that there was no one around, the wolf walked all over his body, blasted out a pit two feet deep on the ground, threw the bodies of the three people into the pit, covered it with soil, and said silently in his heart: Find a good person to reincarnate in the next life. (To be continued......)