Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

The old beggar looked at the broken bowl full of wild vegetable porridge in his hand, couldn't believe it for a moment, and swallowed.

"You, just pour it to me like this, without any hesitation?" The old beggar hesitated for a moment, his hands shaking.

"Aren't you afraid that I'm talking nonsense? You...wouldn't add anything to it, would you?"

Xu Yuan couldn't help laughing when he saw the old man's silly look.

"Why, do you suspect me of poisoning you? I'm so bored that I can't even afford to buy poison now? Don't worry, I just have no appetite and don't want to waste food! Just eat it."

When the old beggar heard Xuyuan say this, he hurriedly picked up the bowl and poured the food into his mouth. In just one or two mouthfuls, the bowl was empty.

He wiped his mouth and said, "My vision is still as good as before. You are a kind-hearted girl. I will tell you, I will never cheat you."

I looked around and saw that everyone was doing their own thing and no one was paying attention to this corner.

"I'm telling you, you can't stay in South City. I've been here for a week, and I haven't seen any young men come out of the city gate. It's all old women and children who were driven out. Last night I heard a noise, a group of young men secretly climbed over the wall, but they failed and were caught. If you don't believe me, you can observe tomorrow. Generally, young men, mainly men over 14 years old, go in but never leave. The female relatives and those under the age of 14 who come with them will be driven out after a few days."

"That's all I have to say, old man. You decide whether to go in or leave. If your large army goes in, it would be like sending sheep into the tiger's mouth!"

Xu Yuan remained silent. "Thank you for your kind reminder, old man. We will pay attention to it."

Xu Yuan decided to sneak in at night to take a look, after all, this matter concerns everyone's safety.

Xuyuan is not the only one who has this idea.

When the officers and soldiers on the city wall were finally replaced on night duty, Xu Yuan exchanged for a flying claw for climbing the city wall. When he finally climbed to the other side of the city wall with the help of this tool, he saw a figure flying over the city wall and landing on the ground in the quiet place over there, but the figure over there quickly landed on the ground without any stop and flew towards the eaves again.

Make a wish:…

Humph, it’s amazing that you can do Qinggong!

He stepped lightly on the ground, retracted his flying claws, and quickly ran to a sheltered place.

The two sides of the road were full of refugees, and because there were soldiers on duty, everyone was sleeping soundly. Xu Yuan observed that there were only women and children, and no working men were seen.

Xu Yuan ran to a house where the lights were still on and eavesdropped from the corner.

"Boss, I've counted it. If our family pays this money, we'll still have a few copper coins left. After we hand it in tomorrow, let's leave here, so that they won't regret it later."

"That's impossible. We have nothing left. What can a few copper coins do for us? Where can we go if we leave here?"

"Then you have to think about Wei'er. If the war continues like this, what if the prefect changes his mind? We don't have enough money."

The man put his hand to his chin and thought, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

There were sudden knocks on the door, and both of them were startled. The man picked up a wooden stick.

He approached the door and asked, "Who?"

"Brother and sister-in-law, I mean no harm. I saw the fire on your side and I wanted to ask you something. I am a refugee who just entered the city today."

It was a young man's voice, and the man motioned his wife to go inside. Then he put one hand behind his back and opened the door on one side with the other.

Seeing that it was a thin figure, the man felt relieved, but he still held the stick in his hand.

"Can I come in? It's not safe to talk outside."

"come in."

The two sat down, and Xu Yuan began to inquire about the cause of the incident, and the result was basically the same as what the old man said.

"Brother, have you ever heard that they will really let you go after you hand over the money?"

"Not many families can pay enough silver. I've seen it before, but it's still early. I think there are a lot of refugees now, and the number of people on the conscription list should be enough. I'm just afraid that by then, if the number is not enough, it will be useless to pay the money. So, I advise those of you who haven't entered the city not to come in, because you will die if you go to the battlefield."

Xu Yuan got the information he wanted, said goodbye to the man, and was about to go out when he saw a group of horses pulling carts full of hoes and shovels with hay on them, hurrying towards the city gate.

Xu Yuan took advantage of the fact that they stopped the carriage and randomly crawled under it, exchanged for a rope and tied himself tightly to the wooden frame under the carriage.

"It's the middle of the night and I've just closed my eyes for a while when I'm kicked out. It's really hard work day after day and I don't make any money. What the hell am I doing?" complained the soldier who was driving the cart and yawning.

"That's right. It's not that simple. If there were a little more, there wouldn't be so much resentment. This is the sorrow of the low-level minions!"

"You're lucky to still have a job like this. You're lucky not to be asked to go mining. But you're still complaining about this and that. It's the sadness of a low-level minion!"

"Yes, a new group of people came in today, and the mining area over there is finally staffed. Otherwise, we would have to take over when the time comes."

"This prefect has a really big appetite. The people above him eat fine grains, while the people below him can't even get a lick of bran."

"Shut up, you're tired of living, go away."

Xu Yuan heard these officers and soldiers chatting along the way and got some information.

Haha, it turns out that one can’t escape the word “greed” no matter where you are.

Fuck you, scumbag.

He even conscripted soldiers to go to the battlefield. This prefect's career is over.

After a long time, the carriage stopped at a place. The people over there were handing over something. Xu Yuan took advantage of no one's attention, crawled out from under the carriage, and hid in the dark.

Looking at this brightly lit cave, some officers and soldiers were supervising with whips in hand, beating anyone who was not quick-witted. Several old men were covered with scars, as were some young men.

Alas, the world is unfair.

Xu Yuan thought again whether he should go back and fire the prefect and all the leaders here, since the world was in chaos anyway.

Just as he was about to squat down slowly due to his numb feet, suddenly a pair of hands covered his mouth and Xuyuan's breath was choked.

The figure gradually came to Xu Yuan's side, leaned close to Xu Yuan's ear and whispered.

"Don't shout, I mean no harm to you."

Xuyuan blinked, nodded, and pointed to his covered mouth.

Lin Congjing understood the meaning of Xu Yuan and let go of his hand.

"Excuse me, little brother, are you here to look for your family as well?" the man said in a low voice, "My name is Lin Congjing, what's your name?"

Xu Yuan didn't know the man's background, but he looked quite handsome, so she didn't dare to reveal his background.

"Brother Lin, you can call me Xu Er."

There was a slight rustling sound coming from the woods behind, and a stone appeared at Xuyuan's feet.

Then a figure landed behind Xuyuan. Xuyuan immediately became alert and a stone flew out in a parabola.

The figure asked, "Why are you here?"