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Rou Ke's earlobe was reddish, she glanced at her and said, "You're talking nonsense again, there's no one doing it right."

Before I could say a few more words, Xiong Heng, the head of a hundred households, came striding forward from a distance, cupped his hands solemnly and said, "My lord, the ruined temple that the soldiers have just found may not be able to accommodate people."

A bunch of old and disabled women and children were crowded in the ruined temple, and refugees from floods.

Hands and feet are connected, legs and feet are stacked, lying all over the yard in a haphazard manner, and it is almost impossible to find a place to walk.

The infant child whimpered and cried because he was hungry and couldn't eat. He didn't know how long he cried until his voice became hoarse.The mother felt distressed, chewing the tree root in her mouth, and squeezed the head with her hands desperately, but there was no juice in the slightest.

The sleeping man next to him woke up with a frown. After seeing the situation clearly, he bit his finger and handed it to the child who was waiting to be fed.

The mother was startled, and thanked her with tears in her eyes, she was a passer-by who had never met before.

"Dare to ask... But you come from Huzhou? Is it because the official road is blocked and you can't go to the sales home in Liangzhou?"

Tang Ci's voice was clear and clear, awakening many sleepers in the night, but because there was no fire and moonlight, they were blurred and thought they were passing passengers.

Both the mother and the man looked at each other, and the man was upright, and spoke first: "The sales homes in Liangzhou were overcrowded early on, those of us who came late were kicked out by the officials of Liangzhou, and there are soldiers guarding us during the day." Can't go anywhere."

"How long have you been here? Have people been sent to deliver food every day in Liangzhou City?" Witnessing the tragedy, knowing the answer, he still wanted to ask the question unwillingly.

Sure enough, the man sneered disdainfully: "Send food? I heard that there are still people who starve to death in the sales center, let alone us."

These deceitful activities have always been indispensable. Tang Ci was not surprised, but he was very worried and sad for these poor people who had nothing to eat.

Xiong Heng led the soldiers to guard outside the ruined temple according to his words, and waited for a long time anxiously, and bowed quickly when he heard the sound of footsteps.

"How long is the distance to Liangzhou City? May the official road be cleared up tomorrow?" Tang Ci asked.

Xiong Heng calculated carefully, and replied: "Tomorrow, the official road will be cleared. At most, we can reach Liangzhou City before the city gate is locked."

"Tomorrow, someone will go to Liangzhou City to send a message to the chief executive, saying that I will arrive in three days, so that he will be ready." Tangci looked at the stalwart warrior in front of him again, and asked with a smile, "What will you do in the next three days?" So he took a group of soldiers and hid in the deep forest in the mountains, thinking that wild fruits and game are still available, can General Xiong survive his hunger?"

Among the group, Xiong Heng has the biggest appetite, if he can endure it, the others can too.It was said that it was three days, and Tang Ci didn't know what happened after he sneaked into Liangzhou City with ease. Three days was just an overestimation, and it would be no problem for the soldiers.

Hearing this, Xiong Heng's rough face couldn't hide his embarrassment, he scratched his head and smiled and said: "I just wanted to tell my lord that although the brothers are men who lick blood with knives on the battlefield, they are also very soft-hearted, can you spread the dry food evenly?" Divide it up, give some to the refugees?"

Tang Ci was waiting for him to say this, and when he wanted to speak, Rou Ke at the side rushed to say: "Since everyone will not go together tomorrow, why don't you kill one or two horses cruelly, roast some horse meat for storage, if three If you can't find wild game and wild fruits within a day, you can talk about it to satisfy your hunger." In difficult times, human life and horse life are more important, and you can still tell the difference and let it go.

When Xiong Heng heard it, for the sake of difficulty - most soldiers on the march regard horses as their lives, how can they abandon them?

Rou Ke is a frail woman who doesn't know the inside story, but Tang Ci smiled brightly: "Princess Rou Ke is a woman after all, she is careful. General Xiong will send someone to slaughter the two horses belonging to Princess Rou Ke and me. Forget it, we just have to choose a clean and distant place, if these common people hear the movement, they won't know if they loot it for a while."

Xiong Heng responded repeatedly, and saw that Tang Ci had gone to the mountain with him to find a dongxue to live temporarily, so he hurriedly persuaded: "Sir, stop, the humble officers and soldiers are used to suffering, and their bodies can bear it. You don't want to If you mix it up, the ruined temple can still be crowded, besides Princess Rouke is not good at staying in the B&B by herself."

Tang Ci slowed down, nodded to Rou Ke and said apologetically, "I was careless."

Rou Ke caught a glimpse of the slyness in her eyes, and secretly slandered: You are not careless, you clearly want to pretend to be close to the soldiers, but you dare not take it seriously and live with a bunch of big men, if Xiong Heng doesn't let you go down the steps , to see how you smooth things over.

After Xiong Heng left, Tang Ci quietly hooked Rou Ke's fingers, and walked with her towards the ruined temple, seeing that she was walking slowly due to sore legs after riding for days, so she also slowed down, wondering: " Ah Wei, why did you keep staring at me just now?"

"I just want to see where you have these evil thoughts. It is clear that you were very obedient and docile when you were young." Rou Ke raised her hand and nodded her head, very resentful.

Tang Ci got closer to Rou Ke, and said innocently: "When I was young, I had you watching, and I used to be obedient and docile, but I don't have you watching from behind, and I changed my appearance when I grew it, is it my fault? "

"Okay, blame me." Rou Ke gave her an annoyed look, thinking of Yong Jia when she was a child, who pointed east to east and west to west.

In the dark of night, there was a stone in front of her, but Rou Ke ignored it. She stumbled and was too flustered to react, but Tang Ci rushed forward to help her.

Rou Ke just stroked her chest, she was still in shock, but she heard Tang Ci smiling and biting her ear: "Ah Wei also said that I am bad, but I think you are worse than me, and you want me to hug you when you are tired from walking." The matter of opening a mouth, do you still want to use the last trick to make my heart hurt?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Rou Ke was picked up by Tang Ci's waist and went to the ruined temple.

Rou Ke hurriedly struggled to get down: "Your injury..."

Tang Ci looked down at her, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth: "Didn't you give me medicine every night, didn't you know that the scab was all right?"

A few bright clouds flew across Rou Ke's cheeks, she buried her head in front of Tang Ci's chest, raised her hand and beat her a few times, without saying a word.

Chapter 42

The next day.

Two people and one horse galloped along the official road.

As the autumn wind flickered, Tang Ci kept turning her head to ask Rou Ke if she was cold, if her legs were still hurting, and if she wanted to take a rest.

This time, without waiting for Tang Ci to turn her head, Rou Ke stretched out her hand and turned her head back: "It's not cold, it doesn't hurt, and it doesn't rest, just keep going."

Along the way, I saw many refugees staggering towards the two places in vain. There were occasional abandoned corpses on both sides of the road, but no one cared.

Tang Ci stretched his hand behind, holding Rou Ke's hand so that she hugged her waist tightly again, swung his whip, and quickened his pace.

Soldiers at the gate of Liangzhou City made inquiries.

In front of them was a young couple dressed as a farmer and a peasant woman. Their shoes were covered with mud stains, their hair was messy, and their two faces were gray and could not be seen clearly.

"He came from Huzhou?" The soldier took the lead in making a deduction after looking at it several times.

The farmer said a few times, with a jerky Huzhou accent: "The house and fields have been flooded, so come and seek refuge with relatives."

Taking refuge with relatives? The soldiers looked suspiciously, ordered the soldiers on the side to guard them, and went to find the officials above.

After a while, the soldier came back and ordered the two to pass quickly.

The young couple walked into Liangzhou City lovingly and supported each other.

After turning into the corner of the street, Rou Ke couldn't hold back the tense corners of her mouth, and burst into a smile: "Where did you learn the Huzhou dialect?"

"When I was queuing up to enter the city, I listened to someone else's words, so at least I was fooled."

Rou Ke's forehead was covered with sweat stains, she was dizzy from the plaster that she deliberately smeared on her face, and the hand she was holding was also cold. Tangci looked around, found a tea room, hurried over to take a seat, and asked the shopkeeper to sit down. Pot of hot tea.

The store owner was very hospitable, he made a pot of hot tea and served it himself, he also ordered two plates of pastries from the aunt next door, and handed them to the two of them, he even pulled a bench and sat aside and said curiously: " Huzhou people? Disaster victims?"

Tang Ci was worried that he couldn't find anyone to inquire about the current situation in Liangzhou City, so he made a few nonsense words when he saw the situation, and easily opened the store's already unreliable mouth.