Rebirth of the King of the World

"You little guy, you are quite loud in wishful thinking. If we take you in, you will have no worries about food and drink, right?" Jiang Yuan burst out laughing after hearing what the boy said. They were all too poor to eat I can't afford to eat, but there are still people who think it's good to follow them.

The boy was stunned, and said in a very soft voice: "I eat very little, I can do all kinds of work, the two young masters can do it."

"Little guy, stop making trouble, go home quickly, your family must be waiting anxiously." Seeing that the boy was still kneeling on the spot, Jiang Yuan thought for a while and said, "How about I give you two too?" Shaobing, can you take it for today's dinner?"

The boy looked down at the ground and didn't speak for a long time. After a while, he said: "I have no home. My father and mother were killed by the stones falling down the mountain when the earthquake happened. I was starving to death. I was almost starving to death too. Brother Aniu next door told me that I could go to the porridge and wait near the porridge. If I was lucky, I would be able to fill my stomach. Stomach, if you are unlucky...Being beaten to death is better than starving to death. Brother Aniu died yesterday, he was caught and beaten to death..."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan's expression was so shocked that it couldn't be more shocking. The earthquake in Yizhou happened half a month ago. He didn't think it was unusual to say that someone died unexpectedly during the earthquake, but it's not surprising that someone starved to death so quickly. Is this a bit excessive for individual phenomena?

It’s definitely wrong for the boy and his brother A Niu to grab other people’s rations, but why would they do this—beating to death is better than starving to death—it’s obviously more wrong in this world, which has forced Ordinary people can't live anymore, and can only choose one of two ways to die.

"What's your name? Where is your home?" Seeing Jiang Yuan lost in thought, Jun Lu asked unhurriedly.When Jiang Yuan asked about the boy before, Jun Lv hadn't opened his mouth, but he had been sizing up the boy nonchalantly, with a rather complicated look on his face.

Because of Jiang Yuan's slow silence, the boy almost thought he was going to be rejected. Seeing Jun Lv speak now, he immediately replied: "My surname is Xu. Because I was born in the Year of the Tiger, my family calls me Huzi. My family lives in Yangliu. Aodong Mountain Village is about five miles away from here."

Jun Lu nodded and said: "Little Huzi, you will follow me from now on, but if you are disobedient, I can drive you away at any time."

"I am obedient, I must be obedient, I will listen to what the young master says, you tell me to go east, I will definitely not go west." Little Huzi didn't know who Jun Lu and Jiang Yuan were at this time, he knew they saved him , He also knew that if he followed them, he would not be hungry.

Jiang Yuan couldn't understand why Jun Lu did this. In today's Yizhou, there are not one or two children like Xiao Huzi, so where do they come here.Shouldn't what they really want to do be to solve the food problem in Yizhou? That's the top priority.

Because Little Huzi was standing next to him, Jiang Yuan didn't ask aloud, but expressed his puzzlement with his eyes.

"Just treat me as kind for a while." Jun Lu raised his hand and patted Jiang Yuan's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "It's getting late, let's go."

In fact, Jun Lu is not such a carefree person. If Xiao Huzi is an ordinary child, his handling method must be similar to that of Jiang Yuan. Give him something to eat and send him home. They rushed to Yunshan County to continue Investigate and try to find a lot of stored grain in Yizhou.

But just now, listening to Xiao Huzi's accent and seeing his slightly changed appearance, Jun Lu recognized him.

In his previous life, Jun Lu was imprisoned in the cold palace by Wei Ying for 18 years, and he almost experienced all kinds of suffering that he had never experienced in the first half of his life.Even the maids and eunuchs in the cold palace are very suspicious of Jun Lu. They seem to think that as long as Jun Lu is dead, they can escape from that ghostly place.

But Jun Lu refused to die, he wanted to save his life to see how Wei Ying killed himself.

Anyway, Weiying's purpose is to keep Junlu alive, and don't do other things if he lives well, so those palace people in the cold palace are very harsh on Junlu, they eat every meal, and often have spoiled food. , Clothes and coal are even more scarce, and sometimes there is no such thing.

However, there is a father-in-law surnamed Xu, who treats Junlu fairly well, at least he never withholds anything from him, and occasionally secretly stuffs him with two steamed buns, handing him a ragged cotton jacket, etc., to ensure Junlu's already terrible life Not so bad.

Little Huzi was that Eunuch Xu, and Jun Lu was both surprised and surprised, he didn't expect to meet him here.

Since he was a former benefactor, there is no reason for Jun Lu not to take him in. The Xu family has only this root left, and he has to help others keep it.

It's just these reasons, Jun Lu couldn't tell Jiang Yuan, he could only vaguely pass it on, which made Jiang Yuan puzzled.

Fortunately, it is not a big deal to take in a child. No matter how hard Jiang Yuan can figure it out, he will not force Jun Lv to tell the truth.

Before dark, Jun Lu and his party arrived at Yunshan County. They bribed the soldiers guarding the city with a lot of money and entered the city smoothly.

Compared with Jinyun County, which is sluggish outside the city, but decent within the city, Yunshan County is completely unbearable, and the whole thing is lifeless.

It was getting dark, and there were almost no pedestrians on the street. Jun Lu felt that they were too conspicuous, and wanted to find a place to hide.

Little Huzi pointed to a rice shop on the side of the street and said, "Let's go there, there's no one there."

It was only when Junlu walked into the rice shop that there was no one there, there was clearly nothing in the room, and they couldn't even find a stool to sit on.

"Has this shop been closed for a long time?" Xu Shi used solid materials when the building was built, and the house suffered little damage during the earthquake, but the house was completely empty, barely left with the wreckage of old furniture. Shapeless.

Little Huzi shook his head, with a look of fear on his face, he paused and said, "This store is not closed, and everything in the store has been robbed by people, first rice vats and buckets, then tables, chairs and benches. They just robbed them, and they were emptied alive.”

"Why? Just because they have surplus food?" Jun Lu thought of this possibility after much deliberation.

Little Huzi nodded: "Many people's houses have collapsed, and they have nothing to eat. It just so happens that there are..."

"Where's your county magistrate? What did he do?" Now it seems that the county magistrate Zhang of Jinyun County is still good, regardless of whether he coaxed or lied, at least he stabilized the situation and there was no such incident. Out of control scene.

"He couldn't come out at first, and then people had nothing to eat, so they surrounded the county government, and then began to give out porridge every day. But the porridge was very thin, like rice soup. I could drink a bucket or a bowl by myself. Can't get enough to eat at all..."

"Ah Lu, how about we go to the county government office?" Jiang Yuan asked in an affirmative tone.

"I will accompany you." Jun Lu nodded slightly, the moon was dark and the wind was high, it was a good time to go out and do errands.

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Another short chapter, I will try to sprinkle some blood tomorrow~