The county horse is a medicine jar

On the way to Longyou, after only one day's driving, Lin Sishen's ears were almost deafened by Meng Yange and Mo Zhu.

Lin Sishen also had to admire Meng Yange's extraordinary talent, even Mo Zhu, who had always been taciturn, could be provoked by her words, and the two taunted each other all the way back and forth.

It wasn't until dark that they found an inn to rest, and they finally calmed down.

After eating some casual food at the inn to fill his stomach, Lin Sishen avoided the two of them and hurriedly found a guest room to rest.

After a night of tossing and turning like this, the day just dawned, and the group of people started on their way again.

After driving for six consecutive days, the journey was bumpy and exhausting. In the end, even Meng Yange, who was the most energetic, didn't have the energy to quarrel with Mo Zhu, and quietly leaned against the side of the carriage with his eyes closed.

Originally according to the route, they would be able to enter the Longyou territory in four days, but Lin Sishen changed the route when he was dying. Instead of going to the official road, he took a detour for two days and two nights, entered the hinterland of Longyou, and headed straight to Dingxi .

Dingxi, the hinterland of Longyou, is the place where the disaster is the most serious, and it is also the place with the most victims and the most insecure place.

As it slowly penetrates into the hinterland, the sun is getting hotter and hotter and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. When you open the curtain at will, you can see cracked and dry land, and there is no greenery in a radius of ten miles.

The grass roots on the land and the bark on the dead trees were dug up and stripped to satisfy hunger, and the most shocking scene was more than that.There was a disgusting stench in the air, and mummies lying on the ground could be seen on both sides of the official road from time to time. If you looked carefully, you could vaguely see a more terrifying scene.

The corpse covered by the rags had been eaten up, leaving only the white bones, and even the teeth marks could be seen clearly on the bones.

Just when Lin Sishen and his party rushed to the official road ten miles away from the Dingxi Protectorate's Mansion, they suddenly bumped into a large group of refugees.Seeing this, the guard leading the way immediately murmured badly.

But it was too late to turn around at this time, and the scattered refugees behind the carriage also stopped and blocked the road.

The oncoming refugees were all ragged and skinny. They were like walking corpses, their eyes were empty, and they staggered forward.

When they collided with Lin Sishen's carriage, those refugees stopped at the same time, their muddy and pale eyes looked at the sturdy horses under the guards, emitting a longing and strange light.

After a while, more and more refugees gathered, and soon they surrounded Lin Sishen's carriage on the official road.They were clearly unarmed civilians, but at this moment they were even more frightening than bandits with knives and guns.

The accompanying guards had to be extremely careful. They had already pulled out the long knives from their waists and held them with glaring eyes.While yelling angrily to make them get out of the way, he frightened the refugees who were trying to rush forward with their bright sword dancers.

Although the refugees were as hungry as wild animals, but fortunately they were still afraid of those strong men who were strong and vicious with knives, so they took a few steps back to make room for a small space around the carriage.

But even so, they still refused to leave, they just stared straight at the horses and carriages, and let the guards drive and scold them, they only took a few steps back.

Surrounded by countless refugees, the carriage moved slowly on the official road.

The hungry people really couldn't bear it, and couldn't help begging in a low voice: "Master, please take pity on us, please give us some food, we are almost starving to death."

Listening to the scolding of the guards outside and the humble prayers of the refugees, Lin Sishen did not open the curtain to check, she frowned and sat cross-legged without moving, as if she had settled down, turning a deaf ear to the noise outside.

The pleadings of those poor people kept coming into the carriage, and Meng Yange, who had been silent all this time, suddenly opened her eyes. She couldn't bear to hear it, so she took out the dry food from the bag beside her. A few steamed buns, pretending to lift the curtain of the car, and donate dry food to the poor victims.

But when Lin Sishen realized her intentions, he stood up abruptly and pressed Meng Yange's hand firmly, and scolded in a low voice, "What are you trying to do, are you crazy?"

Meng Yange was taken aback by her. He froze for a moment, then frowned and said, "You are crazy. The people outside are so pitiful. I just want to give them some dry food."

Lin Sishen frowned and took back the steamed bun from Meng Yan's singer: "I can't give it."

Meng Yange laughed back angrily: "Lin Sishen, you are an imperial envoy appointed by the emperor, you came to Longyou to avenge the victims, right now there are so many people who are about to starve to death outside, you don't mind giving them some dry food Ken?"

Lin Sishen gave the steamed buns to Mo Zhu and asked her to accept them, and under Meng Yange's contemptuous and dissatisfied eyes, he asked in a deep voice, "Do you know how many people are outside, how many people can be saved with just a few steamed buns? , if you really give them steamed buns, you are putting us in danger."

Meng Yange gave her an angry look: "They are almost starving to death, how many can be saved, if I give them steamed buns, is it possible that they can repay their kindness?"

Lin Sishen shook his head helplessly when he heard the words, and said solemnly: "The disaster victims outside are indeed pitiful, but they are no different from wild animals now."

Meng Yange smiled sarcastically, and said contemptuously: "In the final analysis, you just don't want to save yourself. You usually pretend to be compassionate, but in this situation, you reveal your true nature."

Lin Sishen sighed and said, "I'm not looking to die, but I can't do anything for the time being. For the current plan, we need to leave here as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

Meng Yange didn't understand Lin Sishen's meaning, and still said unfairly: "It's just a group of poor disaster victims, I don't know what you are afraid of?"

Mo Zhu, who had been silent all this time, glanced at Meng Yange, and said softly, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. The young master is not willing to save you. It's that people who are about to starve to death are much more ferocious than hungry wolves. You Even if you haven’t seen it, you should have heard the term Yi Zi Shi Shi.”

Meng Yange took a deep breath, and asked half-believingly, "You mean...those people outside will be so hungry that they can eat human flesh?"

Meng Yange, apart from being displaced in the past few years, has lived with her clansmen in Yushan since she was a child. Yushan is rich in natural resources and beautiful scenery, and she never lacks food or clothing. , What cruel and shocking things will be done.

And in this carriage, only Lin Sishen had seen the horrific natural disasters, and she understood better than anyone else how dangerous the disaster victims outside were.How pitiful and innocent they are, how terrible they are now.

Seeing Lin Sishen and Mo Zhu's solemn expressions, Meng Yange finally realized that something was wrong, she was silent for a while, and then asked: "Then let's hurry up and drive them away first."

What Meng Yange thought was really naive, Lin Sishen smiled helplessly: "It's not that easy, do you know why they keep surrounding us and refuse to disperse?"

Meng Yange asked suspiciously, "Why?"

It was approaching evening, the sun was slowly sinking to the west, and the dim yellow sunset shrouded the official road.

In just the blink of an eye, the light in the carriage dimmed a little. Under Meng Yange's questioning, Mo Zhu suddenly said: "Because they are waiting for the dark, and once it gets dark, they can't see clearly. Even if we looted or even killed us at night, the officers and soldiers would not be able to track us down."

Meng Yange's expression froze, as if she had thought of something, her body suddenly trembled coldly: "You...what you said is scary, they are not some vicious bandits."

Lin Sishen shook his head: "Mo Zhu didn't scare you, if you don't leave here as soon as possible, it will be really late when it gets dark."

Meng Yange frowned and asked, "Aren't you an imperial envoy? Quickly show them the emperor's imperial edict."

Lin Sishen didn't answer, but Mo Zhu replied for her: "It's useless, even if you take out the imperial decree, it's useless. Maybe these disaster victims hate officials the most now. If you reveal your identity, you will make them even more resentful."

Lin Sishen, who had seen similar scenes before, was well aware of the consequences of being entangled with a group of refugees after dark.

She knocked on the carriage, and whispered to the guards outside: "Brother Meng, don't get entangled with them, drive your horse to disperse them. But be careful, don't hurt them."

The leading guard surnamed Meng heard Lin Sishen's order in the car, and immediately winked at the driver.

The coachman whipped his whip hard, and the horse raised its hooves with a loud howl in pain. Seeing this, the refugees who were blocking the road backed away in horror, and actually gave way.

It was just a short-lived fear, which was quickly dissipated by extreme hunger. As the sky became darker, the refugees began to gather around again, and even began to stretch out their withered hands regardless of the long knife shining in front of them.

"Master, please take pity on us, please take pity on us."

Those humble pleadings came one after another, from low to sharp, and in the end, someone even took advantage of the chaos and stabbed Meng Lin's best horse in the abdomen with a hidden short knife.

The horse was injured and frightened, and it raised its head and screamed. Someone grabbed Meng Lin's belt and dragged him down. The moment he landed, countless victims flocked to the injured horse and pushed the strong horse down. .

Some people cut the meat with a knife and chewed it raw, some people lay down on the horse's wound to drink blood, and some people directly opened their mouths to bite the horse's flesh and blood.For a while, the horses whined, and the voices of people were loud, mixed with the horrible sound of biting and chewing.

Those who couldn't get the horse meat from the outside could smell the smell of blood, and turned their heads to look at the horses under the others. They completely put aside their fear and rushed forward.

The scene in front of me was like a hell on earth, which made people shudder and fear.

Meng Yange saw the horrifying scene outside through the gap, and her face turned pale in shock. She hurriedly turned her head to look at Lin Sishen, and urged, "Lin Sishen, think of a way soon, they are really crazy. .”