Dressed as a sick and charming emperor's uncle's palm pet

Strange rocks blocked the way, so they had to get off their horses and stop in the same place to rest. They picked up dry firewood and piled them up, and the fire folded lightly lit up immediately.

"This, it should be famine, right?" Xu Rong picked up a wooden branch to stir up the flames, and the raging fire reflected Shu Nuo's face, flickering bright and dark, very unreal.

"Yeah." She nodded, "I just didn't expect it to be so serious, didn't I hear the news from Chaoshang?"

Xu Rong unfolded the map in her hand and looked at it: "Because we want to avoid the official road, we took the downhill road this time. This Youhu Village itself is relatively desolate. Even if there is a famine, there must be no minister who is willing to take the trouble to do so. Take a trip."

The firewood crackled, Shu Nuo's eyes staring at the flame flickered, the rustling grass swayed softly, she and Xu Rong looked at each other, and slowly slid her palm back to touch the dagger pinned to her waist.

Xu Rong walked slowly towards the direction of the sound, pushed aside the grass, and was taken aback for a moment.

"Children?" She lifted him up and dragged him to the side.

His skinny body was barely covered by tattered and incomplete strips of cloth, his face was disheveled, and his hair was in a mess like a chicken coop.

"Tell me, what are you going to do?" Xu Rong pushed the boy to the side of the fire unceremoniously, looking him up and down with guarded eyes.

"I, no..." The boy faltered, his voice was hoarse and outrageous.

Shu Nuo opened the bag and took out the kettle and waved to him: "Come."

The boy shrank and didn't dare to go over, but the kettle sucked his eyes tightly like a suction cup. The boy hesitated, moved over little by little, and stopped ten steps away from Shu Nuo.

Shu Nuo didn't care, and handed the water bottle to him. The boy took the water bottle and drank it without saying a word. After a while, he drank the full bottle of water up to the sky.

"You're welcome." Xu Rong murmured.

Shu Nuo asked with a smile, "What's your name?"

"Chen Xing." He said.

Chen Xing...

Shu Nuo murmured once, his expression flickering, and when he raised his head again, he still smiled kindly and harmlessly: "Are you from this village? How can there be a famine if you are so good."

"Yeah." Chen Xing responded, and said slowly, "Only a year ago, locusts broke out suddenly, and the seedlings that were about to grow were eaten up. It was nothing at all. Every family has spare food, as long as you eat less. It’s fine to divide half of the seeds, but I didn’t expect that after the planting, the sun continued for several days, there was no rain in the sky, the river was almost dry, not to mention the seedlings, and everyone’s food was eaten, so..."

So it became what it is now.

After hearing this, Shu Nuo frowned, and asked, "Where is the head of your village? You can write a post to the yamen and hand it over to the imperial court to solve the problem."

Chen Xing shook his head: "Two days after the famine, the village chief fled with his family, and those young and strong men also left with the only dry food left. Now there are only old, weak, women and children in the village, and some weak men who can't leave. "

Shu Nuo frowned even deeper: "The food ran out and people ran away, so you..."

Chen Xing hugged his legs and wrapped himself tighter: "Cannibal..."

"eat human?!"

"Yeah." He said with a trembling voice, "At first everyone could live on grass roots and leaves, but later too many people were hungry and too many people died. I don't know who went crazy and ate those dead bodies. One of them There are two, if there are two, there will be three...so that in the end, as long as someone can't stand it anymore, they will be eaten by others..."

He suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Shu Nuo: "I know, son, you are from outside, you are very kind, please! Please save my sister!"

Shu Nuo hurriedly helped him up, "Your sister?"

Chen Xing stretched out his arms to touch his tears, choked up and said, "My younger sister is sick and is about to lose her strength. Those people arrested my younger sister... If it wasn't for the young master's horse today, my younger sister might... beg for your help. My sister!"

Knocking down head by head, a blood pit soon appeared on the mud floor.

"Get up first." Shu Nuo grabbed Chen Xing's arm and helped him up, "Do you know where your sister is being held?"

"I know!" Chen Xing put away tears as soon as he heard it, pointed to a direction and said, "There is a room over there, which was originally used as a woodshed for wood chips, but now... it is used to store 'food'."

Shu Nuo nodded but didn't rush to leave. He took out dry food from the bag, broke half of it and handed it over: "We don't have much food, but it's still enough. We'll go rescue your sister after eating."

Chen Xing took it and immediately started to gobble it up. After eating it, he didn't forget to lick the residue left on his fingertips. He hugged his knees obediently again, but glanced at the burden unconsciously.

The night became darker, but Shu Nuo knew that it was already dawn, and it would be dawn soon.

Chen Xing led the way and led them towards the village along the small road. The dilapidated house was full of potholes, and the cold wind blowing through the sunken holes was like the cry of evil spirits. They stood in front of a straw house that was still intact, chained The door jingled.

"This way." Chen Xing waved at them.

Shu Nuo saw that it was a window sealed by wooden boards. She drew out the dagger at her waist and began to pry the nails little by little.

'boom'!
The board fell, and the moonlight shot into the room through the gap, and there seemed to be a curled up figure lying sideways on the thatch pile indistinctly.

"Sister!" Chen Xing eagerly wanted to go in, but was stopped by Shu Nuo, she gave Xu Rong a wink, turned over the window and jumped in directly, the thick dust hit her face and choked her uncontrollably, holding a torch Keeping approaching, squatting down to see clearly, what kind of little girl is this, it is clearly a bone frame that has been gnawed until only the skin is left.

She closed her eyes and stood up.

"what!"

A cry of pain sounded from the window, Shu Nuo stepped out, and saw Xu Rong strangling the boy's neck, her eyes were dark, and a long thick wooden stick fell from her feet.

"Stinky boy, do you dare to engage in a sneak attack?"

The boy's face was painful, and he turned his head to Shu Nuo with a begging look: "I don't... I just, want... to defend myself, I was misunderstood by this sister..."

Shu Nuo patted Xu Rong's shoulder: "Let him go first."

Xu Rong let go with a cold snort, Chen Xing fell to the ground, covered his neck and coughed, Shu Nuo walked up to him and knelt down, and said slowly: "I've seen it, there is no your sister here, only a skeleton."

"How is it possible?!" Chen Xing's eyes turned red, "Then my sister... then my sister was given by them..."

Regardless of the pain in his body, he ran to the broken window in a hurry, supported the window with his arms and tried his best to jump over, but he didn't know whether his strength was too weak, or the long-term hunger made him lose strength, and he failed several times to climb up. .

Chen Xing leaned against his head, and begged Shu Nuo with sideways eyes: "My lord, can I ask you to bring out my sister's bones? Please..."

After three days, where did my little cuties go...