Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 710 Chasing and killing along the road 2
At night, Zhao Yun rested in the old man's house. After some observation, Zhao Yun found that most of the village was old people, and there were very few young and middle-aged people.Based on the situation along the way, if this village was not located deep in the mountains, I am afraid it would not have survived until now.

This is the case in troubled times, human life is worthless, if these ordinary people don't know how to protect themselves, they can only become corpses in troubled times.They only know how to use hoes, but they dare not fight with others. In order to escape, these people can only move their villages to remote places deep in the mountains. In this way, at least many disasters can be avoided.

"Old man, why are there so few people here?" Zhao Yun looked at the old man and asked, "I didn't find a few villages along the way. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful and the soil is fertile. I think it's a suitable place to live, but why don't you see many people? Even if it's an escape, this place should be the best choice."

"Oh, don't mention it." The old man shook his head and said, "I'm afraid I have to start talking about the Xiliang army when it entered Beijing. The Xiliang army was cruel and plundered the people. In the end, there was still no text.

Afterwards, the people around here rose up to resist because they could not bear the oppression. Many people joined the Baibo army and other bandit troops. Most of the young and strong people in our village left. I heard that some people went to Bingzhou.

We old bones couldn’t walk, so we stayed. The bandits nearby also knew that we didn’t have much money, and we lived on grass roots and bark on weekdays. So there is no danger to us, and our old bones can live until now. "

"Then, where did the bowl of meat soup I ate just now come from?" Zhao Yun asked, "I saw the old man was able to take out meat soup just now, and I thought this place was considered rich. As for eating grass roots and bark every day."

"You young man." An old woman walked into the house, and she smiled at Zhao Yun: "That is a wild rabbit that my old man caught on the mountain a few months ago, and then made it into dried meat and kept it until Now, there have been no guests in our village for several months, and the old man said that he would treat you with the best things, so he made this jerky meat soup for you."

"This..." Hearing this, Zhao Yun immediately got up and wanted to kneel down, but the old man immediately supported him and dared not say anything.

"The old man's kindness, Yun will remember it in his heart." Zhao Yun looked at the old man and said, "I came here abruptly today, but ate the last ration of the old man's family. Yun felt guilty. If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely repay it as a thousand gold."

"Too serious." The old man shook his head and smiled wryly: "Compared to you, we are not bad. Look at you, you came here alone, with blood on your body, wounds, and a baby in your arms. It seems that you You must have suffered the disaster of family ruin and death. If you don’t tell me, I can guess it. I can tell from your words and deeds that you must come from a rich and powerful family. But if you encounter bandits, your family may be in ruins. There aren't many people left, otherwise you wouldn't be so down and out.

We didn't eat, but our family is still together anyway, a bowl of meat soup is nothing, I can afford to entertain the old man, if you think highly of me, don't mention this matter in the future.When you are away from home, help if you can, I only have this little stuff, nothing else, hehehe"

"Yes, yes, don't mention this matter." The old woman also persuaded: "Isn't it just a bowl of meat soup, it's okay, anyway, we are used to eating grass roots and bark."

In the following exchanges, Zhao Yun had a general understanding of this village. There are still dozens of families here, mostly elderly people, and there are also many women and children. Depending on the situation, there are more than a dozen young and strong people in this village. , I happened to go hunting during the day today.This is a way for people in the village to make a living. They usually grow some crops, dig grass roots and wild vegetables, and eat tree bark. The young and strong will find opportunities to go hunting and fishing in the mountains.

However, because the people in this village were not good at hunting before, and they didn't have any better tools, so the harvest was often not very good.In fact, there is no shortage of wild animals in the depths of this mountain, and there are even big insects in many places, and animals such as wild deer and roe deer, not to mention wild boars, but the young and strong in the village always catch them. However, sometimes when encountering ferocious prey, they have to find a way to avoid it.

Coincidentally, the daughter-in-law of the old man's family also gave birth to a girl a few months ago, so now Zhao Yun doesn't have to worry about the young master being hungry.At this time, Zhao Yun did not intend to disclose his identity and experience. Since the old man thought so, Zhao Yun thought it was the best. After all, knowing too much is not a good thing, and Zhao Yun didn't want to hurt anyone.

Chatting and chatting, suddenly heard a noise coming from outside, Zhao Yun followed the old man out to have a look, it turned out that all the strong men who went hunting during the day had returned, it seemed that the situation was not good, most of them were empty-handed, only three of them There was some prey in his hand, but it was only a few pheasants and hares in total. Moreover, Zhao Yun smelled a bloody smell, and someone should have been injured.

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as everyone is safe, as long as everyone is safe, as long as they all come back safely..." Zhao Yun faintly heard the old man's voice, and it seemed that he was comforting the group of strong men.

"Come on, let me introduce you." The old man pointed to Zhao Yun and said to everyone, "This strong man escaped from bandits and will stay here tonight."

Zhao Yun stepped forward to salute and said, "Yun is being polite here."

The leading man hurriedly replied: "There is nothing to entertain at home, but I have neglected the strong man. Please rest for a while. I will go and fetch something for the strong man."

Seeing that the group of young men were about to leave again, Zhao Yun asked curiously: "Old man, what are they going to do?"

"Well, I didn't catch any prey during the day, so I can only try my luck at night." The old man replied, "We can't wait to die of hunger at home. They are going to fish in the nearby river. There are not enough people, so they have to hunt during the day." , I can only collect the net at night, the strong man is waiting at home."

"Well, why don't I go too." Zhao Yun said after thinking for a while, "Yun also knows some fishing and hunting skills, maybe he can help, and I hope the old man will take good care of the dog for me."

"Don't worry, strong man, my kid from your family and my granddaughter have slept together, it's all right..."

Originally, Zhao Yun shouldn't have left at this time, but since he entered the village in the afternoon, he has been treated by the other party. Maybe a bowl of meat soup is nothing, but it is definitely the most precious to this family What's more, this old man's family also has a daughter-in-law who is breastfeeding, and even this daughter-in-law can't eat this meat soup, which shows how poor this old man's family must be.

At the moment, Zhao Yun did not delay, he immediately took the bow and arrow weapons and followed the crowd.These young and strong people all knew that Zhao Yun had encountered bandits, so it was not surprising to see him holding a weapon. In this troubled world, it would be strange if he traveled without a weapon.

"Be careful, strong men, there are often big bugs here." The man in the lead is the old man's son. Seeing Zhao Yun's vigilance, he stepped forward and reminded: "We are very careful on weekdays. At night, we just check to see if we catch any fish. , if not, we have to leave quickly. There are many beasts here, and there are traces of big worms and black bears passing by on the ground. You follow us closely, as long as you don’t fall behind, you will be fine. Holding a torch can also scare away the big bugs."

"Thank you for reminding me, Yun knows." Zhao Yun nodded and said, "Go ahead, I'll just keep an eye on it."

"Ah, there are fish..." The group of men who went into the water to collect the nets said in surprise: "Boss, come and see, three fish, now my sister-in-law has fish soup to drink."

Everyone exclaimed, it seemed that the three fish were quite a reward for them, especially the leader with a smile on his face, probably thinking that his wife would be able to drink fish soup.

Just when everyone carefully collected the fish and continued to cast the net, suddenly, there was a roar of wild beasts, and then, a wild boar ran out of the woods in panic, and was rushing towards the crowd.

"No, run quickly, you will be in trouble if you get hit by this beast, quickly hide..."

These people all know how powerful a crazy wild boar is. The wild boar is not light, and it runs like a gust of wind. In addition to its sharp teeth, if it is really hit, it may not die or be seriously injured.

Seeing the panic-stricken appearance of these young men, Zhao Yun could only sigh in his heart.No wonder the life of the people in the village is so miserable. These young men are so frightened when they see wild boars. It seems that they are really not suitable for farming and hunting here.In fact, Zhao Yun noticed this from the very beginning. When he entered the village, he found that the old man was sensible, understood etiquette, and spoke well.

When he saw the leading man before, he found that the leading man was bookish.Rather than saying that these people are simple farmers, it is better to say that some of them are descendants of aristocratic families who have taken refuge here.Maybe they looked down on bandits, but at the same time they couldn't migrate far away for some reason, so they could only take refuge here.

But in this way, basic necessities of life have become a big problem.Otherwise, the people in this village would not be so poor.But fortunately, the people in the village are very contented. As the old man said, the whole family is together, which is good. Safety is a blessing. Even if they are eating grass roots and bark, they are happy in their hearts.

Everyone exclaimed, but Zhao Yun remained motionless. He slowly took down his bow and arrow and aimed at the boar. Even in the dark night, he could clearly see the boar's weakness.

"Hoo,,,,,," the sound of an arrow piercing the air sounded, and the wild boar fell to the ground in response, and the arrow sank into the wild boar's head, killing the wild boar directly.It wasn't until the wild boar fell to the ground that Zhao Yun realized that this guy weighed at least 300 kilograms. Zhao Yun couldn't see clearly when he was running just now. Now that he looked carefully, tsk tsk, this wild boar alone was enough for the villagers to eat for a long time.

Zhao Yun was about to tell everyone to come forward and lift up the wild boar, but the roar of the tiger made everyone hide in the water in fright and did not dare to come out. The group of men watched Zhao Yun stay there, and everyone thought that Zhao Yun was frightened Stupid, so he repeatedly called Zhao Yun to hide.

(End of this chapter)