Feng Heming

Chapter 328 It was them?
Jiang Yuanxi smiled, "Then the sheriff here really loves the people like a child."

Not only has the old grain from previous years been preserved, but it has also distributed old grain to the people, and let the people grow vegetables, fruits and vegetables, which is quite a feat.

"Yes, my lord, he is a good man. Many people have set up longevity monuments for him at home." The strong man agreed.

"Then I wonder what your lord's name is?" Jiang Yuanxi asked.

"Our lord comes from Yiwei Xie's family." The strong man opened his mouth and came.

Xie family?Is that the nerdy Xie family?
Jiang Yuanxi immediately found out who the sheriff of Wuyin was, the second uncle of Xie Xiuwen, the nerdy Xie, the most resourceful member of the Xie family, the Xie family was kind and there were few intrigues, otherwise Xie Xiuwen would not be able to raise him If this kind of idiot were him, it would be no wonder that he would be sympathetic to the common people.

Just at this time, Xiao Er served the food, so Jiang Yuanxi didn't ask any more questions. The strong man originally wanted to ask where Jiang Yuanxi was from and how he came here, but seeing Jiang Yuanxi turned around, he didn't dare to ask again. The others saw that Jiang Yuanxi didn't seem to be a vicious person, so they spoke slowly again, but their voices were much lower.

Jiang Yuanxi listened to the chatter of those people while eating the vegetables, since at this time he can still go to restaurants to eat, the family has no shortage of money and food, and most of them are merchants, and he is also worried that there will be more and more refugees. I don't know how to do business, the strong man who answered her just now is the head of an escort agency, and some merchants want to ask him to take the escort staff to the escort.

After finishing the meal, Jiang Yuanxi put down a piece of silver and led the people away. He walked around the county town near Wuyin and saw that the people were able to live on although they looked disheveled, so he led the people away again.

Continuing to set off, before reaching Shanggu, they saw a long team.

Jiang Yuanxi waved his hand, and everyone reined in.

The team was originally sitting, but when they saw flying cavalry coming in front of them, more than [-] young and middle-aged men stood up, vigilantly protecting the women, children, old and weak behind them.

I thought that the fifty or so flying horses would ignore them and go away. When they saw them stop in front, the faces of the thirty or so young and middle-aged men all changed, but they didn't dare to make any more noise. With concern, I hoped that these fifty flying riders would leave quickly.

"Are you refugees?" Jiang Yuanxi looked at the hundreds of people. Except for a few people who had no patches on their clothes, the others had at least three or five patches on their clothes. , with a sallow and emaciated appearance.

A young man in his twenties stepped forward slightly, and said politely, "I don't know what you mean, sir?"

This is the default that he is a refugee.

Jiang Yuanxi was wearing men's clothes at this time, and the collar was slightly high. The young man didn't see her real body, and she didn't correct her. She continued to ask, "Where are you going?"

For some reason, the young man didn't really want to talk to her at first, but unconsciously answered her question, "Go to Wuyin."

Jiang Yuanxi raised his eyebrows slightly, "Did you hear that there are no refugees in Wuyin?"

The young man nodded vigilantly, and the people behind him gradually became uneasy.

"You have hundreds of people here, and you will starve to death if you go to Wuyin. I just came from Wuyin. Although there are no refugees there, it is because the county guard distributed old food from previous years to the people. If you can't eat enough, you won't die , you went to Wuyin, but there is no old food for you."

Jiang Yuanxi's words changed the expressions of the group of people, and some women and children couldn't help crying, looking at the children around them with distress.

The young man frowned, "Are you telling the truth?"

Jiang Yuanxi laughed again, "What did I lie to you for?"

The young man looked at Jiang Yuanxi and his party. They were wearing half-new and not old robes. It could be seen that their family background was good. No, it should be said that they were not ordinary people just by seeing that they were all riding a horse. There was really no need to lie to them. .

Then he fell silent.

Didn't they leave their homes because they found out that Wuyin was safe? If there was no food in their stomachs, where would they go?

"Where are you from?" Jiang Yuanxi waited for a while and asked again.

There was a hint of bewilderment in the young man's expression, "Shouchun."

"Shouchun? It's a bit far away from here. It's more than 300 miles away. You took food on the road?"

Jiang Yuanxi carefully looked at the hundreds of people, and saw that there was only daze and panic on their faces, but no sadness. It seemed that no one died along the way, so he took a high look at the leading young man.

With hundreds of people, including women, children, old and weak, even children over one year old, they walked more than 300 miles to here safely, whether it is the leading youth or the young and middle-aged guards, It's all amazing.

The young man was startled, how did this man know that they were on the road with food?In the end it was the answer: "Yes, the imperial court issued a decree to collect taxes, and we escaped when the officials didn't come to the door."

The food stored at home was not snatched away by the officials, and they made it here all the way, but just a day ago, they ran out of their own stored food no matter how much they saved. Hope they wish they could have eight legs and walk faster.

Jiang Yuanxi glanced over those young and middle-aged men with bruised noses and swollen faces, "You have conflicts with others?"

The young man broke the pot and asked questions and answered, "We used to travel with a group of people in our village. The other party originally brought food. The food was not much, and it was finished in a few days. We distributed some food to them, because We didn’t have enough food for ourselves, so we didn’t give it any more. When the group ran out of food, they dug up tree roots and weeds to eat. They wanted to come to Wuyin just like us. Four days ago, one of our sister-in-law woke up in the middle of the night. I found that my one-year-old child was gone in my arms."

The young man had a gloomy look on his face, and it was obvious that he hated that group of people very much.

The smile on the corner of Jiang Yuanxi's mouth subsided, and even Hu Bugui, who was looking into the distance, turned his head to look at the one-year-old child who was being hugged in the crowd. The young man's words obviously reminded the woman of something bad. , holding the child's hand tightly, with lingering fear.

I have no food, I can only eat tree roots and weeds. It is okay for a day or two, but it will not work after a long time, especially if some of the people in the company are eating gruel, they don’t even have a mouthful of rice soup. A vicious thought came up, and he wanted to steal the child to fill his stomach in the middle of the night.

Jiang Yuanxi understands why these young and middle-aged people have bruised noses and swollen faces. The sister-in-law woke up early and did not let that group succeed, the two sides must have fought.

"Is the person who stole the child dead?" Jiang Yuanxi remembered that when he was in Wuyin, he thought that most of the refugees who rebelled had a bottom line, and now he heard about a scum.

"Not dead, they are all young and middle-aged, we have women, children, old and weak, if they are not so hungry, we can't drive them away." The young man pursed his lips.

"Do you know that person's name?" Jiang Yuanxi narrowed his eyes.

"Peng Wenhai, the leader of that group is called Peng Wenshan." The young man replied.

Jiang Yuanxi closed his eyelids, "It turned out to be them?"

(End of this chapter)