Turbulent Times Chapter 331: Poison plan

"The humble staff understands that after entering the city with Lord Hou and settling the hiding place of Lord Hou, the humble staff will immediately call in people to do this." Shen Guang said solemnly.

Wang Junlin nodded, and a group of people walked towards Heqiao. They were pretending to be a caravan, so they were naturally on the left.

Before Wang Junlin and his party set foot on the bridge again, suddenly, there was a loud sound of horseshoes behind him, "Yes, yes, yes"

"Give way, make way, we are Qin Anhou's personal soldiers, who dares to stand in the way and kill whoever!" Immediately afterwards, a series of arrogant shouts rushed straight into the eardrums. Wang Junlin turned his head in astonishment, and saw a group of cavalry rushing towards him from the west like a whirlwind. Encountered along the way, whether they are ragged refugees or pedestrians who can't escape, they all ride their horses and overturn them without stopping, no matter whether they live or die!

"It's the devil's soldier, run away!" Someone yelled at the top of his voice, ran away from the team, and plunged into the willow forest by the side of the road.

"The poisonous generals are coming! Hide quickly!"

"It's the poisonous general's personal soldier!"

The left side of the bridge and the right side of the bridge, all the people ran away to the side of the road in unison. Like a frightened chick, afraid of running too slowly, being knocked to the ground by the so-called poisonous general's personal soldiers, there is no place to appeal for grievances.

In the blink of an eye, the previously crowded river bridge became unimpeded.

"Hahaha, hahaha! The untouchables dare to slander our lord, wait for my lord to come, and all of you will be poisoned or burned to death." Hitting Wu Wuchuang, he waved his leather whip a few times triumphantly, laughed wildly and galloped away.

"Too much deceit!"

"Why didn't His Majesty catch that devil and behead him?"

On both sides of the bridge, cursing came alternately. The people on the left who were forced to get out of the way cursed loudly at the backs of the people hurrying away on the opposite bank. On the other hand, the refugees on the right side of the bridge have long been accustomed to being treated as worthless by the superiors. Silently drilled out from the willow forest, and silently walked quickly to the bridge deck. Under the threat of soldiers, they lined up again. I just hope that I can arrive outside Jincheng earlier, and get a life-threatening meal from the porridge shed of the imperial court.

At this time, a scream screamed from the refugee team on the right, "Mother, what's the matter with you, mother" followed closely, and the surroundings were in chaos. A disfigured man and an old man surrounded a woman's body, wailing loudly.

" Get out of the way, get out of the way. Is anyone dead? If you're dead, put it aside. Marquis Qin An will come to Jincheng to sit in the governor's mansion soon. If the Marquis sees you in such a dead state, don't mention how angry you are. A fire chief yelled, and as soon as he waved his hand, a group of soldiers like hungry wolves rushed up, beat the surrounding refugees with sticks, and drove them back to their own team. Immediately, he pointed a stick at the bridge of the bereaved man's nose and gave orders loudly.

The man had no strength to resist, so he could only kneel beside his wife's body, put her on his shoulders, and led the family to slowly crawl to the side of the road. While crying loudly, the three children staggered behind their parents and grandfather, not daring to stop any longer.

"Damn it!" Wang Junlin was so angry when he saw this scene, he jumped off the blood-maned horse whose hair was dyed black, and walked over to help the man hold the corpse on his shoulders.

Shen Guang ran over quickly with two people, grabbed the man's arm, and tried to help him stand up from the ground and stabilize his body.

Xu Jingzong hesitated for a while, got off his horse and raised his steps, and went forward to grab the three children, and under the surprised or mocking eyes of everyone on the left side of the bridge, sent the three children to their parents. By the way, he quietly stuffed a piece of dry food into the hands of the three children.

The three children were also very hungry. When they smelled the long-lost food, they immediately forgot the pain of losing their mother. Opening their mouths, they took a big mouthful of dry food in their respective hands. Unexpectedly, they ate too hastily, and immediately, everyone was choked and rolled their eyes.

Wang Junlin and the others were shocked, and quickly patted their backs with their hands to give the three children a smooth ride. Wang Junlin blamed himself a little, and took out all the dry food in Shen Guang's bag with a wave of his hand. A brain was sent to the three children.

This time, it caused a lot of trouble. Just hearing a "boom", hundreds of refugees broke away from the team and rushed towards the dry food bag in front of the three children. Fortunately, Shen Guang and the two guards were skilled and quick to respond. Realizing that the situation was wrong, he immediately waved his scabbard and knocked down the fastest-running refugees to the ground one by one, scaring away the other refugees, and prevented them, together with the family they kindly rescued, from being swarmed The refugees were trampled to death!

Wang Junlin sighed, took the family to the side, and helped the old man to sit on the stones by the roadside.

Wang Junlin made a junior salute to the old man. Xu Jingzong and Shen Guang looked at each other and followed Wang Junlin to salute.

"Old man, you have suffered, may I ask where your family came from?"

The old man seemed to be numb to the death of his daughter-in-law, and he didn't feel much sorrow. He waved his hands hastily and said, "A strong man must not perform this ceremony. This old man can't bear it. My surname is Zhang. Half a month ago, Anning County was plagued by snowstorms. There was no hope of spring sowing. I can earn a living for a year. Seeing the end, after discussing with me, my son decided to leave home and go south to Jincheng, the capital of the state, to see if he could ask for some work to support the family. Unfortunately, there was not much surplus food last year, and a little food was brought on the road. The family has a few mouths. It's almost gone, and my daughter-in-law just starved to death..."

Looking in the direction of Jincheng, the old man showed bitterness and sadness, and sighed: "I don't know if our family can survive in Jincheng. In this calamity year, we will return to our hometown to sow the cultivated land for a good harvest in the coming year..."

Wang Junlin smiled wryly, and looked at the densely packed refugees on the road. They probably all had the same idea in their hearts as the old man. They went to Jincheng, the state capital, to find a job to support their family. There are not many opportunities, so many refugees, how many people can find work? For the rest, where is their way of life?

The heart was extremely heavy, but Wang Junlin smiled at the old man, and said softly: "The old man will take care of the house, and your family's life will be better and better. I have another question here. Now that the three counties in the north of Yongzhou are in a catastrophe, the common people They left home one after another, wondering if the place is still peaceful?"

The old man sighed, and said: "How can the word 'peace' be used in times of calamity? Those who abide by their duties drag their families and flee with their mouths, and those who do not abide by their duties gather together to plunder rich people. Landlords, we have traveled all the way, and the homes of those rich landlords who were originally wealthy have turned out to be empty, and the whole family has disappeared."

PS: The third update is here, and there are two updates———