Chapter 255: Human Evil
It was easy to get out. The officials left a gap for the carriage to pass without asking any questions.
Those who wanted to come in tried to squeeze in when they saw a gap, but the officers drew their knives and shouted to stop them. They waited for Qin Yao and his group to pass and then immediately closed the fence, thus stabilizing the situation.
Behind me I could hear the noise of a standoff between the two sides, with curses, threats, and a chaotic mess.
But this has nothing to do with Qin Yao and others.
After passing the checkpoint, the scenery on the road is obviously different. You can only see the green of the fields. All the wild vegetables and fruits growing on the roadside are left with only bare stems.
Every thirty-four meters, you can see a small group of people sitting or lying on the side of the road. They are both men and women, mostly young and middle-aged people with children. They carry backpacks or large bags on their backs. Their clothes are dirty, their faces are sallow, and their bodies are very thin.
His whole body was covered in dust, except for his pair of eyes. When he saw people, they suddenly lit up, and a faint green light could be seen, which was very scary.
Sanlang and Si Niang were still lying in the carriage, looking at the scenery outside through the open back door. Suddenly they met such a pair of eyes, and the brother and sister gasped.
Dalang discovered it in time and closed the back door tightly with a "bang".
Erlang climbed to the front door and reported to Qin Yao in a low voice: "Mother, the eyes of those people on the roadside are so scary. Sanlang and Si Niang were just scared, but my brother has already closed the back door."
"Just turn it off and don't look around." Qin Yao instructed.
Erlang nodded to show that he understood. His mother had told them the same thing when they met beggars in the town before.
You can be kind, but the premise is that it does not threaten your own safety.
The eyes of these people on the roadside are so scary, I dare not let them get close!
However, just as the conversation between mother and son ended, the carriage in front suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong? Why don't you leave?" Liu Ji asked loudly in dissatisfaction.
Da Zhuang leaned his head out from beside the shaft, pointed ahead and said, "Someone is kneeling on the road. Master Ding's carriage has stopped!"
That's why he couldn't get through.
There is no problem for two cars to run side by side on the official road, but since everyone is in a team, it is not easy to overtake and pass the Ding family.
"What's going on!" Qin Yao climbed to the roof of the carriage to check. It turned out that several people were kneeling in front of the Ding family's carriage, kowtowing and begging for food.
The coachman's heart softened and he completely forgot Qin Yao's instructions and stopped the carriage.
Qin Yao pursed her lips, speechless.
Liu Ji looked back and saw that the person who was originally lying on the side of the road suddenly turned over and sat up, and came towards them tentatively. Then, without any reaction, a pair of dirty hands reached out and almost poked him in the heart.
"Master, please be kind and give us something to eat. We have been fleeing from the disaster and have run out of food. Our children are crying with hunger. Please have mercy on us."
"It's fine if you don't want it, or if you have leftovers, but the main thing is that the child can't starve. If he doesn't have any more food, he'll die. Please have mercy on us, my dear husband!"
Liu Ji was so frightened that he quickly waved away the hands that were stretched out to him, and shouted: "Get lost! Get away! I don't even have enough to eat myself!"
"Mother!" Si Niang screamed from the carriage, "They stole our bookcase!"
"Swish!" A sharp arrow shot down from the roof of the car and pierced through a hand that was touching the back of the car.
"Ah!" A scream of pain was heard. Several men who had reached out to take the suitcases at the back of the car looked up in horror, met Qin Yao's cold eyes, and hurriedly turned around and ran away.
When the rest saw that Qin Yao actually took out a sharp weapon, they quickly took several steps back.
Qin Yao shouted angrily, "Ding Shi!"
Seeing that the stalled carriage ahead finally started moving, the guards stepped forward to drive away the people blocking the road. Then they jumped off the carriage, picked up the suitcase that had fallen, tied it to the back of the carriage again, slapped the door of the carriage, and urged Liu Ji to drive.
As the carriage moved, Qin Yao sat back on the shaft, holding a bow and arrow in his hand, and shouted away the refugees who wanted to surround him.
Liu Li, who was walking in the middle, was also shocked. He didn't expect that after just stopping for a while, there would be so many refugees gathered around him, who seemed to be sparse on the roadside.
Ding Shi, who was in the lead, was squatting by the door and scolding the driver.
The driver knew he had done something wrong, so he lowered his head and drove the carriage past the kneeling people.
It turned out that he was also afraid of death. When he saw the carriage rushing towards him, he immediately dodged and made way.
With the guards driving them away on both sides, the refugees on the roadside saw that they were not easy to deal with and started cursing at them, using the most nasty words possible.
What a shameless, immoral, and heartless rich people who only know how to bully ordinary people and have a strong hatred for the rich.
Ding Shi broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. The person who had just been begging him pitifully had such a terrifying face in the blink of an eye. It was the first time for the young man to encounter such a situation and he was greatly shocked.
Only then did he understand why Qin Yao had given him such instructions.
Because you can't even imagine the evil of human beings.
Seeing that they had guards and Qin Yao was ruthless, those people did not chase them.
Qin Yao and his group drove for more than ten miles before they slowed down.
However, as they got farther away from the city, more and more refugees appeared on the road.
Most of the time they would stay near a village or town and beg for food from the local villagers.
As soon as these refugees arrived, almost all the vegetables grown in the fields and the fruits grown on the mountains were stolen.
In order to protect their property and food, each village organized a large number of people to guard the roads leading into the village and be on guard against these refugees.
When the fight gets intense, both sides will fight. These refugees, who look pitiful, are not much less ruthless than bandits when they get angry, which is quite scary.
Especially those young and middle-aged men acting alone are more willing to take risks than those with children and the elderly. If you see a group of refugees composed entirely of men, you should be more cautious.
Horse-drawn carriages on the road could easily be stopped and money demanded from them.
Because there is still grain for sale in Zijing Mansion, money becomes the number one target of these people.
The government does not have enough manpower to deal with these refugees from other provinces who rashly come into the country, so it can only leave them alone and let the local authorities deal with the situation themselves.
The government's attitude made the people more ruthless. Sometimes, the refugees would fight for food resources and even the death of a few people was not uncommon.
Liu Ji watched all the way and no longer dared to question the authenticity of the information Qin Yao had inquired about. Instead, he became worried about the situation in the village.
"Will our village also be surrounded by refugees like this?" Liu Ji looked at Qin Yao worriedly.
There are 10,000 kilograms of wheat in the granary at home. Now there is no one to take care of it. He would be heartbroken if the wheat he had worked so hard to transport was stolen!
Qin Yao said calmly: "Our village should be fine. Even if there is trouble, I believe the young and strong people in our village can handle it."
"Dad and big brother are at home. They will definitely help keep an eye on our food."
(End of this chapter)
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