Chapter 186 The Walking Dead
Poor little baby, he was spanked by his own father before he was even born.
As they walked forward, the road became more and more desolate. Now they finally saw some refugees on the road they were walking on.
But the eyes of these refugees were empty, as if they no longer had the courage to live.
Some people can be described as zombies, with no light in their eyes.
Everyone, regardless of gender, age or status, was dressed in rags, and some didn't even have shoes and went barefoot.
Some of them were wearing straw sandals woven from straw, and their clothes were patched up, making them look particularly miserable.
When everyone saw the carriage, it was as if they saw hope.
Everyone surrounded the carriage, and a few men were so hungry that they wanted to grab the food.
An San showed no mercy and cut off the man's hand with a sword.
He knew that being soft-hearted at this time would harm everyone, so he had to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
The man immediately fell to the ground and fainted from the pain.
The man was probably in his 30s, and next to him was probably his wife and two children in their teens.
There are two elderly people next to him, probably the man’s parents.
When the old lady saw that her son's arm had been chopped off, she immediately sat on the ground and burst into tears.
An Yi threw out his sword.
"Anyone who dares to take another step forward will die."
"Also, where did you all flee from? Don't the prefects and county magistrates in your respective regions care?
Even if the imperial relief grain doesn't arrive, don't you have any surplus grain?"
"Oh, my lord, you probably don't know! We must have stored some surplus food.
But we didn’t know that the food was either stolen by bandits or infected with the plague and was completely inedible. What could we do?
Besides, there is a war going on at the border now, and it is almost at our doorstep. What else can we do if we don’t run away?
It's all because of the inaction of officials. They simply don't care about the lives of ordinary people like us."
"They ate a feast of meat and fish all day long, and hid all the food.
If we don't escape, we will die. Maybe if we escape, there is still a chance of survival.
No matter how difficult the living conditions are, no one wants to die! Who doesn’t want to live a good life? "
"Sir, please give us some food. We adults can go without it, but the children are pitiful.
Look at your luxurious carriage. There must be a lot of food in it.
Just give us some food. We don’t mind any food as long as it can fill our stomachs.”
An Yi said coldly.
“We are not adults, we are just merchants passing through, we can’t help you.
You should find a way on your own and go to a place that is not infected with the plague to see if there is anything to eat to fill your stomach.
For example, wild fruits and vegetables in the mountains are all edible."
"Save your life now. There is nothing we can do. We have been traveling for such a long time and our food has run out.
I can't help you, so you should figure out a solution on your own and don't block our way.
Otherwise... don't blame us for being ruthless."
"You, you guys, how could you be so heartless? I saw it all, there was clearly food among the vegetables you bought.
Oh, God! Why don't you give us a way to survive? Look at how well these profiteers eat and dress.
It's a pity that we ordinary people have to pay taxes normally, but the government doesn't care about us at the critical moment."
"We just want to live well. Can't we even have such a small wish?"
A sarcastic old woman rolled her eyes and used all her strength.
Blocked the way of the carriage in front.
"If you don't leave the food here today, you won't be able to leave.
Either you step over my dead body, we're both doomed anyway.
It doesn't matter if we die early or late. We have come such a long way and finally met you."
"We absolutely cannot let you go. We must all attack together. We don't believe that so many of us can't defeat a few of them.
We have more people, so they can't kill many. As long as we can survive, there's hope."
Some people were already very hungry. After all, when people are very hungry, they can do anything. When they were instigated by these words, they immediately wanted to take action.
Not to mention that there were people leading the way, some of whom picked up stones on the ground and wanted to smash the carriage.
Everyone rushed forward, thinking that someone would grab the food.
Then we will see who is more powerful.
However... when everyone was about to take action, Nangong Xue took out a handful of medicine powder and sprinkled it out without saying a word.
We'll give you some sleeping powder, but don't blame us for being heartless. After all, this is not within our scope of responsibility. Besides, with so many people, we can only save one, not two.
If she hadn't been thinking about being pregnant and wanting to pray for the baby in her belly, the person who caused trouble would have been beheaded long ago.
Why would I waste so much time here?
If the border cannot be defended, everyone will become a refugee.
By then, not only will everyone be homeless, but they will also become prisoners of others.
I think everyone knows what happens when you become a prisoner.
Therefore, we cannot delay the important things in the future because of these people in front of us.
It has been so long, and I still don’t know the specific situation of the battle at the border.
The battlefield is changing rapidly. The enemy has united and must have made up their minds to capture several border cities.
The people in front fell down in rows, and the people behind were also shocked by the scene.
They were just ordinary farmers, and some were landlords. They had never seen such a big scene before.
They were so scared that they collapsed to the ground, and some even peed their pants. The smell was so bad that you can't even describe it.
Now no one dared to step forward, as they didn't expect there was a lady sitting in the carriage.
"Let's go."
Everyone continued on their journey and looked at the distance. If nothing went wrong, it might take another five or six days to reach the border.
But the further you go, the harder it becomes to walk, and you encounter more refugees, some of whom are quite nice.
Anyway, since I can't survive, you can't either.
However, they met Nangong Xue, a tough guy, and those little tricks of theirs were just left over from her previous tricks.
It's a bit naive to play these tricks on her. If she doesn't want to live, fine, then just kill her.
It would save me from suffering while living, wouldn't that be fulfilling your intention?
Seeing how cruel Nangong Xue was, everyone cursed her in their hearts.
How could a man want such an ugly woman? Curse her for not being able to give birth to a son? Or be divorced.
Because in ancient times, if a woman was disliked by a man, it would be difficult for her to get married again. Everyone would think that the woman had a problem and was not decent.
Otherwise, the man would not divorce his wife.
In short, if anything happens, all the fault lies with women. In the imperial era, women had no status at all.
As soon as these people's eyes rolled around, Nangong Xue knew what they were thinking.
This lady is immune to all poisons, so why would she be afraid of your curses?
Since you like to gossip so much, I will let you talk as much as you want.
Nangong Xue took out the medicine powder and sprinkled it out quietly.
Ye Shiyang came over and asked in a low voice.
"Princess, what medicine did you give them? Why do you have so many medicines?"
Nangong Xue: "You will soon know what medicine I gave them."
Soon Ye Shiyang knew what medicine Nangong Xue had given these people.
The women who had been shouting the loudest just now now couldn't stop talking like a floodgate that had been opened, and they kept chattering non-stop.
And what they said were things that they usually kept in their hearts but dared not say.
What do you mean the emperor is a tyrant? He deserves to have his throne taken away from him.
It would also allow him to experience the feeling of being a king of a fallen country, and he was still cursing the emperor for a bad death.
After death, one will go to the eighteen levels of hell and will never be reborn.
The sons he had were not his own, but were born from the affair between his concubine and other men.
Oh my goodness, I didn’t expect these people to be so vicious.
Everyone turned their eyes to Dongfang Chen. After all, these people were scolding his father.
Dongfang Chen had no expression at all. Apart from his princess and his mother, no one else was worthy of his attention.
He was just scolded a few times, which was not a big deal. Besides, didn't he deserve the scolding?
If he hadn't done anything, would others have rebelled against him?
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