This place is in the wilderness, far away from the Forbidden City. There are more than 200 people in the group, including family members of former court officials.
When catching fish to eat, of course you can't just catch a few. You have to catch at least a hundred or so before you can share them with rice.
It can also be considered as dinner for everyone.
Therefore, when General Wei successfully caught a few fish and started eating them, the bystanders were drooling. Many civil officials who said it was "an insult to civility" had to take off their shirts and join in the fishing operation in just their pants under the eager gazes of their family members.
Suddenly, someone whispered excitedly:
"I caught a rabbit!!"
It turned out to be a military general who took advantage of the darkness to grope and dig a hole in the woods and caught a fat rabbit.
Someone followed suit and also went to dig a hole, but he found a snake and started screaming in fear.
General Wei, who had regained consciousness after entering the water, was quick-witted and accurately grasped the snake's vital point in the dark. He squinted his eyes and looked at it in the light of the fire, laughing:
"It's not poisonous. We're in for a treat tonight. We can make snake soup."
Because the area is far from the Forbidden City, and when the group left, Chu Qi hypnotized the gatekeepers on the road to erase all memories of their passing traces. In this way, when Emperor Yanqing sent people to search, the speed would be greatly reduced.
In this way, the journey of several people to join the rebels would not be so hurried, and they could go slower, for example, they would not have to travel at night.
Outside the Forbidden City, there are mountains all around. In such an environment, walking at night is too dangerous, so it is best to avoid it if possible.
At this time, the temporary residence was full of joy. Everyone was making fire and cooking, making fish soup, snake soup, etc.
Chu Qi naturally couldn't let Shi Qian starve, so she also joined in the hunting. She never thought of hiding the fact that she knew martial arts, and went straight into the dense forest next to her. Using her good eyesight even in the dark, she quickly captured many large birds that were roosting.
Tonight she planned to make bird porridge and roast meat.
The crowd seemed to be fleeing in a panic, but in fact, they bought a lot of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea on the way out of the city.
Famine belongs to the refugees, but far away from the famine, the Forbidden City is still very rich in supplies.
The supplies that everyone bought were enough to last for a long time if they lived frugally.
Because there were so many people, everyone had to rely on themselves for food. Some families could not catch fish or rabbits, so they could only watch others eat.
General Wei wanted to help, but he couldn't do much.
When Chu Qi returned from hunting, he not only had a bunch of fat dead birds in his hands, but also dragged two deer behind him.
There were naturally no wild deer nearby, so she had to walk around for a long way before she saw a herd of deer roosting there, and she immediately caught two of them.
After all, there are more than 200 people, and one head is definitely not enough to share.
It’s enough for both ends, maybe it can last until the next day.
Chu Qi threw the deer in the empty area and said, "Who will take care of it? Let's eat as much as we can tonight, and travel well tomorrow. We should try to reach Shenzhou within a month."
General Wei exclaimed:
"Brother Gu is really capable. He can catch a wild deer with his bare hands!"
It was not unusual to be able to catch a wild deer, but what was unusual was that he could catch one with his bare hands in the dark. Even if it were General Wei, he might not be able to do it, and he might encounter a tiger or something, which would be difficult for one person to deal with.
But Gu Qing was not afraid at all, he was really brave and skilled.
When they saw the wild deer, everyone's eyes lit up and they raised their hands and said they would do it.
Chu Qi plucked the bird, removed its internal organs, chopped it into pieces, and boiled it with rice.
Hong Xing and several female family members used curtains to separate a private area for people to bathe.
The original intention was to allow the female family members to bathe conveniently, but the ministers who had been imprisoned for a long time suddenly brightened up when they saw this, and they also gathered around a few bathing rooms and went in to wash themselves to their heart's content.
When they were rescued last night, they were only given a quick wash and were not very clean at all. It would be great if they could wash them again now.
After eating and drinking, everyone went to sleep, and before dawn the next day, they set out to join the rebels.
At the beginning, it was relatively peaceful, with no problems except that they were too tired from traveling. But as they walked further and further, until they arrived at the border of Shenzhou and finally saw the refugees, everyone's relaxed mood sank to the bottom.
Shenzhou had just experienced an earthquake and flood. The people had not harvested any grain of grain they had planted this year, and all their homes were destroyed. The imperial court had no disaster relief measures, so the people were displaced and could not survive.
It was at this time that a man named Xie Liu from Shenzhou mobilized the refugees to unite and form an uprising army, claiming that they would rebel against the imperial court and the corrupt officials and make a name for themselves.
If successful, he promised that all the disaster victims who followed him would be able to get fields, land, and houses!
From then on, the land allocated to them did not have to be taxed and could be used freely.
The most important thing is to survive.
After his repeated lobbying, he now had as many as 20,000 people under his command.
These 10,000 people robbed the rich and officials in Shenzhou to enrich themselves so that they could have food to eat and live in a good place.
Moreover, in the past month, the imperial army had not come to suppress the rebellion. The hard-won stability made Xie Liu feel proud. He lost the motivation to attack the Forbidden City, and discussed with the other three leaders to directly proclaim himself emperor in Shenzhou.
Yan State is currently considered a small country with a population of only more than 300,000 people. Xie Liu then gathered 20,000 people.
He had a good idea. With so many people, even if he failed to become emperor in the future, as long as he could show his strength and be recruited by Emperor Yanqing, at least he could become the king of the opposite sex.
Most of the refugees who joined the rebels did survive.
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