Chapter 317 Tang Shi

Forget about being a hero and saving the world.

He couldn't even save a group of children.

Along the way, he met many beastly parents who sold their children by the pound because they were hungry.

In order for these children to survive, he spent money to buy all these children.

It was easy to buy the children.

But it became a difficult problem to place these children.

Children need to eat, drink, defecate, urinate, sleep, and need someone to take care of them.

Just taking care of these children every day has already wasted a lot of his energy.

He also has to prepare food for these children and treat sick children.

There is no income, only expenditure.

His money is about to run out.

If it were a peaceful time, his money would be enough for the children's expenses for more than ten years.

But now food is scarce, and many grain stores have stopped selling food.

With this little money, he is afraid that he can't continue to support his family for a month.

"Sir, please sell me, or eat me. I am the biggest, and I should be enough for everyone to eat for three to five days."

The little girl lowered her head and held Tang Shi's hand.

"I just hope that you can help me take good care of my sister. My sister is still young, and she has never eaten many things, and she has never seen many scenery."

Tang Shi stroked the little girl's head and comforted her.

"It's okay, I promise you, we can all survive."

A little child whispered, "Adult, let's go to Jianan Pass."

"I heard that Jianan Pass is now occupied by a very powerful adult. That adult is so nice. He not only distributes food to the people, but also gives them work."

"Even a child like me can find a suitable job there."

"Many people have left, shall we go too?"

Tang Shi's narrow eyes narrowed slightly: "Jianan Pass is occupied by the rebels?"

"How is this possible?" "

Xuyang Pass is so close to Jianan Pass. If the rebels really fought each other, how could we not hear any news?"

"And the Tang family army is so powerful, how could they lose!!"

Even if they are inferior to the opponent in terms of numbers and strength, they cannot be easily defeated.

At least they can hold on until reinforcements arrive?

"Sir, what I said is true."

"I met a friend named Xiaolong a few days ago. He said that his family has relatives in Jianan Pass. He sent me news that Jianan Pass is fine now."

"Xiaolong's family has already left."

Tang Shi wanted to go to Jianan Pass to find out what was going on, but it would take at least half a month to go back and forth from here to Jianan Pass.

But these children can't leave him.

If he really leaves for half a month, I'm afraid the children will be in danger.

Tang Shi was restless and wandered in the ruined temple for a long time.

"Zhaodi, Zhuzi, you take good care of your brothers and sisters. I'm going out for a while and will be back soon."

"If you meet bad guys, run away quickly and don't confront them, understand?"

Shitou and Zhaodi nodded.

Tang Shi left the ruined temple and came to the teahouse to inquire about the news.

Nowadays, teahouses are really just teahouses. Apart from tea, there are no snacks.

Moreover, the tea is very light and not bright enough. I don’t know how many times it has been brewed.

Teahouse business is slow. Those who can come to drink tea have good conditions at home.

"Brother Li, I just passed by your house and saw that you seemed to be moving things? Are you moving?"

"My wife's family sent me news saying that Jianan Pass is well developed and everyone has food to eat and work to do. I have discussed with my family and plan to go to Jianan Pass!"

"But isn't Jianan Pass occupied by the rebels? The rebels are so daring, aren't you worried that the rebels will take your life?"

"Our family is already struggling to make ends meet. We'll starve to death if we stay here any longer. We might as well go to Jianan Pass and see if there is a way out."

Tang Shi couldn't help asking.

"Brother, did Jianan Pass fall?"

"Xuyang Pass is so close to Jianan Pass, how come there was no movement when the battle started?"

"What movement could there be? My wife's family wrote that there was almost no fighting, they surrendered directly."

Tang Shi couldn't help but stand up.

"How is this possible!"

She knew best that the soldiers he had brought up would never surrender.

"What's impossible? It is said that on the day of the siege, the new garrison commander drank and not only did not fight the enemy, but also wanted to kill himself."

"After the death of General Tang, most of the soldiers were killed by the brothers Sun Xing and Sun Hu, and then the new garrison commander deducted their food and monthly salary, and they were starving to death."

"They already had resentment in their hearts. With the garrison commander's behavior, they naturally didn't want to fight again, so they surrendered."

Since leaving the Tang Family Army, Tang Shi deliberately avoided the news of the Tang Family Army, because he was afraid that hearing these would soften his heart and return to the army.

Now that he heard that most of the soldiers were killed, he shook his body, and was so angry that he vomited a large mouthful of blood.

Seeing this, the tea drinkers around him ran away one after another.

They were afraid that if they left too late, they would be blamed by Tang Shi.

The owner of the teahouse saw this and hurriedly helped Tang Shi up.

"Sir, are you okay?"

"No, no, no."

"Sir, I don't want the money for the tea. You should go home quickly. The world is in chaos now. The rebels may attack Xuyang Pass at any time."

Tang Shi heard a burst of noise.

He thought that if he died, he would not bring trouble to his relatives and brothers.

Now it seems that he was just deceiving himself.

After his "death", his brothers were not treated well, but were bullied.

He returned to the broken temple in a daze, and the children in the temple surrounded him.

Seeing that Tang Shi's condition seemed to be wrong, Zhaodi hurriedly helped Tang Shi to lie down.

"My lord, please take a rest."

In a daze, Tang Shi dreamed of the scenes when he fought side by side with his brothers in the past.

At that time, he was full of vigor and said that he would lead his brothers to be conferred titles and appointed as prime ministers.

Now, let alone being conferred titles and appointed as prime ministers, he dared not even use the name Tang Shi.

He could only hide in this small broken temple and sleep in the open.

And his brothers could not even have enough food to eat, and were bullied.

After all, it was his fault and he was sorry to his brothers.

When he woke up, Tang Shi's body did not get better but became more uncomfortable.

When he walked on the street, he could often hear the sound of people begging and crying.

Even so, when an official passed by, he would still raise his whip, drive away the people, and ask the people to stay away.

Everyone's life was so hard, like purgatory.

If Jianan Pass was really as good as the people said, then the brothers should surrender.

The rebels were more like Dayun officials, and Dayun officials were more like rebels.

One was good for the people, and the other was cruel to the people.

Tang Shi figured it out, and he was no longer as confused as before, but actively led the children to dig tunnels.

"If one day, a fight really breaks out, you should temporarily hide underground and don't come out easily."