Chapter 68: Release of Grain
"Okay, let's do as Yue girl wants."
After the old marquis finished speaking, he looked at Murong Li. Murong Li understood, nodded, and stood up to find Leader Qin to make arrangements.
They finished their meal quickly and then left quickly.
Sure enough, a few people followed them for a while, and only left after the team stopped at dark.
At night, no one set up tent outside and slept in the carriage.
The officers worked in two shifts and patrolled non-stop.
Everything was quiet, with only the occasional crackling of the fire.
The moon is a little bright tonight, casting a hazy shadow over this desolate land.
Su Yue swept her mental power and saw a group of refugees quietly surrounding them a mile away.
The ones leading the charge were the ones who followed the team.
Judging from the appearance, the number of these refugees is not less than that of the old man's team.
Many people were holding hoes, hatchets, kitchen knives, and wooden sticks.
This is going to kill everyone in their team.
"Village chief, we only need to rob food and horses, there is no need to kill people." Suddenly, Liu Ming, one of the men holding a wooden stick, said to the village chief who looked ferocious.
The village chief gave him a blank look and said, "You know nothing. If we rob that team and go back to the village, the dozen or so horses and the things on the carts will be enough for us to get through the New Year. The imperial court will have to intervene anyway next year."
"But we still can't kill people."
"Yes, village chief, we are just asking for food, let's forget about the lives." Another person couldn't bear it either, and tried his best to persuade him. They were all farmers carrying hoes, and they still couldn't bring themselves to kill people.
They are not vicious bandits, but ordinary people who have nowhere else to go.
Village chief: "Then can you get the things?"
Another refugee said anxiously, "Village chief, there are dozens of runners among them. We should just do what Old Liu next door did and let the women go and beg. Although we have more people than them, we don't have the fighting power. Look at us, our men are trembling even when they are standing."
The village chief fell silent and sat down on the ground dejectedly.
All their actions were captured by Su Yue's mental power. Fortunately, they braked in time and did not make any stupid moves.
If they dare to come with knives, they will never return.
She wanted to help them, but she wouldn't save a group of extremely vicious people.
Looking at these refugees who looked like skeletons, Su Yue felt really bad. How long have they been hungry?
It was harvest time, but they were fleeing.
That dog emperor really did nothing. She didn't believe that the disaster in the northwest was so serious and he didn't know about it.
When she looted the national treasury, there were mountains of wealth in the treasury, but no one was sent to provide disaster relief.
If I had known earlier, I would have moved the dog emperor’s food as well and distributed it to these refugees.
She really didn't want to share her food with these refugees, and she didn't want to make wedding dresses for the dog emperor, but seeing them starving like that, even if she had a heart of stone, she couldn't bear it anymore.
So she locked her mental power on a spot not far in front of the village chief and quickly moved more than a dozen bags of food in the space there.
These are all high-quality rice, which were taken from the homes of corrupt officials when they were looting them.
When putting the last thing in the bag, Su Yue deliberately made some noise.
"What's that sound?"
The loud sound of something heavy falling to the ground seemed particularly abrupt at night.
"Go and take a look." The village chief also came back to his senses. He was not afraid of wild beasts appearing in the middle of the night. The refugees nowadays were more terrifying than wild beasts. They were just waiting for wild beasts to appear.
After hearing this, several people walked towards the sound with the weapons in their hands.
"Village, village chief, here it is. Come quickly and look, look." The refugee walking in front saw a pile of sacks on the ground. He was so surprised that he couldn't speak clearly.
"Quick, Wu Er, take a kitchen knife and cut it open and see." The refugee who passed by behind touched the sack and shook it.
Suddenly, a refugee lit the fire stick on his body.
"Really, it really looks like food. Come on, Wu Er, bring me the kitchen knife." The village chief rushed over and snatched the kitchen knife from Wu Er, who was still in a daze. After a few cuts, the white rice in the bag blinded their eyes.
"Li Ergou, quickly call someone to move the food away." The village chief was the fastest to react. No matter how the food appeared here, he would do his best to take it away.
"Oh." The man named Li Ergou turned around and picked out a dozen strong men from the team. They quickly moved away more than ten bags of rice.
Seeing them move away, Su Yue didn't feel happy at all.
Seeing them move to a place at the foot of a mountain, where there were only the elderly, the weak, the sick, women and children, and seeing how skinny they were and how hungry they were, Su Yue felt sad.
After the refugees moved the food back, they immediately asked someone to cook porridge.
The remaining food was strictly guarded and no one was allowed to steal it.
Su Yue sighed, and took the opportunity to put a few more bags there for them, as well as the dried meat she had roasted in her space. Of course, she also put a large jar of water and some medicinal herbs there for them.
That's all I did for them.
The Northwest is vast and sparsely populated. At least there are millions of refugees, but there are only a few hundred people here, and the things in the space are limited. All we have to do is save their lives.
Relief from the imperial court will soon arrive, I hope they can hold on.
Su Yue sighed heavily again and used the same method to give some food to the refugees within her mental range.
They were also given some herbs.
Of course, these herbs are common, and most of them are picked from Hutouling. Even if they don’t know the prescriptions, decocting them and drinking them is better than boiling them.
When the refugees saw the food appearing out of thin air, they thought it was the appearance of gods from heaven. They cried and thanked God and Guanyin Bodhisattva for saving them from suffering.
Seeing those touching scenes, Su Yue's aching heart felt a little comforted.
“Knock knock knock…”
A soft knocking sound was heard in Su Yue's carriage.
Su Yue withdrew her mental power and saw that it was Murong Li. She quickly got off the carriage.
"Why are you here?"
"I can't sleep." Murong Li said as he took her hand and walked away. They sat down when they could no longer see the patrolmen.
"Can't sleep after seeing this disaster?"
Murong Li nodded and looked up at the sky: "This disaster has been going on for at least half a year, but the capital has not received any news. It was already very late when I received the news."
Su Yue patted him on the shoulder, understanding his feelings. No one in the royal family would remain indifferent after seeing this scene.
"Do your best."
"Well, my supplies will arrive in ten days at the earliest. Yue'er has already delivered the food tonight, right?"
He guessed it because the refugees hadn't arrived for such a long time.
"Well, so you don't have to be too anxious." Su Yue nodded.
Murong Li tried to ask: "Yue'er, aren't you curious about where I got the supplies?"
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