The carriage moved slowly and the journey took a long time. Xu Tianze and his party rode in the carriage and swayed slowly towards the northwest. Although they encountered some big and small troubles along the way, they were generally safe and sound.
“Ouch—”
"Young Master, are you okay?" Jiang Ti rubbed his swollen forehead and looked at Xu Tianze.
"I'm fine. You should take care of yourself." Xu Tianze shook his head, then took out the plaster and handed it to Jiang Ti.
The carriage suddenly stopped. Although he was slow to react, he still had martial arts skills and was able to calm himself down. Even Xichen was fine.
Only the delicate and soft Jiang Ti bumped his head on the small table. Fortunately, the edge of the small table had been wrapped with fur, otherwise it would not be just a simple bump that caused a red mark.
After taking a look at Xichen who was sitting as steady as a rock, Xu Tianze lifted the curtain and looked outside.
"Master, they are refugees." Xue Wei stood in front of the carriage. When he saw Xu Tianze coming out, he immediately explained why the carriage stopped abruptly.
"Jiangnan is a prosperous place, and Zhoushan City seems to be in a peaceful and harmonious place. Where do these refugees come from?" Xu Tianze couldn't bear to see the skinny and dull-eyed people outside the car.
"They came from the northwest. The northwest border has been unstable in recent years, and coupled with the severe drought, there are these refugees." Xue Wei also followed Xu Tianze's gaze and looked into the distance.
"Let's go, the carriage should move slower, and tell everyone not to drop the grain. Anyone who violates the order will be executed on the spot." After saying that, Xu Tianze retracted his gaze and lowered the curtain.
He turned around and saw Xichen and Jiang Ti looking at him. Feeling a little strange for a moment, he touched his face to make sure there was nothing on it before looking at them: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I thought the master would send some food and water bags directly." Jiang Ti couldn't describe his feelings, but he still said what was in his heart.
Xu Tianze shook his head. It was the right thing to do to send some food and water bags, but it would be better not to do it in the current situation. Otherwise, it would be them instead of the refugees who would be pitiful.
"This place is not far from the Jiangnan border." Xu Tianze sighed and was unwilling to say more.
Under Long Musi's governance, Jiangnan is peaceful and prosperous, and the people are also prosperous. In addition, Jiangnan has had good weather this year. Long Musi will certainly properly handle the refugees entering Jiangnan.
When the country rises and falls, the people are always the ones who suffer. If he had not met Xu Tianze, his feelings would not be so deep. After all, he would not have ended up like this anyway. But when these refugees appeared in front of him.
No matter how hard Xu Tianze tried to ignore it, he couldn't pretend that nothing had happened, and it was even more impossible for him to have no feelings at all.
“Hurry, there’s food there!!!”
"Please, kind person, give me a sip of water."
"Grab it! It's steamed buns!"
"Mother, woo, mother."
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As soon as Xu Tianze heard the noise outside the carriage, he knew something bad was going to happen. After all, someone did not obey the order, which eventually caused all the refugees present to riot.
"master."
"Don't go out. You two guard this carriage." After saying that, Xu Tianze lifted the curtain and walked out.
He stood on the front of the carriage, looking at the refugees surrounding the carriage and the guards who were standing in a circle in front of the carriage. For a moment, the crying and shouting made his ears noisy.
"Young Master, he is the one who disobeyed orders." When Xue Wei saw Xu Tianze coming out, he dragged a guard with a guilty look on his face to stand under the carriage.
Xu Tianze originally thought that someone did it on purpose, but when he saw the guard, he realized that he was overthinking.
Such a teenager is at the age of being cynical and naive, and he only sees black and white. He will not understand the deep meaning of your words, but will only see what he sees.
Xu Tianze was a little dazed, but he also knew that at the moment he could not allow himself to be distracted. He simply drew out the guard's sword and killed a refugee who rushed up with one blow.
“Wow—”
Xu Tianze's knife splattered blood all over his body, but it also served as an excellent warning to others, and the surrounding refugees were directly frightened.
"If anyone comes close again, I will kill them immediately. If you don't, I will kill you all." Xu Tianze said this with great seriousness.
He didn't pay any attention to the refugees, but only to the guards around him, who looked even more ferocious with the blood on their bodies.
"yes."
The guards had some pity just now and just tried to block him without swinging their swords, but now their lives were in danger, so they naturally would not indulge in useless pity any longer.
Seeing that the surroundings had stabilized, Xu Tianze looked at the teenager in front of him: "Is there anything you want to say?"
"I didn't do that." The young man knew that he had done something wrong, so he didn't argue.
If he had the chance again, he would probably still choose to help the little kid, share his steamed buns with him, and let the poor kid live a little longer.
Xu Tianze nodded. The boy's reaction was within his expectations. He had also come over at this time and naturally knew what the boy was thinking about. Unfortunately, mistakes always have consequences, so no matter how much he regretted it, he couldn't keep the boy.
"Idiot!" Xue Wei kicked the young man hard upon seeing this, then turned and saluted Xu Tianze, "Master, he is still a little young. I will definitely take him back and discipline him properly."
"Youth is an asset, but it's not a reason I can accept." Xu Tianze threw the blood-stained sword in front of the young man, and his meaning was very clear.
These words made Xue Wei choke, not knowing how to respond. He could only look at the young man anxiously, hoping that the young man would quickly admit his mistake. Perhaps, based on his master's magnanimity, he still had a chance to survive.
Unfortunately, teenagers are teenagers. They have their own stubbornness and dare to bear the consequences of their own actions. But they will not bow to others and lose their newborn dignity.
Xu Tianze felt a little strange when he saw Xue Wei defending the young man like this. After all, he and Xue Wei had known each other for five or six years, and he was very clear about Xue Wei's network of contacts.
Precisely because he knew this, he wondered why Xue Wei was so protective of the young man in front of him.
"Xue Wei, you protect him so much, could it be that he is your illegitimate child?" Xu Tianze said shockingly, his eyes moving back and forth between the young man and Xue Wei with suspicion.
Xu Tianze's suspicious look immediately broke the Snow Guard's defense, and the surroundings became strangely quiet.
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