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Chapter 13 This is Longxi

The man's face was almost thin, leaving only a piece of skin tightly attached to the bones. As he roared, those bones seemed to burst through the skin, and they pointed straight at Wang Chizheng.

Chen Yi was taken aback by the man's excited appearance, but immediately, he couldn't help his heart skip a beat.

"What do you mean?"

Chen Yi frowned, and asked the man anxiously.

"Huh, what do you mean?!"

The man sneered when he heard this.

"The bandits that you officials are talking about, at least every time they get food, they will distribute it to us disaster victims!
Thanks to them, we can hang our lives with a mouthful of porridge every now and then!

And what about you officials?All I know is to hide in the government office, eat meat and drink, completely disregarding the life and death of us disaster victims! "

Chen Yi glanced at Xu Wanjun. Xu Wanjun's face was hidden in the darkness, and he couldn't see clearly for a while.

"Forget it, I shouldn't have told you! Let Liu Da, the head of the family, take all your food away!
In this way, we disaster victims might be able to enjoy a bowl or two of gruel! "

After finishing speaking, the man put the pancake the size of a basin that Xu Wanjun handed over silently into his arms, staggered and turned to leave.

"you!"

"Let him go."

Wang Chizheng was stunned for a long time. He was about to stop him, but was suddenly stopped by Chen Yi and Xu Wanjun in unison.

"You two!"

Wang Chizheng drew the long knife at his waist, gritted his teeth, and pointed at Chen Yi and Xu Wanjun bitterly.

"Woman's benevolence! That person might be the spy sent by that Laoshizi cottage!
Just watch, let him go, we will be attacked sooner or later! "

"will not."

Chen Yi suddenly interrupted Wang Chizheng.

Facing Wang Chizheng's resentful gaze, Chen Yi had no choice but to explain patiently.

"We have an army of [-] soldiers equipped with swords and swords, and most of the bandits are disaster victims who have never even touched a long sword!
Whether it is a sneak attack or a head-on encounter, they will definitely not be our opponents! "

"Then that man asked us to take a detour just now?"

Wang Chizheng was a little puzzled.

"I'm afraid that man really regards the bandits in the village as his savior! He doesn't want us to confront those bandits, so as to prevent those bandits from dying in vain..."

Chen Yi frowned.

"Then, even if this is the case, can we wipe out those bandits?"

Wang Chizheng asked again.

Unlike the old Shoufu, Wang Chi is an authentic warrior.

Considering the problem, the first reaction will only be from the perspective of a warrior.Examine whether these people are a threat to the Great Wu Dynasty.

"I'll think about it."

Chen Yi interrupted him with a wave.

According to the man who left a great impression on him, the worst case scenario is that there are four or five thousand bandits in the cottage, and they have extremely strong combat power...

At the same time, they also have a strong hatred for the government and the aristocratic family...

If that's the case, then Chen Yi must consider whether he needs to take a detour in order to get to Wudu, the county seat of Longxi, as soon as possible.

"Can you consider surrendering?"

While Chen Yi was deep in thought, Xu Wanjun suddenly said.

"Surrender?"

Chen Yi was taken aback.

"After all, it's four or five thousand lives..."

Xu Wanjun said softly.

"From what the man said at that time, those bandits are already habitual offenders. How could they be easily surrendered by us?"

Wang Chizheng frowned.

"Ju Yuan, where are your scouts? Send them all out to see if they can find out the details of the bandits.

Anyway, we have reached Longxi after crossing this pass, so we will stay here for a few days to help the victims of the disaster. "

After thinking for a moment, Chen Yi suddenly turned his head and looked at Wang Chizheng seriously.

"..."

Wang Chizheng gritted his teeth slightly.

"Reconstruction after the disaster requires a lot of labor. Even if we can't recruit the bandits, then we can take them captive, which will be of great benefit to the disaster situation."

Chen Yi thought for a while, and couldn't help but explain.

"That's fine, anyway, His Majesty's order is for me to obey both of you!"

Wang Chizheng gritted his teeth and left.

It just so happened that many of the food escort army were veterans who had retired from the frontier, and there were not a few scouts.

……

As soon as the sky was bright, Chen Yi and the others crossed the pass and completely entered the boundary of Longxi.

"This...is Longxi?"

Looking at the mass graves not far away, and the exposed bones in the dry ditches that can be seen almost everywhere, Chen Yi couldn't help but feel nauseous.

"This is Longxi."

Xu Wanjun sighed, his face full of compassion and agreement.

Wang Chi was following behind the two, silently watching everything around them.

In front of the hills and wilderness, there is no trace of green, and everything is yellow.

Dry ditches, cracked land, and a few men at the end of the line of sight who were paralyzed under a locust tree whose bark had been stripped off...

A gust of wind blew by, and for a moment, the nostrils of the three were filled with hot and pungent stench.

"Juyuan, wait a minute, bring down a cart of grain."

Xu Wanjun sighed, glanced at Chen Yi beside him and said.

After his stomach got used to it a little, Chen Yi walked slowly towards the village at the end of his sight.

"Eh……"

Rao Wang Chizheng had seen countless dead people on the battlefield, but facing the scene in front of him, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

"Juyuan, we will mobilize some people later and bury all the bones on the roadside. If there are signs of infection, remember to burn them, and then sprinkle some white lime..."

After walking a few steps, Chen Yi turned his head and gave instructions to Wang Chizheng.

Wang Chizheng responded one by one, and turned to assign tasks to his subordinates.

When he reached the entrance of the village, Chen Yi stopped suddenly.

Not far in front of him was a big locust tree surrounded by several people.

But at this moment, the lush big locust tree, which should be full of emerald green, is bare, like an ugly monster with its skin peeled off.

Under the shade of a small locust tree, there were a few men with big belly like a drum, but extremely slender limbs.

When the men heard the movement, they raised their eyes and looked at Chen Yi lazily, then closed them again.

Chen Yi stared at them for a moment.

"They are eating Guanyin soil."

Xu Wanjun followed behind him to explain.

Chen Yi nodded: "I know Guanyintu."

Chen Yi did know about Avalokiteshvara, but that was only limited to some information from later generations.

The information only says that Guanyin soil is a kind of rare earth that has been finely screened through a sieve. After frying, eating it can make people feel full.

But he never told Chen Yi that people who have eaten Guanyin soil will look so pitiful and terrifying...

A man might be hungry again, carefully took out a handful of fine powder from the tattered pocket beside him, looked greedily for a moment, grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth!
Chen Yi's eyes were fixed, he stepped forward quickly, and slapped away the dust in the man's hand...

(End of this chapter)