Chapter 336 Catastrophe
Chapter 336 Catastrophe
Human Inn.
Behind the carriage was a cart full of grain. The millet, as yellow as gold, made the beggars who were almost starving to death salivate. They stared at the millet on the cart, wishing they could rush over and stuff the raw rice directly into their mouths.
Two bodyguards, a man and a woman, stood there, holding weapons in their hands. Their every move showed the demeanor of masters. Their spirit and energy were far superior to those beggars who were about to starve to death. Judging from the situation, it would not be a problem for two people to beat dozens of beggars.
If they are bound to starve to death, even if the gap in strength is too great, these beggars will risk their lives to fight for a way to survive. They would rather be chopped to death than starve to death.
But the escorts were indeed distributing grain. The escorts, whose faces could not be seen clearly, stood beside the carriages, maintaining order. They dug out yellow millet from the pockets on the carriages and distributed it to the beggars one by one.
The originally chaotic inn became orderly.
Most of those who received food were moved to tears and expressed gratitude profusely.
Shouts filled with gratitude echoed all around.
"Woo woo woo... Thank God! I can finally have something to eat."
"Thank you, young man, and thank you, young lady. When the drought is over, we will definitely erect a monument and write a biography for you to repay you for saving our lives."
"Dumen Escort Agency is truly a public-spirited and righteous agency, and it deserves to be the best escort agency in Yongzhou."
"The court has not forgotten us! The court has not forgotten us!!"
"You are so kind, I will definitely reward you handsomely one day! If you can be of use to me in the future, just let me know!"
……
No matter whether it was the people from the escort agency who were providing disaster relief or the beggars asking for food, they all turned a blind eye to the diners sitting at the table.
It's like two unrelated parallel worlds meet here, a mirage-like scene appears in this place, but in reality there is no intersection.
Although it seems that this is not dangerous and will not harm the diners.
But they did not dare to act rashly. The diners at that table who wanted to escape but died miserably was a lesson for them.
He was afraid that he would be careless and do something that violated the taboo, and end up like those diners just now, dying tragically on the spot.
They understand that this balance may only be temporary, and if they continue to stay here, the situation may deteriorate at any time.
If you really want to get rid of the crisis, you have to find a way to escape safely and stay away from this place.
However, no one is willing to be the first to try. The first person to try it has to take risks.
If you break the taboo, you will be seeking your own death. The only thing you can do is to use your life to help others avoid a wrong choice.
If nothing goes wrong after trying and you escape successfully, others can follow and use the same method to get out of their current predicament.
This is really too selfless, using one's own personal safety to create a way for others. Only close relatives or brothers in life and death can do this.
The diners present did not have such a close relationship, so they were all waiting for others to step forward and be the first to speak out.
So the situation is stuck here.
Everyone was waiting anxiously, hoping that no danger would arise.
As time passed, the number of beggars lining up in front of the carriage became fewer and fewer, until no one came anymore.
There were two bodyguards, one male and one female, and other bodyguards whose faces were blurred.
Start cooking with the leftover rice from the cart.
From what those people said just now, the players already knew the names of these two escorts.
Among them, the whip-wielding female escort is the only daughter of Boss Du, the head of Dumen Escort Agency.
The male bodyguard carrying a sword is Du Chunxia's husband, and also the son-in-law of Boss Du.
Soon, a pot of hot rice porridge was cooked.
The aroma of rice wafts up with the rising steam.
When the rice was fully cooked, the escorts began to eat it with big mouthfuls.
After working so hard all the way, they were exhausted.
Now, I can have a hot meal.
After finishing a bowl of rice porridge, the escorts all gave thumbs up: "This porridge tastes really good!"
"In a year of great disaster, being able to drink a bowl of thick rice porridge is already a great blessing."
"God, please rain soon! If it doesn't rain, people will die of drought here." "Good porridge! Good rice!"
"Such good millet, is the imperial court willing to use it for disaster relief?"
"In previous years, when providing disaster relief, old rice was always used to make up the numbers. An official who was willing to bring in old rice was considered a very good official."
"I heard that this is all because of the change of prime minister."
"The new prime minister is a monk. The emperor visited the monk many times before inviting this monk out from the temple to serve as prime minister."
……
While they were chatting, there were still bodyguards standing guard nearby to prevent anyone from attacking.
The female escort emphasized again: "Everyone, be careful."
"The Five Pecks of Rice Sect is vicious and wants to take advantage of this drought to start a rebellion."
"We must be careful not to be fooled by them."
The male escort echoed, "That's right! I heard that the Five Pecks of Rice Sect is not good at fighting."
"But all kinds of conspiracies and despicable things are done by experts."
"We must be very careful and careful not to fall into their trap."
The other escorts said one after another, "We understand! Our master has long taught us that when escorting a caravan, we must be extremely careful."
"Not to mention, what we are doing now is much more dangerous than the usual escort."
"However, if we can do this well, we can get the support of the imperial court."
"The future is limitless. If you are lucky enough, you may even be able to become an official."
……
Everyone chatted while eating.
After eating, a while passed.
The faces of those escorts all turned ugly.
Severe pain began to occur in the abdomen.
At the beginning, I could endure it with perseverance.
After all, no one else said anything, and if I spoke first, I would seem too delicate.
No one wants to be the first one to show up.
But later on, they couldn't help it anymore.
When we started to reconcile the accounts, we found that everyone was beginning to feel uncomfortable.
Suddenly, they began to realize the seriousness of the problem.
One escort covered his chest with his hands, his eyes wide open, "Damn it, there's something wrong with this batch of food!"
"How is that possible! We had the same meal last time..."
"This is not the first time we have eaten this food. Everything was fine before."
"Could it be that someone came along and poisoned our food?"
"Hiss~ If that's the case, then we gave the food to the beggars before, which hurt them..."
"Don't worry about others first, we can't protect ourselves now!"
……
However, they noticed at this time.
The male and female bodyguards looked like nothing had happened to them.
Both of them had strange smiles on their faces.
(End of this chapter)