On the way to escape from natural disasters: She went crazy with space

On the morning of the thirty-seventh day of fleeing famine, because there had been a heavy rainstorm yesterday, all things that were originally dry and dying were now moistened by the rain and were full of vitality!

Lu Qingqing looked down and noticed that the ground, which was barren yesterday, was now moistened by the rain, and the grass was already vying to sprout pointed green tips.

Lu Qingqing was delighted. They had to move from the south to the north to make a living because their hometown was dry and they couldn't farm.

But now that we have water for farming, do we no longer have to go to the north?

Lu Qingqing was just about to ask the village chief, but before she could ask, the idea was shattered in the cradle.

A few people had just finished eating rice balls when they saw the Royal Guards who had left yesterday running towards them like wild beasts out of a cage.

As soon as they arrived, they were trained to check the population number in an orderly manner, as if they couldn't wait to finish everything in the next second.

They were doing their work, and Lu Qingqing was quietly observing them.

There are still ten of them, and it seems someone has replaced Song Anming.

I didn’t see any extra people in the post station yesterday. Are they looking for replacements?

Lu Qingqing's eyes seemed to sweep over their facial features vaguely. The newly replaced Imperial Guard was a middle-aged man. He also saw that they all had stern faces, as if they were thinking about something!

What on earth happened to them?

Before Lu Qingqing could figure it out, the two imperial guards who were responsible for checking the number of people had finished the check.

The number of victims is the same as yesterday, except that sixteen elderly people died last night.

Since leaving Muyang Village to escape famine, two or three elderly people have died every day!

They all died of starvation and exhaustion!

When the famine lasted for a long time, their bodies were as weak as a sick chicken that was about to die at any time.

After setting out on the journey, they were already exhausted and died due to the hardship of the long journey.

They are all elderly people over 60 years old.

When they died, their bodies were thrown everywhere. Because of what Shen Biao had said before, no one dared to dig a grave to bury them.

Their families merely wailed a few times before throwing their dead elders into a mass grave.

Lu Qingqing looked around and could hardly see a single elderly person in the group of disaster victims.

I can't help but feel powerless for this cruel dynasty.

In fact, it’s not just the elderly who can’t bear it, children are the same!

She and her second uncle and second aunt Lu Yuanzheng were adults and relatively strong, so the situation was better, but Yaoyao suffered.

These days, except for a full meal yesterday, they have been eating rice balls to fill their stomachs.

Even though she and her second aunt would give Yaoyao more rice balls every time they ate them, it was still of no use.

Lu Yaoyao, who was already thin, now weighs less than 18 kilograms.

Lu Qingqing saw it and felt anxious. There was a lot of food in the space, and Lu Qingqing had thought about giving it to Yaoyao.

But the Imperial Guards were watching closely, and the disaster victims were walking very close to her, so she had no chance and didn't dare to take it out to give to Lu Yaoyao.

She just hoped that these royal guards would leave soon so that she could take them away from the team and get some delicious food.

Lu Qingqing didn't expect that the opportunity would come so soon.

It was the fortieth day of fleeing famine, and it was noon.

The Royal Guards in front of him were riding horses and shuttling through the ranks. He shouted as he rode his horse:

"Hurry up, everyone. There's a forest sixty miles ahead. We have to get to the forest before dark, otherwise we'll be whipped!"

There was a heavy rain a few days ago, but it was just a drop in the bucket for the dry ground.

In less than half a day, everything returned to normal.

Not only did the victims have no food, but they were also short of the water they had stored in the past few days.

The climate is still hot, dry and parched!

On the ground, the scorching sun tore open the dry surface of the earth, and gullies of various sizes could be seen everywhere on the road.

Adults can easily avoid the ditch by walking, but children have small feet and may accidentally step into the ditch while walking.

The child is too weak to pull the foot out, so an adult has to come and help!

The victims had to take care of their children and travel faster, and it was considered a good thing if they could walk the stipulated 20 miles a day, as they were hungry one meal and full one day.

But these inhuman bastards actually asked them to walk sixty miles in half a day today. They don’t treat them as human beings at all!

Sure enough, as soon as the royal guard finished his words, someone expressed dissatisfaction and raised opinions!

"It's still two hours before dark. How can we possibly get there before dark? Isn't that asking too much?"

The person who spoke was Mu Yanshi from the Mu family.

Muyang Village once produced a top scholar in liberal arts who made a sensation in the whole village. He was from the Mu family.

The Mu clan members relied on this and often held their heads high like a proud swan when talking to people in the village, looking extremely arrogant!

Because of Mu's status as the top scholar, the villagers would just grit their teeth and endure it silently, even though they knew they were being bullied, and never argued with them!

Over time, the entire Mu family has come to understand that everyone respects them!

But they seemed to have forgotten that they were no longer in Muyang Village!

really.

As soon as Mu Yanshi finished speaking, the Imperial Guard Cheng Xiang, who was speaking, immediately turned his horse around and came to Mu Yanshi's side.

Cheng Xiang rode on a majestic black horse, looked down at Mu Yanshi, and asked again with an expressionless face:

"Do you think we can't reach the forest before dark?"

Lu Qingqing raised her eyes to look at Mu Yanshi, hoping that he was not so stupid that he could hear that the question asked by the Imperial Guard was a question that would kill him!

However, Lu Qingqing still overestimated Mu Yanshi's brain!

Mu Yanshi didn't expect that the Imperial Guards would come to ask him, and he didn't expect that he was the only one complaining while everyone else lowered their heads and continued on their way in silence!

At this time, Mu Yanshi already regretted it in his heart, but there was no reason to change his words since they had been spoken.

Moreover, he was only speaking the truth and he did not say anything wrong. No matter how arrogant the Imperial Guards are, they still have to be reasonable, right?

So Mu Yanshi answered with a stiff scalp: "Sir, an adult can only walk more than 40 miles a day. This is only possible when he is not carrying children or luggage! Now with these two things, it is impossible to walk 60 miles in half a day!"

The word "impossible" blocked the road!

Mu Yanshi has stupidized himself to death!

Cheng Xiang stared at Mu Yanshi's moving mouth. He didn't say anything, but swung the whip in his hand quickly.

He raised his hand and whipped Mu Yanshi hard with the whip.

"Ah!" Mu Yanshi screamed, and immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, no longer having the arrogance he had just had.

"Sir, please spare me. I just said those words nonsense. Sir, please forgive me. I know I was wrong..."

Little did he know that Cheng Xiang was looking for someone to kill as a warning to others, and Mu Yanshi just walked into the trap. How could Cheng Xiang let him go?

He ignored Mu Yanshi's pleas for mercy and continued to whip him with the whip in his hand.

Mu Yanshi's shrill screams echoed again and again in the team.

The victims dare not look, for fear that they might become the next cannon fodder if they are not careful!

Cheng Xiang only stopped beating Mu Yanshi until his screams became quieter. He quickly jumped off his horse, grabbed Mu Yanshi by the front of his collar with one hand and lifted him up:

"Can we get there before dark now?"