Confiscated the property and exiled? I emptied the warehouse and fled the famine.

Pei Yan was shocked. No one cared about the drought for three months? Fortunately, he listened to Lu Zhizhou and Ruan Yunsheng and took a detour. "So where are you going now?"

The man looked at the team behind him and then at his clothes and understood, "We don't know where to go either. We'll just go wherever we can. Having a drink of water is better than anything else. Luckily you took a detour, otherwise you would be finished if you entered the city."

"How to say?"

"Those of us who were able to escape were relatively young. Those with young people at home took their parents away. There were also many elderly people who had no one to rely on. Their sons were away and they had no news. Some of them had lost their sons and could only wait to die at home."

After saying that, the man leaned close to Pei Yan and whispered, "The city is in chaos. Some people who have nothing to eat started killing their own poultry and livestock. Later, when all the poultry and livestock were killed and there was no food or water to drink, people started cannibalism. The scene was really horrible. We were lucky to escape early. Outsiders like you who went there would simply be courting death."

Cold sweat broke out on Pei Yan's forehead. It was such a terrifying scene to see people eating each other. Pei Yan raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. He couldn't tell whether it was due to the heat or fear.

"Haha, thanks brother."

Ruan Yunsheng felt pity when she saw the group of refugees, but she knew that she must not feel pity at this time. If she exposed her food and water to these people, they would be more terrifying than bandits.

"Sister-in-law Qi, we..."

Ruan Yunsheng quickly covered Lu Yunruo's mouth and looked at the group of refugees. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that they didn't find anything. She didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the crowd moved away from the group of refugees.

"Xiao Ba, don't reveal that you have food on you. These refugees will kill you at any moment. They don't care about their lives anymore. They just want a bite to eat."

Lu Yunruo looked at Ruan Yunsheng's serious expression and realized that she was not joking with her. She felt a little scared. If Seventh Sister hadn't stopped her, she would have really taken out some food and water to give to the man.

"Sister-in-law Qi, I understand. I won't do it again."

Ruan Yunsheng was still a little worried. There was something wrong with the way the man looked at them just now, but she couldn't tell what was wrong. Besides, they had all gone far away now. Ruan Yunsheng shook her head, hoping that she was overthinking it.

They didn't know how long they walked before everyone was so tired that they could hardly straighten their backs. The weather was too hot and Pei Yan was worried that everyone's body couldn't take it. If they really got heatstroke, it would delay the progress. So they simply chose to rest on the spot when they passed by a forest. Everyone took out their water bags and dried fish.

As night falls, I don't know why, the day and night that should have alternated between hot and cold are no longer cold at this time. There is a slight breeze blowing, and there is a refreshing feeling of autumn breeze.

Ruan Yunsheng lay in Lu Zhizhou's arms, feeling the coolness, and thought of the man's expression when he looked at them today. "Lu Zhizhou, I don't know if I'm overthinking it. The man that Brother Pei was holding today looked at us in a very strange way when he was leaving. It gave me an indescribable feeling."

"Don't think too much, I'm here."

Lu Zhizhou pursed his lips. He said this just to comfort Ruan Yunsheng, because he also saw the man's eyes. He was very familiar with that look. It was the look of looking at prey. But they had walked at least thirty or forty miles now, plus the distance they had traveled in the morning was at least seventy or eighty kilometers. So even if there was something wrong with the man, he should not chase them.

With Lu Zhizhou around, Ruan Yunsheng felt more at ease and found a comfortable position in his arms to sleep.

At midnight, there was a sound of rustling grass. Lu Zhizhou and Ye Yong, who were often in the military camp, soon discovered something was wrong. They opened their eyes instantly and vaguely heard some footsteps in the dark. Before they were sure who the other party was, Lu Zhizhou and Ye Yong remained motionless. Lu Zhizhou gently woke Ruan Yunsheng up.

"Hmm~" The moment Ruan Yunsheng opened her mouth, he immediately covered her mouth and pointed his finger into the darkness. Ruan Yunsheng understood. She also heard the footsteps. Lu Zhizhou raised his index finger and placed it on his mouth. Ruan Yunsheng nodded, then Lu Zhizhou took his hand away to signal her to continue closing her eyes.

The people in the dark first groped for the person closest to them. Ruan Yunsheng squinted and saw that it was the position of Old Lady Chen and the other person. She hurriedly pushed Lu Zhizhou, and Lu Zhizhou squinted and saw their movements.

They picked up a big stone and smashed it on the heads of Old Mrs. Chen and her husband. Lu Zhizhou picked up a small stone nearby and threw it at the man's arm.

"Ah~" The stone in the man's hand fell down, perhaps hitting his own foot, and he let out a low cry.

Everyone was awakened. Pei Yan asked people to light torches. Under the light of the flames, they could see clearly that the people coming were the refugees they met in the morning. They did not expect that they had followed them for dozens of miles.

"Why are you following us?" Lu Zhizhou's face was dark. Old Mrs. Chen had been pulled to their side by Uncle Chen, and people on both sides maintained a protective posture.

"It's all because of you damned outsiders. You are all death row prisoners and you have food on you, but you won't give it to us. You are all going to die anyway, so why don't you give us food? You were corrupt when you were alive, so you don't deserve to have food. We are already in such a miserable state, but you don't help us."

The man who was speaking was the man who was held back by Pei Yan in the morning. He looked at the people in front of him with resentment on his face.

Ruan Yunsheng was so angry at his words that he laughed and put his hands on his hips, "If you are hungry, just eat from branches. We are your father or your mother. Why should we give you food? If you say you are hungry or thirsty, we have to give you food and drink with our hands raised above our heads. Why are you so shameless? The drought has dried up your brains, right? Besides, who told you that those who are exiled are sentenced to death? You are uneducated but still pretend to be powerful."

Ruan Yunsheng finally felt relieved after her attack. Lu Yunruo looked at Ruan Yunsheng with her mouth wide open. Her seventh sister-in-law's fighting ability was truly amazing.

Lu Zhizhou looked at his wife with a smile, and after Ruan Yunsheng finished speaking, he kindly helped her calm down. Ruan Yunsheng then put down her hands from her waist.

"You, how can you, a woman, say such vicious things? We are all going to die, so what's wrong with you giving us some food?" The man at this moment still looked as if it was a matter of course. In his mind, they were exiled as death row prisoners, and there was no point in asking for food since they were death row prisoners.

Ruan Yunsheng was about to go up and argue, but the man took a few steps back when he saw Ruan Yunsheng coming over. The people behind him also took a few steps back. Lu Zhizhou grabbed Ruan Yunsheng's arm.

"No, although they are hateful, they are civilians after all. If they don't take action, we can't take action." Ruan Yunsheng raised an eyebrow. If they take action, then she can take action too?