The journey of the only child of a peasant family to take the imperial examination

Zhang Pingan didn't care what his aunt thought and said, "If you want to stay and find me, I don't object."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked forward.

Uncle Xu said weakly, "Let's go. Don't look for it anymore. It's all fate!"

Shen was not a very courageous person to begin with, and was a sophisticated egoist. Upon hearing this, she shed two tears, and without hesitation, she followed him.

The man in the woods was very disappointed when he saw this and sighed inwardly what a pity!

After walking a short distance, Zhang Pingan walked over to his brother-in-law and warned him, "Brother-in-law, you and Brothers Dalang and Erlang should be more careful. Get your weapons ready. If you see something wrong, just chop it down!"

"What's going on?" Liu Sanlang asked in a low voice.

"I guess our food has been targeted by someone. This time the people have some brains and are not acting recklessly," Zhang Pingan said with a frown.

"I understand," Liu Sanlang nodded. He had grown a lot during this period of time and had been tempered by blood, so he was ruthless in his actions.

After walking two or three miles, I found that someone was following me stealthily, and there was quite a lot of noise.

After a while, the sneaky behavior turned into open and aboveboard behavior.

Going further would only consume their own physical strength, and these people probably couldn't hold back any longer.

Zhang Ping'an blew the whistle, asking everyone to stop, and the footsteps behind him also stopped.

For a moment the road was very quiet, with only the rustling of dead branches and fallen leaves in the wind.

Zhang Ping'an calmly turned around and faced a group of eager eyes. A rough count showed that there were about 100 to 200 people standing densely packed like zombies. It was quite a lot.

In terms of physique, these people who have been hungry for a long time are no match for their opponents. The leader probably wants to win by quantity and take the opportunity to loot. Their goal is food.

The other party obviously also knew the strengths and weaknesses of both sides and did not act rashly.

After a brief standoff, the leader of the opposing team came out and said, "Give us food and we'll let you go. We don't want anyone killed!"

This man was considered strong among the refugees, with a bunch of blisters around his mouth. Zhang Ping'an was very familiar with this symptom. This would only happen if he ate too much meat without enough carbohydrates and vitamins. He was just like the refugees who ate each other outside Yuezhou City.

"How much do you want?" Zhang Pingan sneered.

The leader saw that there was something going on and grinned, "We don't ask for much, just a pound of food per person. You haven't lost weight at all, and your faces are rosy. You have mules pulling carts, so there must be plenty of food. We are not greedy, just give us a little!"

Haha, you are still using this trick. It’s a pity that Zhang Pingan won’t believe a word of these words!

But he still pretended to think: "We have so many people with families, we can't give so much, can you give less?"

"How could I not give it to you?" the other party said sinisterly, "Do you think I'm a fool?"

The two sides fought for a while.

"At most half a pound per person. Otherwise, we'll just have a fight. We're not pushovers," Zhang Pingan said. "Food is our life. If you take all the food away, how can we survive? We might as well fight you to the death!"

Seeing Zhang Ping'an's resolute attitude, the other party thought for a moment and stepped back, saying, "Alright, you give us the food first!"

After a pause, he continued, "Don't ask the tallest guy to come over. Ask the person next to him to deliver it."

"Okay," Zhang Ping'an nodded, and personally went to the car to carry out a sack of fried rice. He looked at Brother Liu before handing the bag of grain over.

Seeing that they could really get some food, the refugees following behind couldn't help but make a noise. They were so hungry!

The leader couldn't help but be happy, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes. He would rob these people of everything after he had eaten his fill and had the strength. They really thought that they had gone through so much trouble just for half a pound of food. How naive!

When he was about to reach the leader, Brother Liu suddenly opened his pocket and scattered the fried rice on the ground in a large circle.

The refugees followed the food with their eyes, and when they saw it finally fall to the ground, they immediately started to scramble for it, not caring about the dirt, and stuffed it into their mouths along with the dirt. They even fought to get more food.

The leader's eyes were still full of joy, but when he saw this scene, he shouted angrily: "You..."

He wanted to ask what you guys mean, but before he could finish his question, Brother Liu slashed his neck with a knife, and blood spurted more than a foot high.

The other refugees didn't care about these things at all. They just stuffed food into their mouths. Soon they vomited blood and fell to the ground, most of them dead.

Someone struggled and groaned, "It's poisonous..."

Then he died!

Zhang praised: "It's a good thing you made preparations in advance."

Shen was completely unaware that there was poisoned food on the mule cart. Seeing a large number of people dying, she trembled and said, "What kind of poison is this? It's so cruel!"

"I don't know either. This was given to me by Doctor Dou. He said it was highly toxic and would kill anyone who came into contact with it. I never used it. Later, I met Doctor Fu, and I suddenly felt that poisoning was indeed quite effective, so I made some preparations in advance. Now I'm using it," Zhang Ping'an said calmly.

Those who were not poisoned had all run away by now.

The rest who had not been completely poisoned were vomiting continuously and were in very poor condition.