Gu Qi, she just wants to farm

Chapter 379

Zhuangzi outside Luoshan Village has rebuilt the wall in the past half month. Another shed has been built on the east side of Zhuangzi. The foundation of the shed is high, which is very suitable for receiving guests and watching the scenery.

Naturally, there are not many scenes to see in Zhuangzi at this time except for the working farmers.

Waking up early, Gu Qi ate the porridge freshly made by the cook and a few side dishes in the shed. Seeing Jiang Ping getting up, he asked someone to make a pot of tea and asked Jiang Ping to talk with him.

Jiang Ping's chariots and horses came back five days ago, and the supplies, food, and medicinal materials they brought back have been sealed and put into storage.The day before yesterday, two branches in each county had dispatched purchasers to bring the required replenishment back to the store.

From the main store, Shunzi came to pick up the goods in person, and Dr. Wang, who is proficient in various miscellaneous diseases, also brought them back to Lushan County.

As for the series of things that happened along the road, Jiang Ping said one or two things when he came back, but the victims in the dry forest were really weird, Gu Qi always felt that he had missed something.
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Yuzhou is not peaceful, and there is no good news about it. The dead forest is a necessary place to go to and from Yunzhou Mansion. If you don't know the reason, it will cause trouble sooner or later.

"Are there any scars on those people?"

"They are all refugees. There are many men, women and children. It was dark that day and the situation was critical. They were only illuminated by torches, so they couldn't be seen clearly."

Jiang Ping thought for a while and said, "I remember that several of them had some wounds on their faces and bodies, but the severity of the injuries was hard to tell with the clothes covering them. But seeing how they move freely, they should not be seriously injured."

"Is there a village near that dead forest?"

Jiang Ping shook his head: "That piece of land used to be almost uninhabited. There are two villages [-] miles south along the official road, and [-] miles to the north before there is another village where you can settle down."

If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't go to the village or shop at that time, they wouldn't choose to settle in the dry forest for a night after wasting their time.

"You said that there are 3000 to [-] victims, and there are no villages or towns near the dead forest. Since these refugees are alive, they need food and drink every day. Who do you think gave them food?" Gu Qijiang said Pass the boiled tea to Jiang Ping and ask.

Jiang Ping obviously didn't think of this before, he was surprised for a moment, and hesitated: "Could it be that they just went to that dead forest to resettle?"

"Impossible." Gu Qi took a sip of his tea and looked at the farm laborers working not far away:
"There are too many of them.

With so many people migrating and fleeing at the same time, it is impossible not to be eye-catching.

In southern Yunnan, various forces are now gathering, and there are piles of bandits.Since there were 3000 to [-] of them, and not only the old, the weak, and the sick were among them, how could such a group of disaster victims who had no self-defense but available labor not be used by others?
What's more, where did so many victims come from in the south of Chongqing?
Where did they come to the south of Yunnan?From the north of Yuzhou or from the middle of Yuzhou, how long did it take to get to the south of Yuzhou? "
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Indeed, from Yuzhong area to Yunan, it would take them seven or eight days to travel quickly.

If it starts from Yubei, it will take at least half a month to reach the area of ​​Yunan, which is still a single-handed journey without carrying goods.

But those victims obviously didn't have any animals to support them, let alone expensive horses.There are so many people, not to mention from Yubei, even from Yuzhong to walk through the dead forest, I am afraid that it will not be able to finish walking in two months.

That's not even counting the risks along the way.

The more Jiang Ping thought about it, the more something went wrong.

It would not be surprising if there were so many disaster victims along the official roads in Yuzhou six months or a year ago, but now, how did these disaster victims appear in the dry forest out of thin air?
"Could it be that these people used to live in the dead forest?"

Jiang Ping's face was a bit ugly. Even though the bodyguard team didn't suffer too many casualties at the end of that day, Jiang Ping still felt chest tightness and nausea every time he thought about what happened at that time.

Those are all human beings, living flesh and blood people, including many old people, women and children!

Jiang Ping said to himself that he never lacked human life. If he encountered bandits blocking the road and robbing him, he would chop it down with a single knife, white knife in and red knife out, Jiang Ping would not even blink.

But those people were not vicious, they were almost unarmed, they just surrounded the escort team with their feet and hands, even though he had drawn his sword to warn them, he still couldn't stop them.

These people were not completely unconscious walking corpses, Jiang Ping could clearly see the panic and fear on their faces, especially after the bodyguards drew their knives, several young children were trembling all over.

But even so, they still had no intention of stopping, like crazy, wanting to stop them without fear or scruple.

The most troublesome thing is that these people don't seem to be able to speak for some reason, and it doesn't matter whether Boring Jiang Ping and the others try to persuade or threaten them.
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"I'm afraid it will not be a simple one or two months."

Before the flood in Yuzhong, the escort teams from all over the world had to walk back and forth on this official road every few days.

If there is an abnormality here, it is impossible for the people in the bodyguard team not to bring the news back.Inferred from this, the victims of the disaster may be earlier than when they entered Lushan County.

"Could it be half a year ago?"

Jiang Ping couldn't understand the reason: "If they have been hiding in the skinny forest and there are no villages nearby, then who is providing food for these victims? For such a long time, there are thousands of people, and the daily needs There is not a small amount of food."

Indeed, there are not a few of them. Even if each person is only given two mouthfuls of food a day to barely survive, at least one day will consume thousands of catties of rice. Given the current situation in Yuzhou, even in the south of Chongqing, the price of food is sky-high.

So who is spending a lot of food to feed these victims, and resettling them in the dead forest? What is the purpose?

"Are those corpses kept on the official road that day?" Gu Qi asked.

"Most of them are in the dead forest, and only some of them are left on the official road. Those people seem to have scruples, and they dare not chase after they get on the official road."

"It seems that someone prevents them from appearing on the official road."

"Will those corpses cause trouble?" Jiang Ping was a little worried. There were quite a few people who died that night. Because of the urgency of the situation, the group of them was in a hurry to get out, and there was no way to bury and burn the corpses like they did with the bandits before.

"Don't worry, since some people don't want such victims to see others, they will naturally come out and finish it." Gu Qi drank his tea and said, "Have you arranged the escort car for tomorrow's departure?"

"It's all arranged." Jiang Ping nodded, and said again: "Seventh sister, or I'll go in person this time."

"No need, tell them to be careful. When passing through the dead woods, try to choose the daytime and don't stay. In addition, after arriving in Jiangling County, ask someone to tell Zhou Li about this, and ask him to find someone to investigate the situation in Yunan. Case."

(End of this chapter)