Great Song catcher

Chapter 281
"Call..."

The sudden appearance of the group almost startled the horse.

Fortunately, Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming reacted quickly and reined in the reins in time.

Then he looked at it intently.

Nie Feng originally thought that the bandits around him were coming to rob, and he wanted to see if he could get something out of them, but after he saw the clothes of the people in front of him clearly, he gave up this idea.

The group of people who appeared suddenly were not bandits, but ordinary peasants.

The guys they held in their hands were also agricultural tools such as pickaxes and forks. They were wearing thin cloth shirts and straw sandals on their feet. Chilblains were clearly visible, and their bodies were shaking non-stop.

"Hit... robbery!"

The leading farmer took courage, waved the fork in his hand, and shouted softly: "Take out all the food and money, we won't hurt you, don't force me, hurry up!"

Nie Feng turned his head and looked behind him, there was actually a woman holding a child in this group of people, the adults were only wearing thin skirts, and the tattered padded jackets were all wrapped around the children.

"Who are you?"

Nie Feng asked with a sigh.

"Don't talk nonsense, take out the things, or the guy in my hand won't have eyes!"

I don't know if he was frozen, or his expression was too excited, all the blood rushed to his face.

Nie Feng didn't speak, just shook his hand casually, and several startling rainbows exploded under their feet, directly blasting a big hole in the ground.

This group of dutiful peasants had never seen such a scene before. They ran away with a strange scream, and dared not mention the robbery anymore.

"and many more!"

Nie Feng suddenly called to stop them.

Those people didn't dare not listen, they had seen Nie Feng's actions just now, if the red light exploded on his head, would he still be alive?

"Grand...Master, we have blind eyes, and don't know heroes. If you want to kill me, kill me alone, and let the folks behind me go!"

The man with the steel fork came over and said righteously.

"Who said I'm going to kill you?"

Nie Feng shook his head and smiled lightly, got off his horse, took off his cloak, and walked up to several women. Xiao Wuming also came over and handed over the furs on his body.

"This……"

The women looked at each other, not understanding what Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming meant, and all turned their attention to their master.

Xiao Wuming said: "Sister-in-law, even if you can bear this kind of weather, the child can't bear it either. If the child gets frostbite, it will be troublesome."

Saying that, Xiao Wuming forcibly covered the cloaks and furs on several children.

Seeing this scene, the farmer knelt directly in front of the two of them, and the rest of them followed his example. Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming rushed over to help each other, and it took a long time to persuade them to get up.

"Hero, I..."

The farmer's eyes were red, and he held Nie Feng's arm tightly.

Nie Feng smiled lightly and said, "You don't have to be like this, big brother. I can see that you are kind in nature, but you are just forced by the situation. Where are you from?"

The farmer wiped his eyes and said, "We are all the people of Xiaoliu Village. Because the heavy snow has cut off the food and the government's relief food has been delayed, we have been hungry for three days. It is really a last resort. This kind of thing."

"Wu Ming, how much dry food do we have left?"

Nie Feng suddenly turned his head to look at Xiao Wuming.

Xiao Wuming took off the grain bag on the horse's back and said, "There's still a lot, enough for them to feed for a few days."

"Okay, brother, how many people are there in Xiaoliu Village?"

Nie Feng asked casually.

"28 people."

The farmer said sadly: "People have died one after another since the beginning of winter. Up to now, except for a few old and young, there are less than twenty people left."

Nie Feng was also shocked when he heard the words, feeling sour for no reason.

"You take us back to the village first, and gather everyone together. Let's talk after everyone is full. I also have something to ask you." Nie Feng said.

Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming, led by a farmer, walked all the way along the snowy path, and soon came to a small village deep in the mountain depression. On the way, they learned that this farmer was named Chen Liu, who had lived here for generations. In Xiaoliu Village.

Walking into the village, you can see a desolation as far as you can see.

"Brother Chen, how many people did you have in Xiaoliu Village?"

"There were about two hundred households at the most." Chen Liu said after thinking for a while.

"More than two hundred households?"

Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming looked at each other, "Could it be that you are the only ones left from these two hundred households?"

Chen Liu sighed, nodded and said: "The mountain is blocked by heavy snow, and the food is cut off. In order to survive, we can only go into the mountain to hunt and see if there are any pheasants and hares that have been frozen to death. We didn’t have enough money and the weather was freezing. In the end, almost all of them died in the mountains, so we didn’t dare to continue going into the mountains, so we could only sit here and eat the mountains.”

When they came to the largest ancestral hall in the village, Chen Liu went to call everyone here, Nie Feng distributed the pancakes and dried meat to everyone, Xiao Wuming went out to find clean ice and snow, and used his internal force to turn it into two pots of hot water.

With food in their bodies and a warm house, the villagers gradually recovered.

Standing outside the house, Nie Feng looked at the white snow as far as he could see, and said in a deep voice, "We must resolve this matter as soon as possible, otherwise even if the relief money comes, the villagers will have a hard time."

Xiao Wuming also nodded, and said, "After we enter the city, ask the governor of Hebei Province if he has any clues."

"Well, it's cold outside, let's go back first."

Nie Feng lifted the cotton curtain and let Xiao Wuming walk into the house.

In fact, the cultivation base of the two of them has already reached the state of invulnerability to cold and heat, but Nie Feng still did it subconsciously.

Unexpectedly, when the two walked into the house, the villagers who were full of food and drink suddenly knelt down and kowtowed again, thanking the two of them non-stop.

Nie Feng and Xiao Wuming hurried over to help those old men up, and then said to Chen Liu, "Brother Chen, get everyone up, if you do this again, we will leave."

Hearing what Nie Feng said, everyone got up from the ground.

Nie Feng said: "Since everyone has finished eating, I also have some questions to ask everyone."

"Although the grown-ups speak, the little old man knows everything and can say everything."

The person sitting next to Nie Feng seems to be a scholar, as can be seen from most of his clothes and conversation.

"How does the old man know that I am from the imperial court?"

Nie Feng asked with interest.

"Although the little old man's eyes are dim, the official spirit of the two adults cannot be hidden from the little old man."

At this time, Chen Liu also came over and introduced: "Hero, this is Mr. Zhang from our Xiaoliu Village. He was once a scholar."

(End of this chapter)