Be good, call me uncle

Chapter 649 All Crazy

Changsun Tao said: "During the late emperor's time, some prisoners were sent to the south for quarrying and mining. Those prisoners settled near the mines. Although they were much more relaxed than ordinary prisoners, their range of activities was limited to the vicinity of the mines. They He doesn’t move around easily on weekdays, let alone communicate with the outside world, so it’s not surprising that we missed something.”

Yang Qian continued: "There are only old and weak women and children here, and there are no young and strong men. Were they still in the mine when the disaster happened..."

Changsun Tao spoke calmly, but it made people feel heavy: "We are only mortals and cannot save everyone."

Sanmeng's focus is still on the initial doubt: "It's still wrong. There are no mines or quarries nearby, and there seems to be no shelters on the mountain to protect them from the wind and rain. How did they do it when the disaster happened? Did you escape here?"

Yang Qian said: "The mines and quarries with a radius of a hundred miles are usually in the mountains. They settled on the highlands, so they were not washed away by the flood. Have you seen those huts in the forest?"

"I'm afraid this is one of them. Those broken limbs and arms may belong to the people who originally lived here, or they may have rushed in from other places."

Changsun Tao continued: "Since this matter is directed at me, these people are probably gathered here."

Yang Qian said: "Who did it? Does your Highness have any clues?"

Changsun Tao said: "The left and right are just those few, but what I don't know yet is how they will deal with me."

When the people on the mountain saw the person coming, they seemed to see the light of life. They struggled to get up from the ground and waved their arms towards Chang Sun Tao and others.

San Meng said: "I have a bad premonition, Your Majesty, do you want to go ashore?"

Changsun Tao looked at them. The old man had sparse hair and walked unsteadily, the young man had a sallow complexion and thin body, and the woman had a haggard face and ragged clothes.

All of this shows their miserable situation.

"The superiors use the common people as chess pieces. People are just cold numbers. Tens of millions of lives are nothing. But to govern the world, the lives of every citizen are extremely precious."

These are the words of Marquis Yiyong. Changsun Tao has engraved them into his bones and practices them no matter when and where.

If he ignores these thousands of lives today because he is avoiding danger and lets them fend for themselves, then what does it mean that he has sacrificed his life and risked his life to protect the peace of this land for so many years?
If he just walked away like this, what would he do to the things that his master and his wife cherished with their lives?

"Go ashore."

Changsun Tao said this decision calmly, and the group rowed the raft across and landed on the shore.

Those people quickly gathered around, and the pressure of the number of people made Yang Qian and his guards immediately alert. They had no choice but to draw their swords: "Don't move, otherwise the sword will have no eyes!"

This group of old and weak finally calmed down and looked at a few of them hungrily. Their eyes were like those of starving ghosts, which was very scary, creepy and shuddering.

At this moment, a child's timid voice sounded: "Grandpa, do we want to eat them?"

Everyone was startled and couldn't help but feel frightened.

When their eyes happened to hit the pile of cleanly chewed bones nearby, everyone was shocked. Were these people actually cannibals?

Yang Qian became more and more vigilant. The old man seemed to realize that his grandson had said something wrong, and he quickly scolded him: "Why don't you still know how to speak completely? Grandpa, hasn't he been teaching you? You are so stupid!"

The little grandson then whispered again: "Grandpa, will they bring us food?"

The old man comforted his grandson and said: "It will happen, it will happen. You don't have to be hungry anymore." After this episode, Chang Sun Tao had already realized that there was a problem, but the fact of cannibalism was really appalling. Now, let him abandon these old and weak people and leave. His conscience and sense of responsibility cannot allow it.

If he is a very evil person, how can he kill people?
But the influence of Marquis Yiyong and Princess Chuanping on him was deep into his bones. The people were also his weakness, and he could not abandon any of them.

Therefore, Changsun Tao still ordered people to prepare food and distribute it to the people, while he continued to observe the situation and immediately led his people to retreat if anything went wrong.

If these people are just ordinary old and weak people, we will still need to find ways to rehabilitate them when the time comes.

After maintaining order, the guards brought two large pots from the raft, took out rainwater from the potholes on the mountain, filtered it with fine sand and stones, and immediately started to cook two large pots of gnocchi soup without any condiments. Sprinkle some salt and serve it out for everyone.

Because the bowls and chopsticks were limited, they had to give them to the elderly and children first, while the younger ones were held aside and waited for the elderly and children to finish eating before it could be their turn.

However, a strange scene appeared. The old people and children looked hungry for a long time, but they didn't seem to have an appetite when they were holding the gnocchi.

The young people who had not yet had their turn to eat just stared at Chang Sun Tao and his party, showing no interest in the food in the pot.

Changsun Tao held the spoon and suddenly shouted: "Let's go!"

The reaction of the people confirmed that cannibalism was not a legend. They looked at themselves like beasts looking at their prey. This showed that they wanted to eat their own people more than the food in the pot.

No matter how much you love the people, you can't let yourself be a New Year pig and run away first.

A dozen subordinates exited in unison and quickly. In a few moments, they were at the shore, ready to leave on a raft.

Seeing that the meat in their mouths was about to escape, the group of people suddenly became anxious. An old man with white hair and sparse teeth shouted: "Catch them!"

Thousands of people immediately surrounded them, and they were so densely packed that they were like ants. They quickly surrounded them, even Xiao Hei was not spared.

Someone pulled out a knife and cut the raft's rope to prevent them from escaping.

Changsun Tao and Yang Qian jumped up and grabbed the raft in time. Xiaohei also plunged into the water and bit the rope of the other raft with his mouth to stabilize the raft that was about to float away.

Yang Qian was angry: "Do these dead monsters want to eat me?"

A group of subordinates protected Sanmeng to break out, and he shouted loudly: "It's so obvious, can't you tell?"

The group of people had a fierce look in their eyes, and they rushed to surround them as if they were desperate. They had a posture of not giving up until they were caught, like wild beasts hunting one after another, driven by instinct, pursuing their prey relentlessly.

But Changsun Tao's people had no waste. Although the opponent was outnumbered, they quickly broke through. The group got on the raft, shook the oars and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, "bang bang bang...", the pig urine bubbles burst one after another, ripples appeared in the water, and several dark heads swayed past the side of the boat. They cut off the deer tendons that tied the raft, and tied them Swim away quickly after breaking the pig's urine bubble.

When things got to this point, everyone understood that this was indeed a trap aimed at the prince.

First they eat people, and then they destroy their means of escape. The intention is very obvious, that is to make them die violently, leaving no bones left!

(End of this chapter)