The concubine will not accompany you: General, Madam ran away again

Chapter 366 Robbers
Not long after, when the four of them came back, they all had bitter faces, Hua Rui said: "Princess, I'm so poor, every rice jar is empty, not to mention rice, even a bowl of brown rice can't be found. These The villagers said that their daily food was enough for one day, but they tried to find a way the next day, and we arrived after dark, even if we bought all the brown rice in the village, it was still not enough for one person to eat."

Mu Shuyao was speechless, got up and stood outside the carriage, and looked outside.

I saw that the village was surrounded by mountains on both sides, and it would not be so poor to rely on mountains and eat mountains.

Even in winter, almost all the men in the mountain village can hunt, hunt a few pheasants to eat or exchange money, it is impossible to live such a life?

What's more, it's the end of autumn and it's supposed to be the harvest season. How come everyone is so poor?And standing here and looking at the trees on the mountain in the distance are still green, you know that it is a very wealthy mountain range.

She was very puzzled, got out of the car and chatted with a nearby farmer in person.The farmer's family was an old woman with a daughter-in-law and a three-year-old boy. When the old woman saw her, she said very apologetically: "There is really no place to live in the family. There are only two houses, and the other one has no kang, so there is no place for people to live in it."

The daughter-in-law also explained: "We are Yujia Village here. It is a village on the side of the road. There are often passers-by who want to come to stay overnight. Unfortunately, the people in the village are too poor, and no one can build a house. Well, you have a carriage, so if you really can’t walk, you will just spend the night in the carriage, but you can’t help with food, the family can only eat two meals a day, and you can’t even eat."

She was a little embarrassed when she said that, and hugged the child in her arms.Mu Shuyao glanced at the child, he was thin and thin, obviously malnourished.

Mu Shuyao asked the woman puzzled: "Are you three alone at home? Why didn't you see the male?"

The mother-in-law said: "My son has gone to work in the county, and he can earn more than 200 copper coins a month. When he comes back at the end of the month, he will see each other in a few days."

"Go to work in the city?" Mu Shuyao's doubts deepened. "Do all the men in every household in the village go out to work? I saw that your village is sandwiched between two mountains. Do you have to travel so far to work for more than 200 copper plates?"

More than 200 copper coins are a lot of income for ordinary people, but it is a bit reluctant to support a family with more than 200 copper coins for a month.

"Ah." The woman sighed helplessly when she heard her question, "It's not like I didn't do this before in the mountains to earn a living. Our village used to be quite decent, digging wild vegetables and picking some wild fruits in the mountains , After the rain, there are mushrooms, and some game can be caught from time to time, which is very good.

But since the bandits came more than a year ago, no one dared to go up the mountain anymore. Even firewood was only collected at the foot of the mountain, so that in a small mountain village, even some firewood had to be saved. "

"Bandit?" Mu Shuyao frowned and muttered, and looked into the mountains again, but the mountains were majestic and the moon was dark tonight, so there was really nothing to see. "Do bandits come out to hurt people?" she asked the old lady, "Or do those who enter the mountains be robbed and killed?"

The woman thought for a while, but said: "I haven't seen any villagers hurt. As for whether they will be robbed and killed if they enter the mountain, no one has tried it, because since they knew that there was a group of new gangsters living in the mountain, No one dared to go up. It’s common to see bandits coming down the mountain to rob and kill merchants passing by. As for us villagers..."

She sighed again: "Miss also saw that we are so poor here, even if they want to rob, they probably don't know where to start."

It's just that she looked at Mu Shuyao's convoy while talking, and said helplessly: "Miss, you have to be careful, if you don't keep it all, you will be missed by bandits. Alas, the world is in trouble!"

"Mother." The daughter-in-law tugged at the old woman, "It's getting dark, let's go back to the house quickly." She said as she dragged the old woman and the little boy into the house, and at the same time told Feng Yuheng Said: "I'm sorry, I really can't help you, take care of yourself." After finishing speaking, the three of them went back to the house.

Huarui looked helpless, Xiaofang also spread her hands towards Mu Shuyao, looked at the hastily closed door, shrugged and said: "It seems that I can't open my mouth to borrow a stove from them, even firewood is precious , what else can we use?"

Mu Shuyao also smiled wryly, "Forget it, let's go collect firewood by ourselves, eat whatever is in the car, and have a good meal in the town ahead."

Xiangqin also stuck out her tongue, "I didn't expect there to be such a poor place, and this is the only way to go. But princess, don't worry, we still have pancakes bought in the small county in our car, let Xiaofang and Fang Hua go into the mountains later Let’s see if there are any pheasants to hunt, and it’s not bad to eat pancakes with boiled chicken soup. The villagers are afraid of bandits, but we are not.”

Mu Shuyao nodded to Xiaofang and the two, "Go! Call the secret guards together, and bring back more firewood. We also need to light it at night for night watch."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and was about to return to the carriage.Fortunately, the weather is getting colder now, and they bought a lot of snacks along the way, and they always ate them in different ways along the way. It happened that they replenished a lot in the last town and they just needed it tonight.

But as soon as she turned around, she suddenly felt the sound of sharp weapons piercing through the air.

Mu Shuyao dodged subconsciously, and a hidden weapon slipped past her ear, just a little bit on the verge of hitting her cheek.But the wind brought by the hidden weapon also made her very painful.

"who?"

Encountered an enemy attack without warning, Mu Shuyao thought that she was already very careful, and had paid attention to the surrounding movements when she first entered the mountain path.

Especially when the farmer mentioned that there were bandits just now, she looked around carefully and found nothing wrong.But now the enemy attack came in a hurry, and the attack was fierce, which made her almost caught. This meant that the enemy was not only prepared, but also a master of masters.

"Princess, be careful!" Xiangqin yelled, pulled out the soft sword from her waist, and stabbed a man in black who rushed forward.Although the sword was missed, the person on the other side had to take a few steps back, away from Mu Shuyao.

The small fragrant grass with stamens also drew out its personal weapon, and surrounded Mu Shuyao together with parsley.

Mu Shuyao didn't like this style of play, she was not weak, and she wasn't used to being blindly protected by others, protecting her like this would seriously affect her performance.Besides, she likes a simpler style of play.

Huarui Xiaofang knew her well, and when she saw the impatience between her brows, she consciously made a gap to give her room to play.

(End of this chapter)