in the ancient last days

Chapter 6 Famine Cannibalism

The soldiers took bribes from Chu Zhao's family, and they really let them go so easily.

Chu Zhao, who originally looked at it through the crack of the curtain out of curiosity, suddenly looked back in disappointment. He didn't expect the integrity of the soldiers of Dazhou to be so low now.

Seeing his expression, Chu Changqing laughed: "Silly boy, there is a plague in the north now, and I heard that famine broke out in the south, and it is uncertain when it will spread here. Although soldiers are soldiers, they still have to support their families. It’s early preparations.”

Chu Zhao was curious. He thought Father Chu was the one who disliked these people who used their power to steal, rape and play tricks. He didn't expect the other party to say such a view.

Chu Changqing patted his head, and smiled slowly: "It turns out that I don't understand this as a father, but I have learned a lot in business these years."

A celebrity who can be an official wants to pull himself down to be the lowest merchant of the four classes. Chu Changqing has also gone through a tortuous psychological process, and gradually understands the suffering of these low-level people.Although the soldier's actions were wrong, he also learned to look at the problem from both sides.

"Your mother always said that being a father doesn't know how to be flexible, but if you don't know how to be flexible, how can you support you and your mother, Zhaoer said, right?" Father Chu joked unprecedentedly.

Chu Zhao smiled, that's right, if Chu's father didn't know how to adapt, he wouldn't have taken their family to flee the house.

Originally, the eldest princess was testing the temperature of today's soup for her son, when she heard her husband's words, she gave him a slight look and said nothing.

His face was a little red, not sure if it was because of the sweltering heat in the car or Chu's father's words.

It was rare to see such a delicate and pretty wife, Chu Changqing couldn't help laughing.

The eyes of the two intertwined, worried that Chu Zhao hadn't done anything in the car, but the sticky eyes and the unreasonably heated atmosphere made Chu Zhao feel very toothache.

I don't know if it was because of leaving the capital, the mood of the couple became obviously relaxed, and they also started laughing in the mood.The only problem is that Chu Zhao, who is caught between the two, eats dog food in this closed car every day. Fortunately, he sleeps alone in the carriage at night, otherwise Chu Zhao is trying to knock himself out or the cotton ball blindfold blocks his ears and eyes never mind!

The carriage traveled for many days.

Seeing the capital city running with his back facing him, and getting farther and farther away from the direction of the convoy, Chu Zhao was a little lost. He would never have the chance to return to the city that once gave him longing and shattered him severely.

- and someone else.

My future lies in Jiangyin, a place of wealth and romance that is clean and delicate, and has left countless legends.

Along the way, the husband and wife introduced a lot of things about the Chu family to Chu Zhao. He also wanted to know more about the place where he lived from now on, and he was very much looking forward to the majestic and far-reaching Chu family that his parents described in a few words.

But one thing disrupted everything.

Chu Zhao originally thought that the return back then was just a "dream". When he woke up this morning, he found something was wrong with his right hand. He looked down at the light source and saw a black ring. For his space ring in the doomsday survival game.

Why did the game ring come back to this world with him?

Chu Zhao was surprised and puzzled, and many thoughts flashed through his mind, but no matter what method he tried, the ring didn't respond.

He even took a small knife and gesticulated with his fingers, trying to recognize the master with blood, but the servants saw him and thought the young master was bored in the car and wanted to kill himself!He was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped him, and silently took away all the sharp weapons around him.

Chu Zhao: "..."

The water droplets hanging on the eaves of the car condensed into frost and fell to the ground with a clatter.

"Little master."

The old guard outside the window smiled and handed in a golden roasted chicken leg.

Chu Zhao took it obediently: "Thank you, Uncle."

"Eat more, little master, you look so thin." The old guard Ah Da looked at Chu Zhaoda's thin face with distress.

The name of the old guard was Ada, and he was under the command of the eldest princess who shared life and death on the battlefield. A group of veterans got off the battlefield lame and disabled. It was the eldest princess who kindly accepted them all into the mansion as guards so that no one would starve to death. .After being seized by her concubine brother, the proud eldest princess was imprisoned in the mansion, and the higher-ups turned a blind eye to these veterans. Anyway, they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, so they couldn't make any waves.Unexpectedly, it was because of these loyal veterans who looked sick and disabled but possessed wisdom that the eldest princess's family was able to escape from the capital.

Chu Zhao took a bite of the big chicken leg, and was a little embarrassed to be watched by Uncle A smilingly outside the window.

"Uncle, it's cold outside now?" He found the animal skin wrapped on the old guard's body, and tentatively poked his head out of the curtain: "Hiss." He gasped from the cold.

Staying in the car wearing a thick cotton coat didn't feel it, but as soon as he came into contact with the outside, Chu Zhao was immediately froze and shivered unpreparedly.

Ada was so frightened that he didn't care about committing the above crime, so he grabbed Chu Zhao's fingertips and pushed him back. Seeing that Chu Zhao's face was flushed from the cold, he slapped himself angrily: "It's all the old slave's fault. You shouldn't be standing by the window talking to the young master." In the end, Chu Zhao was drawn out.

"It's all right." Chu Zhao quickly waved his hands.

Why is it so cold outside.

Sun Dahu, who had been listening for a while, interjected stupidly: "It's not young master, it's still hot during the day, but it's so cold at night for some reason, like that... Oh! My father said, said The day of June, baby face, it will change as soon as it is said!"

But it's only mid-spring now.

It stands to reason that the weather should gradually warm up, and the group of people went south, the climate in the south of the Yangtze River is like spring all the year round, which shouldn't be the case.

Chu Zhao raised his head and looked towards the sky. It had just rained last night, and today's morning light was particularly bright, so beautiful that it was even a little bewitching.

His heart trembled, and he felt something vaguely passing through his heart, but he didn't catch the slightest trace because it was too fast.

Seeing that Chu Zhao still wanted to poke his head out, Ah Da hurriedly stopped him. It was so cold and the young master's illness was just right, so it would be bad to be frozen outside the car.

"...Okay." Chu Zhao obediently looked away, and returned to the seat in the car with a serious face. After thinking for a while, he decided to write down the weather problem tonight on a piece of paper.

The paper book is Chu Zhao's "diary", where he writes and draws when he has nothing to do in the car, and mainly records what he saw and heard along the way after leaving the capital.A few days after the black ring appeared in his hand, Chu Zhao tested again if he could get something from it, and the answer was actually yes? ?

When he took out the small white notebook for the first time, Chu Zhao looked excited, and then quickly became depressed. If he knew that the game space ring and materials could follow him to ancient times, then why would he collect some canned fruits and meat?Wouldn't it be better to have some inventions that would make a big difference in ancient times?

Bulbs, calculators, generators, microscopes...any one of them can blind everyone's eyes.

In the end, Chu Zhao touched his forehead.

He took out this small book with great care. Dazhou has not yet produced such thin and white paper. Hemp fiber paper is used for notes. The texture is rough and the quantity is small and the cost is high. If you have a mature papermaking technology, It will definitely be greatly welcomed by Jiangyin's scholarly gentry and help the Chu family gain a foothold.

As for how to do it, I have to do it again... Thinking about this in my heart, Chu Zhao took a serious look and wrote and drew on the floor.

Whilst writing wheezingly, Chu Zhao concentrated on forgetting the movement in the house and didn't notice the woman who was quietly falling down. He didn't come back to his senses until his elbow was soft, and saw the surprised eyes of the people beside him: "Liu Li? you...."

What is the other party going to do.

A young woman aged sixteen or seventeen is like a flower bud blooming on a branch, beautiful and alluring.Her cheeks were faintly hot, Liuli was wearing thin clothes, outlining the curves of her body, with spring water in her eyes: "Madam, Madam asked me to serve the young master..."

Facing Chu Zhao's condescending scrutiny, she panicked in her heart, and she couldn't help lowering her head: "Servant, servant, warm the young master's feet."

Before Chu Zhao had time to react, he was pulled over by his ankle and stuck in the woman's soft and warm embrace. Liuli gently held his, his eyes were moist, and there was a hint of anticipation.

He knew what the other party was expecting, Liuli was a weak maid, but his mother spared no effort to let the other party accompany "Death Run", instead of being released from the house like other slaves, it was obvious what was going on in her heart.Chu Zhao will be an adult this year, and if he is an ordinary son, he has already been accepted by the professor for related matters. It is only because of the marriage contract that he has been shelved until now. Now the eldest princess gives up the graceful eldest The maid Liuli came to Chu Zhao's car at night, and it was self-evident what she wanted to do.

The room was burning with a faint incense. The girl's clothes were puzzled and her expression was shy. It is reasonable to say that she was very attractive, but Chu Zhao became a little irritable for no reason: "Go down."

"Master," Liuli raised her eyes in panic, bit her lips unwillingly when she met the man's impatient eyes, knelt on the bed and wanted to get closer: "Master, I..."

Chu Zhao blocked her with a scroll, expressionless: "No need."

Liuli: "...." She has a submissive temperament, and she did such a shameful thing. She was rejected by Chu Zhao again and again, and she only felt ashamed, so she covered her face and got out of bed and ran out, with tears in her eyes .

Regardless of whether the other party was wronged or not, Chu Zhao lay down with his arms around the quilt, rolled lazily, and occupied the entire bed.

How old is he, why would he share the other half of the bed for someone who doesn't care?

Reject (Indifference.jpg).

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In the large carriage, after listening to the servant's report, the eldest princess motioned for the servant to step down, and then stroked her forehead with a headache.

Momo comforted her: "Your Highness, don't worry, maybe it's just that the child doesn't like Liuli's appearance and figure."

The eldest princess: "Liuli is the girl I looked up to, and she looks outstanding. The young man can't help being tempted. It stands to reason that Zhao'er should accept her, but after all these years in his room, he didn't even think about it. It's amazing. Strange!"

"Tell me," the eldest princess will not doubt that her son is not good enough, but only think elsewhere: "Could Zhao'er have a sweetheart hiding it from me?"

"This." Mammy was in a dilemma, she couldn't guess about the little master at will.

The eldest princess thought of a possibility, and couldn't help but her complexion changed: "Could it be the eighth prince?!" After thinking about it carefully, she thought it was very possible, and her complexion couldn't help but sink: "Yes, Mingguan In the capital city, there is a world-renowned appearance, so it may not be impossible for Zhaoer to put her heart on the other party."

Chu Changqing just lifted the curtain and came in, wondering: "Ma'am, are you overthinking it?"

Chu Zhao had never mentioned Zhou Jing in front of their husband and wife, so where did he say he was in love?

"What do you know?" The eldest princess glared at her husband, "It's not like you don't know about Zhao'er's sullen personality. We don't know when you are in a bad mood and are bullied. Twisting to keep people from knowing. And have you forgotten the relationship between the two of them when they were young?"

At the beginning they all saw Chu Zhao's joy, but later the two became estranged due to various reasons.

Thinking of what happened to Chu Zhao in the palace, Chu's father was also uncertain: "Then..."

"It's okay, when we arrive in Jiangyin, there are many outstanding people there, and some of them are good girls' families. If Zhao'er likes Shuang'er, I will find him. As for the eighth prince..." The eldest princess said in a deep voice, "No matter how good it is, it's also good." Impossible."

Chu Changqing nodded. This is the reason. Their family fled to death in the capital, and their bones were turned into "ashes". Maybe there is still a way to come back from the dead.

"Don't worry," Chu Changqing grabbed the eldest princess's hand: "I will ask my mother and younger sister to help me see each other, and I will definitely not treat him badly."

...

One month later, the carriage of the eldest princess and her party drove along the route. The traffic and people on the road became less and less, and the scenery changed from bustling city streets and farmland to wilderness.

The car stopped suddenly, and Chu Zhao lifted the curtain in doubt: "Dahu."

I saw Sun Dahu's eyes fixed on the front, with a shocked expression that had been strongly impacted by his three views.

Chu Zhao frowned and looked in that direction—on the nearby desolate suburban ground, a few skinny men in ragged clothes were sitting around something. Looking carefully, he found that it was a large pot with steaming hot soup in it. Staring at the pot with bloodshot eyes, the atmosphere was really weird.

And the contents of that pot...

"vomit."

Dye Mo covered his mouth and almost gagged.

Seeing what it was, Chu Zhao frowned. For the first time, he hated his own good eyes. He grew up under the roots of the imperial city. Has he ever seen such a scene?

Father Chu also trembled his lips: "Come here! Take down these villains for me!"

I knew there was a famine in the south, but I didn't expect that it had reached this point. Three or four-year-old children were so heartless to cook it up and eat it!

A group of guards were furious, and when they heard Patriarch's order, they strode forward immediately. A few hungry and weak mobs were no match, and they were tied up by the guards after a while.

Ah Da endured his nausea and went to look at the pot, then shook his head: "The bones have been boiled to pieces, and there is no way to save them."

As soon as the words fell, Ran Mo, who was standing beside Chu Zhao, immediately vomited so much that he vomited up his lunch.

"Master, Young Master." Ran Mo consciously lost his composure and lowered his head in shame.

Chu Zhao didn't care, and turned to look at the group of hungry men with green eyes.

Father Chu read the books of sages since he was a child, and he never imagined that one day the scene described as hell on earth would appear in front of his eyes: "You are also big men with hands and feet, why did you do such a thing?"

The hungry men who were tied up looked at each other, looked at the big knife in the guard's hand, and cried out one of them: "Master, we have no choice but to do so!"

"There is no harvest in this field, and there is a locust plague. We are also doing it for our livelihood..." Seeing that Father Chu's clothes did not look like ordinary people, he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "My kind master, please take us in!"

Father Chu was at a loss for words.

"father."

When Chu Changqing had a headache on how to deal with these people, Chu Zhao stepped forward and stood beside Chu's father with cold eyes. These people looked hungry and pitiful, and they couldn't change the fact that they ate human flesh.Moreover, the eyes that glanced at their carriages and clothes from time to time implied greed, which was enough to make Chu Zhao's vigilance rise to the highest.

Ah Da: "Patriarch, absolutely not." Taking these people on the road, they also have to prevent being stabbed in the back.

Father Chu had a headache, and next to Chu Zhao he said, "Zhao'er said, how should we deal with them?"

Finally waiting for these words, Chu Zhao twitched the corners of his mouth, turned his head to look at the people bound on the ground, and then at the steaming pot.

"Father, don't worry about taking such a group of people on the road? Don't say that your mind is dirty, and you came up with such a cannibalistic way to satisfy your hunger. If something happens to us on the way, who can guarantee that we won't end up like this!"

The guards also became vigilant, and someone took a step forward holding a knife: "Master, the young master is right, you must not bring these people with you!"

Father Chu's character was somewhat indecisive, but he also knew the seriousness of the matter. The eldest princess was still in the carriage, and wanted to see how he would handle the matter.

Sighing, Father Chu turned around to let the guards leave, but Chu Zhao said from the side, "Wait a minute,"

"Father, is that all?"

He looked down at the ground under his feet, there was too much dried blood, and when Chu Zhao's soles stepped on the ground, he still felt a faint sticky feeling.

During the famine, human dignity and values ​​are all worthless, but the child eaters, you can see how disgusting these people's minds are. How old is that child, and he has not had time to see the outside world at such a young age? Way to die, who to blame?

No one can blame, so don't blame Chu Zhao for punishing these people.

How about the child's relatives, whether they have died or are among these people... Chu Zhao doesn't want to take care of them and can't take care of them, but some people have to pay the price!

Chu Zhao looked at them silently, then spoke suddenly.

"Big Tiger."

"Cut off their right hands."

The author has something to say: The eldest princess: Oh, my son is happy with the eighth prince.

(Unfortunately, I want to be an evil mother-in-law?_?)

Chu Zhao:? ?

Zhou Jing: Wait, Ah Zhao, I’ll be here soon (with expressionless face and red ears)

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