Mai Xiaoji quickly jumped out of the car. In order to scare the unsuspecting people on the road, Ji Rongjin painted his face and arms very sinisterly, which really scared the little devils and thieves.

After a while, he came back and said: "Most of them migrated from Longxi and Liangzhou."

"Mr. Situ, this is where Xirong and Beidi operate."

Situ Lai nodded, "Yes, in the past two years, Daxia has had an armistice with the border areas, including this large section of the northwest."

Ji Rongjin knew this. It was not that the two countries did not want to fight, but that there were too many natural disasters and material shortages that forced a truce.

"Since there is no longer a war, why are these people still migrating to the wild lands in the east of Yi? Is it possible that there is another war in the west?"

Pai Xiaoji said, "There is a severe drought in the west, and many grasslands have turned into deserts."

So that’s it.

Halfway through March, the Pacific monsoon blows. Yesterday it was dry and desolate. A light rain fell in the night. The next day, the ground became green. Many people dug up grass roots and pinched the newly unearthed tender grass hearts.

Belly wrapped.

Ji Rongjin and the others, like most people, walked eastward along the dry river until they saw water flowing on the riverbed.

"Do you want to stop like them?" After sleeping in the open air for more than a month, the mule was too tired to walk.

The straw sandals on Mai Xiaoji's feet were torn with only a few threads remaining on the soles of the feet. Seeing many wandering people stopping along the river, he also carried bamboo tubes and baskets to replenish water and dig grass roots.

Ji Rongjin stood on the mule cart and looked into the distance, looking for the final destination. He saw a mountain in the distance, "No, climb over the big mountain in front."

Situ was shocked, "It's still at least two to three hundred miles, and we have to walk for three or four days." But the dry food hidden on the mule cart was only enough for two days.

Of course Ji Rongjin knew that her little face, which had been exposed to the sun and the sun, had turned yellow and black, and was coated with a layer of yellow powder, making her look exactly like a beggar. She bared her teeth in a smile, and her white teeth were incompatible with everything around her.

"Don't worry, Mr. Situ, we won't be hungry."

Not hungry? Situ looked far into the distance, "Everywhere you look, there are barren and barren lands. There are not even villages, let alone counties and towns. We don't have any supplies. We just drink water and eat grass roots like them."

?" He pointed to the crowd of people stopping around the river in the distance.

"Believe me, Mr. Situ." Ji Rongjin smiled slyly.

Situ looked at the young lady in front of him with a complicated expression, and then looked at the few strong men not far away who had been staring at their mule cart, and thought to himself, if for no other reason than this conspicuous mule, they should stay away from this group of people.

"Okay." He nodded and saw Mai Xiaoji coming back with water.

There was dry food hidden under the mule carriage. The three of them did not show off. They drank water and chewed grass roots like the others. However, the water they drank was boiled water. The reason why the three of them did not get sick along the way was due to the boiled water.

Mai Xiaoji ate quickly, then hurriedly cut the grass to feed the mule and let it rest for a while. The three of them were on the road again around two o'clock in the afternoon.

Several strong men who had been trying to steal the mule looked at the three people walking further and further away, "Do you want to follow them and make a sneak attack at night?"

"They have bows and arrows."

In this era, iron supplies were not only scarce, but also strictly controlled. It would be good if five out of ten households had a cutting knife. These three people actually had bows and arrows. It didn't look simple.

But that mule was too tempting, "Let's go, follow it."

As the sun set and the sky gradually darkened, Mai Xiaoji asked: "We will stop at a flat place ahead." He drove the mule cart.

Ji Rongjin said, "Tonight, we will not stop."

"Ah..." Mai Xiaoji thought he heard wrongly, "Why?"

She sat at the door of the carriage and looked up at the stars: "The moonlight is very good today, so it won't affect the journey."

"But... the mule is tired!"

Ji Rongjin jumped off the mule cart and said, "Then we'll walk."

Situ came to see her jump down, and he also jumped down from Mai Xiaoji, "Are you worried about those strong men?"

"Yeah." Ji Rongjin did not deny it.

"So that's it." Mai Xiaoji also jumped out of the car and pulled the mule cart away.

She said: "The closer we get to the end, the more our hearts will float."

Situ Lai stroked his beard, "From the unknown to the end, the end is just an extra river and nothing else. A productive mule cart is worth killing people and setting fire to."

"What, they are still killing people?" Mai Xiaoji was so frightened that he looked back again and again, as if he was seeing a will-o'-the-wisp, and his steps became faster and faster.

It's great that someone understands.

Ji Rongjin sighed comfortably, "I have an intuition. If you climb over the mountain in front, there must be villages and towns."

The three of them took some dry biscuits and ate them while walking without daring to stop.

It wasn't until midnight that I couldn't walk anymore.

"Jin Niang, why don't you take a break?"

Ji Rongjin stopped, but did not sit on the mule cart to rest. He just drank water and said, "I feel that they are getting closer to us."

Mai Xiaoji and Situ held their breaths and listened behind them. The night wind blew past their ears with a rustling sound. It was the sound of stepping on the wild grass and wild roads.

Mai Xiaoji approached Ji Rongjin in shock, "Mian Niang, what should I do?" Do you want to kill someone?

"Follow what I taught you and try not to hurt anyone, but if they are desperate, we will not be lenient."

"good."

The moon is bright and there are few stars. On the endless plain, the wind and grass are moving, and shadows are scattered.

Several strong men were running quickly, and someone shouted, "Hey, I saw the shadow of the mule cart just now, why did it disappear all of a sudden?"

The group of people suddenly stopped and took a closer look under the moonlight. They saw that the mule cart, which was as tall as one person, seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

"It's really evil, it's impossible!"

Several people searched separately.

The wild bush was being pulled out with a loud sound, and just as the hidden carriage was about to be found, suddenly, there was a scream, "Oops!" Someone tripped and fell.

"Two dogs?"

"Brother Ji, save me!"

"Boom."

"who……"

"Where did you get the rope?"

In the darkness of the night, the sounds echo each other.

Ji Rongjin and Situ pulled the rope to stop people, and each pull was accurate. Mai Xiaoji had learned the moves from the soldiers, so it was no problem to tie up a few people.

Less than half an hour later, the three of them defeated five people and won a great victory. The danger was over, and Ji Rongjin climbed into the mule carriage and fell asleep.

Mai Xiaoji and Situ took turns holding swords on duty, and in the middle of the night, they passed by in the blink of an eye.

At dawn the next day, Ji Rongjin stood energetically in front of the five strong men, arms folded, condescending.

When the five of them saw a little girl with thin legs, they all struggled with hatred and wanted to beat her.

"The more you strain, the tighter the rope becomes." Ji Rongjin kindly reminded.

"Bah, you stinky bitches, you are actually playing dirty."

Ji Rongjin smiled brightly, "It doesn't matter what the move is, it's a good move if you catch someone. This strong man, don't you think so?"

"You..." The guy with the strongest beard and the thickest beard suddenly stood up and was kicked to the knees by Mai Xiaoji, "Let's see if you are still dishonest." This kick almost broke the strong man's tendons.

Howling in pain.
Chapter completed!