boyutpedia Chapter 249: Design to Lead Away the Victims
Chapter 249: Design to Lead Away the Victims
Doctor Deng sighed and explained, "Didn't some disaster victims break into the village yesterday?"
Zhu said, "That's true."
Doctor Deng said, "I heard there were disaster victims in the mountains, so I sent the secret guards to take a look around the mountains."
Zhu led him to the main hall and sat down to chat, "Doctor Deng, how many disaster victims are there in the mountains?"
"At least seventy or eighty." Doctor Deng frowned. "But these disaster victims have their own small groups."
Zhu gasped when she heard this, "Seventy or eighty people..."
Don't underestimate these seventy or eighty people. The fighting power of the disaster victims is much stronger than that of ordinary villagers.
The key point is that ordinary villagers are afraid of death, but disaster victims are not.
The victims were starving and freezing to death, so they didn't care whether they lived or died.
Doctor Deng skillfully found a brazier and made a fire. "I wanted to deal with those disaster victims, but there were too many of them."
"Besides, solving these disaster victims' problems is only a temporary solution and does not address the root cause."
"I'm thinking of leading these disaster victims to the town."
Zhu didn't understand this, "We'll listen to Doctor Deng."
Doctor Deng said, "I estimate that the relief money and supplies from the imperial court should be arriving soon."
"If we could lead these disaster victims to town, we wouldn't have those troubles."
He had experienced disaster relief and was well aware of the horrors faced by the victims.
Once, some starving disaster victims looted relief supplies, causing quite a bit of trouble.
The emperor was furious and killed many of the disaster victims who were causing trouble, and only then did he suppress all the victims.
After Mrs. Zhu went to the kitchen to busy herself, Doctor Deng sat there by the fire, waiting for breakfast.
"I don't know when the emperor will send money and supplies for disaster relief." He muttered softly.
Just then, the sound of a gong was heard.
"There are disaster victims entering the village to rob. Come out quickly with sticks!"
Doctor Deng's eyelids twitched and he quickly ran out.
As soon as he ran out of the yard, he saw many villagers holding sticks and other weapons, running hurriedly towards the scene of the incident.
The thick snow on the ground hindered the villagers' speed, but they still struggled to move forward.
Doctor Deng called two secret guards and asked them to go over and see what was going on.
The sound of the gong is accompanied by various sounds.
"These damn disaster victims actually came to our village to steal food and even dared to steal children!"
"We are going to eat human flesh. How despicable!"
"Beat them! Beat them to death!"
Five or six disaster victims looked at the villagers with fierce expressions, holding some food in their hands.
There are one or two steamed buns, and some cabbage.
"We just want to survive. You have so much food, why shouldn't we give you some?"
"That's right. As the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda."
The village chief spitted and said, "You come to our village to steal food, and you think you're right?"
"Beat him! Beat him to death!"
With the village chief's words, the villagers acted even more ruthlessly.
"Hit the skinniest one! I just saw with my own eyes that he tried to snatch the child from the Zhang family. Luckily, the Zhang family reacted in time."
"You're worse than an animal. You're stealing food and children. You must be killed!"
A few disaster victims were no match for a large group of villagers armed with sticks.
Soon, he was beaten all over and lay in the snow, unable to get up.
"Stop first." The village chief stopped the villagers from continuing.
He stared at the victims with a sinister look in his eyes and asked, "How many more victims are there in the mountains? How long have you been there?"
"If you don't tell me, I'll beat you to death."
Several victims were shaking non-stop, no longer looking as fierce as they did just now.
"I, I don't know how many disaster victims there are in the mountains, but I estimate there are dozens of them. We are not staying in the same area, we are all separated, and different disaster victims have different areas."
"We are one of the disaster victims. We couldn't stand the hunger and cold, so we came to the village to find something to eat."
The village chief's heart sank as he heard this. Dozens of disaster victims...
This is very bad news.
"Kill him."
As soon as he gave the order, the villagers immediately killed several victims.
The village chief walked towards home with his hands behind his back, thinking about how to solve the problem of the disaster victims in the mountains.
If so many disaster victims rushed into the village, the consequences would be very serious.
The question is, how to solve this problem?
Doctor Deng, who learned of the situation, decided to lead the victims from the mountains to the town today.
If we continue to let these disaster victims stay in the mountains, it will lead to an extremely bad situation.
After giving some instructions to the two secret guards, Doctor Deng watched them leave.
I hope the plan to bring the disaster victims to the town will go smoothly.
In the mountains.
A group of disaster victims who were looking for food suddenly heard two people chatting.
"Have you heard? Several people who just came down the mountain to rob were beaten to death."
"I heard it. Xingzi Village has long known that there are disaster victims in the mountains and has made every possible preparation. Anyone who dares to go to Xingzi Village will be beaten to death."
"Fortunately, I didn't listen to those people and followed them to Xingzi Village. Sigh, tell me, when will our days end?"
"Should we try our luck in town? There are so many rich people in town, maybe someone will give out porridge."
"Will there be?"
"No, we can ask the county magistrate. He is in charge of us, and now that there is a snowstorm, he should help us."
"Let's go, let's go to the town. If we stay here, the people in Xingzi Village will not help us."
After hearing this, the group of disaster victims looked at each other.
"Shall we...try to go to town?"
"I want to try going to town. If we stay here, we'll just be chewing tree bark. The people in Xingzi Village won't help us."
"I'm afraid there won't even be any bark left in town. What will I do then?"
"I want to go to town. I wanted to go to town in the beginning, but you guys didn't agree. The rich people in town said there might be a soup kitchen there."
Some victims hurriedly packed up their belongings and ran to the town.
Some victims were still hesitant, not knowing whether to stay or go to the town.
Such a big commotion naturally attracted the attention of more victims.
"I heard they were going to town to see if there was anything to eat."
"What kind of food can we have in town? The people there are so arrogant that they don't care about the lives of us disaster victims."
"I think we could try going to town. They said the rich people in town said there might be a soup kitchen. Those rich people love to do good deeds the most."
Many of the victims were moved and packed up their things and ran to the town.
Instead of staying here, I might as well take a chance. Maybe there really is a soup kitchen in town.
When Doctor Deng learned about this from the secret guard, he felt a little relieved.
At least many of the victims were willing to go to the town.
In this way, there will be fewer disaster victims left in the mountains, and the pressure on Xingzi Village will not be so great.
He told the Mu family about this.
The Mu family immediately cheered.
But Mu Laoer was a little worried: "Those disaster victims who stayed behind are the most ferocious, right?"