After returning to the academy, Gu Yunji had been thinking about the refugees, and wanted to talk to Xu Chengyu about it and listen to his opinion.But these days, Xu Chengyu went down the mountain before dawn every day, and came back at dusk, so exhausted that he couldn't even take care of Gu Yunji's homework, let alone sit down and talk to him quietly for a while.

In the afternoon of this day, seeing that the grain purchases sent out in the morning have not come back yet, thinking of the fact that more and more refugees have gathered in Hangzhou Mansion these days, the cafeteria manager can't sit still, so I found Xu Chengyu:

"Shanchang, there is a batch of corn in the purchase order this time, and I have to go to Gaojiabao outside the city to pick up the goods. Could it be that they were robbed by refugees on the way?"

Xu Chengyu frowned, and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He didn't speak for a while, only the more and more rapid footsteps revealed his inner panic and anxiety.

He seemed to have remembered something, raised his head and asked the steward, "As far as the existing food in the academy is concerned, how many days can we still eat?"

The steward did some calculations in his mind, and said, "Probably... four or five days."

At present, the students who go home for the New Year have not yet returned to school, and there are not as many people eating as usual. This is already a rather optimistic estimate.Luxi Academy supplies food every half a month. There was not much left before, and when the students return to school one after another, it may not last for three days.

Xu Chengyu also thought of this, he took a few steps back and forth, then raised his head, took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind: "Call twenty or thirty young and strong handymen, let them bring self-defense guys , immediately follow me down the mountain!"

The sky was getting late, and the thick, ink-like night shrouded in darkness. After a while, I'm afraid I might not even be able to see the road under my feet, but Xu Chengyu and the others haven't come back yet.

Gu Yunji was worried, so he stood in front of the mountain gate with a few students and prepared to meet him.From time to time he looked down, but saw nothing but the increasingly illegible bluestone road.

After an unknown amount of time, a student's expression brightened suddenly, and he pointed down the mountain and shouted, "I'm back!"

Gu Yunji looked in the direction he was pointing, and sure enough, he found some glowing lights moving in the distance. Seeing this, his tense nerves finally relaxed, and he led everyone to meet them.

Xu Chengyu and his party had dirty clothes, muddy legs, and exhaustion written on their sweat-drenched faces.Holding on to their last bit of energy, they struggled to push the grain cart with missing wheels and damaged grain, with heavy and slow steps.

Looking at Xu Chengyu, who was being tossed so that he was inhuman, Gu Yunji's eyes widened, and he didn't dare to recognize him for a while: "Teacher... What's wrong with you, how did you make it like this?"

The other students were also taken aback, and then quickly realized that they took the cart with all their strength, turned around and continued to push it into the academy.

Xu Chengyu finally took a breath. He panted heavily, opened his chapped lips, pointed to the wounded behind him, and said intermittently: "First...take them to rest first, this afternoon, I have seen them in the city this afternoon. Doctor, there is no need to... just apply the medicine again, remember not to let the affected area get wet."

Gu Yunji quickly stepped forward and supported his shaky body: "Teacher, are you okay? What happened?"

"I met hungry and red-eyed refugees on the road and were robbed. Fortunately, we had a large number of people, and the officers and soldiers arrived in time, so nothing major happened. Some food was robbed, but not much, and most of it was kept."

Xu Chengyu was extremely tired, and after telling the story in a concise and concise manner, he lost the strength to speak, and walked back to the academy step by step while supporting Gu Yunji's hand.

In the dark night, Shanchang's house was brightly lit, and all the stewards of the academy gathered here, crowding the small room to the brim.

After bathing and resting, Xu Chengyu felt much more comfortable in his body, and his whole spirit recovered a lot. He took a sip of hot tea and sighed: "The current outside the city, in one word, is chaos!"

"There are thieves and robbers everywhere, and some reckless ones even dare to go to the villagers' homes and ransack them in front of their masters! There are also many officers and soldiers on the road. The patrols are still arresting people. Even the people who go down the mountain from the academy can’t get through, and there are a lot of letters backlogged in the city, and the postman dare not come to deliver them.”

Speaking of this, Xu Chengyu seemed to have remembered something, raised his head and said to Gu Yunji: "I saw the letter from Su Qi when I entered the city today, saying that the road was blocked by wind and snow, and he would come back later, let me Do not worry."

Gu Yunji nodded a few times indiscriminately, not thinking about it, and asked sadly: "Now that this is the situation, is the government still sitting idly by and ignoring everything?"

"It's not completely ignoring." Xu Chengyu's eyes sank, "The government ordered the neighboring villages to form a Baojia formation, and sent strong men to patrol at all times. At the same time, they gave them weapons for self-defense, and beware of the intrusion of refugees. There are also defenses at the four city gates. It’s even stricter, and local people must be strictly screened and registered before they can enter the city.”

"Besides that, the government has made a lot of preparations, but... it just doesn't care about the refugees."

As soon as this remark came out, the room fell silent.

"Anyway, try not to go down the mountain during this period, and stay in the academy well. If there is any accident, please let me know at any time." As he said, Xu Chengyu closed his eyes tiredly, "It's getting late, everyone, go back and rest."

Hearing this, everyone didn't stay any longer, and went back after saying goodbye.

In the early morning of the next day, the government sent a team of soldiers to Luxi Academy, about a hundred people, saying that they were to protect the students in case of accidents.

Xu Chengyu glanced at these well-trained officers and soldiers lightly, then looked at the leading centurion, and asked in a deep voice: "The garrison of Hangzhou Mansion is only more than a thousand people, and now the chaos outside the city is like this, and soldiers are needed everywhere, Mr. Lu How can I still allocate 100 people to come to my place?"

The centurion replied: "People are not enough, but Mr. Lu seconded another 2000 people from the nearby guards, which freed up our hands. Let us protect the teachers and students of Luxi Academy."

Xu Chengyu sneered: "Master Lu is so cautious that he can't even set up a shed for the refugees, but he is willing to go beyond the rules and regulations and go to the guard to borrow troops?"

The centurion's face froze, and he said with a sneer: "This... the guards are already responsible for supporting the nearby state capitals. In the past, there were many precedents where local officials borrowed troops from the commanders of the guards. Now it has become a custom. It’s not a violation of the rules.”

The centurion was not good at dealing with it, and he didn't dare to chat with Xu Chengyu. After saying this, he hurriedly led the soldiers to set up defenses.

The sky was dark and closed, covering the sun tightly, not a single ray of light came through.Gu Yunji heard the armor rubbing sound of the soldiers running up, and felt an unspeakable suffocation slowly spread to the entire academy, heavy and heavy, making him unable to breathe.

The storm is coming.

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