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Chapter 208 Panicked Refugees

In the early morning sunshine, a group of people carried the patched packages and moved forward slowly with the old and the young.

A sad, silent atmosphere prevailed in this huge procession, and even the most active children did not dare to speak out.

Everyone looked up at the sky, and yellow and thin faces emerged.

"Grandpa, what's ahead?"

"Chaohu"

"Is there anything to eat?"

“It is said that there is something to eat”

The voice fell, and the faces of old and weak women and children showed hope.

But thinking of what happened along the way, he gradually became a little silent.

In this troubled world, they deeply realized what it means for human life to be worthless. Death, hunger, and disease hang over their heads all the time, and they can't be dispersed without being driven away.

"Is there really something to eat in Chaohu?"

A child timidly asked, while looking at the little friend beside him.

The woman held the child in her arms, and although her heart was full of worries, she still used lies to fulfill his little wish.

"Yes, I have"

"Really? Mom, you won't lie to me, will you?"

"You don't believe in being a mother?"

"This? I'm not suspicious of my mother, it's just that I lied last time."

"Last time?"

There was a look of sadness in the woman's eyes.

"Mom, I was wrong, I shouldn't have said what happened last time"

"fine"

Everyone's hearts sank at the same time, and sighs echoed in their ears.

Wherever there are lakes, there must be many fish.

In this troubled world, if there are fish to eat, it is also a treasure land that everyone is fighting for.

Now that chaos is everywhere, how can such a treasured land be left unoccupied.

"Father, do you think there will be water thieves in the Chaohu Lake ahead?"

"do not know"

"How can there be no water thieves in Chaohu Lake?"

"I heard that the land of Chaohu Lake is fertile and there are many fishes. Now the world is full of bandits and bandits, and even the fertile land has become wasteland."

"It seems that there should be a lot of water thieves there."

"Hey"

Several old men let out a long sigh.

"Old rules, lottery decision, this time send those people to inquire"

"This, can only be like this"

The refugees stopped and looked at each other with a look of guard in their eyes.

It is also because of this method that they can survive until now. Every time they go to a place, they first draw lots to decide who will go to inquire.If you encounter water bandits or bandits, you can also turn around. As for those who go to inquire, they will naturally die.

"Oh dad, let me go this time"

"I'll go as well"

"I'll go as well"

The three young men took a step forward, showing a determined look.

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

An old man showed complicated gazes in his eyes, and looked at one of the young men: "Son, you are the only young ones among us."

"If there are water thieves ahead, what will we old and weak women and children do if you die?" the old man asked.

The young man took a step forward: "It is precisely because there are only three of us left among the young and strong, so we need to go to inquire."

"If there are water thieves ahead, we still have the hope of escaping, but if we send other people, how can we outrun the water thieves with your physical strength?" said the young man.

The other two young men also echoed loudly: "Our relatives and our elder brothers all died or got separated on the way. We have been cowards for so long. It's time to contribute to our elders and take on our own responsibilities."

"Father, I heard that the water thieves in Chaohu Lake have been wiped out, so there shouldn't be any danger in investigating this time," the young man said.

Several old people looked at each other, one of them shook his head: "Not right"

"Haven't we been deceived by those bandits along the way? I don't know how many bandits pretended to be refugees, claiming that the place they were in was peaceful and peaceful, but the people who inquired in the end never returned," the old man said.

All the refugees chattered.

"But what they say makes sense"

"With the physical strength of water thieves, if we go to inquire, we will never return, but if they are not sure, there is still a possibility of survival."

"What if they die?"

"This?"

"Without youth, where can we go? Do we all want to bury our bones in Chaohu Lake?"

Listening to these voices, the three young men looked at each other, with a hint of death in their eyes.

"Although what my father and the elders said is reasonable, this Chaohu Lake is no different than other lakes. We go to investigate and there is still a chance of survival," said a young man.

The tone was raised a bit: "This time we will act arbitrarily, please be considerate of the elders"

"Let's go," the young man said loudly.

The two young men looked at each other, turned around and strode away without giving everyone a chance to speak.

Looking at the backs of the three people, the lips of the old and the weak, women and children moved, and finally turned into a sigh.

"Mother, will these uncles come back?"

The child's inquiry rang in my ears, and slowly spread along the wind.

There was no reply, just endless silence.

If these people don't come back within an hour, it means that there is great danger in Chaohu Lake.

They must find a way to avoid Chaohu Lake, but how to avoid this place?If you want to go to the south, you have to avoid it.

Besides, is the south really a peaceful place? .

No one can answer this question, they can only regard the south as their spiritual sustenance.

Maybe one day they can only become dry bones on the side of the road, accompanied by a pile of weeds.

……

The eyes of the three young men in front were filled with tears.

Compared with other places, Chaohu Lake is obviously a more dangerous place.

They learned a lot of news on the way. It is said that there are thousands of water thieves here, and it is a burial place for refugees.

"Brother Bao, do you think we can still see them alive?" a young man asked.

The young and strong man standing in front said firmly: "Yes, we will definitely survive, and didn't some people say that Chaohu Lake has been leveled by the head of Chaohu Lake?"

"But, after all, they are thousands of water thieves," another young man said.

The three were silent for a while.

Although they heard the news that Chaohu Lake Chief Jia Nian wiped out thousands of water thieves in Chaohu Lake, their hearts were full of doubts and disbelief.

Only relying on a hundred soldiers can wipe out thousands of water thieves, no matter how you look at it, it feels like a trick of the water thieves.

Besides, they encountered many such things on the road. Those water thieves and bandits spread so many rumors in order to catch them.This is used to trap fleeing people, take wives, children, children, and children as hostages and goods, bully and even kill unscrupulously.

The government's news is not unreliable, but there is too much room for it to be up and down, so what if the officials and bandits cooperate with each other? .

The bandits are powerful, occupying one or two villages, and then push out the village chiefs and mayors in the villages to use their names to spread rumors to wipe out the bandits, and the ignorant refugees flock to them, how miserable it will be.

"We have nowhere to go now, this is the only way, we have to go"

The two young men looked at each other and let out a long sigh at the same time.

(End of this chapter)