Time travel fat businessman

Chapter 331 Refused to Enter the City
All the way to the north, the further north, the greater the changes in the scenery along the way. It was still early summer a few days ago, with luxuriant leaves and greenery. Once we entered the boundary of Xingdi, the green gradually became less and less.

There were fewer and fewer, and at first there was still green, but later, even the bark was no longer visible, and all the edible roots on the ground were dug up.

Originally, Di Xin was still in the mood to joke with Tao Bao, and it was a joy to travel around the mountains and rivers, but when he stepped into Xingdi, the smile on his face became shallower and lighter. No matter how much he wanted to enjoy himself, he saw his country When the people live in such a miserable state, they still feel compassion in their hearts.

Walking along the road, the yellow land is basically dry and cracked, the water in the river has already dried up, and the exposed river bed is full of cracks.

Not to mention the local people, drinking water for Tao Bao and his party has become a big problem.

But with Tao Bao, there will be no shortage of water if there is anything missing.

Recently, Huang Feihu discovered a very strange problem, the water in the water bag seemed to be inexhaustible, so he told the king about the strange thing, but the king just gave him a squint, which made him dare not ask any more questions.

But even so, he still found clues. Every morning, Concubine Su is always the first to drink water. Naturally, she is also the first to take the water bag. It was nothing, but there are not many water bags left every time. After the imperial concubine finished drinking, there was always a big pot left, which was quite strange.

Another point is that there is a severe drought in Xing, and several of their guards, including the king, always show fatigue on their faces, but Concubine Su, who gets out of the carriage from time to time, is not tired at all, and is even full of energy.

Besides, he didn't find out what skin care products Concubine Su used, which made it even more suspicious.

However, Tao Bao is not afraid of him at all, he will find out if he finds out, anyway, if she doesn't tell, he doesn't dare to ask, so get some vaccinations now, it will be convenient later.

In this way, when Huang Feihu observed Tao Bao on a daily basis and observed that Di Xin was about to lose his temper, they finally officially entered Xing's territory.

People today are not like modern people, who would go to other places to survive in severe droughts and floods. They are more reluctant to part with their homeland than modern people, and they are also more superstitious.

At the gate of Xingcheng, Xingdi City, just arrived here, there are praying people along the road, holding incense candles or wooden sticks, worshiping on both sides of the road, shouting something, Tao Bao couldn't hear clearly, but he guessed it was Begging for rain.

There are gods in this world. It stands to reason that they should be very active in this kind of thing to accumulate merit, but unfortunately, no one came to rain, and they just didn't know whether to use it as a raft to incriminate Emperor Xin, or to use it as a raft to punish Di Xin. Leave this merit to others.

The carriage had been abandoned long ago. In order not to be obtrusive, Huang Feihu and the others were all dressed as beggars, and Di Xin was the same. Tao Bao also changed into coarse cloth clothes, and his face was also dusted. She walked in front with Di Xin on her arm, Huang Feihu and the others fall behind.

There were both old and young people on the road. The old ones looked sallow and their clothes were ragged. The young ones too were very thin because they didn’t have enough to eat.

They nestled in the arms of their loved ones, with their big heads hanging on their thin necks, they looked horrific, as if they could be broken off at any time, their big eyes were full of dullness, and their insides were ashes.

Bleeding spouted from the chapped lips, and the child seemed to have eaten something delicious, so he hurried to lick it off. He was really thirsty, and if he continued, he might even drink the blood.

Seeing Tao Bao and the others approaching, Qi Qi looked over and saw that they were no better than himself, so he turned his gaze away.

But at this moment, Huang Feihu's hand that was planning to bring out the food suddenly stopped. There are too many people and there is not enough food. There must be chaos.

He silently pulled his hand out of his bosom. Fortunately, Tao Bao had ordered him to wrap the food with leaves in advance, otherwise the fragrance would come out every time he went in and out. The scene was unimaginable.

A few people walked into the city silently, and when they reached the gate, the soldiers guarding the city were also dumb, but their faces were much better than those of the common people. Although their lips were dry, they were not so terrible that they were cracked. Obviously, these soldiers still had water from time to time. supplied.

When they saw Tao Bao and the others walk in, they were completely indifferent to answering, but when Tao Bao and the others were about to enter the city, they raised their spears and cast sharp eyes on them. The meaning of vigilance is very strong.

When did Di Xin feel this kind of treatment?Immediately staring at him, he wanted to scold him, Tao Bao hurriedly pulled his sleeve, and said in a low voice:

"Husband, don't forget our current identities. Unannounced visits, unannounced visits, naturally come in secret, let's bear with it for now."

Hearing this, Di Xin's face softened a bit. Fortunately, Tao Bao had covered his face with ashes, and the two gatekeepers didn't notice anything unusual.

Now that the water source was drying up, the two soldiers were too lazy to even talk. Seeing that Di Xin and the others were still refusing to leave, they moved their spears forward two inches, frightening Huang Feihu's heart to tremble.

Just when Huang Feihu thought that the king would definitely order him to come forward and teach the two soldiers a lesson, he did not expect that Di Xin would walk back with Tao Bao arm in arm.

Seeing that the people were scared away, the two soldiers snorted coldly and continued to lean on the city gate and look at the refugees outside.

Tao Bao walked to the foot of the city wall with the furious Di Xin on his arm, chose an unoccupied spot among a bunch of refugees, and sat down directly.

Seeing her like this, Di Xin actually sat down too, making Huang Feihu and the others' eyes almost pop out of the frame.

That's not enough, what made them even more incredible was that Di Xin actually started talking to the refugees next to him, which had never happened before.

Huang Feihu and the four guards looked at each other in blank dismay, seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

The five of them sat down next to Di Xin and listened to Di Xin's conversation with the refugees.

"Old man, I heard that the king has ordered people to send food to help. Why is everyone still like this? Also, why are you not allowed to enter the city?" Di Xin asked, looking at the dying old man beside him.

The old man leaned against the city wall, first glanced at the burning sun in the sky, then turned his head to look at Di Xin, and after a while, just when Di Xin thought he was going to die, he asked feebly:
"Seeing that you are coming from the south, are you from the south?"

Di Xin nodded, and the old man continued: "How could that little food be enough? There are many of us, and each of us shared half a bowl. The rest, all the nobles in the city will go. Now the whole Xingdi is only left in the city. There is also a spring with water, there are so many people every day, there is only so little spring water, in order to save lives, the nobles in the city naturally do not allow everyone to enter the city to share."

"Hehehe, did you find it because you heard that there is still water here?" He asked, seeing Di Xin's blank face, he laughed at himself, and said again:

"There's no water, I can't enter the city, I've lost everything, and now I'm so weak, it's hard to find a way out."

(End of this chapter)