Among the boulders in the wasteland, the refugee team has quieted down. They have been exhausted after a whole day of fear and an afternoon of rushing. After making a fire in the boulders and eating a hot meal of wheat porridge, everyone huddled around the campfire and fell asleep one after another.
After setting up the night watch with the help of Lawrence, Ron sat alone on the boulder and looked to the north.
"It's been so long, and I haven't gathered at the boulder pile yet. Will something happen?" Ron thought to himself.
The refugee team became more and more anxious after hearing the news that they were almost ambushed by bandits. In the afternoon, two guys were already clamoring to leave the team and escape for their own lives. Ron, along with Lawrence and several armed men, tried their best to maintain order, but in addition to Lawrence, several other refugees who temporarily acted as guards were also a little shaken.
Ron has never managed so many people, and faced with such a chaotic situation, his thoughts were a little confused. In his wild thoughts, the night was almost over, and there was some dark gray light in the eastern sky. Ron couldn't hold on anymore and fell asleep on the boulder.
Just after dreaming of returning to the wooden house in the valley and drinking the fragrant broth with his parents and sister, Ron was woken up by a hurried voice,
"Brother Ron, wake up quickly, wake up quickly, someone is stealing food."
< br/> Last night, Lawrence was in charge of guarding the grain cart. At dawn, he jumped off the grain cart and went to urinate a little further away. But as soon as he put on his pants and came back, he saw the guy who was shouting to escape for his own life yesterday was carrying a bag of barley from the grain cart and preparing to run away. Lawrence captured him on the spot.
The guy who stole the food was squatting on the ground and was being guarded by several refugee guards. His wife was arguing loudly with one of the refugee guards: "Who do you think you are? Do you think being a dog is enough? Why should you arrest my husband! Let him go!"
Ron pushed aside the onlookers and came to the grain truck and took a look at the grain thief holding his head on the ground and the grain bag dropped on the ground. He was already upset, and at this moment, Ron was even more angry. He drew his sword and was about to rush forward.
"Brother Ron, Brother Ron, calm down, you can't just kill him." Seeing that Ron was about to draw his sword and go up to kill the guy, Lawrence quickly persuaded him.
“Everyone is already panicked. If you kill him just like that, everyone will be in chaos. Let’s wait until the master comes back.” Lawrence had seen the scene when Ron mended the robber’s sword yesterday, and knew that this stupid green man would definitely dare to chop off the guy’s head with one sword. However, this would cause greater panic and might lead to uncontrollable chaos.
Hence Ron listened to Lawrence's words, glanced at the refugees around him who were staring at him with bated breath, and put the half-drawn sword back into its scabbard.
Ron walked up to the grain-stealing couple and yelled: "You two greedy and shameless bastards, why are you stealing grain?"
The man squatted on the ground and said nothing, but his woman pointed at Ron's nose and cursed: "You liar, you are all liars. You lied to us that the place we were going to was safe without bandits and bandits. But who was following us yesterday? Who was trying to stop us in the woods yesterday? Don't tell me what kind of patrol officer you are. I have been chasing the bandits for so long. Who knows if they were killed by the bandits? Since the owner is gone, why are we going to cultivate some wasteland? It is better for everyone to divide the food and run away, rather than follow you liars to die. "
After hearing the words of this shrew, the refugees became more and more uneasy, and there was some commotion in the crowd.
This woman with a vicious mouth wanted to incite everyone. Lawrence realized that the situation was not good and quickly jumped on the grain truck and shouted: "Everyone, listen to me, there were indeed robbers who planned to ambush us yesterday, but the patrol officer saw it through and led us to sneak attack on the robbers. , killed two robbers on the spot, and then led a few warriors to chase the robbers into the woods. If you don't believe me, you can ask them. They saw the two robbers' corpses in the woods with their own eyes." Lawrence pointed to the refugee guards who had seen Ron mending his sword yesterday.
A refugee guard stood up and said, "Yes, I saw two robber corpses in the woods with my own eyes, and Brother Ron gave them a sword." Several other refugee guards also nodded.
The vicious-mouthed woman saw the crowd starting to turn to Ron's side, and shouted loudly: "Maybe they really went after the robbers, but they didn't come back all night. Who knows if they were robbers~~"
Ron drew his sword and pointed it at the poisonous woman, interrupting her: "Everyone, listen to me, the Inspector was originally a religious guard. It was God's will that sent him to this chaotic hell to expel demons and save the people. He is the shield of God. , is not only brave and good at fighting, but also has the blessing of the god, and will definitely come back safe and sound. But for her own greed, this vicious woman wants everyone to accompany them to death. If you think about it carefully, follow my master these days. Have your wife and children ever been hungry? Have you been attacked by a bandit? Who else can guarantee your food and clothing and protect your safety? Without this team, how long can you survive in the cannibal world? These two bastards stole a bag of food from us, and we lost a few bowls of wheat porridge. What they stole was not food, but our lives." Ron's words were in everyone's mind.
Lawrence stood on the grain truck and winked at his wife who was crowded in the crowd. Lawrence's wife grabbed a piece of hard soil from the ground and threw it at the poisonous woman.
After the crowd vented their anger, Lawrence led his men to tie the couple, who were covered in dirt and phlegm, with scratches and bruises on their faces, to the grain truck and stuffed the mouth of the vicious woman with rags.
The refugees came from all over the place, and they all came together in order to survive. After Brother Ron saw through the malicious intentions of the poisonous woman, everyone vented their anger on the two of them, and the restlessness in their hearts calmed down for the most part. However, the patrol officer who went to chase the bandits did not come back, and the worries in everyone's hearts could not be erased.
"Brother Ron, the people have been tied up and everyone is quiet now." Lawrence walked to Ron and said.
Ron was very pleased with this lean man who had performed well all the way. He said sincerely: "Brother Lawrence, thank you. If you hadn't helped me along the way, I wouldn't have been able to control the situation."
"Brother Ron, you are already very powerful. When I was your age, I had to kill chickens with my eyes closed." Lawrence replied with a smile.
Lawrence glanced at the refugees sitting on the ground doing nothing, and turned to Ron and suggested: "Brother Ron, can we let everyone make a fire and cook first? As long as there is food in the mouth and hands in the hands, everyone will be at peace."
The refugees who learned that they could eat in advance immediately began to get busy. Some of them collected melted snow and water, some picked up dead branches to make fires, and some came to the grain truck to find Ron to receive barley. After a while, thick smoke started to rise from the huge pile of rocks...