Chapter 20 Calming the Riots
Among the huge piles of rocks in the wasteland, the refugee team has calmed down. They have experienced a whole day of fear and an afternoon of hurried travel. They are exhausted. After lighting a fire in the huge piles of rocks to cook and eating a hot meal of wheat porridge, everyone is crowded.
Falling asleep next to the campfire.
Ron arranged the night watch with Lawrence's help and sat alone on the boulder looking north.
"It's been so long, and I haven't gathered at the pile of rocks yet, will something happen?" Ron thought to himself.
The refugee team became more and more anxious after learning 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, Lawrence, and several armed men tried their best to maintain order, but except for Ron
Lens and several other refugees who temporarily acted as guards were also a little shaken.
Ron had never managed so many people. Faced with such a chaotic situation, his thoughts were a little confused. The night was almost over in his wild thoughts, and there was some dark gray light in the eastern sky, and Ron couldn't hold on anymore.
Fell asleep on the boulder.
Just as he dreamed of returning to the wooden house in the valley and drinking delicious aromatic broth with his parents and sister, Ron was woken up by a rushing sound.
"Brother Ron, wake up, wake up, someone is stealing food."
Lawrence was in charge of guarding the grain truck last night. At dawn, he jumped off the grain truck and went to a place a little further away to urinate. But as soon as he put on his pants and came back, he saw the guy who shouted yesterday that he wanted to run away for his life was carrying a load of food from the grain truck.
The bag of barley was ready to run away, but Lawrence captured him on the spot.
The guy who stole 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? You think being a dog is a big deal? Why did you arrest my husband?"
!You guys let him go quickly!”
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. Ron was already in a state of confusion, and at this moment, Ron was even more angry and drew his sword.
Just 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 in panic. 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 of Ron mending the robber's sword yesterday, and he knew this stupid young man.
I would certainly dare to chop off that guy's head with a sword, but this would cause even greater panic, and might lead to uncontrollable chaos.
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 didn't speak, 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 would be safe without bandits and bandits. But yesterday we told Ron
Who is that person behind us? Who was the person who tried to stop us in the woods yesterday? Don't tell me that your patrol officer went to chase the robbers. He has been there for so long. Who knows?
Killed by bandits? Since the owner is gone, why are we going to open up some wasteland and plant some land? It is better for everyone to divide the food and run away now, rather than follow you liars and die."
After hearing what this shrew said, 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: "Listen to me, everyone, there were indeed robbers who planned to ambush us yesterday, but the patrol officer saw it through and took him with him
We attacked the robbers in a sneak attack and killed two robbers on the spot. Then your Excellency 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' bodies in the woods with their own eyes." Lawrence pointed out.
Looking at the few refugee guards who had seen Ron mending his sword yesterday.
A refugee guard stood up and said, "Yes, I saw with my own eyes the bodies of two robbers in the woods, and Brother Ron gave them a blow." Several other refugee guards also nodded.
Seeing that the crowd started to turn to Ron's side, the poisonous woman 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 patrol officer was originally a religious guard. It was God's will that sent him to this chaotic hell to expel demons and save people.
Common people. He is the shield of God. He is not only brave and good at fighting, but also has the blessing of the God. He will definitely come back safe and sound. And for her own greed, this vicious woman wants everyone to accompany them to death. Think about it carefully.
, During the past few days following my master, have your wife, children, and children ever been hungry? Have you ever been attacked by a bandit at close range? Besides my master, who else can guarantee your food and clothing and protect your safety? I left.
This team, how long can you survive in the chaotic world of cannibalism outside? These two bastards stole a bag of food from us, and we lost a few bowls of wheat porridge to survive. What they stole was not food, but our lives.
Yeah." Ron's words struck everyone's mind, and the crowd fell silent.
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.
"Robber~"
"Bad guy~"
"Witch!"
"Beat them to death!" The crowd rang out curses at the grain-stealing couple, followed by a muffled sound of fists hitting flesh.
After the crowd vented their anger, Lawrence led others to tie the couple, who were covered in dirt and spit, 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 the vicious-mouthed woman's malice was discovered by the Ron brothers, everyone vented their anger on the two of them, and the restlessness in their hearts calmed down for the most part, and they just went after her.
The patrol officer who suppressed the bandits has not returned, and the worry in everyone's heart cannot 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 amazing. 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 to cook first? As long as there is food in their mouths and hands in their hands, everyone can
It will be peaceful."
Ron thought for a while, stabilizing the refugees was the most important thing at the moment, and it didn't matter if he had dinner earlier, so he nodded in agreement.
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 collect barley. After a while, the huge boulders were filled with thick smoke.
Chapter completed!