"Lord Count, allow the villain to answer your questions. ”

No one answered, but after a few breaths, a scrawny old man walked out of the crowd and came to the front of Mo Yu.

"Old man, please speak. Mo Yu said softly.

"Lord Earl, the villain doesn't dare, but don't bother the old man. Seeing Mo Yu's humble attitude, the old man made him uneasy.

"It's okay, the old man said. Mo Yu smiled.

"I shouldn't have spoken ill of the Imperial Army, but this place has been abandoned by the Imperial Army. "The old man was originally a person in his twilight years, and the rest of his family also died in the beast tide, he was already looking down on life and death, even if Mo Yu blamed him, at most he would die.

"Why?" Mo Yu asked.

"Lord Earl, you don't know, the location of Solani City belongs to the area that is difficult to attack, and the military consumption is very large, as early as a few years ago, the Imperial Army abandoned this place and retreated to the canyon dozens of kilometers away. The old man explained.

Mo Yu nodded, a day ago, he had passed by the mouth of the gorge, where the mountains were dangerous, with extremely steep mountains blocking the way, a crack in the middle could barely accommodate several rows of horses in parallel, and the mouth of the gorge was several miles long, and the surrounding mountains were all meters high, which was definitely the kind of dangerous place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It's no wonder that when they passed through the pass of the gorge, those Yakaya Imperial troops all showed strange looks, watching them pass by as if they were looking at fools.

"What should you do if you are attacked?" Mo Yu asked, he had heard that there was so often a nuisance of orcs and live demonic beasts.

"Fortunately, most of those orcs robbed us of food or property, and rarely harmed our lives, so we might as well have died sooner. The old man sighed.

"Those orcs treat us as livestock at all, and they can rob whatever they want, and after each robbery, we can only eat bark and grass roots to satisfy our hunger, and sooner or later we will starve to death!" said someone who was not angry.

Because the orc robbers are of a foreign race, they are even more ruthless in looting, and everywhere they pass, they will be slaughtered and burned down under normal circumstances, leaving no one alive.

And the reason why those orcs didn't kill them all was because they took a fancy to this, and used the people of Sorani City as livestock to keep around, constantly squeezing their labor, and when they had no use value here, they would naturally be slaughtered and burned down.

"This is also something that can't be done, those Imperial troops are stationed too far away, and when they see the wolf smoke coming, those orcs will run away. Some hungry people said helplessly.

Those imperial troops are not inactive, but the distance is too far, even if they are fast, it will take several hours, and by the time they arrive, the orcs who came to rob have already left.

"What if you encounter a beast tide?" Mo Yu asked.

"I can only resign myself to fate, it is because of the last beast tide that those imperial troops suffered heavy losses that they chose to abandon the defense point here. ”

The old man shook his head, they must not be able to outrun the Demonic Beast Tide, fortunately there has been no Beast Tide in the past two years, otherwise they would have been eaten by the Demonic Beast a long time ago.

"Why don't you get out of here. Mo Yu asked again.

"If you leave here, the surrounding cities won't accept us, so what can we get to?" the old man smiled bitterly, they didn't want to leave here, but other cities simply accepted them, such a large-scale move would bring great pressure to that city recently.

"Bad guy, go back, you're not welcome here!"

Mo Yu nodded, and a childish childish voice sounded, and at this time, a stone smashed into him.

Of course, with Mo Yu's strength, he could easily dodge the stone, but he didn't do that, and deliberately let the stone fall on his head.

Volin and the others also understand that with the strength of the boss, let alone a stone, even if it is a sharp arrow, he can easily dodge, and the reason why the boss did not dodge must have his reasons.

Boom!

A deep voice sounded, and everyone's eyes immediately fixed on the owner who made the childish voice, a boy about six years old.

"Lord Earl, spare your life! he has no intention!" Seeing this, the woman beside the boy was immediately startled, and immediately knelt down to admit her mistake, and pressed the boy's head to make him kneel down with him.

Although Mo Yu did not receive any harm, the hungry people's expressions suddenly became nervous, hurting the nobles, whether it was right or wrong, they would be whipped Xing, with the physique of that little boy, I am afraid that a whip will not be able to withstand it.

Volin and the others all looked at the little boy, but they didn't mean to take him down, and they didn't understand why the boy wanted to attack Mo Yu.

"Why did you attack me?" Mo Yu said slowly.

"Mom said that when you people come, you will definitely collect a lot of taxes, and my family can't even eat!" The little boy struggled to raise his head slightly, and glared at Mo Yu angrily.

When Mo Yu saw that the boy was struggling, a piece of black bread the size of a child's palm fell out of his arms, and his eyes revealed a distressed expression, he already understood that the food shortage in Sorani City had reached the point of despair.

"Lord Earl, he was unintentional, it's all my fault, I shouldn't talk nonsense, punish me if you want to punish me. The woman pleaded, she was not as ignorant as the little boy, and knew well how severe the punishment for injuring the nobles was.

"Lord Earl, you should let him go in large quantities, this child's father was killed in the last beast tide to resist the invasion of demonic beasts, and the old man is willing to be punished in his place. The old man also pleaded, and did not hesitate to pay with his own life.

The women's bitter pleading voices made the residents who were already powerful even more angry, although they didn't say anything, but looking at Mo Yu's eyes, they were even more unfriendly.

The little boy was pressed to the ground by his mother, and in the process of struggling, he did not forget to catch the black bread that fell to the ground in front of him, but unfortunately his little hand was too short to reach the black bread in front of him, which was his food for the past two days.

Mo Yu ignored the old man and walked slowly towards the mother and son.

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"The mother and son are dead. ”

This thought sounded in the hearts of those hungry people, in this continent where the nobles are in power, the nobles don't need a reason to kill civilians, sometimes looking at others can also become the reason for being killed, not to mention that the little boy attacked the young nobleman first, although the noble young man was not harmed.

But Mo Yu squatted down when he walked in front of the mother and son, picked up the black bread on the ground, blew the dust on his face, and then stuffed it into his mouth.

The hungry people around them were stunned when they saw this scene, they had never thought that a high earl would actually eat the dirty black bread on the ground, which simply subverted their cognition.

"It's delicious, your mother's made?"

A bitter smell permeated his mouth, and the sand and grit gnawed his teeth, in fact, this black bread was mixed with sand, and there was no delicacy at all, but Mo Yu still had a kind smile on his face.

"Of course, my mother's food is the best!" the little boy looked proud, but remembering that he had eaten up his rations for two days, he cried out again, "Bad guy! That's my food for two days, give it back to me!"

"Hurry up, I'll give you this as a gift in return. As soon as Mo Yu grasped the palm of his hand, an arm-long ham appeared in it, and then handed it to the little boy.

The moment the ham appeared, the sweetness of meat immediately spread, and when the thick fragrance emanated, it caused stomach gurgling everywhere, and the surrounding people swallowed their saliva involuntarily.

"I haven't eaten this ham in years. ”

The surrounding people looked at the ham that suddenly appeared, showing a look of memory, and their eyes were a little moist.

"Is this really for me?" the little boy couldn't believe that he had eaten it once before his father died, and the delicacy was still hidden in his memory.

Mo Yu nodded, and after stuffing the ham into the little boy's arms, he didn't dislike his dirtiness, and with a smile that seemed to be the warm sunshine of spring, he affectionately stroked the dry and sallow hair.

"Did I say I want to increase taxes? remember not to be too impulsive in the future, otherwise you will always be hurt. Mo Yu smiled.

The little boy nodded as if he didn't understand, looked at his mother beside him, and said excitedly: "Mom, we don't have to worry about food for half a month." ”

"Madam, your husband is a hero!" Mo Yu said slowly.