Chapter 7: The Truth
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Xia Di's eyebrows furrowed even deeper.
He took a breath and protested.
"The so-called provision of supplies is voluntary, you take all the food, if you do this, they will starve to death."
"That's none of our business. This is a revolution. Luo Di said indifferently: "When the country is in danger, what is it like to only care about your own safety?" You must know that these sacrifices are for a great cause, and as a good volunteer soldier, you should have the consciousness. ”
Halfway through speaking, Roddy dragged a barrel out of the kitchen, lifted the lid, and then he found a spoon, scooped up the liquid inside, took a sip, and exhaled contentedly, "Well, this is ale, and it's going to be moved out too." I'll teach you the experience of your predecessors, when you go to a new place, except for the things designated by the captain and the necessary public goods, such as rice, wheat, wine, and some expensive items, you can put everything else in your pocket at will, and the captain will not care. Ah, even a woman can take ...... If you think about it, as long as the war is won, how many people can be saved, we can return them several times, so don't be polite at this time. ”
Xia Di looked at the three "revolutionaries" in front of him in silence, and he couldn't help but think of some books he had read before, which said that during the war, in order to make some soldiers exert greater combat effectiveness, officers would give them the freedom to plunder, and explain this behavior in the right direction to escape moral constraints.
Thinking of this, he felt that it was useless to say anything, so he turned and left the house.
The village was noisy.
Many villagers' belongings were taken away by the soldiers and moved to the square.
The cavalrymen packed the things in sacks and let the horses carry them.
"Master soldier, please leave us a little, if you take these again, our family will only be able to drink the northwest wind!"
"Get out!"
A volunteer soldier punched an old man with gray hair in the face, leaving him covered in blood, but the old man clung to the soldier's leg.
The soldier smacked his lips and drew the sword from his waist.
"Old man! Let it go! Not far away, the old woman ran and tried to pull him away.
The soldier snorted coldly, his eyes showed murderous intent, in the plunder just now, he unfortunately chose the family of the poorest person in this village, except for the necessities, he did not get any personal property, looking at the companions around him with a lot of money and earnings, he was very unhappy, he frowned, and was about to kill the two old men and old ladies when he was about to vent, a silver figure hit the soldier's leg, making the soldier's body crooked, and the sword was also swung empty.
The soldier looked back and saw that the little girl who had just claimed to be the village chief was holding his hand.
"Scum, don't bully my villagers." The little girl said in a cold voice.
The soldier looked at the daring imp in amazement, he was already irritable enough, and it was a little imp who stood in his way, which made him angry, he shook off the little girl and raised his sword again.
"Dead imp."
However, the blade of the sword is referring to the little girl.
"Irene!"
The old woman had already pulled her husband aside, watching in astonishment as the path of the sword stretched towards the little girl.
In the next second, the sword stopped.
The soldier froze.
Because his sword couldn't swing, it was as if it had fallen into the floor, and he couldn't move.
Looking back, a young man pinched the face of the sword with his index finger and thumb.
That's Xia Di.
"Stop." Xia Di said expressionlessly.
"You're a new member of the team, Natsu? Get out of the way! The soldier said angrily.
Xia Di ignored the soldier's words, looked at the little girl and the two old men, and said softly, "You guys hurry up." ”
The little girl blinked and looked at him for a few seconds, not knowing what she was thinking, but in the end she didn't say anything and left with the two old men.
Seeing that the prey had escaped, the soldier frowned and was about to scold Xia Di, but Xia Di opened his mouth first.
"Tell me where the captain is, I have something to report to him."
"What?"
"Alright, tell me. It is a very important thing, if it is delayed, you will take responsibility! Xia Di glared at him viciously, and his voice was full of courage,
The soldier was stunned, he didn't understand why the other party was so anxious, but feeling the pressure, he couldn't help but nod and point to a small room on the right.
It was a renovated stone house, not much worse than the village chief's house, Xia Di immediately walked over, and as soon as he walked to the door, he heard a voice from inside.
"What the hell are you trying to do!?" It was the voice of the middle-aged man who was protecting the little girl just now, and his voice revealed panic and anger, "Snatch everyone's things, and besides, what's the matter with saying that we are bandits?" ”
"Don't pretend, thief!"
However, the voice of the other side easily overshadowed him.
Xia Di looked through the window and looked inside.
I saw Vicford sitting on a chair with a backrest, drinking tea.
The deputy captain Qiri was standing behind him, shouting at the middle-aged: "You organized the men and horses to attack us!" Do you think you can get away with pretending to be stupid! ”
"This is a misunderstanding...... The middle-aged man looked aggrieved, "We are just an ordinary village, we don't even have decent weapons, how can we ......?"
"Ha, it's still pretending! Even the blind can see your true nature. Kiri sneered, pulled out the short sword on his waist, and pointed it at the tip of his nose, "If you dare to resist, what will be the consequences, I don't need to say it!" ”
Facing the tip of the silver sword, the middle-aged man's face turned blue, and he couldn't help but tremble in his voice, but he still insisted, "You say that our village is a bandit, what evidence is there, at least show it to us!" ”
"Are you questioning our judgment! If we say yes, then there must be nothing wrong. "There's no need to explain to you, and there's no need to listen to you!" ”
"How can you ...... It's so barbaric! Not! ”
Kiri kicked the middle-aged man in the abdomen, and the blow dented the middle-aged man's stomach, and he fell to his knees in pain, spitting gastric juices.
Wickford frowned, looked at the soiled floor, and seemed to feel a little disgusted, he waved his hand, called a few of his men, and said, "Enough, throw him out, and if he dares to come again, kill him." ”
"Yes."
Seeing this, Xia Di sighed.
He felt that he had no need to go in.
Because the man had asked for him what he wanted to know.
Through a series of observations, he already understood all this in his heart.
Whether it's Chiri or Vicfort, they don't have any evidence of any collusion between the people of this village and the people who attacked the army.
They just blamed the village for the attack that happened yesterday, and used it as a reason to plunder the village.
Morality and justice do not exist naturally.
In fact, I should have expected it a long time ago.
The volunteers are different from the rebels they have seen in the past, not only the overall level of personnel is not high, they lack military discipline, but they also blindly believe in the hypocritical "revolutionary" theory, the so-called volunteers are actually no different from the bandit group, the only difference is probably in the name of righteousness, but do some dirty things.
Xia Di turned around and looked at the messy village.
His heart was unusually calm, and the anger in his heart that seemed to have been betrayed had now disappeared without a trace.
Not far away, he saw that the soldiers of the Volunteers seemed to be moving things.
He quietly walked away from them, another plan in his mind.