"Yunyi, don't worry about me, your man is stronger than you think." He gently hooked her nose, put his forehead against hers, and let out a sigh: "It's a pity that you came to town with me, I'm afraid you will have to suffer......"

Liu Yun thought for a while: "No matter how hard it is, it can't be bitter during the Liufu period, when my life was like duckweed, I couldn't do anything, and now no matter what happens around me, I can try to fight." Lord, what you said, Zhenlin will also be my home in the future, let's face it together, and make Zhenlin better together!"

Feng Chengqian didn't expect that at this irritable juncture, he was comforted by Liu Yunyi.

But it's not a bad surprise.

The irritability in his heart calmed down a little, and he simply took her hand and went straight to the stable in the backyard of the fortress.

After all, the Zhenlin soldiers have not seen him for many years, and he is not at ease to use them, but those who came out of the capital with him are his cronies.

Feng Chengqian took Liu Yunyi to the stable, picked two horses directly, and dozens of guards were in place to follow the left and right, he led the way in front, led everyone out of the stable and left the fortress directly, and turned around and went to the street.

The afterglow of the people's celebration has not yet dissipated, and the streets are littered with colorful flags and brocades, but now they are all covered with a thin layer of snowflakes, which is diametrically opposed to the previous splendid and lively, only the silence and slaughter remain.

Occasionally, the people who recognized Feng Chengqian, but before they had time to exclaim, they saw Feng Chengqian and his party riding away quickly, and the violent sound of horses' hooves accompanied by the strong wind whistling by, the atmosphere was suddenly cold.

Liu Yunyi was still not used to such cold weather, so she tightened her cloak, but fortunately, before coming out, Feng Chengqian ordered her to prepare a pair of warm leather gloves, so that she would not get frostbite when riding a horse.

Then blink and look at the town's street.

Feng Chengqian led her and the guards, except for the fortress, and went all the way to the south gate, which was the direction to the capital, and it was also the direction in which she and Feng Chengqian had come in a hurry these days.

It's just that they don't follow the same path.

It is precisely because of this that the farther away from the fortress, the more Liu Yunyi sees a completely different scene from what he has seen these days.

In the center of the city, it is fine, but in the suburbs, the living standards of the people have obviously fallen off a cliff.

The small buildings on the first and second floors have all become rough and slightly dilapidated earthen houses, and there are even wooden and grass huts, which are not even as good as building a house with ice and snow to protect them from the wind.

The pedestrians on the road are sparse, and the clothes are more plain, all revealing the fatigue of running around to survive.

And when everyone walked for most of the hour and went to a more remote and remote village, everything in front of them really shocked Liu Yunyi.

At a glance, you can deeply understand what poverty and poverty are!

The carriage stopped not far from the entrance of the village, and looking at the village from afar, it was full of ruined walls, and the slightly better ones were only old wooden houses and the like.

Most of the people in the village are women, children and the elderly, both men and women are dressed in black and gray clothes, their expressions are insensitive, their faces are yellow and thin, and they look like they have been hungry for a long time. The body is even more dirty, and although they walk under the sun, it is as if they have never seen the sun, so that there is not a trace of brilliance in the eyes of these people.

There were people who were a little away from the entrance of the village, and when they saw such a group of well-dressed people coming to the entrance of the village, they greeted them one after another, and begged humbly with a look of help: "Is it the military master who came to distribute supplies?" Please, for the stutterer! ”

"Master Jun, you can be regarded as here, the family has been panicking for a long time, but fortunately, the military masters are here!"

The sound attracted the rest of the village, and for a while everyone woke up from their sleep, and a slight glow bloomed in their cloudy eyes, and they rushed towards Feng Chengqian and his party.

They stretched out their hands one after another, raised them high towards Feng Chengqian and the others, and begged: "Master Jun, please give me something to eat, the child has been hungry for several days......

Even more bluntly said: "If there is nothing to eat, we will all starve to death!" ”

These hands, big and small, are all stained.

It was as if they had given up their last dignity, and they had no hope of living, just like livestock, trying to eat a full stomach.

Why is this happening?

Most of the men are gone, which means that they should have gone hunting, why can't they eat?

Feng Chengqian's face visibly gloomy little by little.

Obviously, the situation in Zhenlin may be even worse than he suspected......

He tightened his grip on the reins and dismounted.

The guards scattered around, trying to disperse the people in order to maintain the safety of Feng Chengqian and Liu Yunyi.

But at this time, the people have almost lost their minds in order to survive.

How did they know that the person in front of them was the most noble prince in the town, they only knew that there would be a monthly distribution of materials in the army, and every time at this time, soldiers would come.

Although the timing doesn't seem right this time, since these soldiers are here, they must be here to save them, and they must not let these people leave easily!

Seeing that Feng Chengqian was about to dismount, the two guards who were closer were anxious, for fear that something would happen to Feng Chengqian, so they rode their horses to Feng Chengqian's side without saying a word.

"Master, don't dismount!"

"Master, these people have lost their minds, and their subordinates suggest leaving first and investigating slowly."

Feng Chengqian's expression was calm: "Get out of the way!" ”

The two of them were naturally afraid of Feng Chengqian, but at this moment, two bold villagers saw that Feng Chengqian was the master, and they actually reached out and grabbed Feng Chengqian's feet, trying to beg for something.

The guards were immediately frightened, if Feng Chengqian was injured, they really had nine lives that were not enough to die, and they hurriedly greeted Feng Chengqian's left and right, and they didn't care about Feng Chengqian's guilt, and they must not let Feng Chengqian really have an accident.

Feng Chengqian's face was already very ugly.

Just as he was about to go crazy, he suddenly heard a scream behind him, accompanied by the sound of horses neighing and falling heavily on the ground.

Everyone was startled by the unexpected sound, and turned their heads to look, only to see that at the back of the group, a horse fell weakly to the ground, its hooves twisted and twitched, but the severed neck was constantly spraying blood outward, one by one, the blood flowed on the snow, instantly melting the snow into water, and then rising a puff of white smoke.

The soldier who fell off his horse really fell into the mud, and he grinned in pain and couldn't get up for a long time.

And on the side of this horse, Liu Yunyi held a big knife in her hand, standing with her hands in her hands, her head lowered, but she could still clearly feel her grief and indignation.

What's going on?

The guards were at a loss.

But seeing Liu Yunyi slowly walk to the horse's side and squat down, look at the horse's eyes with a sad face, and immediately reach out to cover the horse's eyes to help it close its eyes.

The soldier riding the horse finally got up from the ground, and he wiped his face in embarrassment, but when he saw Liu Yunyi's strange behavior, he suddenly became angry.

Although he knew that Liu Yunyi's status was noble, he couldn't help but shout: "What are you doing!" Why kill my horse! ”

Liu Yunyi heard this, but she didn't raise her head, she still lowered her eyes, and only said lightly: "What's your name?" ”

The soldier was shocked by her momentum for a while, and shuddered: "Gao Fan." ”

"Gao Fan, I bought this horse."

When the words fell, Liu Yunyi flicked his sleeves neatly, and a silver tael was thrown out of her cuff and smashed straight towards Gao Fan.

Gao Fan was stunned, and after catching it in a hurry, he happened to meet Feng Chengqian's narrowed eyes not far away, and he was suddenly so frightened that he almost smashed the silver on the ground.

Liu Yunyi didn't bother to care about him, and when the horse was completely out of breath, she exhaled heavily, and then stood up and said to the surrounding people: "There are no other supplies today, but don't worry, eat horse meat today, this horse is yours!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the surroundings were really quiet for a while.

Immediately, everyone suddenly came back to their senses, and instantly erupted in an extremely enthusiastic cheer.

It's a whole horse!!

There are only forty or fifty people in the village now, and as long as this whole horse is frugal, it can almost survive the whole winter!!

The joy and hope of life drove the people into madness, and they rushed up and threw themselves at the horse's corpse, and even tore it with their hands, trying to tear off the horse's flesh.

These images are undoubtedly ugly, and the instinct to survive is also cruel and gray.

But who is to blame?

They just want to live.

Although some of the soldiers around him were also from Zhenlin, they had not returned for many years, let alone imagined that the people of Zhenlin would be in such a living situation now. Faced with this situation, many people are dumbfounded.

Feng Chengqian opened his mouth at the right time and assigned them a task: "Give each family an equal share according to the head." ”

The soldiers looked at each other blankly, couldn't help but smile bitterly, and finally had to roll up their sleeves and act as temporary butchers.

The people finally recovered their vitality from their first half-dead state, and retreated to the surrounding area, waiting for the butchers to divide the meat.

There are even a few enthusiastic ones who set up shelves to boil hot water, just waiting for a full meal today.

When everyone was busy, Feng Chengqian walked to Liu Yunyi's side without saying a word and held her hand, but found that her hand was still trembling slightly.

"Yunyi is so brave." He removed the knife from her palm, soothing her terror.

Beside him, Liu Yunyi's tense arrogance finally showed a crack.

"The horse is spiritual, and when I slashed it with a knife, his eyes looked straight at me, begging me for mercy, but I still did it." Sighing lowly, she shook her head: "People are selfish and cruel after all......"

Feng Chengqian clenched her fists and chuckled: "Next time, even if this kind of thing is done by this king, this king will be more handy." ”

It's a pity that this smile did not ease the current atmosphere.

I thought that killing horses and dividing meat would stop the madness of the people, but I didn't want to calm down for a while, but the people actually shouted again.

I saw the woman at the front of the line, reporting that there were four people in her family.

The few people behind her suddenly couldn't help but complain, saying that she was obviously the only one in her family, how could she report shamelessly.

After careful questioning, the woman said that a seven-year-old child in the family was sick and could not come, and her husband and father-in-law were not with her for the time being.

This was immediately opposed by others, who bluntly said that the woman's husband and father-in-law had not returned for a month and must have died.

The woman was angry and anxious, but she could only wipes her tears weakly and wailed: "How can you say that they are dead, they will definitely come back, they are just a little far away......"