Twenty miles outside the city, not far away, Lin Muyu flew over through the wind and snow with Wei Qiu.

Before dawn, the north wind was howling and blowing, as cold as a knife.

On the official road leading from Lanyan City to Cangnan Province, a group of forbidden army iron horsemen were already there, and Feng Jixing came earlier, after all, his forbidden army camp was closer to here, and he lived alone, so he had no worries.

Torches fluttered in the wind, and a convoy of trains stopped at the side of the road, and war supplies were loaded in clumsy steam cars.

Lin Muyu landed in the air, and a group of soldiers around him saluted: "See Lin Shuai!"

"Brother Feng, what's going on?" Lin Muyu asked.

Feng Jixing covered the wind and snow with his hands, turned around and pointed to the official road, and said: "Someone deliberately blocked the official road with stones, three cars overturned, and the accompanying cavalry team was also killed more than a dozen people. ”

On the side, the stargazer said respectfully: "The weather is cold, and the people who have no surplus food will indeed gather together, and they will become chaotic people under the pressure of hunger, and I hope that Lin Shuai will not kill on a large scale, after all, it is the ...... of some lives."

"I know, but even hunger can't loot the Imperial Army's rations, this is the material used to defend the country. Lin Muyu frowned and said, "I don't need to use the death penalty, but I have my own imperial constitution waiting for them, and how to punish it will be handed over to the people in the Congress to deal with." Brother Feng, where did Zhang Wei take people to arrest people?"

"It's in a village five miles away, are you going too?"

"Well, go check it out. ”

Lin Muyu looked at the material vehicles stationed in the wind and snow with a cold gaze, and said: "Wei Qiu, you stay, take people to move the boulders, keep the road unblocked, and the grain road must be unimpeded, otherwise everyone can only fight hungry." ”

"Yes, Lin Shuai!"

Lin Muyu took the reins from a Gentian battalion soldier, turned over and rode on this war horse he didn't know, and then Hefeng Jixing left the official road with dozens of iron horses, galloping into the forest path, where no one cleaned for a long time, the snow was about half a meter deep, and the speed of the war horse was greatly affected.

When a small village came into view, it was already dawn, but the sun was not visible, because although the snow had become smaller, it still hadn't stopped.

Walking slowly along the path in the village, Lin Muyu looked at the houses on both sides, most of them were grass houses, and the roofs were almost crushed by the heavy snow, and there were frozen bones on the side of the road, and there were also faint horseshoe prints on the snow, which should be traces left by Zhang Wei and others.

In the center of the village, Zhang Wei was found, the deputy commander of the forbidden army was holding a steel knife in his hand, and he had ordered nearly fifty civilians to be tied up and tied to a rope.

"See Lin Shuai, see Commander Feng!" Zhang Wei turned over and dismounted and saluted.

"No need to be polite. Lin Muyu raised his hand and said, "Lao Zhang, get up, what's the situation?"

"Qi Yu Lin Shuai, the people have basically been caught, they confessed, among them, the village chief took the lead in killing, and the cavalry captain who was responsible for our transportation was stabbed to death by him with a fork that turned the grass. ”

"Humph......"

Lin Muyu got off the horse and walked in front of the 40-year-old village chief, but he saw a pair of eyes staring at him, and what emerged was not awe, but hatred.

"Even if you rob grain and grass, why do you have to kill people?" Lin Muyu asked.

The village chief's eyes were cold: "If we don't kill them, they will kill us." ”

"Even so, do you think what you're doing is really right?"

"In order to survive, what is right or wrong, anyway, it is death, it is better to give it a go. The village chief's eyes sparkled, and he said, "It seems that your official is very big, who are you?"

"Lin Muyu. ”

"Ah...... It's Lin Shuai, it's Imperial Marshal Lin Muyu......" A group of villagers with their hands tied all showed a look of consternation.

But the village chief's expression was still very hideous, and he sneered: "Imperial Marshal? ”

"Presumptuous!" Zhang Wei raised the steel knife and said, "You don't want to live anymore?"

Lin Muyu raised his hand: "Don't do it, let him finish." ”

The village chief sneered and said: "It has been snowing for more than a month, and how many people in Lingbei Province have starved to death, but how many of you officials have opened warehouses to release grain? Look at it, the food on the car is enough to save how many people, but you, but you take this grain to fight, and would rather the people of the empire be starved to death than be saved, but take this grain to fight, you Lin Muyu know what to do besides fighting?"

Lin Muyu frowned and did not refute.

Feng Jixing raised his eyebrows and said, "So, this is the reason why you grabbed food and killed people?"

The village chief laughed: "That's right, that's my reason, our emperor, our highness would rather take these grains to fight than care about the lives of the people, is such an empress still worthy of the allegiance of the people in the world?"

Lin Muyu said lightly: "It's good if you scold me, don't blaspheme Your Highness, otherwise no one will be able to save you." Many days ago, His Royal Highness had already issued a holy edict ordering the government of various prefectures and counties to release grain to help the people, and I have seen this holy edict with my own eyes, why don't you go to the county government to ask for help?"

"Help?"

The village chief said with a smile: "Those officials only know that they are happy, who will really help us ordinary people? Besides, how much grain can the local officials have, how can they save so many people? But if you don't go to war anymore and give food to the people to survive this winter, this will save the people of the world, and this is what Ming Jun did." ”

Feng Jixing's eyes were cold, holding the handle of the Red Phoenix Knife in his hand, and he couldn't wait to chop the person in front of him with a knife.

But Lin Muyu was still patient, and said: "Do you think that this harsh winter will really only last for three months? Do you think that if we don't fight with the Shang Kingdom, they won't attack us? It's only been a few years since the slaughter of the city in Lingkong Province, and you have already forgotten all about it? Our opponent is a jackal, and I must feed the soldiers to meet the strong enemy." ”

"I don't listen to these big truths!" the village chief scolded impatiently: "I only know that if you can't eat enough, Lao Tzu is going to rebel, you are just artificially famous and status, all you want is the world and the country, there is no life or death of our people in your eyes, don't be coy, kill or chop, whatever you want!"

"Khooth!"

Lin Muyu stopped talking, the Xuanyuan Sword was already in his hand, the cold sword blade was straight against the other party's neck, and the chill from the sword blade had made the village chief's neck stiff, and a boundless sense of fear instantly spread throughout his body.

"You...... You ......"

"Do you really think I don't dare to kill you?" Lin Muyu's voice was extremely calm, and he said: "That's right, with my strength and status, I can indeed regard you as an ant in my eyes, but I don't, I am willing to put down my posture and have a dialogue with you on an equal footing, but why are you so aggressive? One mouthful of the common people, but what you say is just your own selfish desires, you can't represent the common people in the world, you can only represent yourself, the sins you have committed have their own imperial constitution to judge you, and I am just a law enforcer, I will not encroach on the constitution, and you cannot override the constitution. ”

After speaking, Lin Muyu seemed a little tired, returned the long sword to the sheath, and said, "Zhang Wei, take them to the Fire Sparrow Division, and hand them over to the Congress after the detailed questioning." ”

"Yes, Lin Shuai!"

Feng Ji stepped forward, patted Lin Muyu's shoulder gently, and said, "Ah Yu, don't be angry with yourself." ”

"I didn't. ”

Lin Muyu looked at the footprints in the snow with a pair of clear eyes, and said: "For so many years, how many times have I not been understood, I have long been used to it, and he has a little truth in saying that war is indeed built on trampling on human nature and equality. ”

At this moment, the village chief, whose hands were tied, suddenly stopped again, turned around and said loudly: "Lin Muyu! Do you really have to fight? Do you know how many people will die? If you insist on going your own way, then you are just an executioner, a murderer, you are not a famous general, nor are you a famous hero for the ages, you are just an executioner!"

Lin Muyu's eyes turned red, and he said lightly: "You don't bother with this, what kind of person I am will naturally have history and descendants to judge, Zhang Wei, take them away, immediately." ”

"Yes, Lin Shuai!"

Zhang Wei rode his horse and galloped, dragging the village chief all the way.

Feng Jixing pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, blew the falling snow on his eyelashes with a "whew", and said, "Ah Yu, do you want to ...... Kill this fly on the way?"

"Nope. ”

Lin Muyu smiled: "Brother Feng, your bureaucratic style is a bit serious!"

"Seriously?"

Feng Jixing grinned and said: "I am the commander of the forbidden army, commanding 100,000 male soldiers, and I am the deputy commander of the empire, holding military and political power, shouldn't people be happy to be revenge when they live? ”

Lin Muyu had a disgusted expression: "The Congress was established with our consent, and the order was also formulated by us, so just abide by the rules we made, otherwise we will really become a big villain, as for what this person says, I don't care at all, there are so many things he doesn't know, so that he doesn't know what to say." ”

"Oh?

"For example, he can't do this kind of thing by unifying the Shattered Ding Realm and the Tianji Continent, and letting the two continents enter peaceful rule, so he doesn't want others to do it, some things always have to be done, and there is only jealousy and hatred left in his heart, this is a villain mentality, why should I care about him generally. ”

Feng Jixing couldn't help laughing: "Ah Yu, your state of mind is indeed not comparable to ordinary people, look at your radiant appearance, isn't it...... Last night, hey, hey, hey......"

"Damn, what do you mean by this?"

"You know!"

"I won't have anything to do with you, let's go, go back to the imperial capital, and continue to urge the prefectures and counties to release grain for disaster relief, I don't believe that the old man will really ignore the life and death of the people and continue to store grain. ”

"Well, it's time to send envoys around. ”