The moment the little boy rushed over, the old man who was originally like a docile sheep suddenly burst out with a powerful force, Huang Yuchen and Zhuang Lexian did not have the strength to control the old man, but they were directly pushed back by the old man, the old man stepped forward to hug the little boy like crazy, grabbed his only arm, snatched the kitchen knife in his hand, and howled heartbreakingly: "Don't, don't!"

After pressing the little boy, the old man directly blocked him behind him, and then he knelt down again, kowtowed to Huang Yuchen and the others one by one, and begged loudly: "Please, please, adults, he is young and ignorant, he is young and ignorant." As he spoke, the old man dragged the child behind him and tried to make him kneel down too, but the child just stood there, his eyes full of resentment, his face was red from the cold, and an empty sleeve floated in the air.

Seeing this, Huang Yuchen's heart was shocked, such a situation was completely unexpected, he immediately retreated, and at the same time stretched out his arms to block everyone behind him, and quickly exited the door of the wooden house a few feet away before stopping.

Standing in the open space in front of the empty house, the cold wind blew on the face, almost blowing away the only bit of heat left in everyone's hearts.

"I'm going in alone, you guys, look around, I want to know what's going on here. Huang Yuchen's brows furrowed tightly, he had a very ominous premonition, this old man's reaction was so fierce, he should have been extremely stimulated before, if they were going to force it in now, I am afraid he would make some drastic moves.

As soon as Huang Yuchen's voice came out, this was the first thing they said in a commanding tone after they came out of Spring Lake Yongcheng, but no one had any objections, Zhuang Lexian, Jiang Mingjie, Yuan Dongyun and Yin Cai scattered and began to inspect the entire village, while Jiying and Su Rong stood in place, their cold eyes did not carry a trace of emotion, and they stood in place without moving.

Huang Yuchen glanced back at the two of them, didn't say anything, walked straight to the wooden house in front of him, and when he came to the door, he squatted outside the wooden house, looking at the old man who was still kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly, the child put his only hand on the old man's shoulder, and his expression was also a little lonely, but when he saw Huang Yuchen coming, the expression on his face became fierce again.

This kid looked like he was twelve or thirteen years old at most, thin and small, and seemed to be weak, but he didn't flinch when he looked at Huang Yuchen, as if as long as Huang Yuchen dared to take another step, he would immediately rush up and fight hard.

The old man also found Huang Yuchen, he raised his head slightly, his face was full of tears, the outburst of Fang Cai made him a little overdrawn, he knelt on the ground, looked at Huang Yuchen, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord...... Spare this child, my lord, he ...... He's a cripple ......."

"Uncle, you really misunderstood, I'm not an adult, I'm really just a passing traveler, and I don't have any ill will towards you. Huang Yuchen's tone was soft, he looked at the old man sincerely, and said softly: "No matter who you treat us as, we are not, you better get up quickly." As he spoke, Huang Yuchen raised his hands slightly, but he didn't move forward, he was afraid that his actions would stimulate the boy next to the old man, and the little boy looked a little wrong at the moment.

"This ...... My lord, get around us. "The old man heard about Huang Yuchen

At first, he froze for a moment, but he didn't seem to believe what Huang Yuchen said at all, and he still muttered a plea in his mouth, and he didn't mean to get up at all.

Huang Yuchen sighed softly, then gently retreated, and did not stand up until he took a few steps back, he bowed slightly to the old man to apologize, and then turned his head and returned to the place where Jiying and Su Rong were standing.

"It's been looted. Su Rong, who had not spoken, said in a cold tone: "The snow covers the mountains, the roads are impassable, such natural villages may have surplus food, they have no ability to protect themselves, in such a situation, they will naturally become the target of predation." ”

Huang Yuchen didn't speak, his face was pale, and his mood was extremely gloomy.

In fact, there is no need for the old man to say anything specifically, from his performance, Huang Yuchen can see the clues, but he doesn't know who did all this.

Huang Yuchen hated the most, is the oppression of the people, as the son of the East Prince's Mansion, he has been taught to treat the people since he was a child, only the people live and work in peace and contentment, the country can prosper, the kingdom can be rich and strong. The people are the foundation of all kingdoms, and those who destroy them have no atonement.

Soon, the other four people also returned quickly, this village is not big, there are only about 20 households, and looking at this, there are not many houses with people.

When everyone came back, the expressions on their faces were a little heavy, and Huang Yuchen looked at everyone's expressions, and his brows furrowed again.

"There are almost no people left. Yin Cai was the first to speak: "I went to see four or five houses, the doors were closed and there was no smell of activity, but looking at the appearance of the houses, it didn't look like they had been looted." ”

"It's the same on my side. Jiang Mingjie said: "Of the five or six households, only one house has a light, but I didn't go up to disturb it, and there was only some firewood and grass piled up in the yard of the house, and there were no livestock." ”

"The chicken and pig barns are empty. Yuan Dongyun said: "There are almost no people in this village, I don't know where the people here have gone, and there are no traces of smashing and looting." ”

"Yuchen ......" Zhuang Lexian walked in front of Huang Yuchen, frowned, looked at Huang Yuchen, and said softly: "Looking at the current situation, I'm afraid there is only one possibility." ”

"Forced conscription. Huang Yuchen spit out these two words, in the village, only the old, weak, sick and disabled are left, there is almost no thriving appearance in the village, all the livestock are gone, and there are no young and strong people, I am afraid that there is only one explanation for this situation.

"But if it's a forced conscription, won't the people here have any resistance?" Jiang Mingjie's tone was a little low.

"Keep their house, and they have a glimmer of hope of coming back. Huang Yuchen said softly: "If this hope is cut off, the soldiers who are forcibly recruited will not have any combat power." ”

"What a damn!" Zhuang Lexian took a sip and scolded: "Ruthless than me, it's some scum who only dares to bully the people!"

"This kind of situation is common at all times, why do you care so much?" Su Rong's cold words came from the side, which immediately attracted everyone's attention, and now everyone was full of hatred in their hearts, Su Rong spoke like this at the moment, it was easy to attract everyone's attention to him.

"What do you mean, do they deserve it?" Zhuang Lexian immediately spoke.

"There is one in the world

The law of his operation. Su Rong glanced at Zhuang Lexian lightly, and said: "For many years, the world has been running like this, the weak and the strong survive the fittest, they have no ability to protect themselves, they will become someone else's meal, a prisoner;

"No matter how this is, you can't be so mad. Huang Yuchen frowned and said, "Look at the old man's grandson, his arm was obviously cut off, and he did this to force others to submit, how can such a person and such a thing survive in the world!"

"Then what do you think? Do you think it's better for him to die now?" Su Rong didn't pay attention to Huang Yuchen's emotions at all, his expression was still cold, and said: "If he dies, it will have the same effect, and after the plunder is over, he will be left with a life." ”

"What, according to what you mean, this kid still wants to thank them?" Huang Yuchen immediately glared and said, "What kind of fucking bullshit logic are you?"

Huang Yuchen was furious, Su Rong glanced at him lightly, and did not speak again. Huang Yuchen rarely had such a complete outburst, and he rarely cursed, if it wasn't for the peak of his anger, he wouldn't have such emotions.

After Su Rong shut up, everyone fell silent.

Actually, does what she said make sense...... It's cold, but that's probably the way it is.

Su Rong is right, this little boy was cut off his arm, but in the end he left a life, is it really better to be dead than alive?

In the face of a powerful enemy, it is not expected that he can save a life.

Most of the things in the world are like this, Huang Yuchen actually knows that he is not a lonely person, there is an essential difference between the people of the East Wangfu and the people outside, he has also been to the enclave, and has seen the sergeants who were forcibly conscripted into the enclave, and the situation of fighting to die is still fresh in his memory.

Sometimes, people will give up their lives for things that are not worth it at all, not because of how lowly life itself is, but because they still have those precious things in their hearts, and in front of them, life will be eclipsed.

"The sin of those who do these things is unforgivable. Huang Yuchen was furious, his voice was cold and abnormal, he glanced at Zhuang Lexian beside him, his eyes were full of coldness.

"Calm down. Zhuang Lexian looked at Huang Yuchen and said softly: "There are not many living people left in this village, they may have been looted more than once, and now the guard against outsiders is too heavy, we can't ask too much, I suggest leaving here first, waiting for tomorrow dawn, let Yuan Dongyun enter the village to find out the news, she is a woman after all, it is easier for people to believe." ”

Huang Yuchen didn't speak, just glanced back at the wooden house behind him, the door of the wooden house was closed at some point, Huang Yuchen knew that this closed door would never be easily opened in the future.

"Let's go. Huang Yuchen's face turned pale, he threw down this sentence and left the village directly, and everyone immediately followed behind Huang Yuchen and quickly left this small village.

Rendezvous with the feeders and giants in the jungle, and everyone rested in the cold jungle for a while, waiting for the dawn.

Huang Yuchen leaned against a big tree, looked up at the starry sky, and waited until the first ray of light appeared in the sky.