In order to prove to the villagers that he really had no intention of attacking, the young man turned around and ordered his subordinates to lay down their weapons, and then took a big step back.

A series of actions can be said to have stunned all the villagers present, they looked at each other, and for a while, they didn't know what to say. This plot change is too different from the legend, although the number of this team is not large, they are all strong adults, and they have weapons in hand, and dealing with the old and weak women and children in their village must be a matter of moving their fingers, but they want to say that they don't have this kind of thought......

"Don't believe them, they must be lying!" Someone muttered quietly.

"I think they're telling the truth, you see that young man, he's so sincere, he doesn't look like he's lying, and what's the benefit of him lying to us?"

Their village is dilapidated, they can't find anything valuable when they dig three feet into the ground, and most of the people in the village are old and weak, women and children.

"I also don't think they have any ill will."

The villagers here were discussing each other's intentions, and the people over there were not idle, looking around, carefully looking around the small village.

The young man at the head let out a sigh: "I didn't expect that there would be such a difficult village near the capital."

If there were people from the capital here at this time, they would definitely be able to recognize the identities of the two young people in front of them, one of them was a famous young general, and the other was His Royal Highness Shen Zhiwen, the crown prince, who was not called the king, but his identity was already equivalent to that of the king.

When a few relatively shrewd and bold villagers heard this, they realized that the other party might not be as bad as they imagined, so they fell to their knees with a thud and begged for mercy: "There is nothing in the village before, and there is not much food left, so I beg the two generals to spare us for the sake of the old and weak women and children in the village!"

The others also knelt down: "Please spare the general!"

The people who were still standing suddenly fell to their knees, Shen Zhiwen was stunned, but fortunately, Shen Haoran next to him reacted quickly and immediately asked the villagers to get up.

"You must have misunderstood," Now, Shen Zhiwen finally understood why the villagers cast a vigilant and fearful gaze on outsiders like them when they entered the village, all of this was a misunderstanding, "We didn't mean to hurt your fathers and fellow villagers, we just passed by here, and we will leave later." ”

The villagers looked at each other, and some people asked in disbelief, "Are you telling the truth?"

"Nature is the truth."

In this way, the hearts of the villagers can be regarded as relaxed. As long as they don't come to plunder the village, no matter who they are or which forces they belong to, it has nothing to do with them!

The village chief breathed a sigh of relief: "Since you are just passing by, let's leave as soon as possible."

Shen Zhiwen and the others really didn't mean to cause trouble, seeing that everyone was shocked because of their arrival, and some people were even so frightened that they couldn't help but tremble, and they themselves blamed themselves, since they were not welcomed, they should leave as soon as possible.

Everyone turned over and was about to turn around and walk back, when they heard the sound of commotion behind them, mixed with the sound of a woman crying in panic.

Shen Zhiwen hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw that in the crowd, a woman with a yellow face and thin muscles, and a skinny body was tightly hugging a little girl who had passed out in a coma, the two looked a little similar, thinking that it should be a mother-daughter relationship. The woman is holding her daughter and crying loudly, this scene, but anyone who has a little humanity will feel pity.

Shen Zhiwen stopped, looked at them from afar, and asked with concern, "What's wrong with this little girl?"

"What else could it be!" A man suddenly raised his head, the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of anger, obviously, he was full of hostility towards the general he met for the first time in front of him, "If it weren't for you, how could she be like this?" ”

Shen Zhiwen was even more dazed when he heard this: "Because of us?"

"You are the one who harmed you! It's all to blame on you nobles who have nothing to do when you're full, and you insist on fighting! You don't worry about eating and drinking every day, we are worried! The hard-earned grain was all collected by the officials, and who knows whether the grain went into the stomachs of the soldiers or into the pockets of the officials! Those soldiers in the military camp, their lives are their lives, but the lives of the poor people are not? The food is all taken away, what do we eat? ”

The village chief was frightened when he heard this, and stepped forward to take his hand: "Don't say it, don't say it......"

Unexpectedly, the man shook his hand away, still with an indignant attitude: "What I said is true!" If it weren't for the officials who collected all the grain, how could the village starve to death? And this girl, how could she be so hungry and skinny? Blame all those who are fighting! None of them are things! ”

The deeper the man's words, the more frightened Shen Zhiwen felt, he didn't expect that such a terrifying thing would happen in the world! A living person, and the small village is close to the capital, and in this kind of place, there are people who will starve to death, but what about the rest of the Liang Kingdom? Could this be the case?

Since leaving the capital two years ago to raise troops, Shen Zhiwen felt that he knew the people of Liang State well enough, so he didn't look around. Unexpectedly, he still didn't know enough about Liang and even the people of Liang State.

Looking at the people sighing and crying in front of him, Shen Zhiwen's heart ached like a knife, and the whole person was depressed and uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Shen Haoran next to him noticed the change in his mood, gently patted him on the shoulder with his hand, and whispered with relief: "The capital is under Shen Ming's rule, their life is so difficult, mainly because of Shen Ming, this matter has nothing to do with you, you don't have to blame yourself."

"No, war is the main cause."

It's a pity that the capital is no longer within their rule, and they still have to fight, and they don't have much grain and grass to bring with them, so they can't help these villagers, Shen Zhiwen's heart is so heavy that he can only sigh: "In addition to food, is there anything we can help?"

The villagers didn't expect him to ask such a question, and they all froze in place.

"Can you really help?"

Facing the suspicious eyes of the villagers, Shen Zhiwen smiled slightly, nodded and said, "As long as we can do it."

Adults, you look at me, I look at you, obviously still skeptical of Shen Zhiwen's words, but the children's eyes lit up one by one, and they looked at Shen Zhiwen expectantly.

A bold boy raised his face and innocently asked, "Then can you tell everyone to stop fighting?" Everyone is obviously from Liang Guo, why do they still kill each other? If we don't fight, we will be able to pay less food at home in the future, and everyone won't have to go hungry! ”

Shen Zhiwen's breath was suffocated, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, the kid who asked the question frowned and said with a dissatisfied expression: "Didn't you say that you could help with anything?" You can't even do such a small thing, can you? ”

The villagers next to him were frightened when they heard this, and hurriedly grabbed the little boy to his side and covered his mouth tightly with their hands, for fear that his words would make Shen Zhiwen unhappy.

"Will ...... Forgive me, general, he's just a kid and doesn't know ......"

How could Shen Zhiwen be angry because of these words? Fang was silent because he felt that what the boy said made sense.

The root cause of the disaster is war, and when the war is over, their suffering can also end.

"Don't panic, I'm right, alas, I'm really ashamed, I'm such a big person, I can be confused, I can't even compare to a child."

The little ghost was praised and raised his head expectantly: "Then can you do it?"

"It's hard to say." Shen Zhiwen shook his head helplessly, war is such a thing, no one has the final say, even if he has the heart to end the war, Shen Ming's side may not be willing, but he is willing to agree to this little ghost, "From now on, I will do my best to realize your dream as soon as possible, how about it?" ”

When the child heard this, he jumped up directly from the ground: "A word is a certainty!" Don't go back! ”

"It's a deal."

On the way back to the barracks, Shen Haoran's mind kept repeating the appearance of Shen Zhiwen speaking in the village, and he suddenly had a complicated mood: "Your Highness, please forgive the last general, what the general said to that child......

Shen Zhiwen's expression was calm: "It's all true."

Shen Haoran was even more surprised: "Then what does His Highness plan to do?" Shen Ming is not a person who is easy to fool, I have been besieging the city for half a month, but he has not moved, it is difficult to say whether this person has left a back hand for himself, such a person...... Presumably, it is difficult to even negotiate peace. ”

"Haoran, did you see the little girl who fainted?"

Shen Haoran nodded: "I saw it."

"When I was just talking, I asked someone about her name and age, but what I didn't expect was that she was eight years old."

"Eight-year-old ......"

Shen Zhiwen rolled his eyes, and the afterglow of the setting sun was reflected in his eyes: "You must also be surprised, that little girl is thin, and she is so small, she looks more than four or five years old, who would have thought that she would be eight years old?" When we were eight years old, I am afraid that we would still have no worries about food and clothing in the capital. The war has brought so much suffering to the people, I ...... I can't bear it. ”

"It's true, but the war has already started, so how easy is it to stop talking? It's just too difficult. ”

Shaking his head, the corners of Shen Zhiwen's lips hooked a smile as indifferent but gentle as a breeze: "This matter, it's difficult to say, it's actually not too difficult, at most, it's just to give up what you're chasing." He can't let go of Shen Ming, so let me come. ”