Twenty miles outside the city, not far away, Lin Muyu flew over through the wind and snow with his enemies.
Before dawn, the north wind was whistling and lingering like a knife.
On the official road leading from Lanyan City to Cangnan Province, a group of forbidden army cavalry was already there, and Feng Jihang came earlier, after all, his forbidden army camp was closer here, and he lived alone without worry.
The torches were blown by the wind, and a train platoon stopped by the side of the road and used awkward steam trucks to carry war preparations.
Lin Muyu landed in the air, and a group of soldiers around saluted: "See Lin Shuai!"
"Big Brother Feng, what is going on?" Lin Muyu asked.
Feng Jixing shielded the wind and snow with his hands, turned around and pointed to the official road, and said: "Someone intentionally blocked the official road with a stone. Three cars overturned. The cavalry team with them was also killed. It is temporarily confirmed. It was the hungry refugees nearby who gathered to plunder the army. Zhang Wei has led the guard to capture the instigator."
Aside, the stargazer reverently said: "The sky is freezing and people without surplus food will indeed gather together and become chaotic people under the pressure of hunger. I also hope that Lin Shuai will not commit murder. After all, it is some people's lives..."
"I know, but even if you are hungry, you can't plunder the empire's military rations. This is the material used to defend your home and the country." Lin Muyu frowned and said, "I don't need to use the death penalty, but the empire's constitution is waiting for them. What punishment should be given to the people of Congress to deal with. Brother Feng, where did Zhang Wei take people to arrest people?"
"It's in a village five miles away, do you want to go too?"
"Well, go check it out."
Lin Muyu stared coldly at the material vehicles staying in the wind and snow, and said: "Guardian, you stay, take people away from the boulder, keep the road unblocked, the food road must be unblocked, otherwise everyone can only fight hungry. Up."
"Yes, Lin Shuai!"
Lin Muyu took the reins from a Gentian camp soldier, turned over and rode on this unknown horse, and then He Feng Jixing took dozens of cavalry away from the official road and galloped into the forest trail, here There was no cleaning for a long time, the snow was about half a meter deep, and the speed of the horse was greatly affected.
When a small village appeared in the field of vision, the sky was already bright, but the sun could not be seen, because although the snow had become smaller, it still hadn't stopped.
Walking slowly along the small road in the village, Lin Muyu looked at the houses on both sides. Most of them were thatched cottages. The roofs were almost collapsed by the heavy snow, and there were frozen trees on the side of the road. Skeletons, and faintly visible horseshoe prints on the snow, should be traces left by Zhang Wei and others passing by.
In the center of the village, Zhang Wei was found. The deputy commander of the Forbidden Army, carrying a steel knife in his hand, has ordered nearly fifty civilians to be tied up and tied to a rope.
"See Lin Shuai, see Wind Commander!" Zhang Wei got off his horse and saluted.
"No need to be polite." Lin Muyu raised his hand and said, "Old Zhang, get up, how is the situation?"
"Encourage Lin Shuai, people have basically been caught, they confessed, among them, the village chief took the lead in killing people, and the cavalry captain we were in charge of transporting was stabbed to death by him with a grass turning fork."
"Humph… "
Lin Muyu got off his horse and walked in front of the 40-year-old village chief, only to see him staring at him steadily, instead of awe, but hatred.
"It's fine for you to rob food and grass, why do you have to kill?" Lin Muyu asked.
The village chief's eyes were cold: "If you don't kill them, they will kill us."
"Even so, do you think what you are doing is really right?"
"In order to survive, what's right or wrong? It's death anyway. It's better to give it a go." A sharp light appeared in the village head's eyes and said: "It looks like 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 whose hands were tied all showed a look of astonishment.
But the village chief's look was still very stubborn, and he sneered: "The Imperial Marshal? I think it's just a dog that guards the gate."
"Presumptuous!" Zhang Wei raised his steel knife and said, "You don't want to live anymore?"
Lin Muyu raised her hand: "Don't do it, let him finish."
The village chief sneered and said: "The heavy snow has been falling for more than a month. How many people in Lingbei Province have starved to death. But, how many of you officials have opened warehouses for food? Look at the cars in the car. There is enough food to save how many people, but you, but you take the food to fight, rather than save the people of the empire from starving to death, but take the food to fight, you Lin Muyu knows 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 grab food and kill people?"
The village chief laughed loudly: "Yes, this is my reason. Our emperor, our female emperor, would rather take the food to fight against the lives of the people. Is such a female emperor worthy of the world's loyalty? "
Lin Muyu said indifferently: "Just scold me, don't desecrate your Highness, otherwise no one will be able to save you. Many days ago, His Highness had issued a holy edict to order the government of various states and counties to release grain to help the people. This holy edict I saw with my own eyes, why don't you go to the county government to ask for help?"
"help?"
The village chief smiled and said: "Those who are officials only know that they have fun, who will really help us civilians? Besides, how much food can the local government have, how can it be possible to save so many people? But if you Stop going to war and give food to the people to survive this winter. This will save the people in the world. This is what Ming Jun did."
Feng Jixing's eyes were cold, holding the hilt of the Red Phoenix Sword in his hand, he could hardly wait to chop the person in front of him.
But Lin Muyu was still patient, and said, "Do you think this severe winter will only last for three months? Do you think that if we don't go to war with Shang Guo, they won't attack us? In the past few years, you have all forgotten? Our opponent is the jackal. I must feed the soldiers to meet the strong enemy."
"I don't listen to these principles!" The village chief yelled impatiently: "I only know that I want to rebel if I don't have enough to eat. What you do is just prestige and status. All you want is the world and the country. , There is no life and death of us people in your eyes, don't be pretentious, you want to kill or smash, whatever you want!"
"Keng!"
Lin Muyu stopped talking, Xuanyuan Sword was already in his hand, and the cold sword's edge was touching the opponent's neck straightly. The chill from the sword's edge had almost made the village chief's neck stiff, and a boundless sense of fear instantly spread. All over his body.
"you you… "
"Do you really think I dare not kill you?" Lin Muyu's voice was extremely calm, and said: "Yes, with my strength and status, you can indeed be regarded as an ant in my eyes, but I don't have one, I am willing to let go A dialogue with your posture on an equal footing with you, why are you so aggressive? You keep talking, one by one common people, but you are only talking about your selfish desires. You can't represent the common people of the world, you can only represent yourself, you commit You have your own empire’s constitution to judge you, and I’m just a law enforcer. I will not overstep the constitution, and you cannot be above the constitution.”
After finishing speaking, Lin Muyu seemed to be a little tired, and returned the long sword, saying: "Zhang Wei, take them to Huoquesi, and after detailed inquiry, hand it over to the Congress."
"Yes, Lin Shuai!"
Feng Ji walked forward, patted Lin Muyu's shoulder lightly, and said, "Ayu, don't be angry with yourself."
"I do not have."
Lin Muyu looked at the footprints in the snow with a pair of clear eyes, and said: "For so many years, how many times I have not been understood, I have long been used to it, and he has a little reason to say that war is indeed based on trampling on human nature and equality. of."
At this moment, the village chief with his hands tied up suddenly stopped and couldn’t leave. He turned around and said loudly: "Lin Muyu! Do you really have to fight? Do you know how many people will die? If you go your own way, then you too Just an executioner, a murderer, you are not a famous general, nor a hero who has lived through the ages, you are just an executioner!"
Lin Muyu's eyes blushed and said lightly: "It's not a problem for you to worry about it. I will naturally have history and future generations to judge who I am. Zhang Wei, take them away immediately."
"Yes, Lin Shuai!"
Zhang Wei ran wildly on his horse, dragging the village chief all the way.
Feng Jixing pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, and blew the falling snow on his eyelashes, and said, "Ayu, do you want to... kill this fly on the road?"
"No."
Lin Muyu nodded and smiled: "Brother Feng, your bureaucracy is a bit serious!"
"is it serious?"
Feng Jixing grinned and said: "I am the commander of the Forbidden Army, I am the commander of 100,000 soldiers, and I am the deputy commander of the empire. Like this kid just now, he has already died 100 million times in other novels."
Lin Muyu had a disgusting expression: "We agreed to establish the Congress, and the order was established by us. The rules that we set up should be followed carefully, otherwise it will really become a big bad guy. As for what this person said, I don't have anything to say. Care, there are so many things he doesn't know that he doesn't know what to say like this."
"Oh? How to say?"
"For example, to unify the Broken Ding Realm and the Celestial Continent, and allow the two continents to enter peaceful rule. He can't do this kind of thing, so he doesn't want others to do it. Some things always have to be done by someone. Envy and hatred are left. This is a villain mentality. Why should I care about him in general."
Feng Jixing couldn't help laughing: "Ayu, your mood is really not comparable to that of ordinary people. Look at your radiant face, isn't it... Last night, hehehe..."
"Damn, what do you mean by hehehe?"
"You understand!"
"I won't be arguing with you, let's go back to the imperial capital, and continue to urge the various states and counties to distribute grain for disaster relief. I don't believe that this way the masters will really disregard the lives of the people and continue to collect grain."
"Well, it is indeed necessary to send special envoys to various places."