The mistress is not a cannon fodder, the cold prince falls in love with her every night

After saying this, Pei Heng bent down and stretched out his hand to touch Li Ji's head, but just when it was about to touch, his palm gently fell on Li Ji's shoulder.

In the blink of an eye, the child grew up.

"Your Highness, the safety of the people in Lin'an City is in your hands. Defend the city and beware of enemy attacks and disruptions."

Pei Heng patted his shoulder.

A real man should take it as his responsibility to protect his country and people, instead of dwelling on his own grudges.

"Father!"

His father's words fell on his heart, like a huge rock hitting a pond, causing a thousand ripples.

He always believed that he was reborn to take revenge with his own hands.

In order to get revenge, he did not hesitate to make a big mistake.

These days, the situation in the disaster area has been impacting his mind all the time, leaving him heart shattered.

The people's crying and kneeling made him restless day and night.

But his father told him to think about it from another perspective.

He said that living his life again would allow him to live with warmth, excitement and tenderness.

He didn't dare to ask for it.

But he might...

You can try it.

Li Ji bit his lip and finally nodded.

With Li Ji's assurance, Pei Heng curled his lips into a smile. The officers, soldiers, and civilians present all felt as if they were being charmed by Duke Dingguo's smile.

This is the true strength of the Duke Dingguo, who has a divine appearance.

Like the rising sun.

It makes people look up to it and it is extremely dazzling.

"set off!"

Pei Heng raised his arm and shouted.

"Yes!"

The team moved in unison, marching towards the outside of the city with high-spirited steps.

……

In the mountain stronghold, Zhou Kui would wake up laughing in his dreams as he watched the stronghold grow stronger and stronger.

Since he went up the mountain, everything has gone smoothly for him and he has gotten whatever he wanted.

If you need people, they will come in an endless stream.

If you want money and food, just take people down the mountain for a walk and you will get countless money and food.

Zhou Kui had never felt so rich and happy.

Not to mention, Pei Yan also said that he could become emperor in the future.

He obeyed Pei Yan's every word.

He also asked everyone to be respectful to Pei Yan, and seeing Pei Yan was like seeing him.

"Done yet!"

After a few days of practice, Li Xun had become quite proficient in his role. He sat cross-legged on the ground, a wooden stick resting on his shoulder, and chewed a piece of wild grass picked from the roadside.

Many people on the mountain do this.

They call this bitter herb, but it's a treasure. Although it tastes bitter, when you have nothing to eat, you can eat a piece of it to satisfy your hunger.

Li Xun and Li Shou were not used to the food at first, but after being hungry for two days, everything tasted good to them.

Li Shou hid in the bushes at the back to deal with the major issues in his life.

Because he didn't eat well, his poop was dry and hard, and it hurt his butt.

"Brother, my butt is bleeding."

Behind the bushes, Li Shou cried.

"It's okay, you'll get used to it after a while! Come out quickly, dinner is almost ready up ahead."

"Is dinner ready? Oh, here it comes."

When he heard there was food, Li Shou didn't even bother to wipe his butt, he just pulled up his pants and came out.

He has finally seen a lot these days.

You have to fight for food.

If you are a little slower, you won’t even be left with a leaf of vegetable, let alone a grain of rice.

Fortunately, Xie An was smart.

These days he sneaked into the kitchen and became a small boss in charge of cooking.

This is a good job, you can have a taste of all kinds of food.

However, the best food and wine were reserved for the bigwigs at the top. Most people in the village only had two meals a day, which were just porridge and wild vegetables to fill their stomachs.

"It's just some wild vegetable porridge again. I'm almost vomiting after eating it."

A skinny man with a pale face squatted in the corner, sipping soup with barely any rice grains in his bowl, and couldn't help mumbling.

"I once ate a meal of relief food from the imperial court by the river. The white porridge was delicious. It was all rice, and the aroma stayed with me all day long. The baked bread was also delicious, with a layer of salt on it. One bite gave me energy for the whole day."

"It's not like here, where we have to eat rice soup every day and train, and we're so hungry that we feel dizzy."

He kept muttering to himself.

An old man nearby poked him.

"Stop talking. The king said that the court was just fooling us. Didn't the grain turn to sand? The king is the best. Even if we can't eat anything, at least we won't starve to death."

"No no no!"

A man next to him said,

"I heard that a Qin prince came to the court to take charge of disaster relief, and many victims have received food. They are also distributing cotton cloth."

"Haha, there's such a good thing? Why don't you go?"

"I...I just heard..."

"Stop talking nonsense! The king said the court is full of corrupt officials who have already divided up all the food and money. How could there be a single grain left for you? We are all ants. The court would rather we were all dead!"

"Eat quickly, then train the troops. Kill all the corrupt officials, steal their food and money. Otherwise, everyone will starve to death."

Several people whispered.

Xie An couldn't stand it any longer, so he picked up a big spoon and hit each of them on the head.

"I say, are you stupid? The king and his men are eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks in the big village, and you are so willing to drink rice soup here."

"Then he is the king!"

"Yes, he gave us some porridge and saved us from starvation. We should be grateful for that."

"Your Majesty is destined by heaven, and you deserve to eat well."

Listen to these depressing and ignorant speeches!

Xie An was so angry that he almost exploded.

He squatted down, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"My friends, what's the difference between the king and those corrupt officials who only care about their own pleasure? You've all been deceived by him."

"How could the king lie to us!?"

"That's right! The king also comes from a poor family. I heard that he used to be a coolie carrying wood on the river dam."

"You have really been deceived. Listen to me, Lin'an Prefecture is issuing an amnesty, saying that as long as we go down the mountain and stop being bandits, we will be forgiven and given land, food and silver. My dear brothers, let's go, don't wait to die here." Xie An felt really distressed when he saw this.

He had been living in luxury since he was a child. When had he ever seen such suffering in the world?

The people in front of him were both stupid and loyal, which made him want to curse them but also feel sorry for them.

Ordinary people have little knowledge and are simple-minded. They just believe whatever others say.

No one knew what tricks Zhou Kui and Pei Yan had used to deceive them and make them so devoted.

"Little brother, where did you hear that?"

An old man came over.

Xie An said, "I saw the notice when I went up the mountain."

As he spoke, he took out a crumpled piece of paper from his chest, which he had torn off the wall when he left the city.

"Is this from Zhao'an?"

The old man stared at it for a long time but didn't recognize a single word.

The man behind him said:

"I've seen this before. The military advisor showed it to everyone a while ago. It looks like this. However, the military advisor said it's a government proclamation. It says we're all rebellious mobs, and if we catch any, we'll kill them. They told us not to leave the mountain easily. The military advisor and the king will protect us on the mountain."