The prince is very cruel

The boy cried and wiped his tears: "My mother was captured by the Changsun family, and my father was killed by them."

"My grandfather and I are ferrying people here to save money to redeem my mother."

"But all the money was taken away by those bad guys at the ferry. My grandfather and I lived frugally. It would take at least 50 years to save enough money. By then, I wouldn't even know if my mother would still be around."

"My grandfather is not in good health, wuwuwu..." The boy cried softly, but it was hard to hide the deep sadness. He kept wiping his tears, and his tender little face was covered with tears.

Guan Ning and Lou Xinyue were shocked when they heard this. Is there such a hidden secret? They couldn't help but feel sympathy. This boy was obviously not lying.

At this time, Old Man Zhang outside the cabin seemed to hear the sound and rushed in.

As soon as he saw the boy appear in the cabin, he understood everything instantly and trembled with anger: "You little bastard, have you stolen other people's things again?"

"Look I don't kill you!"

Old man Zhang picked up the stick and was about to hit him.

"No!"

"No, grandpa, I was wrong!" The boy screamed heartbreakingly and ran away.

Guan Ning stepped forward in time and blocked the boy's way: "Uncle Zhang, don't get excited. The child didn't do it on purpose."

"Sir, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's my fault that I didn't discipline him well. This is not the first time he has done something dirty. Old man, I must break one of his hands!" Old man Zhang was also very angry and was afraid that Guan Ning would make a fuss.

"Grandpa, no, no, I just want to rescue mom as soon as possible. I don't want to steal money."

"How dare you say that!" Old man Zhang scolded, angry that he didn't fight back.

Guan Ning stopped him.

"Uncle, forget it."

"The child didn't mean any harm, he just missed his mother."

"His actions may not be right, but his heart is very kind."

Hearing this, Old Man Zhang put down his stick and suddenly knelt down: "Sir, I'm so sorry!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

When talking about sad things, the old man also burst into tears. When the grandson saw his grandfather crying, he also started crying.

Guan Ning couldn't bear it and sighed secretly, thinking that the hemp rope would break at the thinnest part, and misfortune always finds the unfortunate people.

a long time.

The grandfather and grandson finally calmed down a little.

Guan Ning helped Old Man Zhang up: "Old man, get up and tell me, what happened to the child's mother?"

"Maybe I can help you."

Hearing this, the old man and the child were obviously stunned.

"grown ups……"

"Uncle, it's okay, just talk." Lou Xinyue also comforted him.

The old man wiped away his tears and then slowly told the story of what happened.

"..."

The candlelight flickered for a full quarter of an hour, and Guan Ning finally understood the whole story.

It turned out that the boy's family was once a well-off family in the area. It was not a big family, but they had seven or eight servants at home and were considered local gentry.

Until one day, misfortune struck. The grandson of the Changsun family, one of the five major families in Fengdu River, took people hunting and happened to meet Mr. Zhang's daughter-in-law, Zhu Yu.

Zhu Yu seemed to be quite beautiful, but her beauty harmed her, and the tragedy happened.

In order to get Zhu Yu, the young guard of the Changsun family beat the old man's son to death, and then took over the entire Zhang family. If Zhu Yu had not begged him and given herself to the young guard,

Both the old man and the child were doomed to die.

But from then on, the family was broken up and the survivors would never be able to see each other again.

Later, Zhu Yu seemed uncooperative, and the angry little guard beat Zhu Yu half to death and threw her into a brothel in Fengdu River to be a dancer. If they wanted to rescue her, they had to redeem her.

In ancient times, the price of redeeming a woman from a brothel was sky-high. It was so high that it required one thousand and two taels of silver!

What does one thousand taels mean? It is roughly equivalent to ten million for an ordinary person in later generations.

Such a huge number made Old Man Zhang despair, but he still did not give up. He sold all his valuables, moved to the boat, and went back to his old job, making money by ferrying people across the river.

There was hope originally, but most of the money he earned was snatched away by those guys at the ferry, making this matter a distant prospect.

Due to various reasons, the sensible little boy Zhang Yan, who missed his mother too much, began to take risks and started stealing things until he stole Guan Ning and was caught on the spot.

After listening, the cabin pressure was low.

Lou Xinyue's beautiful eyes were filled with coldness and anger. She was a killer, but a killer among knights.

"Huh..." Guan Ning let out a breath.

"Is his mother in that brothel?"

"Xiangfengtang is the territory of the Changsun family..." When old man Zhang said this, his face was painful and he covered his face with his calloused hands, as if he was blaming himself.

His daughter-in-law was in that place, but he could do nothing!

Lou Xinyue looked at Guan Ning with an expression of pity, as if asking if he could help them.

Guan Ning didn't know what to say. Looking at the lonely grandfather and grandson, he felt very sympathetic. He could have ignored the matter and just given them some money.

But Guan Ning had a chivalrous heart and was a military man, so he couldn't turn a blind eye.

"Don't cry, old man."

"My wife and I will take care of this matter."

"This time we're at Fengdu River. I'll help you get the person out."

The old man looked up in disbelief.

The child went from choking with sobs to being surprised: "Sir, is this true?"

Guan Ning touched his head. For the first time, he felt that stealing was such a great thing. His eyes were distressed and gentle: "Of course, brother, I mean what I say."

The old man couldn't believe it: "Sir, but, but you need a thousand taels of silver, I, I only have a dozen taels..."

As he spoke, he showed a bitter and embarrassed expression, which made people feel sympathy.

Guan Ning smiled and said, "One thousand taels? No, I don't need to spend money to save people."

He was calm and composed, with a sense of ruffian and domineering aura, which made Lou Xinyue unable to help but smile with admiration.

"This..." The old man was stunned.

"If I say I can save you, I will. Don't worry, this is my promise." Guan Ning's eyes were serious, without a trace of joking.

Over the years, the old man has asked for help from others and even visited government offices in various places, but basically no one responded to his calls. Even if he happened to meet one or two officials who still had some conscience, they would be scared away when they heard that it was a lawless area like Fengdu River.

Guan Ning was the only one who dared to make a promise to him after knowing the situation.

Anyway, I met a good person.

Mr. Zhang burst into tears and knelt down with his grandson.

"grown ups!"

"If you can save Yu'er, I will work like a slave to repay you!"

As he spoke, he kowtowed loudly, wishing he could break his forehead.

Guan Ning quickly stopped them, and Lou Xinyue pulled Zhang Yan up.

"Old man, there's no need to do this."

"When you see injustice, you should help it."

"Go and have a rest. Come call me when you get there."