Chapter 124 A corner of the curtain was carefully lifted

. "Not yet. The situation outside the city is very bad." Shen Shilang said, "On the way here, we passed by the outskirts of other towns, and you saw it."

"The further northwest you go, the worse the situation will be. If you go now, it will definitely cause a riot. Those extremely hungry people will all surround you, and the guards won't be able to protect you." Shen Shilang said, "And by then it won't just be you who will get hurt. The civilians who surround you will also get hurt in the riot."

"They were already starving, and then they were trampled and injured, which was undoubtedly worse."

The Fifth Prince did not expect that Shen Shilang was not only concerned about his safety, but also the safety of the people.

The Fifth Prince even felt that Shen Shilang should be more worried about the people than about him.

The more the Fifth Prince got along with Shen Shilang, the more he felt that the fawning, ungrateful villain that everyone was talking about was not Shen Shilang.

How could Shen Shilang, as everyone called him, care about the safety of the people? He should only care about his official career.

Just like what he did to those grain merchants just now, even in the name of disaster relief, Shen Shilang would still offend the forces behind those grain merchants.

If it was just for his own career, he would never do this.

But Shen Shilang did it anyway.

The Fifth Prince was thinking randomly when he heard Shen Shilang say, "If Your Highness really wants to see it, you can climb up the city wall, but be low-key and don't let people outside the city see you."

"Yes!" The fifth prince quickly agreed.

Therefore, Shen Shilang sent someone to inform Cheng Zhidao, and then took the fifth prince back to the inn, changed into more low-key clothes, and then went to the city gate.

After climbing up the city gate, the Fifth Prince was short and it was easier for him to hide.

The fifth prince silently looked at the ragged and hungry people outside the city.

After watching for a while, the Fifth Prince could not bear to watch any longer, "Sir, let's go back."

"good."

Along the way, Shen Shilang didn't say a word.

He saw that the Fifth Prince was shocked by what he saw and had not yet come to his senses, so he did not disturb him.

It’s a good thing that the Fifth Prince had such a reaction when he saw these things for the first time.

Shen Shilang lowered his head to look at the Fifth Prince beside him. At this moment, he heard someone in front of him calling, "Your Highness, Master Shen..."

The Fifth Prince came back to his senses at this time, and stopped with Shen Shilang and looked forward.

Shen Shilang recognized them as Ke Hongbin and Liang Shigang.

I heard from Cheng that Cheng Jianfeng passed the imperial examination and is now serving as the county magistrate of Liangshui County.

Ke Hongbin and Liang Shigang were in Chong'an at the moment, so Shen Shilang asked, "Brother Ke, why is Brother Liang here too?"

Ke Hongbin and Liang Shigang thought to themselves that their home was here, so where else could they be if not here? But then Liang Shigang understood what Shen Shilang meant, blushed, and said with embarrassment: "We failed the college entrance examination, so we can only come back to continue studying hard."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Shen Shilang nodded slowly.

Ke Hongbin's face flushed red. Who could have thought that the person they looked down upon in the past would now become a tutor whom they could not reach.

"Are Your Highness and the Master shopping?" Ke Hongbin asked.

The fifth prince frowned, "Now that the disaster is serious, how can we be in the mood to go shopping? We came out to see the people's situation."

"Yes." Ke Hongbin said hurriedly.

"Are you guys here just to hang out?" The Fifth Prince asked Shen Shilang, "Sir, whose children are they?"

Ke Hongbin and Liang Shigang immediately became nervous.

The fifth prince has come out to understand the people's sentiments, yet they still dare to come out and wander around.

The fifth prince asked them who they were from, but he didn't want to punish them.

Although the Fifth Prince is young, they dare not look down on him at all.

I sighed in my heart that the prince is really different. He has such an aura at such a young age.

"Your Highness, the disaster is severe and the people are suffering. We are not in the mood to go out shopping." Ke Hongbin explained hurriedly, "We are here to see the people's situation and see if there is anything we can do to help."

The fifth prince nodded and said, "Thank you two for your kindness. You are both from wealthy families, so you must have a lot of food stored at home. Why don't you take some out and share some with the hungry people?"

Ke Hongbin: “…”

Liang Zhenggang: “…”

The people around heard it and gathered around to look at Ke Hongbin and Liang Zhenggang.

"The Ke family and the Liang family are both wealthy and powerful families, and they have a lot of food stored!"

"Even the servants in their house eat enough food every day to get enough Qi and blood."

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"Alas! If it really comes to a point where we have no other choice, we can only sell our own children to those wealthy families as servants."

"Servants may not have to worry about food and clothing, but their lives are in the hands of their masters. Even if they are beaten to death, there is no place to seek justice. Unless it is absolutely necessary, who would be willing to sell their own children? Alas!"

"These wealthy families have stored up plenty of grain, and those grain shops are raising the prices. They are all just trying to make money, and they don't care about the lives of ordinary people."

As the people spoke, they looked at Ke Hongbin and Liang Zhenggang with resentment in their eyes.

Gradually, more and more people gathered around them.

Ke Hongbin and Liang Zhenggang became nervous. Liang Zhenggang said quickly, "Although we don't have much food in stock, the Liang family is willing to donate some food to help us out of our current predicament."

Seeing this, Ke Hongbin quickly said, "The Ke family is willing too!"

"Since there are so many people in my house, the food we have can't last for a few days." Ke Hongbin said, "Even so, the Ke family is willing to donate some. We can still bear it if we tighten our belts."

“Did you really donate it?”

"It's good to donate. They are tightening their belts, but we don't even have belts to pay for!"

"I don't ask for a full meal, I just want to fill my stomach a little."

"Even if the food reserves in their mansion are not much, they are definitely more than those in the Wei Mansion."

"Yes, there really isn't much left in General Wei's mansion. I heard that they have started eating corn steamed bread, sweet potatoes and potatoes. They have already allocated as much food as possible to the people."

"I will never forget the great kindness of the Wei family!"

The Fifth Prince listened to the people around him and said to Ke Hongbin and Liang Shigang with a serious face: "In that case, thank you both very much. Your kindness is great, and I will definitely report it to my father."

"This is what we should do." Ke Hongbin and Liang Zhenggang could only say this even after gritting their teeth.

"Then you two should go back and prepare quickly. Maybe you can deliver the food to the inn tomorrow?" The Fifth Prince did not give them a chance to refuse and directly set a time.

"The food will definitely be delivered tomorrow," Ke Hongbin and Liang Zhenggang promised.

The fifth prince nodded with satisfaction.

The Fifth Prince and Shen Shilang returned to the inn when a carriage came towards them. As it passed by them, a corner of the curtain was carefully lifted.

(End of this chapter)