Chapter 404 Revenge

Jiang Shu, who had already stepped on the bench and was about to get on the bus, turned around when he heard the pleading words behind him. Seeing the two old people with eager expectations and sorrow in their eyes, he thought they had other reasons and walked over with Yu Zheng.

"Old man, what do you want to say?" Jiang Shu asked softly.

"Prince and Princess..." As soon as the old couple opened their mouths, they bent down and knelt.

"What are you doing, old man, get up quickly." Jiang Shu hurriedly helped them up with Yu Zheng.

It was not easy for an old man in his seventies or eighties to kneel down, and Jiang Shu stopped him in time.

The old couple looked at Yu Zheng and Jiang Shu, and said with trembling lips in excitement: "I want to ask the prince and princess to avenge my son and grandson."

Revenge?

Hearing these two words, Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng looked at each other, and Yu Zheng said in a serious tone: "What injustice have you suffered, old man? Tell me in detail. If it is verified to be true, I will definitely take care of you."

When Zhou Boxu, General Liu and others heard this, they all thought that it was a false case or that the local thugs and bullies were bullying the people. They all perked up and listened carefully.

Two lines of turbid tears rolled out of the old man's eyes. The old couple shook their heads and said in pain: "My son and grandson are all soldiers guarding Yicheng. Ten years ago, my son died in battle. Last winter, my grandson was bitten by a poisonous snake in Nanyan and died half a month ago."

After hearing this, Jiang Shu and others were shocked and stagnant in their hearts, and they couldn't speak for a while.

Both the son and grandson died in the battle, and the grandson was poisoned by snake venom and died in agony after being tortured for more than a month. This was the greatest pain in the world for the old man.

Jiang Shu couldn't imagine how sad they were, let alone how many families in Yicheng were in the same situation.

Because it was a border town and not rich, half of the men in Yicheng would choose to join the army. On the one hand, they could guard Yicheng and protect their families, and on the other hand, they could earn money to support their families.

But behind this win-win situation, there were huge risks. If there was any misfortune, they would die on the battlefield like the old couple's children and grandchildren.

"I only hope that the prince will lead his generals to kill more Nanyan bandits, drive them back to Nanyan, and never dare to set foot in Yicheng again. This will be considered revenge for my sons and grandsons." The

old couple said, holding Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng's hands and shaking slightly.

The turbid tears rolled down their wrinkled old faces, and the people who saw them felt suffocated and as if something was stuck in their throats.

Even the iron-clad men such as Zhou Boxu and General Liu felt sad when they saw this.

Jiang Shu wanted to comfort the two old men, but he felt that everything he said was pale and powerless. For the elderly, no comfort would help.

Without their sons and grandsons, their expectations and hopes were gone, and there was only sorrow in their lives.

Finally, Yu Zheng held the old man's rough hand tightly and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I promise you that I will avenge all the soldiers who died in the battle and protect the stability of Yicheng."

The old couple were grateful when they heard this: "Thank you, Prince, thank you, Princess. With your words, I can rest in peace." At

this age, they knew that they didn't have much time to live, and they had already made preparations. But they always had hatred for the people of Nanyan in their hearts, which was difficult to let go.

Now that Yu Zheng said this, they can finally feel relieved.

The two of them stayed at home and rarely went out. Today, they heard from the neighbors that Prince Jing and Princess Jing were parading in the streets, and they went out to find them with the mentality of trying their luck.

God has eyes, and he really let them get their wish and meet Prince Jing and Princess Jing.

The old couple lifted up their patched sleeves, wiped the tears from their faces, and smiled with relief.

This smile was more dazzling than the sun, and it made Jiang Shu's almond eyes turn red, and she almost cried. But the two old people finally calmed down, and she couldn't make them sad again.

Looking up at the sun in the sky, Jiang Shu held back her tears, and asked Leng Xing to give the two old people a bag of silver, and asked Rendong Lianxuan to take good care of them in the future.

Leng Xing took out the silver bag and handed it to the old couple. The old couple waved their hands and said repeatedly: "No, no, we are all half buried in the ground, we don't need it."

"Old man, it's New Year's Day, you can't say such unlucky words. Take it, and you will have better food and clothes." Jiang Shu advised in a gentle voice.

The old couple was about to reply when an anxious woman's voice suddenly sounded behind them.

"Grandma, why did you come here? It took me so long to find you. I was so worried."

The woman came closer, holding a five or six-year-old child in her arms and a two-year-old child on her back. The children were also wearing simple and patched clothes. She stared at the two old people anxiously, with a tone of reproach and concern.

The old couple turned around and saw their great-grandson and his wife. They said kindly, "This is the prince and princess. Come and greet them."

The woman hurriedly pulled the child to greet them.

She was only looking for the old man just now and didn't pay attention to anything else. When she heard this, she was scared out of her wits.

"No need to be polite. Get up." Jiang Shu helped the woman up.

The child on the woman's back looked at Jiang Shu curiously with bright eyes.

The look was pure, a curious look at people he had never seen before.

He didn't understand what the prince and princess were, he just knew that Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng were different from ordinary people, which attracted his attention.

Looking at the child, Jiang Shu thought of Yu Ziyou and smiled at him tenderly.

She turned around and asked Ren Dong if she had any more candy, and Ren Dong brought all the remaining candy.

There were too many people today, so she bought candy twice along the street. With the remaining candy, Ren Dong originally planned to take it back to the prince's grandson.

"Eat it." Jiang Shu gave all the candy to the two children.

The two children happily took it and immediately stuffed one into their mouths.

"Two little greedy cats, don't just focus on eating, thank the princess quickly." The old couple reminded their great-grandson.

After hearing this, the two children mumbled thanks with candy in their mouths.

Jiang Shu touched their heads and whispered, "Go back, listen to your mother and grow up quickly."

Combined with what the old couple said before, Jiang Shu understood everything without asking.

The sons and grandsons died in the war, and they were probably the only ones left in the family. Otherwise, the woman would not carry one by one to look for people.

Before leaving, the old couple insisted on returning the silver to Jiang Shu, saying that they didn't need it and they were not here to ask for the silver.

After hearing this, the woman carrying the child stared at the silver bag with her eyes full of desire.

Although the man gave him relief silver after he died in the war, there were two elderly people and two young children in the family, and that little money would not last long. As a woman, she had to take care of the elderly and the children, and she couldn't make a living at all.

So even though her husband had just died, she had no time to grieve. The burden and fatigue of life made her like a wooden man, repeating the hard work day after day.

Jiang Shu caught a glimpse of the woman's eyes and said sympathetically, "Old man, don't refuse. You don't need it, but the two children can."

"This..." The old couple looked down at their young great-grandson and accepted it with a thick face.

"Thank you, Princess."

The woman was also a little embarrassed. When she left, she looked up and stole a glance at Jiang Shu.

In that look, there was envy, embarrassment, yearning, and inferiority...

As women, their destinies were as different as heaven and earth.

However, there are tens of millions of women in the world, and not everyone can be a noble. The woman sighed, faced reality, held the child and supported the old man, and walked and gave instructions.

"Grandma, don't run around anymore. You will make me anxious..."

The old couple explained: "We didn't run around. We heard that the prince and princess were on tour..."

After listening to them, the woman said: "Then you should have told me."

The old couple whispered: "If I tell you, we can't go out..."

Looking at the family's backs walking away, Yu Zheng, Jiang Shu and others felt mixed emotions and felt very uncomfortable.