Song Tingwan felt relieved. She turned to look at Xiao Yunze, who had been silent since a while ago. She walked closer, took his hand, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, may we go in?"
The two walked towards the city gate hand in hand, and Hou Changfeng's majestic voice came from behind.
"Soldiers, listen carefully. Sparing your lives today and letting you go is a benevolent act by the Goddess. But if you return in the future, repaying kindness with vengeance, harming the people of Daqing, and seizing our territory, I, Hou Changfeng, swear hereby that you will pay a heavy price!"
Song Tingwan couldn't help laughing. This General Hou was truly impressive.
The two walked hand in hand for a while. Xiao Yunze tightened his grip on hers and finally spoke, "Wanwan, are you hungry?"
Are you hungry?
Song Tingwan subconsciously touched her belly to feel it, but she touched a soft down jacket instead.
It's too thick, I can't even touch it...
But it seems like I haven't eaten anything all day today.
Just as Song Tingwan was about to answer, a sharp roar came from the side.
"stop!"
Song Tingwan stopped and turned his head to look over there.
oh.
It was Wu Zhe who was hit by her several times and finally pressed against the city wall and unable to move.
"You...you get over here to me!"
The voice was weak and not very intimidating.
Song Tingwan looked up at Xiao Yunze who was looking over there, and said nonchalantly: "I'm hungry, is there any meat?"
Xiao Yunze looked down at her lovingly, "Of course. I have everything you want to eat."
Song Tingwan raised the corners of her lips slightly, holding Xiao Yunze's hand and continuing to walk forward.
As soon as I walked into the tunnel under the city wall, I noticed a lot of people kneeling in front of me.
Song Tingwan was a little surprised.
It was not until they walked out of the tunnel that the voices of "Greetings to the Goddess, Greetings to His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince" rang out in unison.
Deafening.
The long street was filled with people kneeling.
There were soldiers wearing blood-stained uniforms, as well as civilians in ordinary clothes.
There are old people and children.
Every household on the ten-mile-long street was lit up, and both sides of the street were filled with broken limbs and body parts. Many houses were also destroyed. The soldiers and civilians in front of him were all kneeling on the river of blood. Fresh lives collided with the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The scene was extremely shocking.
Song Tingwan was speechless for a moment.
This was her first time facing a bloody battlefield.
Bloody, brutal, and uncomfortable.
The strong smell of blood constantly hits the nose and brain.
She hadn't expected that the city had experienced a pain that she couldn't even imagine.
"Stand up, don't kneel." Song Tingwan's eyes turned red without her knowing when, and she choked a little.
Xiao Yunze stretched out his long arm, gently put his arm around her shoulders, lowered his eyes to the top of her head, his eyes full of heartache.
"A divine dragon descends, a goddess protects the city, and God blesses Daqing!"
"A divine dragon descends, a goddess protects the city, may God bless Daqing!"
Everyone fell to the ground and shouted.
Song Tingwan opened her eyes wide, letting the cold wind dry out her eyes and dry out her tears.
After Song Tingwan and Xiao Yunze left, everyone still knelt for a long time before getting up.
Citizen A: "Tell me, those who believed the slander that Your Highness was collaborating with the enemy and treasoned and fled with their families, will they ever have the nerve to return to Fenzhou and see Your Highness again?"
Soldier A: "What are you thinking? That's the Ninth Prince. They'll never get the chance to meet him again."
Soldier B: "His Highness the Ninth Prince and our General have been working tirelessly day and night to devise strategies to repel the enemy and protect Daqing. How could anyone believe such slander? I can't understand it even with ten thousand brains."
Citizen B: "Hey, a while ago we all got a strange disease. Doctor Guan said it was miasma. I heard that many people in the military camp also got it. Is it true?"
Soldier A sighed heavily, "Ah! That's right, many of our brothers died in the beginning. Fortunately, the goddess came and gave us the cure, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous, and we might have died before we even fought the Wei army..."
Soldier A stopped talking mid-sentence and made two "Pooh, pooh, pooh! Don't say anything unlucky!"
Citizen B: "It is true."
Citizen C: "Don't mention it. I just don't understand. Back then, we were afraid of death and forced His Highness to stay in the city. In the end, His Highness asked Doctor Guan to cure our illness. How come now it seems like His Highness wants to lure the enemy in and massacre the city? These people have lost their consciences. Not only are they ungrateful, but they're also spreading rumors! It's shameful!"
Citizen A: "You've been cursing for two or three days now. Shut up! They'll get their comeuppance! Let's talk about something else. Opportunities like this to speak with the soldiers are rare."
Upon hearing this, Citizen D immediately raised his hand. "I have it, I have it. I have something new. I just saw that the fighting had died down, so I left. I passed by a house and heard some noise, so I went over to take a look. Guess what I saw?"
Everyone looked at him curiously.
Citizen D: "I saw His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince lead his troops to lock His Royal Highness the Third Prince in a room and leave heavy guards there!"
Soldier B was unconvinced. "The Third Prince has never been to Fenzhou. How do you know what he looks like?"
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