"Stop!" Wen Renji said with difficulty, "Eating me will only last you two days, but if you let me go, I can give you a lot of food."
Yun Shu: "Your Highness is right. We have plenty of food and can give it to you."
"Are you kidding us? If we let you go, we'll be the ones killed," Butcher She said viciously. "The imperial government's disaster relief grain hasn't arrived yet. Don't the lives of ordinary people count for anything? Today, I'll use your flesh and blood to offer a sacrifice to my deceased loved ones!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the refugees blamed Wen Renji for the pain of losing their loved ones, as if he was the culprit.
Wen Renji's heart sank again and again. On the way back to the capital Shengjing, he heard that the Yellow River had burst its banks. The court was indeed slow to react. His father sent the prince here to comfort the victims first and find a solution at the same time.
He tried to calm the anger of the refugees: "No one could have predicted the Yellow River bursting its banks. I, Your Highness, followed the order of the Emperor and opened the granaries to release the grain. If you kill me, there will be no hope for you."
But the refugees didn't listen to him at all.
"The county magistrate has already released grain from the granaries, but there's only so much left, not enough to provide relief to all the victims. You're still lying now. The higher-ups really are heartless."
Wen Renji really didn't know that the granaries had been opened to release grain, and he didn't know how to respond for a moment.
The leader urged She the Butcher: "Don't listen to him anymore. He's trying to stall for time. Just give him a blow."
"Okay, boss."
Another knife came chopping down. Wen Renji was extremely tired after hanging on for a long time, and Butcher She hit his arm with the knife.
With a scream, blood spurted out and his arm fell to the ground.
"Your Highness!" Yun Shu screamed in fear: "Let me go, you will die miserably if you do this! Ah——"
Someone slapped her in the face, knocked her to the ground and kicked her.
"I wanted to keep you here to relieve my boredom, but now you can't stay. Don't worry, you're next."
Yun Shu lay on the ground and cried: "No, you can't do this..."
No one paid any attention to her. Wenren Jijun's face twisted, "Idiot!"
Butcher She grinned excitedly when he saw the blood and chopped again with his knife.
Yun Shu: “No——”
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