Chapter 565: Suffering for the sake of justice
“Whoosh!”
A stone flew out from the crowd and hit Su Nuan hard.
Ling Cang's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he raised his big hand to catch the stone steadily. As his five fingers clenched together, the broken stones fell to the ground.
"who?"
There was ice in his voice and his eyes swept through the crowd like a knife.
Ling Yun's body was filled with murderous aura, and his knuckles were crackling. He was holding the girl in his palm and was afraid of dropping her, but someone dared to hurt her? "Looking for death!"
The two brothers protected Su Nuan in the middle, and their cold gazes scared the crowd so much that they all retreated.
Someone said in a hoarse voice: "Hey my... Aren't you ashamed that the Ling brothers share a woman? Su Nuan, that bitch, deserves..."
Before he could finish his words, Ling Yun had already turned into a shadow and pounced out...
Everyone felt a strong wind blowing in their faces, and when they came to their senses, the gossiping woman had fallen in front of Su Nuan's feet like a broken sack.
Su Nuan looked down at the woman who had landed face first on the ground. Although her nose was bleeding, she still looked somewhat familiar. She was probably from the same exile group as her.
She said coldly: "Which eye of yours saw them sharing a wife?"
"Ling Cang is my husband, protecting me is only natural."
Ling Yun is my uncle, and my elder sister-in-law is like a mother. Isn't it human nature for him to protect his sister-in-law?"
"Tell me, what is your purpose in ruining my reputation?"
There was no longer any contempt in the woman's eyes; instead, they were filled with panic.
She covered her nose and shook her head, "No... I... I was just afraid that they would beat you again, so I distracted them."
Su Nuan was stunned. It sounded like these words were for her own good, but she didn't need her redemption by throwing dirty water on herself.
"Hmph, I won't bother with you this time. I hope you can use your cleverness to live a good life."
The important thing he wanted to do had not yet come to fruition, and he couldn't let her distract everyone's attention, otherwise the emotions that had just been brewing would be dissipated by the romantic incident.
She raised her voice and said, "Now I give you two choices."
The person whose thoughts were interrupted by the romantic incident began to concentrate again, staring at Su Nuan and waiting for what would happen next.
Su Nuan continued, "Do you hope to send food to the capital and attract the attention of the people there, or would you rather keep the food and live a life of plenty behind closed doors?"
Without waiting for anyone to express their opinion, she quickly added, "In the future, all children in the North will go to school. We won't seek academic success, but only to acquire a skill."
“What’s important is that all students can study for free, and you don’t have to pay any money.”
"The money for this tuition will be paid by the northern government. If the taxes demanded by the capital are too high, we won't ask you to pay the entire amount."
This statement reveals two pieces of information.
One is that children can study and learn skills for free in the future.
Another message was that this matter must not be known to the people in the capital, otherwise they would impose some heavy taxes and then the north would not be able to provide free education for children.
There are not many important things in people's minds, and whether their children can have a bright future is one of them.
Therefore, not allowing children to go to school is equivalent to cutting off their livelihood.
"We choose to let our children have books to read!" Someone in the crowd shouted.
"I want to eat!" someone else continued.
"I want my child to have a bright future!" The last sentence was almost a shout.
Ling Cang whispered, "Your move is powerful. It directly guides them to not contact the capital."
Ling Yun also agreed and said, "That's right. The people in the North can endure hunger now, but they absolutely cannot tolerate their descendants being useless."
"Now that you've given them hope, they'll definitely be willing to protect the North."
Seeing that everyone's reaction was what she had expected, Su Nuan finally felt relieved.
"Luckily, I wasn't misled by that woman. She must have done it on purpose. Xiaoyun, you can check it out."
Ling Yun nodded solemnly, "Okay, leave it to me."
Li Fengxing said loudly, "Since everyone has chosen to let their children have an education so that they can have a bright future, I hope you will keep the secret of the food supply in the north."
"As far as I know, the capital has also suffered a natural disaster, and the price of grain has risen to an outrageous level of fifty cents per pound of brown rice. There's no guarantee they won't come and steal our food."
"So everyone needs to keep an eye on each other, lest some eager individuals betray the North's information and bring us catastrophic disaster."
"Just think about it, if those hungry officials knew we still have surplus food in the north..."
He deliberately didn't finish, leaving everyone with unlimited imagination.
There were gasps of horror from the crowd.
A burly man suddenly swung his mud brick hammer and smashed it against the ground, shouting angrily, "Which bastard dares to betray the Northland? I'll be the first to break his legs!"
"Yes! Yes!" The echoes came one after another.
Li Fengxing looked at the indignant scene with satisfaction, "From now on, we northerners will help each other and advance and retreat together!"
"Advance together, retreat together!"
"Advance together, retreat together!"
The sound waves were getting louder and louder, startling the birds in the sky and disrupting their formation.
Ling Cang took the opportunity to say, "Okay, from now on, I, Ling Cang, will be a Northerner in life and a Northerner in death. I will stand together with everyone."
He was already a great general respected by everyone, and now that he said this, everyone felt that it was an honor to stand together with Ling Cang.
"The City Lord is mighty. We are the people of the North in life and the souls of the North in death. We will stand with the City Lord."
Su Nuan raised her hand and pushed Ling Cang forward, then she hunched her neck and bent her waist as she left the square.
When Ling Yun saw Su Nuan sneaking away, he immediately went up to follow her.
"Nuannuan, I'm sorry for putting you through this."
Su Nuan smiled and shook her head. "No matter if you feel wronged or not, some words can be better said by a woman."
"You and your brother can't tell them. Once you say it, they will give up and despair."
"But it's different when I say it. They'll just think I'm a crazy woman with long hair and little knowledge."
Ling Yun frowned and said, "But..."
Su Nuan interrupted him, "Don't say buts. When they think of me, they will only remember the dirty things like murder and wife-sharing."
Ling Yun's face flushed red upon hearing this, and his eyes became evasive. He stammered and was unable to speak.
Su Nuan suddenly laughed sarcastically and said, "Isn't it strange? People would rather believe these absurd things than believe that I really sent food to the capital."
She didn't see Ling Yun blushing. She continued to look straight ahead. "People always focus on moral principles, so I'm sure their future focus will be on those unbearable things."
Ling Yun felt extremely uncomfortable upon hearing this. An indescribable emotion spread in his chest, making him feel extremely depressed.
Su Nuan realized Ling Yun hadn't caught up, so she turned around. Seeing Ling Yun's flushed face and eyes full of resentment, she asked in astonishment, "What's wrong with you?"
She thought about it carefully and seemed to have said nothing that would offend him.
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