Just as Ye Fan was looking complicated, suddenly, the laughter of several children came from in front of him.
Hearing these voices, Ye Fan swept away the darkness in his heart and looked forward.
But not far away, I saw three children of five or six years old, playing on the roadside.
The three children are from ordinary farmers' families.
At this moment, they seemed very innocent and innocent, full of love for the world.
They don't know that the things in their homes have been emptied by the bandits, and they don't know that they are likely to starve to death this winter. They don't know how bad the place where they live now is.
They just saw the scarecrow made by Tanaka and it was very cute, so they had a lot of fun.
Not far away from the three children, there was an old man standing there. He was also dressed as a farmer. He was very old, his face was full of wrinkles, and he showed his age. It seemed a little difficult to walk.
But there was no trace of sadness on the old man's face. He looked at the children playing in the distance with a smile on his face.
From the looks of it, this old man must be the elder of those children.
Ye Fan couldn't help but walked over.
Liu Jusheng and others quickly followed.
"Old man, you are polite." Walking in front of the old man, Ye Fan gave a slight salute and said: "When I first came here, I saw that banditry was rampant and the residents in the city were all sad. I only saw the old man smiling. It seemed..."
Speaking of this, Ye Fan suddenly stopped talking.
Because he suddenly discovered that although the old man was smiling, he was smiling very reluctantly, and deep in his eyes, he was also full of despair.
Sure enough, the old man turned around and took a look at Ye Fan. He was slightly startled when he saw that Ye Fan was very powerful and had several servants behind him. However, he thought that this person must be the unlucky city lord who recently entered the city.
The old man stepped forward slightly, saluted Ye Fan, and then said with a sad smile: "A group of bandits came into the city a few days ago. Not only did they rob our food, but they also robbed my daughter-in-law. My son was so angry that he just
Come forward and theorize.
But how can those gangsters, who are like wolves and tigers, argue with others? They just kicked my son to death, and my wife was also snatched away by them. Now these few little guys are the only ones left in the family. I
This useless old man can't afford to feed them, and soon our family will be reunited underground."
The old man's tone was very calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him. He looked at the children in front of him who were playing with scarecrows in the field with a complicated expression, and said calmly:
"Old man, although I have thought about finding a way for them to survive before I die, in this Southern Wilderness Continent, even if I give them to others as slaves, people will despise them for being too young. Now my family has neither food nor clothing.
Old man, I am old and unable to go hunting in the mountains, so the whole family can only wait to die.
Poor my innocent grandchildren, they have just experienced the beauty of the world, and they are going to the underworld with the old man. I hate it! In order to make up for them as much as possible, old man, I have to endure it no matter how much I want to cry.
I can only laugh, because the old man’s smile can make the children calm and happy, and that’s all the old man can do for them.”
After the old man finished speaking, although he was still smiling, his eyes were full of tears. Such a situation seemed extremely desolate.
The tragedy that happened to this old man was obviously not just a special case in Xuanyuan City. This kind of experience could happen all the time in other places in Xuanyuan City.
"I have nothing to eat and nothing to wear. As a city lord, I am really qualified for my job..." Ye Fan was filled with unspeakable anger at this moment.
Liu Jusheng said quickly: "Young Master, this is not your fault. You must not think too much about it. After all, when we came here, the looting activities in the city had already ended..."
In the middle of the conversation, Ye Fan waved his hand to interrupt, and said coldly: "No need to comfort me, I don't want to hear it, anyway, the facts are in front of me, now I am the real lord of Xuanyuan City, and I have the responsibility to protect my people, no matter what
If you are hurt, in today’s winter, Xuanyuan City cannot starve to death, nor freeze to death.”
Liu Jusheng was still waiting to persuade and comfort Ye Fan, but Ye Fan had already turned around and left...
Just after returning to the mansion, Ye Fan was thinking about calling the guards guarding the city lord's mansion to prepare a carriage for the trip. Unexpectedly, he called for a long time, but no one paid attention.
In doubt, Ye Fan walked out of the bedroom and glanced around, only to see that there were no guards guarding the entire city lord. It was extremely quiet everywhere. When he walked to the outer courtyard of the city lord's mansion, he found four guards covered in blood.
, staying here very tiredly.
Just then.
"City Lord, when Buckney led the guards to patrol the city, he was suddenly attacked by an unknown group of bandits. Now Buckney can't hold on any longer. Please go and visit..." At this moment, the manager of the City Lord,
That is, Liu Jusheng walked over with a gloomy look.
Banik is one of several black-clad soldiers brought by Liu Jusheng, and he is also the absolute confidant specially selected by Liu Jusheng for Ye Fan.
These black-clad warriors are unique in terms of martial arts talent and character.
Liu Jusheng spent a lot of energy and time to find such a talent.
Now that he saw that Banik was attacked by those bandits and suffered fatal injuries, how could he not be anxious?
Although he knew that Ye Fan might not be able to do anything, but thinking that Ye Fan could bring out rare items such as the Heavenly Loyal Insect, Liu Jusheng felt a little lucky in his heart, hoping that Ye Fan could shock him again.
"Barnik?" When he heard this name, Ye Fan subconsciously thought of the cold and silent man who had been following Liu Jusheng in silence.
Along the way, although this man looked extremely indifferent, he scattered all his money to the poor people in Xuanyuan City.
Moreover, I heard that before joining the Huangfu family, this person seemed to have fought against a powerful person for a bag of grain, and was directly imprisoned in the Huangfu family's prison.
Although he was later rescued by Liu Jusheng, he did not sell Liu Jusheng's account very much.
It was not until the end that Liu Jusheng set an example, with real actions and a frank mind, won this person's following.
There is no doubt that no matter how humble Banik's background is, he is truly a person who is not afraid of power.
"Let's go and take a look!" Ye Fan thought of this and walked directly towards the medical clinic in Xuanyuan City without hesitation.
But when Ye Fan walked into Xuanyuan City Medical Clinic, he was shocked by the environment here.
Bones are everywhere.
What shocked him even more was that there were some rotting corpse limbs exposed on some round earth bags.
This isn't a medical clinic, it's just a mass grave.
A strong putrid smell filled the palace that had been abandoned for a long time.
There isn't even a decent door.
The walls are also full of cracks and seem to be about to collapse at any time.
Just lay a layer of thick wood blocks on the ground and use it as a wooden bed.
Lying on it were thousands of guards covered in blood, screaming in pain.
Two or three people in white clothes, who looked like doctors, kept shuttling between the wooden beds.
There was sweat all over his forehead. It was obvious that he was too busy and seemed to be in a hurry.
"City Lord, the wounded soldiers here were all caused by bandits encountered while patrolling the city!" Liu Jusheng, who walked to the front, suddenly spoke in a deep voice.
Ye Fan's arrival naturally alarmed the guards and doctors here.
Although they didn't have a good impression of Ye Fan, the city lord, they still had to follow the basic etiquette. The group was about to step forward and salute.
Ye Fan took the first step to comfort the wounded soldiers who were struggling to stand up and salute...
Seeing such a miserable scene, Ye Fan's heart palpitated.
Although he is the lord of a city, this is obviously not a place suitable for showing off.
Seeing the faces full of despair and looking at the surrounding environment, Ye Fan seemed to awaken an unprecedented emotion in his heart.
He is the city lord of Xuanyuan City, so the word responsibility appears in his mind.
In a sense, these guards were all injured while guarding Xuanyuan City.
Some people have had their limbs amputated, and some people have gone through their entire lives in this encounter.
As the lord of a city, he should be indifferent and indifferent to such casualties, but Ye Fan obviously could not convince himself with such a reason.
If before, he wanted to conquer Xuanyuan City just for Huangfu Qingming's assessment of himself, but now, he truly regards Xuanyuan City as his own territory.
It is actually his own territory, so all residents living in his territory should be protected by him.
This endless bloody killing and plundering by bandits and mercenaries must end.
"As the lord of a city, I promise you that Xuanyuan City will one day become your most ideal home. Even if you can't see the prosperity of Xuanyuan City from now on, your descendants will definitely see it too.
!”
After saying these words, Ye Fan made a promise for the first time, and even personally used the natural power of wood to start healing the injured guard.
In a world with extremely strict hierarchies, it has never happened before that the lord of a city personally guarantees these humble guards, and even ignores the blood stains on their bodies and spends a lot of energy to heal their injuries.
Even the most destitute noble would be ashamed of this.
But now, their city lord has no scruples about such worldly concepts.
Sometimes the human heart is very big, and it can ignore many people or things in life; sometimes, the human heart is also very small, and often a very small thing is enough to make it never fade away.
At this moment, many guards and their guys looked at Ye Fan with some changes.
This city lord seems to be really different from the previous city lords. At least after so many years, they have never encountered a city lord who would personally come here to inspect the injuries of their soldiers.