C514 sculpture (1/2)
It had already been three seasons since Xiao Letian left the Ryukyu. There were two wars, and rumors about life and death had been tossed and turned a few times.
However, no matter how busy Xiao Letian was, he could not leave the city today. He knew that after experiencing so many things, the citizens were extremely sensitive and urgently needed him to walk to their side to comfort them.
Xiao Letian didn't need to do anything. As long as he walked to the center of the crowd and let the people see him, hear his words, and even touch the corner of his clothes, they would feel a great sense of safety, filled with hope for the future.
The prime minister had led everyone in a good life, and he had also encouraged everyone to win. Now that the prime minister had returned safely, there was nothing left for us to worry about.
”Prime Minister, it's great that you're back. You won't be leaving this time, right …?”
”I'm not leaving. I'm just wandering around East Asia. I definitely won't go far …”
”That's good, that's good …” A gentleman does not put himself in a dangerous situation. You are our pillar of support! ”
”Prime Minister, when will the new army increase their recruitment? We want to join the army …” We can't let ourselves be beaten up again. We're really frustrated! ”
”You little brat want to become a soldier? Have you finished learning the culture lesson? ”If you dare to guarantee that you can recognize two thousand Chinese characters, and add, subtract, multiply, and divide, I'll send you to the military academy …”
Xiao Letian walked amongst the crowd and answered their questions. He was like a terrifying emotional stabilizer, as long as he passed through a district, as long as he consoled a citizen, he would wipe the haze on his face and the sunlight would once again return onto them.
Behind Xiao Letian were the members of the Expeditionary forces officials, the civil and military ministers of the Shang clan, and more soldiers of the new army who were in charge of security.
Although everyone had a tired look on their face, they would not disappoint the expectations of their citizens. They walked through many streets, even with shoes worn down by Xiao Letian, they hoped to be able to comfort more commoners.
”Eh …” Isn't that Boss Mi? Our big rice bag, our big housekeeper in the rice bowl... ”Where are you hiding? Don't forget if I saved your life …”
Xiao Letian saw Boss Mi hiding in the crowd with a glance, the moment he called out to him, cold sweat ran down his face. He emerged from the crowd and kneeled on the ground. ”Greetings, Prime Minister, I've kowtowed to Prime Minister …”
Xiao Letian helped him up, ”Mi Fei, you and I can already be considered old acquaintances, why must we do this? Why do you have to do this! ”
Boss Mi was so anxious that tears were almost flowing out of his eyes. ”I'm sorry Prime Minister, I was incompetent enough to guard the food of the new army, the earlier incident caused old shopkeeper Fan to calm down, but then there was another bombardment, and it was the French soldiers who set the fire … Two-thirds of the army's rations were destroyed... Right now, the price of food in Ryukyu is more than double the usual price … ”
”I'm ashamed. I'm useless. I've let down the prime minister. I've let down the big guy …” ”Wuu!” With that, Boss Mi covered her face and cried.
Xiao Letian had already known about the matter regarding the Mi Gang when he was on the boat. He let out a long sigh and pulled Boss Mi who had turned into a pile of mud, ”Stop talking, I already know that this is a sin of war, I don't blame you!”
”Come, take me to the place where the stampede occurred. I heard that a mother was trampling her child to death?”
”Boss Mi used his sleeve to wipe the tears off his face, and brought Xiao Letian over to the side of a stairs on a street:” It's here, when I was standing on the roof, I saw the entire process, the moment of the trampling, everyone panicked, I jumped on the roof and said that there was no punishment, and told everyone not to panic, but the words that people said were light, trampling still happened … ”
”Unfortunately, even in the end, we were unable to find out who the mother and child were … I only remember the woman and the child falling on the ground, surrounded by dark shadows, and the mother bending over to stuff the child into her arms. She wanted to trade her life for the child's life … ”
”Wuwuwu …” However, there were too many people. Not long after you started kicking, there was no movement from mother and son … ”He didn't even cry until he died …” Boss Mi covered his face as he squatted on the ground and cried.
The surroundings were deathly silent. None of the commoners who had experienced the Mi Faction were able to stand still. It was as if the spirit souls of mother and son were looking down from the sky.
A wave of grief and indignation rampaged through Xiao Letian's heart. This was a murder case where the culprit couldn't be found, the pitiful mother and son died under the greed, fear, and selfishness of the people.
”Where's Xiang Ying?” Xiao Letian suddenly asked softly, Xiang Shaolong quickly turned his head and searched through the crowd, with today's huge scene, it was impossible for Xiang Ying not to come, and in a short while, Xiang Ying had trotted all the way to Xiao Letian's side.
Xiao Letian looked at the young man in front of him with gratitude. He had never thought that in the battle of Ryukyu, the student soldier would be able to make a sudden change in the situation, and their utility was not inferior to that of Cai Mao and Liang Kun.
It seemed like talents still had to be trained by themselves. At a critical moment, one had to rely on the direct line of descent. This was what they truly wanted. They wanted to use all of their strength together.