The little bandit didn't dare to say anything more.

The bandit leader sighed, "Leave half to them and we'll take half."

The people who were robbed cried out, "Oh my God, I can't survive, why don't you just take my old bones!!"

"The war was followed by a famine, and we were robbed while fleeing. Our family is doomed."

An old lady suddenly grabbed the knife from the robber's hand and said, "Go ahead and kill me. Kill me. I won't be a burden to my descendants after I die."

The old lady's sudden action frightened the little bandit so much that he dropped his knife immediately. "What are you doing? What are you doing? We want money, not our lives! Let me go!"

The scene suddenly changed, and the corner of Shen Lianxin's mouth twitched. She saw Leng Feng covering his face not far away. Shen Lianxin's eyebrows twitched, and she walked to Leng Feng, looking at him puzzledly.

"What's going on? Do you know each other?"

Leng Feng looked embarrassed, "Madam, this group of people are not bandits. Yes, yes..." Leng Feng found it difficult to speak.

Shen Lianxin was a little confused. Not a bandit? What is it? Tell me.

"It's Zhang Meng, the centurion of the third battalion of the Zhenbei Army."

Centurion? As the name suggests, he is in charge of 100 people.

Shen Lianxin also covered her face. She was a member of the Zhenbei Army, but now she came here to be a bandit and was even beaten by an old lady and lost her knife.

He sneered instantly, "You Zhenbei Army are really promising!!"

Leng Feng knelt down quickly, "Madam, take me to ask what's going on."

Zhang Meng was speechless, and shouted, "What are you doing? You want to die, right? I..."

"Zhang Meng!!"

When his name was called, Zhang Meng reacted instinctively, a village head, "Here!"

Seeing that the person coming was Leng Feng, he was even more stunned. He was about to bow down, but then he realized that he was dressed as a bandit and must not bring disgrace to the Zhenbei Army.

With an awkward smile on his face, he said, "Well, give them all the food, no more snatching! Hurry up and leave, hurry up and leave!"

When his men saw Leng Feng, they immediately lowered their tails and smiled apologetically, only wanting to drive this group of people away as quickly as possible.

"Go, go! Take your things and leave quickly!!!"

The family who were robbed were completely confused. What was going on? The bandits suddenly stopped robbing and chased them away like flies. They didn't care.

I took the food and ran away. I was lucky today. The bandits didn't rob me when they saw me. I was really lucky.

The old lady was stunned, and clasped her hands together towards the bandit, "Master bandit, you are so kind. Seeing how miserable our family is, you decided not to steal our food. I, an old woman, thank you!!!"

As he said this, he wanted to kowtow to the bandit. The little bandit saw that Leng Feng's face was frighteningly dark not far away, and cold sweat oozed out of his back. He was so embarrassed that his mouth chuckled.

"Oh! Ancestor, please go away quickly! Thank you!"

When the old lady's family saw this, they quickly took their mother away.

The old lady was desperate, there was nothing she could do. The little bandit was sweating.

Seeing that everyone had left, Zhang Meng led his men to kneel down before Leng Feng, "Zhang Meng greets Guard Leng!!"

Leng Feng's face was not good. It was the first time he brought the Crown Prince's Consort back and saw the Zhenbei Army doing this. It really brought honor to the Zhenbei Army.

"You've become a bandit? You're so capable, Zhang Meng!!"

Zhang Meng didn't dare to look up, but explained with tears in his eyes, "Guard Leng, we don't really want to be bandits. We have no other choice!!"

Shen Lianxin came out and said, "Why not, get up and talk slowly!"

Leng Feng said, "This is the Crown Prince's Consort!! If you have any difficulties, explain it to the Crown Prince's Consort!!"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They had heard that the prince had married and had children during the years he had been missing, and that the wife was a peasant woman. Now, it seemed that this was their prince's consort?

Leng Feng is Gu Dingbei's personal bodyguard. Leng Feng follows her, so she must be the Crown Prince's Consort without a doubt.

Everyone bowed to Shen Lianxin, "Greetings to the Crown Prince's Consort."

Ouch! ! You guys should keep your voices down. If someone sees this, what kind of thing is the Crown Prince's Consort leading a group of bandits to rob on the road? Does the Zhenbei Palace have to lose face?

"Get up, get up! Hurry up and go find a place where no one is around to talk!" Shen Lianxin's face was filled with black lines. These military thugs had quite loud voices.

Zhang Meng took them to a mountain stronghold. The stronghold was not big, but there were quite a few people, more than 100 people, most of whom were from the Zhenbei Army and Zhang Meng's former subordinates.

Leng Feng's face darkened, "And there is a village! Are you really bandits?"

Zhang Meng waved his hands quickly, "No, no, no, Guard Leng, don't misunderstand me. This is what happened..."

It turned out that the Dingbei Army lost Fengjun City. In order to allow the people to retreat, the 5 defenders of the Zhenbei Army were reduced to only 1. The situation was tragic. They broke through the siege of thousands of troops. Finally, the King of Zhenbei personally led 10 elite troops to rescue Fengjun City. Gu Dingbei was sent back, and the army withdrew to Dingzhou and stationed in Dingzhou to form a new line of defense.

But the army had no follow-up support, the food and grass brought by the old prince were exhausted, the court was reluctant to provide support, the people in the surrounding towns had handed in military rations several times, and there was nothing left to hand in. In the famine and war, the people suffered terribly, and the Dingbei Army guarded the border and had no place to retreat. If they retreated, the Hu people would march straight in, leaving corpses everywhere they passed.

The Zhenbei Army, unable to hold on, sent several teams out to look for support and food, and Zhang Meng and his team were just one of them. However, the mountains were high and the roads were long, and there was famine everywhere. For the sake of their comrades in the army, they had no choice but to become mountain bandits and plunder food and grass to send to the front line.

"So, what's going on with this cottage?"

Zhang Meng sighed, "When they first came out, they were also robbed by mountain bandits. As members of the Zhenbei Army, they naturally stepped forward and seized the bandit camp. The leader at the time was originally an honest farmer. He became a bandit just to survive because he had no other way to make a living. When he learned that we were members of the Zhenbei Army looking for food and fodder, he gave us the village and the food we had robbed."

"We thought that maybe this was a solution, so we took over the stronghold and continued to rob! But, we never said that we were the Zhenbei Army, and we definitely didn't discredit the general. Moreover, we only said that it was the grain handed over from the towns and villages below. The general and the prince didn't know what we did."

Shen Lianxin nodded. The closer to the war zone, the greater the impact. The people here are suffering. Many have fled inland. The surrounding towns have long run out of food to hand in. It is difficult for these men to come up with such a bad idea.

"The people have suffered from the double blow of famine and war, and it is still worse than the other way around. You are still robbing them. This is really wrong!!"

"Princess, we have no choice! When we snatch them, we always leave half for them. We won't really snatch them all."

"Yes, some are so poor that their entire family is on the verge of failing to survive. We will even give them some food."

Zhang Meng lowered his head and sighed, "The Crown Princess is right. Times are tough and there is no way out for anyone!! We deserve to be punished!! However, we ask the Crown Princess to let us transport this batch of food back to Dingzhou. 20 fellow soldiers in Dingzhou are starving and fighting the Hu people. Even if I have to bear the eternal infamy, I, Old Zhang, will bear it alone!! Afterwards, I will leave it to the Crown Princess to deal with!! "

"Let the Crown Prince and Consort deal with you!!!"

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