On June 25th, Shen De and his party finally returned to Huaiyang City. Since leaving Lishui Camp on June 4th, they have been away for twenty-one days. The food and grass have just been enough to return to Huaiyang City. Thanks to Shen De letting everyone chew the horse meat connected to the bones in the middle of the journey, they just made do with it.

Shen De first went to see Xie Qian, the governor of Xuzhou stationed in Huaiyang. When he went back to the city to escort grain, Xie Qian shook his fan and sighed: "Huaiyang has been occupied by rebels for a long time. There are countless enemies in the city. The food and grass have been transported away by the rebels. Now our army is short of food. I have sent people to Jinling to ask for food and grass a few days ago."

Shen De was a little surprised, but he didn't dare to ask more in front of Xie Qian, so he replied, "Since Lord Xie is short of food here, I won't disturb you. I'll go to Jinling to ask for food and grass." He got up and left the door.

Seeing Shen De walking away, Xie Qian took off the fan, sneezed with his hand, and waved his hand to the servant, "Pick up the brick he knelt before and replace it with another one. These people are smelly." After that, he took out a silk silk and wiped his nose and threw it away.

Li Xiaofei and everyone were waiting for Shen De outside the north gate. When they saw trucks of corn, wheat and beans transported from the north gate, they thought they were food and grass for the Chen family army, so they couldn't help but get in. The escorted cavalry raised their hand and whipped it over: "The idle people are waiting to retreat, and those who dare to plunder military food will be killed without mercy!"

Li Xiaofei avoided the whip, but found that the cavalry looked familiar. He remembered that the cavalry was there on the day when the village was slaughtered, so Li Xiaofei shouted: "He is a rebel, he is a spy, he has sneaked into the grain brigade team."

The cavalry immediately drew his sword and slashed at Li Xiaofei, and was blocked by several infantry beside Li Xiaofei's side. Other soldiers escorting the grain also rushed over and confronted the Chen family army. The grain escorting officer raised the flag: "I will go to Xiangyang with the order, will you rebel and rob the grain?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen De had already returned on a horse: "Our Chen family army has always been loyal to the emperor and patriotic. How could there be a saying of rebellion and robbery of grain? Everyone dispersed and asked them to escort grain out of the city!"

The Chen family army lined up in two rows, and the grain escort officer took the grain truck and everyone to the north. Li Xiaofei looked at the grain transport team and put the bow and arrow on it. Shen De brought him over: "Are you crazy? Come on, take care of him and don't let him make trouble!" After that, he threw Li Xiaofei on the ground, and then two soldiers came over to hold him. At this time, a large number of people rushed from the city towards the grain transport team, almost dispersing the Chen family army.

Shen De stopped an old man: "Robbery of the imperial court's grain team is a death sentence, you can't go there." The old man looked at Shen De: "You are from outside, we are going to grab grain, no, we are rushing to buy grain. If you can't buy it today, I'm afraid it will double tomorrow. Don't stop me. If I can't buy food, my family will starve to death."

Shen De let go of the old man and looked at each other with the Chen family army. Li Xiaofei asked with red eyes: "Mr. Shen, isn't this the military ration we gave us? Why did he become a grain seller?" The others also asked: "The grain escort officer said he was going to Xiangyang, why did he take out the food in the city?" "There is something strange about this, let's follow and take a look." Shen De led the Chen family army to chase the crowd.

When Shen De and the others arrived, the crowd was already surrounded by black people. The grain escort officer stood on the grain truck and waved the flag: "Don't grab it, don't squeeze it. Today it is five thousand coins per bucket of corn. Each person can only buy two bulls of corn, and each person can only buy one bull."

Shen De yelled outside: "What crime should a trafficker who steals military rations without authorization?" The crowd suddenly became quiet.

The grain escort officer smiled: "I am doing things under the order. You are a small soldier and dare to take charge of the affairs of the court. You really don't know how to live or die. If I don't sell grain, everyone in the city will starve to death. If I don't sell it today, do you see if they agree?"

The crowd immediately became excited again: "This is our life-saving benefactor. I will fight with him if you don't let me buy food." "I will die here today if you don't let me sell food." "Please drive this troublemaker away as soon as possible, my child is about to starve to death."

Shen De never ruthlessly killed people on the battlefield, but now he is facing the people with green light in his eyes, so he has to take a few steps back and point the grain escort officer with a knife: "I will go find out this matter, let you go today."

The grain escort sneered: "Don't mention you a little pawn, even if Chen Hongyi comes in person, he will not dare to act rashly. You should lead your people out."

After all, Shen De could not slash his sword, so he led the Chen family army to Jinling.

Along the way, everyone was silent, and Li Xiaofei began to complain again: "Mr. Shen, what are we fighting so hard for? The adults of the court looked down on us, and even the people we want to protect opposed us. What's wrong with this?"
Chapter completed!