Chapter 183: Hindsight

Seeing Jiang Baili retreating, Wu Zhongyuan didn't open the bow again, and the giant eagle that Jiang Baili turned into had already flown high and couldn't shoot.

Wu Qin didn't chase after him in the air, when the manpower was poor, he was able to hold on until now all thanks to Niu Longgong to provide him with a steady stream of aura, in fact, his physical strength has already been seriously overdrawn, if he puts down Niu Longgong at this time, I am afraid that he will collapse instantly.

When the Niu clan retreated into the forest to the west, Wu Qin turned his head to look at Wu Zhongyuan who was standing aside.

Knowing that Wu Qin was looking at him, Wu Zhongyuan also turned his head to look at Wu Qin, Wu Qin's expression at this time was very complicated, there was relief after the war, and there was also unbelievable surprise, but more of it was regret and self-blame for the catastrophe suffered by the clansmen.

After a few seconds of direct staring, Wu Qin sighed, turned around and walked east, and when he walked past Wu Zhongyuan, he raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Preside over the aftermath." ”

Wu Zhongyuan nodded, and when he saw Wu Qin walking with a long sigh, he said to him, "My lord, you have done your best." ”

This is a comforting word, but also a big truth, as the person in charge of Daqiu, Wu Qin has done his best, in order to protect the thousands of people in Daqiu, he did not hesitate to take the initiative to hand over Niu Longgong. After Jiang Baili broke his promise, he used one enemy and four to retreat from the strong enemy, and what he did was his best.

But this sentence obviously did not have a comforting effect, Wu Qin did not answer, and he didn't even nod his head, but just sighed again and went east.

Wu Qin's mood was not without reason, a huge city had become a ruin at this time, ruins and broken walls, corpses were everywhere, and as far as the eye could see, there were no living people on the street.

After Wu Qin walked away, Wu Zhongyuan moved to the north, and as soon as he took a step, he felt the pain like a pinprick on the soles of his feet, and looked down, only to find that the soles of his shoes had already worn out, and there were many blood blisters on the soles of his feet.

At this time, there is no rubber sole, cow tendon sole, the sole is several layers of nitrated cowhide, not resistant to wear at all, before repeated wind techniques, wear and tear is even worse, in fact, the sole has long been worn out, but it was too nervous before, and I didn't pay attention to it.

His dwelling had been burned down, and he had no shoes to change, so he had to untie a pair from the corpses of his clansmen who had fallen to the side of the road, sit on the ground, and tie them up.

Just as he was putting on his shoes, an old woman came out of the ruins to the north, picked up the cloak he had torn off and abandoned by Jiang Baili, held it with both hands, and walked over to present it to him.

Seeing the old woman's sad eyes and humble attitude, Wu Zhongyuan finally understood Wu Qin's mood at the moment, as a warrior of the bear clan, while enjoying the privileges of the nobility and the support of the clan, he also shouldered the obligation to protect the clan, no matter what the reason, as long as the clansmen were hurt, it was their dereliction of duty.

Wu Zhongyuan took the cloak and nodded at the old woman, who bent over and hurled back.

Wu Zhongyuan tied up his shoelaces, got up and put on his cloak, and stood on a high place, wanting to raise his breath and make a sound, informing his clansmen that the enemy had retreated, but after standing for a long time, he didn't know how to speak.

In the end, he still stubbornly shouted, "The enemy has been repulsed, Lord Jushan has an order, tidy up and clean up, and treat the aftermath." ”

Shout again, stop for three seconds, and shout again until you are tired and out of breath.

Hearing his shout, the surviving clansmen gradually came out of their hiding places, and he was slightly relieved that there were more survivors than he expected, and there were still seven or eight hundred people, mostly old and young, women and children, they all hid when the war happened, there were not many middle-aged men left, and the warriors except for Wu Qin and Wu Dalie, only he was left, and the rest of the people were all killed in battle.

At this time, everyone was watching him, waiting for him to give orders.

After thinking about it, Wu Zhongyuan issued a series of orders to sort out and bury the corpses of the clansmen, and send the corpses of the warriors to the morning hall for parking. Set up temporary shelter as soon as possible and collect rice and food. Someone was sent to the town to report to them, asking them to send a doctor to treat the wounded, and at the same time to transport rice and grain to relieve the urgent need.

The horses in the stables were also burned to death, and only the white-nosed horse that had been running and running had survived, and had been disliked before, and came in handy when he sent a good rider to ride and ask for help in various cities.

After instructing the errand, Wu Zhongyuan went to Wu Qin's residence and informed Wu Qin of the current situation in the city and how he had made arrangements.

Wu Qin closed his eyes and listened to Wu Zhongyuan's report, nodded and said, "Inform the capital of the changes in Daqiu." ”

"There are no more letter birds flying to the capital," Wu Zhongyuan said, "but I released one last night, and if they see the letter birds, the reinforcements sent should be almost there." ”

Wu Qin opened his eyes when he heard the sound, frowned and glanced at Wu Zhongyuan, he could see what he wanted to say, but in the end he didn't say anything, just raised his hand, "Da Lie is seriously injured, he has collapsed and fallen into a coma, so I have to work hard for you." ”

Wu Zhongyuan replied to the matter in the sentence, and then said goodbye and left.

At this time, Daqiu can only be described as full of devastation and gloom, and the destruction of Daqiu by last night's war was almost devastating, most of the houses in the city were burned, including the storehouses and granaries, and even the sheds where livestock were kept were not spared.

Before picking up Ah Luo back, Wu Zhongyuan ordered someone to bury her grandmother's body, he didn't want Ah Luo to see the miserable corpse that was burned by the fire, just like he didn't want to enter Ah Tong's room last night, whether it was the scene he saw, or the sound he heard, or what happened, it would leave a mark in people's memory, and negative things could be avoided as much as possible, and if you couldn't look at it, it didn't work at all.

Ah Luo was still in the same place, and when he saw Wu Zhongyuan coming from a distance, he didn't wait for him to get closer, so he greeted him from a distance.

Wu Zhongyuan squeezed out a smile at him, then turned around and left first, and Ah Luo followed.

He didn't hold Arlo's hand because he was young, since he knew that Arlo was a girl, he began to deliberately avoid suspicion, there is a difference between men and women, not to mention that the two are just a master-servant relationship, even if they are biological parents, they must maintain the necessary scale and distance from children of the opposite sex over ten years old.

When there were still a few hundred meters away from the city, Wu Zhongyuan found that there were people coming from the east, because the distance was still far away, he couldn't see the appearance of the people coming, but through the way they moved and the speed it was not difficult to see that these people who came were all purple qi masters who could fly through the air.

When the other party approached, Wu Zhongyuan looked at it again, there was no doubt that these people who came were indeed purple qi masters, there were five people in total, and one of them did not use a volley to fly, but sat on the back of a huge bird.

Seeing the people coming, Wu Zhongyuan secretly smiled bitterly, these people reminded him of the policemen in Hong Kong and Taiwan films, they all came after the fight, and in hindsight, there is still a fart to come at this time.

Seeing the terrible scene in the city, the visitors hurried to the city and landed near the morning hall.

Wu Zhongyuan did not take A Luo back to his original residence, but took him to Ah Tong's former residence, this house is made of stone, not burned down, at this time it is not easy to have a place to live, and I don't care about any auspicious or unlucky.

The corpses in the house had been moved before, and Wu Zhongyuan settled Ah Luo, left the stone house, and cleaned up the ruins of the fire with his clansmen.

The warrior doesn't have to do this, he is suspected of putting on a show, but at this time there is no such thing as a show, and the clan does not have the concept of showing off in their heads, but they just feel that he should not do such dirty things.

In fact, Wu Zhongyuan didn't really want to do it, he was tired and sleepy now, and he couldn't wait to lie in bed and sleep for three days and three nights, the reason why he was holding on to his hands was to take the opportunity to stain his face, among the five people who came was a sixty-year-old Dongyuan warrior, this person probably recognized his father, for the sake of everything, or try not to let the other party see his true appearance.

In fact, his move was completely superfluous, if there was a mirror, he would find that he was long gone, and he had been blackened by the fire in order to rescue Arlo.

It didn't take long for Wu Qin's eldest daughter to come over from a distance, "Zhongyuan, father called you." ”

Wu Zhongyuan didn't know what people's names were until now, but when he heard her call, he put down what he was doing and went east with her.

At this time, there is no delicate woman, this woman is subtle, but she still praises his bravery unabashedly, Wu Zhongyuan responded embarrassedly, other men are eager to have beautiful women, but he is afraid that the other party likes him.

Wu Zhongyuan's embarrassment and unnaturalness were misunderstood by the other party as embarrassment, "Did my father tell you?"

"Ah, who's who?" Wu Zhongyuan hurriedly diverted the topic.

"When it is a wizard and a warrior from the capital. The other party replied.

"Oh, oh, what are they looking for me?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

"I don't know. ”

"Hurry up, don't keep them waiting. Wu Zhongyuan found an excuse not to talk to the other party more.

Wu Qin's residence is very close to the morning hall, at this time everyone is in Wu Qin's house, the huge bird landed on the east square, this is a modern extinct giant bird, white feathers and red head, like a crane but not, when it is an ibis.

Bringing Wu Zhongyuan into the courtyard, Wu Qin's eldest daughter went elsewhere, the door of the main hall was open at this time, he could see the scene inside, Wu Qin did not take a seat, but sat on the left side, and there were five people sitting on the right side, the leader was a male wizard about forty years old, tall and thin, the wizard's costume was somewhat similar to that of a warrior, except that there were moire patterns and bear head embroidery on the back.

This sorcerer's cloak is purple, indicating that he is a Dongyuan cultivator, and below him is the low-lying old man in his sixties, who is also a purple qi cultivator.

The next head of this person is a tall and strong man of thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a light purple cultivation.

The next one is a young female warrior, and her cultivation is also a light purple mountain.

The male warrior at the bottom was about forty-five or sixteen years old, with an unremarkable appearance and a lilac cloak behind him.

Before entering the house, Wu Zhongyuan noticed that the atmosphere was strange, and everyone, including Wu Qin, had very serious expressions.

When Wu Zhongyuan entered the door, Wu Qin opened his mouth to introduce everyone to him, "Dongyuan Wu Rong, Dongyuan Wu Tong, Jushan Wu Songshi, Jushan Wu Fenghua, Jushan Wu Zhou." ”

At this time, the aura cultivation is the official rank of the warrior, Wu Qin introduced them one by one, and Wu Zhongyuan saw them one by one, and the action of seeing the salute was very similar to the fist hugging of the martial artists in later generations.

Wu Zhongyuan's salute did not return everyone's salute, only the sorcerer Wu Rong at the head and Wu Zhou at the end nodded, and the three people in the middle sat upright and did not move.

"Wu Zhongyuan. Wu Qin finally reported Wu Zhongyuan's name, and then pointed to Wu Zhongyuan's seat and motioned for him to sit.

Wu Zhongyuan thanked him but didn't sit down, Wu Qin's head seat was a wooden chair with a backrest, his level was not enough, and he sat too polite.

After a short silence, Wu Rong took out a strip of cloth from his sleeve and asked in a deep voice, "Did you draw the three crosses on this strip of cloth......?"