Duan Rongzu, the king of the mountain, said this, how could Ye Heng not know that there was another secret, so he said: "Brother Duan, if you have anything to say, just say it, if you are really inconvenient, this money will be given to Jin Yushan's brother, you don't have to be embarrassed." ”

Duan Rongzu stretched out his hand and shook it, and said, "It's not that I'm embarrassed, I'm afraid that you will be embarrassed! Since you are already the city lord of Pingcheng, it means that you are already a member of the imperial court, if we go to help you, I am afraid that it will cause you trouble!"

Ye Heng said with a smile: "I, the city lord, am temporary, not canonized by the imperial court, as long as I hold Pingcheng, I can step down at any time, so I don't have any worries." ”

"Brother, you misunderstood, I'm not talking about our current identity, but ......" Duan Rongzu suddenly stopped halfway through speaking.

"And what?" Ye Heng couldn't help asking.

Duan Rongzu looked directly at Ye Heng and said word by word: "It's ...... We are fugitives from the court, and if our action attracts the attention of the court and involves you, you will also be hunted down by the court!"

Ye Heng was shocked in his heart and said, "Brother Duan, can you explain it in more detail?" I didn't understand. ”

Duan Rongzu hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Ye Heng, this matter has to start from more than ten years ago. Several of our brothers were still from the Heavenly Thorn Camp at the time. The top three legions in the Shuntian Empire are the Heavenly Thorns, the Battle Spirit, and the Dongqing, and we are the people of the Heavenly Thorn Battalion!"

"Since Brother Duan is a member of the Heavenly Thorn Battalion, how could he fall into the grass?" Ye Heng asked puzzledly, you must know that the Heavenly Thorn Camp can be said to be the most mysterious and powerful legion in the Shuntian Empire, they belong to the army directly under the royal family, they are directly under the command of the emperor, and they have the power of life and death! It is said that the conditions for entering the Heavenly Thorn Camp are very harsh, but the treatment is quite good! The Heavenly Thorn Camp should be the emperor's henchman army, how could they become fugitives from the imperial court?

Duan Rongzu took a sip of the wine bowl and explained: "That night, we received an order to complete a special mission, at first we didn't know what to do, but when we arrived at the destination, we realized that it was a slaughter of a village that had been reclused!"

"What?" Ye Heng couldn't help but exclaim, vaguely guessing something!

Duan Rongzu smiled bitterly and continued: "That village is not big, only to find out that there are actually many peerless masters in the village! However, we were well prepared, and after a period of fighting, we still captured the village, and Shangfeng gave us an order to slaughter the village, and the military order was like a mountain, and we had to carry it out. And we later learned that the secluded person in that village was the Heavenly Wolf Clan, who was wanted by the imperial court in the future!"

"You mean, it was the Heavenly Thorn who slaughtered the Heavenly Wolf Clan?" Ye Heng's eyes were red, his whole body trembled, and he gritted his teeth and asked.

"No, the Heavenly Thorn is only a part of it, there are others!After capturing the village, several of our brothers were sent out to hunt down the people who escaped from the Sky Wolf Clan. We followed all the way, and at dawn caught up with a group of seven women and fifteen children who had been arranged to escape from the village in advance. Duan Rongzu said with a complicated expression.

"You killed them all?" Ye Heng asked coldly.

Duan Rongzu stared at Ye Heng, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn, and after a long time, he said: "No, our brothers disobeyed Shangfeng's order, not only did not kill these twenty-two people, but even protected them to leave the land of right and wrong, and finally came here and became bandits incognito and occupied the mountain as the king. ”

Ye Heng stood up with a "Huo" voice and said, "You mean, the reason why you fell into the grass in Jinyu Mountain is because you saved the people of the Heavenly Wolf Clan?"

"That's right, the imperial court has been wanted by the Heavenly Wolf Clan, if we go to help you, once our identity is revealed, it will affect you, so it's not that I don't want to help you, but I'm afraid of bringing trouble to you!" Duan Rongzu said solemnly.

"Hahahaha, it's really good, hahahaha!" Ye Heng suddenly laughed out loud, tears flowed from laughter, the mood of laughter was smooth, Duan Rongzu who was laughing was inexplicable, and he didn't know what Ye Heng meant.

Smiling and laughing, Ye Heng suddenly knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to Duan Rongzu.

"Brother Ye Heng, what are you doing, hurry up, hurry up!" Duan Rongzu hurriedly went to help Ye Heng.

"Brother Duan, I thank you for all the clansmen of the Heavenly Wolf Clan!

"Brother Ye Heng, are you also from the Heavenly Wolf Clan?" Duan Rongzu asked incredulously, although he couldn't believe it, but judging from Ye Heng's performance, he definitely had a close relationship with the Heavenly Wolf Clan!

"Yes, I am a member of the Heavenly Wolf Clan!" Ye Heng stood up straight, proudly announcing his true identity for the first time, and a wave of pride burst out of his chest, making him qi and blood accessible, and his mood instantly improved! After being suppressed for so many years and hidden for so long, he finally said his birth openly, which made Ye Hengjue's entire essence and spirit change instantly, just like an epiphany, and his entire mind and divine consciousness had a qualitative change.

"Brother, I believe you, but you can't see them all now. Duan Rongzu said regretfully.

"What's the matter?, did they have any accidents?" Ye Heng asked nervously, his heart jumping to his throat.

"No, no, no, you misunderstood, most of them were picked up half a year ago. But don't worry, the people who picked them up are very powerful, and they will definitely be able to ensure their safety. There are still a few people left in the mountains because they are married to our brother in the cottage. Now that those children are all grown up, how can I let them continue to be bandits with us, so I sent them all away. Duan Rongzu replied.

After listening to Duan Rongzu's words, Ye Heng's heart finally let go, so he said, "Can I see the few people left in the mountain?"

"Of course, I'll take you there. Duan Rongzu said happily, and then told his brothers to tell the leaders of the various cottages who came to wait here.

Duan Rongzu took Ye Heng to the place where the family lived behind the mountain, where he met three middle-aged women. After Ye Heng revealed his identity, they immediately surrounded him and looked Ye Heng up and down.

"Ye Heng, I remember you! Back then, your parents sent you to the village, you were only so big, you look so beautiful, everyone likes it when they see it!" a woman gestured and said, "It's great that you're still alive!"

"Son, how have you been doing all these years?

"It's grown so big in a blink of an eye, it's really handsome and mighty, martial arts must be very good, right? Also, have you met anyone from our Celestial Wolf Clan outside all these years?" the third woman also asked anxiously.

Ye Heng was asked too quickly, and he had no chance to answer.

"Brothers and sisters, let's go into the room and sit down and talk slowly, you are so around, how can Ye Heng still talk!" Duan Rongzu said on the side.

The three of them hurriedly let Ye Heng into the house, and after inviting him to sit down, they began to ask questions incessantly. After a period of communication, Ye Heng finally answered the questions one by one, and at the same time, he also knew some things that he didn't know before. It turned out that the protector of the year was not completely wiped out, and found here half a year ago and took most of the clansmen away. The three of them were just ordinary women who did not practice martial arts, and after starting a family and having children in the mountains, they were used to the life of husbands and children, so they did not leave with everyone.

Speaking of the events of that year, everyone sighed. The three women talked about many interesting stories about Ye Heng when he was a child, and even provided him with some news about his parents. The four of them chatted for a long time, and Ye Heng made his intentions clear, so they were reluctant to separate. The three women told Ye Heng one by one that he must protect himself and live in peace.

Ye Heng and Duan Rongzu returned to the Tianwang Cave, and saw that the leaders of the other twenty-two cottages had already come, Duan Rongzu pointed at Ye Heng and said: "This is Brother Ye Heng, who helped us a lot back then, and is the benefactor of our Jinyu Mountain, today he came here to ask us for help, everyone said, can we help with this favor?"

"Help! Our Jinyushan can gain a foothold here, relying on a righteous word, how can the benefactor not help when he asks for the door? Even if it is to go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, then we must help!" said one of the leaders sitting at the top.

"The third brother is right, we must help with this favor! And I heard Ma Gai say that Brother Ye Heng also took out a million taels of silver tickets just now, there is so much money, enough money for the family on the mountain to live well for decades, we can help without any worries, even if we go to die, we will take this job!" said another leader.

"Big brother, what kind of help is it that I don't know what to do, but there are some things that we can't do even if we die, so let's talk to everyone about helping first!" said a more stable leader.

Duan Rongzu looked at Ye Heng, Ye Heng made a square gesture to everyone, and then said: "Brothers, I believe you also know that now that the Shuntian Empire is in full swing, I led people to help Pingcheng in Guping Prefecture and became the city lord there. Pingcheng is now surrounded by enemies on three sides, Linhan Prefecture in the east and Quanshou Prefecture in the south are now in the hands of the Yingtian Empire, and the western part of Guping Prefecture and Chenshui Prefecture are now in the hands of the rebels and the Taiyin Sect. So I went around to the rescue and replenished the troops for Heicheng. ”

"Brother Ye Heng, since the situation is not optimistic, how can you ensure the supply of grain and grass? Winter is about to begin, even if you cultivate it now, it will be too late!" the second leader asked.

"When we fought the rebels before, we stole enough food and grass from the rebels, which was enough for us. We are short of people now, and everything else is easy to solve. Ye Heng replied.

After understanding what Ye Heng meant, no one asked any more questions, and all the leaders looked at Duan Rongzu. It seems that they have no objections, and now they are just waiting for the king of the mountain to decide.

Duan Rongzu said: "Brothers, why we came here to fall into the grass, everyone knows very well, although the reputation is not good, but we are worthy of asking about the character, so I do not regret the decision of that year! Although we are dissatisfied with the actions of that year, we have no hatred for the country. When the country is in danger, how can we stand idly by? After all, the oldest group of our brothers are all soldiers born in the Heavenly Thorn Battalion, and at this moment, even if there is no invitation from the Ye Heng brothers, I plan to lead my brothers out to fight. It's just that our food, grass and family have always been a big problem, so this matter has been put on hold by me. Now there are no worries, Brother Ye Heng, we will take over this favor, let's discuss the matter of sending troops!"