Chapter 474: Born to Mine
Zhang Lin took the Blue Wolf Howling Moon Knife with trembling hands, he really didn't expect that the opportunity for revenge would come so quickly!
However, the teenager's heart began to struggle. Since he was a child, he has never killed a single chicken, but now he is asked to kill people, how can he do it? Although these two ghosts should be killed, they killed the boy's mother and mutilated the real people from the Northeast Village, but before he started, he still couldn't break through the obstacle in the center.
Ye Heng understood Zhang Lin's current mood, so he was not in a hurry. No one is born willing to kill, no one is born a demon, even if it is a dog, it will not easily attack others without the instigation of its owner.
Zhang Lin's heart is struggling violently, he knows very well that he should do it, these ghosts are not worthy of sympathy, they are full of evil, and they are innocent of death! But he just can't do it, this is the character formed under the influence of education and environment since childhood, and he has a great awe for life, which cannot be easily changed. Especially the eyes of the ghost are staring at him, which makes his heart even more uneasy.
The teenager's hesitation did not cause dissatisfaction, and each of them went through a similar psychological journey. Iron-blooded warriors are not forged overnight, and cold-blooded killers are not born with a thirst for killing, and everyone has to experience such a hurdle as killing people in the process of transformation. It's just that some people are easy to step over, and some people can't step over for a long time.
"Yikes!"
Zhang Lin roared, and finally raised the Blue Wolf Howling Moon Knife, and after a fierce mental struggle, he finally convinced himself and dropped the long knife at the leader of the Ghost Bandit. But he still closed his eyes, not daring to watch the ghost die under his sword.
As soon as the knife fell, the leader of the ghost gang let out a miserable scream, and the young man turned a deaf ear, like a puppet, raised the long knife again, and slashed down mechanically one after another. After the leader of the demon bandits screamed for a while, his voice became quieter and quieter, and finally he was dying. However, the boy did not notice this change, he still kept raising his knife and slashing, his breathing became heavier and heavier, and even the leader of the ghost was already dead, and he was still chopping his corpse.
Ye Heng suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Lin's wrist, and the young man opened his eyes, the muscles up and down his body were still trembling, and he looked at Ye Heng blankly.
"See, there's nothing to be afraid of, you've already killed him. Ye Heng pointed to the corpse on the ground and said.
"Did I really kill me?" the boy muttered.
"You killed people, but you haven't finished avenging your mother's revenge and the revenge of the entire Northeast Village. Ye Heng reminded.
"Brother, you're right, I just killed a devil, our whole village was slaughtered by them 256 people, I want them to return it doublely!" Lin Lin gradually became calmer, and the muscles on his body no longer trembled.
Ye Heng let go of his wrist and said: "The people with good intentions in this world are worthy of our protection, don't try to influence the evil people with malicious intentions, we must eradicate them as soon as possible, otherwise he will bring us greater harm! The benevolence of women is not the maintenance of good, but the accommodation of evil, what to do next, you should understand, right?"
The young man nodded, took the initiative to walk in front of the last ghost ko, and fell without hesitation, watching the blue wolf howling moon knife slash into the head of the ghost ko, resulting in his life.
"Brother, can I follow you?" the young man returned the Blue Wolf Howling Moon Knife to Ye Heng and asked calmly.
"Yes, but with your current strength, if you face the enemy head-on, you can't even deal with the most ordinary soldiers in the ghost bandits, think about it, what can you do with us?" Ye Heng happily agreed, but also raised a very realistic question.
The boy was speechless for a moment, he really didn't know what he could do.
"If you follow us, we will feed you. We are here to kill ghosts, not to be wet nurses for some people, everyone must have their own value of existence, what skills do you have to make yourself survive, or how much strength can you contribute to us?" Ye Heng continued to ask.
The young man's face turned red, yes! He was useless, so why should he follow others? When the village was there, it was his parents who raised him. Even if you are a beggar, others can give you a meal, but can you let others give you a lifetime?
"I can take you away, but you always have to give me a reason to take you away!" Ye Heng continued.
"I want to kill devils! As long as I can kill ghosts, you can do whatever I want. I really don't know what I can do now, I think I will definitely find something suitable for me in the future, and I will never eat for nothing. The boy thought for a moment, and finally replied firmly.
Ye Heng smiled and said: "Remember what you said today, I am born to be useful, I believe that one day, you will prove to me that my decision today is not wrong!"
The young man nodded heavily, engraved what Ye Heng said deeply in his heart, and said secretly: "I am born to be useful, I will never be a waste!"
"Let's go!" Ye Heng nodded to the young man, greeted everyone, and led the team on the return journey.
After returning to the temporary station, after discussion, everyone decided to set up a fixed station in Jinzhou, and finally everyone set up this fixed point in Lugou Village. First, because this village has just been attacked by the ghost cavalry, and it urgently needs manpower to help rebuild it; second, Lugou Village is located in the deep mountains, which is convenient for the wolf cavalry to hide and move, and it is not easy to expose their team; third, the people of this village are simple, very united, and grateful to the wolf cavalry, and at the same time hostile to the ghost bandits, and there is a good mass base stationed here. At the same time, their presence can protect the village and increase the sense of security of the villagers, and the villagers are happy to accept it.
Ye Heng and the Wolf King came to Lugou Village again, and after explaining their intentions to the villagers, the whole village warmly welcomed them. As a result, the team officially entered Lugou Village the next day. The villagers vacated the best house in the village for everyone to live in, but Ye Heng refused on the grounds that the wolf clan was not used to it.
Ye Heng chose some dilapidated and ownerless houses for the team to live in, planning to rebuild or repair them later, even if they left later, they could be left for the villagers to live in.
Lugou Village is not rich, located in the deep mountains, there is not much arable land, the harvest is limited, and when the year is good, it will maintain a level of just enough food and clothing, once God does not appreciate the food, no matter whether it encounters drought or waterlogging, the whole village will starve. Therefore, after the busy farming season, especially in winter, the young adults in the village will organize themselves to go into the mountains to hunt in order to increase their income and supplement food. However, hunting is a dangerous affair, and the harvest is not guaranteed, and in general, the villagers do not have enough food, and life is very difficult.
In order to welcome the arrival of Ye Heng's team, the villagers slaughtered pigs and sheep, took out the poultry eggs and rice noodles that they were reluctant to eat, and treated them warmly. Ye Heng and the others knew in their hearts that the food prepared by the villagers was not as delicious as the delicacies in the restaurants in the city, for them, this was the best delicacy in the world, because these foods were full of the most sincere affection of the villagers. They brought the food, and they were even reluctant to eat a bite, urging Ye Heng to eat it quickly.
Ye Heng thanked the villagers for their kindness and invited everyone to have a meal together. After the meal, Ye Heng took out a large amount of materials seized from the ghost Kou and gave them to the villagers, and bluntly said that these things were all looted by the ghost Kou and the people of our Shuntian Empire, so you don't have to refuse. With these materials, it is enough for the whole village to eat for more than half a year, and it will be no problem to resist until next year's autumn harvest, so that the villagers of Lugou Village can finally live without starvation, and can finally eat a full meal every day! The villagers are grateful, and the village chief takes the whole village to bow down to Ye Heng, calling Ye Heng and his party their life-saving benefactors, and they are rebuilt.
Since then, Lugou Village has become the base of Ye Heng's team, and they have attacked everywhere and constantly eliminated the small team of ghosts. Their frequent attacks finally aroused the vigilance of the enemy, who did not dare to continue to send troops at will, and immediately reduced the harassment of the people. The people of Jinzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief, and people spread everywhere, saying that there was a team of heavenly soldiers and generals in Jinzhou, and it was estimated that it would not be long before the ghosts would be completely eliminated.
In Lugou Village, many villages began to learn martial arts with the wolf cavalry, especially those half-grown children, who were even more obsessed with crazy practice. A group of teenagers and girls soon gathered around Zhang Lin, and they usually had a special content, every time the wolf cavalry went out, they would chase after them, and they would not return to the village until the team disappeared from sight. They never get tired of it, and gradually run faster and faster, chase farther and farther, unconsciously improve their physical fitness in the play, and become more and more suitable for becoming martial artists.
Snow Wolf became a teacher for the children in the village, and under her tutelage, a large number of martial artists and samurai soon appeared, and some of them had particularly good physical fitness, and they could soon enter the martial arts rank.
Ye Heng and the others naturally did not hide the matter of setting the station in Lugou Village, and in order to facilitate contact with each other, Lin Qingshuang passed the news to the Lin family as soon as possible. One day, Lin Lao came to Lugou Village alone and brought a shocking piece of news that the emperor had died!
The emperor died, and there was chaos in the court!
Before the crown prince Li He made a strong return, the situation that had just been stable for a period of time immediately fell apart, and several forces all coveted the throne and launched a fierce battle in the imperial capital. All of a sudden, there was chaos in the imperial capital, various forces fought for power, and from time to time ministers and important officials were killed, and even the second prince, who had a high voice for seizing the throne, was assassinated. The officials of the DPRK and China are in danger, and the people in Yong'an City are panicking!
The second prince was killed, on the surface, it seems that the prince is the most suspicious, and the opposition uses this as an excuse to ask the prince to prove his innocence, saying that if the murderer does not come out as soon as possible to calm the people's hearts, it will be difficult for the prince to succeed to the throne and convince the public, which makes Li He very passive. During this time, the Eight Princes sprung up, controlled a large number of military and political powers in the court, and fought against the crown prince and the three princes.
The disappearance of the chaos in the Shuntian Empire spread all over the world, and those dissenting forces were immediately ready to move, and the northern nomads who had been repulsed were gathering again to invade the northern frontier; the Chen family even persuaded some Jiangnan forces to send troops to reinforce Quanshou Prefecture and relieve the siege of Lintai City.
What worries Lin Lao the most is that from all indications, the ghost kou of the troubled Shuntian Empire is brewing a big operation, with the existing strength of the Lin family and the men and horses of Ye Heng's team, it is difficult to stop the action of the ghost kou, so Lin Lao came to the door to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy.
"Lin Lao, although he is very unwilling, but the court is in chaos, in order to fight for the imperial power, the generals who hold the military power must be the focus of the parties to win over and fight, even if they have the intention to send troops, it is estimated that they will not be allowed to act without authorization, it seems that we can't get the support of the imperial court, we can only think of other ways!" Ye Heng said with a frown.
"The head of the family is already mobilizing the power of the family, but you also know that it is really unrealistic to rely on the strength of the Lin family to fight against the 100,000 horses of the Ghost Domain. It is impossible for the army of the Yingtian Empire to cross the Dingjiang River and go directly to Jinzhou, so we can't watch this gang of robbers trample on our Tianyun Continent!" Lin Lao said indignantly.