Heavily armed soldiers infiltrated every corner of the town with neat steps, guarded by a soldier in every street and alley, every five or six paces. They held their heads high and their weapons were at hand. As soon as Qiē was ready, someone began to shout: "All the people come out of the house!" All people, adults, children, and the elderly, all of them came out of their houses at once and stood up. If you don't do it, dare to hide, and be passively searched out by us, then you will bear the conceit. ”

The man who shouted must have four lungs to have such a large lung capacity, and more than fifty long sentences shouted out of his mouth could spread throughout the town, and when they fell into everyone's ears, every word was clear.

Although the border town is calm and normal on the surface, let's not forget that it is a town in a country deeply troubled by war.

The coercive shouting quickly worked.

"Twenty, nineteen, eighteen...... Seven, six, five......" The person who shouted was a serious countdown. The commotion of the people inside the thin walls grew louder and more urgent. Helian Xiaojiang could hear the creaking of the inn's planks, and their steps were flustered. The people of the entire town, including the inn, woke up in alarm. People lit oil lamps, put on their clothes, and tentatively took one step or two, but only appeared when they saw that they couldn't dodge. Some of the slow-moving ones were brutally pulled out by the soldiers who rushed directly into the house, and many of them were in a hurry without even putting on their clothes.

The townspeople walked out into the street and were driven into a crowd like ducks, both men and women. Some are worried, some are crying, and many more are like the walking dead. This inn also poured out more than a dozen people, including shopkeepers and shopkeepers, as well as guests staying at the hotel.

The three people in the room on the second floor hid in the darkness and tacitly did not move or make a sound, waiting to see what happened.

Each of the soldiers on guard lit torches, and the streets and alleys were brightly lit, and when you looked down from the heights, it seemed as if the whole town was on fire. Several soldiers took the portraits and looked at the villagers one by one, but did not seem to find the person they were looking for.

The leader who took the lead, who looked like a senior soldier, shouted loudly to the townspeople: "Listen, everyone: we are here to find a few people, and we hope that you can provide clues." Recently, four young men from the country of E have appeared in the town, and they should be very eye-catching, one of them has short green hair, looks like this, has anyone seen it. The leader sat on his horse and held a few portraits aloft.

Most of the bungalows in the border city are on the first floor, and the second floor where Helian Xiaojiang and the two of them are located is close to the street, and the leader is directly across the street, and Ren Zhong can see his portrait in his hand at a glance.

"It's kind of like it." Ren Zhong turned his head and said with his lips, then turned back to continue observing.

It's the first time I've seen such a big battle to find someone, but it's said that I'm here to find someone, but not to seek revenge, and the residents on the street who are shivering like dead leaves in the autumn wind are a little more relaxed. One of the ordinary men who looked decent and inconspicuous in the crowd was quite bold, and he didn't know whether he wanted to help everyone relax, or he wanted to show his sense of humor, so he pretended to be relaxed and asked the officers and soldiers in front of him: "Official, if there are clues, what good do we have?" ”

His voice was neither loud nor small, and if he lowered it a little more, it was almost to himself, completely unprovocative.

"Of course there are benefits." The leader jumped off his horse and paced at an easy pace like a walk, while slowly drawing his sword at his waist: "The good thing is that you all have to live." ”

After speaking, the sharp long sword pierced straight into the man's chest, and blood splattered on the spot, and he lay on the ground without breathing. Treat ordinary people who are powerless to be so cruel and merciless. The residents were frightened, screamed, and began to run around in a haphazard manner. The soldiers had already prepared, and each of them raised his long sticks in his hand, end to end, and formed a large square to enclose the townspeople.

Treat these people like animals.

"We are from the Xin country, and the affairs of the country are none of our business, please let us go." A few short people in the crowd muttered and pleaded, and they were also beaten back with sticks.

After these people were convinced, the scene quieted down, and the leader spoke again: "If you have any clues, it's best to tell them now, if everyone doesn't take the initiative, then there is no way, we can only go through every corner of this city until we find these four people." And ......" As he spoke, the bloody sword in the leader's hand turned against the neck of a boy who was close to him, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old and had just reached adulthood.

"During the time we have been ravaging this city, every quarter of an hour we have killed someone to awaken your memories. So it's best to use your brains now. ”

The boy's mother passed out without taking a breath.

These words are undoubtedly a declaration of slaughter in disguise. If they don't find the person they are looking for, whether it's a man, an old man, a child, or a woman, they won't let it go. Instead of screaming and fleeing as before, most of the people who were intimidated again were stunned or sobbing lowly, or fainted like the mother. In the crowd, the inn's shopkeeper secretly looked up and glanced in the direction of the inn. After thinking about it for a long time, I finally mustered up the courage to move to the front of the crowd.

When he squeezed forward, his legs were so weak that he almost couldn't stand, people were scared to lean back, he went forward in the opposite direction, and the distance of a few steps was very difficult and he almost had to give up. Finally, he finally stood at the front of the crowd.

"I ...... I, I've seen it," the shopkeeper opened his mouth, and found that his voice was hoarse and trembling, not at all like his own voice: "I've seen them." ”

The crowd suddenly fell silent, so many people's sobs and breathing stopped, people held their breath to listen to what this guy who suddenly took the initiative to stand up would say, maybe his words could save the lives of everyone present! With surprise on his face, the leading soldier walked up in two steps and asked eagerly, "Is it?" Where are they? ”

The shopkeeper's hands clenched into fists, and he swallowed saliva before he could continue to speak intermittently: "These four people...... They...... Three days ago. Came to our inn to dine, but they didn't stay at the hotel, so they should have left the town. ”

Standing in the back, the shopkeeper wrapped in the crowd was shocked into a cold sweat by the rash behavior of the second child in his shop.

Hearing the other party's answer, the surprise on the soldier's face gradually faded, and the long sword with blood transferred from the young man's neck to the neck of the shopkeeper, and he asked the shopkeeper with a malicious tone: "Do you know the consequences of lying?" It's going to die quickly and miserably. ”