Section XVIII sprouts

Early the next morning, Zhang Yuankong informed others of the news.

(That way, maybe we can save a few more people.) ）

In Zhang Yuankong's imagination, with the conclusive news of Taiping Dao, no matter which army, the target should be adjusted, and when everyone confirms that there are real thieves, these innocent villagers should be able to be put home.

"What are you thinking?"

Just as Carmen laughed mercilessly, this kind of news, both armies were not interested, Wang De also hummed and coped with the scene, explaining, "Zhang Zhenren, you may not be too familiar, these chaotic villagers, when they are scared and confused, they will say anything, if everything is serious, this matter will not be able to be ......" Ami Lidin simply didn't even listen, sneered and walked past Zhang Yuankong, and went to continue to command the Yisi Ba Xi army into the mountains. Zhou Fuhai listened very seriously, and muttered a few words in a low voice from time to time.

"Da Zhenren, you want to save people."

Seeing that these people were all scattered, Zhou Fuhai came to Zhang Yuankong and discussed with him.

"I want to, too."

Looking at Zhang Yuankong sincerely, Zhou Fuhai said that he didn't want to see these villagers become slaves, and if possible, he hoped to change their fate.

"The little old man has no fists and no courage, that is, he takes advantage of a few pennies and money, has a few friends, and can't help with a lot of help, if the real person has a strategy, run errands, make appointments, and buy a few roads out, there is no problem."

He smiled bitterly and thanked Zhou Fuhai for his enthusiasm, but Zhang Yuankong really didn't think of any way.

(It would be nice if Yuanhe was here...... ）

"That's right."

Shaking his head in disappointment, Zhou Fuhai sighed and walked away, stopping from time to time frowning and thinking. In his eyes, Zhang Yuankong had a great impression of him.

"Hmph."

Still sneering, Carmen seemed to want to say a few sarcastic words, but she held back.

"Yuanjin, let's go into the mountain and have a look."

This day is no different from the previous day, except that there are one-third fewer people captured, but this is normal, after all, the search radius is now far larger than the beginning, and the few newly discovered villages today are also required not to be burned immediately, but to be used as a relay site when searching for people in the later stage.

Standing silently watching from a distance, Zhang Yuankong didn't know what he wanted to do now, the only thing that could make him feel comfortable was probably that at least two armies had done their best to spare human life, although they would not hesitate to use intimidation and even violence, but they never killed anyone.

“…… Because, these lives have a price. ”

"You've learned the same way as Carmen."

Listening to Zhang Yuanjin's indignant muttering beside him, Zhang Yuankong felt very harsh, and reprimanded, but didn't say anything, after all, what Zhang Yuanjin said was ...... Exactly. It is precisely because of the shining silver on the heads of these people that these two armies are so careful to protect each head.

(However, if there was no silver reward, they would not have worked so hard into the mountains, for fear of missing something, right?) ）

By the time it got dark, another seven or eight hundred people had been gathered around the trading station, and Zhang Yuankong knew that tomorrow morning, they would be re-formed and escorted by a small group of soldiers to Wurong.

(3 years...... Three years later, how many people returned to their hometowns? ）

Zhou Fuhai didn't seem to be giving up, still pestering the generals on both sides to mutter, but it didn't have much effect. Zhang Yuankong has also figured out at this time, these people have been tacitly regarded as thieves and rebels, and the arrest of the generals is also a military merit and a reward for silver, and the benefits have been steadily obtained, so why bother to endure hardships and take risks, and really go to investigate the clues of Taiping Dao?

(sighs...... ）

Finally, with a long sigh, Zhang Yuankong returned to the room gloomily, washed, tidied up, and was always silent, until after blowing the lamp, in the dark, he came out with a word.

"Yuanjin, tomorrow, let's go back to the city."

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When he got up in the morning, Zhang Yuankong said goodbye to everyone, Zhou Fuhai expressed his regret from the bottom of his heart, while Wang Shoujie sighed and said that he couldn't leave yet, and he had to spend a few days with these soldiers here.

Since Zhang Yuankong returned, Zhang Yuanjin and Carmen naturally accompanied them, and Zhou Fuhai arranged a carriage for them, although it was smaller, it was very comfortable to arrange inside. It's Ma Daokong, as soon as he heard that Zhang Yuankong was leaving in the morning, Zhou Fuhai pulled him to discuss, whether he could let Ma Daokong stay and press the Wang family for a few days--- Zhang Yuankong had no objection to this, but Ma Daokong himself insisted that he still wanted to follow Zhang Yuankong's side.

All sides resigned, went out a little late, looked at the mountain is not out, it is almost noon, there are bread, dried meat and pickles on the car, but the two gourd water seems to have been stained with vegetable soup, the taste is not right, Ma Daokong ordered the carriage to stop on the side of the road, volunteered to get some spring water, Zhang Yuanjin sat for a long time, has been idle to panic, jumped up and said: "Go with you!" ”

The two carried the gourd into the mountain, the groom took a piece of hard cake, half a piece of pickles squatted on the side of the road to eat, Zhang Yuankong and Carmen sat in the car, slowly tearing the dough cake, with jerky to eat, for a while Zhang Yuanjin did not come back--- Zhang Yuankong was not in a hurry, and Carmen talked about something, and the head of the conversation was pulled to Zhou Fuhai, Carmen still just sneered.

"This man ......"

When Zhang Yuankong said that Zhou Fuhai was also trying to save those villagers, Carmen stopped talking, and finally said, "I hope so." Before he finished speaking, he only heard a scream in the mountains and forests, which was the direction where Zhang Yuanjin was going!

"You look at the car, I'll take a look!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yuankong had already swept into the mountains and forests, and he was out of sight in a blink of an eye.

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(Is it a follow-up assassination, or is it ...... Don't make any trouble! ）

As soon as Zhang Yuankong heard it, he knew that it was definitely not Zhang Yuanjin's voice, nor did it seem to be Ma Daokong's voice, in fact, what he was worried about was not Zhang Yuanjin's assassination again, but what Zhang Yuanjin had done.

(Yuanjin has an upright heart, but he is too evil, and he leaves no room for action...... ）

Mentally calculated, the feet did not stop, Zhang Yuankong had swept to the place where the miserable cry came from in a blink of an eye, and with just a glance, Zhang Yuankong suddenly felt that his eyes were black!

（…… Really! ）

Zhang Yuanjin looked angry, but was held by Ma Daokong. Confronting them, are seven soldiers of the Yisi Pa Xi army, fierce appearance, strong body, one of them is obviously seriously injured, lying on the ground, less in and more out of breath, looking almost helpless, two soldiers are helping him to rescue, the rest are pointing at Zhang Yuanjin, scolding.

(Finally can't help it...... These beasts! ）

This is a relatively open flat land, scattered among more than a dozen houses, and now, the nineteenth of the houses are burning, and there are corpses lying on the ground, some kneeling on the ground and being cut in half, and some being cut in half from behind in the run, and ...... There were also several female corpses, all of them half-naked, looking frightened or angry, and one of them even had blood leaking from the corners of their mouths and trismus, as if they were so humiliated that they bit their tongues and committed suicide!

There is no need to explain, Zhang Yuankong can also figure it out, most of them are the beastly seizures of this team of soldiers, or for some other reason, and they would rather not earn more than 100 taels of silver, but they also want to vent out, but they just happened to be bumped into by Zhang Yuanjin.

(Yuanjin has always been vicious and hateful, of course he can't stand it...... But there happened to be this horse road empty next to it, and it was blocked, so ...... ）

Seeing that someone was coming again, those soldiers were even more excited, shouting and scolding, Zhang Yuanjin turned around and saw that it was Zhang Yuankong, but he was a little shrunken for a while, but it was difficult to suppress his anger, and said, "Senior brother, you see...... You see! "It's no longer possible to speak. Ma Daokong tried desperately to stop him just now, it seemed that he had wasted a lot of strength, his face was red and sweating profusely, when he saw Zhang Yuankong coming, his expression suddenly relaxed--- there was a faint intention to invite merit.

With a gloomy face, Zhang Yuankong slowly approached, looked at the soldiers, and shook his head slightly.

“…… Beasts are not as good as beasts! ”

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Not to mention that it is just seven ordinary soldiers, even if it is seventeen or seventy, when facing Zhang Yuankong and Zhang Yuanjin, who have no scruples, they only have the right to choose to send them to death or wait for death, in fact, even if there is only Ma Daokong alone, it is enough to kill all seven people. Previously, the reason why these soldiers dared to confront Zhang Yuanjin and Ma Daokong desperately prevented Zhang Yuanjin from doing things irreparably was not because they had any strong force, but because they were "official soldiers" and represented the "imperial court".

"Officers and soldiers...... It's ridiculous, how can such a person be considered an official soldier! ”

Killing seven people like cutting melons and beans, Zhang Yuankong's anger was still not exhausted, looking at the corpses everywhere, looking at the grass hut that was still burning, his hands trembled slightly, and he still couldn't recover his calm for a while.

"Da Zhenren, I ......"

As soon as he saw Zhang Yuankong's shot, Ma Daokong knew that he had made a big mistake with his heart, and when he hurriedly performed, he couldn't take his turn, among the seven people just now, Zhang Yuankong killed four of them, Zhang Yuanjin killed two, and he only fished out a head, but it was still the one who was seriously injured by Zhang Yuanjin and lay on the ground and couldn't move. At this moment, seeing that it was over, he was busy and wanted to explain, but Zhang Yuankong just waved his hand, looking tired.

"It's okay, I understand your thoughts...... It doesn't matter. ”

As he spoke, he heard the sound of footsteps behind him, but Carmen couldn't wait for the three of them to return, and he was worried, and he also ran over: as soon as he arrived, he saw corpses all over the ground, and he was speechless.

"Is it really this far......"

After muttering a few words, Carmen stepped forward quickly, began to check the corpses on the ground one by one, tried to save the --- in the end, and really let her save the two of them, and found a few people who had been hiding in the corner hole, at this time, seeing that the matter had subsided, he had the courage to slowly come out, and each hugged his corpse and cried silently--- looking at it in his eyes, it was really unbearable than howling and crying.

When Zhang Yuankong asked them the reason for the incident, they all shook their heads blankly, saying that when these people came to the village, there was no process of asking at all, and they walked inside and outside a few times, then suddenly turned their faces, drew their knives and killed.

"The heart of a beast is really ......"

hated and scolded, but worried that Carmen was on the side, Zhang Yuankong didn't scold, Carmen listened to it in his ears, just sneered, and said in a low voice: "Yiren ......?" But he didn't say anything more.

"Big real people."

came up again, and Ma Daokong said: "Get up after this matter...... said, and lowered his voice: "You guys, take a break, I'll go back to the carriage first." As he spoke, his eyes were already full of fierce light!

"You say...... Cannot! ”

First stunned, then terrified, after Zhang Yuankong understood the meaning of the other party's "extinguishment", as if he had been stabbed by something, he said sharply: "Absolutely not!" ”