Chapter 20: No Longer a Person
It was already noon, Qi Jing and Zhu Gaochi were sitting in the camp talking and laughing, Qin Wanxi and Fu Liu were sitting on the side and listening to the two talking, but the scene was not embarrassing.
Zhu Gaochi couldn't figure it out, Qi Jing and Qin Wanxi seemed to be two polite strangers who had just met, which felt very weird.
Qi Jing looked at the sky and said, "It's time for these savages to go back, and I don't know why the county king likes hunting so much." β
Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly, "My younger brother has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and to put it bluntly, he grew up in the military camp, but he has never been on the battlefield, so hunting has become his most basic martial activity." β
Qi Jing nodded, and just as he wanted to get up, he heard noisy footsteps coming from the side of the camp, Qi Jing frowned and looked at these flustered guards, and his heart chuckled.
"What's going on?!"
"My lord, His Royal Highness the King of the County is gone!"
"What did you say?!"
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Qi Jing left the anxious Zhu Gaochi to guard the camp and took the Beiping special combat team he trained to look for Zhu Gaoxu.
This is a dense jungle with vigorous vegetation, Zhu Gaoxu is afraid that he is lost, and the search will not only have no effect, but will destroy the traces, so Qi Jing only took his own special combat team.
Qi Jing had no expression on the surface, but he was very anxious in his heart, the conclusion that the imperial court would not attack himself and others was just a guess, what if the guess fell throughγ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»
Qi Jing couldn't even think about it.
Qi Jing and the others searched for a long time in the direction where the guards finally saw Zhu Gaoxu, and seeing that the sun was about to set, Qi Jing had no choice no matter how anxious he was.
"My lord, there is blood here!"
Hearing this, Qi Jing hurriedly ran over, only to see a bloodstain clearly visible on the grass, leaned over and sniffed, and let out a long sigh of relief, it was not human blood.
"Follow the bloodstains!"
"No!"
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The old man looked forward to the left and the right, and finally a team of people carrying standard long knives and wearing armor walked out from the direction where Zhu Gaoxu appeared.
The old man hurriedly walked up on crutches, "Which of you is called Qi Jing?" β
Hearing this, Qi Jing said, "Have you ever seen a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy? β
The old man nodded again and again and said, "He asked me to tell you that he was captured by the people of Chaoyang Hall, and he said that you have a way to save him!" β
Qi Jing's eyes flashed fiercely, and he asked, "Old man, how can I find this Chaoyang Hall?" β
The old man said: "No one knows the specific location of Chaoyang Hall, I heard that it is a big courtyard dozens of miles northeast. β
Qi Jing nodded, thanked the old man, and took more than 20 people to the east.
Zhu Gaoxu was so angry that he forgot that he was in danger.
A child who was only 11 years old had to run a kilometer with a 100-pound stone closed, and he would have to be whipped 20 times if he ran slowly and had no food to eat. Xiao Lizi hadn't eaten for four days, and the flesh on her body was all broken.
The children were trained to be sold to the slave market or to the performing arts, where they performed the jacks on their heads. And those who can't be trained will either be killed and thrown away, or forced to beg.
What made Zhu Gaoxu even more chilling was that none of the more than 30 children in the entire backyard resisted, and his eyes were full of palpitating dead ashes!
Qi Jing knelt on the wall silently and saw Zhu Gaoxu at a glance, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhu Gaoxu unharmed. Suddenly, he heard a whipping sound, and the corners of Qi Jing's eyes twitched slightly, and there seemed to be flames erupting from his eyes.
More than twenty whips were whipped on the child who was only about ten years old, the child's body was full of rotten meat, and he didn't even make a sound, Qi Jing's eyes breathed fire, what kind of torture made a child who was only a teenager so sluggish?
Suddenly, I didn't know what to say, the person who beat the child actually whipped Zhu Gaoxu, Qi Jing's eyes narrowed, his feet were forced, and with the power of bounce, he arrived in front of the person in an instant, and the waist knife was sheathed slightly, and the man covered his neck and fell to the ground a few steps backwards.
Zhu Gaoxu said in surprise: "Sir! β
Qi Jing nodded slightly, and snorted, "Kill!" Before the words fell, more than two dozen black shadows jumped from the wall.
Qi Jing's pace changed and rushed towards the others who rushed over, but it was just a few breaths, and there were dead bodies lying on the ground, Qi Jing took a deep breath happily, and Qi Jing found that he was so eager for blood without fear!
Qi Jing turned around and said, "Zhang Fu, you take your brothers to escort the king of the county back, Zhu Gaoxu, you and I will go and see if there are any fish that have slipped through the net." β
"No!"
After Zhu Gaoxu and the others left, Qi Jing and Qi Jing looked inside and outside the courtyard and were sure that there were no living people.
Guo Shun stood in the courtyard and looked around, his eyes rolled, looking at these children who were only teenagers, thinking of the bloodthirsty light in their eyes when they saw those people die in front of Qi Jing, and suddenly a bold idea came to him. His face calmed down, and he cleared his throat and said.
"My family, I saved you, as long as you follow my family, you will gain dignity, food and clothing without worry, of course, if you don't want to, you can leave."
Qi Jing frowned, but he didn't speak, he felt that he should see what Qi Jing wanted to do.
After Guo Shun finished speaking, everyone was silent, but when they heard about dignity and food and clothing, these people's eyes still flashed.
Guo Shun waited for a while, and there was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy who said slowly: "How to gain dignity? β
The corners of Guo Shun's mouth hooked slightly, this child is the oldest of all the children, and he is very prestigious among these children, because he has the least scars on his body. "The adults of my family are the nine products of the imperial court at a young age, and they hold great power, don't you want to be like my family and decide the life and death of others?"
Qi Jing looked at Guo Shun in surprise, he always thought that this was a reckless man, but he didn't expect it, he didn't expect it.
The child's eyes lit up, and he thought, when he saw that those who he could not normally resist had no strength to resist in front of someone who looked about his own age, he thought.
Guo Shun said loudly: "Do you want to gain dignity? If you want dignity, you must have the strength to make you respect you, and this strength, no one in the world is willing to give it to you for free except for my family! Stay and submit to my lordship, or do you leave? β
Seeing that the children were in thought, Qi Jing raised his eyebrows and said, "Guo Shun, where did you learn this?" β
Guo Shun did not answer Qi Jing's words, but knelt down on one knee and said solemnly, "My lord, my subordinates are willing to hand over this life to my lord!" β
Guo Shun has made this decision for a long time, but there is no suitable opportunity, he is a good martial artist, but he is not stupid, he trusts his own intuition.
This seemingly young boy has a terrifying tiger hidden in his heart, whether it is the means or the skills, it makes Qi Jing more determined in his choice.
No one is stupid, King Yan is rebelling, and just recently, this is already something that everyone knows in the palace. In the past, Qi Jing thought that King Yan would lose, but since Qi Jing's divine soldiers descended from the sky, Guo Shun felt that King Yan would win.
Zhu Di, who sits on the throne, will definitely give a big reward, Guo Shun doesn't think that Qi Jing will have no reward. If you hug a big tree early, you can also get your wish early. When Qi Jing is gaining momentum, he hugs his thighs again, and now he hugs his thighs are two results.
As the saying goes, if you are wise and foolish, I'm afraid it's Qijing.
Qi Jing heard Guo Shun's words, and said faintly, "Follow me, it's very risky." β
"My subordinates have been stupid all their lives, and they are satisfied with their wisdom this time."
"So these people γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»γ»"
"My lord, every family will have a subordinate who is willing to die, and these people are the best candidates."
Qi Jing was surprised by Guo Shun's reaction, as if this Guo Shun was no longer the brainless reckless man he knew, it seemed that everyone had secrets. Qi Jing glanced at Guo Shun meaningfully.
When Qi Jing set his eyes on the thirty-five scarred children in front of him, he thought, "From today onwards, I will no longer be alone. β
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