In front of everyone, of course, he, as the patriarch, could not protect his son.

Wu Kai's face sank like water, and he walked up to me.

I hate this guy very much, if it weren't for my strength improvement, even if I didn't die at the hands of Wu Meng, I would probably be seriously injured.

There's nothing polite to talk to him!

Wu Kai originally thought that I didn't dare to really let him kneel and kowtow.

Seeing that I had no intention of stopping him, he had to kneel on the ground, kowtow to me, and said in a barely audible voice, "Master." ”

That's when I lifted him up. Wu Kai's face turned purple, and he whispered in my ear, "Unless you get out of here, see how I torture you!" ”

I responded, "I'll live in town from now on and see what you can do to me!" ”

Wu Qingze is not far from us, and he probably has heard our words.

He was silent for a moment, then said with a smile, "Young man, you are a talent. Now that you've defeated Wu Meng, you'll be the captain of the Guardian Team from now on. ”

As soon as his words came out, there was an immediate exclamation from the audience.

You know, the captain of the escort has a pivotal position in the town. In the entire town, there are only three captains of the escort.

Each captain is in charge of a dozen players. The players are all carefully selected, and their strength is very good.

Hearing that the patriarch asked me to take his place, Wu Meng glared at me unconvincedly.

Wu Qingze said, "Wu Meng, since you lost to him, then you should be a member of his team." When you have the strength to defeat him, you will be the captain again. ”

"Yes." Wu Meng agreed.

Wu Qingze said to Cao Wenbo, "Old Cao, you go and clean up the idle house and let this brother live." From now on, he will be our own. ”

Of course, Cao Wenbo was very happy and led me and Cao Xi to clean up the house.

I finally have a place to live, and the town pays the captain of the escort a decent amount of money to cover my living expenses.

Before leaving, Cao Wenbo said, "Chao'er, although the patriarch treats people modestly on the surface, he is very scheming, you have to beware of him." ”

I told them they would be careful.

After I stayed, I spent most of my time practicing according to the techniques recorded on the wooden figures. But in a week, a lot of progress has been made.

At the beginning of this technique, it is very fast to enter the country, and the more you go to the back, the more difficult it becomes. Because every little bit of progress needs a lot of aura support.

The aura I absorbed couldn't support that much usage at all, which also became a bottleneck for me.

I remember Cao Wenbo's instructions, and I usually live in a simple house, and most of the time I stay at home with sunspots.

As the captain of the guard, my mission is to lead a dozen of my men to patrol around the town and settle all kinds of disputes.

The patriarch was polite to me, and with the patriarch covering, Wu Kai didn't dare to embarrass me.

It seems to me that life is more comfortable than when I was in the village.

Maybe I'm thinking too much. Half a month later, someone came to inform me, "The patriarch wants to see me." ”

Wu Meng and I walked towards the compound in the center of the town, where the patriarch worked.

The yard is very spacious, and on both sides of the road, there are many flowers and plants, and a faint fragrance greets you.

The patriarch's office was in a small building at the end of the road.

As soon as I entered the room, I felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

In the living room, there sat five or six people, all of whom were the heads of the town, second only to the patriarch.

Their expressions were serious, as if they were in some trouble.

When he saw us enter, the patriarch beckoned to me and motioned for me to sit down on the chair next to me.

He coughed lightly twice, and then said to me, "Xiao Shen, you have been here for more than half a month, and the people in the town are very satisfied with you. But as you know, we are subordinates of the Huang family. ”

During this time, I had heard that the Huang family was the controller of the Huai River valley and one of the five major families. The Huang family asked the Wu family to guard a tributary of the Huai River Basin, which we call Bianshui.

The Bianshui flows for hundreds of miles, and the affairs of the vicinity are all under the control of the Wu family.

At the same time, the income of this river, except for a part of the income handed over to the Huang family, the rest was left to the Wu family. This is also the main source of income for the Wu family.

This section of the river is turbulent and extremely dangerous, and there are many dangerous shoals.

The river is very evil, and there are often rotting corpses, or floating corpses and other corpses coming out to make trouble. Naturally, the task of destroying them fell to the witch family.

I listened carefully to Wu Qingze's words.

Wu Qingze said, "Xiao Shen, I'll give you a somewhat tricky task. Of the three captains of the guards, I am most optimistic about you, so I will leave this matter to you. ”

When I said this, everyone looked at me intently. For me, rotting corpses or floating corpses and the like can't bother me at all.

I said to him, "Patriarch, don't hesitate to say anything. ”

Wu Qingze nodded and said, "In Hejia Village, near the Funiu River, people are missing every day, and the villagers are panicking. Since that stretch of the river is under our Wu family's jurisdiction, I'm going to let you bring someone to deal with it. ”

The patriarch and the others had very solemn faces, giving me the feeling that this matter did not seem to be as simple as he said.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Wu Qingze said with a smile, "Xiao Shen, don't worry. If there's any trouble, I'll ask the head of the room to bring someone to support you. ”

In the town, the patriarch has the highest status, and there are three other house chiefs below him. Their status is second only to the patriarch, they are all Wu Qingze's own brothers, and they are also the real power holders in the town.

Under the head of the house, it is our three captains of the guard.

I nodded and said, "Patriarch, please rest assured. I'll definitely fix this. ”

Wu Qingze said with a smile, "With your words, I am relieved." By the way, you and Wu Meng will go. ”

I said yes and came out of the living room. We had just walked out a short distance when we heard them continuing to argue about something.

They spoke loudly, as if there was no consensus on anything.

I asked Wu Meng, "Have you been to Hejia Village before?" ”

Wu Meng said angrily, "Captain Shen, you may not know. Hejia Village is a very terrible place, once upon a time, we had a total of four escort captains, and one of them went to Hejia Village and never came back. No one knows what happened to them. Since then, the patriarch has never sent anyone to the village. ”

It seems that I am right, this matter is really not simple.

As the captain of the town's guards, his strength must be good, and he doesn't know what can make them disappear quietly.

Of course, the patriarch and the others are not vegetarians, and they must not be indifferent to the disappearance of their own people.

I was puzzled and asked, "Is this matter over?" ”

Wu Meng said, "I heard that the chief of the house personally went to investigate this matter, but no one knows the specific results. It's just that since then, there has been no accident in Hejia Village. It's been exactly a year since this happened. ”

I said to Wu Meng, "Call everyone else, and we'll go." ”

Wu Meng agreed, called his subordinates, and after a while, eight people arrived.

Wu Meng drove a small bus, and everyone got into the car. Wu Meng drove, and the car kept driving in the direction of Hejia Village.

Hejia Village is about 200 miles away from Heluo Town, and it is a small village with only about 100 households.

The village chief is an old man in his sixties with a goatee, named He Baosheng.

When we entered the village, He Baosheng led people out.

He looked sad, and when he saw us, he said with a bitter face, "You're finally here." Everyone was terrified and was discussing the move. ”

I said to him, "Uncle He, don't worry, we will definitely help you solve the problem." ”

He Baosheng nodded and said, "I'm relieved that you can come." ”

He vacated one of the best houses in the village for us to live in.

I asked him, "What the hell is going on?" Please tell us about it. ”

He Baosheng sighed and instructed a young man, "Zhuzi, you go and bring the things and let them see them." ”

Hearing him say this, the young man's face turned pale, as if he was very frightened.

He Baosheng said impatiently, "Why are you so daring?" If this matter is not resolved, who knows what will happen at night? ”

The pillar reluctantly walked out of the courtyard. After a while, he returned, carrying a package in his hand.

The package looked very light, and the pillar just pinched it with his fingers, and it seemed to contain something he hated.

He Baosheng asked him to put the package on the table.

As soon as the pillar put down the package, I quickly hid away, and at the same time I smelled a strong rancid smell wafting from the package.

He Baosheng said with a sad face, "Everyone, see for yourself." ”

Wu Meng frowned and reached out to open the package. When he saw the contents inside, although Wu Meng was very bold, he was still frightened.

His hand shook, and he almost dropped the package to the ground. Our eyes fell on the inside of the package.

Although I was mentally prepared, I still felt a little numb in my scalp.

Among the people who came with me, the ones who had the less tolerance had already covered their mouths and vomited.

Inside the package are several neatly folded films, the pores of which are very thin, and they should be human skin.