In the middle of the night, all the night guards who went to investigate returned.

"Master, there is a problem in this village, most of the people in it have martial arts. There is a large ancestral hall inside, and the subordinates have gone in to explore, and there is a dark room under the ancestral hall, and there are many people locked up in it, most of them are women and girls, and there are also a few strong men, who look like soldiers, but they should all be drugged. ”

"How many people are in the village?"

"One hundred and twenty-seven, the kung fu is not too high, and it is not a problem to win." Ye brought a whole hundred night guards this time, and he could deal with those individuals, and he could get it by going out with ten.

"Then take it and keep a few alive."

"Yes."

The night guard left, and at the same time, there was a strange movement in the wind and then calmed down.

The wait was supposed to be extraordinarily long, but the night guard was the night guard and didn't make them wait too long.

When Shangguan Yuyu's neck was about to double as long, a light purple light flashed from the Triangle Village.

Midnight patted his robe and got up, and disappeared in place with a flash.

Shangguan Yuchen's eyes lit up, and he immediately disappeared.

At this time, Shangguan Yuyu couldn't sit still.

By the time they arrived, midnight was already standing at the door of the village ancestral hall, but there was not a single corpse to be seen, but the smell of blood around them was disgusting.

The night guard pushed the door open, and the rescued men and women inside had been placed in the ancestral hall, not in the cellar.

Midnight's first gaze was at the few strong men mentioned by the night guard, who were really soldiers, at least once soldiers.

"Soldiers? Active or retired? Although it was obvious that he was drugged, he barely supported himself to sit upright, with his hands clenched into fists on his knees, and he was upright.

is obviously in a weak position, but he is still fearless.

It's a gesture unique to military personnel, and it's awe-inspiring.

One of the swarthy men nodded, and replied weakly in his voice: "We are soldiers, I am on active duty, and I have taken a leave to return to my hometown to visit relatives." ”

Pointing to the few people next to him who could only sit on the ground: "They are all retired soldiers." ”

When the word soldier is spoken, there is a pride in his voice that cannot be ignored.

In the middle of the night, he walked not far from them and sat on the ground: "This king is titled Xian, this king has respected soldiers since he was a child, and this time I heard about the disappearance and murder of veterans, so I came to investigate it carefully." ”

Virtuous King?

King Xian!!

Several people were surprised and delighted and were about to get up and kneel, but they were stopped by Midnight's outstretched hand: "No need to be polite." ”

Just raised his hand and pressed it gently, a few people felt that they couldn't move, originally because of the respect and respect for the word 'Xianwang', and the influence of the Xianwang lineage on the soldiers, it can be said that in Yanxi, there is no one who wants to be a soldier and does not want to enter the Fu family army, and does not want to become a soldier of the Xianwang.

But now, for this virtuous king with gorgeous hair and only a young age, they can be described as worship, and there is a deep fear.

"Prince Xie Xian's great grace." Since the virtuous king did not let them kneel, they bowed deeply to show their respect.

This time, he didn't stop at midnight: "Get up, is it convenient to talk to this king about the situation?" ”

"Lord Xie Xian."

It was the active soldier who spoke, and it could be seen that he was the leader of the group.

This active-duty soldier is called Miao Qing, a native of Miaojia Village outside Xuancheng, serving in the Northeast Army, and a soldier guarding the Northeast Pass.

Yan Xi has military discipline, and after a soldier has served for three years, or if a soldier is promoted to an officer, he can apply to go home to visit his family.

Miao Qing has been serving for six years, and he is still a Bai commander [similar to the current platoon commander], and he has long been qualified to go home to visit relatives, but because there is no one at home, he has never used this qualification.

I came back this time because of a letter from a fellow villager and good brother who went to join the army together.

Miao Qing's good brother is called Miao Da, and he retired because of his broken leg. The two had a lifelong friendship, so Miao Da was ready to get married, and he went to the army and asked him to come to eat saliva and drink.

Who knew that when Miao Qing came back after approving the leave, it was not Miao Da's happy marriage that was waiting for him, but Miao Da's cold corpse.

Miao is a carpenter in the family, and Miao Da's own craftsmanship is also good. The Northeast Pass is also referred to as Dongguan by everyone, and the Northeast Army is also the army of the Nine Emperor Uncles, and the compensation for veterans, no one really dares to take the Northeast Pass, so although Miao Da is discharged, he has silver in his hand.

It stands to reason that like Miao Da, who has his own craftsmanship and silver in his hand, even if he has a crippled leg, it is not serious, it only affects the war and discharges, but it does not affect life, and he can't see it if he doesn't look carefully when he walks on weekdays, and it is not difficult to marry a daughter-in-law.

The problem lies in Miao Da's own family.

Miao Da is the eldest in the family, and there are three younger brothers and two younger sisters in the family. The parents are both eccentric, biased towards Miao's youngest brother.

Almost all the silver and rewards received by Miao Da every month when he was in the army and the rewards he received for meritorious service were sent home.

This time he had a crippled leg, and he gave one hundred taels to his parents of the two hundred taels of silver he received from the army, and he was ready to keep the other hundred taels for himself and marry a daughter-in-law to live a good life at home.

But his mother was unclear, and after knowing that he still had silver on him, she asked him to take it out to marry his little brother, Miao Da was unwilling, so she rolled on the ground and cried that Miao Da was unfilial, and he was forced to hang himself, and finally the one hundred taels in Miao Da's hand were taken away by his parents.

Miao is good-looking, upright, before joining the army, there was a girl in the village who was good in private, he joined the army, the girl was waiting for him at home, he came back from the army with a crippled leg, and the girl didn't like him.

That's a good thing.

But isn't there a saying - a happy life is the same, and an unhappy life has its own misery.

The girl is a good one, but her parents are greedy, and the girl can wait for Miao Da, that is because Miao Da often sends some silver or things to the girl in private, and when she gets benefits, they don't object to the girl waiting.

As soon as Miao Da came back, the two reunited after a long absence, one was excited to eat the forbidden fruit, and the girl was also capable, and she became pregnant with Miao Da's child at once.

Miao Da got 200 taels of compensation by his parents and the whole village knew about it, and naturally the girl's parents also knew.

Now it's okay, the girl's parents let out the words, if Miao Da wants to marry the girl, he has to come up with a hundred taels of gifts, otherwise they are willing to arrest the embarrassed daughter and go to Shentang.

Miao's big pockets are cleaner than his face, how can there be any silver?

begged his parents, but his parents refused, and drove Miao Da out of the house and broke off relations with him.

Miao Da was cornered now.

At this time, Miao Da heard the news that the city [Xuancheng] was recruiting veterans, and also heard that the moon silver was not low.

In a desperate situation, Miao Da wrote an oath to the girl's parents, begging her parents to take care of the girl, and he would earn the silver, and he would come back to marry the girl when he earned the bride price.

But who knows, when he went, he came back with a corpse.