Chapter 584: Save the villagers

"Didn't you go to the city to ask the lord for help?"

"My lord doesn't know, the city lord of Qucheng is a villain, he only recognizes money and not people, and the villagers have sent representatives to ask them to send people to kill beasts, but unfortunately the city lord will never send someone to help if he doesn't see the money. As soon as his tone changed, Li Shuangxi continued: "Actually, at the beginning, the big guy gathered a lot of silver taels and invited some helpers, and then he was quiet for a while. But recently, the villagers don't have the money to hire people anymore, but the activities of fierce beasts in the vicinity are becoming more and more frequent. ”

"In desperation, everyone had to organize their own manpower to solve the problem of fierce beasts, but unfortunately most of these villages are ordinary people, how can they beat those fierce beasts, and the more we beat us, the fewer people there are, but the more fierce beasts there are. In the end, when they couldn't defeat those fierce beasts, many people chose to flee in all directions, leaving only some old people who remained in the village because of the inconvenience of the long journey," In the end, Li Shuangxi's tone was extremely helpless.

"Is the city lord of Qucheng still in the city now?" Infected by Li Shuangxi's emotions, Lin Xuanzhong was also very helpless about the situation that these villages had encountered.

"I heard earlier that the purpose of the city lord of Qucheng was to escape from Qucheng as soon as possible, and he may have left. But I haven't been to the city in days, and I don't know what's going on in the city right now. ”

"Is the lord of that canal city a local or a foreigner?"

"It seems to be a foreigner, and I heard that I came to Qucheng after receiving an order from the royal family. ”

"I see," nodded, Lin Xuanzhong already had a certain guess about whether the city lord of Qucheng was still in the city, and at the same time, he also felt that this time they would not go as smoothly as expected when they went to Qucheng to collect grain.

"Brother Li, where are you going to take us now?"

"Go to the ancestral shrine in the village, where the villagers who didn't leave are hiding. ”

"Won't you be found by the beast?"

"No, those places have been sealed off from the outside, and the beasts can't smell them, and they won't be found. ”

"Can the people in there still come out?"

"I don't have to come out, and I don't plan to come out," Speaking of this, Li Shuangxi's face naturally showed a sad look, and he felt a sense of difficulty in speaking.

When Lin Xuanzhong and Li Shuangxi were talking, Zhang Jiutian and Yu Tong, who came with him, always felt awkward about Lin Xuanzhong's way of calling Li Shuangxi, because Li Shuangxi was too weak in front of them. Whether it is identity or strength, but now after listening to Li Shuangxi say so much, the two are moved together. Thinking that there was limited food and water in that closed place, and when those things were consumed, the people inside would have to die, and the two of them really couldn't bear it, and Lin Xuanzhong, who also took this into account, was even more so.

While Li Shuangxi was trying to restrain his emotions, Lin Xuanzhong was thinking about what to do if the person living in the secret room was not dead. As the commander, Lin Xuanzhong already has the right to make decisions in this regard, so Lin Xuanzhong doesn't want to see those people die inside.

Not long after, when he came to the ancestral hall, Li Shuangxi took Lin Xuanzhong and a group of people in, and then found a newly sealed stone gate in a place.

"My lord, the villagers should all be inside," finding the location of the stone gate, Li Shuangxi hurriedly reminded Lin Xuanzhong.

Following what Li Shuangxi pointed out, Lin Xuanzhong guessed that the room in front of him should be the dark room in the ancestral hall, I don't know how big the area is, but the situation inside is really worrying.

"You two go and smash the stone door open," ordered the two guards who followed behind him, and Lin Xuanzhong took Li Shuangxi and a few people to take the initiative to get out of the way.

"Knock knock knock......" The two sixth-order martial cultivators who had received the order stepped forward and slashed at the stone gate with the weapons in their hands, and soon the stone door with a few more cracks shattered, revealing the scene inside the dark room.

Looking inside, under the flame of a candle, it was dim, and some dark shadows could be seen curled up in the distance, huddled in the corner, as if they were afraid of any danger outside, about twenty or so.

"Come out, folks," as soon as the stone door opened, Li Shuangxi was overjoyed, and immediately shouted inside, and then walked directly inside regardless of the situation inside.

Following Li Shuangxi, Lin Xuanzhong also wanted to go in and have a look, but Yu Tong suddenly pulled him from the side. Turning around and looking at Yu Tong's eyes, Lin Xuanzhong vaguely understood something, and Yu Tong was worried that there was a situation inside. However, things are not as Yu Tong thought, no one will plot against Lin Xuanzhong, let alone anyone can plot against Lin Xuanzhong casually. No matter what, Lin Xuanzhong still did not move according to Yu Tong's meaning.

After Li Shuangxi entered, someone inside recognized Li Shuangxi's identity, and asked excitedly why Li Shuangxi came, and then followed Li Shuangxi out of it.

It was getting late, and Lin Xuanzhong couldn't see the faces of those people clearly, but the smell that those people brought out of the dark room was unusually choking, and the breath in the dark room was obviously impassable, and it was estimated that the smell inside was even more urgent.

In the next time, Yu Tong and the others had already covered their noses one by one, and only Lin Xuanzhong was still holding back and did not move.

"Village chief, it was the adults who asked me to rescue you, you tell the big guys not to be afraid, the adults won't do anything to us," Li Shuangxi also did not cover his nose, but helped an old man with a smile on his face. Based on today's conversation with Lin Xuanzhong, Li Shuangxi has realized that Lin Xuanzhong is not a vicious person, and he is a very affectionate person. Out of his understanding of Lin Xuanzhong, Li Shuangxi never thought about the possibility that Lin Xuanzhong would hurt these villagers.

"General, let's go out first," Seeing that Li Shuangxi had already brought people out, Yu Tong reminded him beside him.

The next time, Lin Xuanzhong nodded and walked out, first walking outside. The light outside finally brightened a little, and Lin Xuanzhong saw the faces of those villagers one by one, and sure enough, as Li Shuangxi said, they were all old men. However, to Lin Xuanzhong's surprise, a man and a woman, and two children came out at the back, and they had been hiding behind those old people and cowering.

Thinking of the ending of the two children who had been left in the dark room, Lin Xuanzhong couldn't help but have a compassionate emotion, and for a while, the emotions were so complicated that they couldn't be explained.

"Folks, this is the adult I told you, it was the adult who asked me to rescue you all!" When he got outside, Li Shuangxi pointed to the white-haired Lin Xuanzhong to introduce the villagers.

"Thank you, my lord," under Li Shuangxi's prompting, led by the village chief, a group of people all knelt down, without asking Lin Xuanzhong's specific identity, and kowtowed to Lin Xuanzhong again and again, especially the two children at the back, who kept bowing to Lin Xuanzhong. Thinking that the people kneeling in front of him were all old men, Lin Xuanzhong really couldn't bear it.

"Everyone get up," Lin Xuanzhong didn't bend over and took the initiative to help them up, but he definitely couldn't let those old men continue to kneel.

"Folks, get up," Lin Xuanzhong reminded him, Li Shuangxi first helped the village chief next to him up, and then went to help others, and now Li Shuangxi has put all his hopes on Lin Xuanzhong, who has only known him for less than half a day, hoping that Lin Xuanzhong can really save the villagers.

"Deputy General Yu, you go to General Wang and tell these villagers to arrange two rooms," after a brief consideration, Lin Xuanzhong instructed Yu Tong next to him. Now that these people have been rescued, naturally we can't ignore them.

"Yes," Yu Tong agreed, with a slight look in his eyes, in fact, Yu Tong did not agree with Lin Xuanzhong's approach very much, but he really couldn't disobey.

"Brother Li, you tell the villagers about the current situation first, I'll take the others over there and wait, and then come to me after you have finished talking," Looking at these old villagers, in addition to being very sympathetic, Lin Xuanzhong also thought of many questions. If you really want to help them, you have to start with the fundamental problem first, so Lin Xuanzhong wants to think about it first and then make a comprehensive plan.

Now that it is getting late and late, Lin Xuanzhong hopes that Wang Yiyao can arrange the food and accommodation as soon as possible. On the other side, Lin Xuanzhong also wanted to know about the situation on General Xing's side.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely explain the situation as soon as possible," Lin Xuanzhong's order made Li Shuangxi more and more happy, and Li Shuangxi really wanted to explain the situation to the villagers.

"A few of you stay by the side, don't let other soldiers disturb them!" Before leaving, Lin Xuanzhong specially explained to the six guards, those who were arranged to protect Lin Xuanzhong's safety.

"General, but?" As the captain of the guard, some of them couldn't accept Lin Xuanzhong's instructions, because their duty was to stay by Lin Xuanzhong's side all the time.

"It's nothing good!" Before the captain of the guards could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Lin Xuanzhong, and before he could speak again, Lin Xuanzhong had already turned around and left, leaving the six guards staring, left and right, only Zhang Jiutian naturally followed Lin Xuanzhong.

"General, are you going to take in those villagers?" After walking a little farther, Zhang Jiutian's words and deeds were quite casual.

"Yes. ”

"But I'm afraid the other two generals won't agree, and if the generals really do this, won't it affect us to go to Qucheng to collect grain?" Zhang Jiutian had already thought of many questions, and all of them were the ones that Lin Xuanzhong was thinking about now.

Under Zhang Jiutian's inquiry, Lin Xuanzhong didn't care how difficult the solution to the problem was, but wanted to know Zhang Jiutian's attitude. "Brother Zhang, if it were you, would you choose to die rather than save you?"

Faced with Lin Xuanzhong's inquiry, Zhang Jiutian couldn't help but feel embarrassed, because Lin Xuanzhong still asked in a private way.

"Since the general intends to save those villagers, why should he care about my opinion, I'm just a little lieutenant general," Zhang Jiutian's answer seemed too tactful, but if he could understand Zhang Jiutian's intentions, it would be very direct. According to the tone of Zhang Jiutian's speech, Lin Xuanzhong suddenly understood what Zhang Jiutian meant.

"Then in your opinion, how can I save those villagers?"

"It's best to say hello to the other two generals first, lest if something goes wrong in the future, the two generals will put the blame on you. From Lin Xuanzhong's questioning, Zhang Jiutian realized that Lin Xuanzhong had already understood what he meant.