Chapter 67: The Dove Occupies the Magpie's Nest
Qingkong's brows furrowed slightly, and sure enough, what he perceived was not wrong......
He pulled the fat man back behind him, and Mu Tian, Lu'er and the others also cautiously retreated to the corner on the side of the road. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoMaybe the tension in Ryugu has not subsided, and everyone is not taking it lightly. In fact, it is also the sudden noise of such a noisy sound in such a quiet street, which cannot help but make people a little suspicious.
The noise drew nearer and closer, and at last everyone could hear what was moving, and the noise was mixed with several different voices, scolding, crying, and some pleading.
Qingkong turned his head and glanced at several people behind him, their eyes full of doubt and vigilance.
But after a while, as the sound became clearer and clearer, a group of people appeared in their field of vision at the end of the corner, and then there was a look of shock in their eyes, yes, shock.
Mu Tian of two people in this group should be very familiar, not that she knows her, but the clothes they wear are the dark green armor that symbolizes the capital of herds, and the stars on it are dotted around the majestic tree.
"Isn't this a soldier from the Pastoral Capital, how can he be here?" Jin Ming also noticed the two Terran warriors who appeared in front of him, and said softly.
Mu Tian nodded, but at this moment she didn't have a trace of the excitement she should have when she saw "her own people", because at this time, here, and now, there are still things that those two soldiers have done......
"What the hell, still grinding?" said one of the soldiers, dragging frantically at the men below him.
Underneath him was a poorly dressed, delicate-looking girl who was clearly no more than fifteen years old, in other words, the same age as Qingkong. The girl's face was full of tears, her originally beautiful face was also beaten blue and red, and her slender hands tightly dragged the legs of the two old men behind her, who were also dressed plainly, and cried in a hoarse voice.
The two old men behind him seemed to be the girl's parents, and their faces were also full of tears, stretching out their hands like dry branches and crying to the two green-clothed Terran soldiers in front of them.
"Please, please, we will definitely get the money together, we will definitely ......" The old man cried weakly, his tone was weak, and the voice of the latter sentence could no longer be heard, and he probably didn't even have the confidence to do it himself.
"you!" another soldier in green kicked the two old men to the ground. "I'll talk about it when you get the money together and send it to your grandfathers, but in the meantime, your precious daughter...... We love for you first. ”
The two old men, who were already crumbling, were kicked so hard by him that they fell directly to the ground, leaving only moaning incessantly.
Seeing that he couldn't bear it anymore at this time, Qingkong rushed over with an arrow step. And Jin Ming saw that Qingkong rushed out, so he naturally followed, followed by Lu'er.
Although Mu Tian gritted his teeth, he also followed. Although she couldn't stand it just now, she didn't act recklessly, because this kind of bullying happens all over the world, and she doesn't have the leisure time to care about these things.
Originally, there was not much distance, and when the green-clothed soldier standing on the side noticed that someone was approaching, Qingkong's fist had already gone straight to his front door.
"Ouch!" the soldier who had been punched in the face cried out in pain, and his body was directly knocked to the ground, and in just a moment, blood covered his face.
The other soldier was obviously frightened, and when he reacted and touched the long sword at his waist, a lightning-fast leather whip directly knocked the long sword in his hand away, leaving only a deep blood mark on the back of his hand.
"Ah......h ... Who is it? Who dares to spread wild on the territory of the pastoral capital, I tell you...... I'll tell you, we've got a few hundred people here......"
The soldier wanted to scold, but he still held back, in case he angered the person in front of him, his own life would be lost.
"The territory of the Pastoral Capital?" Qingkong silently read it in his mouth, feeling a little strange.
The soldier seemed to hesitate a little when he looked at Qingkong, thinking that he was frightened when he heard that he was talking about the territory of the herdsman's capital, so he strengthened his courage and his voice became a lot louder, and said: "Just now we collected the monthly payment from these villagers according to the instructions of the captain of the garrison, but they couldn't afford to pay it, of course, we had to detain their daughters...... Belch...... I worked as a coolie. ”
Another soldier had his nose bleeding all over his face, and said angrily: "What you did just now has violated the laws of the Pastoral Capital, and we will not let you go easily!"
As soon as Qingkong heard this, the dove occupied the magpie's nest and talked about the law shamelessly, and the anger suddenly came up again, and the body just wanted to lean forward and give them another beating, but was stopped by Mu Tian.
"Go and call your garrison captain out and tell him, Mu Zhidu, Mu Tian, please see him. Mu Tian said coldly, although she was very disgusted with the two soldiers in front of her, but after all, they were people from her own family, representing the capital of Mu, and she thought that it was better to let their superiors deal with it.
"Shepherd...... Mu Tian?" The two soldiers looked at the girl in front of them suspiciously, this "Mu" surname is not common in the capital of Muzhi, except for the princes and nobles, how can anyone dare to have this surname. But they didn't know whether they were alive or dead, they only looked at the still developing body of the girl in front of them, and didn't think much about her identity at all, which fully verified the word "lustful and gallant".
"Why don't you get out of here?!" Seeing their squinting eyes wandering around the two girls behind them, Qingkong was suddenly furious, pretending to stretch out his fist to teach them a lesson, and the fat behind him also cooperated with the flame of dragon breath intertwined with his mouth.
Only then did the two green-clothed soldiers come to their senses, hurriedly got up, hurriedly opened the iron gate, and fled into the iron fence as if flying.
Looking at the embarrassed backs of the two soldiers, Mu Tianmei's eyes showed a trace of imperceptible worry, she felt that this matter should not be too simple today, and the soldiers stationed in the Mu City appeared in the territory of Qingyun City, could it be ......
Qingkong was obviously also a little puzzled, a trace of coldness flashed in his green eyes, if it wasn't for Mu Tian to stop him just now, he would definitely not let these two beast-like people leave alive.
The girl who was free on the ground helped her elderly parents up, but she still didn't dare to stand up in front of several peers in front of her, and the three of them bent down deeply and thanked them busily: "Thank you for a few benefactors, thank you for a few benefactors......
Qingkong waved his hand, and asked him the question that he was most concerned about now.
"What's going on here?"
The girl with her head down and her old parents didn't seem to expect Qingkong to ask them this question, and there was a hint of confusion in their eyes in addition to horror.
"I didn't ...... What didn't happen was that we couldn't pay the monthly payment for this month. The old man said tremblingly.
"I don't mean that. Let's put it this way, I am the Terran of Qingyun City, this place was originally supposed to be the place under the jurisdiction of Qingyun City, why is it that now this is the shadow of the Terran of the Pastoral Capital? and...... Why are there so few people in the villages and towns?" Qingkong's tone deliberately suppressed a hint of arrogance, because there was another person behind him who represented the capital of the pasture, and he hoped that everything that happened here was a misunderstanding.
"Huh?"
Hearing Qingkong's words, the three villagers who bowed slightly to the ground sighed softly, probably not expecting that this young man was actually a human race in Qingyun City, and the horror in his eyes also receded slightly.
The wrinkles on the old father's face twitched slightly, his chapped lips opened and closed, and he didn't know where to speak, but he still said tremblingly: "Actually, we don't know what happened, about a month ago, the soldiers stationed here suddenly received an order to evacuate here, and then these green-clothed soldiers were stationed in. Then they put up a notice informing the villagers that every household must pay a monthly payment of 300 gold coins every month, but except for some big families in the village who can afford it, how can we ordinary people afford to pay so much money. So......"
At this, the old man suddenly sighed, "So they began to search everywhere for everything they fancied, including...... Young girls. Some of the villagers fled with their families to the south, and it is said that a new Terran force was formed in the far south......"
Although the old man's description was rather vague, everyone knew what the two soldiers wanted to do when they caught this girl just now, and it was definitely not as simple as being a coolie.
"These beasts...... Inhuman things!" Jin Ming wanted to burst out, but it was Mu Tian standing next to him, so he had to express his anger in a different way.
Mu Tian heard the old man's crying, and his body trembled slightly. She had long heard that the discipline of some soldiers in the capital of Makino was not as good as that in the army every year, mainly because the lord of Makino City expanded the army endlessly, and there was basically no selection system, which led to some hooligans, robbers and even rapists mixing into the army, making the original iron-blooded and righteous army into a miasma. His mother, as one of the chief instructors of the capital of Makino, had proposed to the lord of Makino Castle to rectify the military regulations, but he ignored them.
"What happened in Qingyun City?" said Qingkong's tone with a hint of anxiety. He didn't hear what was going on in Qingyun City from the old man's account, and at this moment, he suddenly remembered the strange dream he had in Dragon Valley, which made his back feel a little chilly.
"It is said that ...... It is said that something happened in Qingyun City, and the old city lord was ...... Harmless, he was replaced by a young new city owner. The old man thought for a moment and said intermittently.
After listening to the old man's words, all of them, except for Qingkong, were stunned, and they all looked at him with a suspicious look, because this news was really too unacceptable.
"What nonsense are you talking about? We met the Qingcheng Lord not long ago!" Jin Ming said in a deep voice, his eyes sharp.
"No...... No, I'm not talking nonsense, before these green-clothed soldiers came, there was a notice posted, and I still have a copy here......" The old man hurriedly took out his arms to look for the notice he said, but after touching it a few times, he still couldn't find it, so he anxiously pointed to the sky and said, "I... I swear to the Dragon Guardian that if I talk nonsense, I won't die a good death!"
Jin Ming swore an oath when he heard him, and he didn't have anything to say, only to look at the sky.
"Is that a dream...... Really?" muttered to himself.
"What dream?" Jin Ming asked when he noticed that Qingkong's state was a little distracted.
"No, I'm going to get back to Qingyun City as soon as possible!" Qingkong raised his head suddenly, a pair of blue eyes radiated a terrifying light, he no longer cared whether what he dreamed in his dream was related to what the old man said, and the only thing he could do now was to return to Qingyun City immediately, after all, seeing is believing.
Ignoring the people behind him, he turned around and was about to leave, and in his heart he didn't need horses, or faster modes of transportation.
But before he could take a step, the big iron gate in front of him was suddenly opened, and a group of soldiers in green armor quickly ran out of it with weapons in hand, surrounding Qingkong and the others. Seeing the soldiers who came out, the two old men and the girl, who had been bowing slightly, suddenly collapsed on the ground again, and sighed helplessly.
A large number of soldiers surrounded Qingkong and the others a few times like ants out of the nest, and after standing still, a figure who looked like a big official slowly pushed away the crowd, originally came out with a disdainful expression, wanting to see who was stirring up trouble, and when he saw the creatures next to several teenagers, his expression began to gradually become solemn......