The Return of the King Volume 125 The City of the Six Towers
As soon as Zhu Ping'an and his party flew to Jacoblian's territory on a spaceship, they were attacked by a group of mysterious flying fish, and during the attack, Suzaku in order to help Ping An and them get out of danger and attract the attack of the fish, and the spaceship that Ping An and the others were riding was also destroyed by the fish and fell down. When he woke up safely, he found that Laura was injured and unconscious, and in order to operate on Laura, Xuanwu used the reserve energy of his mechanical armor to send it to the medical system on the spaceship that had no energy supply, and Xuanwu himself used up the energy of the mechanical armor. Worried about Suzaku's safety and having to take care of the injured Laura, Xuanwu asked Ping An to search for and rescue Suzaku whose whereabouts were unknown, and handed over the burden of finding the white tiger to Ping An alone. Although Ping An knew that the situation was serious, in order to find Suzaku and his partner, he resolutely embarked on an unknown journey alone.
After Zhu Ping'an jumped out of the spaceship, he walked forward against the wind and sand, and after walking for more than three hours, he vaguely saw a little light in front of him, and there was a curling green smoke slowly rising.
"There is fire, there is smoke, that is, there are people's homes, go and ask for directions first. Thinking of this, Ping An hurriedly quickened his pace.
When he got closer, Ping An was shocked. Where are the people, it is clearly the remains of the looted light, there are several corpses lying on the ground, and the house behind them has been burned down, emitting sporadic fires and burnt ash smoke.
"What's going on?" Ping'an couldn't believe his eyes, although he said that this was a poor and remote village, but killing people and setting fires in broad daylight was too cruel and barbaric.
"Help......" A person not far away made a faint cry for help, and his right hand trembled forward.
"And survivors!" Seeing that there were still people alive, Ping An hurriedly ran over and approached the man.
It was a middle-aged uncle, although he was not too old, but his sideburns and hair tips were obviously gray, indicating the embarrassment and hardship of their usual life.
"Uncle, uncle, how are you?" Ping'an has always been kind-hearted, and hurriedly helped the uncle up, supported his head with his hand, and shouted at the other party.
Seeing that the uncle was silent again, Ping An hurriedly took out water from his bag and fed it to the uncle, and injected the energy mixture for first aid given by Xuanwu into the uncle's arm by injection.
After a while, the uncle slowly opened his eyes, and finally came to his senses and understood.
"How do you feel?" asked Ping An with concern.
The first thing the uncle did when he woke up was to get up like crazy and crawl towards a few corpses not far ahead.
"Wife, wake up!" the uncle pushed his wife's corpse.
"Son, don't joke with Daddy, get up. He turned his head again and hugged the body of his young son.
"I'm sorry, I checked it all just now, and all of them ......" Ping An walked over and reluctantly told the uncle the cruel news.
"Shut up, shut up!" the uncle seemed to know what Ping An was going to say, and hurriedly shouted angrily to stop Ping An.
"They're fine, they're all right, they're all right. The uncle jumped up and said word by word, hugging the body of his son in his arms, lowering his head and sobbing.
"Ahh
As night fell, Zhu Ping'an helped the uncle bury the bodies of his relatives, lit a bonfire in the open space next to the ruins, and asked the uncle about the whole thing.
From the uncle's mouth, I learned that this village is called Baita Village, and the village is famous for a white tower. Although this village is located in the former station of Jacobrian, it has experienced the baptism of the world war. But after being recaptured by the World Coalition Government, everything is going in a positive direction, and even the remnants of the First Six Realms of the Heavenly Snake King will not harass the inhabitants of this village, so that the village can recuperate and the villagers can live happily.
However, not long ago, the White Tiger Legion of the remnants of the Celestial Snake King suddenly launched a frenzied raid on Jacobrian's World Unity Government, and even extended the war to the Twin Towers Village, and they not only simply attacked the government army, but also robbed and killed many civilians. And this time, it was the White Tiger Legion that washed the Twin Towers Village in blood.
Zhu Ping'an was shocked when he heard this uncle say that it was the White Tiger Legion that attacked their village, he would never have thought that the White Tiger he was bent on finding would be such a vicious and cruel person, even the common people would not let go.
"Is it really a white tiger?" Zhu Ping'an questioned.
"Uncle, what are your plans next? Zhu Ping'an said and handed the dry food he was carrying to the uncle.
"Overnight, the people of the White Tiger Legion ransacked my home and killed my family, and now I am already a broken family, I don't know what the point of living is, thank you very much for saving me, but I really don't know what I should do? The uncle took the dry food handed over by Ping'an, looked blank, and said stupidly.
"Uncle, the purpose of my coming here is to search and rescue my lost companions, and secondly, to meet the White Tiger, one of the four spirit generals under the command of the Sixth Dao of the First Six. Zhu Ping'an took the initiative to tell the uncle his intention.
"What? Are you with the White Tiger?" Hearing Zhu Ping'an say that he was going to see the White Tiger, the uncle jumped up from the ground.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm looking for White Tiger just because there are some things to confirm, but after listening to what happened to you, there are some things I have to ask clearly, although I am not a nosy person, but I must not ignore such evil deeds committed by the people I want to see. Zhu Ping'an stood up and looked at the alert uncle opposite: "So, if you can, I hope you can be my guide, I want to go to Jacolian to find out in detail who the white tiger is now and what he is doing? Of course, if you are worried about your safety, you can also go." ”
"Worried? I am the way I am now, is there anything else to be afraid of?" The uncle looked at Zhu Ping'an and stared at him directly, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.
After a moment, the uncle stretched out his hand to Ping'an: "My name is Tanggula." ”
"Peace be upon you, it's a pleasure to meet you. Ping An stretched out his hand and shook Tanggula.
Early the next morning, Tanggula simply packed up the supplies and bags that could still be used, and as a guide to Ping'an, he traveled with Ping'an to the western capital, Jacoblian.
The village was very large, and Tanggula's footsteps could not be compared with that of a specially trained soldier like Ping'an, and there were still injuries on his body, so at noon, the two of them came to the entrance of the village, and they saw the white tower described by Tanggula from a distance.
This white tower, which is like jade and towers into the sky, can be regarded as a rare local landscape.
Zhu Ping'an looked up: "Is this the White Tower?"
"There are actually five such towers, and they are located in six different villages around the Western Capital, as if guarding Jacoblian, the central city of the Western Continent, so Jacobilian also has another name - the City of Six Towers. For Baita Village, this may be the last building and symbol of the village!" said Tanggula, looking at Baita.
I wish you peace and are about to enter the tower.
"What are you going to do?" Tangula asked, wondering why Ping An had gone in.
"Pray for the villagers and the dead. Zhu Ping'an replied.
However, as soon as Zhu Ping'an and Tanggula walked to the gate of the White Tower, several heavily armed and dressed men suddenly burst out of the tower.
"Stop, no entry here!" a large bearded man with a beard in the lead stretched out his hand to stop them.
"Who are you?" Tanggula was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "You are not the villagers of this village, where are the tower guards?"
Several big men looked at each other and smiled, and said with a beard: "Everything here has been requisitioned by the government. As he spoke, he lifted his clothes, and from the head of his trousers, he could clearly see the flying earth logo of the world coalition government.
"Requisition, when did it happen, how did I not know?" an old man's voice sounded behind him.
Zhu Ping'an and Tanggula looked back and saw an old man in a robe, on crutches, and with a long white beard, standing there.
"Old village chief!" shouted Tangura, and hurriedly walked over to help the old man.
"O Tanggula, last night, our village was wiped out, is your family okay?" the old village chief asked with concern, looking at Tanggula.
"They are all ......," Tanggula said with a sour nose.
"Understood. The old man bowed his head and said, patting Tangula on the shoulder: "Poor child. ”
"Who is this?" asked the old man, pointing to Ping'an.
"Oh, he's my savior, and when I passed through here, he saved me. Tanggula introduced Ping An to the old village chief. The old village chief nodded in salute to Ping'an.
"Hey, didn't I tell you, this place has been requisitioned by the government, you leave quickly. The beard urged, interrupting their conversation.
"I'm the head of this village, how come I don't know?" the old village chief asked, looking at his beard.
"This, this?" the beard was speechless for a while, but he didn't expect this old man to be the village chief.
"We received a report that the village was under attack by the White Tiger Legion, so we rushed here overnight, and when we arrived, the tower keeper was already dead, and we had to rest in the tower for the time being. "A man dressed like an officer, came out of the tower, wearing a pair of sunglasses and a goatee on his chin.
"Our village was indeed attacked last night, but I reported the situation to Jacobrian's garrison an hour ago, how could you have arrived before dawn?"
"We are indeed government troops, the tower keeper died before we came, we will bury him in the back, if you don't believe me, we can take you to see it. The officer replied.
"Although the military uniform is real, in terms of temperament, it doesn't look like the work of the government army. Moreover, each of them has a red string tied around their wrists, which is not a special effect. Even if the government allows soldiers to get tattoos, so many people have tattoos on their wrists and necks, it doesn't look natural. The most important thing is that they said that they had just come here, and they should not have clashed and fought with the White Tiger Legion, why did many of them have red residues in their fingernails, it should be bloodstains. There are quite a few ants lingering where their military boots are stepping, and you can't be wrong, it is the favorite smell of bloodthirsty ants. Zhu Ping'an's brain was thinking, analyzing, and reasoning rapidly, linking a series of things he saw, and came to a conclusion: "This group of people is definitely not a government army!"
"Alright, you can take us to see the grave keeper. The old village chief demanded.
"Okay, please come with me. The corner of the officer's mouth showed a wicked smile that was not easy for others to detect, and it disappeared in an instant.
The officers led the way, and the old village chief, supported by Tanggula, followed closely behind, and behind them walked Zhu Ping'an, and behind Zhu Ping'an there were many soldiers.
When I walked to the back of the tower, I didn't see the tombstone that the officer said, but there was a large square pit not far away.
When everyone came closer to take a look, they were shocked to see that there were many sturdy shirtless male corpses lying in this pit, which looked like soldiers from the physical appearance.
Zhu Ping'an's head was like being hit by electricity, and he suddenly became smart, and he understood in an instant.
"Don't you want to see them, you can accompany them down there with peace of mind!" the officer turned and sneered at them, his men already pointing their guns at the three of them.
"You are indeed not soldiers of the government. Zhu Ping'an turned to look at the black muzzle in front of him and said.
"No, you're wrong, we're soldiers. The officer came to the front of the peace, took out of his pocket, and put it on his right hand, and the back of the glove was inlaid with an oval stone that glowed yellow.