Chapter 299: Mass Graves

A month later, on the outskirts of the divine capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a carriage slowly stopped.

Several handsome young men and women jumped out of the carriage and stopped to watch.

It was Xiao Yin and his entourage who came from Taiping County.

Dongfang said humbly: "This should still be the outskirts of the Divine Capital, why did it stop?"

Qin Mei said: "It's a little strange. ”

Dongfang said humbly: "What's strange?"

Qin Mei pointed into the distance: "Why are there so many graves here all of a sudden?"

When everyone heard this, they looked towards Qin Mei, and they found that on both sides of the official road in the distance, there were dense piles of crude graves shaped like sharp cones.

There are a large number of mounds, and they spread out one after another, and at a glance, there is no end in sight.

In the tomb, there are many old people and children dressed in coarse linen clothes, with yellow faces and thin muscles, supporting each other, holding broken baskets, and lighting candles and burning paper money for the grave in front of them.

Bursts of crying came and went.

Looking at this scene, everyone was stunned.

Youlan muttered to herself, "What's the matter?

Immediately, Youlan slowly shook her head and said: "Impossible, looking at this situation, if something happens, it must be a big event, if it is a big event, it is impossible for our earth-level Tianqiwei not to receive any rumors." ”

Humility said, "Was this place buried before?"

Qin Mei shook her head and said, "No." This is just the official way to enter and exit the divine capital. We have lived in Shendu for more than 20 years, and we have never seen anyone buried here. I didn't expect that less than half a year after leaving Shendu, such a change would take place. ”

Yan Yue was also very surprised and said, "Yes, I have lived in the Shendu for so many years, and I have never heard of burying the dead here. ”

"That's weird......"

Qian Qian pondered for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, don't think about it, let's go into the city first." ”

Xiao Yin said: "I'm not busy, anyway, the gods are right in front of me, not missing this moment." I want to see what's going on. ”

With that, Xiao Yin walked towards the graves alone.

When they saw this, they had no choice but to follow.

However, at this moment, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the other direction of the official road.

"Tuk Tuk ......"

The sound of hooves was like thunder, smoke and dust were rising, and in the blink of an eye, a group of hard-armored cavalry appeared on the official road in the distance, and each knight's chest armor was tattooed with a mark several inches long that resembled the shape of a black dragon.

The cavalry was led by a young general who was no more than twenty-seven or eighteen years old, dressed in a golden helmet and golden armor, with a crimson coat on his back, and a golden sword hanging from his waist, on which were inlaid with seven magnificent gems. Stepping on a black-maned BMW, the four hooves flew over, galloping like a cloud, and the horse's head, body, and horse's hooves were respectively covered with a layer of exquisite iron armor, revealing only a pair of blazing horse eyes, which looked extremely superb, and there was a hint of anthropomorphic pride.

The young general's face was grim, and his eyes swept to the graves displayed around him from time to time, and there was a hint of indifference in his eyes.

"It's the Imperial City's Praetorian Guard Dragoon!"

Yan Yue's eyes flashed, and she suddenly spoke.

Youlan nodded and said, "Not bad." It was the Praetorian Dragoon who guarded the Imperial City Forbidden Palace. It's just that the Praetorian Dragoon has always been only responsible for guarding the Imperial City, so why did they suddenly appear here?"

"Huh~~ Stop!"

The young general suddenly pulled the reins of his horse, stopped, and raised his hand to signal the iron horsemen behind him to stop.

In just an instant, all the Praetorian Guard Dragoons stopped in unison, and the array formation was not chaotic at all, obviously extremely well-trained.

The young general gently urged the black-maned BMW under his crotch, slowly walked to a pile of graves, raised the exquisite horsewhip in his hand, pointed to the pile of people around the graves below, and said coldly: "Who are you?"

Around the tomb, a group of old and weak women and children looked at this group of menacing knights, one by one they were already frightened, you look at me, I look at you, all showed a trace of horror, and no one dared to speak.

The young general seemed a little impatient and flicked his horsewhip.

"Smack!"

A crisp whip sounded, and everyone's bodies shook suddenly, and several thin children immediately shrank behind the adults in fright, not daring to open their eyes.

"Are you dumb or deaf, don't you hear Ben asking you?"

The young general snorted coldly.

A white-haired old man who looked to be in his sixties stepped forward tremblingly, arched his hand, and bowed deeply to the young general, saying: "This general, the old decay Liu Qing, is the six-year Xiucai of Emperor Wu, and we are the people of the prefectures and counties near Shendu. ”

The young general looked the old man named Liu Qing up and down, and said coldly: "Who are the clansmen? Are they the people buried here?"

Liu Qingyi bent down and said: "Yes, last year, the north said that there was going to be a war, and the emperor issued a holy decree to urgently recruit all the states and counties around the Shendu, and young and middle-aged men over the age of fifteen enlisted in the army and went to the north to resist the Jin people." However, in the first two years, there was a locust plague in the county, and it was another year of great drought, and all of a sudden, most of the young and middle-aged people in our village ran away, leaving behind some orphans and widows, all of whom were barely relying on the relief sent by God to make a living. ...... iniquity"

As he spoke, the old man Liu Qing wiped his muddy tears and continued: "Recently, I heard that the battle is over, and our Great Zhou Dynasty has won the Jin Dynasty. It was originally a good thing, but later the county issued a document saying that the children who were pulled to the army in the village were all gone and died on the battlefield. The people of the village were crying to death. Later, I heard that many of the people who died in the war were sent back to Shendu, saying that the Ministry of War had authorized their relatives to take them back for burial. So...... No, this old man, this little one, a group of people asked me to take them, and they came to God to lead people. Now, the corpses are finally all in the way, but there is no money to ask someone to bring them back to the village, so they can only be hastily buried here, which can be regarded as putting the children in the ground and doing their last bit of strength. ”

As he spoke, the old man wiped his eyes, and there was another whining cry behind him.

Seeing this, the young general frowned, and said coldly: "Okay! Enough! The general didn't have time to listen to your nonsense." You all listen to me, I will follow the decree of the Queen Mother, and I will order you to wait, this place is the main way to enter and exit the divine capital, and you are not allowed to do such nonsense. From now on, within one month, all these graves must be demolished, and violators will be severely punished. Did you hear me?"

The old man Liu Qing was shocked when he heard this: "General, why is this?"

The young general sneered, "You also deserve to ask?"

The old man was stunned, then looked back at the group of panicked women and children behind him, then gritted his teeth, straightened the tattered blue shirt that was washed white and patched, looked at the young general again, bowed and saluted, and then looked up at the other party, and asked in a trembling voice: "General, I have established the country with military force and people-oriented, and I have always treated the fallen soldiers with great care. Now we wait for the white-haired people to send the black-haired people, not only do we not see any sympathy from the imperial court, but we can't even leave us with three feet of loess! Although the old man is dizzy, he has also read the sage book for a few years, and knows a few words, he is a righteous talent in the sixth year of Emperor Wu, and the old man has the courage to ask the general, there is still a rational word in this world!

In the end, the old man Liu Qing couldn't help but hold the cane in his hand tightly, and paused slightly.

Behind him, a pair of angry eyes looked at the young general.

Seeing this, the young general raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "Dare to disrupt the people! Dare to openly provoke the general, come!"

Several Praetorian Guard dragoons immediately stepped out of the ranks.

The young general pointed at the old man and the villagers behind him, and said, "Take down this man!"

The Praetorian Guards dragoons claimed to be, and as soon as they urged their respective mounts, they surrounded everyone on the spot.

Whew!

Several spears and spears were pointed at an unarmed villager.

The Sen Sen Blade reflected a blinding chill.

The villagers were shocked, and even a few children were so frightened that they burst into tears.

"What are you going to do...... Don't scare my kids!"

"You won't even be allowed to collect the corpse, are you still human!"

"The court is bullying people like this!"

Under the excitement of the crowd, the scene seemed to be a little chaotic, and some villagers began to argue with the knights.

When the young general saw this, he immediately said angrily: "Are you going to rebel or not?

After shouting a few words, the young general found that it did not work, and suddenly his eyes flashed, and he slapped the golden sword on his waist.

Vicissitudes!

A golden light flickered.

A golden sword came out of its sheath, bringing out a golden sword qi that hit the old man Liu Qing directly.

Liu Qing only felt that the golden light flashed in front of him, and a strange imprisoning force struck through it, making him unable to move.

The old man was also a knowledgeable person, although he didn't know what this golden light was, but he also knew that it was not good, so he had to close his eyes in horror and sighed: "That's it, let's go with the children." ”

Poop!

There was a crunch of metal striking.

The old man was startled, and suddenly opened his eyes, and found that the golden light had disappeared, and the young general on the opposite side was holding the golden sword with a look of anger and looking in the other direction.

The old man was so surprised that he also looked around, and was surprised to find a young man dressed in coarse linen clothes and carrying a strange black box in front of him.