Hearing the cry, Li Zhen couldn't help but look sideways, only to see that half a mile in front of the left, the black ground seemed to be crowded with a large number of people, and the cry came from the crowd.

"Let's take a look!" Li Zhen waved his hand, and everyone rushed over around Li Jin.

The group hurried forward, only to see an old tree with a crooked neck growing on a mound of earth in front of them, which had been dead for a long time. At this time, there was a young girl tied to the tree, and the girl could not see her face clearly, but she was covered in tattered clothes, and was surrounded by a layer of hemp rope and tied to a branch. Under the tree, there was a pile of dry firewood, and two middle-aged men stood with torches in their hands, surrounded by more than 100 men, women, and children. Among the crowd of onlookers, some pointed fingers, some discussed, and there was an old woman in rags, who was lying on the ground and crying bitterly, and the cry was miserable, which could be heard from a distance by Li Zhen and his party......

In the center of the crowd stood an old man with white hair, who had obviously just spoken to the crowd. At this time, everyone saw him suddenly wave his hand, and the two middle-aged men threw the torches in their hands into the firewood......

"Stop!" Li Zhen shouted.

Xu Ke, who was running in the front, saw that the firewood stack was on fire, and the fire was already raging, so he no longer hesitated, hurriedly jumped into the center of the firewood stack, and swung his sword out to cut the hemp rope, and the girl on the branch fell weakly into his arms...... Xu Ke didn't dare to delay in the slightest, turned around and jumped with the girl in his arms, and finally escaped from the fire......

Rao is Xu Ke's internal skills are profound, and he has been provoked by this fire, his green clothes have burned several holes, his hair has been burned a few strands, and his face has been smoked by the fire and is black and red......

Fortunately, the girl lying in Xu Ke's arms was unscathed, thanks to Xu Ke's timely rescue, if it was a moment late, the life of this innocent girl would be engulfed in flames immediately......

"Disease-free brother! What a light effort! My old Xue was also thinking about saving people just now, but you are one step faster!" Xue Tao stepped forward, patted Xu Ke's shoulder, and said with a smile.

"Take them down!" Li Jin, who was behind, shouted angrily.

Li Jin, the king of Wei, then arrived, and when he saw Xu Ke rescue the girl, he finally let go of his heart, but when he saw that the old man was so careless about human life, he was furious in his heart at the moment, and immediately ordered someone to take the three murderers.

The Chincha Guards selected the elite of the forbidden army. Under the order of King Wei, three of his own soldiers had already drawn their waist knives and rushed forward violently, escorting the white-haired old man and the two middle-aged men who threw torches in front of Li Jin.

Seeing that the crowd was panicked and at a loss, another pro-soldier commander stepped forward and shouted:

"Boldly Diao Min! Qin sent the King of Wei to come here, don't you kneel down quickly!"

When everyone heard that it was Qin who was coming, and it was another prince, they hurriedly knelt down one after another......

Li Jin's fingers knelt on the white-haired old man on the ground and asked:

"Who are you? Why do you want to burn a woman to death in public? Don't you know that I have a king's law? A murderer deserves to pay for his life?!"

The white-haired old man who was prostrate on the ground trembled and said, "Go back to ...... Hui Qincha Wangye, the villain's surname is Zhao, his name is Chunlin, and he is the patriarch of this Zhao village...... Villain...... The villain is going to be burned to death, but it's not a woman!"

"This is not a woman, is it still a man?!" Xue Tao, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but laugh in his heart, so he asked rhetorically.

"Back to ...... Back to this military master, the villain is going to be burned to death...... In fact, it's not a human, it's a 'demon'!" Zhao Chunlin hurriedly argued.

"Bastard! This is obviously a woman, where can you see that she is a demon?" Xue Tao shouted.

She ...... When she was a child, she killed her mother at birth, and later, at the age of twelve, she killed her father...... A month ago, her brother was killed by her again...... This man...... This monster will die everywhere, she killed everyone around her, and next, can't she harm the people in the whole village?" Zhao Chunlin said.

"Nonsense! This is just a miserable woman, her parents are dead, her brother has left her, she is already a lonely person. If you don't think about being considerate, why do you still imagine that you are a demon for no reason, and you still want to burn her alive in broad daylight?!"

"Back to the prince, she ...... She's really a monster......! This is not something we guessed out of thin air, it was said by the 'Great Immortal' in the village, and the 'Great Immortal' said that she has a fire in her eight characters, and there is no one in a hundred years, and she is possessed by a drought!" Zhao Chunlin said again.

"Chincha-sama! she...... She's really a drought!...... Otherwise, how could it not rain all year round in dozens of villages around here...... This is all her drought and trouble, and she ran away with the dragon lord...... If you don't burn her to death, the Dragon King's anger will not be extinguished, and if the Dragon Lord doesn't come again, the drought here will not be better!"

Li Zhen couldn't help sneering in his heart, and he said in his heart that the current drought is not only dozens of villages, but also nearly 100 prefectures and counties in the four provinces and sixteen prefectures of our great cadres, and that is thousands of villages! What does this great drought have to do with a young girl? Ignorant villagers are so ignorant!

However, at this time, facing these more than 100 villagers, even if he was the king of Wei, he could not kill and punish at will. He saw that Xu Ke put the girl aside, although he was still unconscious, but he knew that there was no big problem, so he didn't want to do much, and then said:

"Why are you so ignorant?! Under the emperor, where did the monster come from?! This is obviously a weak girl, what does it have to do with the great drought in the world...... When you see such a lonely and weak woman in the same village, you don't pretend to help, but instead of tyranny, you actually treat her life as a mustard, and burn her privately! Such a crime and abuse will not be tolerated by heaven and the law will not escape! The lonely king Nian'er and others are confused by the fallacies, but they have no intention of doing evil, and they have the right to spare you, and if they commit it again, they will definitely not forgive!"

That Zhao Chunlin saw that Qin had spared their lives and did not punish them, so he hurriedly kowtowed and thanked them. Li Zhen ordered all the more than 100 villagers to get up and disperse......

Xu Ke saw that Zhao Chunlin turned around and wanted to leave, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and asked: "Who is the 'Great Immortal' you are talking about? Where is he at the moment? This person is talking nonsense, bewitching the public, disregarding people's lives, and hiding evil intentions, today, Xu has to arrest him!"

"Little General, don't you dare to say that...... He is really one of our 'great immortals'! These people from all over the country believe in his words...... The little general must not ...... You can't catch him...... Otherwise, the 'Great Immortal' will be angry, but it will be a disaster ......," Zhao Chunlin snorted. The last two sentences, coming out of Zhao Chunlin's mouth, were as thin as the sound of mosquitoes and flies, thinking that he didn't want to annoy Xu Ke again.

"Say, where is this 'Great Immortal'......" Xu Ke grabbed Zhao Chunlin's arm, wanting to ask again, but saw Li Zhen waving his hand at him, so he had to let go of his hand, and let the white-haired old patriarch flee in a panic......

The villagers of Zhao Village saw that a group of fierce and vicious soldiers of the Qincha Guards were suddenly killed, and they were all terrified in their hearts, afraid of being punished by the Qincha. At this time, with the permission of the King of Wei's forgiveness, how dare he delay, one by one panicked like frightened birds, and in a moment, they all escaped. Only the white-haired old woman who had fallen to the ground and cried bitterly was left, and she was still there, with tears on her cheeks......

"Old man, who are you from this girl? What is her name? Is what your patriarch said true?" asked Li Jinyan gently.

"Her surname is Zhao, and everyone in the village calls her Xiaoyu. The old body is just a distant relative of hers, counting her aunt and grandmother. Xiaoyu is a hard-working girl, her relatives are dead...... The patriarch said that she was a monster, that was nonsense! The old woman watched her grow up, Xiaoyu is a good girl, she has a good heart, she works hard, in the village, she is polite to everyone, and she usually takes care of my old woman, she usually takes care of me, she helps me wash my clothes every day, and she will share half of me with a mouthful of brown rice, and treat me more than her granddaughter......

As she spoke, the white-haired old woman took off one of her patched gray cloth shirts and covered Zhao Xiaoyu, who was unconscious......

Li Zhen asked: "Old man, does this little jade girl have any other relatives in this nearby village?" The implication is that he sent a guard of honor to take this woman, which was quite inconvenient, because he needed to find someone to entrust him......

The white-haired old woman hurriedly knelt down at Li Zhen again, and cried: "My little jade granddaughter is really a hard-working girl! Master Qincha, the prince is a thousand years old! Please have mercy on her, and take her away, and in the future, let her be a girl, a slave, or anything for you! If you don't take her away, according to our patriarch's temper, she will have no way to live......

Li Jin's heart couldn't help but hesitate, he secretly said that he was in a hurry at that time, and he only cared about saving people, but after all, this was a woman of unknown origin and a villager in the disaster area. If he took her back to Beijing, in case it was said that Qin Cha bought the daughters of the victims to return to his home to become a prostitute under the pretext of disaster relief, what would it be good if this was spread?

At this time, the north wind was still blowing strongly, and the fire next to it had burned out, and the old tree with a crooked neck had only left a pile of ashes after the fire burned it.

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