In the morning, Huang Yuchen, who had leaned on the stake all night and didn't close his eyes, moved, he didn't know what kind of mood he was in now, there was resentment and unwillingness. As a person who had been inspired to work for the welfare of the common people, the previous scene had pierced the softest part of Huang Yuchen's heart, and all this was absolutely intolerable to him.

Without waiting for Huang Yuchen's instructions, Yuan Dongyun went to the village alone, and the beginning and end of all this must be clarified, the affairs of a village can reflect many of the bigger things hidden behind.

Huang Yuchen arranged for the feeders to explore the vicinity, around this village, to explore all the nearby jungles, if any unusual traces are found, they must be reported back, and Huang Yuchen walked to the bonfire that everyone lit last night, sat on a tree stump, the bonfire in front of him came with a burst of warmth, he looked at the flames, stunned.

Zhuang Lexian handed Huang Yuchen a piece of dry food, Huang Yuchen didn't answer, nor did he say a word, his mood was indescribably dull, from a village, he thought of a lot.

The heavy snow covered the mountains, the villages were looted, and there were no traces of killing, but the living and food were looted, Huang Yuchen not only hated the people who did these things at the moment, but he was also thinking deeply, whether such things were really happening frequently in the entire empire. If this is the case, then the problem of the Prayer Heaven Empire is not as simple as turmoil.

"Don't think too much about it. Zhuang Lexian sat next to Huang Yuchen and said softly: "I don't know what's going on yet, I haven't seen the dead man, maybe there are other opportunities." ”

"Can't you see that child's arm?" Huang Yuchen said softly: "His injuries are not completely healed, and that arm was cut off alive. ”

"What do you mean......" Jiang Mingjie frowned slightly on the side, and said, "Someone wants to rebel?"

"You may not know about praying for heaven. Huang Yuchen said: "Before I went to Chunhu Yongcheng, the turmoil in the world had just subsided, and the rebellion of the three kings had involved the entire Qitian in the storm, at that time I heard that the eldest brother had ascended the throne of Qitian, and I thought that things would develop in this good direction, but I didn't expect ......."

"It's useless to think too much at the moment. Zhuang Lexian said: "Everything has to wait until the matter is clearly understood before drawing conclusions, even if someone secretly accumulates strength to compete with your eldest brother, this is not a problem that you can solve now, and there is a price for doing anything!"

Zhuang Lexian's words made Huang Yuchen slightly stunned, he seemed to have a deep meaning in his words, he was very likely to hear some of the conversation between Huang Yuchen and Jiying before, and Huang Yuchen's emotional changes later, Zhuang Lexian should also be very clear, what he means by saying these words now is to let Huang Yuchen see everything in front of him clearly, and don't be hindered by what he really wants to do by the things in front of him.

Zhuang Lexian seems to be an ordinary sentence, but Huang Yuchen sounds very meaningful, Zhuang Lexian seems to be trying to find a way to bridge the gap between him and Huang Yuchen, and bridge the feeling that only exists in his heart.

This person is too sensitive, far from being as big as he seems on the surface.

Huang Yuchen didn't speak, he understood the reason, but he just wanted him to really ignore everything he saw now, he really couldn't do it.

"No matter how strong you are, your energy will always be limited, things have to be prioritized, some things have to be done right away, and some things don't. Zhuang Lexian saw that Huang Yuchen didn't speak, and continued beside him: "I know that you can't see others suffering, but there are too many people suffering in the world, you can't manage them all, after this matter is clarified, no matter how big things are in the future, it is not what you should do now, you don't forget your original intention of desperately coming out of Spring Lake Yongcheng." ”

After Zhuang Lexian's words, Jiang Mingjie and Yin Cai on the side were also silent, they all have their own things to do, let me ask Jiang Mingjie and Yuan Dongyun, are they willing to give up the hope that they have been fighting for more than ten years, not to return to their hometown immediately, but to take care of the affairs of some people who have nothing to do with them?

No matter how strong a person is, he is also a human being, and he also has his own emotions, his own thoughts, and his own things that must be done. Seeing injustice, it is no longer appropriate to be indignant in your heart, and there are very few people who can really help.

Reality is often cruel, but no matter how cruel it is, it is also reality.

Something even crueler came immediately.

The surrounding feeders quickly sent back the news, and several corpses were found in a hidden corner of the jungle, and Huang Yuchen immediately got up when he heard this, and followed the feeders to this place.

Standing on the edge of the deep pit, you can see the unburied human hands and clothes in the heavy snow below, and there are more than a dozen people in this way.

Huang Yuchen stood on the edge of the deep pit, looking at the situation below, his brows furrowed, and he immediately ordered the feeder to go down and clean up and carry all the corpses up.

Soon, the seven corpses were neatly placed in the snow, judging from the attire of these people, they were all ordinary peasants, both men and women, but it was obvious that they were all older, and there were no young adults.

Huang Yuchen looked at the seven corpses in front of him, all of them were killed by a knife, the wounds were all in the neck, the person who made the knife had a cultivation in his body, looking at the appearance of the wound, it was done by one person.

"These should be people from the village. Zhuang Lexian said on the side: "It may be that the people who were forcibly taken away, and when they came here, they found that they might not be suitable, so they were dealt with like this." ”

"It's on the edge of the village, why can't you let them go back?" Huang Yuchen frowned, he couldn't tell what he felt in his heart, he was cold.

"There's no going back. Zhuang Lexian said softly: "That village has been erased, and there will be no possibility of going back." Although these people are not in the prime of life, they still have at least ten years of life, and keeping them may be a hidden danger. ”

"Just because of possible hidden dangers, do you kill people at will?" Huang Yuchen felt hatred in his heart, his chest was blocked, and he was unspeakably uncomfortable, but his external performance was still able to restrain him, but the whole person seemed to be frozen up, and a slight chill poured out of him.

"Bury them. Zhuang Lexian sighed lightly and said: "I am afraid that the people in the village do not know about their deaths, and sometimes, it is easier not to know than to know." ”

Huang Yuchen didn't speak, just nodded slightly, and several feeders stepped forward,

The bodies were carried down one by one and buried farther away, but it was not known when the news of these deaths would be known to their loved ones, and they might never know.

If there is no hope in the heart, there is nothing.

Back at Fang Cai's bonfire, Huang Yuchen had just sat down, and saw Yuan Dongyun coming back from the direction of the village, she had been gone for a long time, and she should have brought detailed news, but everyone knew very well that this must not be good news.

Yuan Dongyun walked to the bonfire and sat down, looked up at Huang Yuchen, and said softly: "I asked clearly, this village has been looted three times, the first time was a regular army, the people who came over were wearing standard armor, they only collected the grain stored by the peasant households, and left enough silver. ”

"How can there be a regular army around here?" Huang Yuchen frowned, and said: "Ordinary local forces don't need to levy grain and grass at all, all the grain and grass of the garrison are uniformly allocated by the imperial capital, if these regular troops are garrisons of the surrounding provinces, then they have only one purpose......"

"These should be things you expected, right?" Zhuang Lexian said: "Before you came out, wasn't the empire already in chaos?"

Huang Yuchen didn't speak, but looked at Yuan Dongyun and waited for her to continue.

At first, the villagers didn't say anything, after all, these soldiers left enough money to buy food, and they also left enough food for the winter, and there was no oppression, and this matter passed like this. Yuan Dongyun looked at Huang Yuchen and said softly: "There are a total of twenty-two households in this village, and there were sixty-seven people at that time, and when the soldiers came over for the first time, they did not cause any disturbances. ”

But the next night, the same group of people came again, and the previous order was immediately disrupted, and they forcibly took away the money that had been distributed to these farmers, and forcibly requisitioned a few young men and women, and gave them the name of carrying grain and grass, and when the grain and grass were transported to their destination, they would be allowed to return. ”

"They had no way to resist but obey, and this was the first looting, and at this time, the people in the village were already a little panicked. ”

"If these soldiers still have some bottom line, they just robbed them of their money and food, and did not hurt anyone, then what happened later is completely out of control. ”

A month later, a group of sergeants broke into the village again, these men looked like they had lost the battle, their armor was tattered, they entered the village and forced their way into the peasant households, and the mob women robbed them of their rations, and finally forcibly took all the young men in the village, and almost all the money and food. When Yuan Dongyun said this, he sighed softly, looked at Huang Yuchen, and said: "We went to the village chief's house last night, and his doll was cut off at that time, his son and daughter-in-law were forcibly taken away, and the family's stock was also looted. ”

"Originally, this doll was certain to die, but the cultivators from the nearby mountains came down the mountain, saw the doll's appearance, and mentioned that he cured the blood, which was considered to have saved a life. ”

Hearing this, Huang Yuchen felt that his heart was namelessly on fire, and he endured it without breaking out, but the hatred in his heart had already penetrated into his bones.

"At the end, there is a gang of bandits, who are no longer considered soldiers. Yuan Dongyun said softly.