Chapter 41 Coming to Qingyuan County again

"Whew. "With the mournful cry of the last beast. It brought the battle to a successful conclusion.

Qin Chen looked at the people of Qingyuan County who were almost all injured, and was a little touched, in such a background, it was the least likely to be dirty.

Luo Ye wiped the blood stains on the big knife with his sleeve, and walked straight towards Qin Chen, who put away his spear and looked at the Qingyuan County guard.

"Ha Luha, old man Luo Ye, is the county guard of Qingyuan County, Brother Qin is really a good martial artist!" Luo Ye saw Qin Chen for the first time, but Qin Chen had already reported his name before, so Luo Ye was no stranger. The tone seemed a little enthusiastic, obviously he regarded Qin Chen as a martial artist of the same level, this was normal, after running overnight, Qin Chen lost a lot of vitality, and the weapons he used were not handy, and his combat power could not be 100% played, so he was misunderstood by Luo Ye.

Of course, Qin Chen didn't intend to explain, no matter what time it was, there was no harm in hiding his strength. Anyway, it's not low that I'm left exposed.

Qin Chen held his spear and clenched his fists, "In Xia Qingyuan County, Shanshui County, Withered Leaf Town, Shanshen Township, people from mountain villages, I have seen the county guard." "Although on the surface, they are both eightfold martial artists, but Qin Chen is just a commoner, and Luo Yegui is the head of a county, and proper respect is still necessary, but it is limited to this, like kowtowing, it is absolutely impossible to kneel.

"That's right. Qin Chen felt a little puzzled, "This Qingyuan County City, as a big city in the south of the Land of a Hundred Kingdoms, why is its defensive strength so weak, and only these people participate in the battle. Qin Chen looked around, among the thousands of people, there were only two hundred martial artists, which was too few for Qingyuan County.

Luo Ye Ha Lu Ha Da smiled, "It turns out that Brother Qin doesn't know the way, the army in the south of my land of hundred countries is generally not in the city, but in the vast mountain range, like the armor-breaking army of my Chen country, this army is ostensibly under my control, but it directly belongs to the royal family, and the general of the unified army is still above me, how can I command it, of course, they will come back to repair it for half a year every year, but now it happens to be in the vast mountain range." ”

"In the vast mountain range?" Qin Chen couldn't help but look nervous, if this was the case, would it be completely annihilated?

As if he understood Qin Chen's thoughts, Luo Ye continued to speak: "Of course, it's not a matter of a day or two for them to fight against demon beasts, when they encounter a beast tide, they have their own means, maybe they have already fled inland by now." ”

Qin Chen nodded and pointed to the people of Qingyuan County in the distance, "What Qin didn't expect was that the people of the county town had such a strong sense of battle. ”

"What kind of battle consciousness?" Luo Ye spat on the ground, bringing out a cloud of blood, with disdain, "Those are a group of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, these are my Luo family army." ”

Qin Chen felt a little strange, but after thinking about it, he understood a little. As in the previous life, as long as it is an emperor, a king or the like, what he is most afraid of is the rebellion of his generals, and King Chen is no exception, Luo Yegui is the head of a county, and it is also Qingyuan County, which is a typical feudal official, of course the king is not at ease, so he strictly limits Luo Ye's conscription ceiling.

However, as the saying goes, there are policies and countermeasures. Luo Ye came up with such a trick. I'll recruit so many people, but I'll raise the rest, feed them, give them a house to live in, and that's all right, right? They have been favored by me, and want to help me when I'm in trouble, I can't be so unkind!

In fact, this trick is very common in the land of a hundred countries, especially in the south, almost as long as it is an official, there are a few hired "idlers" in the family.

Of course, the southern part of the land of a hundred countries has been invaded by demon beasts all year round, and those kings have no choice but to turn a blind eye, otherwise as long as the demon beasts come, half of the country's official positions will be empty.

Qin Chen didn't ask much about this matter, although everyone knew about it, but after all, it was not on the surface, so it was not easy for him to point it out, and then changed the topic, "Luo County Shou, this is the civilians I gathered along the way, now that the south is almost occupied by demon beasts, they can't go back, I wonder if the county guard can give them a place to live?" After speaking, he pointed to the thousands of civilians in the rear.

"Of course, this is the people of our Qingyuan County after all!" In fact, Luo Ye was not so merciful, but he was a far-sighted person, and he had already realized that this was a big beast tide, and he had to recruit more people, otherwise it was very likely that the city would be destroyed and people would die. Now that there are so many more people, it is too late for Luo Ye to be happy, how can he oppose it.

In the state of Chen, or in the entire land of the hundred countries, officials have ten crimes of being executed by death, the third is treason, and the first is abandoning the city and fleeing.

The so-called abandonment of the city and escaping is when the demon beast attacks the city, the generals who defend the city, the city guard, are mainly the main person in charge, no matter what reason you have, as long as you dare to leave the people and flee by yourself, then what awaits you will be a lifelong pursuit of the land of a hundred countries, unless you can hide in the vast mountains for a lifetime.

It can be seen from this that if the army of another country or the rebel army is approaching the city, you can flee, because they do not kill the common people, but they are very likely to kill the main person in charge, so that the country can forgive you.

So what Luo Ye was thinking about now was how to strengthen the defense of Qingyuan County, instead of finding a way out for himself and abandoning the city and fleeing? This never appeared in Luo Ye's mind.

Seeing that the resettlement of civilians had been settled, Qin Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, if it was in the past, he still had the ambition to take the villagers all the way north, but last night's massacre suddenly made him sober, no matter how great his personal strength is, he can't compare with the country, and now Qin Chen must find a safe haven for them.

At this moment, a young man with a long sword covered in blood walked over, looked at Qin Chen, and hurriedly said: "I felt familiar just now, but I didn't expect it to be Brother Qin. ”

It turned out that this young man was Luo Ye's son, the young boy who transported the demon wolf outside Qingyuan County that day, Luo Shiping.

Luo Ye next to him didn't know, it turned out that Luo Shiping was locked up by Luo Ye after he came back, so Luo Ye didn't know what happened outside the city, after Luo Shiping's explanation, Luo Ye understood what was going on, and the enthusiasm on his face became even stronger, "It turns out that he is still Xiao'er's life-saving benefactor, Ha Luha, so you must live in Qingyuan County for a few more days, so that you can do your best in the next landlord's friendship." ”

Qin Chen was very uncomfortable, he didn't know what Luo Dao Luo Ye thought, in fact, it was completely unnecessary, didn't he just want to let himself stay to defend against the demon beasts? Even if he didn't say it, he would stay.

At this time, Qin Chen beckoned and asked the village chief and his party to rush over, his first task was to settle the villagers of the backing village, as for the others, he had already done his best.

Taking Huihui from the hands of the village chief, Qin Chen's face was full of love, and he hugged it lightly, and when he saw his grandfather's corpse, his expression darkened, alas! As for the little dog Qin Bai, he had already been thrown into the Java Trench by Qin Chen, just come back, forget it if you don't come back, you are still a first-level demon beast, and you can't help at all.

When he learned that these were Qin Chen's fellow villagers, and that little girl was Qin Chen's sister, Luo Ye's heart was simply full of flowers, this was a nostalgic person, it seemed that he could leave him behind, as for when he heard that Qin Chen's grandfather was killed by a demon beast, Luo Ye expressed his condolences, as for how much affection there was, no one knew what to do.

At this time, the sky was already bright, under Luo Ye's order, the city gate was opened, and thousands of people entered the city in a mighty way, this scene was still very spectacular, and there were onlookers on the road.

Looking at the residents on both sides of the road, Luo Ye looked disdainful, "A group of fools. In Luo Ye's heart, this is a group of foolish people who are poor and happy, but at the end of the day, they all have to listen to their own commands, so Luo Ye didn't say anything.

For these people, Luo Ye arranged a good place, Qin Chen was a little surprised, as for Qin Chen and Huihui, under Luo Ye's strong request, they lived in the Luo Mansion compound.

Luo Ye, had an adventure in his childhood, worshiped a warrior as a teacher, joined the army as a teenager, was promoted all the way, the most rear-end official to the deputy general of the armor-breaking army, General Weiyuan, Xiaojun Zuo Shilang, and later the emperor saw that his credit was too great, so he made him the county guard of Qingyuan County, and he was promoted and degraded.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Luo Ye is an upstart aristocrat, with no foundation and no end.

And Luo Ye's performance is also like a nouveau riche, it can be seen from his residence that the entire Luo Mansion is splendid, and he has the face of an upstart, of course, Qin Chen is not easy to comment, since he lives in Luo Mansion, he should say less!

The accommodation arranged by Luo Ye for Qin Chen's brothers and sisters is located in Luofu Dongyuan, which is a place where guests are usually entertained, and the environment is also quiet, Luo Ye is a martial artist, and most of his guests are also martial artists, so they are equipped with a martial arts training ground, Qin Chen is quite satisfied. It seems that this Luo Ye is not a reckless man.

Sitting in front of the bed at this time, Qin Chen's face was full of pity, since the moment he saw his grandfather die in front of him, Huihui seemed a little in a trance, changed her clothes, and lay on the bed at this time, looking at the ceiling with dull eyes.

As for Qin Bai, this dog seemed to be able to smell Qin Chen's scent, and followed the same way to Luofu, where he was lying under the bed at this time, asleep.

Qin Chen touched Huihui's head, "Huihui, cry if you're uncomfortable!"

Hearing this, Huihui finally came back to her senses, looked at Qin Chen, and asked hoarsely, "Grandpa, is grandpa leaving?" From his eyes, Qin Chen could see that Huihui still had a certain hope, hoping that it was just a dream.

But Qin Chen still nodded, it is okay to deceive Huihui for a while, but you can't deceive for a lifetime, Qin Chen must let Huihui accept all this, although it is a little cruel.

I got the answer from Qin Chen. Huihui suddenly got up and hugged Qin Chen and cried.

Qin Chen's eyes were full of tears, but he endured it and patted Huihui's back, "Cry! ”

After crying for an hour, Huihui's tears stopped, Qin Chen hugged Huihui, "Are you hungry?" Huihui whispered and nodded.

Qin Chen asked the waiting maid to prepare the food.

Although the food was good, the two of them ate very depressed, and only half of the meal was eaten, Qin Chen had no choice but to let the maid clean it up.

After eating, Huihui's face finally improved a little, after all, he was a martial artist in the body refining realm, and after washing the marrow and cutting the veins, his physique was still stronger than others.

Although he didn't want to speak, Qin Chen still spoke, "Huihui, cremate Grandpa's body this afternoon." I thought Huihui would cry bitterly when she heard it, but she couldn't hear the sound for a long time, so Qin Chen looked up to look.

I saw Huihui looking at herself with a pair of big eyes, as if she had been thinking for a long time before she spoke: "Brother, do you know what to do?" Huihui has always thought that you are an omnipotent brother, you rescued Huihui from the robbers, you can knock down such a big cat with one punch, you can rescue Huihui from a gloomy place, you can help Huihui build a foundation, but you didn't show up when the big wolf killed grandpa?"

Qin Chen was shocked, he didn't expect Huihui to ask such a question, why didn't he have time?

If I had arrived earlier, would I have been in time?

If I had found out earlier that there was no wolf king there, would I have been in time?

If you hadn't led the villagers away, maybe none of this would have happened, right?

If I could have been stronger, maybe none of this would have happened, right?

At this moment, the thought of becoming stronger in Qin Chen's heart was like a spark of fire, igniting his whole body, and it was out of control, Qin Chen had never felt that he had such a strong desire.

Hugging Huihui, Qin Chen's tears flowed unconsciously, "Huihui, I'm sorry, it's my brother who is useless, my brother is not strong enough, my brother doesn't have the strength to protect you, it's my brother's fault, my brother didn't save grandpa." ”

Huihui in his arms was stunned, he never thought that his brother would cry, he was stunned, and hurriedly wiped the tears on Qin Chen's face, "Brother doesn't cry, it's not my brother's fault, brother don't cry, brother wants to cry when he cries Huihui." As she spoke, Huihui herself began to cry, grabbing Qin Chen's collar with both hands and crying.

Holding Huihui tightly, Qin Chen muttered: "Huihui rest assured, my brother will become very strong and strong, and he will never let Huihui cry in the future." ”

Huihui in her arms snorted. The voice is small, but very firm. In the afternoon, a clearing in the east of the city.

At this time, the place was piled up with tree branches to form a high ground, and at the top, Grandpa was wearing clean clothes and lying on it with a peaceful face.

And below, there were only Qin Chen, Huihui and the villagers of the backing village, on such an occasion, Qin Chen didn't want anyone to participate, except for those villagers. After all, it's from the same village, and they're going to come anyway.

Qin Chen held the torch in his left hand and led Huihui in his right hand.

Looking at the grandfather on the dry wood, my mind returned to the scene last night, before my grandfather died.

"Huihui, grandpa's time is running out, grandpa can't be with Huihui······"

"I don't want it, I don't want grandpa to go, dad is gone, mom is also gone, is grandpa going to leave Huihui too?"

"Huihui, do you listen to grandpa's words?"

"Xiao Chen, you are Huihui's brother, you must take care of Huihui in the future. ”

Qin Chen didn't say anything, just nodded heavily.

"Huihui, after grandpa is gone, you have to listen to your brother, do you hear?"

"Huihui will be obedient. ”

"That's good, remember what I said. ”

Don't worry! I will definitely take care of Huihui and not let her be wronged in the slightest. Looking at his grandfather's body, Qin Chen made a heavy promise in his heart.

When the time came, the village chief read out the oath, this is the deeds of grandpa's life, although it is very plain, but Huihui and Qin Chen listened carefully.

This is an ordinary old man, his life is an ordinary life, a tragic life, a happy life, a great life, and a life that future generations will never forget.

After the oath was read, the village chief retreated, and Qin Chen pulled Huihui up.

He Huihui held the torch in his hand and lit it gently, at first it was just a flame, and then the flame became bigger and bigger, and the whole dry wood was lit, and the fire soared to the sky.

Qin Chen threw the torch away, and instantly burned his grandfather's body.

Huihui couldn't bear it anymore, and cried in Qin Chen's arms.

The fire soared into the sky, then grew smaller, and gradually extinguished after the last day, leaving only a patch of dust in its place. Qin Chen took an urn and put his grandfather's ashes into it little by little. This is the last trace of this ordinary old man's existence in the world.

After finding a piece of cloth, Qin Chen wrapped the urn and tied it to his body.

There was no mourning platform, no funeral, in the most direct way in the southern mountain village, Qin Chen and a group of villagers completed his grandfather's funeral.

Holding Huihui and separating from everyone, from today, Qin Chen is going to start his life with Huihui, since he came to the backer village, Qin Chen's kindness to be taken care of by the villagers has been repaid. But Qin Chen knew that he was only ftten with Huihui and his grandfather, and he couldn't pay it off for the rest of his life.

It's good to live like this.