C234 To the village

"What?" How could this work? Once we are discovered, our reputation will be ruined! If we get targeted by the people from the Surveillance Council, then you and I will be dead for sure! " Guard Commander said as he turned pale with fright.

Although this place was located within a mountain range and the majority of the villages here were rarely seen, if they rashly went to massacre a village here, it would likely be a bit heinous. Furthermore, under the current rule of the Emperor, there were no major incidents that occurred within the Honglong Empire, and the news of the extermination of the village was even rarer. If there were any such incidents, the Surveillance Council would definitely investigate them relentlessly, and at that time, it would be extremely difficult for them to escape death.

"Is the Prince's mission more important, or is our reputation more important? Some things should be done in a ruthless manner. Brother, haven't you heard the phrase, 'once a general succeeds ten thousand bones,' then you have to be ruthless? Big things shouldn't be tied to these little knots! If the deaths of these people could be exchanged for the King's ascension to the throne, they should feel lucky! Furthermore, as long as our hands and feet are a bit nimbler, no matter how powerful Surveillance Council is, I probably won't be able to find out about our brother! " Shi Haowen instigated. He was a cruel and merciless person. Killing a few people meant nothing to him.

"..." Guard Commander did not speak anymore. He was regretting his suggestion now, to the point where he did not want to lead the group to find the village.

Just as the two were deep in their thoughts, a guard came running in from the distance. After he stood still, he said to the two of them happily, "Reporting to the two sirs, we found smoke not far away. There should be a village nearby. Please instruct us, sirs!"

"That's great, Captain. Have your men prepare to go? "Hehe ?" Shi Haowen said excitedly. After he finished speaking, he gave a strange laugh, the sound of his laughter was extremely unpleasant to hear, but one could hear a kind of bloodthirsty thirst in his laughter.

Even if the Guard Commander was unhappy, he could not disobey Shi Haowen's decision. After all, the Prince had his own reasons for making this trip, so he had to listen to Shi Haowen for everything. Furthermore, this person was extremely petty, and if he said something bad about himself behind his back, he would most likely end up staying in the Duke Palace.

Therefore, Guard Commander could only tell Shi Haowen's intentions to his subordinates. Although their subordinates all frowned at this time, they all nodded in agreement.

They could kill anyone who wanted the money in order to protect it, but that did not mean that they would be happy to accept such a heinous act. However, they were just the lowest level of executors. If they did not agree to carry it out in such a desolate place, their fate might not be too good!

After the discussion was over, the group escorted the silver taels to the place where the smoke was rising.

As the saying goes, "Dang Shan Dang Ma", but if you look at the smoke, you won't have to run too far to find the village. This village was located within a small col. The col faced south with the back of the mountain. It was a great place for winter, warmth summer and cool weather.

Looking at the village from afar, the intersected paths separated the dozens of houses and courtyards. Most of the houses were made up of mud and wood. It was rather simple and crude, but in such a large mountain, it did not lose its ancientness and nature.

"My Captain, how many people do you think we can have in the dozens of adobe rooms in the cove? How long can you guys kill them all? " Shi Haowen pointed to an adobe house underneath the col, and asked Guard Commander beside him with a hint of playfulness.

"I estimate that the battle will end in less than half an hour!" Guard Commander frowned and said.

"It's too slow. I think we can finish it in 15 minutes. How about this, I'll lead a team to clean up these people. You take a part of your people to guard these boxes!" Shi Haowen shook his head, and said with ill intentions, and at the same time arranged for the captain to take care of the boxes of silver.

"Alright, that's my decision!" Guard Commander saw that he did not need to kill anyone and did not force him to do so either. At the very least, he did not want to be involved in this dirty matter.

Shi Haowen didn't want this Guard Commander to go at all. On one hand, he was confident that he could take care of the village in the col; on the other hand, he even wanted to vent out in the village! From the start of his journey from the mansion until now, he hadn't had enough to eat or sleep well. Most importantly, there were no women for him to vent his anger on, so there was bound to be women in the village.

The more Shi Haowen thought about it, the more excited he became. He could no longer suppress his bloodthirst and his urge to act. Desire was devouring his rationality, and even he himself was giving up the rationality in his heart. He did not need rationality right now, what he needed was endless release.

Thus, Shi Haowen chose two-thirds of the people with good skills, and brought the group to set off, with the goal being the village at the col area.

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Fengyang City's encampment, Gongsun Zaitian's bedroom.

It was already the fifth day since Gongsun Ze Tian had fainted and there was no sign of him waking up. He was still deep in sleep. Leng Nuohan, on the other hand, stayed by Gongsun Ze Tian's side every day. Other than occasionally going to the latrine, she would also eat at Gongsun Ze Tian's side.

And the daily task of cleaning Gongsun Ze Tian's body, was obviously done with Lan Er's assistance. Although Leng Nuohan was very embarrassed and embarrassed during the process, she never refused and continued to do these dubious things as usual.

Situ Qingyun was very satisfied with his future daughter-in-law. Although she had not fully matured, looking at her current looks, she would definitely become a beauty that would bring calamity upon the world once she grew up, even to the extent of toppling the nations and beauties. She sighed with emotion at her nephew's good fortune, but at the same time, she resolutely rejected her sister-in-law's suggestion to introduce him to her.

It was not that Situ Qingyun did not want to find his, it was just that he could not find time to casually identify his wife. He was afraid that he might not like her, because he did not have the time to get along with her and end up with her in the end. Although he was an incomparably prestigious general, he still had to constantly face danger.

"It's already been five days, how can my nephew fall asleep so easily?" Situ Qingyun asked in confusion. In his opinion, this brat was just sleeping, because he had once leaned over to listen into Gongsun Zaitian's ear, and this guy was even slightly snoring. If one wasn't near and was listening carefully, one wouldn't even be able to hear him.

"How is that sleeping? Didn't you see the bandages on his body?" Didn't you see any traces of a wound when you changed the medicine? " Murong Fenghuang retorted unhappily.

"What sister-in-law says makes sense!" What Situ Qingyun was most afraid of was arguing with his sister-in-law. After countless of practices, it was evident that at the end of the dispute with her, there could only be one word to describe it: 'humiliating yourself'!

"Qing Yun, I remember that when you came, didn't you say that your army could sense Fengyang City three days later? It's already the fifth day, and he still hasn't come. Could something have happened? " Situ Qingtian asked, he was worried that his brother would come here first, without him in the army, it would be hard to explain anything to the imperial government.

They have just entered the borders of Fengyang County, and in the past two days they have discovered a group of cavalrymen at the border of the two counties. Just in case, they have already stationed themselves at the border of the two counties for two more days. Situ Qingyun explained.

"Do you know which unit?" Situ Qingtian asked suspiciously. In the past few days, he had received news that on the night of the explosion, a large group of people had attacked the city from the north.

"I'm not sure. Judging from his appearance, he should be from the City Guard Army. However, I have been communicating with the City Guards of the surrounding cities. They have not sent any troops out of the city for the past few days." Situ Qingyun shook his head and said, after knowing about this, he was very concerned, so he quickly sent two letters asking the soldiers to investigate, at the same time being on guard against any sneak attacks, and also requesting them to report the details of the investigation to him.

"Is there any other clue to this cavalry?" Situ Qingtian continued to question his brother.

"No, these people are very familiar with the terrain and they're very cautious. I've lost them very quickly, so I must have entered the neighboring prefectures. Moreover, there are a lot of mountains there. I'm afraid we won't be able to find them!" Situ Qingyun shook his head and said, he was thinking about who the commander of the troop was and how he could actually command the entire army like a fingertip, even the plan was watertight, if he could dig this man into his army, he was afraid that his Northern Army's fighting strength would increase by a lot.

"I can only give up! However, the ruckus between the Sword League s and Blood Illusion Valley s in the city is getting more and more outrageous. It's better to have your troops come earlier so that they can quickly suppress these bastards and make them behave a little. " Situ Qingtian also bitterly sighed as he shook his head. After that, he spoke of the two great powers that were causing a ruckus in the city with a face full of disgust, and hoped that his brother's army could make these two groups of people successfully pull out the green core.

"No problem. As long as my army arrives, I can march them into the city. With the help of the city guards, we can kill a few of them and intimidate them." Situ Qingyun also hated the two groups of people who were fighting outside, but it was a pity that there were too few personal guards, and that killing them was fine, but against the martial artists, or even street fighting in the city, it would not be enough.

After all, soldiers only knew about formations and coordination. In a battle inside the city, one reason was because the smaller sized formations couldn't be spread out, so they couldn't display the power of the formation; two reason was because the difference in power was too great in terms of a few grades, and with this, the number of people that Situ Qingyun brought would lose out; therefore, it was simply impossible for the people that he brought to be their match.

"The imperial government has probably received news of this place. I'm afraid that the Surveillance Council will arrive soon!" Situ Qingtian said. According to his deductions, with Surveillance Council's information system, all of the things that had happened here should have been made clear by now.

"It's good that they came to deal with me, so I don't have to worry about my subordinates dying in the hands of their own people instead of on the battlefield. You have to know that they were protecting these people with their lives, and they even died in the hands of the people they protected. How cruel would that be for these soldiers!" Situ Qingyun sighed helplessly.

All of these were very realistic, and were also things that had truly happened beside Situ Qingyun. A Academy Officer under his command had his wife taken turns by a local ruffian. These ruffians even had connections with the local city guards, and had forcefully forced the Academy Officer's parents to their deaths. He brought his wife back to the mansion to forcefully take her as a concubine.

Who knew that Academy Officer's wife would commit suicide the night he took in a concubine.'s neighbor couldn't stand it any longer and secretly ran over to Northern Army's camp, finding the Academy Officer and telling him the reason. Academy Officer immediately wanted to avenge his parents and wife.

After making a ruckus, they were just about to leave the army camp, when they were stopped by the guards outside the camp and seized on the spot. At the same time, they reported it to General Situ Qingyun.