They were a group of ten people, all dressed in black outfits, their movements were uniform, and they were well-trained.
The man at the head was in his early twenties, with bee-waisted arms, a burly stature, a tough face, and a thumb-length scar on the side of his face near the cochlea, which did not diminish his handsomeness, but added a touch of edge.
The group of them galloped all night, and they had seen countless tragic situations along the way, all of them looked solemn.
And the head of the man's face was even more hesitant and sad, with a hint of gray defeat.
He jumped off his horse and threw himself into the ruins that could no longer be seen.
He stood in a panic and stood in the devastated area, and began to dig with his sword first, and then he simply digged with his bare hands.
The blood fell into the mud along his fingertips, and he didn't feel the pain at all, and digging for a long time was in vain.
The faces of the people accompanying him were unbearable. A young general with brown hair and deep white eyes said, "Boss, or let's go to the county magistrate here and ask to see how many casualties are counted..."
In fact, when they came, they inquired about the news. The dam collapsed, and Batou Village bore the brunt of it, and no one survived.
The local officials have fled long ago, and the bodies of the people on this side have long been swept away by the flood, and no one has come to count any casualties.
But he also knew that the small village in front of him had the family of their chief.
When faced with this kind of situation, people will always want to do something, and even if they are in vain in the end, they will feel better in their hearts. But no matter what, it's still better than being so crazy right now.
"Or your family happened to be on a long journey and avoided it."
The man finally calmed down, he shook his head slowly, his movements sluggish like a puppet.
After a long time, the man said in a hoarse voice, "My mother came from a distant marriage. Because the elders are not in harmony, they have not communicated with each other for many years. In addition, the inner son is timid, and the younger brother is even younger. go somewhere else."
When he said this, his voice became more and more low, like a rotten tree, and it was like a blood mass in his throat.
The people accompanying him didn't know how to comfort him, so they turned their heads.
"The purpose of our trip is to find a son for King Yi, because of me, I let you all travel with me. Qingyi is here to thank you brothers." He closed his eyes in pain, "Now that... Knowing the result, don't stop here, don't miss the big event of King Yi."
This man is Wu Qingyi, the eldest son of the Wu family who was forcibly conscripted into the army.
It was winter when he left home, and he encountered heavy snow before he joined the army.
Heavy snow blocked the mountain, and more than half of their group died of freezing and sickness.
Delaying the timing was the crime of beheading, so the prison guard simply ignored these recruits and ran for his life.
They thought they had no way out, but they were lucky enough to meet King Yi.
King Yi rescued them, but he did not force them to follow him, but said to them: "A prince and a general, would you rather have a seed? If a monarch is tyrannical, how innocent are the people?"
The emperor of this dynasty was stupid, he only cared about his own pleasure, let eunuchs take power, and the tyranny was fiercer than tigers, and the people had long been resentful.
If it weren't for helplessness, who would be willing to die for such an emperor
At that time, Wu Qingyi and others had missed the military plane and were punished according to the military law. Even if they returned to their hometown, they would be deserters. They did not know when the imperial court would attack and implicate their family members, so they joined the rebel army.
But in the end it was a rebellion. Wu Qingyi did not dare to communicate with his family, and only waited for the situation to stabilize before bringing his family to his side.
Unexpectedly, this wait is five or six years.
Over the years, Wu Qingyi has made many achievements, and he has won the appreciation of King Yi, and he has been promoted from an ordinary soldier to the position of general.
At this time, he really wanted to take his family by his side, and it happened that a major event happened around Yi Wang - the child he raised in the countryside was lost.
In fact, it was not lost just now, but it had been lost for several years.
But King Yi, like Wu Qingyi, was born at a very low level, and was only a small corporal before his fortune.
After the uprising, he relocated his family to a remote place to remain anonymous, and only dared to return home every few years, lest they would be implicated.
It wasn't until half a year ago that the rebel army was in a position to win, and the righteous king went back to pick up his family in person, and only then did he know that his son was lost.
The righteous king Keji was honored, he was not close to women when he was out in the army, and he seldom returned home to reunite with his wife. The child was his only seed, and he naturally attached great importance to it.
Wu Qingyi was instructed to look for it, but although the group were all elites, it had been many years since the incident, and they were looking for a young child, so they only had a rough range, and they found all the way to the vicinity of their hometown.
He had made up his mind to pick up his family this time, but he didn't expect torrential rain and the river bank burst, another tragic disaster.
His heart was grief-stricken, but years of self-control had paid off in this moment. Now that his family is gone, he should help the righteous king who has been kind to him find his son, so that he can avoid the pain he is suffering now.
After getting his order, the group got on their horses.
Wu Qingyi reined in the reins and turned the horse's head. After a moment of gloomy eyes in his homeland, he finally left with his subordinates.
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At this time, in Hanshan Town, hundreds of miles away, Wang shi was talking to Gu Yin, but suddenly sneezed more than a dozen times in a row, and scolded: "I don't know which turtle son is talking about my mother!"
Immediately, she thought of her own man and son, as well as those old acquaintances in Batou Village. Except for Gu Yin and Xiao Wu'an in front of her, where else would anyone remember her
After they came out of Batou Village that day, it rained heavily every day for several days. It was not convenient for their orphans and widows to travel at night. They carried a lot of luggage in larger bags and small bags. I talked about the disaster in Batou Village.
This time, he didn't dare to stop, he accelerated his pace, and finally arrived at Hanshan Town a day ago.
The three of them were busy and tired. When they arrived in the town, Mr. Wang led them to find a cheap inn and stayed overnight.
On the way here, Gu Yin asked Wang's future plans. Wang was reluctant to say more, but when she arrived in Hanshan Town, she had to tell her some things.
Wang's heart was very high, and then she told Gu Yin about the past.
It turned out that Wang's family was considered a wealthy family in the town. Don't look at Wang's current situation, she was also a young lady from a small wealthy family back then.
The second elder of the Wang family gave birth to two sons before, and only got a daughter in his later years. He raised her like a jewel, and regarded her as more important than her eyeballs.
Until Wang Shi was fifteen years old, the two elders were not willing to marry off this precious daughter.
It was in that year that Wang met his father Wu, who came to a different place to make a living.
Father Wu was a very handsome young man back then. After his parents were gone, he and his fellow villagers came to Hanshan Town to do business.
Because of the limited capital, what they do is a businessman who sells a pair of poles and two small boxes.
Wang Shi was at the age when he liked fresh gadgets, and the two of them knew each other after going back and forth.
After a lot of contact, Mr. Wang took the initiative to express his intentions.
Father Wu was flattered and felt that he was not worthy of her, so he rejected her at the beginning.
But Mrs. Wang was stubborn and stubbornly said that if Father Wu didn't want her, she would shave her hair to become her sister-in-law. Father Wu already liked her, and when he heard the girl he liked say this, he naturally didn't anymore. Escape, the two fell in love.
Wang's temperament is very small, and after falling in love, he told his family that he would not marry.
This made the second Wang family angry.
It's not that they are stubborn—the town's atmosphere is simple and honest, and the families who live close by know the basics. It's a foreigner in sight!
When I asked about the situation of the Wu family again, I knew that he had lost both his parents and had no relatives, and he was even more angry.
But Wang was determined, and she threatened her on hunger strike if the family did not let her go.
The parents of the Wang family were also distressed for their daughter, and finally came up with a compromise solution to let Father Wu join the Wang family. He was alone and widowed, wouldn't it be just right to join the royal family? In this way, Wang's wish was fulfilled, and they could keep their daughter by their side for a long time.
But Father Wu is not willing.
It's not that he doesn't like the Wang family enough, but that after joining the family, he gave up his surname and became the Wang family.
Their Wu family was not prosperous in the early years. The court levied heavy taxes. In order to continue their family's incense, their parents saved food for him to eat. It can be said that his parents starved to death for him.
How could he give up his surname and cut off his family's inheritance
Afterwards, things were deadlocked, and the Wang family made another trouble and hanged himself.
That time, the parents of the Wang family were really heartbroken, they immediately kicked her out of the house and told her not to return to Hanshan Town in the future.
Wang married into the Wu family like that, and the later fields of the Wu family were replaced by her jewelry at that time.
Father Wu was down-to-earth and willing to work hard, and the Wang family also learned to be the master of the house. The days after marriage can be described as harmonious and beautiful.
But the Wang family is shameless to go back to her parents' home, so she can only have people bring home letters and small gifts back every once in a while.
After two years, the Wang family’s parents lost their anger, and just as the Wang family gave birth to their eldest son, they sent a letter saying that when their eldest grandson was a little older, they would return to Hanshan Town to see him.
When Wu Qingyi was half a year old, Mrs. Wang rushed back to her parents' home with her husband and son, but was shocked to hear the sad news of the passing away of both the old and the old.
There were two older brothers on top of the Wang family. At that time, they were having a lot of trouble over the family property. Seeing this distantly married younger sister came back, she thought she was also here to mix and split the family, which would be a shame.
A lot of ugly words were said, and the Wang family was also arrogant. After the parents' funeral was over, they left with her husband and son, and never communicated with her parents' family again.
The most recent correspondence between Wang's family and her family was probably the time when the imperial court forcibly recruited strong men five years ago.
A strong man is worth ten taels, and he can keep people for twenty taels of silver.
The Wang family didn't expect her mother's brother and sister-in-law to be so generous to give out the 20 taels for her family. She just thought that she still had 78 taels in her hand, and then collected more than 2 taels of silver, anyway, leaving a man at home.
But she never responded to the message she sent back to her mother's house, and in the end it was over.
The Wang family is really annoyed now. If it wasn't for the incident earlier, she might never have returned to Hanshan Town in her life.
Of course, these old things are not glorious, and even a little deviant. She has never even mentioned one of her own two sons, let alone tell Gu Yin's daughter-in-law.
But she thought about having to deal with her family in the future. Rather than letting the two worry-free sisters-in-law make it up to them, it would be better for him to tell it honestly.
It's also a shame that Mrs. Wang got through so early, because just after she finished talking about these things, two sister-in-laws of her parents' family came to her door.