When Ah Dao mentioned the village, Chen Kan opened his mouth, but didn't know how to answer.
Seeing his expression, Ah Dao's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.
He took a deep breath and asked in a trembling voice: "Are there... anyone alive in the village?"
As a native, being able to become an officer in the military camp is enough to show that he is not a fool.
In fact, when Chen Kan could get here safely, he had a guess in his heart, but he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.
"I......"
Chen Kan was speechless. There were indeed living people in the village, but the old man had passed away.
After a while, Chen Kan said hoarsely: "Ajin is still alive."
"Live, just live..."
Ah Dao's face turned pale to the naked eye, without a trace of blood.
He asked tremblingly: "I...am I late?"
Looking at Ah Dao, who was suddenly confused, Chen Kan pursed his lips. Just as he was about to speak, Chen An grabbed his sleeve.
"Sir, let your subordinates speak."
Chen An knew that Chen Kan felt uncomfortable and his thoughts were not clear. At this time, it was time for him to come out and correct the mistakes.
Chen Kan lowered his head and acquiesced to Chen An's approach.
Chen An dismounted and pulled Ah Dao aside. The two of them whispered for a while, and then saw Ah Dao kneeling on the ground with a face full of pain and crying uncontrollably.
Ah Dao cried for a long time.
The man sheds tears easily because he has not reached the sad point.
Ah Dao fell into deep self-blame. He hated himself for not borrowing reinforcements earlier, and also hated himself for being so incompetent that he couldn't even protect his own family.
The sadness spread quickly, and the soldiers behind Chen Kan also felt sad. Many of the soldiers who had been with them day and night also died in battle today.
It is not worth being sad if a soldier dies on the military battlefield. That is the final destination of every soldier.
But dying under this kind of petty calculation makes everyone feel endless hatred.
Ah Dao's crying gradually subsided. He is a soldier and he knows very well when to control his emotions.
When he walked in front of Chen Kan again, he seemed to have aged dozens of years.
"If you don't avenge this revenge, you will be despised for your humble position as a son of a human being. Please give me your order."
Ah Dao's face was full of determination. He would rather die than take the executioner's head back to the village to make amends to the dead villagers.
Chen Kan looked at the woman riding on the back of the tiger, walked up to the tiger, bowed to her and said, "Miss Maggie, please!"
Maggie wrinkled her nose. As for those people, Ah Dao had made it very clear when he went to ask them for help. Even if Chen Kan didn't send people to ask for help later, they wouldn't be able to let these outsiders come to Yunnan. After a killing spree, he left peacefully.
The hostility between the chieftains is a matter between the chieftains, but if outsiders come to bully the chieftains, all the chieftains will not agree.
She responded calmly: "Don't worry, our clan now regards you as a great benefactor. With us here, those people can't escape from Lin'an Mansion."
While the two were talking, another group of people emerged from the mountains and forests. Unlike Maggie's men, each of them covered themselves tightly.
The leader was Ma Baoer, who had an acquaintance with Chen Kan in Tonghai County.
He slipped down from a huge boulder, walked up to Chen Kan, and asked, "Your Majesty, the imperial envoy, are we not too late?"
Chen Kan shook his head, raised his hands to Ma Baoer and said, "No."
At this moment, there was another noise in the forest. The three of them looked towards the forest at the same time. A middle-aged man emerged from the forest first.
He opened his mouth, and a string of patois that Chen Kan didn't understand came out of his mouth. Then Ma Baoer and Maggie nodded to him and responded with a string of patois that Chen Kan didn't understand.
The three of them talked for a while, and the middle-aged man cupped his hands towards Chen Kan and said, "My lord, please forgive me, I'm late."
Seeing that the visitor could speak Chinese, Chen Kan cupped his hands and said, "Who is your Excellency?"
"I am the commander of the Baiyi Mansion, and my father is the chieftain of Baiyi appointed by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. This time, I am here for the affairs of Wangyue Village!"
The three chieftains arrived hand in hand, and Chen Kan's eyes suddenly felt sour.
He didn't say much, just handed over to the three of them again: "Thank you!"
"Sir, you are welcome. Those demons broke into my clan's territory and killed them all. If I don't take revenge, others will think that I am a weakling for rejecting the clan."
"My sons, follow me into the mountains!"
Seeing the people sent by the clan arriving, Ah Dao couldn't help but feel a little wet in his eyes.
"Sir, our young clan leader has arrived. Please allow me to follow my young clan leader into the mountains."
Ah Dao made a tearful request, but Chen Kan did not refuse and ordered: "If you find anything, please contact me at any time."
"You can save money by taking a humble position."
Ah Dao responded, quickly followed the footsteps of the middle-aged man Bai Yi Tusi, and soon disappeared from Chen Kan's sight.
"Into the mountains!"
After Ma Baoer shouted, he also led his men into hiding in the forest.
Maggie looked at Chen Kan and said calmly: "There is miasma in the mountains. You Han people will easily die in the mountains if you go in. You first take people to Tonghai County to wait for us. I will let people report to you when there is news."
Chen Kan nodded: "Thank you very much, Miss, for your help. I will never forget this kindness. If there is anything I can use you for in the future, please let me know."
The woman patted the tiger's head, and after a tiger roar, the subordinates of Aza Chieftain's Mansion also disappeared in front of Chen Kan.
The three chieftain mansions gathered tens of thousands of people to search the mountains. As the real masters of Yunnan, the only thing Chen Kan could do was not to hold them back.
After arriving at the Tonghai County Government Office overnight, Chen Kan locked himself in the house and began to wait for the results of the three chieftains' searches without eating or drinking.
...
In a mountain forest that cannot be named, a monkey-like dwarf and a girl were huddled in the grass. The two of them did not dare to make a sound.
Fozi quietly watched a small White Lotus Sect team pass by in front of his eyes, but he had no intention of stopping them, even if those people were his most trusted subordinates.
He is now not sure whether these people are still trustworthy and whether they have been taken over by the woman for her own use.
He didn't dare to gamble.
The pain in his chest made him afraid to interact with any of the White Lotus Sect's followers.
If nothing unexpected happens, the woman's first step in escaping Yunnan must be to rush to Shuzhong to integrate the forces he left behind.
Now that he wants to take revenge, the only way is to return to Shuzhong before those two people, and then set up a dragnet to catch them all.
But before that, we can't let them have it so easy.
After the group of White Lotus cultists walked away, he endured the severe pain in his chest and climbed up the tree trunk.
At a glance, I saw a goshawk circling over another long mountain.
That goshawk was supposed to be used by him to guide the White Lotus cultists under his command. Now it seems that it must have fallen into the hands of that woman, right?
Sitting cross-legged on the canopy of the tree, Buddha thought for a moment and gave up on taking back the goshawk.
Now is not the time, at least we have to wait until the pursuers get here.
When the time comes, I will take the goshawk back. The bitch will not have the goshawk to lead the way, and there will be pursuers behind me. I think it will be enough for her to drink a pot.
Jumping off the tree trunk, Fozi watched the girl lick her lips, and finally gave up the idea of drinking more blood.
There is still use in keeping her around. She is more familiar with the deep mountains and old forests of Yunnan than he is. With her around, at least it will be easier for him to avoid pursuing soldiers. If not, he can be used as a hostage and human shield at critical times.
Seeing him licking his lips, Ah Jin's body couldn't help but tremble subconsciously.
Along the way, this demon had drunk her blood three times, which made her head feel dizzy.
She thought about running away countless times, but she was just a little girl with no strength. How easy was it to escape from this demon?
Buddha asked fiercely: "Didn't you say there is a path that can go around to the mountain opposite?"
Ajin nodded timidly.
"lead the way!"
Not long after the two left, a girl riding a tiger led a group of people to the place where they had just hidden the White Lotus cultists.
The girl jumped off the tiger, glanced at the blood stains left in the grass, reached out and picked up some blood-stained soil and rubbed it on her fingertips.
Then he said in dialect: "The blood hasn't solidified yet, they haven't gone far yet, chase them!"
"Ouch~"
The tiger roared and then received a slap from the girl!
"You scared everyone away!"
The girl angrily said something in the dialect, and there was a trace of human grievance on the tiger's millstone-sized head.
"Chase!"
The girl turned over and mounted the tiger, leading the men to pursue him deep into the jungle.
The one-armed man and the saint in another mountain also heard the roar of the tiger.
In addition to the two of them, hundreds of people had gathered in the cave.
When the imperial army came after them, the believers broke into pieces and fled. This was the plan set by the saint and the Buddha in advance.
It was beyond her expectation that hundreds of people could gather now.
So the moment she heard the roar of the tiger, the saint decided not to wait.
As soon as she stood up, the one-armed man followed her.
The man asked: "What's wrong?"
The saint looked at the believers who were resting and regaining their strength, and said calmly: "Let's go first and wait for the remaining people at Tu'er Pass."
The believers woke up from the state of concentrating with their eyes closed and asked: "Why?"
Before the woman could speak, someone objected: "I can't do it, holy lady. Without the holy eagle to lead the way, the brothers can't get out of the mountain."
The saint frowned and said, "I have a hunch that the pursuers are coming!"
"We've been delayed here long enough, we can't wait any longer."
The saint spoke, and even if others had objections, the canon rules were there and there was no room for anyone to resist.
The saint was the first to walk out of the cave with the help of the one-armed man, and then the others had no choice but to follow, whether they were happy or not.
The lessons from the past are not far away, and they are not willing to lose their lives here.
Hundreds of people disappeared into the mountains and forests, like a drop of water flowing into the sea, and soon disappeared without a trace.
The Tusi mountain people who entered the mountain followed the traces left by the White Lotus Sect and soon tracked them into the cave. The fire in the cave had not yet been completely extinguished.
