I'm just a swineherd, not a beastmaster.

After the Southern King's army surrendered, Feng Shaotian returned to his horse, summoned his deputy general, and gave a serious order:

"Lead the team out and find the small village that the spy mentioned!"

"Major General, we just won a battle, how about letting the brothers take a rest?"

"Rest? Didn't I let you rest enough when you came here? Go quickly, if anything happens to my brother, I'll slap you in the face!"

"Yes!" The deputy general quickly led the team out. He didn't dare to persuade him anymore.

He knew the young general's temper. He would slap someone in the face if he said so, and he never went back on his word in this regard.

Half an incense stick of time later, the deputy general brought good news.

"Report to the Major General, the village has been found, but..." The deputy general had a complicated expression and did not dare to continue his words.

"Now that you've found it, why don't you lead the way!" Feng Shaotian did not notice the deputy general's expression and was immersed in the joy of finding Yuan Feng.

When he arrived in front of Yuan Feng's courtyard, he looked at the empty house and his face fell.

"Didn't you say you found him? Where is he?"

"Yes, we found it." The deputy general looked at the yard. "It's exactly the same place as the spy said, except there's no one there."

"Why did you ask me to come here when there's no one here?" Feng Shaotian raised his palm, thought about it, and then put it down. "Go and look for my brother Yuan Feng! You are not allowed to rest until you find him!"

Upon hearing this order, the deputy general groaned inwardly.

"Report, there is a pile of charred bodies behind the yard, and they seem to be people from this yard!" A soldier ran over to report.

"What?!" Feng Shaotian's hand holding the reins suddenly trembled, "Take me over to have a look!"

Without even getting close to the pile of charred corpses, Feng Shaotian jumped off his horse, staggered, and bent over to pick up a lonely tattered cloth shoe on the ground.

"These shoes... belong to my brother!"

Feng Shaotian held the shoe in his hand, trembling all over, and looked at the pile of corpses, his eyes filled with only sorrow.

It is hard not to associate this lonely shoe with the piles of charred corpses.

In fact, Yuan Feng had put on the boots he bought in the city in order to escape, and he threw away these tattered cloth shoes. One of them fell here, and the other was taken to add fuel to the fire.

"Damned King Nan!" Feng Shaotian howled to the sky, "My brother is an honest man, but you are slaughtering him. Wait, when I rush into your Ziyang Palace, I will cut you into pieces and avenge my brother!"

Gently putting away his shoes, Feng Shaotian came to the pile of corpses. Regardless of the dirt, he found a corpse that was similar in size to Yuan Feng and picked it up.

"Come on, take my brother away first, and when we return to Dongzhou, we will give him a grand funeral!"

"Hurry up and get someone here!" The deputy general stepped forward to help call for help, and a complex expression flashed across his face. "Major General, I have a question for you. Is your brother a member of the army?"

Feng Shaotian was a little displeased: "You are asking too much. The person is dead, why are you asking this? But speaking of it, although my brother is capable, he usually makes a living by raising pigs."

"That's a little wrong."

"What's wrong?" Feng Shaotian raised his eyes and looked at the deputy general.

"Look, Major General, although the bodies are burnt on the outside, their armor is still intact. It can be seen that they were all soldiers when they were alive. According to what you said, it doesn't fit with the identity of swineherds."

"So... none of my brothers are among these."

"It should be. Major General, please go inside and take a look."

"Come into the house?" Although Feng Shaotian didn't understand what the deputy general was doing, he still followed him into the house.

"Don't you feel that something is missing in this room, Major General?"

"Don't make me guess. I hate using my brain."

Seeing Feng Shaotian's impatient look, the deputy general said directly: "There is no food. There are signs of human activity in this room. There is not a speck of dust on the table. There is no food, which proves that the owner of this house has just escaped."

"gone?"

"And he just left not long ago. Major General, come and take a look outside the house."

The deputy general took Feng Shaotian outside the house again and pointed at the footprints on the ground.

"Looking at the footprints of the livestock, the owner of the house should have gone east with his family, and he left not long ago."

Feng Shaotian stretched his neck and looked towards the east: "East, isn't that the direction we came from? Did you see anyone passing by us just now?"

As the question went on, everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment. They had just been fighting and it was dark, so who could care about anything else?

"I'm asking you a question! Are you all dumb, or are your ears damaged? Can't you hear me?"

After a while, a voice came from the back row: "Major General, I saw a group of refugees."

"Come up and tell me!"

The one who came up was the cavalry captain who was responsible for looking after the army's flank.

"Major General, when we were charging just now, there was a group of refugees. I saw that there were old and young people in their group, including many women and children, so I asked them to move aside."

"Such a big thing, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I……"

"Forget it, I don't blame you." Feng Shaotian calmed down, "Go now and bring that group of refugees back to me."

"Yes!"

The team leader immediately jumped on his horse and rode away.

……

Yuan Feng, who didn't know what was going on, anxiously urged the team to move forward.

But after all, everyone in the team was weak and had been walking for a whole afternoon. Their legs and feet were numb and sore, and the more they hurried, the slower they went.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of horse hooves. At first, Yuan Feng thought it was the sound of Ma Long and Ma Hu riding a horse behind him.

After I realized that it was not the case, I couldn't help but become nervous.

"Everyone, walk slower!"

Yuan Feng was anxious, and the team leader who was chasing him was even more anxious than him.

"Feng boy, it looks like the military commander just now." Although old man Jiang is old, his eyes are very sharp.

"Don't panic, I'll go negotiate with him."

After saying that, Yuan Feng turned around and went over.

"Everyone, don't leave. Our major general wants to see you."

"Who is your young general?" Yuan Feng asked loudly.

"Our major general is the prince of Dongzhou, Feng Shaotian."

It turned out to be Feng Shaotian. Yuan Feng's brows relaxed and he quietly lowered his clenched fists.

"Everyone stop!" Knowing that it was Feng Shaotian who came, Yuan Feng told everyone to stop.

"Feng boy." Old man Jiang drove the cattle over and said, "Why would the young general of Dongzhou come to us? Will something go wrong?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Jiang. I didn't explain it to you all earlier. My friend from Dongzhou is the Crown Prince of Dongzhou, Feng Shaotian."

"Oh? How do you know the prince of Dongzhou?"

"It's a long story, we'll talk about it later when we have a chance."

Yuan Feng just evaded the question casually. He would never mention it again in the future. There was nothing to brag about being cellmates.

Turning back is just a matter of words, but the villagers are not clear about the situation and are somewhat resistant.

Finally, after Yuan Feng's repeated assurances, everyone agreed to turn around.

The team set out again, this time heading home. As soon as they climbed back over the mountain, they saw Feng Shaotian and his men waiting halfway up the mountain.

"Don't worry, it's okay, buddy."

When the villagers saw the soldiers in uniform, they couldn't help but feel a little nervous, so Yuan Feng hurried to comfort them.

"brother!"

Feng Shaotian spurred his horse forward and wanted to give Yuan Feng a hug, but Daya dodged and didn't even touch the corner of Yuan Feng's clothes.

It landed on the ground with a bang, and Feng Shaotian patted the dust off his body awkwardly: "Hey, brother, what kind of pig are you? You are so agile."

Yuan Feng patted the pig's head embarrassedly: "It's a wild boar. I've raised it for a few years, but it's still a little shy."

"Brother, long time no see. This is not the place to chat. Let's go down the mountain and reminisce about the past."

"Okay!" Yuan Feng agreed to Feng Shaotian and turned to wave to the villagers, "Follow me, let's go back to the village."

It also caused an uproar among the villagers.

"It turns out that Feng wasn't bragging. He really knows the Major General of Dongzhou."

"He has great potential. I have liked this kid since he was a child. He is a blessed man."

"Of course not. Xiaofeng has been smart since he was young. He will definitely be blessed when he grows up."

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