An eight-year-old kid emptied his scumbag father's warehouse and followed his grandparents into

In that empty house in Yiyang City,

Until the next morning,

The thirteen men in black, whose tendons in their legs and hands had been cut, slowly woke up and found that they had been thrown on the cold ground and had no idea how long they had slept. They were so cold that their teeth were chattering and their bodies were shivering. They were also numb from being pressed by their companions, and soon they started sneezing again.

It was unknown how long the simple house had been abandoned. There was no ground trap or kang. I lay on the cold floor for a night. If I didn't have excellent physical fitness, I would have died in the haunted house.

"This is where?"

"anyone there?"

"Help! Is there anyone here?"

"Can you give me something to eat?"

……

They had never been so embarrassed.

No matter how much you screamed and howled, no one came in, not even a single response. They were cold and hungry, but their hands and feet couldn't move. They wanted to climb out, but the doors and windows were tightly closed. No one opened the door, so it was impossible to escape.

Zhou Wei was not in a hurry to interrogate the prisoner as usual. Instead, he lay on the bed leisurely with his legs crossed, listening quietly to the movements in the next room. He and the two guards who stayed behind lit a brazier in the next room. They took turns sleeping when they were tired, and ate hot pot when they woke up and were hungry. Their life was very comfortable.

The two connected rooms were not big to begin with, and were separated by only a wall. They made some minor adjustments so that the men in black could neither see nor hear what was happening over here, but they could see everything happening over there clearly and hear exactly what was being shouted inside.

"What kind of a hell of a place is this? Are we going to starve to death or freeze to death here?"

"I never thought that the fame of our Qianniu Guards would be ruined in this small Yiyang City. We are too embarrassed to return to the capital."

"Do you think you can survive if you go back?"

"At least I can go out and beg for food, instead of starving to death."

"Hey! Where's my knife?"

"I don't have a sword anymore! Otherwise I'd just stab myself."

……

Zhou Wei listened with great interest. "Little guy, as soon as he entered the room yesterday, he asked the guards to cut the tendons of the hands and feet of these dozen people. All the weapons, silver and banknotes on each of them have been pocketed. Even the poison in their teeth has been dealt with completely, just to prevent them from committing suicide."

How could it be so easy to die? Anyone who dared to provoke the General's Mansion would either die or live.

At first, the killers were talking nonsense, but as the night progressed, cold, hungry and desperate, someone finally revealed their identity as the Qianniu Guards. It turned out that the people who wanted to take their general's life were not ordinary people. The Qianniu Guards were the emperor's personal guards, and it was impossible for others to command them.

It is enough to know who is behind this cruel act. It is impossible to pry more useful information out of their mouths, and they will not know anything, so there is no need to interrogate them again.

But he didn't want them to die too comfortably, so he continued to use the army's sleeping pills to knock them unconscious, piled them up in a carriage, and took them to the forest outside the city to bleed them a little, so that they could also taste the taste of being a delicacy for the wolves. At this time of year, the wild beasts in the mountains are out foraging, and at the slightest scent of blood, they will flock down the mountain and devour them in a few hours, flesh and bones.

This news reached Jing Yongcheng only a few hours late. He pondered for a long time and felt that the emperor would not kill them all at this time, otherwise he should be executed immediately in the capital.

"Something must have gone wrong." This was the consensus they reached after discussing it.

"Could something have happened, big brother?" Since leaving the capital, they had received very little news. Two brief messages revealed nothing major had happened in the capital. Unless big brother Jing Changjiang had done something truly treasonous, something against the will of Heaven, angering the higher-ups, and lacking solid evidence to sentence them to death, they had resorted to such a shady tactic.

Jing Changjiang had sent two pigeon messages to the Northern Territory before and after leaving the capital. They should have received them, but why hadn't he sent them a single message in all that time? Did he escape safely, and how did he escape? They didn't know.

There was no news from the capital that Jing Changjiang was captured or killed in battle, so they were not sad. They all knew that no news was the best news at this time.

So, what is the situation now? It is really hard to guess.

"Yiyang Prefecture has lost so many soldiers. If these dozen Qianniu Guards can't return in ten days or so, I'm afraid there will be greater danger waiting for us." There is no evidence, but it cannot clear their suspicion. The person above will definitely not let it go. He might get angry and do even more cruel things to them.

……

Thousands of miles away in the northern border, something major had indeed happened that they were unaware of, causing the man above to be furious.

A major event did happen in the Northern Frontier military camp where General Jing Changjiang was stationed five days after they were exiled from the capital. However, for various reasons, this incident did not reach the ears of those who stayed in the capital to inquire about the news in time. Naturally, the person in charge deliberately blocked the news.

Jing Changjiang was indeed missing, and it was not just several of his staff members and deputy generals who disappeared with him. He had led 5,000 elite soldiers across the border under the pretext of ambushing the Tartar barracks, and never returned.

Since he disappeared while fighting for his country, and the formalities were in place, the emperor, though furious, only stripped him of his military power and dismissed him from his post, but could not punish him.

Before the imperial edict ordering him to return to the capital reached the northern border, the soldiers in the northern border were already leaderless. Although a deputy commander was hastily appointed later, the enemy stole the news in less than ten days and took advantage of the chaos in the army to march straight in. The deputy commander failed to resist and lost a lot of soldiers and horses. He only held out for less than ten days before losing two border cities.

This is why the emperor, who was still concerned about the support and love of the people for the General's Mansion and had not taken any ruthless action, is now eager to extend his evil hand to them.

In order to avoid the infamy of framing loyal and good people, the dog emperor wanted to kill them silently on the road. It turned out that when the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is cooked; when the birds are all gone, the good bow is put away.

The king is unkind and his ministers are chilling!

Living in the inn, everyone except the ignorant children was in the lowest mood.

After knowing this fact, the good mood she had felt after gaining something was gone. She moved a small stool and sat under the eaves in front of the big bunk bed. Her eyes were dull and she felt a great pressure in her heart. For the first time, she felt that she was still so insignificant after being reborn again, and her grandfather's family still faced a cruel and irresistible fate.

"What's wrong?" A cold and pleasant voice suddenly came to her ears. The little dandy picked up a brick from somewhere and sat down not far from her.

Perhaps out of pity for the little girl, Tao Jin felt strange that he didn't call her an ugly girl this time.

Jing Chunxi didn't look back, but she didn't object to having people listen to her inner thoughts. There was a hint of loneliness in her voice: "I just feel very tired. It seems that no matter how hard I try, it's useless."

Tao Jin played with his slender white fingers: "Life is unpredictable, as long as you have tried your best, you will not regret it."

Jing Chunxi buried his head in his knees and said to himself: "But things are never as we wish."

After saying this, Jing Chunxi also felt that she was being hypocritical. She sorted out her emotions, suddenly raised her head, and looked at the little dandy who was staring blankly into the distance. "Why did you come out alone? Don't your family care about you?"

Tao Jin: "When you feel lonely and noisy inside while staying at home, and everyone is trying to antagonize you or laugh at you, going out is the best option."

Jing Chunxi looked at him curiously. He didn't expect his family to be so complicated. A child without mother's love in a big family might only be bullied. After getting to know him for a while, he always felt that his behavior and his inner heart were different. Being a playboy might just be his protective color.

Jing Chunxi lowered his head and looked at his feet silently: "We must look forward to the future. If we work hard, there will always be a turning point. We will all be fine."

"Yeah! We will all be fine." Tao Jin felt inexplicably happy when he heard Jing Chunxi include him in the group of "us".

Finally, he said, "You can call me if you need anything in the future."

Without waiting for Jing Chunxi's response, he turned and went into the house.

The long bunk bed was completely silent at night, but few people slept soundly.

While feeling irritated, Jing Chunxi quietly entered the space again. Because he was in a bad mood, he felt that the space was particularly messy tonight.

Even the vegetables that could have been picked and eaten during this period seemed to be in poor health tonight.

I stared at the clear stream again, but I couldn't find the little fish I had put in there.

Just as I was about to go into the house to take a look, I kicked the threshold and my toes hurt.

It is true: when you are so unlucky that drinking cold water will cause a lump in your teeth, and you will encounter unexpected disasters when you go out.