Junior Disciple C

"Have you heard that? When the third battalion counted troops today, they found that one person was missing." The soldiers standing guard at the quarry saw that there was nothing to do, so they came to the vicinity of their good companions and whispered.

Feng Ye, who was transporting the newly mined stones to another place, twitched his ears. He looked calm, but in fact he deliberately changed his walking route and deliberately walked beside the soldier who was speaking.

"I heard, I remember it was Zhou Kang, right?" The companion replied.

"It's him, the lieutenant is on fire, I don't know where Zhou Kang has gone." The soldier at the beginning looked puzzled: "You said that a big living person suddenly disappeared."

"What's so strange about this?" The companion waved his hand indifferently: "In my opinion, Zhou Kang probably became a deserter and ran away."

What he said was so convincing and serious that another soldier couldn't help but wondered: "How do you know?"

"I'm afraid you don't know Zhou Kang." The companion said with a firm tone.

Another soldier rubbed his head. He really didn't know Zhou Kang. He just heard about the name today. He urged his companions, "What do you know? Don't be fooled, tell me quickly."

"Zhou Kang, you don't think he looks tall, but in fact he has a superficial appearance. He is so cowardly. When he meets someone who is taller and stronger than himself, he dare not fart." The companion looked at Looking around, she suddenly lowered the volume: "Besides, he is not only cowardly, but also lustful."

"What's wrong with lust? Don't you like delicate women?" Another soldier looked contemptuous, and his eyes slowly moved down from his companion's face. He teased: "Unless you can't."

"You can't do it, I can't do it!" The companion patted the hat brim of the soldier next to him angrily. This sentence is definitely one of the most lethal words to male creatures.

"Hey, just kidding." Another famous soldier also knew that his joke was a little too much, so he laughed dryly.

The companion glared at each other angrily, and then brought the topic back: "It's okay to be lustful, but it's a womanizer. That kid Zhou Kang doesn't care about men and women."

"Really?" Another soldier opened his mouth in surprise. Although he had also heard that some people were masculine, this was the first time he had heard of it.

"Really! Everyone in the third battalion knows it. My brother in the third battalion told me personally." The companion swore.

Seeing this, the other soldier believed what his companion said, and then he was puzzled and said, "Wouldn't it be miserable for the person who lives in the same tent as him?"

"That's right! My brother was in the same camp as Zhou Kang. After finding out that this boy was abusive, he felt disgusted, so he teamed up and cleaned up Zhou Kang." The companion said with joy, and even raised his eyebrows. He rolled his sleeves, as if it was a pity that he did not participate in the original beating.

"When I hit him, he was really more cowardly than a cat that was grabbed by the back of the neck. He didn't dare to fight back. It's normal for such a cowardly person to be a deserter." After talking, the companion went back a little further, Added strong arguments for his initial guess.

"Sounds reasonable, but..." Another soldier was persuaded, but he immediately realized what was wrong: "I'm sorry, but we guard the defenders of the quarry, but the army is the least dangerous and the most relaxed If he is alive, why is he running away?"

"There is going to be a war in the south, and there are not enough troops. You know that the city is going to send troops there?" the companion asked.

The other soldier nodded. Although the transfer order has not been officially issued, it has been known to everyone for a long time. The captain and general are preparing for the march recently.

"But that's none of our business, isn't it that we don't transfer people from the quarry?" He asked again.

"That's the previous news! The new news is that the higher-ups think that there is no need for so many guard slaves, and they plan to send another batch from us." The companion looked disgusted that the news of the soldiers around him was behind.

"Ah? The transfer order has been changed?" Another soldier heard this for the first time, so Zhou Kang had a reason to run away, probably because he was afraid that he would be transferred to the front line, so he simply became a deserter.

Seeing that the soldier next to him finally believed what he said, the companion added: "The captain actually thought the same way, that's why he was so angry. If Zhou Kang is found, he must be dealt with by military law."

"If he wanted to escape, he must have escaped a long time ago, why would he leave it to us to look for it?" Another soldier sighed after finishing speaking: "Oh, Zhou Kang's brain is quite fast. , In fact, I also want to escape a little bit. I am the only one in my family, if I die on the front line, will my family soon become extinct?"

"Hush!" The companion immediately covered his mouth, stared and said: "You dare to say anything, you don't want to die?!"

"Escaping before the war, the blow to morale was too great. The captain was so angry that he almost tore down the house. He has already ordered the entire army to martial law. If anyone who intends to escape is found, he will be executed immediately. There will be no mercy!"

"Execute immediately" made the soldier whose mouth was covered shudder, and immediately stopped thinking about running away. He looked around guiltyly, and felt relieved when he saw that there was no one around.

He has a good relationship with the talking companion, so he will definitely not betray him, as long as others don't hear what he just wanted to escape, everything will be fine.

Of course, this person refers to Xiqiang soldiers like him, and the slaves who come and go carrying stones are not counted.

These soldiers always don't want to talk to the lowly slaves, thinking that they will degrade themselves.Except for a few rude curses and making the slaves work more quickly, there will be almost no dialogue between the two sides.

It is even more impossible for the slaves to tell the truth, and the whip was drawn before the words were spoken.

So he wasn't worried at all, but he was not worried, but he still had lingering fears. After chatting for a few more words, he stopped the topic with his companion and returned to his post to stand upright.

Feng Ye, who had been watching the whole process, squinted his eyes. The Zhou Kang these two soldiers were talking about should be the soldier he killed last night.

Zhou Kang didn't run away, he didn't even leave the quarry.The corpse was buried by Feng Ye in the area of ​​the pile of rocks, where the corpses of slaves were discarded.

He dared to turn back last night and there is another major premise, that is, his killing of Xiqiang soldiers will not be exposed.

Otherwise, if someone knew that he killed Zhou Kang, a slave like him who dared to offend the Xiqiang people would be executed.

Feng Ye didn't think he would be exposed. First of all, Zhou Kang wasn't on duty, he sneaked here in his free time after drinking.

And last night they walked all the remote and uninhabited trails, and no one noticed from the beginning to the end.In other words, no one would know that the last person Zhou Kang saw before his death was himself.

Of course, Feng Ye's deduction is the same as that of the Xiqiang people who just said they want to escape, it is based on the premise that the slaves and Xiqiang soldiers will not inform each other.

So many people in the thatched shed saw Zhou Kanglai take him away with their own eyes. As long as someone testified, Feng Ye would definitely not be able to escape.

But as long as this is not true, the reason is similar to what the Xiqiang soldiers thought.

The two sides had no chance to talk at all, and even the other slaves except Feng Ye didn't even know about the recent moves in the imperial city to prepare troops, whether there was a soldier missing from the third battalion, and what this soldier looked like. something completely irrelevant to them.

What's more, even if these slaves didn't say anything, they just didn't dare to say it. Whoever didn't resent the Xiqiang people in his heart wouldn't tell the truth.

So after returning the same way last night, Feng Ye buried Zhou Kang's body, took the key he found from Zhou Kang's body, and went back to the hut alone.

He came back lightly, but still woke some people up.It's just that those people closed their eyes again after seeing that they were not Xiqiang soldiers, and they didn't care what Feng Ye went through during his trip.

During the daytime, Feng Ye followed other people to work in the quarry as usual.

As if nothing happened last night.

But that was just as if, Feng Ye was still a little nervous in his heart, he also knew that his actions were very bold, if these Xiqiang soldiers wanted to thoroughly investigate the missing Zhou Kang, and carefully investigate his movements last night, maybe something would happen The details that Feng Ye didn't notice caused him to be suspected.

But this chance is very small, Feng Ye has seen the laziness of the defenders in the imperial city thoroughly yesterday, they will carefully investigate an insignificant case of missing soldiers, the chance is so small that it can be ignored.

The conversation between the two just now made Feng Ye's nervousness completely disappear, and everything was moving in the direction he wanted.

No one noticed Zhou Kang's death, and the others only thought that he had escaped, so naturally they would not suspect that Feng Ye killed him.

Moreover, the fact that the defenders in the city will be transferred away has once again been demonstrated, and even part of the troops in the quarry will be transferred away.

This added a little bit of leverage to Feng Ye's plan, the fewer the number of people staying behind, the better for him.

"What are you doing standing there? Do you want to be lazy!" Suddenly there was a scolding sound in my ear.

It was only then that Feng Ye realized that he was too absorbed in his thoughts and unconsciously put down the work in hand. He quickly lifted the stones up again, and joined the moving queue before the whip came.

However, when passing by the soldiers who scolded him, his eyes flashed.

After trying to kill a person, he found that these Xiqiang soldiers were just strong outsiders, not as powerful as he imagined. There was no fear in his eyes, only a hidden killing intent.

Sooner or later, he will turn it all upside down.

Those who are superior will no longer be superior, and those who are inferior will no longer be inferior.

He glanced at the stone statue of the snake god standing in the city again. The giant snake coiled around the stone pillar, looking down on the tiny creatures below.

They also looked at Feng Ye.

Feng Ye met the giant snake's eyes without dodging or dodging. He straightened his back and no longer flinched.

After making the decision last night, Feng Ye was suddenly no longer afraid of the giant snake, because he knew that one day, he would have the ability to dismantle the stone statue.

It won't be long.