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Xu Da Jiang was clever, and immediately said: "This little one was just careless, and was not able to see the way, and accidentally fell onto a rock."

"Very well, go." Hearing these words, Xu Da Jiang heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly left the house. He did not want to stay a moment longer.

Yan Zhong Shan squinted his eyes and looked at the door that was shut once again, he did not know what he was thinking, but after a moment, his gaze turned and landed on Artemisia annulata Lam, and said slowly: "Go and do something for me."

Among them were men and women, the older ones already had white hair and beard, and the youngest one was a little girl about three or four years old, snuggling close to a girl about seven or eight years old.

These were the Mu Clan members who were caught from all over the Nanzhao. In order to bring these people here before Mu Qian Xue, Yan Zhong Shan and the others had to go all out.

"Xiu Er isn't afraid. Although Mom and Dad aren't here anymore, there's still Big Sister. I will protect you." Although his sister Bai Ning was extremely afraid, he was still able to calm his frightened sister down on the surface. Now, she was Xiu Er's only reliance.

caressed his stinging cheeks and stood at a place at a higher place in the ground, where he could clearly see every single person standing in front of the Ancestral Temple. He had treated this village as a village chief for twelve years, and had even recognized all the people in the village.

Xu Da Jiang smirked and said: "Aren't you being a coward?! If even your uncle dares to joke around, do you believe that I won't throw you into the river?"

Upon hearing this, the man called Stone quickly said, "No no no, I was just concerned about uncle."

Xu Da Jiang snorted and said snappily: "I accidentally fell just now, and was hit on the face by a rock as stinky and hard as you."

"Oh." Stone didn't quite believe him, but he didn't dare to ask any further. He pointed to the group of people that was tied up and asked, "Uncle, you said that they've already captured this person. Why are they still standing here?"

"How could you and I be able to guess the thoughts of those officials? Whatever they want us to do, we'll just do it. Don't make them unhappy, understand?"

"Uncle has said this many times already. I won't forget even if I fall asleep." Hearing this, Xu Da Jiang calmed down. Seeing that he was about to leave, he waved his hand and said, "Don't go yet, help uncle take a look at if any of these people are not from our village.

Stone was confused: "Why are you looking at this for no reason, could it be that another Qi spy has snuck in?" There had been a few cases of Qi spies sneaking into the village before, so when they heard that someone was not from their village, they immediately thought about it.

It was not convenient for Xu Da Jiang to tell him about the Artemisia annulata Lam, so he could only say: "Yes, so help me keep an eye on it. Also, do not ever tell anyone else, if you alert me, I won't forgive you." He imitated Yan Zhong Shan saying this.

"Understood." Shi Li said half-jokingly, and then, together with Xu Da Jiang, he looked around for unfamiliar faces amongst the gathered villagers.

Even when their eyes started to tear up, they did not find anyone unfamiliar with the situation. Instead, a group of soldiers came. The one walking in front was a gloomy military general.

Xu Da Jiang recognized him. He was the one who led the prisoners to the Nanzhao on the surface, the vice leader Shen Gang. He quickly pulled the stone over and asked: "Master Qian Hu, why are you here?"

Shen Gang shot a glance at him from the corner of his eyes, and said indifferently: "What's wrong, can't I come?" He hated the word "vice" the most, so when he went out, he called himself "Qian Hu". Earlier, Shi Yan had been quick with his words and called Qian Hu "vice president"; he had suffered a lot.

"That is not what I meant. I was just thinking that if Senior Qian Hu has any business with me, you can just say the word. Why would I bother you to come over personally?" Xu Da Jiang did not care about his disdain. In fact, in these people's eyes, he was just a small fry. Killing him was like stepping on an ant.

Shen Gang sneered, while Xu Da Jiang was still wondering if he was satisfied with his answer, he had already walked over to the group of criminals, after looking around for a bit, he said to the soldiers who came with him: "Go, hang them all."

At the entrance of the ancestral hall, there was a row of poles for a dozen people to hang on to. Although it was a bit difficult, it could still be endured.

"No, I don't want to tie it up, I don't want to!" Xiu Er hid behind her sister while crying, unwilling to be tied up no matter what.

One month ago, she was still a pampered little miss in her clan. In the blink of an eye, she was captured and tied up, and suffered all the pain she shouldn't have at her age.

"Xiu Er is still young, and can't take this suffering. Please be merciful, don't tie her up, I guarantee that she will obediently stay here, she won't run away." Bai Ning opened up her thin and weak arms, protecting the young Xiu Er like a hen. Seeing that the soldier was not moved, she pulled Xiu Er and knelt down, kowtowing and begging him.

Those soldiers looked pitiful as they looked at Shen Gang hesitantly, "Master, how about … …"

"Or what?" Shen Gang interrupted him and asked, "Do you want to hang her up?"

Seeing that Shen Gang had no intention to go easy on them, the soldiers could only harden their hearts and forcefully carry the big sister. As Xiu Er wailed shrilly, they separated the two of them.

Xiu Er was suspended in midair, her feet unable to land on the ground, she was scared pale faced, and kept crying, no matter how much her sister tried to coax her, it was to no avail.

Hearing that, Shen Gang was annoyed, he commanded his soldiers to bring over the whips and ruthlessly whipped them on Xiu Er's body. The torn and tattered clothes were torn immediately, revealing a dark red bloodstain, "Shut up!"