You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 67: The Son Leaves Hometown

Although they said they wanted to kill King Kang, the top priority was to move all the townspeople to the monk's village.

King Kang had many capable and skillful men under his command, as well as a large number of soldiers, war horses, and sturdy armor.

What does Xiao Changcheng have under his control?

There were about 200 people, all of them were skinny and malnourished from hunger, and the weapons in their hands were kitchen knives, pitchforks and wooden table legs that had been removed from some table.

According to Zuo Chen, in the current situation, we should store up food, build high walls, and kill the king slowly.

In the living room of Xiao Changcheng's house, Zuo Chen sat on one of the few chairs and said to Xiao Changcheng in front of him:

“I won’t help you kill King Kang directly, and neither will the two Golden Bean Generals I left behind. They will only protect you and won’t take the initiative to attack.

"Xuzhou should rely on you, not me. If I really help you solve all the problems, you will be relieved, but I will leave Xuzhou eventually. When King Kang is gone, King Shou of Qingzhou will come. Even if I kill all the princes, you will still be beaten if the new emperor I choose is not good enough.

"You still have to learn skills on your own. When you are more capable, you can kill King Kang with one punch to avoid a hundred punches."

Xiao Changcheng nodded: "Of course I know this. Since we are going to fight, I will beat whoever in Daliang doesn't let us eat."

"But..." Zuo Chen suddenly changed the subject, took out an ear of wheat from his arms and handed it to Xiao Changcheng.

Xiao Changcheng took it doubtfully, and found that this was the wheat ear that Zuo Chen had picked from the roadside when he first entered Xuzhou.

But compared to its drooping, wilted appearance at that time, the wheat ears are now full and golden.

It even feels heavy in the hand, a bit like finely carved gold.

"Compared to the current group of vassal kings, I am more optimistic about you and will definitely support you more." Zuo Chen smiled and said, "When you go south, hold this ear of wheat and shake it gently. If there are villagers who have not yet starved to death nearby, they will naturally follow you."

Xiao Changcheng didn't understand why, but he thought that the treasure given by the Taoist priest must be the best, so he nodded, put it in his arms, and regarded it as more important than his own life.

After talking to the Taoist priest, Xiao Changcheng went out to find the respected elders in the town and told them who would stand at the front of the team, who would protect the middle, and who would be responsible for the tail.

Now the townspeople of Changshan Town are packing their luggage, planning to head south with Xiao Changcheng to the good place that Xiao Changcheng had mentioned before.

But most of the townspeople didn't need to pack too much. They just wrapped some clothes in a piece of cloth and carried them on a bamboo pole on their shoulders.

What’s worse, some of them didn’t even have a change of clothes, and they went barefoot and bare-handed, following whoever had rice.

Just as the townspeople were busily preparing to move, suddenly a man in ragged linen clothes walked in from outside the town.

Behind them were horses, donkeys and cows, all pulling carts loaded with jars of rice and boxes of meat. Their arrival immediately attracted the attention of everyone around.

"who is this?"

"Why do you look familiar to me?"

"How can there be so much food in Xuzhou? Are they from a wealthy family?"

Liang Yimei, who was in the crowd, also saw what happened and went straight to the Xiao family's hall.

"Brother Xiao, someone is coming outside!"

Liang Yimei immediately told Xiao Changcheng everything that had just happened.

Faced with this strange behavior, Xiao Changcheng frowned. He first glanced at Zuo Chen, and when he saw that the latter did not express anything, he walked out.

Holding an axe, Xiao Changcheng walked to the team with carts full of food, and immediately saw the burly man in the lead.

Qian Chen?

Xiao Changcheng has lived in the town for so many years. Even if he has never had any intersection with them, he has seen the glory of the big shots in the Qian Mansion.

The master of the Qian family occasionally liked to ride horses or carriages to the lantern festival. At that time, Xiao Changcheng would stand by the roadside and envy him. Naturally, he also remembered Qian Chen's appearance in his heart.

Before Xiao Changcheng could open his mouth, Qian Chen saw the axe in Xiao Changcheng's hand. His forehead was covered with cold sweat. His knees went weak and he fell to his knees before Xiao Changcheng.

He kowtowed three times respectfully.

Seeing this situation, how could the servants and women behind him dare to stand? They also knelt down, lowering their heads and not daring to look at Xiao Changcheng.

"Master, my name is Qian Chen, a wealthy businessman from Changshan Town. At this time of famine, I locked the door of my house for self-protection. I wanted to get through it. I didn't expect you to bring the gods and save the people in the town. So I opened the door, took the remaining food, and wanted to follow you!"

Qian Chen said hurriedly, his head on the ground, but his eyes rolled up and he looked at Xiao Changcheng out of the corner of his eye.

Seeing him like this, Xiao Changcheng sneered:
"You're hiding from the famine. Your clothes are quite clean. The patch doesn't look old, but rather newly sewn. And your face is shiny. I guess you must have a good meal every day."

"This?" Qian Chenxin suddenly panicked.

I didn't expect that the trick I carefully prepared would be exposed at the first sight! Before Qian Chen could explain anything, Xiao Changcheng raised his axe.

Qian Chen was so frightened that he was about to beg for mercy when he saw Xiao Changcheng's axe falling down.

But he didn't hit his neck. Instead, he used the axe to smash the floor next to Qian Chen's head.

Qian Chen only felt his head buzzing from coughing, his face was now green, and there was a little wetness between his hips.

"Don't think I don't know that you just put this up temporarily."

Xiao Changcheng stared at Qian Chen coldly: "Master Qian, you are responsible for protecting the grain in your warehouse. I certainly cannot control it. But I have also heard from the townspeople that you occasionally hang people with grain for fun. You play tricks on them for fun. You hide in the house and laugh out loud. This can't be fake!"

Mr. Qian was speechless.

Being caught red-handed at this critical moment, how could he not be panicked?
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Xiao Changcheng just sneered:
"The townspeople haven't seen you for a long time and have almost forgotten what you look like, but what you did has left a mark in their hearts, a scar that won't fade away easily. It would be fine if you just withheld food, but you also harmed the townspeople. I can't forgive you for that.

"I'll give you two choices.

"If you die alone, I will kill the guilty ones from the rest of the Qian family, and the others can still be spared.

“Second, I will chop off all the people behind you, leaving no one alive, and let them go down with you.

"Which one do you choose?"

Mr. Qian's face changed repeatedly, turning blue and white.

Suddenly I turned around and looked behind me.

His eyes did not fall on the servant, but on the lady whom he had not seen for a long time.

She is no longer as beautiful as she used to be. She lives in seclusion every day. Today, she looks more like a stranger.

Looking at each other from afar across the crowd, Qian Chen felt as if his heart was hit by a hammer.

He dropped his hands to the ground and sighed three times.

"Please give me a quick death."

"Hmph. You still have some spirit!" Xiao Changcheng picked up the axe again and raised it high.

The axe fell, Qian Chen's head flew in the air, and blood was spilled all over the ground.

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After dealing with Qian Chen, Zuo Chen used the Qi-gazing technique to mark out a few of Qian Chen's subordinates who were the most ferocious, and asked Xiao Changcheng to deal with them later.

Xiao Changcheng nodded in agreement and then returned to the compound.

His mother had been placed in the finest coffin.

This was taken out by the townspeople from the town. Originally it was used for wealthy families, but now most of the wealthy families in the town have run away, and only Qian Chen is left, who cannot use it, so it was given to Xiao Changcheng's mother.

The coffin was about to close and the person was about to die. The townspeople really didn't have time to find a good feng shui site for his mother, so Xiao Changcheng instructed them to dig a pit in the backyard, and Zuo Chen personally performed a ritual before burying his mother.

A regular ritual would take twelve hours, but time was too tight now, so Zuo Chen kept things simple.

Since they couldn't find yellow paper money, they simply used the silver notes in the bank, and they also found a bowl and filled it with rice as a sacrifice.

Zuo Chen lit the silver note and waved the hem of his robe. The shredded paper ashes floated in the wind and scattered all over the garden.

Just before the coffin lid was about to be closed, Xiao Changcheng came to his mother's side.

"Mom, I'm leaving."

The coffin was lifted out of the ground and buried, and several men covered it with soil.

In the end, only a grave mound was left, lying under the long-dried persimmon tree in the courtyard.

People left one by one, except Xiao Changcheng, who looked back every three or two steps.

Only when he reached the gate of his own compound did he let out a long sigh and prepare to move forward.

But suddenly I seemed to see some stars behind me. Looking back suddenly, I saw the midday sun shining obliquely on the persimmon tree, casting sparse golden light on the ground.

Under the tree, the old woman looked at him with a smile and waved goodbye to him.

Grandpas, please keep reading. I kowtow to you all!

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(End of this chapter)