Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 58: A sudden change at home
After hearing these words, Gong Tianwu really wanted to roll his eyes, but Seventh Sister looked at the medicines and shook her head slightly.

After thinking about it, he took out a bamboo tube from his arms. This thing was none other than the life-saving Gu that He Lao used to plot against Gong Tianwu! The human-faced spider.

Sure enough, when this thing appeared, even the eldest sister and the third sister outside rushed in at the same time, and then screamed at the same time:
"Oh my god, there is such a thing."

"This is a perfect match for Old Seven. Not only can it heal her injuries, but it can also add another hundred years of Taoism to her!"

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From the expressions and behaviors of the two women, Gong Tianwu knew that he had given the standard answer, so he simply picked up the bamboo tube again, then looked at the eldest sister and the third sister vigilantly, and stuffed the bamboo tube into the palm of the seventh sister.

The seventh sister immediately felt a little frightened, as if the bamboo tube she was holding was a piece of burning charcoal.

Gong Tianwu patted her hands and said:

"It's yours now. If you feel like you owe me anything, then consider it as a betrothal gift. I'll come to your house when you're well."

Then Gong Tianwu took out a small bottle, put several medium-grade Huangya pills and a Shenlong pill in it, and handed it to the seventh sister:
"This is a return gift for the Hundred-Year-Old Crisp Plums you gave me last time."

Before the Seventh Sister could say anything, the eldest sister and the third sister rushed over and grabbed the pill bottle, dragging the Seventh Sister away with them:
"You are a really good little scholar, you are kind and righteous. It's settled! We are in a hurry to heal her now, and we will come back to find you later."

Before he finished speaking, the three people turned into black mist and quickly disappeared into the air.

Gong Tianwu who witnessed all this couldn't help but let out a bitter smile. He was planning to hug his seventh sister. This gave him a strange feeling as if he was being set up.

But Gong Tianwu immediately shook his head and let go of this experience. After all, there were still important things waiting for him to do.

***
Ten minutes later, Gong Tianwu, who was striding down the mountain, had already seen the outline of Xidu Town, and found that it was a little different from what he had imagined.

There was indeed a large group of monsters surrounding the town, but damn!! Why did it seem like a large group of people surrounded these monsters on the mantou hill and beat them up?
Mantougangzi is a hill outside Xidu Town. It was originally called Naitougangzi, but the name seemed a bit incongruous. Once the prefect came down for inspection and asked about this place, the magistrate had an idea and called it Mantougangzi, so the name was successfully changed.

Gong Tianwu watched from a distance for a while and found that the troops besieging the monster were quite mixed. They were divided into three groups, with a cavalry team on the periphery.

There are about a hundred people in the cavalry, and the general leading them should be a master who has reached the Ming Jin Dacheng level.

This guy is wearing a thick Wenshan armor and his weapon is a copper stick. The top of the stick emits a faint red light when he swings it. It has incredible power when it hits monsters. It should be a yellow weapon level.

He was riding a tall and strong black horse. The horse's body was smooth and hairless, but covered with dense scales, which shone with an eerie faint blue light under the morning sun!

The key is that this general is accompanied by more than a dozen personal guards. Once any monster tries to break through on Mantougang, this cavalry will rush in and pursue it, smash it apart, and then the militia will rush up to annihilate it. This tactic can be said to be extremely brilliant.

However, Mantougangzi was also difficult to attack as it was covered with dense trees. Most of the arrows shot at it were intercepted, and the effect of long-range firepower strikes was very small.

Moreover, there were dozens of yellow-skinned monsters hiding among the monsters. The humans had finally organized a group of warriors to charge, but two yellow-skinned monsters jumped out and farted a few times. Most people would immediately cry for their parents and retreat in disarray, throwing away their weapons and armor.

However, the humans immediately changed their tactics. The cavalry began to fire rockets from a distance, trying to use fire attack tactics. After all, there was no water source on Mantougang, so it could be considered a breakthrough point.

Sure enough, as soon as the wildfire broke out, these monsters could no longer hold on and began to run away.

After watching for a while, Gong Tianwu made a big circle and then quietly returned to Xiejiazhuang.

Although this place is called "Zhuang", it can actually be described as a fortress. It is said that this place was originally a bandit stronghold, which was carefully built by this group of bandits for more than 20 years. After the ancestors of the Xie family killed them all by trickery, they occupied this place and reinforced and strengthened it many times.

This place was originally built on an extremely steep mountain ridge, and the fortress walls were built with extremely solid bluestones. There were even corner forts, gates, moon cities, arrow towers, etc. built on it to imitate the city walls, which was daunting.

However, the defense in Xiejia Village was very lax at this time, and people seemed to be in a panic, and even the guards seemed absent-minded.

After witnessing all this, Gong Tianwu became suspicious and acted more cautiously. However, he felt something was wrong before he even entered the house:
Why are there four men with knives guarding the gate? They don't look like guards, but they are on guard against the people inside.

After observing outside for a while, Gong Tianwu found an opportunity and jumped into his own backyard, and found that all the servants in the house had been dismissed. He only saw Mrs. Hu and the maid Cuixiang busy in the kitchen, and a pungent smell of medicine emanated from the bedroom.

Gong Tianwu observed from the window outside the bedroom and found that it was Old Man Xie lying on the sickbed. His face was very pale and he was still in a semi-comatose state. He occasionally coughed once or twice and looked not in good condition, which was in sharp contrast to the image of the big man with full energy and a loud voice. Perhaps affected by the original owner's mentality, Gong Tianwu suddenly felt extremely irritated. He immediately jumped in through the window to check on Old Man Xie's condition. Old Man Xie opened his eyes in a daze and was immediately shocked:
"Wu Wa, why are you back?"

Gong Tianwu frowned and said:
"I heard outside that there was a demon disaster in my hometown. How could I not come back?"

Probably because he was excited to see his son back, Old Man Xie started coughing violently again. Mrs. Hu outside heard the cough and hurried in, but was surprised to see there was an extra person in the room. She then realized that it was the fifth son who came back. She breathed a sigh of relief and her eyes became blurry.

After all, the family had been in trouble for a long time, and Father Xie was bedridden. She had to take care of things at home and outside, and the burden was all on her. And now Lao Wu was already a recognized capable person in the family, and when he came back, she felt like she had a backbone.

"Dad, what's going on?" Gong Tianwu asked with a frown.

Mrs. Hu immediately said angrily after hearing this:

"It was Commander Wei who did it!"

Gong Tianwu said:

"Don't be in a hurry, mother. Tell me slowly."

Mrs. Hu said:

"After you left, your father thought this approach was okay, but the step was not big enough! It was worth a gamble, so he simply bypassed the people in the county and reported the credit for the Heimorro incident to the county."

"It was also a coincidence that this time I was able to get through to Zhu Biejia (the second-in-command, similar to the mayor). Zhu Biejia was already nearly 70 years old and would retire in two years. Of course, he had to make plans for his retirement. Your father not only showed his indisputable merit of beheading, but also was very tactful and gave a generous gift. Zhu Biejia was also very satisfied, so he got the job done."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu felt a little moved. He thought that his father Xie was really a gambler and had good luck. By chance, he was able to accomplish something with a low probability of success.

Mrs. Hu continued:
"Your father ended up with the position of deputy garrison commander of three counties. The garrison commander was injured and bedridden for years. It was like a deputy garrison commander acting as the chief garrison commander! It was certainly much more prestigious than a mere town inspector."

"And the deputy garrison commander has an advantage, which is that the requirements for the military examination are much lower. A regular garrison commander needs to be at least a military candidate, but a deputy garrison commander only needs to be a military scholar."

Gong Tianwu knew, however, that Old Man Xie had been a local tyrant in Xidu Town for decades and was quite brave, so he had managed to obtain the status of a martial arts scholar, which made sense for him.

Mrs. Hu said:

"Your father is quite capable. He took out the family savings and started to make drastic moves. He was going to use the people in our village to build a private army. The key to the private army is to consume the money and food from the government."

"Everything was going smoothly, but the demon disaster suddenly came, and the first place it attacked was the county town of Changhe County. It can be said that the casualties were extremely heavy. Zhu Biejia was also unlucky because of this. When he heard the bad news, he vomited blood and then fell into a coma."

"Fortunately, the garrison troops your father created have long been operating in the area of ​​Jingdong County, Weiting County, and Xidu Town, so they have become the only organized army left in Changhe County."

Gong Tianwu understood immediately after hearing this:

"That Commander Wei escaped from the county town, right? Then he must have wanted to redeem himself from his crime, so he targeted the new garrison troops that Dad organized, and then successfully seized power?"

Mrs. Hu sighed and nodded.

Gong Tianwu narrowed his eyes. There was nothing he could do about the current situation. He could only deal with it as it happened. No matter what, he had to save people first. You know, Gong Tianwu came back with a lot of tonics and medicines.

After confirming that Old Man Xie had internal injuries as a result of being ambushed and thrown off his horse, Gong Tianwu directly fed him a Shenlong Pill. This thing is circulated as a medicine for injuries in the world of cultivation, so its efficacy can be imagined.

After taking the medicine, Old Man Xie's face quickly turned rosy. He then closed his eyes as if enduring great pain. After more than ten seconds, he vomited several mouthfuls of black blood. A closer look revealed some blood clots in it. He immediately looked much more relaxed.

After a few minutes, Father Xie opened his eyes and sighed comfortably:

"Old Five, I'm afraid this medicine of yours is not cheap. It really works."

(End of this chapter)