Wei Mingyuan soon learned of the situation.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, a trace of solemnity flashing in his eyes, "This world is a disaster for most people, but for some, it is a place where people can get away with it."

Wei Ling glanced at his cousins ​​sleeping beside him and asked in a low voice, "Father, should we go straight back to Qinghe County?"

There were very few monsters along the way, and no one knew where the monster army had gone.

The current situation is unclear. They have just arrived in Wei County and are completely clueless about the situation here.

The soldiers who are still alive have all managed to survive with great difficulty. Now that they are about to reach their tribe’s territory, it is not appropriate to start a war here.

Wei Mingyuan understood his son's thoughts and said, "Let's investigate the situation first. If there are no relatives here, we will set off immediately."

"Yes." Wei Ling replied.

It was getting dark now.

They must first find a place to stay for the night.

The soldiers were very familiar with this and soon found an abandoned village with a wide area around it. Wei Ling led hundreds of soldiers to cut bamboo and wood on the spot and enclosed the road section within a radius of 100 meters outside.

They spent the night in the wild, as they always did.

In this way, even if a monster wanders over at night and the way forward is blocked, it will turn around and change direction and leave.

Just settled down not long ago.

The scout who went to the county town to gather information returned and brought back news from Ye County.

The scout hurriedly reported, "General, there's a roadblock outside the gate of Ye County. The gate has been sealed from the outside, with no signs of it being opened."

Everyone was stunned.

Are those monsters still imprisoned in the city?

No wonder, no wonder there are so few monsters in Ye County.

But if this happens, wouldn’t everyone in the county be in trouble…

Thinking of this, the faces of the people present suddenly became ugly. You know, most of the relatives live in the city.

Wei Mingyuan asked, "Who set up the roadblock outside the county town?"

Everyone came to their senses.

If people didn't escape, where did the roadblocks come from?

Could it be that the nearby villagers joined together to do this?

Wei Mingsheng's face turned pale. "You sealed the city gates to save your own life, so that the living people inside can't get out. How is this different from killing people directly?"

Wei Mingyuan looked heavy-hearted. He thought of Ye County, the seat of Wei Commandery, where 3,000 troops were stationed.

Where did those Yizhou troops go?

Wei Mingyuan stood up and walked outside. The abandoned village was in a state of desolation, with collapsed houses and overgrown weeds. In most houses, there was not even a complete wall.

The soldiers were already accustomed to such a harsh environment. They would find an open space to sit anywhere, using the sky as a blanket.

Seeing the general coming out, the soldiers stood up quickly.

Under the cover of night, the scenery in the distance was blurry and unclear, but the occasional roar of monsters could be heard.

Shi Le led his men and returned quietly.

The soldiers behind him were dragging two unconscious people.

The group squatted in the bushes and waited quietly for an opportunity until the sun set. Finally, the people on duty outside began to change shifts, and a gap in the guard appeared.

Shi Le saw the right opportunity and took the chance to knock out the two lone people and drag them into the bushes without alerting anyone.

It was getting late and it was not advisable to stay outside for long, so the group returned immediately.

Shi Le clasped his fists and reported, "General, I'm afraid there's a ghost in the villa."

He described in detail what he had observed during half a day.

After the people inside finished praying, some began to come out to look for food and dig up wild vegetables everywhere.

Seeing this, Shi Le had no choice but to retreat with his men into the depths of the bushes.

A dozen people were walking towards this side. They looked like ordinary villagers in their attire. A group of them stopped at the outskirts, squatted on the ground and began to dig wild vegetables with their bare hands, chatting while doing so.

"From what they said, it seems that a religious sect is recruiting believers here. From what I have observed, the villagers' words are very hostile towards the aristocratic families..."

Plus the bodies in the deep pit.

Shi Le speculated that the so-called sect was trying to stir up class conflicts.

Wei Mingyuan pondered and said, "We'll know if that's the case or not after we interrogate those two."

"yes!"

It is not easy to make noise at night.

Shi Le personally led people to interrogate them, and soon the two who had regained consciousness were brought up.

The two of them started out stubbornly, clamoring that they would be punished by God like those aristocratic families.

Shi Le sneered and ordered his men to cover his mouth and start the torture.

The soldiers were familiar with the method of torturing prisoners, and it was extremely effective. Ordinary people could not withstand such severe torture. They could not bear it at the beginning, and one of them fainted.

When the rag covering his mouth was removed, the remaining man knelt on the ground, sweating all over, and begged for mercy, "Sir, spare my life, I'll tell you..."

Shi Le directly brought the man in front of Wei Mingyuan and threw him to the ground.

"In front of the general, you must answer whatever the general asks. If you dare to lie, do you know the consequences?"

The man was sweating from the pain, but no blood was seen. The pain was deep in his bones. He could no longer speak and could only nod his head.

Wei Mingyuan did not go into the house, but stood on the dam in the village.

There are children in the house, so it is not convenient to ask questions.

In the moonlight, he said coldly, "Tell us your origins and who you are in the manor."

The man paused for a long time and then confessed the truth.

He was originally just an ordinary tenant farmer living near the county town, helping his master to manage the harvest for a living. However, the weather in recent years has been abnormal, the harvest has been poor, and the master has been so harsh on him that he can't even get enough to eat.

Later, a disaster struck and they lived outside the city and luckily escaped.

The villa where we live now is the property of the Dong family. Mr. Dong held a poetry meeting in the villa that day. Not only did scholars from near Ye County participate, but many scholars from all over Wei County also came.

There was not much food in the other village and it could not last long, and the people there refused to take in the fleeing people.

Those scholars from aristocratic families used to be arrogant and would not lend a helping hand to the people even when disasters occurred. There were some kind-hearted people who wanted to help, but they did not dare to offend their classmates because the gossip was minor.

Ordinary people have deep-rooted class concepts and dare not challenge them at all.

Until the arrival of the Ten Directions Teaching.

The Ten Directions Sect told the people that it was because of the court's inhumanity and the chaos of the aristocratic families that this disaster was caused by heaven's punishment, and that the people in the other villages were the source of evil.

When the people heard this, they thought of the bad deeds of the children of the aristocratic families in the past and their own innocent relatives who had died, and their rationality was instantly overwhelmed by anger.

Led by the Shifang Sect, they stormed the other village and captured everyone inside. They then launched a massive search throughout the territory, even following the Shifang Sect's orders to block the gates of Ye County from the outside, preventing any survivors from escaping...

People are selfish. They only care about their own survival, so how can they have the kindness to care about the life and death of others?

Afterwards, many people joined the Shifang Sect and became believers, vowing to follow the believers and eliminate the evils in the world.

The man kneeling on the ground trembled and said, "I dare not lie. General, please understand. The Ten Directions Sect is a righteous cause. Only by killing all those who do evil can peace be restored to the world..."