Chapter 653 Chapter 655

"Liu Yang, go see what's going on outside?" Feng Xingjia ordered.

"Yes." Feng Xingjia's assistant responded and pushed the door open to go out.

About five or six minutes later, Liu Yang came back to report, "Captain, it's Niu Hu's wife crying outside, asking why everyone else came back safely, but hers didn't?"

Hearing the name Niu Hu, Feng Xingjia's face darkened. His team did not go to Gushizhai, nor did they go to Heishui Town. They just went to Qixing Mountain. Their main task was to pick up Dr. Rong's family and train the soldiers at the same time. Because they did not carry out dangerous tasks and their team's weapons and equipment were very advanced, the safety factor of their trip was very high. Niu Hu was the only one who died among the people he took out.

Niu Hu had followed Feng Xingjia to the Jindu Safe Zone. He was his old subordinate and used to be quite cautious in doing things. Later, Feng Xingjia's status in the team rose, and some of the members of Feng Xingjia's original team seemed to have become inflated. Niu Hu was one of them.

Niu Hu did not die on the battlefield while killing monsters, but died from a poisonous snake bite. In fact, every team leader in their team had an antidote in his hand. As long as they found signs of poisoning in their team members, they would immediately give the person a pill and the person would be rescued quickly.

When Niu Hu was camping in the wild, he violated team discipline and left the camp without permission. Because he was familiar with the camp's defense, no one noticed that he left the tent at night due to his deliberate concealment. It was not until the next morning when the roll call was taken that they discovered that Niu Hu was missing. When the patrol team found him in a woods not far from the camp, his whole body was blue and purple, and his body was stiff. In his hand he was still tightly holding a medicine bottle, which contained the antidote.

It seemed that after he realized he was poisoned, he only had time to take out the medicine bottle but was unable to take the medicine on his own.

The team doctor found a row of small wounds on Niu Hu's ankles. The wounds were in the shape of snake fangs. Most snake venoms will invade the nervous system and cause nerve paralysis after entering the human body. No wonder Niu Hu did not have the chance to take the antidote.

"Captain, how do we deal with the situation outside?" Liu Yang asked.

In fact, when he just came back yesterday, Feng Xingjia personally took people to Niu Hu's home to return the ashes and the team paid the pension to the family. Although Niu Hu's wife was sad at that time, she didn't make a fuss. What is she trying to do by making a fuss now?

"Have you asked her what she wants to do?" Feng Xingjia asked.

"She wants her brother to get a job at Sibaolou." Liu Yang replied.

"Hmph, you are asking for more. In that case, we don't have to worry about the deceased's dignity. Show her this document, and then tell her the cause of Niu Hu's death. Tell her that she doesn't have to go to Liu'an Courtyard anymore." Feng Xingjia sneered and pulled out a sheet of documents from the pile on the table. This sheet of documents recorded everything about Niu Hu's wife stealing things in Liu'an Courtyard. It clearly recorded what things were stolen at what time on which day!

"Publicly announce the cause of Niu Hu's death. According to the team's regulations, only death pensions will be paid to those who died during non-wartime and due to violation of discipline, and all benefits for their family members in the team will be cancelled." The families of most members of the Flame Mercenary Corps have a job and a salary in the industry under Rong Xianxian's name. According to the rules of the team, if a member unfortunately dies in the course of a mission, the family members' jobs will not be revoked and double wages will be paid. However, if the death is caused by other circumstances, how to accommodate the family members needs to be discussed.

(End of this chapter)