Shen Xi wanted to know more, and seeing that there were three other people waiting for her to ask, she suppressed her thoughts for the time being and said, "Alright, since you can work under Marquis Xie, you must be quite capable, and you have sincerely pledged your allegiance to me, so I will not treat you unfairly!"

Turning to Zhao Rong, he said, "Instructor Zhao, please have someone arrange their accommodations later. I need to have a detailed talk with them later!"

"Yes!" Zhao Rong was naturally pleased that the commander was willing to keep the two of them.

So he called someone over and asked him to make arrangements, saying that several tents needed to be set up for the people the leader had chosen to live in.

Qi Xiuwen and Qi Xiuwu stood aside, while Shen Xi turned to the other three.

Zhang Feng stepped forward, clenched his fists and cupped his hands, exuding heroic spirit: "Zhang Feng, I was originally a military household in Zhengyang City, Hejian Prefecture. My military pay had not been paid for a year, and my camp mutinied. It was later quelled by the commander, and I escaped in the chaos. Afterwards, I heard that all those who participated in the mutiny were killed, so I dared not go back."

Military households were mostly exiled people, and their descendants were also military households, making it extremely difficult for them to escape.

Hejian Prefecture is located in the harsh western region, and Zhengyang City is even more on the frontier. Conditions are difficult, and if military pay is not paid, how can there not be a mutiny!

Anyone who participates in a mutiny will not only risk their own life, but their family members will also be killed.

Upon inquiry, it turned out that Zhang Feng's family members had indeed perished.

Zhang Feng could not hide the hatred in her eyes: "I wanted to escape with my family, but I was too late. My family had already been slaughtered."

Although Shen Xi felt sympathy, it did not affect her judgment. She asked, "Zhengyang City is thousands of miles away from here. How did you escape to this place?"