"Where are the wounded?"
"You mean those people who escaped from the mine? The seriously injured ones were sent to the inn, while those with less serious injuries were temporarily placed in the inn."
"Thank you very much."
Ao Xi was worried about the brothers and Asong that Heifeng was looking for, so he rushed to the clinic after asking around.
Just as the waiter said, there were people lying all over the floor. Many of them had their arms and legs blown off and were wailing non-stop.
Those who were feeling better also had some bandages on their bodies and leaned against each other to comfort each other.
There were many officers and soldiers inside helping to carry stretchers, going back and forth, people crowded together.
Ao Xi took advantage of the chaos to look around, but fortunately he didn't see any familiar faces. He breathed a sigh of relief and left quietly, completely unaware of the man who had been staring at him.
"...We've almost finished treating the wounded. Do you have any further instructions, General?"
The governor of Cangshan City spoke for a long time without hearing a response, so he tentatively called out, "General Zuo?"
The man known as General Zuo came back to his senses and said, "Well, we'll send them back home after their injuries have healed."
"Yes, yes, I will do as you say."
The governor observed General Zuo's expression and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "I never expected such a major incident to happen around Cangshan City, alarming General Zuo to personally lead his troops here. I am terrified."
General Zuo's face was stern. "Huangkou County is only a few dozen miles away from Cangshan City. Your Excellency should really think about why you don't know anything about this."
"Your subordinate...your subordinate..."
The prefect could not answer, and beads of sweat ran down his forehead and flowed into the wrinkles on his face.
The prefect of Cangshan City was also speechless. Long before the incident in Huangkou County, the King of Qi sent someone to hint that he was pretending to be deaf and dumb.
The King of Qi is very powerful. If he dares to confront him head-on, not only he, but also his family and subordinates will be doomed.
He couldn't do anything about it, nor did he dare to. If General Zuo hadn't suddenly parachuted in, he probably wouldn't even dare to save people.
Seeing the prefect hesitating, General Zuo understood what was going on and did not make things difficult for him. He just let him continue working and left.
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Inn
The wounded are eating. The people here are less seriously injured and can walk normally.
Ao Xi immediately saw his brother sitting at the table in the corner. Sparrow had an injury on his face and was chewing a steamed bun with his teeth bared. He gasped in pain.
"Damn it! I'm the most handsome man in Black Wind Village. How am I going to survive in the future if my face gets hurt?"
The brother with his arm in a sling said, "Come on, if we're talking about the most handsome guy, it's definitely the village chief. What's your business?"
Sparrow was dissatisfied. "The village chief is already married, so marriages don't count. Besides, look at this card of ours. How is it any worse than the village chief's?"
The sparrow, who thought the emperor was far away, was very rampant until a joking voice sounded from behind, "The difference is in the face."
"Hey, how do you talk like that... Village Chief!"
Sparrow lost his balance and fell off the stool, causing the brothers at the table to burst into laughter.
When Sparrow got up, he had lost his previous arrogance and said timidly, "Master, I just farted. Please sit down."
Ao Xi didn't want to argue with him, so he said seriously, "What on earth happened in Huangkou County? How did you get into this state? Where is Ah Song?"
"Don't even mention it. Those bastards were such scoundrels that they wanted to blow everyone up. Luckily, Ah Song found out and passed the message out, and they finally found a way for them to escape. But Ah Song..."
"What's wrong?"
"You go up and take a look."
...
On the bed in the guest room, Asong had his eyes closed and his face was pale, and the space on his right hand was empty.
Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Asong opened his eyes and saw Ao Xi, his eyes lit up, "Brother Bandit, it's you!"
Even though he was seriously injured, his eyes were still shining. "Brother Bandit, I succeeded. After the work was completed that day, they wanted to blow us up. I saved everyone. I dug a gap with those brothers!"
Seeing Ah Song's childish look of longing for praise, Ao Xi's throat rolled, "You did a good job."
Asong grinned, but soon he stopped smiling and said cautiously, "Brother Bandit, you said before that if I come out alive, you can take me in, but now, my hand..."
"Boom."
A head popped up on Asong's forehead. "I, Ao Xi, always keep my word. I said that as long as you come out alive, I will adopt you as my adopted son. How could I possibly go back on my word?"
"Come on, call me daddy."
Ah Song's heart, which had been hanging in the air for a few days, finally settled down, and he smiled with dimples, "Bandit Daddy!"
Ao Xi was happy, "Stinky boy, lie down first. When your injury is healed, let them take you back."
It's not hard to understand how things have developed to this point. Most likely, the last batch of weapons has been completed, and these laborers are of no use, so they thought of killing them to silence them.
The real situation is revealed, and things are about to change.
Ao Xi was in a hurry to return to Black Wind Village. He went downstairs to tell Sparrow and the others a few words and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of the door, he was grabbed by the sleeve by a woman.
Seeing that the other person was wearing tattered clothes, Ao Xi thought she was a beggar and threw a few copper coins to her, but she didn't take them. She opened her mouth and babbled, but no one knew what she was saying.
Seeing that Ao Xi didn't understand, she simply lifted her hair and pointed at her face for Ao Xi to see.
Because of working day and night, her face was as rough as dead tree bark, and there were several scars on her face.
Ao Xi looked for a long time before he realized, "You are, Xia Man?"
Finally someone recognized her. Xia Luoran was so excited that she didn't care whether he was a bandit or not. She was afraid that Ao Xi would ignore her because of her current miserable condition. When she heard Ao Xi calling her Xia Man, she shook her head desperately.
Ao Xi vaguely understood something. He picked up a branch and pointed at the ground, "Write it down."
Xia Luoran quickly took it and wrote five words on the ground: I am Xia Luoran.
When Ao Xi saw these words, his heart sank to the bottom in an instant.
Xia Luoran didn't notice Ao Xi's abnormality and continued to write: Take me back quickly!
“…”
Ao Xi's eyes gradually turned cold, and his eyes were gloomy. He moved his lips, "You..."
"Xi'er?"
A deep male voice interrupted Ao Xi. He looked up and saw the silver armor reflecting a cold light in the sunlight. The man wearing it was staring at him. "Are you Xi'er?"
Ao Xi narrowed his eyes, then smiled, "Sir, have you recognized the wrong person?"
General Zuo was stunned for a moment. He looked at Ao Xi's face. No matter how he looked at it, he was exactly the same as the child who followed the general back then.
Moreover, his eyebrows and eyes look very much like the general when he was young.
"Impossible, you are Xier."
General Zuo's tone was firm, but Ao Xi didn't want to argue. He pulled up Xia Luoran, who was still squatting on the ground, and said, "Sir, you are wrong. I am not the Xi'er you are talking about. I have something important to do, so I will take my leave now."
"etc!"
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