As the two people opposite them got closer, they realized that it was a boy and a girl!
The boy in front looks somewhat familiar!
Ma Minghao felt like he was hallucinating. Why did the boy in front of him look so much like his younger brother whom he missed day and night?
Isn't his brother on another team?
The two people were walking in opposite directions, and the person in front of him was definitely not his younger brother!
But then the boy waved happily!
He shouted, "Brother! Brother! It's me! Ma Mingjie!"
Ma Minghao was surprised to discover that the boy opposite him was actually his younger brother!
He immediately lifted his robe, leaped off the horse in a sideways motion, and ran quickly toward Ma Mingjie!
The soldiers behind them also saw clearly that the person in front looked exactly like Ma Mingjie, and they all began to have doubts! Although they were also worried about Ma Mingjie, the timing of his appearance was too strange!
Especially with so many things happening recently, they had to be on high alert, so they quickly stopped Ma Minghao!
"Minghao! Don't go over there, be careful, it might be a trap!"
"Big brother! Don't go over there, Mingjie won't be here!"
"Even if you've appeared here, something must have happened. Don't go over there yet!"
"Yes, there's also a girl of unknown origin next to him!"
"Watch out, there might be an ambush ahead!"
But these words could no longer stop Ma Minghao!
He and his brother had never been separated since they were rescued by the captain; this was the first time they had been separated!
Moreover, the two of them were deliberately assigned to two different teams!
Ever since he left Shanping County, he has been constantly worried about his younger brother!
Especially after he had a falling out with the prefect and his group, he was constantly worried about his brother's safety!
He had promised his mother and father!
He was determined to protect his younger brother with his life, no matter if there were ambushes ahead!
When Ma Mingjie saw his brother, he rushed towards him despite all the obstacles, and Ma Mingjie's eyes welled up with tears!
The two brothers hugged each other tightly!
"Mingjie! Brother! I thought I would never see you again! I'm so glad you're alright. If anything had happened to you, how could I face our deceased parents?"
"You have no idea how much I've regretted it ever since we broke up! Why did I so cowardly obey your arrangements?"
I shouldn't have handed you over to those beasts like that!
"I should have resisted back then! I should have realized that those people had ulterior motives in letting us out!"
"Mingjie! You're alright, that's so good!"
Hearing his brother's choked voice, Ma Mingjie was also very frightened, but he still tried his best to comfort his brother!
"Brother! Don't worry about me, I'm fine. I came looking for you!"
"What happened on your end? Why do the brothers look injured?"
"Where are those people?"
"How come only the captain's men are left!"
"Did you encounter an ambush on the way?"
Ma Minghao did not answer his younger brother's question, but instead looked him up and down carefully!
Seeing that his brother was indeed unharmed, he seemed relieved, but upon hearing his brother mention those people, he became furious! He put his arm around his brother and walked back!
"Come on, I'll talk to you as we walk!"
"The purpose of that group sending us out was to eliminate dissidents!"
"So that's why you insisted on separating us! You wanted to use me as a hostage to threaten me!"
"They want me to poison the brothers' food and get rid of all the captains in the group. If I don't do it, they'll kill you!"
"I've seen people being bullied and forced to come and serve as laborers along the way!"
"I've really reached my breaking point!"
"I really didn't want my brothers to die like this, without knowing why, so I told them about their plan!"
"And when those people realized their plan had been exposed, they were furious!"
"That's how we ended up fighting!"
"And that's how you end up looking like this, in such a sorry state!"
Ma Mingjie was utterly astonished!
"What? They're actually going to kill us to silence us?"
"Was it really done by the prefect's men, or not by his brother-in-law?"
"How are you? Are you injured?"
"It seems like you haven't brought back enough people!"
"And they're not the young and middle-aged men they're looking for!"
"If we go back like this, they will definitely make things difficult for us!"
Ma Minghao also sighed deeply; how could he not know?
The people of Shanping County thought there would be no war in their area, so they didn't even think about fleeing!
When they went down, the fear and sorrow on their faces made it impossible for him to be as ruthless as the prefect and his group!
Because he knew that if all the pillars of these families were arrested, then those families would be doomed!
He and his younger brother originally had a happy family, but three years ago, when they were recruited into the army, the soldiers forcibly took away their father, uncle, and grandfather, and their mother lost her life in the scuffle!
Their grandmother couldn't bear the blow and also died!
Although their younger uncle escaped the ordeal because of his young age, the successive blows still left him with nothing but drinking, gambling, and escaping from life every day!
Finally, because they couldn't pay off their gambling debts, those people came to their door and took the two children away!
When their uncle chased them to town and argued with those people, he was also beaten to death. They were rescued by a passing captain!
The captain rescued many boys who had similar experiences to them!
That is, the person the governor wants to get rid of now!
So they only arrested one or two people from each household, and some households were not arrested at all, since they had already discussed it beforehand!
This will allow you to be mentally prepared!
Even so, it was still a separation of life and death for everyone!
The governor's men had long looked down on their behavior!
Mockery and insults have become commonplace!
But they actually robbed, massacred villages, and abused women!
How is this any different from Prince Shun?
"Mingjie! I won't regret killing them!"
These people deserve to die!
Those nearby were somewhat relieved to see Ma Mingjie approaching and that there were no ambushes around.
They all chimed in with their own opinions!
"Those beasts may look respectable on ordinary days, but once they have a little power, they become just like animals! Or even worse than animals!"
"These people seem to be possessed by some evil spirit; they actually want to massacre the village!"
"Simply because they've taken a liking to the village chief's 12-year-old daughter and his newlywed daughter-in-law!"
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