After marrying a rough man, I played mahjong to support Shoufu

Chapter 73 Bad news

Bursts of thick smoke billowed from the mountainside of Ebony Peak, and the orange fire blanket burned a hole in the dark mountain.

Shen Xian supported the pillars in front of the porch, watching anxiously, feeling very annoyed in his heart.

"Didn't the government say that there was going to be a training camp? Why did they start attacking so quickly, so my map would be wasted."

"I really don't know what the county magistrate is thinking!"

Worried about Zhao Tieshu's safety in her heart, Shen Xian arranged for the county magistrate severely, but now she can't help, she can only pray for Zhao Tieshu's safe return.

The smoke from Wumu Peak slowly rose into the sky, and when the sky was slightly bright, a layer of grass ash fell on the nearby vegetation.

Shen Xian couldn't sleep all night, sat on the chair and waited for the dawn, in the end his eyes were so sore that he could hardly open them, and then he squinted for a while, half asleep and half awake.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

In a daze, Shen Xian vaguely heard an old lady crying nearby, she suddenly woke up with a start, felt a strong sense of uneasiness, and hurriedly opened the door to go out to check.

On the dirt road not far from the academy, every family formed a team, old and young, all crying bitterly.

Is it...

Shen Xian's heart sank, and he quickly chased after him, stopped the old woman in the village and asked, "What happened? Why are you all crying like this."

The old woman wiped her tears while crying, and said with a choked voice: "The government failed to suppress the bandits. My son was killed by the bandits. Pity me for a white-haired man to send a black-haired man, my son!"

Shen Xian's body shook twice, barely holding on to the dead tree on the side of the road, as if a bolt of lightning had struck into his mind, and his whole mind went numb.

"Impossible, impossible, Brother Zhao must be fine!"

Shen Xian shook his head, broke his pace and ran towards the county like crazy.

At the same time, County Magistrate Yi was in a state of desperation, his eyeballs were bloodshot, and his whole body seemed to be drained of energy.

"My... my lord, what should I do now." Detective Fang's expression was disastrous, trembling.

"What should I do? It's not all your bad idea!"

County Magistrate Lu's face was livid. This operation was carefully planned by him. First, he released false news to practice the seven-day suppression of the bandits, and then made a surprise attack. fall into encirclement.

Leaving aside the losses caused by the arrest, more than half of the fifty young and strong were killed or injured, and a dozen others were captured by the bandits. Now they are still on the desk with the list sent by the bandits. .

Detective Fang's face turned bitter, and he complained in his heart. It was obvious that the county magistrate made the decision at the beginning, but now that something happened, it was all his fault.

At this moment, the front of the county government office was full of sufferers, and Fang Fang didn't even dare to leave the door, for fear of being eaten alive by those emotional sufferers.

The county magistrate sighed and said: "I have already written to the state government to ask for help, and now I am resigned to fate."

Shen Xian hurried to the county government office, looking up, the front of the county government office was horrible.

Apart from the bandaged wounded and their family members, piles of rotten vegetable leaves were thrown on the ground, and angry villagers pointed at the county government and cursed.

Shen Xian squeezed away many sufferers, his eyes kept searching among the wounded soldiers, but he never saw Zhao Tieshu.

"Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao."

He yelled a few more times, but there was no response. Shen Xian's eyes were flushed, and tears were rolling inside. She held back the tears and stopped a young man who was injured.

"My little brother, have you ever met my husband, Zhao Tieshu?"

As he said that, Shen Xian gestured with his hand, "He is so tall, and his figure is burly and strong..."

The injured man shook his head lightly, then said fearfully, "I know who you're talking about, but we got separated from him as soon as we entered the mountain, and we haven't seen him escape, so it's probably more ominous than good."

The man's last words immediately made Shen Xian unable to hold back anymore. Tears flowed out of her eyes instantly, and she said bitterly: "You are the only one who is in danger, can you speak? My husband will be fine!"

The injured man was already in a bad mood, and he was even more angry when Shen Xian yelled at him. Just when he was about to have a fit, he saw Shen Xian crying with rain, looking at him with red eyes.

His chest heaved a few times, and the injured man swallowed his breath again, because he suddenly remembered that he had participated in the isolation of Zhao Tieshu, and felt guilty for a while.

"It's useless for you to yell at me. If you have the ability, you can yell at the county magistrate."

Shen Xian clenched his fists, walked to the county government gate, and picked up the drumstick buried in the vegetable leaves.

"Useless girl, now the county government has no money and no one, can't pay money, and can't take revenge."

The old man sitting under the grievance drum has haggard eyes, and the stretcher at his feet is covered with a white cloth, and the people lying inside have long been silent.

Shen Xian held back tears, choked with sobs and said: "But my husband hasn't been found yet, how can I, a lady, not ask about it."

The old man looked at her with empathy, and reminded: "You can go to Yizhuang to have a look. If you can't find it there, you may have been captured by rogues. Find a way to get some money, and at least you can redeem him." .”

After being reminded by the old man, Shen Xian's mind immediately cleared up. She was too worried about Zhao Tieshu's safety during this journey, which instead made her run around like a headless chicken.

"Thank you sir, I'll go right away."

Yi Zhuang is the place where the corpses are parked, not far from the county government office, Shen Xian looks at the moss-covered Yi Zhuang with a heavy heart.

Stepping over the gloomy lintel, there are not a few people kneeling and weeping in the yard of Yizhuang, most of them are female relatives.

The nervousness made Shen Xian's heart beat faster and his throat became dry.

Corpses were lying on the long strip covered with white cloth, and the uncondensed blood stained the white cloth with large pieces of red.

Shen Xian, who grew up in a greenhouse since she was a child, has never seen a corpse. Now, in order to confirm Zhao Tieshu's life and death, she can only bravely lift the white cloths of unclaimed corpses one by one.

A young and strong man's expression was painful and stiff, his eyes were full of unwillingness, his piercing appearance made Shen Xian's stomach sour, and he almost vomited.

Fortunately, there were not many corpses left, after Shen Xian quickly read it, a tinge of blood returned to his face.

There is no body of Zhao Tieshu here, he is still alive!

"The list is out, everyone go to the county government to have a look."

Outside Yi Zhuang, a poor man who also came to look for the corpse yelled, Shen Xian heard the sound and followed out, and finally saw a list in front of the county government office.

There are more than a dozen names of the captured young men on the above, and the ransom is 100 taels per person. The government told the family members that they need to find a way to raise money to save them.

"You black-hearted dog officials tricked my son into suppressing the bandits, and now we haven't seen a single copper coin. Instead, we asked ourselves to prepare 100 taels of ransom. If we have this money, do we still need to sell our lives to suppress the bandits!"

"Officer Dog opens the door, you must give us an explanation!"

The sufferers were all furious and smashed the door of the county government with stones.

Shen Xian glanced back and forth from the list several times, and found that Zhao Tieshu's name was not on the list of captured persons.

(End of this chapter)