Chapter 163 Paying with Life

The school grounds of Shengle City were teeming with people.

More than a dozen tables were set up, each with two military clerks, one sitting at the table with a pen and ledger to register, and the other standing to the side with a small scale, weighing the silver.

When an army goes to war, it is impossible to bring family members. Throughout history, those who brought family members on expeditions were not considered armies, but rather... bandits.

Here on the school grounds, the rewards for this military campaign were being distributed.

How many heads were taken, how much merit was earned, and how much功 (gong - contribution) was calculated all resulted in corresponding rewards.

The calculation method here was very complex. Although enemy heads were the ultimate truth, there were many times when it was impossible to fight a battle where one could calmly cut off heads. Also, some types of soldiers had difficulty rushing to the front to compete for heads. Therefore, while ensuring that the enthusiasm of the soldiers was not dampened, an additional set of reward programs was formulated to compensate for these shortcomings.

In fact, similar practices existed in various armies of the Yan State, but only the Shengle Army did it so meticulously and precisely that most soldiers did not complain or feel it was unfair.

Of course, Si Niang had contributed to this. Creating a complete "assessment standard" was not too difficult for her.

At this time, these Shengle people on the school grounds were basically military households, here to receive reward money.

Some people also needed to receive disability silver, which was subsidized according to the severity of their injuries.

Those who could still do some work in the future would receive less subsidy, while those who were basically unable to take care of themselves in the future would receive more. In addition, there would be a monthly allowance of money and grain to maintain the family's livelihood.

However, the bereavement silver for those killed in action was not distributed here.

It would be harmful to have the families who received the bad news come to receive money while seeing the smiling faces of other families. Therefore, the bereavement silver for those killed in action would be delivered to each household by special personnel from the General's Mansion.

At the same time, some steamed buns, preserved meat, yellow wine, paper money, and white cloth would be included.

Because the family would have to hold a funeral after hearing the bad news.

The people from the General's Mansion who delivered these items would also have to re-record the actual situation of the household to facilitate future assistance.

Blindie was standing on the city wall, with the school grounds below him.

He closed his eyes,

listening intently.

A Ming, holding a wine skin, walked over and said:

"What are you listening to?"

"Swish, swish..."

Blindie placed his hands in front of him, making a wave-like gesture.

"What?"

"Shhh, listen, this is the sound of silver flowing out like water."

"Oh, so you're feeling the pinch here."

A Ming had brought back the list. In fact, it had been compiled daily during the defense of the city. After the battle ended, the statistics from all sides were completed.

There was no need to be so anxious, but it was indeed an excellent way to maintain morale.

It was important for the soldiers to clearly know and feel that if they died in battle, the General's Mansion would be responsible for their orphans and elders, and that the injured and disabled would receive pensions and resettlement.

Blindie shook his head and sighed, "Of course I feel the pinch. It's such a large amount of silver."

Raising an army was really expensive.

Especially a professional army, which was ridiculously expensive.

"Anyway, we got quite a bit of wealth from this battle."

Fengxin City was looted, and at Xuehai Pass, a batch of treasures that the barbarians had not had time to transport out was seized. In fact, the amount was not small, but during the defense of the city, only food and grass were cared about, and those things were not paid much attention to.

In A Ming's opinion, it was more than enough to cover the expenses and aftermath of this expedition.

Of course, the imperial court would also provide pensions and rewards, but those from the imperial court were naturally not comparable to the standards of the Shengle Army itself.

"However, I am very curious. There are indeed many soldiers in our army who have formed families, but there are also many bachelors, right? Do we have to give bereavement silver even to bachelors?"

In troubled times, being able to feed oneself and not burdening the family was also a "mainstream."

In A Ming's view, the bereavement silver for these bachelor soldiers did not need to be distributed.

"Before the expedition, every soldier had to register a name, so that the General's Mansion could send out condolences after his death. Many bachelors filled in the names of the girls in the red tents."

"Oh, that's really touching."

"If there are no family members or lovers, then their bereavement silver will be kept in the Yixue (free school) to support the growth of a child. That child will take in their spirit tablet and change his surname to theirs."

After several major battles in the Three Jin regions, there were indeed many orphans, which were easy to find.

Hearing this, A Ming couldn't help but take a sip of wine and said:

"Si Niang is really thoughtful."

No wonder, when defending Shengle City, an injured and dying soldier smiled and said: 'What are you crying about? I also have descendants. After I die, there will be a little bastard to burn paper money for me!'"

Blindie stretched,

and said:

"If you want to raise an elite army, you have to be willing to spend money, and spending money is only the first step. At the same time, you must also form your own military and political cultural atmosphere to enhance cohesion.

Every step, every path, is not easy.”

Other Yan State warlords also cared about raising their troops, but definitely not as much as in Shengle City, because the devils wanted an army that could help General Zheng "don the yellow robe" at any time.

To maintain this loyalty, all aspects must be carefully considered.

Just muddling through the days and simply pulling out an Yan army would be meaningless, with no sense of accomplishment at all.

"By the way, Blindie, we still have to think about how to move."

"I have a plan."

"Okay, with you saying that, I'm relieved."

A Ming didn't like these mundane affairs. The reason why he was assigned to the workshop before was because he didn't have to worry about being disfigured or blown up when he went to verify some experiments.

"No matter what, Xuehai Pass is indeed much better than this Shengle City under our feet. As long as we manage it well, we will have a stable nest in the future."

They wouldn't have to carry their bags around and move everywhere anymore.

Since awakening in this world, they had first been in Beifeng County, then Cuiliu Fort in Yinlang County, and then Shengle City. Next, after going to Xuehai Pass, it was equivalent to moving from the westernmost side to the easternmost side, moving all over the place.

After sighing with emotion,

Blindie waved his hand,

and said:

"Time to start moving."

Then, Blindie stretched again, and continued:

"However, before moving, we have to clean up the house."

……

Today, in the red tents of Shengle City, many sisters did not hang up their牌子(pai zi – nameplate).

Inside the red tent, there was a separate wall with the姑娘(gu niang – girl/lady)nameplates hanging on it. As long as a姑娘’s nameplate was hanging up, it meant that you could book her time.

Of course, the higher the nameplate, the higher the price, and the lower the nameplate, the cheaper the price. The bottom layer basically had the nameplates of barbarian female slaves hanging on it.

The names of the barbarian female slaves were also very nice, with names like Spring Blossom, Autumn Moon, Begonia, Peony, and Autumn Chrysanthemum, but how to say it, relying on the name was ultimately unreliable. After all, everything basically followed the theorem that you get what you pay for.

However, today, the nameplates on the wall were obviously missing by more than half.

Sometimes, if a姑娘 had something to do or was on her period, she would also take off her nameplate and rest for two days, but it was rare to see such a large-scale leave of absence like now.

Although there were only less than five thousand soldiers left behind, the merchants coming and going here, as well as many people living near Shengle, would also make a special trip to browse here, so there was no shortage of business.

So where did these姑娘s go if they weren't receiving guests or doing business?

In fact, they were still in Shengle City, but today they were not wearing their usual glamorous clothes, but were dressed in white mourning clothes, with paper flowers on their heads.

Their hair was also styled like married women, and each person was holding a spirit tablet with ink that had not yet dried, and walked from South Street all the way to North Street.

It was often said that b*tches were heartless and actors were unrighteous;

But in reality, heartless did not necessarily mean truly heartless;

They had only seen more ruthlessness and ingratitude than ordinary people, and experienced more bitterness and sorrow, so naturally they were not so easily touched.

But since that man was willing to write their names to receive bereavement silver, then they didn't mind walking this path for them today as widows.

They may have been rude, or timid, or liked to talk flirty, or had more requirements during s*x, or long, or short, or slow, or fast,

Perhaps, they were just passers-by who had stayed in their lives for a short time;

But ultimately, this was a man who gave them the money he had earned with his life.

In the future, when quarreling, they could have more confidence in their hearts, and after growing old, they could have one more thought to slowly recall with a pot of hot tea and their feet soaked in white vinegar;

Back then,

There was a man who was willing to treat me well with his life.

On the road, many people noticed this team of women, and some even recognized their identities.

Normally, whether in the red tents or outside, upon seeing them, they would naturally go up to tease them, even patting their plump flesh in the palm of their hand, saying that they would look for them again tomorrow night or the night after;

But today, at this moment, no one dared to talk flirty.

What they were holding in their arms were spirit tablets, and the owners of the tablets were no longer here. But how could someone who had served in the military not have a few comrades or brothers who had shared life and death together?

If you were to talk flirty today, do you believe that they would come to your door at night and show you their knife handles?

You must know that in Shengle City, there was no prefect or county government, only a General's Mansion!

This group of women walked all the way without much rest, and finally arrived at the school.

The teaching model of the school in Shengle City was different from that of schools elsewhere. The children went to school to learn to read in the morning and learn arithmetic in the afternoon. There were no so-called "poetry and articles," but every day at noon and before school ended, they would be organized together to study and recite some principles, with the teacher asking and the students answering:

Who gives you food to eat?

Who gives you books to read?

Who will you repay when you grow up?

As for those poor and sour scholars who liked to teach moral essays, there were none here in Shengle City. Facts had also proven that if the money and food were sufficient, those scholars were actually willing to become more direct and practical.

This group of women came to the school gate and stood outside, not entering.

With such a commotion outside, the deputy headmaster of the school came out. He was an old man in his fifties, with a long beard. He used to be a bookkeeper, but because he was quick-witted, knew how to handle things, and was even better at managing things, he was promoted to take charge of the school's affairs.

The headmaster of the school was obviously General Zheng.

When General Zheng was in Shengle City, he would also come to the school from time to time to show his face. Every time he came, the children would excitedly gather around General Zheng, with bright smiles on their faces.

However, General Zheng was never very satisfied with the title of "headmaster," and still felt that "principal" sounded more stylish.

The deputy headmaster walked over, his eyes darting around. After a young teacher came over and whispered in his ear, he understood who the women in front of him were.

The deputy headmaster's wife was a shrew from Hedong, and he was also getting old, making it difficult to pay his dues, let alone go out foraging.

But the deputy headmaster didn't have much goodwill towards the teacher who had just kindly reminded him. This guy had asked about his youngest unmarried daughter at the last dinner party.

The deputy headmaster didn't have the sourness of scholars. People who had been in business were best at being flexible.

"What are the girls doing here? Come in, come in for tea, let's talk slowly."

The deputy headmaster knew what was happening in Shengle City today. Some families were happy, taking the military reward money to buy pastries at the shops in the city that they usually couldn't afford;

Some families had already begun to cry, and the ashes of paper money had begun to flutter and spin.

The leader of this group of姑娘(gu niang – girl/lady)s was a woman nearing forty, named Mei Jie.

Logically speaking, she was considered old, but because she was plump and understanding, she was very popular with the young lads.

The spirit tablet she was holding today was only nineteen years old. In her eyes, he was just a big child who had not yet grown up, but had already died on the battlefield.

He had no relatives, and his bereavement silver was recorded in her name.

Mei Jie bowed slightly to the deputy headmaster,

and said:

"The school is a clean place, we won't go in, we are dirty."

The deputy headmaster was stunned for a moment,

and then,

he saw this woman place a silver bag on the ground in front of him.

After putting it down, Mei Jie took two steps back. Next, the women behind her also placed their silver bags there. In a short while, a small pile of silver bags appeared on the ground.

Mei Jie opened her mouth and said: "These big-headed soldiers, they have no children, no daughters, no relatives. After they died in battle, the bereavement silver was written in the names of us sisters.

But this is the silver that those guys exchanged for their lives. We sisters are in the red tents, taken care of by Feng先生(xian sheng – mister), and we have no worries about food, drink, and expenses. We can save some money for ourselves, so we sisters would never dare to take this bereavement silver.

We sisters heard that many of those soldiers who were truly unmarried wrote the bereavement silver to the school, so that orphans can be adopted and have their surnames changed to continue the family line. We sisters can't have a baby for these spirit tablets of bastard men in this lifetime, so we thought we would also use this method to help these bastard men continue their incense.

Please, headmaster, fulfill our wish."

Mei Jie knelt down to the deputy headmaster, holding the spirit tablet.

"Please, headmaster, fulfill our wish."

The women behind her all knelt down together.

Mei Jie continued:

"After the child changes his surname, the sisters will give a subsidy to the child every month. The money is not much, but it can always give the child more snacks, and a few more new clothes during the New Year and holidays.

Those mindless soldiers, since they were willing to write our sisters' names for the bereavement silver, then we must buy more things for the children who will carry on their family line.

We sisters know that we are dirty and don't expect the child to call us mother, we only ask that the child knows that by taking the surname of this man, he can live a better life, and can remember the good of that dead man more."

These words

moved the deputy headmaster immensely.

He was not born a scholar and didn't have those sentimental problems,

But at this moment, he still took two steps back,

and bowed deeply to the group of women kneeling in front of him.

When he straightened up again, tears were already hanging on his face,

and said:

"Girls are noble, noble indeed!"

……

The workshop was only open for half a day today. Firstly, it was because today was the day for distributing reward money in the city, and many people had taken leave to receive the money. Secondly, it was specifically instructed by the superiors that after today, there would be a break from work for the next two days.

So, the woman finished her work, tidied up her belongings, and returned to her home in the city.

Opening the door,

the woman saw her mother-in-law sitting on a stool in the yard with a gloomy face.

Seeing this scene, the woman's legs immediately weakened, and she almost fell to the ground, but she grabbed the door frame and steadied herself.

"Mother, Mother?"

The woman called out twice.

The old woman raised her head, glanced at her daughter-in-law, and then slapped her thigh hard with both hands and cried:

"This goddamn Heaven, this goddamn Heaven!"

The woman felt a dizziness in front of her eyes, and finally sat down on the ground, tears immediately pouring out of her eyes.

He,

He was gone?

For a time,

The man's voice and appearance began to appear in the woman's mind.

As if,

Just yesterday,

The man would still fetch water in the yard, make toys for his son, and then rush to meet her when she got off work, before hurrying away.

Ever since she first came here, he had come every day.

She had originally thought that her life would just pass by like this, raising her child, serving her mother-in-law, and no matter how difficult life was, as long as she gritted her teeth and persevered, she could make it through.

Besides, ever since she could work in the workshop, the family's life had become much more comfortable, at least, there was no worry about food and clothing, and the child could go to school to learn to read.

She had never thought of remarrying, she was afraid that others would dislike her son, and she was also afraid that others would dislike her mother-in-law.

How many men were willing to raise another man's child, and even raise that man's mother?

Actually, it wasn't that there were none, but…

Rather than just settling, it was better to just live a simple life.

But he happened to appear in her home,

And he happened to be so honest,

And she happened to feel comfortable no matter how she looked at him.

On the way home from work, she would often have expectations, just to see him a few more times when she opened the door.

Her mother-in-law felt sorry for her and was willing for her to find another man, and after seeing him, she had nothing to be reserved about.

After all, she was a widow, a woman who had given birth to a child, and not some virgin girl, so what was there to be embarrassed about?

He came to her house every day, and she had never driven him out once, wasn't the meaning very obvious?

But she didn't know what he was hesitating about,

Perhaps,

He was hesitating, hesitating that she wasn't good enough for him?

But in the end, he still sat down and had dinner with her family, and gave all the salary he had saved to her.

She accepted it in front of him,

In her opinion,

Her and his matter,

Was settled!

For this reason,

These days, she had been lying on the kang every night, thinking and thinking…

To say something shameless, when she married her first man, her heart was definitely not beating like a fawn this time.

She had heard storytellers tell stories of talented scholars and beautiful ladies before,

She didn't think she was a beautiful lady,

But she thought,

Perhaps this was what the storyteller was talking about…love at first sight?

Her mother-in-law was helping her make a wedding dress.

Widows would not hold grand weddings when they remarried. The mother-in-law was also a woman and felt sorry for her, treating her like her own daughter, so she wanted to prepare a set of clothes with her.

The mother-in-law said that she couldn't be glamorous outside, for fear of people gossiping, but inside the house, what other girls had, she had to have too.

She was waiting for him to come back,

But…

The old woman was still crying there, but the woman couldn't cry, but felt empty in her heart.

She stood up,

Walked to her mother-in-law,

and squatted down.

She wanted to say that she didn't have that life;

Or rather, she was actually a jinx, and two men had died because of her.

Once, when her husband had just died, the villagers had said this about her, and then her mother-in-law had fought with those gossips with a broom.

But this time, she herself believed it.

If she hadn't met herself, if she hadn't had that last meal, would he not have died?

The old woman wiped her tears and said:

"People from the General's Mansion came earlier, saying, saying that Yu Ge'er (diminutive of his name), he, he, he was seriously injured and paralyzed."

The woman suddenly raised her head, looking at her mother-in-law.

He wasn't dead,

He wasn't dead,

He wasn't dead!

"Oh, goddamn it, why is it so miserable, so hard to find another man, so you can have a support, why is he paralyzed, why is he paralyzed!"

The woman's heart was still filled with joy and she didn't react.

The old woman looked at her daughter-in-law's appearance,

Mistaking her daughter-in-law's thoughts,

She could only use her skinny hands to hold her daughter-in-law's face,

and said:

"Girl, he gave you his salary before the expedition, and we had dinner together, Girl, we must be conscientious, you must not abandon him when you see him paralyzed.

We have to raise him, we have to serve him,

This is our fate, this is our fate!

We can't do such a conscienceless thing, and we can't break our word, understand?

You have to remember, he Yu Ge'er, is your man, no matter if he can get out of bed, as long as your man is not dead, you have to serve him, serve him for a lifetime!"

The old woman believed in one principle her whole life, that is, marry a chicken, follow a chicken, marry a dog, follow a dog.

But the woman smiled,

and said:

"Mother, I understand."

As long as he was not dead, she was really willing to serve him.

At this time,

On the courtyard wall,

Two children's heads slowly shrank back.

Wolf Cub said to Sword Maiden:

"This family seems to be pretty good. In our desert, there are not many women willing to be so devoted."

The living conditions in the desert were extremely harsh. If a man in a family could not stand up and support the family, it was common for the woman to take her child and go straight into another man's tent.

Sword Maiden folded her arms like a little adult and nodded.

"What about the money?"

The money converted from the military merit of more than a thousand heads would be terrifying.

But Sword Maiden stopped it.

Sword Saint had said that he didn't want to do any testing.

Zheng Fan agreed;

But Shengle City couldn't stop Sword Maiden from making her own decisions.

In a child's eyes, there were actually only two colors, black and white. If someone wanted to be their师母(shi mu – teacher's wife/maternal master), then they naturally had to pass that test.

Wolf Cub patted his butt and said:

"I heard that we are going to move, to the east, a very, very far east."

"I know."

"Alas, every time we get used to staying in one place, we have to move again."

"Heh."

Sword Maiden smiled,

and said:

"What are you afraid of? Since we are moving, naturally we will take everything that can be taken away. Things are like that, and so are people."

"Eh, do you mean that everyone will go?"

"Needless to say."

"Okay, I also took in a bunch of followers. Without them following me, life will be so boring in the future."

Sword Maiden rolled her eyes at Wolf Cub,

and using a new word she had learned from the devils,

Scornfully said:

"Childish."

……

Inside the General's Mansion, the young marquis was grabbing the railing with his little tender hands and walking around non-stop.

Si Niang was sitting in the other corner, with her legs crossed, drinking tea and flipping through the account books.

Moving meant starting everything over, but Si Niang was not very decadent.

She had long been accustomed to opening brothels in various eras.

There was nothing wrong with changing places and re-planning and developing, on the contrary, it could give people a sense of freshness.

Besides,

Xuehai Pass had much more room for development than here.

She got up, took a peach crisp cake from the plate in front of her, and handed it to the young marquis who was enclosed in the "little fence."

The young marquis reached out to take the cake with one hand, but couldn't hold it with one hand after trying a few times.

Helplessly, the young marquis used both hands to take the cake, and then his body lost the support to maintain balance, and he sat directly on the ground with a confused expression.

Si Niang was amused.

The young marquis didn't cry either. Seeing Si Niang smiling, he smiled along.

Si Niang had always thought that she didn't like children, and it wasn't until now that she realized that she didn't dislike children, she just didn't like crying.

To be honest, this young marquis was really sensible and likable.

Should she,

Have a child with the master先生(xian sheng – mister)?

Si Niang began to hesitate.

But this hesitation was only for a moment, she still had many things to do.

Xuehai Pass was short of everything, so it was best to move away from Shengle City, which required a lot of coordination and arrangement.

The peach crisp cake was handed to the young marquis,

The young marquis grabbed it with both hands,

Lowers his head,

Gnawing at it, bit by bit,

Then closes his eyes and starts to chew patiently.

At this time, a young lady walked in from outside, stood at the door, and reported:

"Madam, Bei先生(xian sheng – mister) has asked someone to invite you to the outside of the city, and also said to bring more people."

Si Niang nodded and ordered:

"I know, transfer half of the guards in the mansion to go outside the city with me."

"Yes, Madam."

The young lady went out,

Si Niang put on a fur coat,

Reached out and pinched the young marquis's chubby pink face,

and said:

"I know you have a big appetite, eat it all, don't be polite."

The young marquis seemed to understand, opened his mouth and smiled again.

Normally, sweets were limited and he was not allowed to eat as much as he wanted.

Si Niang walked out of the house.

The young marquis picked up the peach crisp cake in his hand, and then deliberately loosened his hand, and the cake fell down, dividing into two pieces.

The young marquis holding a piece, squatting on the ground with his butt sticking out, came to a corner of his area surrounded by the small fence, and put this piece of cake there.

Actually,

Most children remember things when they are young, but they forget them later.

He remembered that he had a little friend who used to play with him, so he wanted to save some good things for him.

He actually didn't know what the meaning of doing this was, and he might forget all about it soon, but at least at this time, he remembered it clearly.

When children are first born, they are actually extremely sensitive, especially to the perception of that kind of thing, which is clearer.

This is the so-called, children are more likely to "see" ghosts than adults.

Of course, in the young marquis's eyes, that was not a "ghost."

After that,

The young marquis squatted back again, picked up the other piece of cake, and continued to eat it in a similar way.

Usually, for safety reasons, except for the wet nurse feeding him, no one was allowed to serve him at other times. After all, he was a child who had been brought up by the magic pills since he was a child. Even when he was alone, he didn't cry or make noise. If there was something edible that he could bite, he would eat it, and then he would play by himself. When he was tired, he would sleep by himself. He was so well-behaved that he was almost unreal.

At this time, two black shadows appeared in the small pond in the backyard of the General's Mansion.

The black shadows slowly emerged from the pond. Although the water was dripping, it did not make any sound.

Two men in black silently walked out of the pond, looked at each other, and began to run quickly towards the inner room.

Their speed was still not fast, but during the march, it seemed to leave behind a series of afterimages. Most importantly, they had just come out of the pond, but they did not leave any water stains on the ground.

"Creak………”

The door was gently pushed open.

The next moment,

One of the men in black leaped up and jumped onto the roof, and then immediately lay down, his eyes vigilantly surveying the surroundings.

The other man in black walked into the house.

In the small fence, the young marquis, who was sitting there holding a peach crisp cake and eating it little by little, looked up and looked at the man in black who came in.

"Da………da………che………”

The young marquis stretched the peach crisp cake out to the other party.

At this time,

The man in black on the roof uncovered the tiles and looked inside, his eyes as deep as a poisonous snake, carefully looking at the child.

The man in black in the room looked up.

They were confirming whether this child was the child.

Because this child's identity was very valuable, if they hadn't taken advantage of the fact that half of the General's Mansion's guards had been transferred out today, it would have been difficult for them to sneak in silently.

So, if they failed this time, it would mean that they would have no second chance.

The most important thing at the moment was to distinguish whether this child was a smoke screen.

After all, it was normal for ordinary people to think of raising an ordinary child here as a cover, and secretly raising the real child in another place.

The young marquis didn't cry. Seeing that the man in black didn't seem to want to eat the cake, he put it to his mouth again and continued to bite and chew hard.

He had a good appetite, and he had started eating some food other than breast milk very early.

At first, Si Niang was worried that it would be bad to eat these things so early, but later she slowly discovered that perhaps he was indeed Tian Wujing's child, and the genetic inheritance was indeed strong, and his physical fitness was really not ordinary.

This also made Si Niang have some fantasies,

For example,

When the master's rank is higher, and then have a child with the master, wouldn't the baby's physical fitness be better?

Either don't do it,

If you want to do it, do it in the best and most exquisite way.

This was a belief of every devil, and it was also the bottom line for maintaining the quality of life.

Having children was the same.

After all, their own child was also the young master of the seven devils.

And to a certain extent, this child would be closer to the master and the seven devils than others.

After all, he was a continuation of the life of the devils, and his significance was extraordinary.

Poor General Zheng, who was far away at Xuehai Pass, did not know that Si Niang had cut off his hopes of getting to first base in a short period of time because of the young marquis's good physique.

The man in black on the roof was observing,

The man in black below took out a small black snake from his arms. This was a small snake produced in the Daze of the State of Chu, which liked to eat spiritual energy.

Many people would specifically look for this kind of small snake to use when searching for treasures or searching for spiritual herbs, because they had a very sensitive perception of this kind of existence.

The small snake looked around, turned around in the man in black's palm, and finally pointed its head at the young marquis sitting in the small fence, and spat out its snake letter.

"Hiss………hiss hiss………………”

Obviously, this child had caused a reaction in this small snake.

This meant that this child was full of innate Qi, comparable to a spiritual herb, and if he grew up a little more, he would definitely be a good embryo for practicing martial arts.

A bit similar to Sword Maiden's talent in swordsmanship.

This was actually easy to understand, because General Zheng had privately sighed more than once that, putting aside the matter of destroying the family, Tian Wujing himself had the template of the protagonist.

He had to learn military tactics, but it did not delay his martial arts practice.

In the end, leading troops to fight had reached the position of the god of the army of the Dayan, and the realm of martial arts had reached the point where he could defeat the sword saint as a warrior.

At the same time, he also practiced some alchemist methods.

With such powerful talent, even if his children only inherited one or two percent, it would be quite terrifying.

The two men in black, one above and one below, looked at each other,

They both nodded slightly,

They each determined,

This child,

Should be the target they were looking for.

People in this era generally believed in bloodlines, and at the same time, they did not believe that Shengle General's Mansion would specifically look for a child of the same age and amazing talent to be a puppet for the young marquis.

So, this one in front of them was real!

The man in black took out a semi-transparent substance from his sleeve that looked like a water cloth, and then walked towards the young marquis.

The young marquis, seeing this,

Stared at him with his bright black eyes,

While continuing to bite the crisp cake in his hand.

The outside of the crisp cake was soft, and the inside was a bit hard. The young marquis's teeth had not fully grown, and it was a bit difficult to chew, but he was still working hard and trying hard.

Finally,

The man in black came to his front.

"Boom!"

Just then,

The floor tiles under the man in black's feet suddenly collapsed,

The change came too suddenly,

But the man in black's skills were indeed outstanding, and his body did not fall down, but instead forcibly twisted to get out of this area.

"Buzz!"

A coffin stood up straight, blocking between the man in black and the young marquis's fence.

"…………"Man in black.

They could be considered to have seen the world. Since they dared to steal a child, and the child's identity was so valuable, they had long prepared and envisioned various accidents that might occur.

But who the hell would have thought that when stealing a child,

A coffin would suddenly come out to block the way!

The young marquis continued to work hard on the peach crisp cake. The stubbornness of the child came up, and he must not give up until he achieved his goal.

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