An old and hoarse cry, filled with sorrow and despair, came from the yard next to where Wu San and others lived.
Um?
Chen Zheng's heart moved slightly and he went out to check.
Then at the door of the courtyard next door, an old man wearing linen clothes was kneeling on the ground with a bloody head, bowing his head and begging for something;
In front of him, Wu San, He Daming, Zhao Wu and others were at a loss and tried their best to help each other up.
Chen Zheng immediately stepped forward and said in a deep voice:
"What's going on?"
"Brother Zheng, we don't know either!"
Seeing Chen Zheng come out, Wu San also shouted in confusion:
"This old man wanted to see you as soon as he came over. He asked you to help him find his daughter, but he knelt down before we could figure out what was going on."
At the same time, the old man turned his head immediately and looked at the direction where Chen Zheng's voice came from with dull eyes.
Like a drowning man grasping the last straw, he knelt down and took a few steps forward, kowtowing repeatedly:
"But Chen Zheng, Commander Chen? With your Heavenly Eye above, old man Wang Hai, please help me find my daughter."
Only then did Chen Zheng realize that this old man with a bloody head had gray eyes, and he was clearly blind.
"Stand up and speak!"
The thing happened out of nowhere, and he couldn't help but frown and stepped forward to help the blind old man up:
"Who is your daughter?"
Tears mixed with blood flowed down the old man's face, looking extremely miserable:
"I, my daughter, named Wang Yun, am the one who has been delivering meals to you these past few days."
"Is it her?"
Recalling the young woman who had delivered the meal yesterday, Chen Zheng frowned even deeper:
"What's wrong with her?"
The old man said sadly:
"Yesterday, yesterday evening, after my daughter brought you a meal, she was forcibly called away by another envoy named Diao Hailong. As a result, my daughter stayed away all night and has not returned until now.
Old man, I was worried that something had happened, so I asked someone to take me to the envoy's residence, but he said that he had never looked for my daughter. However, in the evening, someone clearly saw my daughter being taken away. I asked more questions.
sentence, he was kicked out of the door."
Chen Zheng was expressionless: "What then?"
The old man knelt down again and begged:
"Your Majesty, the old man is brave, please help me find the envoy to get my daughter back! No one dares to take care of other people in this village, but my daughter came back tonight and said that you and other garrisoned officers
Even if it is different, he must be a good person if he is nice and polite to her.
My daughter is a hard-working girl. Her husband-in-law's entire family has been harmed by evil spirits. She still has to take care of such a blind drag like me. She can only be shameless and sell her body to the envoys in exchange for some food rations. I beg you, old man, please help me, old man.
Get her back!"
Bang bang bang!
As he spoke, the thin old man kowtowed violently, causing blood, water and soil to mix together.
Seeing this scene, Wu San and others present all showed compassion and intolerance.
"Stand up, don't kneel!"
Chen Zheng frowned and pulled the old man up:
"I'll go ask you a question."
The old man didn't have much flesh on his body, so he was pulled up in an instant. He couldn't say anything decent, but he just prayed and prayed repeatedly.
Zhou Shan on the side hesitated to speak. He winked at Wu San. After the other party stepped forward to help the old man and took him aside, he leaned close to Chen Zheng and whispered:
"Brother Zheng, do you plan to take care of this matter?"
Chen Zheng glanced at him:
"What do you want to say?"
Zhou Shan glanced at the old man and said hesitantly:
"Brother Zheng, even if you go, I'm afraid you won't come back. The high-ranking church members stationed here are like earth emperors. It's normal to play with women to vent your anger. There have even been cases of playing with women's lives. I doubt that.
The person named Wang Yun may have already."
Chen Zheng was silent for a moment:
"Go and have a look before we talk."
Anyway, Wang Yun has been delivering meals on time and diligently these days.
Diao Hailong, a person whom he disliked in the first place, took people away and never came back. It could be said that he was trying to intimidate him. How could he pretend not to know?
With that said, he gave a signal and asked the others to take the old man and go to the residence of Diao Hailong and others.
The village is so big, and there is not much distance between the two places. Occasionally, when villagers see this formation, they immediately whisper and watch from a distance. It is obvious that some of them already know that the old man and his daughter have not seen each other for a day.
Soon, Chen Zheng led the way to the independent courtyard where Diao Hailong lived, and then walked up and knocked on the door:
"Diao Hailong?"
After a while, the door to the courtyard room opened, and a lazy voice came out:
"Who's looking for me?"
"I, Chen Zheng."
Chen Zheng introduced himself to his family and got straight to the point:
"Wang Yun, the woman who brought me the food, is here with you. I need to see her for something."
"Um?"
With a creak, the courtyard door was opened.
Diao Hailong stood at the door, looked down at Chen Zheng in front of him, and sneered:
"Boy, what kind of woman is not a woman? Come to me to find a woman. Are you stupid?"
After saying that, he saw the blind old man behind Chen Zheng at a glance, and his face suddenly sank:
"I said what's going on, it turns out that you, an old guy, went to bring in the reinforcements."
Chen Zheng had no expression on his face and said slowly:
"Wang Yun has sent me meals for a few days, so I naturally want to ask about it. Someone in the village saw Wang Yun being taken away by you. You don't have to deny it. If Mingren doesn't tell secrets, is she dead or alive now?
"
Such a questioning gesture made Diao Hailong immediately sneer on his face and said contemptuously:
"Boy, who are you, and what qualifications do you have to ask me? This is a village, and people and land are all raised by the church. Even if I kill a village girl, what does it have to do with you?"
Chen Zheng was not angry, but said slowly: "So, she is dead?"
Diao Hailong had no good intentions and said slowly:
"Isn't it because the village girl enjoyed serving you two days ago that you couldn't bear to come here to stand up for others? Let me tell you! That woman was very disobedient last night and offended me. She has been beaten to death and buried by me.
,Are you satisfied?"
After hearing this, the blind old man howled in great pain:
"Me, my daughter——!"
Diao Hailong had a sinister look in his eyes, pointed at the blind old man, and said with a ferocious smile:
"Your despicable daughter offended me and deserves to die. You old man is so noisy, do you think you can just find a cat or a dog? If you don't know better, I will bury you together and let you two meet underground!"
"
With such rampant arrogance, even Wu San and others who had nothing to do with it suddenly showed anger in their eyes and were filled with righteous indignation.
Chen Zheng slowly raised his head and took a deep look at Diao Hailong.
Neither Wang Yun nor his father had any friendship with him, so he could ignore the matter and ignore it.
But at this moment, the blind old man's wailing and Diao Hailong's rampant arrogance caused a fire to ignite in his heart, rising endlessly.
Why is a human life in this world worth more than grass?
Why are people who do such evil things so arrogant and unscrupulous?
"Why, kid, what are you still doing here, waiting for me to treat you to dinner?"
Chen Zheng's eyes were uncertain, but Diao Hailong felt that he was overpowering him, and his arrogance became even more arrogant:
"Why don't you give it to me quickly?"
Clang!
Before he finished speaking, what was coming towards him was the violent sword light from Chen Zheng's hand, which was about to cut the person in two!