mtlumby2d Chapter 392 The hero's stumbling block on the road to escape from the famine 43
Chapter 392 The hero's stumbling block on the road to escape from the famine 43
Although she was communicating with Tiandao, it did not prevent her from helping to deal with the men in black. Although the alien creature was captured in her space, the people under her control were not yet conscious, so they had to be knocked out or tied up. Of course, those who resisted fiercely would inevitably be killed.
A Yuan had already joined the battle again, but he did not kill anyone this time. After a hundred or so men in black came, there were no more additions. I guess some of them came to their senses and retreated directly.
The battle was over soon. Except for the more than one hundred men in black who died in front and the dozen soldiers on their side, there were several seriously injured and more than two hundred people were captured.
Gu Lanzhang walked up to A Yuan and asked, "Sir, how do we deal with these people?"
He and his three sons call Yuan like this when they are outside, and only call him cousin/uncle when they are at home or around.
A Yuan: "First, the doctor will treat the injured here, and send the deceased to the charity cemetery. Send a message to their families to see whether they are coming to take the bodies back home or bury them here.
The silver and pensions that were distributed to them before were all allowed to be taken back by their families. If there was more pension, it would be paid from the silver that was seized before..."
Gu Lanzhang nodded in agreement. He would help deal with these issues temporarily. When he arrived at the provincial capital, there would be special officials to take charge. After all, he did not have a formal official position yet.
A Yuan had actually already thought about it. When the time came, he would recommend a title for him based on his performance along the way, and pass on his official position to a clear path.
He could arrange small positions at will, but not those of higher ranks. Not only was it not legitimate, but the official seal and documents had to be issued by the court.
A Yuan continued, "As for these men in black, we will interrogate them after they wake up to find out who is behind this. If they can confess useful information, they may be given a lighter sentence."
Of course he knew he was being controlled, but this was just a formality. He couldn't just let him go or kill him.
Gu Lanzhang said he understood.
After that, everyone went about their duties. A Yuan took the remaining soldiers to the large yard in the middle of the town, not for anything else but to steal things. It would take more than just mental control to support so many people, it would also require real money and food.
There was an unexpected gain when we went there. The men in black who had escaped did not leave or hide, but were still there.
The people led by Yuan thought that they were going to have to fight another tough battle, but they didn't expect those people to kneel down directly and said that they were forced. Their families were killed by the leader. They wanted revenge and also wanted to follow Yuan to atone for their sins.
The soldiers didn't believe it and reminded Yuan to be careful of a trap.
A Yuan raised his hand to stop his men, and took the one who spoke first to an empty room for a private talk. From him, he learned that these people were brought from the villages in some county towns here.
Many of them are refugees who have escaped, or those who are weak and have no family protection. They killed other people's relatives and brought them back to train. Some of them know the situation in their minds but cannot control their bodies, while others really obey orders completely and are very loyal.
They couldn't understand why they couldn't control their bodies before, and why those people would obey orders to kill their relatives and enemies. However, Yuan knew that it must be related to personal will or mental strength.
If the person has a strong will or high mental strength, that guy can only control the other person's body. If the person has a weak will and low mental strength, it can control them completely, just like brainwashing.
Yuan: "Do you know which of you are completely loyal to it?"
In order to avoid any trouble, he planned to screen out those people first.
The man in black, Chang Feng, nodded and said, "I think I know. I've always paid attention to it and can point it out to you, sir."
After saying this, he looked at Yuan with some hesitation.
Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "What else is there? Feel free to tell me all."
Chang Feng bowed and said, "Of course you can hand that man over to us for execution. I want to avenge my family."
A Yuan hesitated. The person was not with him, and he didn't know whether Xiao Yun could use it. After all, it was an alien creature. What if Xiao Yun wanted to study it? Or maybe it would be of some use to him. So he couldn't give an answer now.
But seeing that the other party was looking at him anxiously and was about to speak, he had no choice but to say: "It's no use leaving it to you. The man is already dead."
Anyway, no matter what, that layer of human skin is indeed dead. After all, the alien creature covered with human skin must be peeled off.
He thought, why not go back and talk to Xiao Yun about throwing that layer of human skin out to let these people vent their anger.
Chang Feng was stunned. He didn't expect it to be like this. He thought that he was a key figure after all, and the lord would take him back for interrogation or hand him over.
Even though his body could not move before, his spirit had always been free. After several years of observation, he had already discovered the man's peculiarity.
First of all, the ability to control a person's body is not something that ordinary people can have, so he was not sure about his request to kill the man. He just wanted to give it a try, but he didn't expect that the other party was already dead.
After thinking about it for a while, he figured it out. If the other party was killed during the sneak attack, this adult might not be able to discover the other party's strangeness, and might be regretting it now. So he didn't dare to say anything more.
Afterwards, according to the location provided by Chang Feng, they found a lot of property and food. After all, to feed thousands of people, there must be a lot of things.
Not only these courtyards, but also many shops in the town belong to them. Some are rented out to others to open shops, and some are managed by these people.
Considering that these people had been controlled before, he did not intend to kill them all.
Before, he thought that these people were well trained and it would be dangerous to leave them outside, so he wanted to take them away. Now that some of them have surrendered voluntarily, it is great. He can recruit them as palace soldiers. He is not worried that they are not loyal to him. He has been an immortal and has many ways to brainwash them.
As for the killings that had taken place before, that was not a big deal in ancient times. Which soldier had not killed someone?
Then a group of people with a stronger will pointed it out. More than 300 people were completely controlled before. According to the number of 1,000 people, the number is not large, but it is not small either.
Have people lock up these 300 people in a large courtyard that has been emptied out, and have Xiao Yun secretly observe them for two days to see if they can recover. If not, they will have to be killed.
As for the remaining 500 people, basically they were willing to follow them. They had no relatives or friends, so they might as well pursue a better future.
As for staying in the town to do business, the status of merchants is not high. They can follow the governor of a state. Who would be willing to stay in a small town and open a shop?
They stayed in this town for another two days, and all the valued soldiers were rescued. No one died, of course, thanks to Xiao Yun's good medicine.
Xiao Lin and Lao Hui also returned within two days, but the news they brought back did not contain any new clues, because the people from the county town were also sent there in the same way.
Those people and bandits were there to protect this town. If they killed any officials passing by, basically no one would notice anything strange about this town.
Even if the imperial court sent people to investigate, they could only trace the bandits to the mountain bandits, and eventually they would be wiped out. They could also train another group to serve as an open shield.
The people over there were of course also under control. As soon as Xiao Yun put the alien creature into the space, the controlled people over there woke up.