Zhu Xiucai stood up from the fire and called several night watchmen to go out to check the situation.
But someone is faster than him.
It's Day and Night Parade and Baby Ghost.
After they arrived at the mountain temple, they followed Qin Shaoyou's orders and patrolled and guarded around the temple.
The dark night is not only the world of demons and ghosts, but also the time when these ghosts and ghosts are at their most energetic.
That's right, those naughty baby ghosts were not only subdued by Qin Shaoyou, but also recruited. Now they are all ghost guards affiliated with the Mianyuan County Town God's Temple.
With Su Jianqing, Qiu Rong and a bunch of ghosts watching over them, they were not afraid of these naughty baby ghosts messing around, and could correct their worldview and values that had been distorted by Wu Bufan.
At this moment, Zhu Xiucai had just stood up and was about to order someone, when he saw a night parade carrying a baby ghost, stepping on the cold wind, flying into the temple with a group of people.
It turns out that the footsteps that everyone heard just now did not come from demons, but from this group of people.
A group of living people with breathing and heartbeats.
Qin Shaoyou looked up and down at the group of people captured by Ri Xianyou and Ying Gui, frowning slightly and feeling a little surprised.
He was surprised not because these people were so weird or powerful.
On the contrary, under his [clear eyes] observation, these are a group of ordinary people.
They were both male and female, old and young. Not only did they not have any vitality or tendency to fluctuate their magic power, they even appeared to be very weak and tired.
After this group of people were sent into the temple by Sun Xuanyou and the baby ghosts, they were trembling and terrified. There were even children who hurriedly tried to crawl into their parents' arms for comfort and protection.
The previous experience was really terrible for them - they originally saw the flickering lights here and wanted to come over to seek a rest and shelter.
As a result, before he even got close, his body was lifted up and he was floating in the wind... Is this something a human can do?
They want to scream, but they can't scream. They want to struggle, but they can't. How can they not be frightened?
These people thought they had been captured by demons and ghosts and were about to be buried in their mouths and belly. However, after being thrown into the temple, they did not see demons and ghosts, but a group of people.
I just don’t know, are these people in the temple really human beings, or are they demons pretending to be ghosts?
Seeing the fear of these people, Qin Shaoyou took out the official robe of his Demon Suppressing Department, and showed it to them, and said: "Don't be afraid, we are the night watchmen of the Demon Suppressing Department and will not harm you.
.Are you refugees from the Qingtang border escaping from the war?"
With these words, Qin Shaoyou used his [Skillful Tongue], which slightly eased the frightened mood of this group of people.
In the crowd, an older man tremblingly bowed to Mr. Qin and replied, "Sir, we did come from the Qingtang border."
"How is the situation over there? Don't worry, everyone, we are here, you can rest peacefully this night."
When Qin Shaoyuan said this, he winked at Zhu Xiucai.
Zhu Xiucai understood this and immediately took out the dry food and poured some hot water from a ladle. He handed it to the group of people and said, "Come on, come on, have a drink of hot water and eat something. Don't be afraid. We are good people."
After he finished speaking, he grinned.
But it was this smile that made a little child in his mother's arms cry out in fright.
The smile on Zhu Xiucai's face suddenly froze.
"Don't be afraid, kids. Although this uncle looks like a bad guy, he has a good heart."
Under the comfort of Su Tingyu and Wen Zhu, the child stopped crying.
And this group of people also made sure that Qin Shaoyou and the others would not harm them. Otherwise, they would have been killed when they entered the temple. How could they be given dry food, comfort and enlightenment like now?
Some people had the courage to take the dry food from Zhu Xiucai's hands, and then more and more people took the dry food and hot water and thanked Zhu Xiucai.
The mother of the child who was frightened by him also said apologetically: "Sir, I'm sorry, the child is not sensible. You have a lot of trouble, don't take it to heart."
"fine."
Zhu Xiucai waved his hand and seemed not to care, but he still had some grudges in his heart.
"The way I smile...is really scary?"
The child's mother did not dare to say a word. Cui Yougui chuckled and said: "Xiucai, Xiucai, look at what you are asking, you still don't know yourself well enough. Whether you smile or not, it's scary."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiucai's face darkened, he snorted and stopped talking.
At the same time, Qin Shaoyou also learned about the situation on the Qingtang front line from the elders in this group of people.
The barbarians in Qingtang, who were all cavalry and highly mobile, moved like wind on the border, killing and kidnapping.
The army led by the Marquis of Dongchuan focused on defending, hoping to use city walls and forts to resist the invasion of the Qingtang barbarians, and then seek opportunities to surround and eliminate the Qingtang barbarians who had penetrated too deep.
There may be no problem with this tactic, but for many households in towns and outside Wubao, it has been a disaster.
The wooden fence in the village is good at blocking wild beasts and little monsters, but it is impossible to block the barbarian troops in Qingtang.
After the village was captured, either their families were destroyed or, like this group of people, they abandoned their homes and fled under the burning and killing of Qingtang barbarians.
Although monsters and ghosts are everywhere these days, if you abandon your home and run away, you will have a narrow chance of death, but if you stay at home, you will have no chance of death.
In contrast, escaping to avoid the military disaster seems to still have a slim chance of survival.
"Sir, we all escaped from the same village. When we first came out, there were about thirty people. Along the way, we were chased by Qingtang barbarians, attacked by wild beasts, demons and bandits... Until now, There are less than half of the people left.”
As the old man spoke, he couldn't help wiping away his tears.
The other survivors also looked sad.
There were only two younger children who didn't understand what the adults were grieving for. They took the dry food in their hands and stuffed it into their mouths while not forgetting to feed their mother who was holding them: "Mom, eat steamed buns.
I haven’t had anything to eat in many days.”
Qin Shaoyou sighed secretly.
In this world, it is true that when things prosper, people suffer; when they die, people suffer...
After a moment of silence, he asked again: "Where are you planning to escape to?"
The old man reported the names of several places: "We have relatives in these places, and we plan to go and join them."
Qin Shaoyou nodded and asked Su Jianqing and Su Tingyu to help draw a few amulets and gave them to the group of people.
Although these amulets cannot ward off evil spirits and prevent evil spirits from getting close to them like the amulets Qin Shaoyou made from flesh-winged tiger fur before, they can still save the lives of these people when they are in danger.
After knowing the function of the amulet, this group of refugees were very excited and thanked them repeatedly.
Qin Shaoyou waved his hand and said: "You're welcome. After eating, go to the campfire and have a good sleep. With us here, you don't need to worry anymore and you can relax and sleep. After dawn, I will arrange a few more people to escort you.
You go and join your relatives."
There are many refugees who escaped from the Qingtang front line. Qin Shaoyou is just a trial member of the Demon Suppression Department. Even if he wants to control them, he can't manage them all.
But he can help the group of people in front of him and do what he can.
"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."
This group of refugees was overjoyed and felt that they had seen the hope of survival. After crying and crying, they all wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Qin Shaoyou, but Qin Shaoyou stopped them with his blood.
"No need to be polite, let's all go and rest."
However, just when this group of refugees was going to follow Qin Shaoyou's arrangement and go to sleep next to the campfire, a voice suddenly sounded.