Chapter 595

Ever since receiving the Young Master's order, Yuan Zuozong had been rushing toward the Great Qin border without a moment's rest.

Their goal this time was very clear: they must completely eradicate the entire Xiongnu.

When the sky was just beginning to brighten, Yuan Zuozong led the deep Snow Dragon Cavalry and set off toward the border once again.

But when encountering a forest, he suddenly smelled a rich scent of blood.

This scent of blood immediately made Yuan Zuozong realize that something was wrong.

Because this scent of blood was too rich; it was not something that one or two people could emit.

This scent of blood would only appear in one scenario, and that was on the battlefield.

Only after a large number of people died could such a rich scent of blood be formed.

"Stop."

"Check the situation around here for me."

Yuan Zuozong stopped the entire troop's advance and said to the Snow Dragon Cavalry below.

Although he had approached the Great Qin border, he had not yet reached the border location.

The appearance of this scent of blood was too strange.

The Snow Dragon Cavalry immediately spread out in all directions.

Everyone was searching for the source of this scent of blood.

"Leader, found it."

Soon,

Yuan Zuozong arrived at the entrance of the village.

The entire village looked incredibly dilapidated.

Yuan Zuozong, with a gloomy expression, led the Snow Dragon Cavalry into the entire village.

The congealed blood had long since turned dark brown.

On the walls, streets, and stones.

There were drops of blood everywhere.

The further inside they went.

The more corpses there were on the ground.

When walking to the center of the field, they saw the pitch-black corpses of the villagers.

These people all had expressions of fear and anger on their faces.

"Go and investigate the situation around here for me, and see what exactly happened."

Yuan Zuozong said with a gloomy expression.

Anger was dancing in his eyes.

These Snow Dragon Cavalry entered the entire village once again and began to investigate the situation.

Yuan Zuozong also pushed open the door of a house and walked in.

As soon as he entered, he saw various furniture and ornaments scattered on the ground.

Ceramics and earthen jars had also shattered into pieces, falling to the ground.

He pushed open a door and walked in.

It was obviously the place where the master of the house slept.

This place had obviously been ransacked long ago, and everything was in a mess.

As soon as he came in, Yuan Zuozong discovered a woman lying in the center of the courtyard.

Unfortunately, the body had long since gone cold.

After a rough check, the entire house had been turned upside down, and all grain and useful things had been taken away.

Just as he was about to leave.

Yuan Zuozong's gaze shifted to a position; he heard some faint sounds.

"Who...?"

"Come out immediately, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Yuan Zuozong shouted sternly.

As soon as his voice fell, he heard a faint sound.

"Don't kill me."

Hearing this voice, it was clearly a young child.

Yuan Zuozong's eyebrows raised; although the killing intent in his eyes faded a bit, he remained cautious.

He approached the position where the sound came from step by step, and saw under the bed in the room.

A tattered straw mat was spread there casually.

Previously, Yuan Zuozong had not noticed anything different about this spot.

He used the long sword in his hand to flip the straw mat up.

Afterward, he saw three children hiding in a small hole in the center of the bed.

The three children looked at Yuan Zuozong with fear in their eyes.

The slightly older one hugged the two children below.

Yuan Zuozong, upon seeing these three children, immediately frowned.

"Are you the children of this family?"

He asked in a low voice, trying to keep his voice as low as possible.

The slightly older child was silent for a while, then nodded.

"Then do you know what exactly happened last night?"

Yuan Zuozong did not know if these three children were the only survivors of the entire village.

But he knew that these three children should know what happened last night.

As soon as his voice fell, the three children's eyes immediately turned red.

Looking closely, it was clear that these three children had been holding back their tears last night.

"Waa!"

The eldest child was only five years old, and at this moment, he could no longer hold it back and burst into tears.

The two little boys held in his arms felt their older brother's crying.

They also couldn't hold it back and started crying together.

Yuan Zuozong frowned as he looked at the three children crying loudly, but he didn't say anything.

The female corpse lying in the courtyard should be the mother of these three children.

Clearly, they should have seen everything that happened last night.

The three children didn't know how long they cried.

Finally, they slowly stopped crying.

"Last night, Dad said mountain bandits came, so he hid us."

"Then Dad went out, leaving Mom alone to cry."

"Then it seemed like many people came, and Mom wouldn't let us go out."

"Then Mom was also taken away by those people."

The eldest child said stutteringly.

Through his narration, Yuan Zuozong roughly understood what happened last night.

"... You mean, the group of people who came to your village last night were mountain bandits?"

Yuan Zuozong frowned slightly.

His mind was pondering which mountain bandits were in this vicinity.

"No... wuwu..."