Qiao Mingde once heard someone from the older generation say that when a person dies, all the past in this life will be shown before his eyes.

But now Qiao Mingde can responsibly say that this is bullshit.

At this time, Qiao Mingde was stabbed to the ground by a straight spear that penetrated his chest.

Qiao Mingde could no longer feel the pain at this moment, only the slightest chill slowly dissipated from his chest to his limbs.

The shouts of death all around were still shocking, but to Qiao Mingde's ears it felt a little ethereal and distant.

He knew that he was about to die, and all the strange feelings now were signs before his consciousness dissipated.

Although he was unwilling to leave this world at such a young age, he knew that it was inevitable.

But what made him happy was that just now he had killed three soldiers of the Grass Army with his own hands.

When his long sword chopped off the opponent's head, Qiao Mingde felt that he was so excited at that moment that he could hardly suppress it.

Maybe the Grass Army soldier who stabbed his chest with a spear just now was equally excited.

Maybe this is human nature!

A teacher from the clan once taught them that human nature is inherently evil.

If he remembered correctly, it seemed that this sentence was said by some sage, but he couldn't remember exactly which one at the moment.

But it doesn't matter, maybe he can find this sage in the world of the dead after his death.

I only hope that I can be reborn next to a sage in the next life, always listen to the sage's teachings, and no longer be so mediocre in this life, and eventually die at the hands of bandits.

No one on the battlefield stopped holding their weapons because of the death of their companions.

The lives of companions and even one's own life seemed insignificant at this time, as long as death was the theme at this moment.

Everyone was still fighting, and roars continued to float in the sky above the Qiao family compound.

In the center of the battle, the strong man holding the Xuanhua ax was like a tireless beast, constantly waving the ax in his hand.

His mouth was still humming unknown syllables.

The five people who were originally riding on horses beside him also got off their horses and started fighting with everyone in the Qiao family.

Although these people are short in stature, they are not at all ambiguous when fighting.

Because they are small, their movements are much more flexible than those of strong men.

They dodged left and right in the crowd, waving their weapons constantly to attack everyone in the Qiao family.

From time to time, someone would be beaten to the ground by him, and they would soon be overwhelmed by the grass army behind them.

Everyone in the Qiao family had no choice but to retreat while fighting. The originally spread formation also began to shrink, and it was almost impossible to withstand it.

What made matters worse was that the sharp archer from the Cao Army had climbed onto the roof of the front yard at some point.

He observed the battle situation on this battlefield from a high position, and whenever he found someone in the Qiao family fighting more bravely, he would just shoot an arrow.

This situation makes everyone in the Qiao family miserable.

The archers of the Qiao family originally wanted to kill the man immediately, but the opponent's archery skills were too strong. Before they could take aim at the opponent, the archer's arrow had already hit them.

Soon there were less than twenty people left in the Qiao family, and they were all injured.

These dozen people gathered together and were surrounded by grass army groups.

"I have to say that you are still a bit bloody."

Zhuang, holding the giant Xuanhua ax, saw that the situation was basically under his control, so he found a stone bench and sat down.

"I respect all the good-hearted men the most in my life. You are all great."

"Stop being so pretentious here, you are nothing more than a group of shameless bandits, not pretending to be heroes."

Some of the surviving Qiao family members stood out from the crowd and cursed with an angry look on their face.

"Yes, it's true that we are bandits, and we do kill people, set fire to homes and rob homes, but everything has to have a cause and effect, right?"

The strong man was not angry, so he asked everyone in the Qiao family.

But everyone in the Qiao family still looked at the grass army around them with hatred.

At this time, they were all ready to die, constantly looking for opportunities to launch the final attack.

Seeing that everyone in the Qiao family didn't answer, the strong man with a big ax looked at them with a playful expression.

"Now that you are basically exhausted, why don't you all take a rest and let me tell you a story."

Without waiting for anyone in the Qiao family to object, the strong man began to talk on his own.

"It is said that there is a family named Yuan in Huaiyang County. This family is a local wealthy family. Members of the family have served as officials in the court for generations. Therefore, they have great influence in the local area. Even the officials in the state and county have to look up to them.

"

Hearing the strong man talking about the Yuan family in Huaiyang County, the expressions of some of the Qiao family members couldn't help but change.

"Look, how similar the Yuan family is to the Qiao family? You are also the domineering local emperors in Duliang County."

Although the big man had a smile on his face, people around him felt like he was trying his best to suppress something.

"Back to the Yuan family, one day when a young master of the Yuan family was visiting the lake, he noticed that there was a pretty outstanding-looking woman in a coat by the lake. He went up to chat, but after chatting for a few words, he discovered that this woman had not only become a

There is also a two-year-old baby on my back."

Everyone had an unknown feeling in their hearts when they heard this.

"The young man had no choice but to give up at that time, but after he returned, he could not forget the woman, even to the point of not thinking about food or tea."

The stronger the man spoke, the deeper his tone became.

"In the end, the young master couldn't bear it anymore and asked someone to inquire about the woman. Then the servant told him that the woman's husband was a border soldier guarding the border in the north. She and her elderly mother-in-law were the only ones at home."

"Guess what happens next?"

After saying this, the strong man stopped and looked at everyone in the Qiao family with a smile. The smile on his face became even brighter, but his overwhelming momentum made everyone in the Qiao family breathless.

In fact, they had already guessed what would happen next. After all, many people in the Qiao family had done such things, but they just covered it up better.

"Since you don't tell me, let me tell you that in order to occupy the woman, Mr. Yuan and his servants broke into the woman's home at night and killed the woman's elderly mother-in-law on the spot, and then took the woman away."

The stronger the man spoke, the faster he spoke and his tone became deeper and deeper.

Everyone in the Qiao family felt that this strong man was like a volcano about to erupt.

"Then Mr. Yuan imprisoned the woman in the Yuan family and humiliated her in every possible way. Unfortunately, her child starved to death at home because there was no one to take care of her."

When he said this, the people around him, whether they were Cao Jun or members of the Qiao family, couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

There was no smile on the strong man's face at this time, and his face twisted with anger looked as terrifying as a ghost from hell under the light of the torch.

"The matter is not over yet. When Young Master Yuan had enough fun, he originally planned to keep the girl in his house for a long time so that he could humiliate her for fun at any time. However, Young Master Yuan's mother thought that her son's indulging in women would affect his future imperial examinations, so she

While Mr. Yuan was out playing, he drowned the poor woman in the pond."

After saying this, everyone's hearts twitched hard again.

Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, the strong man tried his best to calm down the emotions that were about to explode and continued.

"It's funny to say that this woman's husband is also named Yuan, and she and Mr. Yuan are from the same family, but they are just distant relatives separated by several generations. Do you think it's funny?"

His question left everyone speechless. Even the five skinny monkeys on horseback who had tried to please him before did not dare to say a word.

"Although it has been said since ancient times that the poor will not fight with the rich, and the people will not fight with the officials, but how could the husband of the woman with such hatred hold back, so after he came back, he broke into Yuan's house overnight and killed all seventy members of Yuan's family.

All six families were slaughtered."

Everyone was completely frightened by this man's decisive and cruel methods.

"The woman's husband not only killed the seventy-six people, but also chopped off all their heads and dug out all their hearts."

At this point, a smile appeared on the strong man's face again, but this time it was not a suppressed fake smile, but a smile from the heart.

It was just his smile that made everyone shudder.

Even the grass troops around him retreated involuntarily.

The strong man's story is not over yet, he continues.

"From then on, the woman's husband changed his surname. He removed the top horizontal line of Yuan to represent beheading, and removed the stroke in the middle of Yuan to represent ripping out the heart. From that day on, he began

The surname is Yi."

"And my last name is Yi, and my name is Yi Zhongdao!"

When the strong man said his name, he almost yelled it with all his strength.

It was as if when he shouted the three words "Yi Zhongdao", he had shed all the karma and rebirth like a phoenix rising from nirvana.

"What's the use of telling us this? We're not from the Yuan family."

The people of the Qiao family were frightened by his roar, so someone whispered.

"The reason why I want to tell you this is because you are all bloody men, and I don't want you to die in an unknown way."

Although the voice of the Qiao family speaker was very low, it was still heard by the strong man.

"Although your surname is not Yuan, one of the seventy-six people I killed was surnamed Qiao. Do you think it's a coincidence or not?"
To be continued...