Two red-haired wolves were running side by side at full speed.

  "Go straight along this path and you'll reach Tianjia Village." The girl named 'A Xiu' said continuously.

  Teng Qing Shan looked at Ah Xiu: "What exactly happened in Tianjia Village, who did you rescue?"

  "A Xiu, what's going on?" Tian Shou also asked.

  "A group of soldiers came to our Tianjia Village to collect taxes, but the tax is too high and we can't afford it. So those soldiers are capturing young women in our village to compensate for the money! The whole village is in chaos, I crawled out from the dog hole in the fence and ran over here."

  "Collecting taxes?" Teng Qing's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

  In my hometown of Yangzhou, Jiangning County, those bandit gangs would collect protection fees. If the protection fees were not enough, they would occasionally appear and capture some able-bodied men to compensate for the debt or seize some young women to compensate for the debt. The able-bodied men could be forced to become bandits, while the young women could be sold into brothels or used by the bandit gangs themselves.

  In short, in a chaotic world, strong men and young women can all count money.

  "What's the difference between soldiers collecting taxes and grabbing women, and robbers?"

  Teng Qing Shan has already seen the village ahead, this village is not far from Moon Tooth Lake, probably only about two miles away.

  "Spare me, let me go! Let me go!"

  "Dad, Mom——"

  "Ah... save my mother..."

  "Get lost, go away."

  "Little rabbit, I'll kick you to death."

  Women's hoarse cries, children's loud wails, and many soldiers' shouts of scolding, all in chaos.

  Teng Qing Shan rode the Red Wind Battle Steed and arrived at the open space in front of the farm. That was when they saw this scene, and there were even bloodstains on the ground.

  "Halt!" Ting Qing Shan shouted angrily.

  A loud shout, like a spring thunderclap, frightened many people to cover their ears, and the originally noisy and chaotic empty space suddenly became quiet.

  Heng Qing Shan saw clearly that the empty space was mainly divided into two groups of people. One group were local villagers from Tianjia Village, each suppressing their anger, holding knives and clubs in their hands, but not making a move. The other group, however, were soldiers wearing simple light armor, who were also holding onto several young women.

  Those women, some of whom were struggling frantically, obviously all knew... once they were taken away, what a miserable fate awaited them.

  "Who are you?" The leader of the army side rode on a single-horned war rhinoceros, looking at Teng Qing Shan from afar.

  "Dad, mom." The girl called 'A Xiu' jumped off the Red Wind War Horse and rushed into the crowd of Tianjia Village.

  "A Xiu, who let you run out?" The head of the Tianjia village, an old man with a scar on his face and white hair, shouted angrily. He was anxious! He knew very well... even if A Xiu found someone strong to drive away these soldiers, their revenge would be more terrible later!

  An old man with white hair bowed his head and said: "I am Tian Jiazhuang's clan leader, Tian Weishan. You two, Ah Xiu this child doesn't understand things..."

  Teng Qing Shan didn't hear him and directly looked at the leader of the soldiers: "You, what's going on here?"

  The military leader, taking a closer look at Teng Qing Shan, thought to himself: "I don't know where these two people came from, but they're so arrogant... However, what he's riding is actually the Red Wind War Wolf, and there are even two of them! This is indeed a valuable treasure. To be able to ride the Red Wind War Wolf, one can't be an ordinary person."

  "Haha......" The military leader laughed, "We've come to collect taxes, but this Tianjia Village refuses to pay. According to the rules, we'll take people in place of taxes, it's only fair and square, and it only happens once a year, not often at all."

  "We've paid three times this year already!" a woman who was caught shouted, "You black-hearted dogs, time and time again, we don't even have enough to eat, yet you still make us pay! We women and children all work in the fields to earn money, it's not enough for you..."

  "Slap!" Next to her, a black-bearded soldier escorting her directly slapped her with one palm, causing the woman's mouth to be full of blood.

  "Mother." In the midst of the Tian family clan, a young boy's voice had already become hoarse, but he was covered by a robust man beside him, who also had tears in his eyes.

  "It's once a year, but this woman said she's had three already." Teng Qing Shan spoke up.

  "Hey!"

  The military leader frowned and shouted, "This taxation is our army's business, what are you, a passerby, meddling in? I'll give you face by talking to you for a few more sentences, don't interfere here!" He then turned his head and stared at the head of the Tian family village, shouting, "Old Tian, quickly hand over that kid who injured my brother earlier! If not, today your Tian family village will not just have one death!"

  "The dog said, I regret not killing you all just now."

  A young man with a ferocious expression and a bright red neck, being held back by many men from Tianjiazhuang, roared, "Return my wife to me! Let go of me, all of you let go!" The young man struggled, but he was unable to break free from the group of sturdy men.

  In front of Tianjiazhuang, the snow-covered ground was where the Tianjia clan and the army confronted each other, with not a few bloodstains on the snowy ground.

  The Teng Qing Mountain beside also guessed it out... Just now should have died people.

  "Still stubborn to the death, First Squad, go and capture him! Anyone who dares to block us will be killed without pardon!" The army leader sat high on his unicorn warhorse, giving orders. The people of Tianjia Village were shocked, "Ah Shou!" cried the farm girl named Axiu, she had seen Shou practicing boxing before.

  At this moment, we can only pin our hopes on the otter.

  "A beast! Take him down." Teng Qing Shan pointed at the leader of the army.

  Whoosh!

  Teng beast transformed into a residual shadow, instantly passing through more than ten zhang distance. The military leader was greatly shocked and immediately wanted to swing his sword to chop towards Teng beast.

  "Bam!" Teng Beast first punched the army leader in the abdomen, causing him to spit blood. Then, as if holding a dead dog, he turned around and took a few steps back to Teng Qing Shan's side. With a casual toss, he threw the army leader to the ground.

  "Whoosh!" A sharp whistling sound shot up into the air, "Boom!" Flying to the sky, it suddenly exploded with a loud bang.

  The leader of the army was on the ground, hunched over with blood at the corner of his mouth.

  "You, you dare——" The leader of the army's eyes turned red.

  "Are you recruiting?" Teng Qing Shan looked up at the exploding red powder, a smile on his face. He glanced down at the leader of the army below and said, "Little guy, as a captain of a hundred-man squad, it's better for you to be sensible. Order your men to release all the women immediately, or else... you will die right away!"

  Hong Qingshan spoke calmly, but the leader of the hundred-man squad gritted his teeth and roared at the soldiers: "Let go, let go of those stinky women."

  "A beast, with a palm-like mouth." Teng Qing Shan said.

  "Bang!" "Bang!"

  The beast directly slapped the leader with two palms, causing him to spit blood and lose two teeth. The soldiers' faces were filled with anger, but they suppressed their rage and released all the women. In their eyes... these women were apparently not as important as their captain.

  A group of young women, each rushing towards their own tribe.

  Daughter.

  "Brother!" These women, either holding their children or embracing their husbands and parents, all had tears streaming down their faces. However, many people in Tianjiazhuang had worried expressions on their faces. They were well aware that the two powerful warriors riding the Red Wind Warhorses could easily drive away these soldiers.

  It will be worse for them later on.

  "Two great ones." The head of the Tada household knelt down, tears streaming down his face. "I beg of you, please don't get involved in this matter anymore, we're already very grateful to you, I beg of you."

  Hong's face turned iron-green.

  Teng Qing Shan gazed into the distance towards the south, a hint of a smile on his face: "Heh heh, looks like quite a few people have arrived."

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  A dense and earth-shaking sound of hooves came, and in front of the road, group after group of knights rushed forward, vast and mighty, like a black steel torrent, and in just an instant, they completely occupied the open space in front of Tianjia Village, and many knights were riding camels on the road.

  Neat and tidy, row upon row of troops lined up.

  "General!" Many soldiers saluted respectfully.

  A man with a tiger's back and bear's waist, wearing black heavy armor, sat astride an iron-armored war rhinoceros, gazing at the two figures of Chen Qing and Shan Yun in the distance.

  "Let them go, both of you." The cold man said.

  Teng Qing Shan waved his hand: "A beast, let him go." Teng Beast immediately kicked the hundred-man team captain, and the captain immediately fell to the ground in the snow, scrambled up and rushed to his own army, and saluted the general on the iron armor warhorse: "General, we are collecting taxes, using those women as tax payment, these two came out to block us, and forced us to release the women just now."

  The general nodded.

  "Who are you two?" The general spoke up, "What qualifications do you have to interfere with this matter?"

  "Friend." Teng Qing Shan said with a smile, pointing at the girl called 'A Xiu', "This child's friend."

  By the general's side, there was also a handsome young man wearing heavy armor. The youth leaned in close to the general and whispered: "Father, these two are riding Red Wind War Horses and show no fear towards us. They might be some formidable figures. It's better to ask clearly, after all, it's not good to stir up trouble."

  The general nodded.

  His son is very clever and has solved many difficult problems for him.

  "We two collect taxes, they have to pay taxes, it's only natural. You two please leave now." The general showed a hint of a smile and said, obviously not making things difficult for the two men, in his view, they were already friends.

  The general immediately turned his head to look at the people of Tianjiazhuang, coldly shouting: "You have the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to hand over all those women from just now. If not...all men and women will be taken away as slaves!" As soon as these words came out, the entire Tianjia Village was completely frightened silly.

  As a slave? That's it then.

  "Whose family are you from?" Teng Qing Shan's face showed a hint of anger, "Is it the Wang family, the Murong family, or the Li family?" The three major families were all around Nanshan City.

  The general was asked by Tun Qing Shan with a hint of surprise.

  The Wang family, the Murong family, the Li family? Teng Qing Shan's tone really startled General.

  "Are you still limited to the time of a cup of tea?" Teng Qing Shan's cold and stern gaze swept over General and his group, "I limit you to the time of a cup of tea, all of you disappear for me. If not... All officers, prepare to become slaves." Previously, General was high above, can arbitrarily decide the fate of Tianjiazhuang people.

  In just a moment, it turned around.

  "You, you..." The general's face surged with anger.

  "Turn back and tell your village head, from now on, the villages around Shen Axe Mountain, don't come to disturb us. Just say, this is what Teng Qing Shan said!" Teng Qing Shan said coldly.

  The mighty army of people fell completely silent, and the many clansmen of Tianjia Village also stared blankly at this scene.

  "Who is Teng Qing Shan?" Those people from Tian Family Village had no idea.

  "Who is Teng Qing Shan?"

  Those ordinary soldiers didn't know either.

  "Is that Teng Qing Shan?" The general's face changed greatly, and he carefully looked at the weapon in Teng Qing Shan's hand. In an instant, he was completely certain of his opponent's identity. As soon as he thought of what their family head had said earlier, he became so frightened that his body trembled.

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