Chapter 102: Lei Zhe's Madness

  According to Lei Zhe's introduction, the small village where his father was born did not originally have a formal name. After his father became the head of the military, he named the village Green Garden, which is a world full of greenery. He also went out of his way to obtain a tax-exempt permit for his fellow villagers, making the small mountain village a truly comfortable home.

  This morning, everyone finally arrived at Green Garden. Leizhe quietly observed the scenery in front of him, his chest heaving with emotion, clearly deeply moved. In fact, Green Garden was not a village isolated from the world; the key lay in Commander Conard's high status and power. The municipal officials did not dare to offend him, so under Conard's protection, the people of Green Garden had enjoyed more than ten years of peaceful life.

  Perhaps it was because the opportunity to receive kindness was especially rare that the farmers were more grateful than the nobles, and also easier to be moved. When Conard was buried, all the men and women in the village came, wailing loudly at Conard's tombstone, not pretending, their revealed sorrow was no less than Regis, and some people even cried for several days in front of Conard's tombstone, which Regis couldn't do.

  When it comes to past events, Lei Zhe's eyes are slightly red, and when he sees the villagers with his own eyes, he understands his father's intention.

  It stands to reason that Conard Knight, who has spent countless efforts for the Torrent Guards and won widespread admiration, should be buried near the headquarters of the Torrent Guards in Bait City, which sounds good.

  But Lei Zhe had already vaguely understood that his father didn't want that kind of life. When he became the commander of the army, it was just that life had forced him into that position. Perhaps... when his father was busy with military affairs, he always hoped to return to that small mountain village, accompanied by blue skies and white clouds? Otherwise, why did his father never blame him when his own decisions were rejected by his mother's entire family? Instead, he had always been indulgent towards himself. It was precisely because his father felt too tired, so he didn't want his children to follow in his footsteps.

  Perhaps due to the fear of being near his hometown, or perhaps because he had too many regrets in his heart, Lei Zhe's emotions were already close to being pathological, always tirelessly telling stories about his father.

  Han Jin and others felt very strange, they really didn't think that there would be such people in the world.

  The Torrent Legion is the first main legion of the Beit Alliance, and its strength is too great to be controlled by any city lord. If things really happen, the other three city lords will definitely start a war, because the city lord who controls the Torrent Legion will eventually unify the Beit Alliance. No one wants to wait for death, so the Torrent Legion has always been outside the influence of the four major city lords, which is the only way to avoid internal strife.

  With such a legion at his command, he could have accomplished many things, such as obtaining fiefs and accumulating wealth, which would be easy for Konrad's knights. But he never sought personal gain. After Konrad's death, Lezeh sold the family property, escorted his father's coffin back to his hometown, and moved his mother's coffin to be buried together, using up most of the inheritance. In other words, the weapons, soft armor, etc. that Lezeh now possesses were all earned by himself later on, having nothing to do with Konrad.

  An upright leader will certainly be respected, but an upright leader who is so wooden that he is stupid will make people sigh.

  A giant turtle rushed into the Green Garden. It was running on a sunny slope. Below was Xiaoshan Village, where villagers lived. Han Jin suddenly felt something was wrong. Why wasn't there any smoke from cooking?

  "Just then, Lei Zhe shouted: 'Wait a minute, wait a minute!!'"

  Han Jin hastily controlled the giant turtle to stop. Lei Zhe jumped off the giant turtle and drilled into the forest along a small path. Han Jin and others knew they had arrived at their destination. Out of politeness, Han Jin let the giant turtle stop outside and followed in with Xian Ni'er, Mo Xinke, and others.

  It wasn't a cemetery as imagined. In front, there was only a large pit of no small size. The bottom of the pit oozed out quite a bit of yellowish-brown stagnant water. Everywhere were broken bricks and stones. The scene was in disarray. Lei Zhe stood stupidly at the edge of the big pit, not knowing what he was thinking about.

  "What's going on?" Mo Xinke exclaimed in surprise.

  "Who did it? Who did it?!" Lei Zhe suddenly let out a roar. His eyes turned blood red. The veins on his forehead and neck bulged. Especially when he roared, the veins on his neck swelled up to the size of a finger. He looked like he was about to devour someone.

  Looking at Lei Zhe who was close to madness, Han Jin and others were all stunned, not knowing how to persuade him. Suddenly, Stilberg's shrill cry came from outside the forest: "Young master, there are enemies! There are enemies! They're charging towards us!"

  Han Jin and others rushed out, just in time to see a group of people surrounding the giant turtle, holding forks, wooden sticks and other objects, randomly hitting the giant turtle. Some people were even trying to climb onto the turtle's body. Hillina led her two mercenaries in a desperate defense. Because most of the attackers were elderly women and villagers from Green Garden, they couldn't use excessive force, so they could only gently push them away. However, the other side didn't care about anything, as soon as someone approached the turtle's back, there would be a flurry of wooden sticks and forks coming their way.

  "You bunch of conscienceless... Return our men!"

  "Damn it! Damn it! You've already taken away our master, what more do you want?!"

  "Kill them..."

  "I'll die for it, to avenge Master! I'll die..."

  The old, hoarse, shrill and childish cries of wailing were all mixed together, making Hillina sweat profusely. The people below were like madmen. Just now, she had stretched out her hand to push an old man, but he opened his mouth and bit down on her wrist. In pain, she flung the old man aside, only to see that several teeth were still stuck in her wrist. Meanwhile, the old man continued to pounce upwards with his bloody mouth agape, his ferocious fighting spirit giving Hillina a splitting headache.

  She can't even fight back, let alone pull out her long sword to attack. If this continues, they will lose their ground soon! Xilena was anxious and saw Han Jin, hurriedly shouting: "Save us... come quickly!"

  Several women turned around to look, and found Han Jin and others. Before they could react, Lei Zhe rushed out of the woods like a mad tiger, roaring: "Who?! Who destroyed my father's tomb?!"

  "Master Leizhe?" An old man saw Leizhe and revealed a surprised and delighted expression, stumbling towards him: "Master Leizhe is back... That's great! We're saved..."

  Lei Zhe is now close to madness, he grabs the old man's collar and lifts him into the air: "Is it you? Speak! Is it you?"

  The old man was choked until his eyes rolled back. His lips kept opening and closing, but he couldn't say a word.

  With a loud noise, the group of old men and women rushed up together. Although Leizhe's appearance looked very frightening, he finally came to his senses. The villagers were so busy that they didn't care about anything else, surrounding Leizhe in the middle, crying and wailing.

  In the midst of the cacophony, Lei Zhe finally learned that his father's tomb had been destroyed by Rudolf General, the new cavalry commander of the Activist Legion. His father's coffin was taken away, and his mother's coffin was burned on the spot. The men in the village rushed out to reason with General Rudolf but ended up clashing with him, resulting in the deaths of about seven or eight men, while the rest were captured.

  Several women were wailing and crying, pointing with their hands towards the edge of the woods, where several handfuls of yellow earth had been added, and beneath which lay their husbands. This was what the village elders meant. Having received so many favors from Lord Conrad, they should have some way to repay him. Since it was for protecting the lord that they died, let them all be buried at the edge of the woods.

  He understood everything, and Lei Zhe's face turned pale. He turned around and walked into the woods. As a result, his body swayed and fell stiffly to the ground. This feeling was strange for Lei Zhe, actually he was very sober and knew what he should do. First, find his mother's bones, re-bury them well, then discuss with Han Jin and others, try their best to seek help, ask where his father was taken, and then go together to rescue him. However, his legs didn't listen to him, wanting to take a step but unable to move, wanting to turn around but only turning halfway. Seeing the ground getting closer and closer, Lei Zhe's heart was anxious, and suddenly everything went black before he knew it.

  Han Jin hastily pushed through the crowd, squeezed inside, and placed his fingers on Lei Zhe's wrist pulse. Mo Xinkai also followed him in, asking puzzled: "What are you doing? How is Lei Zhe?"

  "He's all right, just overexcited." Han Jin loosened his grip.

  "Why don't you wake him up then?"

  "Don't you think he should sleep a bit more at this time?" Han Jin let out a light sigh.

  "Actually... Leizhe himself should have anticipated this." Xian Ni'er said in a low voice.

  "What?"

  "Since those people dared to lay hands on him, it's clear they don't take his father seriously. What can a coffin that can't speak do?"

  "Isn't it said...that Conner Knights are highly influential in the Torrent Corps? How dare they!"

  "While alive, one has great influence; after death, it's not necessarily so." Xian Ni'er said with a bitter smile.

  A silence fell over the scene. Conard had done so much for the legion when he was alive, yet after his death, he received such treatment, it's really chilling to the bone.

  In an instant, Stillberg came over and cried out: "Young master, I know! Sir Conard has been taken to the Ninth Town!"

  "How did you know?"

  "Those two women over there said it." Stillberg nodded with his hand: "Their men were all taken to the Ninth Town, and they secretly went to find them a few days ago. They found that Sir Conard's coffin was placed on the square, and General Rudolf gave an order that anyone who spat on the coffin would receive a copper coin as a reward, and..."

  "Shut up!" Han Jin growled, he glanced at Lei Zhe and found that Lei Zhe was still unconscious, only then did he let out a sigh of relief. If Lei Zhe had heard this conversation, heaven knows what he would have become!

  I thought that after this unexpected event, my grades would become very poor and I had decided to be an ostrich, focusing only on writing and not paying attention to anything else. But unexpectedly, everyone is still so supportive of me, it's touching! There are also many friends who have posted about their experiences quitting smoking. In fact, quitting smoking should be easy, right? I quit several times a year... but this time I'm really determined. At home, there may still be cigarettes, but no lighters, even the electric lighter has been taken away. And the door is also locked from the inside, whether it's friends coming to find me or me going out to find friends, there's no way out, this is the last route to smoke. Of course, there are other methods, such as hypnosis and so on, and I have a magnifying glass at home too. But if I'm forced to that point, quitting smoking would be a failure, so it can be ignored.