After I became a passerby, I saved the villain's family

Murong Xiao didn't dare to think about it.

The tenth day of August, what a special day!

The day when Senior Sister Mingxi died of complications during childbirth was the tenth day of the eighth month.

When Senior Sister Mingxi left the sect, there was no news from her anymore. He was too weak at that time, and the sect no longer paid attention to disciples who had already withdrawn, so he completely lost contact with her for the next four years.

It was not until later that he built up his own power and began to search for news about Senior Sister Mingxi in various countries. After much effort, he only found out about Senior Sister Mingxi's death and the child she had unborn.

When he thought about the fact that his senior sister's flesh and blood were missing, he felt extremely frightened.

Over the years, finding that child has become his obsession.

"Master, I have found out something else."

"explain."

"More than a decade ago, Duke Jiang had a very capable deputy general under his command. Unfortunately, he died in the great war between Dacheng and Beixin. His wife was pregnant at the time. After receiving the news that her husband had died on the battlefield, she gave birth to a baby girl prematurely, but later died of heavy bleeding. The child has been missing for many years."

"And the wife of this deputy general is also a female teacher."

Upon hearing this, Murong Xiao was so shocked that he fell down in his armchair.

The reason why the secret guards used "also" was because they had found out about Senior Sister Mingxi that year, that she was a teacher in a private school in Dacheng.

But they had no way of finding out the exact location or private school. All the information seemed to have been deliberately erased, and they had to spend a lot of effort to find just this little bit.

So over the years, the sect leader has been sending people to try their best to look for the girl who was born on the tenth day of the eighth month of that year in Dacheng, and even looked for the boy, but there was no news.

No one would have thought that the child might be in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion...

Murong Xiao's mind was blank at this moment. He couldn't believe that he actually found the child.

He had been disappointed too many times over the years, and he didn't want to be disappointed again.

"Master, what should we do next?"

Murong Xiao was silent for a while.

"You stay here and get to the bottom of this matter." He wanted to send Murong Chang and Yuan Xin back to the Southern Dynasty first.

"Make sure to check it thoroughly this time and don't make any mistakes."

"Yes! I understand!"

Murong Xiao sat in the armchair, constantly recalling every little detail of their time together after he met Jiang Ruoli.

No wonder he felt that she always looked familiar; it wasn't an illusion.

Murong Xiao raised his hands to cover his face, and a tear slipped through his fingers.

Senior Sister Mingxi, please bless me so that I don't make the wrong choice again this time...

Barren hills in the northern suburbs.

Birch was cleaning the yard when he heard a sudden sound of messy footsteps outside.

He looked over curiously and saw two people walking in surrounded by a group of people.

One of the two leaders was tall but wore an eye patch; the other was slightly shorter but had very shrewd eyes.

These are the village chief and deputy village chief of the village.

It was the first time that Birch saw these two people, and he couldn't help but take a second look at them. Commander Huang at the side patted him hard and scolded him in a low voice.

"What are you looking at? Are you trying to kill yourself?"

Birch lowered his head quickly.

When a group of people passed by them, the village chief paused for a moment.

Birch felt the scrutiny coming from above his head.

Seeing this, Commander Huang walked forward with a smile and said, "Village leader, you are back..."

The village chief withdrew his gaze, ignored Commander Huang, and walked straight into the house.

After the group left, Commander Huang breathed a sigh of relief.

"You kid, if the village chief had got angry just now, you would have been dead, did you know that?!" Commander Huang said angrily.

Burch was a little puzzled. "The village chief doesn't look that fierce..."

"What do you know."

Commander Huang looked around and found that no one was paying attention to the two of them, so he pulled Birch to a corner.

"The village chief killed people without mercy. In his eyes, human lives were no different from those of ants on the ground."

"The village leader has led his brothers to occupy the barren mountains for many years. From being unknown to being feared today, it is all because of the village leader's ruthlessness. Otherwise, we would have been eaten alive by the imperial court long ago!"

The stronghold in the deserted mountains is easy to defend but difficult to attack and is full of traps. For many years, the imperial court has been trying to eradicate this group of people, but unfortunately there is no way to get up the mountain.

"The village chief is so powerful..." Burch complimented him, "So what did the village chief and deputy village chief do this time?"

Speaking of this, Commander Huang couldn't help but sigh.

"Alas, although the mention of the Wild Mountain bandits is terrifying, the people in Kyoto are too scared. No one dares to go to the Wild Mountain. In addition, the court is always keeping a close eye on us, so life is not easy."

"But now it's good. The village chief and deputy village chief come down the mountain every three months to rob the towns around Kyoto. Look below..."

Commander Huang motioned to Birch to look towards the middle of the mountain. Birch looked down and saw a group of bandits pushing a dozen wooden boxes on a cart, followed by seven or eight tied-up young women.

"The contents of this box are the gold and silver treasures that the village chief robbed from the neighboring town. The women were robbed by the village chief and brought to the mountain for his brothers to play with..."

Commander Huang said this and burst into laughter.

Burch frowned and looked coldly at the women who were tied up like dogs.

"So, you just work hard here, the village chief won't treat you unfairly!"

Commander Huang smiled and patted his shoulder.

Birch laughed suddenly, with a flattering look on his face.

"What Commander Huang said is true, but I am really curious. Since there are soldiers from the imperial court guarding the outside of the barren mountain, how did the village chief and deputy village chief get down the mountain?"

Commander Huang glanced at him and asked, "Why, have you forgotten how you got up the mountain?"

Burch was startled, "I..."

"Oh yes, look at my memory. You were all brought up the mountain wearing masks." Commander Huang suddenly spoke.

"Yes, yes!" Birch quickly agreed.

Commander Huang smiled and said, "What's the point of the court's strict guard? The higher the virtue, the higher the evil. If you want to get out of the mountain, there must be a secret way..."

"Secret passage?" Burch still looked curious, "But I have been patrolling the mountains for so long, and I have never seen any secret passages..."

"Hey, what are you talking about? Secret passages, secret passages, can you easily find them?"

"Then where is this secret passage?"

"This secret passage is naturally in..."

Commander Huang was about to speak when he suddenly came to his senses.

"Why are you asking about this, kid? Are you planning to sneak out of the mountain?!"

Burch was stunned, and a flattering smile appeared on his face. "How could that be possible? Our village is so good, with food, drink, and beauties. Why would I run out and ask for trouble?"

Commander Huang nodded in agreement. This was indeed true.

Anyone who can enter the mountain stronghold is a vicious person, and many of them are criminals being wanted by the government. No one would be stupid enough to come out of the mountain and fall into the trap.

"It's okay to tell you. The secret path out of the mountain is on the small hill behind the crooked tree halfway up the mountain..."