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16. The morning of the villagers

Layla's home lives at the foot of the mountain near the foot of the mountain. Unlike those houses living in the central street of Gululing, the more they live outside the town, the poorer the family is, especially living on the mountain, which is often accompanied by danger.

But the Layla family has lived here for many years.

Near her family were the Poker family, the Little Phoenix family, Uncle Anthony and Aunt Love, so Layla has never felt lonely. But today Layla's behavior is a bit abnormal. From time to time, she would stop her life and be stunned, and then wait until the fire in the boiler burns her fingers, or the line of sewing pricks her fingers before she wakes up.

The young brothers and sisters have reached the age of being sensible. Even if they are only five years younger, they have learned to help the family do some simple housework and reduce the burden on their sisters. However, they still can't understand it in their little brains. How could the sister, who has always been hardworking in the house, make such low-level mistakes continuously?

However, Layla has the final say in this family. Although the two little guys found it strange, they didn't dare to run to ask her directly. This feeling was like a raised puppy, and it was natural to understand the status ranking of the family.

My father was lying on the sickbed. He drank the herbs stewed by his sister. His complexion was finally getting better. He no longer had a lifeless cough like before and fell asleep calmly. The two little guys didn't know what it was, but everyone said that it was the herbs my sister brought back from the forest desperately. Then my father's illness would definitely be cured. I believe that in no time, this family will recover from the previous laughter...

The two little guys were looking forward to it from the bottom of their hearts.

We walked out the door with two wooden basins. It was a new day. The little guys were helping my sister and hung all the clothes washed in the morning on the rack. At this time, many people had gathered in the open space outside the house. The hardworking women had already prepared breakfast and started to be busy with other housework, while the men brought tools and planned to go out.

The Layla family is quite popular nearby, so people always rush to say hello to them.

"Enke, Weier, is your father in better health?"

Seeing the two little guys nodded, the neighbors praised them a few more words and then chatted on their own.

After all, the two children, the older ones are only eleven and the younger ones are only five years old, so it is still difficult for them to understand these things.

Uncle Anthony, like Pock's father Boren, is one of the few hunters in Guru Ridge. They are very aware of the dangers in the nearby forest. In fact, even if they are, they dare not enter that deadly ghost place at night. So when Anthony heard that Layla had entered alone for herbs, he couldn't help but feel scared, but also blamed himself.

Originally, this kind of thing should have been done by an adult like me, but now she was taken first by a fifteen-year-old girl. Anthony felt uncomfortable, but when she thought about facing those monsters that were much more terrifying than during the day, she couldn't help but feel her scalp numb just thinking about it.

"Fortunately Layla is back safely." He sighed so sincerely.

"Their family... Alas, they are all good and sensible children," Aunt Lovi's gaze reflected two busy guys not far away. She and Anthony don't have children. They think that they may not have any more when they are at this age, so they always regard Layla and the others as their own children: "I can only blame the bad world, don't blame yourself too much."

Aunt Love couldn't understand her husband's thoughts, so she comforted her from the side.

"I just hope Ruhr (Laila's father) will get better soon."

Everyone else sighed.

The topic was too heavy, and everyone didn't want to fall into such a sad mood this day, so they quickly changed the topic.

"To put it, it seems that Layla was rescued by the new county magistrate?" I don't know who said this first.

"The county magistrate is a noble, right?"

"Well, have you heard that it seems that it was from the Lord's Fort - it was the Lord's son."

"How could such a powerful big shot come to such a remote countryside?" Some people also disbelief.

"I really didn't lie to you. Everyone said that. It must be because I committed something in the Lord's Fort to avoid the limelight." After saying this, the man sneered again: "Aren't the nobles all like this?"

"But he saved Layla."

"Can you fall in love with Layla..." The speaker felt that he was disloyal because he saw the girl, who was like a flower, coming out of the room with a bucket and greeted them politely.

Everyone also nodded in response with a smile.

"Don't talk nonsense," Aunt Love's smile disappeared when she turned her head. She slapped her face, and Layla was like her own daughter, and she felt uncomfortable when she was chewed at the bottom of her tongue: "If the county magistrate really had that meaning, would Layla still come back?"

"Didn't it mean that he was rescued by Poker?" Someone said again.

Pock's father Boren hadn't spoken. He choked when he heard this sentence, and could only shake his head and respond with a bitter smile: "How can I not know the kid's weight? If the noble master hadn't been skeptical about him, he would not have lost his life. After such a fuss, I would lock him up at home and be confined."

"Young man..." Everyone said again, they all knew that Poke was interested in Layla, and the only person who didn't know might be the only person involved.

"So, the new county magistrate is pretty good."

"But it feels a bit scary."

"You mean he killed Sir Leiwen's family. That damn dog should have died long ago!" Aunt Lovi gritted his teeth angrily. Over the years, Sir Leiwen's family has done many evil things to bully the neighbors of the country. Recently, his son has been pestering Layla again. Aunt Lovi has been furious: "I want me to tell me that the county chief is good at killing!"

"Not only, the Mulin family was also confiscated yesterday. I saw it with my own eyes. The head of the Tali family led the way in front and rushed in with a group of ferocious black-armored guards. In an instant, the Mulin family was slaughtered. That scene... uh, I won't talk about it." He noticed that there were still many old, young, women and children here. This topic was too bloody and inappropriate.

"But even if he killed those nobles, it might not be for us civilians, the nobles are all the same selfish." Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but sigh.

Most of the people present agreed with this. After all, among the demon nobles who ruled the abyss, who would consider it for their civilians, it was all for themselves. In their eyes, they were just slaves, laborers, and tools that could be abandoned at any time.

"This is reality."

Yes, in the world of the abyss, the path of life has been decided from birth. Mixed humans like them are destined to be oppressed and bullied for the rest of their lives. There is no dream or hope, and there is only a life of living with all their strength.

"No, no, the county magistrate is a good person!"

In this condemnation, only a female voice who defended her entered, which made everyone stunned.

Everyone turned their heads and saw the girl in front of them with beautiful facial features and beautiful figures, but frowned and argued with her eyebrows. It was not Layla, but even Aunt Lovi, who always regarded Layla as her own daughter, did not expect that Layla would speak so loudly for a stranger.

Seeing everyone's eyes shooting at her, Layla's face quickly turned red like a thermometer inserted into boiling water. She lowered her head to avoid everyone's gaze, but she was still defending the important person constantly: "Because he is really good, everyone will know as long as they have seen him."

Of course this is not true. The final explanation can only be summarized as Layla is deeply trapped in love and idealizes Lance too much.

The little daughter's sluggish attitude fell in front of her, and there were a few people who couldn't see it. Some of them wanted to make fun of her, but seeing the serious faces of Uncle Anthony and Aunt Love, the pervert had to stop. In fact, it was not only the two of them, but even Boren, who was beside her, seemed worried. It was not that because Layla fell in love with others, he was worried about his son.

Of course, as Pock's father, there are still some little thoughts, but the thing Boren is most worried about now is the same as the Anthony couple, that is, Layla seems to fall in love with someone she absolutely cannot fall in love with.

Who is that?

The lord's son, in other words, is the great demon!

If this feels like changing time and space, it means that the daughter of a civilian fell in love with the prince, Sun and Guizhou. How could there be any good results?

Anthony couldn't resist his words and wanted to say something, but was pulled by his wife.

Aunt Love glared at him with a stern look, without saying it, but the meaning was also very obvious.

"Old guy, what are you doing? It's in public. Are you shameless from the little girl's house?"

Anthony quickly shut up after glaring, afraid that the tigress at home would show his might.

Everyone felt that the topic would be even more uncontrollable if they continued to talk. Fortunately, there was no need to make any excuses at this time. The sky was already bright, and everyone picked up the guys who were having their own meals. The tenants brought farm tools, and the hunters put on armor and bows, planning to go out to work.

This is the top priority of life in a day, otherwise the whole family will have to go hungry.

At this moment, the men were about to leave when they suddenly saw a group of black-armored guards at the intersection below the hillside. If these civilians had not known the origin of the other party before, then after two consecutive days of people were placed in the square, no one would have known that this black-armored guard was the new county magistrate.

However, when everyone present saw this scene, they still felt nervous. After all, the new county magistrate has only been here for two days, and any topics related to him are related to the dead.

"These are the county magistrate's guards, why do they appear here?" Uncle Anthony's voice trembled a little. No matter what, the civilians were very wary of these nobles.

Not only Anthony was the only one who was scared, but even Boren frowned deeply because he could see clearly that the team of black-armored guards was coming towards them.

"Hurry, everyone get the weapons, don't be impulsive, women and children come into the house!" Bolun shouted in a hurry.

He actually knew very well that if the new county magistrate really wanted to attack his and his group, even if he resisted with all his strength, he would inevitably suffer the fate of being slaughtered. In the past, everyone was afraid of Sir Lei Wen to death, but as a result, the paper tiger hit the county magistrate, and the heads of more than one hundred people were left in the square - but even so, people would still choose to seek profit and avoid harm in times of crisis, even if Bolun himself knew that the results were not great.

With this shout, everyone seemed to have found the backbone, and women and children took action and entered the house, while men silently placed their weapons in the place where they were most likely to succeed, but their swaying eyes and frown brows proved that their hearts were not as calm as they showed.

Yes, these people are not easy to mess with. Bolun knows very well, but he can't come to him. If he wants to die by himself, he will die without resistance.

Seeing the group of black-armored guards getting closer and closer, everyone's hearts were all raised to their throats, Bolun looked around and was about to say a few words to boost morale and calm people's hearts, but unexpectedly, among the big men pretending to be hunting bows and fucking hoes, there was a little girl standing.

Boren was stunned. When he realized that he was anxious, he raised his tone: "Lyra, why are you still standing here? Didn't you see the group of guards coming? Why don't you find a place to hide!"

But the girl insisted on looking at the direction where the black-armored guard came, and was stunned. She was not as scared as others' eyes. Instead, she murmured with joy: "It's him, it's the county magistrate here!"
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