RED CLOUD WARRIORS

Chapter 3. Bereft

The arrival of the merchant entourage from Yin city was immediately greeted with a questionable feeling by the soldiers guarding the city walls as well as the soldiers guarding the city gates.

That was because the number of iris - the accompaniment that was approaching Yin city was very little.

Not according to the number of their entourage when departing from Yin city.

They could only recognize the approaching group because the flag of the Xue clan was still flying.

The situation was immediately reported by a soldier to the ruler of Yin city as well as to the patriarch of the other two clans.

The clan leaders immediately rushed towards the gates of Yin city to welcome the arrival of their city merchant entourage.

There were dozens of carts walking in tandem.

However, it seems strange that some people continue to help push the cart - the cart is pulled by several horses.

After the party was near, the tears of people who saw without them knowing began to trickle when they saw dozens of human bodies lying down and filled four carts.

They also did not find the existence of two important figures in the group.

The clan leaders who were originally above the city wall, now immediately came down to pick up the group when it was approaching.

And finally their company arrived.

The people who were waiting in line to enter Yin City were immediately shocked when they saw the bodies of dozens of humans were neatly arranged on the four carts and there were two body figures lying stiff live again in one of the carts.

The patriarchs who saw the two figures could no longer hold back their grief.

"Sister! Who did this to you?". The words that came out of Xue Beng's mouth when he saw his sister who was now lying stiff were lifeless.

"Just tell me, who did this?". Xue Beng's question looked at a soldier who was also from the Xue clan.

"Patriarch! We were attacked by robbers when we got back here". Answer the figure questioned by Xue Beng.

"Where are they? I have to give them a reckoning to avenge the death of My brother!". Shouted Xue Beng with a tone of voice filled with emotion.

"The leader of the robber had been killed as well while fighting with the commander of Xue Yuan".

"But commander Xue Yuan was hit by an arrow released by the robber".

"Commander Xue Yuan himself died while on his way back here".

The figure went back to explain to Xue Beng.

While the patriarch Shang Chiu could now only grieve to see his now lifeless son.

Hearing the explanation from one of the survivors made Xue Beng's emotions ransack.

It was because it turned out that Xue Yuan could kill his opponent even though he also lost his life while protecting their merchandise.

Xue Beng also immediately ordered the other soldiers to help the rest of the soldiers from the group to pack things and cremate the bodies of the guards who had died in carrying out their duties.

As for the bodies of Xue Yuan and Shang Shu down to the city hall to pray before being buried.

Xue Yunlei and Shang Mingmei were summoned by two soldiers to head to Yin City Hall.

The two nine-year-old boys did not know the purpose of why the two were called.

Upon arriving at the gate of the city hall, the eyes of the two were nourished by an ominous sight.

Because the decoration - decoration at the entrance of the city hall is a decoration that is usually used if their families are in a state of mourning.

"What's this about? Why is it that every pillar of the building and the gate are all decorated with decorations like this? What exactly happened? And what is my relationship to this situation?".

"Why did they call me to come to the town hall? Is....". Xue Yunlei did not continue her muttering, but the teenager immediately thought about her father's circumstances which she knew would come home at the same time.

"Why are you here? Isn't this study time still ongoing?". Shang Mingmei asked curiously.

Xue Yunlei who heard Shang Mingmei's voice immediately turned her face to the side to look at the figure of the girl who owned the voice.

"Miss Mingmei, are you summoned to face the ruler of the city as well?". Xue Yunlei did not answer Shang Mingmei's question, but instead immediately asked the girl a question as well.

"Yes, are you also called to face the lord of the city?". Shang Mingmei replied who also directly asked.

"Yes, I am also called to face the city lord, but why are the two of us called to face?". Xue Yunlei replied as she again asked a question.

Hearing the question that Xue Yunlei had asked again, Shang Mingmei immediately thought about his father and Xue Yunlei's father who he knew were together on duty.

"Is this related to my father and your father?". Shang Mingmei said as she looked towards Xue Yunlei.

"Let's just continue on our journey so we can find out exactly what their purpose is to call us both". Xue Yunlei asked Shang Mingmei.

Shang Mingmei himself if with others, he was unwilling to communicate.

But he would communicate a lot if he was with Xue Yunlei.

Both of them immediately stepped up quickly in order to find out the purpose of both of them being called.

After entering the town hall area, it was seen that there were so many members from the three clans standing in the Yin city hall square.

All of them were wearing mourning clothes based on their respective tribes.

A soldier who saw the arrival of the two boys immediately picked up and escorted the two to enter the main hall of the city hall.

"Sir, what is this? Why are there so many people gathered?". Xue Yunlei asked the soldier who was escorting them.

"Later you'll find out for yourself". Answer the soldier.

"But what's the point of the two of us being called here?". Shang Mingmei asked.

"Now you'll both get the answer". Answer the soldier again.

The two also looked at each other when they heard the reply from the soldier, because they thought both the behavior and the answer from the soldier was very suspicious.

After passing through the standing crowd, the two of them could immediately look towards the entrance of the main hall of the city hall.

It was seen that the higher-ups of the three clans had been inside the hall while staring at the two chests located right in front of them.

Xue Yunlei's eyes began to look glassy, the 9-year-old boy was now able to guess the destination so he was summoned to the city hall.

The same thing happened to Shang Mingmei, because the girl had seen her mother who was also sitting facing the chest and was crying.

The two boys immediately ran and approached the two coffins.

And the guess of both is true, both the figure of the person they love very much and also the figure who loves them very much has now been stretched stiff lifeless again.

"Dad, why is it like this? What exactly happened?". Xue Yunlei shouted as she looked at her dead father.

"Dad, who will take care of me if you've left me".

Xue Yunlei continued to utter words to vent her sense of loss.

As well as Shang Mingmei, the girl continued to cry because of her father's departure.

The honorary ceremony and the funerals of the two geniuses in the two clans were immediately carried out.

And the ceremony was led directly by the city lord of Yin Xue Beng.

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