The Golden Family, rising from the Western Regions

Chapter 42: Destroying the Hou Family
The sound of horse hooves was like thunder, shaking the earth. The cavalrymen rushed towards the village like an unstoppable torrent of steel.

In such a marquisate, there were only a group of old, weak, women and children left, who were completely unable to stop the attack of the young cavalrymen.

More than a hundred cavalrymen quickly rushed into the marquisate.

They shouted loudly, wielded the long swords in their hands with great force, and slashed at everything around them wantonly.

Wherever they went, there was chaos and the originally peaceful village was instantly plunged into chaos.

The villagers panicked and ran around, their eyes filled with fear and helplessness.

"Who are you?"

"When the village chief comes back, he will definitely not let you go!"

"I'll fight with you~"

Several young and strong men from the Hou family tried to resist, picked up their weapons and rushed towards the cavalry, but this was undoubtedly a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

The young men chopped them down one by one without mercy, and blood splattered on the ground.

Most of the villagers were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground, looking at what was happening in front of them in confusion.

Their eyes were filled with despair and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

Everyone couldn't help but think: "Have the bandits entered the village? Are we going to die?"

After all, based on past experience, what will follow will definitely be a massacre.

But at this moment, they suddenly heard a voice that sounded like heavenly music.

"I am Li Xiao, the Lord of Hexi Fort. I came here today just to kill the Hou family!"

"No one else will be killed if they surrender~"

Li Xiao is naturally not a murderer!
The Aslan tribe was previously massacred, leaving only the women, mainly because the Qarlug people were full of betrayal and tyranny in their bones and were not trustworthy.

Moreover, the battle in Jinzhou has not yet ended. Once the Four-Fort Allied Forces fight against the other two Qarluk tribes, if these Aslan captives take the opportunity to riot, the situation of the Four-Fort Allied Forces will be in danger.

They decided to go all out and only left the women of the Asi tribe alive, and shot all the captives.

But Houzhai is different~
The Hou family was the mastermind, and the other people in Houzhai were all dragged into it.

Faced with these Han people, Li Xiao would not easily massacre the village.

Li Xiao shares the same roots with the Han people in Houzhai, so he can be recruited into his team.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Xiao's words, the Han people in Houzhai immediately relaxed, knelt on the ground, and no longer resisted.

On the contrary, the people from the Hou family all had miserable expressions and were terrified.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Xiao ordered his men to search Houzhai inside and out and drive everyone together.

It was still the same slope as before, but the person standing on it was no longer Old Man Hou.

Li Xiao held a blood-stained lance in his hand, wore black armor, and rode on a strong warhorse. Under the setting sun, his entire body was shrouded in a layer of golden mystery, like a mythical god of war.

Looking down, four or five hundred villagers from Houzhai were gathered together, surrounded by dozens of young cavalrymen armed with bows and spears.

On the other side, dozens of teenagers were guarding the tied-up prisoners of war.

All the young men had proud expressions and were full of vigor.

On the other hand, the people in the Houzhai were all panic-stricken and frightened, expressing their concern for their future fate.

"My name is Li Xiao, and I'm the lord of Hexi Fort, sixty miles away!"

"I came here today just to destroy the Hou family~"

"The Hou family disregarded the spirits of the Han soldiers who died in the Battle of Beishan and wanted to surrender to the Karluks. They even captured many soldiers who survived the Battle of Beishan and wanted to hand them over to the Karluks~"

"His behavior is evil, and his crime deserves death!"

"The crime cannot be forgiven!"

When Li Xiao finished speaking, everyone in Houzhai began to talk in a low voice.

The villagers of Houzhai are also well aware of the Hou family's practices.

Many people did not want to follow the Hou family to surrender to the Qarlugs, but there was no way because the Hou family had too much power in Houzhai.

They were not allowed to object, as no one wanted to end up like Lin Dazhuang.

On the other side, the Hou family members turned pale and terrified when they heard Li Xiao's words.

Especially Old Man Hou, he no longer had the majesty and arrogance he had before, and he was dragged all the way here by two young men with a lasso like a dead dog.

He was covered in scratches and was half dead!

After hearing Li Xiao's words, he lay on the ground and pointed at Li Xiao with trembling fingers.

"We, the Hou family, do this to preserve the Han bloodline and for the greater good!"

"The Karluks are powerful. If you continue to oppose them, you will only lead to the death of more Han people."

"A man who knows the current situation is a hero. Our Hou family is not seeking to surrender to the Karluks, but to continue the Han bloodline."

"Find Li Dongzhou for me! I don't want to talk to a little kid like you!"

"I want to see Li Dongzhou!"

Old man Hou screamed loudly, as if he had suffered a great blow to his mind.

He originally wanted to make great achievements by taking advantage of the rebellion of the Karluk people, but he did not expect that his lair would be directly raided.

Moreover, the opponent was from Hexi Fort, with whom he had been fighting for his entire life.

"Hmph, my grandfather is very busy and has no time to see you, let alone waste time talking to a traitor."

Li Xiao rode his horse and slowly walked in front of Old Man Hou, looking down at him from a condescending perspective.

The tip of the lance was pointing directly at Old Man Hou's head.

However, Li Xiao did not take action. Killing him with one knife would have been too easy for him.

Without paying any more attention to Old Man Hou, Li Xiao looked at the other people in Hou Village.

He said loudly: "Although you were coerced by the Hou family, it does not mean that you are innocent."

"If the Hou family will be confiscated and exterminated, then all of you will surely be exiled, forced into exile, or even enslaved." "But I'm a kind person, and I'm willing to give you a chance."

Li Xiao rode a tall horse, wearing armor, and kept patrolling in front of these Houzhai people.

Whenever his eyes looked at someone, that person would lower his head unconsciously and did not dare to look at Li Xiao at all.

Li Xiao felt that these people in Houzhai were somewhat different from other Han people in Jinzhou.

It's more like a product of slave education.
From body to heart, these people have a deep fear of the Hou family.

Therefore, Li Xiao wants to break their shackles and bring them new life.

"Bring out all the people from the Hou family."

At Li Xiao's command, the Hou family members in the crowd were selected out.

No member of the Hou family could escape because Li Xiao also had a guide.

It was Lin Dazhuang who had just been executed by the Hou family.

At this time, he was dragging an injured foot and walking among the crowd. Anyone he pointed at would be dragged out by the young men from Sibao.

"Help! Help!"

"No, I won't go out~"

"Let go of my son, you executioners~"

"Please, although my last name is Hou, I am no longer related to the Hou Tiancai family. What they did has nothing to do with our family~"

"Mother, mother~"

Suddenly, miserable cries were heard from the crowd, and the Hou family felt like the sky was falling.

This is the ultimate outcome of a broken family and the death of loved ones.

No matter how they explained or begged, Lin Dazhuang's face remained cold and he looked as if he would not let any member of the Hou family go.

"Lin Dazhuang, you will die a horrible death~" Old man Hou looked at his family being singled out by Lin Dazhuang. He was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood and roared and cursed angrily.

"I would have died a miserable death, but since your Hou family failed to kill me, now I am your retribution." Lin Dazhuang said gritting his teeth.

He would never forget that just now Old Man Hou wanted to cut him into pieces, and even spared his fourteen-year-old daughter.

It's worse than a beast!
Now that he has the opportunity, Lin Dazhuang will definitely retaliate severely.

Don’t let anyone from the Hou family go!
"Master Li, all the Hou family members in the village are here, a total of 138 people."

"In addition, Hou Wen, the leader of Hou Village, is not here. He took two young and strong men from the Hou family to the Qarluk camp." Lin Dazhuang reported to Li Xiao.

Also, in the battle just now, more than twenty men from the Hou family were killed by Li Xiao's heavy cavalry.

And all these people are young and strong.

Therefore, most of the remaining Hou family members in the village are the elderly, the weak, women and children.

Li Xiao nodded gently and ordered again: "Pick out all the women in the Hou family who don't have sons."

"Yes~"

Lin Dazhuang turned to look at everyone in the Hou family and quickly picked out a few young women.

Either they had just gotten married and had not had time to have children, or they had only given birth to daughters.

Among them is Huang Xiuer. Although she has been married to Hou Tiancai for several years, she has never been able to have children.

Originally this was a painful thing for her, but now it has saved her life.

After selecting all the Hou family members, Li Xiao looked at the other people in Houzhai.

He said loudly: "Now, I will give you a chance to live."

"Go and kill these Hou family members. If your hands are stained with the blood of the Hou family, you will live!"

"Otherwise, you will all be treated as accomplices of the Hou family."

When the whole village heard Li Xiao's words, they were in an uproar.

The people of the Hou family were especially excited. Their faces were pale, and they were either cursing angrily or crying for mercy.

"My son is still young, he is still a child~"

"Let us go, those things were done by Hou Wen's family, they have nothing to do with us!"

"We don't know anything!"

"You can't do this~"

Everyone in the Hou family cried out loudly, especially the women, who cried even more miserably.

Unfortunately, Li Xiao remained dismissive and his expression remained unchanged.

As I said, cut the grass at its roots.

Now that you have done this, you must do it thoroughly.

Although the Hou Wen family was the one who made the decision, other members of the Hou family also served as accomplices and lackeys in the process.

As for those women and children, they were not wronged at all. They might not have done anything wrong, but they were enjoying the benefits brought by the Hou family's evil deeds.

Now, it's time to pay back everything.

At this moment, Li Xiao was like an iron-blooded tyrant, sweeping his cold gaze at everyone.

The indifferent voice said, "After a quarter of an hour, anyone who hasn't taken action will be treated as an accomplice of the Hou family and beheaded!"

After he finished speaking, Li Xiao quietly waited for these people's choices.

He only looked at the results. If these people were willing to be buried with the Hou family, he would not stop them.

As soon as Li Xiao finished speaking, Lin Dazhuang started moving.

He picked up a dagger, dragged his bloody feet, and walked towards Old Man Hou step by step.

"Old bastard, I'm going to cut off your flesh piece by piece today."

(End of this chapter)