Chapter 325: Troubled Times
One of the deserters looked regretful: "What a good four-legged sheep. It took us a lot of effort and effort to snatch it from the boss and several brothers."
I haven't eaten a bite yet. If I look for it again, it will be hard to find."
Liu Hou's face turned livid, and he slashed the neck of the deserter who was talking with his backhand sword.
A huge human head rolled to the ground.
Blood sprayed all over the bodies and faces of the remaining deserters.
The deserters were startled: "Hero, why are you killing us?"
"You, cannibals?"
Liu Hou suppressed the anger in his tone.
"What's wrong with cannibalism? It's not a crime that leads to death, right?"
The spear-thrower snorted, as if cannibalism was just a common thing: "In these troubled times, who doesn't eat people? Husbands eat wives, neighbors exchange children for food. Our Second Teaching City surrounded Yuxin City for a long time and was unable to capture it. Military rations
After eating, I caught the four-legged sheep outside, dug out the belly and drank the blood.
There was no dry food in Yuxin City, so the citizens were arrested. Adult men guarded the city as laborers, starting with the elderly and children, and now they are also eating women and children.
I like eating people the most..."
Before the spear-thrower could finish his words, Liu Hou slashed him with his sword again.
His head is gone too.
The remaining five people were trembling, Liu Hou showed no mercy, no matter how they begged.
One sword at a time, and they were all chopped cleanly.
The blood sprinkled on the fallen wormwood looked particularly strange.
Suddenly he heard a noise and looked for it.
Suddenly, a young woman was found in a haystack.
This young woman is about twenty-eight years old, the prime of her youth. Although her clothes are tattered, she is quite good-looking.
The big, watery eyes are shining.
She was tied up, thrown to the ground, and hidden in a haystack.
Apparently the deserters wanted to enjoy her first, and then cook her to fill the five internal organs temple.
The girl's mouth was also gagged and she could only make whining sounds through her nasal cavity.
"Don't worry, I'll come to save you right now."
Liu Hou swung his sword to cut off the hemp rope on her body, and then pulled out the rag from the girl's mouth.
The girl was so frightened that she hid in the haystack as soon as she got up, shaking all over.
I don't know if it's the cold or the fear.
Liu Hou said warmly: "Don't worry, those evil people have been killed by me. You are safe."
The girl's big, watery eyes were always looking at Liu Hou, and then she looked at the bonfire.
The ground was littered with corpses.
Those evildoers who captured themselves and their companions are indeed dead.
Feeling a little relieved, the girl's eyes fell on Liu Hou again, her expression still frightened.
Liu Hou said with a smile: "I'm not hungry, and I don't eat people."
He touched in his arms and took out a lollipop: "Are you hungry? This is for you."
The girl hesitated for a moment, finally stretched out her hand, touched the lollipop, and quickly retracted her hand.
Perhaps seeing that Liu Hou had no ill intentions, she reached out her hand again and took the lollipop away.
Pop it into your mouth.
After a few sips, he wrinkled his beautiful eyebrows and said in a tone like a silver bell: "It doesn't taste good."
"Of course it's tasteless, and you haven't even torn off the skin."
Liu Hou pulled the lollipop out of her mouth, took off the outer packaging, and stuffed it back into her mouth.
The sweetness and mint flavor spread in her mouth, and the girl stretched her eyebrows and squinted her eyes with a look of enjoyment.
Suddenly, another noise came from the distance.
It was the sound of a group of people trampling on the grass.
Liu Hou turned around vigilantly, grabbing his sword and alertly.
I'm afraid those cannibal deserter companions are back.
The grass danced wildly, and a group of people soon emerged.
But they were a group of ragged, skinny men with all kinds of weapons in their hands that were in dilapidated condition.
As soon as he saw Liu Hou, the middle-aged man in front of him wailed and slashed at him with a broken knife.
The moves are full of loopholes, it all depends on strength and courage, and you have to fight Liu Hou desperately.
Liu Hou gently pushed his knife away with his sword and was about to fight back.
The girl behind him suddenly shouted: "Don't fight, Dad, he is a good man. He killed those evil people and gave me delicious sweet fruits."
The middle-aged man was stunned, turned around and looked at the corpses of deserters on the ground beside the bonfire, and then looked at the girl behind Liu Hou.
He suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "My benefactor, I was so disrespectful just now. Please accept my respect from Lu Zhi of Sangou Village."
"Don't dare to take it seriously."
Liu Hou helped Lu Zhi up and asked, "Why were you kidnapped by those deserters?"
Lu Zhi sighed and explained the reason in detail.
Only then did Liu Hou get a rough idea.
It turns out that this place is located in the boundary of Yuwen and belongs to Bingzhou.
The central government's unfavorable control over local areas has resulted in constant wars in various states and governments, leaving people in dire straits and wars in chaos.
Amid the military turmoil, this year is also experiencing a drought that is rare in a century.
All parts of Bingzhou were already starved of food.
This Lu Zhi is the head of the nearby Sangou Village, and the girl is his youngest daughter, named Lu Zhi'er.
Sangou Village used to have good weather and was a prosperous place.
But this year was no exception. There was no harvest, and there was chaos everywhere. There was no place to escape.
The cities on both sides, Erjiao City and Yuxin City, started fighting.
To make matters worse, Sangou Village was sandwiched between two cities.
Today, Erjiao City sent soldiers to collect soldiers and rations, and tomorrow Yuxin City also sent people to collect soldiers and rations.
Soon the seed grains in Sangou Village were also confiscated.
Sangou Village could no longer produce food, but the two cities were not considerate at all.
A few days ago, people from both sides were sent over. Seeing that there was really no food in Sangou Village, they just said a word.
If enough military rations were not delivered within the specified time, the villagers from Sangou Village would be captured and cooked as four-legged sheep.
The village chief, Lu Zhi, frowned all day long.
At this moment, he encountered a turning point.
There was a well-known wealthy man named Si in Luoshan Temple who fell in love with his little daughter Lu Zhi'er.
He is willing to pay a bride price of one thousand tons of grain to marry her.
Lu Zhi'er was sixteen years old, which was the time to talk about marriage.
Originally Lu Zhi was unwilling, but Lu Zhi'er found out about this from somewhere.
She knelt on the ground and begged her father to agree to the marriage.
Sangou Village is really suffering. If we don't get enough military rations, the whole village will be arrested and their hearts and flesh will be ripped out.
Lu Zhi'er is kind and doesn't want everyone to die.
Lu Zhi sighed and finally agreed.
I thought that the wealthy family with the surname Si was from a big and famous family, and they were willing to let the matchmaker marry him.
I will never treat my little daughter badly.
Now that Sangou Village is in danger, this is the only thing we can do.
Bringing back the one thousand tons of grain will not only collect the military rations for the soldiers, but also leave a lot for the villagers to survive until this year's autumn harvest.
Like the nearby villages, I would starve to death while walking.
The ground was full of starved bones.
So he sent a message to the wealthy man named Si.
The wealthy man surnamed Si was overjoyed and immediately sent more than a dozen good men to carry the red sedan to welcome the bride.
There are also many signs on the road, including crossing signs.
Erjiao City and Yuxin City also gave face to the wealthy families named Si, allowing them to pass through the areas where they were fighting.
Neither side will make things difficult for them.
This world is dangerous, and even if the soldiers are not in trouble, there are still many dangers.
Even though there is only more than fifty miles between Sangou Village and the home of the wealthy family named Si, we can usually walk there in three or two days.
Lu Zhi was worried and personally escorted several young people from the village who knew some martial arts skills.
I walked for several days.
Just after leaving the Sanjiang territory, the deserters were hungry and attacked during the night.
Not only did they rob Xinruan, but they also killed several of them and captured several others.
He even coveted Lu Zhi'er's beauty and robbed her of her.
The rich man surnamed Si also suffered casualties. Lu Zhi was so anxious that he and his men immediately gave chase.
I tried my best to kill several rebels.
The few remaining rebels were nowhere to be seen.
They were easy to find for a while.
Unexpectedly, in just one night, those who were captured had turned into meat cooked in the pot.
Fortunately, Lu Zhi'er still survived and did not lose her innocence.
In these troubled times, human life is worse than that of a dog.
What's more, he's just a weakling.
It is indeed a blessing in misfortune.
Liu Hou quietly listened to what the village chief Lu Zhi said, with no emotion on his face.
But my heart was already turned upside down.
The illusion cast by the test subjects in this secret room, what exactly do they want to do with themselves?
If you want his life, just kill him directly.
Chapter completed!