When Su Xubai and his party left Hangzhou City, the refugees were basically under control, and the local government had begun to arrange jobs for these people, allowing them to gradually support themselves.
As for the rioting refugees, they were also guillotined on the day they left.
Su Xubai had no intention of letting Cheng Chun know about this, but he still heard the news from Meng Shaoqing.
Cheng Chun originally thought that they had died in that fight, but later he found out that they only dealt with those who resisted more fiercely, and brought the rest back, and the punishment was determined based on the circumstances of the crime, including beheading.
, some were exiled, and some were imprisoned. Anyway, they were all sentenced according to priority.
After Chengchun learned the news, he had nightmares that night and woke up several times. Finally, he decided to go to the execution ground to see the results of those people.
It wasn't until Chengchun arrived at the guillotine that he realized that among those people, several were elderly women. One or two looked familiar and seemed to be people helping to cook. They were wearing white prison uniforms and kneeling.
On the guillotine, some people's eyes were dull, and some were crying loudly.
Chengchun was crowded in the crowd. She looked at the people on the guillotine, watching them howl, with cold eyes without even a trace of emotion.
"murderer!"
"Rubbish!"
"devil!"
Rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs flew past Chengchun's ears and head, and then hit the criminal's head, face, and body.
Cheng Chun just watched with cold eyes. She saw the old woman crying and begging for mercy, and even peed her pants in fear, but even so, she still had no mercy at all.
"Mom, why are they tied there?" A little girl's voice suddenly rang in Chengchun's ears.
Cheng Chun subconsciously followed the little girl and saw that she was being held in the arms of a little woman in her twenties. She was just looking at the guillotine not far away.
"Because they did something bad, they must be punished!" the little woman looked at the child and said softly.
The little girl pointed at the old woman kneeling there, hesitated, but still said: "But they look so pitiful! Look at that grandma, she is the same age as my grandma, she is tied there, she is still crying, look
It looks so pitiful!"
Chengchun looked at the little girl for a while, and then said: "Poor people must be hateful. Don't sympathize with bad people, never, because you never know how dark-hearted these people are!"
The little girl looked at Cheng Chun blankly, obviously in disbelief. After a long time, she said happily: "Mom, this aunt is so beautiful!"
Chengchun was a little surprised, but still said seriously: "I'm trying to reason with you!"
"I understand, you can't sympathize with those bad people because they have done very bad things!" The little girl looked at Cheng Chun and said with a smile, "My mother told me!"
Chengchun was amused by the little girl, and then he reached out and touched her face: "Well, you must never sympathize with such a bad person!"
When the hand raised the knife and dropped it, everyone screamed, and most people closed their eyes. Because of fear, the little girl's mother also covered the little girl's eyes with her own hands, not daring to let her
Saw this bloody scene.
But Chengchun's eyes were wide open. She watched with her own eyes as the executioner's knife fell on their heads, ending their lives.
A head rolled in front of Chengchun. Maybe it was not dead yet. The eyes of that head moved a little. Chengchun just stood there without any cowardice, until Su Xu came in a hurry.
Bai, covered her eyes.
Chengchun didn't dodge, he just stood there.
After a long time, the onlookers left one after another, leaving only Cheng Chun and Su Xubai standing there one behind the other. The corpses of those who committed the most heinous crimes were dying day by day, so no one went to take away their bodies.
"Let's go back!" Su Xubai said, "We will set off in a while!"
Chengchun didn't say anything, but slowly took off his hand covering his eyes: "Okay!"
Su Xubai looked at Cheng Chun. In fact, he had never asked her what she had gone through in the days when she was arrested. One was because he was afraid of irritating her, and the other was because he was afraid that he would be sad if he heard it, so he always asked her.
Haven't asked her.
In the past, Chengchun could not bear to turn his head away even if he saw a dog injured and bleeding, but now, he could actually watch these people in front of him being beheaded with cold eyes.
When beheading, the main artery is severed, and the blood can spray out more than three meters high. It is so bloody that even a man can't help but look away, but now Chengchun can look at it without blinking.
"A Chun..."
Chengchun did not speak, but took out a somewhat tattered red hairband from his arms, walked to the pool of blood, and placed the hairband in the bloodstain.
Su Xubai watched her do this and never asked her why she did this.
On the way back, Chengchun was walking beside Su Xubai. Chengchun, who had not been kind to him these days, suddenly said: "In that village, have you ever found a person who was about four or five years old?"
The child’s skeleton?”
Su Xubai paused, and then said: "Yes, in that big iron pot!"
Chengchun's eyes turned red instantly, and it took him a while before he said, "That red hairband belongs to that child!"
Su Xubai didn't speak, just listened to her quietly.
"It was a female doll about four or five years old. She was very beautiful and well-behaved. The first day I was taken away, I was knocked unconscious. I had no strength at all, and no one dared to come and help me. It was
This child, help me up quietly!" Cheng Chun, eyes red, walked forward slowly, "How can a four or five-year-old child have any strength?"
"That's a human being. A living person. Such a small child. Even her aunt was hanging from the beam and didn't know what happened. Her eyes were full of kindness towards people. She was so well-behaved and cute.
, but in the end, he was treated as a sheep by those people, a two-legged sheep, what a terrible person!" Cheng Chun's voice was very soft, but he was crying blood.
Su Xubai stopped, looked back at Cheng Chun, then stretched out his hand to take her into his arms: "It's all over!"
Cheng Chun, who had not cried loudly for so many days, leaned into Su Xubai's arms and cried bitterly: "Why, why are there such terrible people, why!"
Su Xubai patted Cheng Chun's back gently and said nothing.
In fact, what Chengchun saw was nothing more than a rarity, and the current Huizhou City would only be more terrifying than what she saw.
After the flood, all the crops were destroyed. The harvests in Huizhou City in the past few years have been poor. The people were displaced and starved of food. All the weeds and bark in the mountains and forests were eaten clean. In order to survive, what did they do?
Everyone ate it, and at this time, a plague appeared, spreading from person to person, and the whole city seemed like a purgatory.
But at the moment, Su Xubai will not tell Cheng Chun this. She has seen such dangers since she was a child. Telling her will only make her unbearable, so it is better not to say it.
When Cheng Chun and Su Xubai went back, Meng Shaoqing had already had the carriage hitched and waiting for them.
Hongdou packed up her things early and stood there waiting for her. When she saw her coming back, she hurried forward: "Madam, are you okay?"
Chengchun smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, what can happen to me!"
When the carriage set off, Chengchun and Hongdou were sitting in the carriage, Su Xubai and Meng Shaoqing were riding in front, and behind them was a mighty team.
Meng Shaoqing looked back at the carriage behind him, and then said: "You really have to take them to Huizhou with you. There is a war there right now. If something happens, you won't have time to regret it!"
"I'm not worried about letting her go back alone!" Su Xubai sighed, "Look at her temperament, she might run away on the way back. Now at this juncture, there are refugees everywhere, and a weak woman is walking around outside.
, it is inevitable to be dangerous!”
"The plague is rampant in Huizhou now. Once you get infected, it will be really troublesome!" Meng Shaoqing looked at Su Xubai, "You'd better pray that this journey goes smoothly and there won't be any trouble!"
"I know what you mean, but no matter what, I won't let her go alone!" Su Xubai lowered his eyes and walked forward slowly, "I can't accept the possibility of losing her for the second time.
!”
Meng Shaoqing looked at him for a long time, and finally said nothing, but just rode forward.
They walked in a hurry. Chengchun walked less than half a month and arrived in three or four days.
On their way there, they would occasionally encounter a few scattered refugees. Meng Shaoqing would usually give them some food and test out the situation in Huizhou City.
The current situation of Huizhou City is very bad. It is normal for the people to have insufficient food. The city is already considered to be in dire straits. When the refugees talk about Huizhou, they always have a bit of fear in their eyes, but it is only for a moment, and the next moment will not be the same.
I won't say anything more.
Meng Shaoqing felt a little nervous. He could feel that the current situation in Huizhou City might be worse than they imagined.
But when they came to the city, Meng Shaoqing saw the guard who had refused to open the city gate for a long time, and knew that the people in the city were now worse off than alive.
"What's going on outside?" Seeing that the city gate had not been opened for a long time, Cheng Chun couldn't help but come out and asked.
Jian Lan glanced at Cheng Chun, and then said: "The guard closed the door after seeing us. The current situation in the city may be very serious. Most of the money and materials for disaster relief have not reached the hands of the people.
!”
Chengchun is not a fool. Having already said this, he naturally understands: "Then, will they let us in?"