In the end, Village Chief Lu had no choice but to give one of the explorers a few slaps to calm him down, and finally got some useful information.
——Everyone in the village was dead, and the corpses were scattered everywhere. In such a hot day, the corpses were already rotting badly.
——They don’t know who did it. They saw so many rotting corpses, and they hurried back in a state of peeing where they could stand.
There was silence in the village.
Qiao Huaping carried the arrow behind his back and hung the quiver on his waist.
"I'll go take a look."
Her words broke the silence.
Everyone present couldn't help but look over at her.
Village Chief Lu was speechless: "Ms. Qiao..."
Qiao Huaping said in an orderly manner: "I'm pretty good at it. I checked the distance. The mountain col is not far from here. I went there to explore the way. I'll be back in about half an hour. This place is pretty well hidden. Everyone spread out.
In the woods, please be careful."
After a pause, Qiao Huaping looked at Village Chief Lu again, "Village Chief, just a little, my four children..."
"Don't worry!" Village Chief Lu came to his senses and said in a deep voice, "As long as I still have breath, I will definitely protect your four children first."
Qiao Huaping nodded.
However, when she was about to set off, Mei Qingying anxiously held Qiao Huaping's hand.
"Yingying, what's the matter?" Qiao Huaping squatted down and looked directly at Mei Qingying, "Mom, go ahead and explore the way. You'll be back soon."
"Uncle said that all the people in the village are dead." Mei Qingying was a little anxious. Her sentences were no longer the same as before, and she sounded much smoother. "Mom, it's dangerous..."
She knows what death means.
Their father died, and Uncle Sheng, who had been taking care of their siblings, also died.
If you die, you will never come back.
Qiao Huaping gently touched Mei Qingying's little head: "Yingying, don't worry, mother will be fine. Mother will definitely come back. Mother also wants to see us Yingying change her teeth, right?"
Mei Qingying bit her lower lip with teeth like millet grains. After a while, she let go of Qiao Huaping's hand.
The smile in Qiao Huaping's eyes deepened.
She raised her hand, touched Mei Qingying's head, and then told the boys at home, concisely and concisely: "You take good care of your sister and listen to the village chief."
Mei Qingyao pursed her lips tightly and nodded seriously.
…
After Qiao Huaping gave a few instructions, several young people in the village hurriedly put on their bows and said they wanted to go there with Qiao Huaping.
Qiao Huaping shook his head: "You guys go and guard everywhere. I'll go and see for myself first. If there's anything wrong, I won't be able to run much slower with you here."
In Qiao Huaping's opinion, this is the truth.
But in the eyes of the young people in the village, Mrs. Qiao said this deliberately to prevent them from putting themselves in danger!
They all felt Mrs. Qiao’s good intentions!
Madam Qiao, how great! One person shoulders all the dangers!
The young people’s hearts are agitated and their eyes are filled with tears!
They even swallowed: "Ms. Qiao, don't worry, we will definitely live up to your trust!"
Qiao Huaping: "..."
Well, I don’t know what they were thinking about to make them look like they wanted to die. But... anyway, the result is the same.
Qiao Huaping waved her hand very freely.
She exerted force on her feet and entered the forest as fast as lightning.
A bunch of people were left behind to watch her disappear into the forest, and they were extremely excited: "Ms. Qiao, it's so fast!"
…
Qiao Huaping ran all the way and climbed over the mountain. Soon, he could see the village.
Qiao Huaping slowed down. There was no one around, and she didn't bother to cover it up. Several pieces of linen taken out of the space appeared on her hand.
She soaked the linen cloth with the water stored in the space, wrapped it tightly around her mouth and nose, and tied a tight knot behind her head.
Once a person dies, the body becomes a source of pollution. Covering your mouth and nose can at least provide some protection.
Qiao Huaping carried a bow on her back and a small knife tied to her inner thigh. She took off the green silk bracelet she was wearing and held it in her hand. She was extremely vigilant and entered the village quietly.
However, as soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, the stench of rotting corpses hit them head on.
The stench is almost like substance!
Fortunately, the mouth and nose were covered with soaked linen, and it was somewhat filtered.
Qiao Hua held his breath and walked directly into the village without hesitation.
This village is not big, but as soon as you enter, it is like a miserable prison on earth. There are rotting corpses everywhere, including men, women, old and young.
It can be seen from the wounds that many people tried to escape, but were stabbed to death by someone on horseback from behind!
Qiao Huaping's eyebrows turned cold.
She carefully avoided the highly decomposed corpses and entered one of the small courtyards.
At the entrance of the well in the small courtyard, there was also a corpse lying on the ground. The wounds on the back were highly decomposed and stained.
Apparently, the man wanted to throw himself into the well, but was stabbed to death.
Qiao Huaping's face became increasingly ugly.
She walked through most of the village silently.
Sure enough, as the explorer said, everyone is dead.
I think so, how can people survive such a tragedy?
As for the things in the house - Qiao Huaping took a quick look and found that all valuable items had been looted.
This messy rut can prove that these people transported all the things they robbed in truckloads!
Qiao Huaping probably knows the identity of the murderer.
——It should be a rout on the battlefield.
Whether it was the wounds of the knives, the pattern of the horseshoe marks, or the way these people cut people like melons, all proved that these people should have participated in battlefield fighting.
But this place is neither far nor close to the border, and its behavior does not look like a foreign army pressing the border. From this point of view, it should be just a small group of soldiers who fled on the battlefield.
The mentality of these defeated soldiers was tempered into devils on the battlefield. They killed people when they saw them and snatched things when they saw them. The word "extremely evil" is no longer enough to describe their ferocity.
Qiao Huaping sighed quietly.
She walked somewhere and suddenly realized something was not right.
Somewhere, there was an extremely weak cry! If her hearing hadn't been strengthened by the spiritual water, she wouldn't have been able to hear anything.
Qiao Huaping's expression changed, and she followed the almost inaudible cry.
When she walked closer, she discovered that it was actually a dry well!
The sound came from down the well!
Qiao Huaping stood at the mouth of the well and looked down. It was pitch black below. If she hadn't been able to see in the dark, she probably wouldn't have been able to tell.
Under the well, there are thick fallen leaves, but there is a small swaddling clothes, deep in the fallen leaves!
Qiao Huaping squinted his eyes, took out a rope from the space, tied one end to his waist, stepped on the wall of the well, and descended into the dry well!
The fallen leaves in the dry well were extremely thick. When Qiao Huaping descended to the bottom of the well, it was almost up to her thighs.
The little swaddling child, who looked to be only a few months old, was trapped in the fallen leaves. He had been hungry for an unknown period of time, and his cries were already inaudible.