After a while, Xu Dan came to the Xu family. As usual, everyone gathered around the fire, but this time there was Zhao Jin.
"Changzhong County was the county we didn't like to pass through when we were escorts in the past. The county magistrates and officials here did not act. During the Taiping years, the people were often oppressed and bandits were rampant. These bandits robbed homes all year round and took many lives on their hands. But.
This is where we must pass."
Chen Sihuai pointed at the map Zhao Jin brought and said to them. Wang Er also said:
"My companions and I used to avoid Changzhong County when we went out to sell goods. This place is not very peaceful, and the mountain roads are rugged. I have indeed heard that bandits haunt this place. In disaster years, these bandits may become even more rampant. If we are on the road
What to do if you encounter these bandits?"
After Xu Wen listened to what Chen Sihuai and Wang Er said, he thought for a while and glanced at Xu Yunqing.
"Grandpa Chen, how long will it take before we set off tomorrow and enter the area where bandits are infested?"
Xu Yunqing asked Chen Sihuai first because he felt that Chen Sihuai's tone was wrong when talking about bandits and county magistrates just now, but he was smart enough not to ask more questions.
"It takes about two and a half days. Changzhong County is much larger than Dafang County."
"In that case, let's set out tomorrow and walk all the way here, find a secluded place to rest here, and then ask Uncle Zhao's guards and uncles in the village to go forward and see what's going on on the road ahead."
Xu Yunqing pointed to a place, about twenty kilometers away from the first bandit den, and then told them. Xu Wen also nodded, obviously agreeing with him.
"Okay, there happens to be a mountain forest in this place, and the concealment is good. We can camp here, and it is far away from the bandits' dens."
Chen Sihuai obviously knew this road very well, and he didn't know if escorts often passed by it before. After agreeing on the plan, they left the Xu family.
Xu Yunjin called her family members to gather around her and took out several packets of powdered medicine from her pocket. The incident of being robbed during the day made her a little worried about the safety of her family.
"This is the drug I bought at the farm. I added chili powder to it to make it hard for them to open their eyes. Everyone of you should keep it well. If we encounter any danger on the road, scatter them.
Then run away."
There are peppers in this world, but they are only grown in large quantities in the southwestern region. The northern region is dry and it is easy to get angry when eating spicy food, so few people grow them and they are not sold.
Xu Yunjin, who loves spicy food, has not eaten spicy food for several years, and only occasionally throws some dogwood into the dishes when cooking at home.
The Xu family took the powder and carefully put it in their purses. Recently, Xu Yunmeng's purse, which he practiced during his break, was hung on the Xu family's body.
"Dad, Uncle Zhao's guards will definitely be the most effective at that time. Give these hemostatic medicines and powders to Uncle Zhao and ask him to distribute them to the guards."
Xu Yunjin assigned his father a fathering task again, and it was the most suitable thing for Xu Wen to do.
Xu Yunjin finally noticed that Zhao Jin had an inexplicable trust in his father.
There was no need to explain to him the origin of these things. If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Jin and Xu had such a good relationship, she would have... thought wildly.
After distributing the powder to them, Xu Yunjin thought for a moment and bought two daggers from the farm and handed them to Xu Yunqing and Xu Yunnan.
Xu Yunjin didn't want them to see blood on their hands at such a young age, but the road ahead was not going to be easy.
They might encounter something more dangerous later, so Xu Yunjin still gave each of them a dagger.
The Xu family members watched this scene silently without stopping. The two brothers didn't say anything and carefully put away the dagger.
The people from Dazhai Village had been following them at a short distance before. Although they couldn't get rid of them, they had always been peaceful.
Two days later, they arrived at a place thirty kilometers away from the bandits' den. Everyone froze on the spot, unable to move at the miserable scene in front of them.
Because there are corpses all over the place. I don’t know how many days they have been dead. The corpses have begun to rot, and there is a stench in the air.
There were overturned carts everywhere, and some rag sacks were thrown on the ground.
There were no bodies of children or women on the ground, so it could be seen that they were all captured by bandits, and it was understandable that the women were captured.
If a useless child who needs food to feed is taken away, then... thinking of a possibility, some people's faces become very ugly.
"Wow wow wow..."
Seeing the dead people on the ground, many children were so frightened that they opened their mouths to cry.
The adult next to me immediately covered my mouth. We were very close to the bandits. What if we were overheard?
"Let's go to the woods ahead first. People here have been dead for who knows how long. It's not safe."
Looking at the stunned villagers, Xu Yunjin yelled at them to bring them back to their senses, and told the villagers not to touch things on the ground.
The group of people speeded up to avoid the corpse and walked forward for half an hour before reaching the woods.
"vomit……"
Xu Yunmeng finished vomiting the contents of her stomach and leaned weakly on Mrs. Li's shoulder. She felt like vomiting just as she passed by.
I had to hurry and endured it all the way until now. When I stopped, I couldn't stand it anymore and vomited everything in my stomach.
The faces of the others were not very pretty either. Although Xu Yunjin was calm on the surface, he was still frightened by this scene on the inside.
She had thought about this kind of thing along the way. She might have died of starvation, or she might have died of thirst and exhaustion.
But I didn't expect that his life was not taken away by natural disasters and wars, but by his own people.
Xu Yunjin's heart was churning at this moment, and something seemed to be rushing out of his heart.
At night, several figures emerged from the Xu family's camp. They went from the Xu family to the Zhao family's team. They took the two horses given by the Zhao family and quietly walked out of the camp.
After walking for two miles, Xu Wucai took Xu Yunnan and Xu Wen also took Xu Yunjin on their horses and ran to the place where the body was found in the daytime. Both Xu brothers were able to ride horses.
Hundreds of corpses were placed there. The weather was so bad that Xu Yunjin was a little worried, so he discussed it with his family after dinner and decided to bury them. The Xu family didn't have any objections, so the four of them set off in the middle of the night.
Several people stopped not far from the body, and Xu Yunjin bought some protective clothing, protective shields, masks and gloves from the system.
The four of them took out two hoes and shovels and dug a hole. Half an hour later, the two rows of large holes were dug.
"Dad, uncle and eldest brother, you pour quicklime water into the pit first, and then move the body in."
Quick lime mixed with water in proportion has a certain disinfection effect.
She originally wanted to burn the place directly, but Xiaoyi said that the bandits would notice the rising smoke, and they would definitely find someone to check it out. There was a risk, so she changed to using lime water.
The lime water was poured on them in a short while, and it took the four of them two-quarters of an hour to bury all the bodies in the pit. To be on the safe side, Xu Yunjin poured more lime water into the pit before burying it.
Xu Yunjin looked at the two rows of grave mounds slightly raised from the ground by the roadside, took a step back and bowed.
This is the only thing she can do for them. She only hopes that these people will be safe and happy in the next life.
Xu Wen and others also bowed after Xu Yunjin. Xu Yunjin bought 123 wooden signs at the farm and inserted them in front of the pit.
They just counted a total of one hundred and twenty-three people, which looked like tombs. After finishing their work, the four of them rode back to the camp. This chapter has been completed!