Chapter 6: The Vegetable Man
When the Yang River enters the polder, it feels a strange smell coming to you, and the ground is full of all kinds of silt, stone and sand garbage, as well as pools of sewage. The www.biquge.info of the pen fun pavilion is full of weeds, a bit similar to the depression pond seen along the way.
But this is the flood water washed into the polder, and then the water receded, leaving behind all kinds of garbage and traces.
There are also many rubble and ruins on both sides of the street, but this polder may have been relatively rich in the past, with many brick houses, and many of the houses with less damaged walls.
There have always been many temples in the northern villages, such as the Guandi Temple, the Dragon King Temple, the Grandma Temple, the Horse Temple, the God of Wealth Temple, the Land Temple, the Huanggu Temple, etc., sometimes there are dozens of villages in one village.
Yang He saw some relatively good temples, although the window purlins were broken, but they could rest people.
Unlike some abandoned villages that I passed before, even the doors and windows have been demolished.
Yang He was happy in his heart, but he could rest here for a while and make a fire.
Of course, the polder wall has been damaged, but it can't stay here for long, this place is low-lying, as long as it rains a little, the whole Zhuangzi ground will be flooded, and then the water will not recede for a long time, plague all beings. The fact that the polder is in such good condition but no one occupies it is obviously also due to this consideration.
Minister Yang has been opening the way ahead, walking along the place where the smoke rises.
Suddenly, he turned around, pointed to a place and said, "Young master, over there." ”
Yang He raised his eyes to see, but it was a house, in the style of a courtyard, built on a platform, although a large area collapsed on the east side, but most of it was intact, and the smoke of the cooking stove on it continued to rise.
Yang He licked his lips, and an unbearable hunger surged from his abdomen, looking at his younger brothers and sisters around him, swallowing his saliva as loudly.
He touched his arms, there were some silver taels over there, in fact, he and the scholar had a total of dozens of taels of silver, and it was okay to take out the silver to buy food, and it was okay to have a hot meal. As a member of his life, maybe the host's family will also entertain a free meal.
Although there was longing in their hearts, but the necessary vigilance was indispensable, he and Minister Yang did not put away their weapons, and the two of them walked up the steps lightly and looked inside the door.
The door is half-hidden, and there is a wall inside, so he can't see the situation inside, he and Minister Yang glanced at each other, and Minister Yang touched it first with a copper rod.
He pushed open the door, the cardinal creaking, and turned away from the wall.
Yang He followed, and the two children pulled Yang He's hem and walked at the rear.
Footsteps sounded, Yang He looked back, and the dozens of refugees also followed.
The courtyard is quite large, on both sides are dilapidated wings, and then I saw a lobby in front, and there was smoke in it, and it seemed that someone was making a fire in the lobby.
Yang He heard Minister Yang shout: "Is there anyone......
Then the voice was cut off as if something choked it.
As soon as Yang He froze, he rushed up the steps, looked inside, and immediately felt terrified all over his body.
Inside it was like a slaughterhouse, with a man tied to a pillar.
No, it's no longer a human, it's a skeleton with a flesh that has been cut and eaten. Everywhere hung a human body, with hands and feet, men, women, and children, as if they were hanging pork trotters.
The ground was covered with black-brown blood, and the smell rushed in, and the Chinese wanted to vomit.
In particular, there is a person tied to the pillar on the right, and it can be seen that the owner of the body turned out to be a woman, at this time, the bones are white, only one head is intact, and her eyes like a dead fish are facing Yang He, which makes people's scalp numb.
There was another pillar with a man tied to it, with one hand and one foot severed.
It seemed that it had not been long since the break, and the blood kept flowing down from the broken place, and a large pool of blood condensed under his body, which had turned dark black.
He didn't seem to be dying, but his eyes were open, and he was completely dead.
Then a cauldron was placed in the middle of the hall, steaming.
Three men were busy inside, one by the shelf, and two by the pot. Their eyes were all green, and there was not a trace of humanity in them.
"Since ancient times, in the year of hunger, I have heard that the Tao has looked at each other and eaten with Yi Zi, and dissected the remains and raised ears. Today, slaughter and cut off the living for the day and night, father and son do not ask, husband and wife do not ask, brothers do not ask. Cutting out the heart, dissecting the heart, and taking the taste of the human heart as the beauty, the children's taste is especially beautiful. There are even people who have human flesh in the market, and the price per catty is six liters. There are marinated human flesh at home for those who need it from time to time. There are those who cut off people's heads and burn them with fire and suck their brains. There are those who are hungry and all the knives are slaughtered. There are also those who cut the flesh and stare at people. Occasionally, it is forbidden by others, and he should say: 'I will not eat people, but people will eat me.' 'It is not strange for the foolish people to do nothing, and there is justice for nothing. The owl is on the way, and the sky and the earth are obscure. ”
This is a Shen Wen by Huang Huai, the governor of Qingzhou Mansion in Shandong Province in the Ming Dynasty, Yang He first came to this world, and his younger brothers and sisters were almost poisoned, but fortunately they were rescued in time, so they did not cause hatred, but afterwards I always felt palpitations and anger.
At this time, witnessing this kind of extermination of humanity again, how can it not make people look at it and be furious?
At this time, the exclamations from the back continued, and it was obvious that the refugees had also seen everything in the church.
"Yo, there's a guest."
At this time, Yang He saw the appearance of the three men clearly, and they were all dressed as officers and soldiers, one of them wore a red hat and cotton armor, and carried a waist knife. The rest of them wore folded scarves, short armor, and shoulder scarves, and also carried waist knives.
Both of them also have double plugs, one of them seems to have a strong bow in the bow pot, and the other seems to be a horse bow, and the person with a horse bow has a handcuff stuck in his waist.
I don't know which military town these three people are the rout, Huaibei is a piece of war is frequent, soldiers and bandits come and go, those soldiers in the army are no less ferocious than thieves, and after the rout, even the basic restraints are gone, killing people and goods are just waiting for leisure.
The man who spoke was the soldier wearing the red hat of the army, and he had just hung something on the shelf, when Yang He saw that it was the man's hand tied to the pillar. On another look, there was a three-eyed gun leaning against the wall not far from the shelf, and under it were bottles and jars, which seemed to be gunpowder buckshot.
As the man spoke, he quietly picked up the three-eyed gun leaning against the wall, and the rest of the two were busy working by the pot, but they also stopped at this time, and both pressed the sidecar on their waists.
Minister Yang immediately raised the copper stick in his hand, and Yang He was also on guard, pushing his younger brother and sister behind him.
The soldier who spoke rolled his eyes, looked at the horse chopping knife and copper stick in the hands of Yang He and the others, and then looked at the people behind them, several people glanced at each other, and the soldier smiled: "It seems that he is still a talented man, and the one he admires the most is a scholar." It's better to meet by chance, just cook a pot of meat, how about letting someone do this? ”
Yang He saw that there were several scars on this person's face, and his expression was cunning, and he couldn't hear his accent for a while.
The rest of the two were full of ferocity and violence, and the man with the strong bow suddenly said impatiently: "Let's ...... Laozi"
"Young Master, that's our bow!"
Everyone was stunned, and the soldier in the red hat jerked something out of his waist, flicked his thumb, and raised his three-eyed gun, about to point a lead in the eyelet.
Yang He rushed up like a whirlwind, and in a whirling, bulging cloak, the sword light turned into a match with the strength of his waist, and he listened to the sound of flesh and bones being slashed, and then blood splattered violently, sprinkling like a fountain.
The soldier screamed, and a bloody shoulder was chopped off by Yang He, and the hand on it was still holding the fire fold, and the red light inside was already rising.
But Yang He's body was weak, and his reaction was a little slow, otherwise he would have split this soldier in two with a single sword.
Yang He shouted, and then he spun again, and the powerful and heavy horse chopping knife roared, and he slashed down at the head of this soldier with all his strength!
The soldier used his remaining left hand to raise the three-eyed gun in vain, but to no avail, in the brilliant silver light, Yang He's horse chopping knife suddenly split the handle of the three-eyed gun, and then the remaining momentum was unabated, easily cutting off his left arm.
He slashed down again, but the cotton armor on his body did not protect him at all, and he heard the sound of the flesh and bones of his clothes being cut, and the soldier's body was split in half, and blood and broken internal organs were sprinkled all over the ground.
Over there, Minister Yang also roared and rushed forward, the soldier with the strong bow was about to take the bow, Minister Yang had already rushed to the front, and he hurriedly wanted to draw the knife, but how could it be, the copper stick in Minister Yang's hand had been smashed down extremely fiercely!
With a loud bang, the head of the copper rod slammed into the soldier's head, and immediately his turban was dented and shattered with his skull, and white and red things flew in all directions.
The soldier staggered backwards and withdrew, and Minister Yang slammed a stick on his head again, and the blood and brains flew even more, and the soldier's head was smashed like a watermelon, and then his body made a heavy sound of falling to the ground.
"Donkey Ball ......"
The soldier with the bow had already retreated at the first time, he drew the handcuff from his waist, and then took out the fire fold and blew it desperately.
At this moment, the two accomplices were almost the same, and he was secretly frightened to see Yang He and the others so brave.
After lighting the fire rope with trembling hands, he frantically shouted, "Die! ”
Suddenly aimed the handgun at Yang He, Yang He only felt that his scalp was numb, and the fear of death came to his heart, he took out the dagger on his waist and threw it out suddenly.
"Bang!"
With a bang, the flames of black powder turned into white smoke, and in the smoke, the bells rattled, and the roof tiles above the head fell to the ground.
Sister Ying'er cried out with a "wow": "Brother." ”
The younger brother Yang Qian bit his lower lip tightly and only held his sister in his arms.
Only the refugees behind were at a loss for what to do, staring blankly at the tragic fighting scene in front of them.
Yang He jumped over like an ape, the soldier was screaming, his right wrist was pierced by Yang He's dagger, causing a blow to the roof, seeing Yang He pounce, he screamed in horror, and pulled the shoulder knife on his waist with force.
But he heard a "poof", and his short cotton armor was easily pierced, and then the long knife pierced his body, revealing the bloody blade from behind.
The soldier screamed, and stepped back with all his might, and immediately the blood on his chest gushed wildly, and he knocked over the desk behind him with a thud, and fell to the ground in one fell swoop.
The figure flashed, followed by the sound of broken bones, but it was Minister Yang who pounced, Yang He also pounced, raised his knife and stabbed violently, the person was stabbed so that he kept vomiting blood, he was especially free to roll and crawl on the ground, blood flowing all over the ground.
Yang He and the others chased after him, forcing him into a corner, and then stabbed him one by one, and smashed him with sticks and sticks.
The man struggled against the wall, but he couldn't get up, and after the knife and stick, the blood on his body kept gushing, and finally the man did not move.
Yang He and the others stopped, and Minister Yang snorted heavily: "Provocation!" ”