After three days of hurrying, I arrived at the foot of Yucang Mountain in Wenzhou last night.

Since stepping into Wenzhou Mansion, people who have moved inward can be encountered everywhere on the road.

Although the pirates only harassed the coastline, they sometimes attacked the interior in large numbers, and in one year they even reached the capital of the prefecture.

However, this is all Zhang Mu has heard, never seen, in recent years, the coastal defense is like an iron bucket, those Japanese invaders attack the inland, the price is heavy, so only in the border harassment, seize the gap and loot.

These people dragged their families with their mouths, and seeing these along the way made Zhang Mu feel very heavy.

When I arrived at the Yucang Mountain Post House, I rested for a night, and in the early morning, Zhang Mu took the Yan brothers, Han Fangshan and others to go straight to Jinxiang.

At noon, Zhang Mu arrived outside a village, faintly saw puffs of black smoke rising, Zhang Mu led the horse into the village.

The village is small in size, and the freshly planted rice in the surrounding fields is green, but in this busy farming season, there are no people in the fields to cultivate.

Entering the village, Zhang Mu couldn't help but be stunned.

The houses in the village were almost burned by the fire, and the cries of men, women, and children were faintly heard.

The young men of the village, in groups of three, and groups of five, were carrying the bodies to one place, and the ground was mottled with blood and could be seen everywhere.

Outside the village land temple, there is a flat square, which is used to dry grain on weekdays, but now it is full of corpses.

"My son!" A heartbroken mother hugged her infant baby and cried so loudly that several people couldn't pull it up.

An old man, covered in blood, sat on the steps of the temple gate, dying.

At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "Oh no, Zhang Gui's family hanged." ”

At that moment, the people in the village hurriedly ran towards Zhang Gui's house.

Zhang Mu followed closely behind, this is an ordinary small courtyard that can no longer be ordinary, the houses in the courtyard have been burned down, there are still three corpses lying on the ground, a crooked neck on the tree, there is a woman wearing only a middle coat, it seems that she is only seventeen or eighteen years old, stretching out her tongue and swaying slightly in the air.

Her body was covered with scars and bruises, and her face was so beaten that she couldn't see it.

The villagers got the woman down from the tree with all their hands.

"Hey, what a good home, it's all ruined. It was only last winter that they became relatives, a family of five, and she lived for a ....... An old man in his fifties said with a long sigh.

"I heard that those widows, when they came last night, killed all the men in the village, gathered all the women outside the temple, and left all night. This Wang Gui's family, I'm afraid that he can't stand this insult and commits suicide. Another young man said.

At this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and Zhang Mu turned around and saw a tall horse, wearing a soap-clothed soldier holding a horsewhip and pointing at them and drinking: "What the hell are you stunned here?" Hurry up and bury all the corpses, the weather is so hot, aren't you afraid of the plague? ”

The people hurriedly began to carry the corpses, and at this time, the soldier raised his horsewhip and walked away.

"Phew! Where did you go when you fought the pirates? Now it's time to be awe-inspiring. A young man said angrily.

When Zhang Mu saw this, he asked, "Are you not from this village?" ”

The young man looked Zhang Mu up and down, saw him in brocade clothes, a young master who was alive, and sighed: "How did you get here?" Let's go. It's dangerous here. The people of this village, men, women, and children, were killed one by one. A few women survived. We are from another village, and we were sent by the soldier to bury the corpses. ”

"Killed?" Zhang Mu asked in surprise.

"Hey, I haven't seen any of this since I saw your little doll. It's not clean here, so let's go home. And then stain it with something unclean. An old man said superstitiously.

At this time, I heard someone shouting in the distance: "I found them." Come on. ”

Zhang Mu subconsciously held the Zhuge Repeater on his body with his hand, and followed the crowd to an ancestral hall in the west of the village.

Several young people were cutting the baffle on the door with an axe, and as soon as the baffle was cut, there was a boom, and a fly rushed out of it, and everyone hurriedly dodged.

Zhang Mu hurriedly walked over, glanced at the door, and suddenly felt sick to his stomach, and couldn't help but be angry.

In this ancestral hall, hundreds of people were locked up, the doors and windows were sealed with baffles, and the people inside were burned alive.

A corpse pressed against a corpse, judging from their size, the youngest was only five or six years old, and I am afraid that the men of the entire village were all locked up here.

"Young Master, let's go." Stern clenched his fists tightly, his tiger eyes were red, and he really couldn't stand it.

Han Fangshan is better, in the end, he is a person who has fought in the war, but there is also a layer of anger on his face, seeing his compatriots being killed like this, as long as there is some humanity, who can be indifferent? Who can sit idly by?

Then, those officers and soldiers of Jin Xiangwei were able to sit idly by.

From Jin Xiangwei to here, it was only half an hour, and those wouldn't have been here for a night before they withdrew, how could they not know?

If you really want to send troops to rescue, half an hour, these wouldn't be so fearless.

"Daddy, Daddy!" At this time, suddenly a young man rushed into the ancestral hall and rummaged through the piles of corpses, crying with tears and snot.

Zhang Mu saw that his body was ragged, and his back was oozing blood, and he couldn't help frowning and said, "Fellow, this young man is from the village?" ”

"Isn't it, he's the best talent in the village. When the Japanese arrived last night, he fled and went to Jinxiangwei to move the rescuers. As a result, he was beaten with 50 military sticks, saying that he had deceived the people and lied about the military situation. It was just put back. An old man whispered.

"These bastards." Zhang Mu gritted his teeth and said angrily.

At this time, a few bold and strong young men, covering their faces with towels, came over with the door panels, ready to move out the corpses inside and bury them outside the village.

Zhang Mu didn't say a word, rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the house, following those young men to carry the corpses, Han Fangshan and the others saw this, who dared to stand here?

When the matter in the ancestral hall was over, Zhang Mu returned to the gate of the temple, ready to lead the horse away, and at this time, the pair of officers and soldiers who saw at noon came back again, led by a prefect who seemed to be a banner chief, and looked around the square outside the land temple.

The corpses here have all been buried, but in the center of the square, there is a large cauldron, which should be used to cook meat when the Japanese invaders arrived here yesterday.

The chief walked to the edge of the cauldron, looked at it, and said with a cold expression, "Damn, these widows are quite enjoyable. After saying that, he scooped it with a big spoon, and found that there was a baby's arm inside, and immediately kicked back in fright, kicking the catastrophe over, and the contents flowed to the ground.

Zhang Mu saw that inside a pile of bones, there were three baby heads.

Everyone present couldn't help but feel sick to their stomachs.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Mu clenched his fists and said, "Let's go, go to Wenzhou Mansion." ”