As Mu Jingzhao's words fell, the speed of the carriage continued to slow down and stop, Li Zinian lifted the curtain and probed in from outside the car, "Childe, madam, we have arrived." ”

The three of them got out of the car together, and they were greeted by black smoke with a scorching smell, Jiang Ning didn't pay attention, choked on the black smoke, lowered his head and coughed violently.

Mu Jingzhao helped her, and patted her back unhurriedly in his palm.

Rao is Jiang Ning's coughing sound shook the earth, but none of the people present seemed to notice their group, but they just covered their noses with their hands and talked about something in front of the broken wall.

The house was burned down to the point where it was no longer visible, the beams and roof collapsed, and the gray-white ashes were scattered all over the ground, and the occasional breeze blew through it, rolling up the debris all over the ground, and the whole family and glory were blown away. Only on the side of the steps at the door, on the plaque that has been burned so hard to see its surface, that the word "Zhangfu" can be vaguely glimpsed.

The fire seemed to have just been extinguished, and there was still a bit of burning smell in the wind, which only caused people to burn and breathe when they rushed in front of them.

In the scorched black, a few orange-red sparks flickered brightly and dimly, as if they were about to rekindle at any time.

In the gate, where the shape of the gate could be faintly glimpsed, many people in cloth clothes covered their mouths and noses with cloths, walked quickly into the ruins, and kept carrying out the corpses wrapped in white cloth.

The corpses wrapped in white cloth were constantly carried out, and they were neatly placed at the gate of Zhang's mansion, occupying almost the entire section of the official road.

Jiang Ning's gaze unconsciously swept over the charred corpse that had just been transported, but the outline outlined by the white cloth did not look like the shape of a human body at all, and on the edge of the white cloth, a blackened one hung down weakly. There were only three fingers left of the hand, and the epidermis peeled off. There was no flesh and blood, just a piece of charcoal with a strange shape.

"What a sin, I saw this Mrs. Zhang yesterday, and she happily rushed to the market with her daughter, why did it become like this?" A middle-aged woman in a cloth dress who was somewhat obese sighed.

"Alas, but it's better to meet someone who is willing to collect the body, than someone else's life."

Between the conversations of passers-by, Jiang Ning lowered his head and retched under the stimulation of what he saw in front of him and the scorching smell.

She vomited like this, but it attracted the attention of many women present.

"Madame, are you pregnant?" As soon as the obese middle-aged woman said this, many women hurriedly gathered around, showing curiosity.

These short things in the family, women always seem to be extra enthusiastic.

Without waiting for Jiang Ning to respond, Mu Jingzhao, who was patting her on the back, hurriedly replied: "Yes, the month is still young, so it doesn't show much." ”

Hearing Mu Jingzhao's answer, the enthusiasm on the faces of the women was even greater, after all, the two of them looked young and handsome, and those women naturally put themselves into the role of elders.

"Oh, you have to take care of it, it's not stable in the past few months, so it's better to be cautious." As he spoke, he glanced at Mu Jingzhao with some disgust, "Why did you bring her to this kind of place to watch the excitement, this place is not clean, and it will not be good if she has a tire." ”

Mu Jingzhao was reprimanded, but he didn't dare to refute, so he had to continue to speak, "No way, our wife is such a lively person, no one can stop her." ”

After Jiang Ning vomited for a short time, he could hear Mu Jingzhao chatting hotly with a group of ladies.

After all, she was still a big girl, and she was really ashamed to talk about this kind of thing, so she simply held her chest and continued to pretend to be disgusted, so as to prevent those women from falling on her the object of concern.

Hearing this, a lean woman chuckled, "Madame's temperament is up to me, nothing is good, so I like to watch a lively scene." She looked at Mu Jingzhao and the others, Xu felt that they were raw and well-dressed, "The two of them are outsiders." ”

Mu Jingzhao said the lie without changing his face, "Yes, our husband and wife are going to run for business, passing through here, we plan to stay here for the night, and leave tomorrow morning, I heard that something happened here, so let's take a look." ”

A group of women nodded in response, but then, the fat woman showed a little surprise on her face, "Recently, this Qingshui County has not been peaceful, you have to be careful, and don't expose your wealth, so as not to be targeted." ”

The woman's expression was serious, and everyone around her nodded in agreement with solemn expressions.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Oh, it's not those bastard things, staring at some rich people all day long, and they will kill the whole family and set fire to it." She pouted at Zhang Jia Nunu, "Well, isn't this Zhang family an example in front of you." ”

"It's terrifying." Mu Jingzhao couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"It's not, just this month, I don't know how many high-ranking families have suffered, this Zhang family is lucky, and the other families don't even have a corpse." The middle-aged woman shook her head, her eyes fell on the little ones carrying the corpses at the gate, and her face was a little more pity.

"I don't know which family is so kind-hearted." She sighed in a low voice, "It's one thing to be kind, I'm just afraid that you won't get into trouble when the time comes." ”

Mu Jingzhao raised his eyebrows, "What do you say?" ”

The middle-aged woman's expression suddenly became serious, she mysteriously leaned closer to Mu Jingzhao and the others, and lowered her voice to speak, "These bastards kill people and set fires without any regularity, one household every three days, and the methods are exactly the same." But half a month ago, it was not like now, and the families who collected the bodies of those high-ranking families who were destroyed were the next to suffer. ”

The woman seemed to stroke her chest with some trepidation, "In this way, how can anyone dare to collect the corpse?" If there were some gold and silver treasures in it, it would be fine, but these things of high-ranking families have long been swept away by those subordinates, and there is nothing, how can anyone dare to do this thankless thing? ”

A few more people carried the corpse at the gate, and the woman's voice suddenly fell low.

When those little guys were far away, she spoke again, "Actually, I can't say, maybe those bastards have changed sex, and it's not wrong to do more good deeds." ”

Those women, you kept talking and talking, and the money was transferred to Jiang Ning's side unconsciously.

At one moment, they have to give them the secret recipe for giving birth, and at the same time, they have to noisily name their children, and they have a lot of discussion.

It's just that everything that was originally joyful and lively, falling in front of this scorched earth, gave birth to a bit of weird absurdity.

At this moment, those little guys who searched for the corpses finished their work, stood at the door, and spoke in unison, "My lord, there are twenty-seven people in the Zhang family, none of them were spared, and the corpses are all here." (End of chapter)