Chapter 25: It's all about questioning
Bai Yingying reluctantly followed the four of them, and it was not until they were almost at the tribe that no clansmen came to answer.
There were more than 20 of them, and some of them immediately stepped forward to help the four teenagers share the responsibility of carrying the wolf corpse.
There are also kind-faced young orcs who want to help Bai Yingying carry the basket.
Before Bai Yingying could refuse, she heard the discussion next to her.
"Look, is that Bai Yingying?"
"Yes, that's her. I saw her once at my coming-of-age ceremony, and she was the ugliest, and I remember it very clearly. However, didn't she leave the tribe with Lin Xia? How did you come back again? ”
"Who knows? Maybe I can't get by. ”
"Tsk, at that time, the patriarch had a big temper, and the Lin Bai family members were reprimanded in public for a long time, and it was only a long time, and the limelight was not over. When they come back at this time, they might as well die outside! ”
"Isn't it? Our rabbit hunting tribe is also a rich tribe, and there are very few orcs who freeze to death and starve to death every year. For the first time, I saw myself go out to find a dead clansman. ”
"Which one is Lin Xia? Let me see what a courageous wrongdoer looks like? ”
Also at this time.
A familiar figure scurried towards her through the crowd.
"Bai Yingying!"
Father Lin's eyes quickly scanned around, and he roared angrily, "Where did you deceive Ah Xia?!" ”
Finally, his gaze was fixed on the basket.
“... Pander to.. Summer? Father Lin's voice trembled, and the eyes with wrinkles all over his eyes stared at the boss, which was full of disbelief.
Father Lin was half angry to death after Lin Xia and Bai Yingying both left the tribe.
He happened to feel flustered today, so he walked around the tribe to relieve himself, but he didn't expect to meet a tribesman who asked for help.
His steps were a little slower, and he saw Bai Yingying when he first came, but he didn't see Lin Xia, and he just 'groaned' in his heart.
At this time, seeing that the familiar body in the back basket had turned into a corpse, he was even more sad and angry.
"You've hurt my Asha! And the face back?! Father Lin gritted his teeth, raised his hand and fanned Bai Yingying's face.
When Bai Yingying saw him, she expected that the other party would lose control of her emotions and be nervous all the time, so of course she could avoid it in time.
She frowned and stepped back, and said very quickly, "I'm pregnant." ”
Father Lin's hand raised again stiffened in mid-air, and even the surrounding orcs were stunned in place.
Everyone was shocked and said, "What did you say?" ”
"It's Lin Xia's, it's been almost a month, and there is fetal movement." Bai Yingying said succinctly.
She knew how noble the status of a pregnant female was in the tribe, even if it was just a suspicion, and would be protected by the orcs.
Father Lin was emotionally unstable, and she couldn't predict what she would do, so she had to put an absolute protective talisman on herself.
Really.
Father Lin's arm was lowered, and there was a little more reason in his eyes.
He looked at Lin Xia, then at Bai Yingying's abdomen, and finally only warned with a cold face, "If you dare to lie to me, I will definitely not let you go!" ”
Immediately there was an orc next to him.
"Yes, Bai Yingying, don't lie just to avoid responsibility. At that time, it will not only offend the Lin family. ”
"Lin Xia died to protect you, it's not a big deal. The males were supposed to fight to protect the females. If you lie about getting pregnant, then you are deceiving all the clansmen, and it is not a trivial matter. ”
"Bai Yingying has low fertility, how can she get pregnant so easily? It must be that she wants to get pregnant and wants to go crazy, right? ”
There are also male orcs who are accustomed to protecting females to stand up.
"Fertility is low, and there is a possibility of pregnancy, why are you sure that she is lying?"
"Let's go, don't scare her, go far."
"yes. Just go to the shrine maiden and check it out, why don't you threaten with evil here? ”
"Do you want me to carry you over? Walking back all the way, the cub in the belly will definitely not be able to stand it. ”
Hearing this, Bai Yingying immediately shook her head and refused, "No need." I can walk through. ”
Father Lin stretched out his hand and grabbed her back basket hard, his face was like frost: "Give Axia back to me." ”
"Good. You take him out. The back basket is mine. Bai Yingying said lightly.
Father Lin's eyes flashed fiercely when he heard this, and the hand that grabbed the basket tightened more and more, until he heard the crisp cracking sound of the bamboo strip cracking, and he didn't let go.
He stared at Bai Yingying's face viciously, "Okay, good... Bai Yingying, I misjudged you! ”
Father Lin rudely took Lin Xia out, and the crowd of onlookers automatically gave way to a gap, he held Lin Xia's body and walked away from the gap.
Bai Yingying turned to look at Father Lin's back, and couldn't even see Lin Xia's rabbit ears.
Only then did she feel that the basket on her back was already very light, and at the same time, she felt empty in her heart...
She immediately took the basket off and examined it carefully. The edge of the basket that was pinched by Father Lin just now was almost damaged.
Inside the back basket, there were also stains of blood belonging to Lin Xia.
Bai Yingying watched silently for a while, put the basket back on her back, and accompanied by other orcs, she went to the shrine maiden's residence together.
When the group arrived, there were several people waiting outside the door.
Seeing so many people coming, I was a little puzzled.
An elder was a little displeased, "What are so many of you doing here?" ”
Someone behind him immediately replied: "Bai Yingying said that she is pregnant, and we have come to check with the witch-sama." ”
"What?!"
Several people at the door looked at each other, and there were doubts in their eyes.
"It's useless to talk too much, let the shrine maiden know after she checks it." Bai Yingying said coldly.
She was in a very bad mood right now, and she didn't want to listen to these ramblings over and over again.
The elder listened to her unkind words, his eyebrows frowned deeper, and just as he was about to say something, the patriarch's shout came from inside the cave.
"Let her in alone!"
When the elder heard this, he could only respond, and moved his body to let her in.
Bai Yingying walked into the witch's cave alone.
After entering the cave, the vision suddenly opened up, and to the left of the door was a rough clay stove with stone pots on it.
There was a pot of green paste boiling in it, emitting an unpleasant smell of medicine, and a young girl was squatting in front of the earthen stove, carefully controlling the fire.
Presumably, this is the medicine that the witch boiled for Qin Xuan.
Further inside, there was a passage three meters wide, and the patriarch was standing at the passage looking at her coldly.
When the patriarch looked at her, he turned with his hands behind his back, "Follow me." ”
Obviously, such a spacious place, here is at most a kitchen.
Compared to the witch's cave, the place where Bai Yingying lived before could indeed only be called a cave.
Bai Yingying quickened her pace and followed.
On the ground on both sides of the passage, there are some unknown bones and dried medicinal herbs scattered here, which should have been deliberately placed here, but they look a little crazy.
After walking through a short passage, I entered a wide cavern, and there were quite a few people inside.
After Bai Yingying looked closely, she felt that this place was a bit like a consultation room.
On the inside of the cave, there are several stone beds covered with animal skins.
In addition to the golden retriever, there were other orcs lying on the stone bed.
In addition to the patients, there are also 5 boys and girls in the cave, who are doing their own things.
After the patriarch brought Bai Yingying in, he didn't speak, just stood quietly to the side, watching the witch's movements.
Bai Yingying also remained silent, standing beside the patriarch obediently, only observing everything in the cave quietly.
A shrine maiden dressed in a coarse cloth dress was standing next to the golden retriever dog and giving him medicine.
There was also a girl holding a gourd ladle standing next to the shrine maiden.
The witch took the medicine while saying a sentence from time to time, and the girl next to her would also respond, but Bai Yingying couldn't understand what the two were saying.
But she felt that it should be the shrine maiden who was teaching her disciples with a special language.
There was a passage on the left and right sides of the cave, and Bai Yingying guessed that these two passages should be the cave where the witch lived.
The patriarch glanced at her with his spare eyes, seeing that she was quiet and well-behaved, and the lines between her eyebrows were loosened a little.
The two of them stood for five minutes before the shrine maiden was busy.
The shrine maiden's hands were full of dark green medicinal juice, and she reached out directly to wash it in the water ladle that the girl was carrying.
Bai Yingying was here, and she vaguely saw a little bit of human civilization.