Chapter 117: The Silent Farmstead
Since they will not be able to find the field for a while, and the gray-clothed army has the weapon of life and death of the aristocratic youth, then Tang En and the others will naturally be released.
After passing the legionnaires' camp, the Grey Space team sped up and headed straight for Shahe Village. It didn't take long for them to cross the valley and see the collapsed mine, and they couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
At noon, the top of the hill.
Tang En looked far away, and finally saw a group of people's houses in the lofty mountains, and next to them was a small river.
"Boss, this should be it. Old Bill said that there was a dark yellow river on the edge of the village, and because there was sand in it, it was named Sand River Village. David covered his eyes with his hands and pointed into the distance, "His house is at the west end of the village, under the largest old locust tree." ”
Don pressed the coin in his arms and nodded, "Well, let's go." "Announcing the funeral will not be pleasant, but now that the matter has come to this, all Tang can do is give more coins and hope to settle the mother and daughter.
But at this moment, Luke squinted his eyes and suddenly said, "Hey, boss, it seems that something is not quite right......"
"Huh?" Don En turned his head in surprise as he was stepping down the mountain, "What's wrong?"
"This village ...... It doesn't seem like there's anyone, so it shouldn't be like this at this time. Luke's shili was outstanding, and he could see farther than ordinary people, and at this time he observed the clues of the mountain village in the distance.
"Well, maybe I'm having lunch at home!" David said with a grin.
"Well, maybe so......" Luke hesitated. The tone of the road is uncertain.
As they spoke, a few black dots suddenly flew out of the mountain village in the distance, reaching into the sky.
"That's ......"
"Vultures, vultures!" Luke said first.
Tang En's face changed slightly, and his heart sank: "Quick, speed up!"
After saying that, the figure unfolded. Quickly run down the hill.
David touched his head as he strode forward, puzzled, "What's the matter?"
Mi Xiu's face on the side was also a little ugly: "Stupid." Think about what vultures like to eat...... Rotten flesh!" probably knew that David didn't understand, so Michaux asked himself.
"Uh...... No, no, no!"
In such a remote mountain village, even if there is not much rice and noodles, how can the poor people let the meat rot and attract so many vultures at one time...... Even if David lacked a string in his brain, he knew that something was wrong.
The hill was still far from the farm, but it was as fast as Don and the others picked up. In less than two hours, the mountain village was in sight.
The closer they got, the more ugly they looked. There was still no sign of any human presence ahead. And some of the perimeter windshield walls. It was also pushed down quite a bit.
Suddenly, Don En, who was running to the front, frowned and twitched his nose.
Fuck, Fack!
"Hey, this smell is ......" Some members of the gray space also noticed this, and their faces quickly changed, and they couldn't say any more.
The cold wind was still howling, but this time it brought not only the cold, but also a faint smell......
Moment. Don and the others stopped outside the village of Sand River.
The village was still silent, oh, dead silence. The ruins on the periphery were covered with traces of fire, but it may have been a long time, so there was no black smoke coming out at this time. At this point, the disgusting stench of decay became stronger.
Call...... Tang En let out a long breath and said in a deep voice, "Come in!"
After the words fell, he walked towards the entrance of the village first. The members of the Grey Space followed in silence.
There is a mill at the entrance of the village, but the windmills above it are still stationary in such winds...... The reason is simple, because the wooden blades on it are hanging in the air with a few gently swaying cloth-clad civilians.
His clothes were torn, his mouth and eyes were hollow in the air, as if he was praying, and he was crying...... But a dozen arrows piercing through their chests have deprived them of the right to speak.
Drink, click......
The members of the Grey Space stared at each other, their mouths emitted a dull roar of unknown meaning, and their clenched fists made the sound of bones rubbing. They seemed to see the civilians being forcibly hung on the windmills, and then, a dozen feet away, some brutes were stretching their bows and arrows, laughing to see who was on the right track, and then letting go of the arrows...... The civilians shook their bodies and wailed, while there was a frenzied daxiao......
Beyond the mill, on the road behind you, on the corner of the wall, on the fence...... Sixtieth year, middle-aged man, naked woman, immature child...... The corpses kept their painful expressions and movements frozen.
Fluttering, fluttering......
As Don and the others silently broke in, some vultures and scavengers who were feasting on them sprang away.
Tang En paused and walked silently. There was a vulture here that seemed to be hungry, still pecking at the corpse of the old man below him with its sharp beak.
Ghostly walked more than ten meters, leaned over, stretched out his hand,
Click!
The vulture's thin neck was twisted to the side and thrown away. Donn looked at the old man's wound with a blank expression, then reached out and opened his clothes......
After a while, Tang En covered the old man's round eyes and nodded thoughtfully.
"Boss......" David walked up, his eyes were red, and his face was full of grief and indignation.
Don waved his hand: "Go to Old Bill's house first!"
The farm was not big, and after a few steps further, Tang En and the others looked at the stout old locust tree. When winter comes, most of the branches and leaves on it are gone, and there are only some thick trunks and people hanging on them......
Tang Um looked up, and it was a young man hanging on it, shook his head, and pushed open the half-hidden wooden door into Old Bill's house.
The house was in a mess, and the cupboards and other items had been pushed to the ground, as if they had been looted, but no bodies were found inside.
Passing through the big house, behind it was the backyard and the firewood room, where fragments of broken tiles collapsed to the side.
The door of the firewood house had been destroyed, and only one side was still half-seated in the air, squeaking and swaying in the wind. Don walked up and took a look, his long narrow eyes narrowing slightly.
On the pile of firewood and grass on the left lay a young woman in cloth clothes, her originally delicate face full of pain. Her red clothes were almost torn clean, her fair skin was covered with bruises and pinching scars, and her lower body was in a mess...... The fatal wound was on the left side of the chest, where a rusty steel knife had been inserted from the source of the breastfeeding.
Bang, dusty!
"Whoop, whoop, whoop......"
David slammed his fist into the earthen wall, then crouched on the ground clutching his hair, letting out a wounded beast-like wheez.
Needless to say, this handsome young woman who was brutally abused to death is undoubtedly Old Bill's daughter-in-law.
Wow - Don En took off his black shirt, unfolded it and covered the young woman, stepped back, and bowed deeply!
Suck...... Get up and take a deep breath: "Mixiu!"
"Yes!" Mi Xiu said in a deep voice,
"Take a few people to find the bandits next to you! I don't care what method you use, in two hours, I want to know everything that happened here!"
"Yes!" Mi Xiu nodded, and quickly led a few members out of the courtyard.
"David!"
"In!"
"Take other people to search the farm, and if there is no survivor, bury the corpses of the villagers collectively!"
"Good!" David bowed his head and walked out with the rest of the people.
"Old Bill, I'm sorry......" Don sighed faintly, judging by the extent of the decomposition of the corpses, the villagers were killed about two days ago. If they set off as soon as they returned to the Grey Army, they might have caught up. But at that time, they were physically and mentally exhausted, and many of them were still injured......
Shaking his head, Tang En stepped forward to pick up the body of the handsome young woman. Suddenly
After a pause, Tang En looked at the other party's eyes fixedly. The young woman's face was painful, but there was a hint of relief in her eyes!
Following her gaze, Donn looked to the right of the firewood room, where several planks were laid out as if to keep things out of moisture.
Don stepped over, stretched out his foot and stamped it, pecking ......
Don raised an eyebrow, walked down, and reached out!
Bang! The plank was tossed aside, and below it was a dark staircase, and a damp smell rushed up.
Cellar?Donn suddenly walked down without hesitation.
Swish...... As soon as he descended the stairs, an arc-shaped blade swung over his head.
However, the speed of this attack was not fast, so naturally it could not hurt Tang En, he did not move in place, stretched out his fingers and pinched the blade light accurately.
The attack is a curved iron blade, uh, commonly known as a scythe. The cellar was dark, but Don could barely make out a diminutive figure on the other side of the scythe.
The short figure snatched the scythe a few times without success, and with a whoosop scream, it showed its white teeth and bit it properly.
Tut...... Don smacked his lips and grabbed the hem of her shirt.
"Old Bill......
"Huh?" the short, struggling figure froze.
Call...... Don couldn't help but grin in relief: "You're Old Bill's granddaughter." ”
"You...... Who are you?" the voice was childish and crisp, and the eyes of the diminutive figure fluttered in the darkness, "How do you know my grandfather's name?"
"Ha!" said Donne, "my name is Donne, and I was entrusted to your mother by old Bill...... Belch. ”
"Mother is dead...... the voice on the other side was a little lower, and then asked, "Why didn't my grandfather come?"
“...... Let's talk about this out. Don put the other man down, and then his nose twitched, wondering, where did the smell of the cellar come from......
Sweeping around, Tang En was stunned, and at his feet lay a black figure with a steel knife in his hand, his body, head, and neck...... It's all a mess of long, scars. On his feet, there was an iron biting device firmly attached to it, well, it was an animal trap.
This...... Tsk, Don looked at the scythe in his hand, then looked down at the trap on the ground, and couldn't help but smack his lips.
Pedal Pedal ......
"Wow......"
As Don looked around, the diminutive figure had already run out of the cellar, followed by a heart-rending cry...... (To be continued.) )