Chapter 68: A dilemma
Bai Ya finally compromised with Zhao Wan, on the one hand, he felt that it was difficult for the human wolves to find them, and on the other hand, Zhao Wan really didn't need his serious injury to protect. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
He led the group cautiously into the city, and the tragic situation inside made everyone vomit, and their faces were pale and their eyes were lowered, and they hurried through the streets.
"That's it!" White Cliff led them to a large mansion in the middle of the town.
This is a three-hall courtyard house, which is already considered large in this kind of small town, and should belong to a relatively high-status family in the town.
Only now, like all the houses, it has become a mess of beast bowls, and the courtyard is full of lying corpses. There were old ladies and gentlemen in silk fabrics, and servants in linen clothes.
The only thing they have in common now is that their bodies are mutilated.
"Let's look for it separately, be fast, the people and wolves following behind won't give us much time. Bai Ya instructed Zhao Wan and a few children to search in the backyard, and they wanted to take advantage of this gap to find the cellar or dark room in the house.
As time passed, just as White Cliff's patience was about to run out, an exclamation came from the backyard wing.
"What's wrong?"
Bai Ya broke in directly, only to see Zhao Wan pointing to the bed in the wing room in surprise.
"There's someone in there!"
"Are you sure it's a human, not a beast?" said Bai Ya's heart.
It wasn't strange that there were people in the cellars here, but they were very wise not to bring it up at first, and there was little hope for anything under this beast tide.
"Yes, it's human!" Zhao Wan shouted excitedly.
Bai Ya stepped forward to take a look, only to see a portal open where the big bed was against the wall, and a downward stone staircase appeared there.
"Is there anyone here?" he looked at Zhao Wan suspiciously.
"Well, I'm going to shout...... Don't be afraid, we are Qingcheng warriors!" Zhao Wan shouted into the dark room.
Bai Ya has no opinion on her claiming to be a Qingcheng martial artist, and at this time, the identity of a sect martial artist is better than anything else.
Zhao Wan shouted several times in a row, and finally the sound of Xi Xisuo came from the dark room.
"You...... Are you human?"
After a while, a cowering voice finally came out. Looking through the entrance of the cave, a vague figure stood beneath the stone steps.
"Well, I'll wait for this to come in, don't be nervous!" Bai Ya gave Zhao Wan a look and asked her to go outside and call the children in.
After giving the other side some time to react, he cautiously walked up the stone steps.
The dark room was very well hidden, with only a little dim candlelight inside. Bai Ya touched both sides of the tunnel and found that it was made of sturdy stone strips, no wonder he couldn't go deep with the keen sense of smell of beasts.
Bai Ya estimated that he walked down more than thirty meters, and then he saw a huge cellar dark room at the end of the tunnel.
There were two young women and a half-old boy in the cellar, the two women were master and servant, and the half-grown boy was probably a brother and sister to the girl dressed as one of the young ladies, because of the similarity in appearance.
In addition to the three of them, there were only a few large chests left in the cellar, which seemed to contain gold, silver and jewelry, which should be the family's biggest secret.
The three of them snuggled up to each other and looked at the White Cliff with some fear.
"Shao, Shaoxia, how is the city now?" the girl dressed as a young lady bit her lip and plucked up her courage to ask.
"Attacked by the beast tide, there are dead people outside. Bai Ya sighed and briefly explained the situation.
He didn't intend to hide it from them, anyway, as soon as he went out, he could see it.
"Dead, dead!" the three boys and girls all turned pale, and their expressions were stunned, not knowing what they were thinking.
"Sister, my father, my mother, and my brother...... the only teenager among the three choked up and hugged his sister.
"Brother, don't cry, father, mother, and eldest brother may have broken through for help. The girl said comforting words that she did not believe herself, and her face was as white as a dead man.
"The three of you mourn, a certain is a disciple of Qingcheng Bai Ya, when he and his sister encountered the beast tide, the people were still in the suburbs, you may tell me about the situation when the beast tide attacked the city. Bai Ya asked with a solemn expression.
"Bai Shaoxia invited, in fact, the three of us are not very clear, we were woken up by my father in my sleep the night before, and then I went directly here. The girl smiled bitterly and pointed to the three of herself, "Little girl Chen Min, this is the little brother Chen Qing, and the maid xylophone...... Where's that junior sister of yours?"
"She's out there, she'll be coming right away, and ...... There are still a few children!" Bai Ya paused, but still said frankly, "They are also victims, and the family should have been killed, we met on the outskirts of the city." ”
"They're going to come in and hide...... Is there still danger outside, can't I leave immediately?"
Chen Min's alertness couldn't help but make Bai Ya look at her more, it was not strange to be able to analyze it, but it was not simple to understand the meaning of Bai Ya's words in an instant.
"But Miss, this is our Chen family's ......" The maidservant girl named Xylophone frowned slightly, and glanced vaguely at the large boxes in the corner of the cellar wall.
"Shut up!" Chen Min's expression changed without waiting for Muqin to finish speaking, and he shouted loudly, "What kind of identity is Bai Shaoxia, how can he care about the worldly things." What's more, Shaoxia is willing to protect me here, even if all these things outside the body are given to Shaoxia, what can I do?"
The girl said, looking nervously at the white cliff.
Bai Ya smiled dumbly, waved his hand at her, and secretly praised her in his heart. No wonder she was able to survive with her brother and maid, this alertness is really good.
"You don't have to worry, the things here won't move a single bit, as long as you can let those orphan children hide here for a few days. ”
When the three of them heard this, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Shaoxia, how many beasts are out there?" Chen Min asked cautiously.
"It's not too much, the main force of the beast tide has left, but it's still not safe for you to go out, and the two of you and Senior Sister can't protect so many people. White Cliff said half-truthfully.
There was something wrong with what he said, but in fact, it was just the words of the beasts, and the White Cliff could protect them. But now it's the human wolf that has to be avoided, so even for the safety of those children, I can only hide it.
While a few people were talking, Zhao Wan also led the children into the cellar dark room.
"Has the outside been cleaned up?" asked White Cliff vigilantly.
"Well, Ben...... The girl also erased the footprints in the courtyard to make sure that they were not visible. "Zhao Wan is very clever, although Bai Ya has not communicated with her beforehand, she still covers up some information.
"That's good!" Bai Ya's heart was relieved, and he immediately felt dizzy, swallowed a breath, and sat down in the corner of the wall to close his eyes and recuperate.
He's the only adult man in the crowd, and he can't fall first.
Zhao Wan glanced at him worriedly, but didn't say anything, and after thinking about it, she took out dry food and clean water from her mustard seed bag for everyone.
"Thank you, thank you!"
The brothers and sisters of the Chen family showed gratitude, and even the handmaid Muqin, who had some mustard in her heart, didn't say anything. They have been here for a day and a night without a drop of water, guarding a pile of gold and silver treasure chests but unable to fill their stomachs.
Bai Ya ate a little bit of something, and then leaned against the corner of the wall and fell asleep.
"Senior brother, senior brother......"
Bai Ya faintly heard a familiar call in his sleep, and opened his eyes in a daze.
"Little steamed bun!" Looking at Zhao Wan's pretty face, he somehow remembered the situation when the two first met.
"Call Ben again...... Girl's little steamed bun, I'm going to turn my face!" Zhao Wanhu glared at him with a face, she had now understood the meaning of Wangzi's little steamed bun.
"I'm so sleepy, why did you call me. Bai Ya stretched lazily.
"You're a pig, you've been sleeping for two days and one night, are you planning to sleep for a long time?" Zhao Wan said angrily.
"Two days and one night?" Bai Ya was startled, and when he heard Zhao Wan say this, he felt unbearable hunger in his stomach.
......
After eating something in a hurry, Bai Ya took a Purple Qi Immortal Zhi Pill again and began to breathe his internal qi.
"The body is very empty, but the internal injuries are much better. ”
White Cliff is lucky, and he has some bottom in his heart. His internal injuries were left in the secret realm of the corpse of Yubi, and after these days, they finally began to improve.
"How's it going?" Zhao Wan leaned over worriedly and asked in a low voice.
"That's it!" Bai Ya stood up with the pain all over his body, and said with a flash in his eyes, "It's been two days and one night, those human wolves shouldn't have wasted so much time looking for a few of us in the city, it's time to go out and have a look." ”
"Be careful. Zhao Wan didn't rush to be a hero this time, and the princess of the Zhao family has matured a lot during this time, and she is no longer the simple girl with a chivalrous dream before.
Bai Ya came out of the underground cellar and found that there had been some changes in the town, and the remaining corpses were missing more than half, and they seemed to have been dragged away by the beasts.
He walked around the town and was back in the underground vault.
"It's mostly safe outside, and even the scattered beasts are gone. Bai Ya said cautiously, "However, whether or not to go out is a matter of everyone's safety, and if you can't make the decision for you, let you decide for yourself!"
"Bai Shaoxia, do you think it's better for us to stay, or go out for help?"
Chen Min was a little hesitant, no matter how alert she was, she was just a girl who had just reached the end of her life, and she couldn't ask for too much.
"I can't tell!" Bai Ya sighed and explained seriously, "There are only two movements of the beast herd, one is Xiang Chaoge, and now he is facing off against the guards and the local Immortal Martial Sect, and the other may be that they have retreated to the mountains and forests. ”
"Chaoge is already the hinterland of the human race, if it is the former situation, I am afraid that the beast tide will soon be killed by the warriors and the army, and we may just run into the rout beast that ran the same way when we go out rashly......"
"Then let's go ahead and hide here. The maid Muqin's face turned blue with fright, and she hurriedly said.
"There is not much food or water, and the water in the town is so polluted that it is impossible to use. Bai Ya shook his head and said, "If the rescue is delayed for a few days, we will still be in a dilemma." ”
"White ...... Senior brother, what do you say?" Zhao Wan asked anxiously.