Hua Bushi could barely breathe, and he was worried and anxious for days and nights, but he was still one step too late, and all he could see was a brutal killing! He could no longer tell whether it was anger or sadness in his heart, he only felt that his chest was stuffy, his mind was dizzy, and his body shook a few times, and he was about to fall from his horse.

Li Huyan, who followed closely behind, reached out to support the eldest young master, and said, "Boss, how are you?"

Hua Bushi took a few breaths, reluctantly calmed down, and said, "I'm fine, you help me get off the horse." ”

Li Hu helped him off the horse, but at this time he heard someone shouting loudly: "Ning Ning, Ning Ning, where are you!" It was Yang Jiangyi's voice.

Among the people, Yang Jiangyi was the first to rush into the wall, and at this moment, I saw her running among the rubble of the ruined walls, constantly rummaging through the charred corpses, but the expression on her face seemed to be crazy.

Hua Bushi ran forward and said, "Sister, don't be in a hurry, maybe Ning Ning is not dead, let's look for her slowly!"

Although he said so, he actually knew in his heart that there was little hope. The official army invaded Biluo Village, and everyone in the cottage was slaughtered, how could Xiao Ningning escape?

When Yang Jiangyi heard this, he seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, grabbed Hua Bushi's hand, and said: "You are right! She may not be dead, she is just a little girl, and there is no reason for the officers and soldiers to kill her, right? Let's look for her together, and we will definitely be able to rescue her!"

Hua Bushi said: "Yes, she is definitely not dead, sister, don't worry." ”

Yang Jiangyi grabbed Hua Bushi's palm and said, "Ning Ning, where does she usually like to play, do you know, where do you say you can find her?"

Hua Bushi said: "Usually...... This ......"

Yang Jiangyi suddenly let go of his hand, turned around and ran towards the back of Biluo Village. Hua Bushi hurriedly shouted: "Sister, wait a minute, I'll go with you to find it!"

Xiao Ningning's favorite place to go is the small stone house next to the waterfall in the back mountain of Biluo Village, when Hua Bushi lived on the mountain, she had to go to the house of the eldest young master every day to play, and she refused to leave until dark. Yang Jiangyi thought of this, so he went straight to the back mountain.

The back mountain of Biluo Village is really not close, Yang Jiangyi didn't seem to hear Hua Bushi's call, so he only unfolded his body and rushed away, this eldest young master would not do light work, so he could only stagger behind.

Along the way, but I saw that the side of the mountain road was full of lying corpses, obviously the official army attacked the village, and many homeless people fled to the back mountain, but they were still caught up and killed. And the more he saw this, Hua Bushi's heart became heavier and heavier.

Finally came to the stone house, Hua Bushi's two legs were like lead, and his mind was dizzy for a while and almost fell to the ground. And when he heard the sound of crying coming from the house, his heart sank to the bottom.

The cry was made by Yang Jiangyi. Hua Bushi entered the door, only to see Yang Jiangyi half-kneeling on the ground and sobbing, already in tears, holding a petite body in her arms, it was Xiao Ningning.

Hua Bushi almost rushed to the front, and stretched out his hand to probe Xiao Ningning's snort, but where was there still a little breath?

Xiao Ningning was held in Yang Jiangyi's arms, her face leaned on Yang Jiangyi's shoulder, her long black hair hung down behind her head, her eyes were closed, and her expression was calm, as if she was asleep. And Hua Bushi saw clearly at this time that there was a terrible wound on the little girl's back, which happened to penetrate the back of the heart, and was obviously stabbed by a gun!

Hua Bushi stayed in the local area, his mind was blank, as if he had lost the ability to think, but tears burst out of his eyes in an instant.

From meeting Xiao Ningning in the restaurant in Ganlin Town, to the joking "marriage", riding a horse to play around, accompanying him every day when he was sick, listening to her singing, and being coquettish by her legs, after so many things, Hua Bushi has long regarded this cute little girl as a relative.

Just now he said that Ning Ning was definitely not dead, not only to comfort Yang Jiangyi, but also to deceive himself. However, now, Xiao Ningning's corpse was in front of him, and all hope had been dashed in an instant! The eldest young master only felt that the pain in his heart was surging up like a tide, and Liliang, who had lost his whole body, took a step back, took another step back, and then slowly sat on the ground.

Yang Jiangyi looked at Hua Bushi in a daze, and muttered: "They weishenme kill her?" She's just a little girl, she hasn't practiced martial arts, she won't pose any threat to them, and they still want to kill her?"

She suddenly climbed out two steps, reached out and grabbed Hua Bushi's sleeve tightly, and said loudly: "You tell me, they want to kill Ning Ning?!"

The pain in Hua Bushi's heart was no less than that of Yang Jiangyi, but he knew that he must not collapse at this time. He wiped away his tears with his sleeve, took out a silk scarf from his arms and handed it to Yang Jiangyi, and said slowly: "There are some cruel and murderous people in this world, who disregard the lives of others, and they have no reason to kill people at all! Sister, people can't be resurrected after death, don't be too sad, we still have a lot to do." ”

Yang Jiangyi pushed Hua Bushi's hand away and cried sadly: "There is no reason? They are so cruel, they can't even let go of a little girl! Ning Ning is dead, what else do we have to do, we can't save her anyway!"

Hua Bushi said: "Sister forgot, we have already decided to do something, which is to quell the killing in this troubled world and protect the innocent from harm." Although we can't save Ning Ning, we can still do our best to save others, and we should never give up. ”

Yang Jiangyi shook her head and said: "I promised Ning Ning to protect her, but I didn't do it, she was still killed by those bad guys! I can't even protect Ning Ning, what else can I do, I'm really useless!"

As she spoke, tears were already pouring down her eyes, and she couldn't stop crying.

At this time, Li Hu, Ximen Tong, Chu Yiyi and others had also entered the stone house. Chu Yiyi came to Hua Bushi's side and said, "Master Hua, Meng Huan said that the granary of this Biluo Village is a little strange, please go over and take a look." ”

Hua Bushi knew that Chu Yiyi said this, it must be Meng Huan's unusual discovery, so he immediately nodded, stood up and said, "Mrs. Yiyi, comfort my sister for me, don't make her too sad." Lihu, let's go together. ”

The granary is not far from the Juyi Hall in Qianshan, and unlike most of the houses in Biluo Village, which are made of wood, it is a large house made of bricks and stones. By this time, the roof, doors and windows had been burned down, half of the brick walls had collapsed, and the remaining half of the wall had been smoked black by the smoke and fire.

Meng Huan stood in front of the doorway of the big house, and when he saw Hua Bushi and Li Hu coming, he hugged his fists and said: "Tell Master Hua, Meng Huan searched the village and found that this granary was a little strange. ”

Hua Bushi came closer, swept his eyes around, and asked, "I wonder what Brother Meng found?"

Meng Huan said: "Meng Huan heard Mrs. Yiyi say that after the righteous army captured Huaiqing City, General Li Chuang sent soldiers to escort the grain and grass back to Biluo Village, but is there such a thing?"

Hua Bushi said: "Yes, Brother Li did say this to me. ”

Meng Huan said: "It has been more than ten days since the rebels captured Huaiqing, and it is only six or seven days from Huaiqing to Biluo Mountain.

Hua Bushi's face changed, and he walked quickly to the collapsed doorway, looked into the room, and saw that it was really empty, only a little ash remained in the corner of the house, and black smoke was still emitting.

Meng Huan said: "The grain and grass that was burned in the corner of the house should not exceed 100 stones, and it should be the newly beaten grain in the fields of the back mountain in recent days, and it is definitely not the grain and grass transported from Huaiqing City. ”

Hua Bushi only glanced at it, and knew that what Meng Huan said was true.

It was autumn, it was the wheat harvest season, and the displaced people living in Biluo Village had reclaimed some farmland behind the mountain to harvest some grain. The grain and grass obtained by the rebels in Huaiqing City were as much as 300,000 stones, and at least tens of thousands of stones were distributed to Li Zicheng.

Li Hu said: "There is not much grain in this warehouse, could it be that it was robbed by officers and soldiers?"

Hua Bushi shook his head and said, "No." Although there are many footprints on the ground outside the granary, there is no trace of ruts, which shows that the officials and soldiers did not transport the grain, and the hundred stones and millet in the warehouse are also carried in by the residents of the village with manpower. ”

Li Hu frowned and said: "This is strange, could it be that General Li Chuang's grain transport team had an accident on the road, and the grain could not be transported here?

Hua Bu's stone face sank like water, and he lowered his head and didn't say a word.

Meng Huan said: "I just went to check around the village, and most of the people killed were civilians living here, and the corpses of the soldiers of the righteous army were almost not seen. ”

Hearing this, Li Hu chuckled in his heart, gasped, and said, "Could it be ...... Could it be that they already knew that the officers and troops were coming, so they withdrew first!"

Li Hu is not a stupid person, but if you want to talk about scheming reactions, it is far less than Hua Bushi, he can imagine it, and this eldest young master is of course more conscious.

According to Hua Bushi's previous estimates, there were more than 200 rebels left in Biluo Cottage, plus five or six hundred people who escorted grain and grass back, and at least more than 800 soldiers, who were guarded by the wall, and could hold out for at least a few days without losing, which was enough to hold out until the time when the brigade returned to help. However, the reality is that he led the Perak battalion back so day and night, but Biluo Mountain has already been breached.

According to the calculation of time, it took the official army less than half a day to capture the cottage, and also set this raging fire, which was really much beyond his expectations.

And why Liu Zongmin insisted on refusing to send troops back to help earlier, it was also difficult for the eldest young master to understand. No matter what kind of personal grudge the chief sentinel Liu Ye had with him, but Biluo Mountain was originally a stronghold built by the rebel army for many years, and Liu Zongmin should never have ignored it just for personal grudges.

Until now, this eldest young master just wanted to get an answer that could explain this kind of question.

Biluo Village was voluntarily abandoned!