Chapter 20 Return

After the war, the walls of Qingya County were dark and the gates were broken. There were traces of smoke everywhere and corpses could be seen everywhere. Vultures eating corpses could be seen everywhere on the treetops and the city walls. These vicious birds were no longer afraid of people after eating human corpses. They squatted in the corners of the walls and looked at the victims below with their scarlet eyes, as if they were examining food. From time to time, they made a "cackle" sound, which made people panic.

Chen Luo came back under the cover of night.

After his strength broke through to the Bone Forging level, it became very easy to sneak back to Qingya County again.

Maybe it was because the "suppression of banditry" had ended, the soldiers who sealed the checkpoint were no longer as alert as they were at the beginning, and they did not encounter any trouble during the return process.

Under the cover of night, Chen Luo hid in a difficult place looking for an opportunity to sneak into the city.

There are soldiers patrolling on the newly repaired city wall. Because the war has just ended and the final conclusion has not yet been made, Qingya County is still under martial law.

"It's almost time for the shift change."

Chen Luo counted silently in his heart.

He had been observing here for so long not to watch a show, but to observe the pattern of the soldiers' shift changes.

Sure enough, the soldiers who were changing shifts arrived not long after. While the two were chatting, Chen Luo flashed and quickly sneaked under the city wall. This was the gap where they escaped that day. After Qingya County was captured, there were more damaged places on the city wall. Such a gap was not conspicuous at all in the current Qingya County.

Maybe these soldiers knew what business they were in, as they looked relaxed the whole time and were only on guard for show, allowing Chen Luo to easily sneak into the city.

As soon as I entered the gap, a foul stench hit me in the face.

Several charred bodies were lying inside with hideous faces. They were the beggars they had met when they were escaping. However, they were still alive that day, but now they were all turned into corpses.

Judging from their charred, tense and stiff arms, they must have suffered great torture before death.

"Have a safe trip."

Chen Luo muttered to himself.

He walked around several charred corpses and then flipped over and sneaked into the city.

The defense of the inner city was even more lax, and there were few people on the streets.

Compared to the Qingya County of the past, the current Qingya County is like a dead place, with withered trees everywhere. There are few lights to be seen. There are homeless people crying beside some burned houses.

After the war, the people are the ones who suffer.

Chen Luo didn't think he was a pushover, but he couldn't help getting angry when he saw this scene.

Can you still be considered a human being if you massacre unarmed civilians?

Suppressing his anger, Chen Luo rushed to the entrance of the alley according to his memory.

He planned to go back and take a look first. They left in a hurry that day. After he and his uncle dealt with the body of Eunuch Wei, they packed up and ran away. If he went back and took a look now, he would know if anyone came to visit him afterwards. If someone did, it meant that the matter was not over yet, and he had to be more careful in the future. If no one came, it meant that the matter was over, and he could do what he wanted without any worries.

For example, chopping off the head of the magistrate of Qingya County!

The power of the Bone Forging Realm gave him the confidence. As the saying goes, when you have a sharp weapon, you will naturally want to kill!

Chen Luo now really wants to kill someone.

As he walked along, Chen Luo saw corpses at the doorsteps of several houses. There were men and women, but most of them were old people and children. Not to mention the houses, many of which were burned down by the fire. A large part of the black smoke he and his uncle saw in the Tiger Village was caused by the burning houses.

"Why are you crying? You stinky bitch, you dare to resist. Do you want to be a rebel?"

A voice suddenly came.

From a distance, I saw two drunk soldiers pulling a girl from a burned-down house. The girl looked about twelve or thirteen years old. As the soldiers pulled her, her young face was filled with fear. She held the door tightly with both hands, and tears kept flowing down.

The faces of the civilians around were almost all filled with fear.

No one dared to stand up and speak, and those who dared to speak out at the beginning are now dead.

It became the merit of these soldiers.

That is, a 'rebel party'.

"Why are you wasting time? I say we should just kill that bitch on the street." The other soldier became a little impatient and took two shaky steps forward.

"That's great! We can do it right on the street."

The two guys, who were already drunk, showed obscene expressions on their faces at the same time, and one of them even untied his belt. The other took two steps forward, held the little girl down, and began to tear her clothes.

BANG!!

A black brick suddenly flew towards him from behind. Before the soldier who was holding the little girl's hands and feet could react, he saw a brick coming towards him from the side.

The bricks mixed with internal energy were like a locomotive, directly knocking off half of the guy's head, his brain bursting, and blood splattering everywhere.

The remaining body flew backwards and hit the wall behind.

After kicking his legs twice, he died.

Chen Luo couldn't help himself. He thought that if this beast lived one more second, it would be a blasphemy to the world. After making sure that there were no other enemies on this street, he picked up a brick from the broken wall next to him and hit the guy in the face.

He didn't even use his martial arts.

Killing this kind of guy with martial arts would be an insult, so bricks are just the right thing.

"who!!"

The soldier who had untied his belt was startled, and the alcohol in his body disappeared. He subconsciously grabbed the weapon beside him and turned around. But before he could turn around, the blood-stained brick hit him again. The light dimmed, and then he felt a buzzing in his head, and then he lost consciousness.

The second body rolled out and hit the back wall, splashing a bunch of red and white. It was deader than dead.

With Chen Luo's current strength, killing these two soldiers is as easy as crushing ants, and there is no possibility of failure.

"Close the door and leave the city after daybreak. There is a gap in the west of the city. You should know where it is."

Chen Luo glanced at the girl who was already scared silly, left a word and turned away. In the room next to him, some people who were peeking at the situation all shrank back after noticing his gaze, hiding in the house and trembling.

Chen Luo didn't care about these people, as he couldn't control them.

Soon we arrived at the entrance of the alley.

This is where Uncle San's house is located. At this time in the past, Old Liu would have opened his stall, but now the place has been burned down. Old Liu's noodle stall cart has been dismantled, and several unattended corpses have fallen inside the stall rack, emitting a strong stench.

After walking into the alley, Chen Luo saw a familiar face after a few steps.

A hunchbacked old man was burning paper there, and a person was lying on a straw mat in front of him.

These two people were none other than Old Liu and his wife who had set up a stall at the entrance of the alley. The one burning paper was Old Liu. His leg was lame and he had given it a simple bandage. The wound had already scabbed over and turned black in color.

The person lying on the mat was Old Liu's wife, Aunt Wang, who sold breakfast at the entrance of the alley. Every time Chen Luo went to buy soy milk buns, Aunt Wang would give him one, saying that he looked a lot like her son.

"Chunhua, I'm useless, I'm a coward, I'm incapable. You and I have suffered all your life, and you haven't had a single good day."

Old Liu didn't notice someone coming from behind and continued talking in front of the corpse.

The old man seemed to have lost all his energy and spirit, and he looked much older in an instant.

If he didn't have a woman to take care of, he would probably have gone with his wife.

(End of this chapter)