"Sir, I just took an inventory. There are fifty main culprits and accomplices in total, eighteen of whom are dead and thirty-two are alive. There are fifty-nine innocent children who were tested on the drugs, and thirty-five mentally retarded people." An officer reported to Wei Qing.
Wei Qing took a look and nodded: "Take them all back."
Each officer was responsible for escorting one child, the living dead were carried by the officers, and the accomplices were strung together with ropes and escorted by several officers. As for Mr. Fang, this man was extremely evil and cunning, so he was escorted by Han Yi, Wei Qing's most trusted man.
"If he wakes up, knock him out again." Although the possibility of Mr. Fang waking up was extremely low given Wei Qing's strength, Wei Qing still gave instructions just in case.
Han Yi nodded.
The group left the village in a mighty procession.
Wei Qing, Tang Li, and a few secret guards were at the end.
"What should we do with this village?" Tang Li asked.
"Burn it with fire." Wei Qing said.
Tangli nodded: "It's okay to burn it."
This village is a place of evil. The things left behind by the poison doctor should be burned to ashes. There is no need to keep them.
The fire spread quickly, and the whole village was surrounded by blazing flames.
Wei Qing and Tang Li stood halfway up the mountain, watching the village burn.
In fact, if human nature is more greedy, they will definitely covet the things left behind by the poison doctor.
Although her man is a villain in the novel, he has very positive values and would not do such a heartless thing.
Tang Li turned her head and looked at her man's profile, and felt that her man was getting more and more handsome.
Wei Qing felt itchy when his wife was staring at him.
The officers are not here, and the secret guards are all our own people...
So Wei Qing picked her up by the waist and turned to go into the cave. While the cave was dark, he stole a kiss on his wife's face.
Not long after they left, a group of men in black appeared on the hill behind the village. They looked shocked as they saw the entire village being burned down.
"We are late and everything is burned. What should we do now?"
"Hurry back and report to the master!"
The men in black left quickly.
…
On the way back, Tang Li and Wei Qing still rode on the same horse.
The children were rescued, and with his soft wife in his arms, Wei Qing felt much more relaxed.
Along the way, he secretly took advantage of his wife and bullied Tang Li until his face turned red. He glared at him fiercely, and then he restrained himself a little.
Halfway through the journey, Wei Qing asked people to stop and rest for a while.
The children are very weak and should not travel too fast.
So everyone stopped to drink water and chat.
Liu Lan had her hands tied and was squatting beside the unconscious tall medicine man, wiping the dirt off his face.
There was an inexplicable emotion in her eyes, a mixture of tenderness, heartache, and pain.
Tangli walked to her side and handed her a kettle: "Drink some water."
Liu Lan took it and looked at Tang Li gratefully: "Thank you."
Tang Li glanced at the tall medicine man. When his eyes were open, they had no whites and a hideous look. When his eyes were closed, he was actually a handsome young man. He was a good man, but the poison doctor had made him look like a ghost.
"Do you know him?" Tang Li asked.
Liu Lan nodded: "I know him."
"Can you tell me about your past?" Tang Li asked.
She felt that Liu Lan was a person with a story.
Liu Lan nodded and talked about the old times.
"I was originally a villager living at the foot of a nearby mountain. My parents forced me to marry an old widower, so I fled to the mountains. I accidentally fell off a cliff... but I survived and was saved by someone. That person was..." Liu Lan glanced at the tall medicine man, "Ayu."
"At that time, Ayu took several children and wanted to escape from the village." Liu Lan said.
Almost ten years had passed, and she still remembered the first time she saw Ayu. At that time, Ayu was still a teenager who had suffered a lot, but his eyes were full of determination. He wanted to live, he wanted to save more people...
"But they were soon caught. They beat Ayu so badly that it was unknown whether he was alive or dead. They took him back. I secretly followed them and came to the village."
"Then, I volunteered to stay in that village. To work for that old beast, one must take a poisonous drug. It attacks once a month. If one doesn't take the antidote, the pain will be unbearable, a life worse than death. Many people were forced to take the drug, but I was the only one who volunteered. Because of this drug, no one dared to disobey the old beast; he controlled our fate."
"Originally, I was responsible for processing medicinal materials. Perhaps because I was efficient at work, I was assigned to feed medicine to those children. Then, I met Ayu again."
"Ayu was covered in wounds, but his eyes were bright. He was very angry when he saw me and asked me why I stayed here. He said this was hell and he and his companions were desperately trying to escape from here..."
Liu Lan smiled slightly: "Why? Of course it's because..."
Liu Lan glanced at the tall medicine man, the Ayu she mentioned, and her expression softened.
To her, that young man was the light she longed to pursue. His eyes shone brightly, and even in the face of hardship, that light remained unextinguished. He was like a beacon in her dark life; once she saw him, she could never forget him.
Liu Lan paused and continued, "I went to see Ayu whenever I had the chance. Soon, I noticed something was wrong with him. The light in his eyes gradually faded. I knew that the old beast had fed him drugs. That kind of drug will gradually make people lose their minds and eventually become a living dead. I wanted to die with that old beast, but Ayu grabbed my hand and told me to live."
Liu Lan choked up and said, "I must live... I promised him, and then I watched him go from a lively young man to a living dead."
Liu Lan looked at Ayu, whose eyes were tightly closed, and burst into tears: "Ayu... Ayu, someone has come to rescue us and take us out of that hellish village. This is what you have been waiting for! You must wake up and see all this."
However, Ayu closed his eyes tightly and did not respond to her calls.
Liu Lan looked at Tang Li with pleading and expectation: "Girl, A Yu is a very good person, you must save him, please!"
She knew that the old beast would not easily save A Yu. The girl in front of her was very extraordinary and powerful, and she was the only one she could ask for help.
Tang Li felt very uncomfortable after hearing this. Every living dead person was once a living being. They had relatives and friends, and were cherished by their relatives and friends.
That poison doctor is a real old beast!
No, worse than a beast!
"Don't worry, I will save him." Tang Li said.
"Thank you, thank you!" Liu Lan kowtowed to Tang Li, crying and laughing.
After resting for about a quarter of an hour, we continued on our journey.
About half an hour later, a large group of people entered Qinghe County.
There was only a team of officers, dozens of them in front, each carrying a weak person on their horse, and the officers behind were escorting a group of prisoners.
Evening had already come, and the streets were still bustling with activity. Seeing this, the common people gathered around.
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