The person inside reacted and moved with a confused look on his face.
The guard shouted impatiently, "Did you hear that? If you did, come out now and don't force me to do anything."
Hearing that a monster was coming, the villagers who had originally planned to go out to look for food did not go out, and all gathered at the entrance of the village.
Their relatives were imprisoned in the house.
Fearing that the yamen soldiers would actually attack, the villagers standing guard outside carefully walked up to the yamen soldiers and said carefully, "Sir, can we go in and get the man out?"
The yamen soldier thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Anyway, their people are guarding outside, so these people can't escape.
After getting consent, the villagers immediately went into the house and helped their families out.
The thin young man clenched the cloth strip in his hand, mixed in the crowd and walked into the house. He soon found his sister. The ten-year-old child was so thin that she looked unrecognizable. Seeing that everyone around her was moving, she curled up in the corner with a panicked look on her face. When she saw her brother come in, her eyes lit up.
She struggled to stand up, walked to the young man, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, can we go out now?"
The young man was silent for a moment, then said comfortingly, "It will be soon... We will be able to get out soon."
Those who were outside could still eat something when no one was paying attention, but their relatives who were imprisoned here were starving and could only get some wild vegetables every day.
After a large number of people escaped once before, County Magistrate Zhou's lackeys were afraid that they would follow suit, so they never gave the "hostages" enough food, and they didn't have the strength to run away.
The staff quickly lined up outside.
A yamen soldier counted the number of people and nodded with satisfaction, "No one is missing, tie them all up."
The young man saw someone take out a thick rope, put it around his sister's wrist, and then squeezed hard, leaving a red mark.
His eyes were dim, and he unconsciously clenched his fists. He stood there without moving.
These people did not dare to resist at all and watched helplessly as their loved ones were all tied up.
The yamen soldiers who went out to investigate returned to Zaoyao Village and confirmed that the villagers were not lying. Indeed, the official road a few miles away was full of monsters, and judging from the direction, they should be coming from Gaoyi County.
The guards hurriedly reported to Magistrate Zhou: "Sir, the monster army has moved three miles away. We need to evacuate as soon as possible."
County Magistrate Zhou was shocked. Are they so close already?
He stood up hurriedly and shouted, "Go and notify Chen Dutou to come over and protect me and leave immediately." He told the rest of the people to wait and follow him.
The people outside cleaned up the situation very quickly, but were at a loss as to how to deal with the county magistrate's son.
It should be okay to leave the county magistrate's son here.
They are all monsters anyway, so it has no impact at all.
But the difficulty lies in the fact that County Magistrate Zhou cannot just leave his son alone.
When they arrived at Zaoyao Village earlier, there was no cage. The yamen soldiers took four ropes and tied up the county magistrate's son in different directions. As soon as he moved, they would pull the rope in the opposite direction and half-dragged and half-pulled him over.
But now…
The guard thought for a moment, then glanced around the crowd. He pointed at the skinny young man and several other villagers and said, "You, and the rest of you, take the ropes and go to the end of the village and get the county magistrate's son out."
Except for the young man, all the people who were named were trembling with fear.
Their relatives were also in a panic.
"Sir, please spare my life!" Wailing sounds were heard from the family members.
"Sir, I am willing to serve you like a slave, please show some mercy."
"Please show some mercy, sir..."
The yamen soldier said it lightly, but everyone knew that the county magistrate's son was a monster. It would be very difficult to get him out. Tying up a monster was much more difficult than killing it. If you were not careful, you would lose your life.
Can I still come back alive after I pass away?
The people who were named knelt down and begged, and the wails from their families lingered in their ears.
The young man smiled at his sister's panicked eyes and mouthed "It's okay".
"If you don't go, then who will?" The guard didn't care what the group of people thought. He kicked the kneeling man to the ground and said, "Be quick. You won't necessarily die."
"If you really die, it's because you are too weak."
Several yamen soldiers nearby forcibly pulled the people on the ground up, stuffed ropes into their hands without saying a word, and pointed weapons stained with monster blood at everyone.
He urged repeatedly, "Hurry up! The monster army is coming!"
There is no room for maneuver.
The villagers were forced to hold the rope and walk towards the main room at the end of the village under the supervision of a group of yamen soldiers.
With every step I took, my legs trembled involuntarily, and the bumpy road in front of me seemed like the Yellow Springs Road leading to the Palace of Hell.
County Magistrate Zhou felt guilty towards his only son. Even though his son had turned into a monster, he was unwilling to lock him up in the woodshed. Instead, he ordered people to transform the house at the end of the village into a cage, with people patrolling around from time to time.
Because the monster is very sensitive to human breath, once someone approaches, the county magistrate's son will become very manic. There are not many people left at the end of the village. Except for some people who were drawn to be on duty that day, no one is willing to come.
At the end of the village.
Behind me is a bamboo forest. Due to the high temperature, the bamboo leaves have turned yellow and the bamboo poles have died. The yellow bamboo leaves are falling down, and the ground is covered with thick layers of dead leaves. When people step on them, they make strange noises.
Chang Ying led a hundred soldiers and had been waiting under the wall for a long time, waiting for the girl's order.
Outside the bamboo forest.
Wei Xiyin and Chu Yu were standing there, watching the movement in front of them quietly.
The wall was very high and I couldn't see what was inside. I could only hear subtle noises from time to time, and I didn't know whether they were made by people or the monster.
Wei Xiyin looked at him for a while, then said quietly, "Sir, you haven't said what you plan to do yet?"
"The troops just need to capture that zombie alive before the zombie tide moves over." Chu Yu glanced at her. "The strength disparity between the two sides is huge. It would be an insult to Yu to use your brain to deal with this mob."
Cheng Xiu left with only one hundred people. The three groups of troops joined together here, and there were more than five hundred soldiers left behind.
More than 500 well-equipped and battle-hardened soldiers are more than enough to deal with the more than 1,000 people in the village. Even if they attack by force, they are 99% sure of taking this place.
Wei Xiyin said, "That's true, but the zombie horde is now less than two miles away from here. I'm afraid our retreat route will collide with the escape route of County Magistrate Zhou and others. Let's capture the Heavenly Master alive."
He once said in front of County Magistrate Zhou that he had met someone who had recovered in this way.
I guess I know.
Either he was trying to deceive County Magistrate Zhou, or he had really encountered someone feeding living people to zombies.
Now that you are here, you must be interrogated.
As for the County Magistrate Zhou, he cannot be kept.
Chu Yu remained calm and said, "Girl, just wait for the result."
There was a sudden noise from inside.
The thin young man and others who came to tie up the son of the county magistrate had already reached the end of the village. Seven or eight of them stood trembling outside the house, never daring to move forward.
The monster army outside was getting closer and closer. The guards behind him were getting anxious and urged: "What are you dawdling for? Hurry up!"
The young man was pushed out by the people around him.
He took a deep breath, strode forward, and pushed open the door where the county magistrate's son was imprisoned.
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