"Lord of the Village!"
Gu Shaoqing called out in a low voice, but the only response was the rustling of insects.
Watching Lu Qiqi's figure gradually disappear from sight.
A bodyguard standing beside Gu Shaoqing asked, "Young Master, what do we do now?"
what to do?
He looked at the group of people behind him, and there were two old men in the carriage. If something really happened, ten bodyguards would be no match for an entire village.
Moreover, seeing that Lu Qiqi could even kill a wild boar, he knew that she had some martial arts skills.
If one is careful, escaping alone should not be a problem.
So he said, "Let's get out of the village first!"
After settling everyone in, he will return to meet Lu Qiqi.
The night was dark and the wind was high; all was quiet.
Lu Qiqi returned to the room she had just been in, put the horse into her spatial storage, and nimbly climbed onto the roof.
She returned because she wanted to find out what was wrong with the village.
Those who covet the profits of paper mills will inevitably abandon their papermaking ventures once they discover that the profits are meager.
When the paper mills' supply drops drastically, naturally some people will try every means to bring her back.
By then, Gu Shaoqing would have already led his bodyguards back to Heshun Prefecture.
And she will inevitably pass through this place on her way back to Heshun Prefecture.
If these villagers really have a problem, then they might be powerless to resist.
It would be better to find out the situation now so that we can make plans in advance.
Lu Qiqi lifted a tile from the roof to look inside the house.
Before they packed their things to leave, she made sure to have more firewood added, and now it's almost completely burned out.
As the flames were dying down, Lu Qiqi lay on the roof, waiting quietly.
Half an hour later, a group of people approached the house in the dark.
These people were clearly farmers; the weapons they carried were all farm tools like hoes and shovels.
With a creak, the door was gently pushed open.
Twenty or thirty people suddenly rushed into the house.
The group thought they had succeeded in their raid, but they were surprised to find that the house was already empty, with only a pile of embers remaining.
"It's empty! The person is gone!"
Someone shouted something.
"What happened! How could they escape! Who leaked the information?!"
A man with a slightly hunched back shouted loudly.
Lu Qiqi lay on the roof; the room was pitch black, and she couldn't see anyone clearly.
We can only hear what's happening below by sound.
The voice that had just spoken sounded familiar, and she quickly recognized it as the village chief who had led the way for them.
Village Chief Ruan!
Lu Qiqi finally understood why Ruanjia Village did not flee the famine and was able to survive there for a year with enough food.
Food and water were all obtained by robbing.
Fortunately, she overheard the woman's words and sensed that the village was strange, so she sent Gu Shaoqing and his men out of the village ahead of time.
If they encountered these villagers who were after money and murder, death or injury would be inevitable.
"Village chief, what do we do now? Chase after them?"
Village Chief Ruan slapped the man who gave the idea on the forehead, his anger blazing, "Why chase them! They'd have been long gone by now if they had horses!"
"Then what should we do?"
Village Chief Ruan pondered for a moment, "There's another caravan over there. Go back and find more people, remember to call more, there are thirty or forty of them."
"Yes," the villager responded and quickly ran out.
Before long, Village Chief Ruan led the remaining villagers out of the house.
Once Lu Qiqi saw that the person had gone far away, she tiptoed down from the roof.
A moment later, I secretly followed them to a courtyard.
The courtyard was brightly lit, and a child was squatting there eating.
Lu Qiqi was lying on the wall and could only see the child's back.
"Why are they suddenly targeting the caravan? There are so many of them, can we possibly defeat them?"
"Oh, stop asking! Let's hurry inside and hear what the village chief has to say!"
As the sound grew closer, Lu Qiqi immediately hid in the space to avoid being discovered.
Once the noise outside subsided, Lu Qiqi left the space.
When she climbed back up the wall to check on the yard, the children were gone.
She guessed that he must have been called inside by an adult.
Suddenly, the food the child had just eaten sent a chill down her spine, making her feel as if she had fallen into an icy pool.
The sight of that pile of white bones startled Lu Qiqi awake.
Three of the skulls were lined up neatly in a row, facing her directly.
On the edge of the table, there was a finger bone that hadn't been completely gnawed off.
She suddenly felt a stinging pain in her eyes and looked sharply at the room lit by candlelight, and at the figures she could see from time to time through the window.
These people are absolutely insane!
They actually did something no different from the Tartars, something that defied the laws of Heaven!
In a flash, a terrible thought crossed her mind.
She finally figured it out!
The villagers of Ruanjia Village did not flee the famine because they regarded those who fled as food delivered to their doorstep!
Thinking this way, she noticed many strange things about the villagers.
The woman wore loose, ill-fitting clothes. The material of the clothes was inexpensive but not durable, something a farmer would never buy.
If you make your own clothes from the fabric, then it's even less likely that they won't fit.
The child who bit Gu Shaoqing stared at them with eyes as fierce as a wolf.
He didn't hate them at all; he clearly saw them as prey!
Finally, there was Village Chief Ruan. His thin appearance and signs of hemiplegia clearly indicated that he was seriously ill.
What diseases might result from cannibalism of one's own kind for a year?
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