Chapter 338 Wildfire
When Zhou Yunshu brought people to the foot of the Summer Resort, Chunque had been waiting for a long time.
In other words, she had brought people down since the thick smoke started to rise from Nanchuan City half an hour ago, but she didn't expect Zhou Yunshu and her group to act so quickly.
The spring bird was of no use, but since the problem was solved, it didn't matter if it was unnecessary.
"Master." Meng Bei saw Chunque standing behind Zhou Yunshu very naturally and asked, "Do you want to rest in the Summer Resort today?"
Zhou Yunshu shook her head. She had already spent a lot of time in Nanchuan and couldn't delay any longer.
Also, staying one more day means one more day of food. There are too many people, so it is better to settle them down as soon as possible.
"What about the summer resort?"
Just throw it away like that?
Zhou Yunshu looked at Zhang Guanshi who had been following the team, and pointed past him at Huang Yusheng who was following Jing Gao and said, "You lead a small team to garrison the Summer Resort."
Although Huang Yusheng did not expect Zhou Yunshu to call on him, he also knew that this was his chance to show off and make a contribution.
"yes!"
"Be smart."
Huang Yusheng thought of the lies Zhou Yunshu had told Zhang Guanshi and Geng Jiang and the others, and nodded solemnly, "I understand."
Zhou Yunshu left people to guard the Summer Resort in order to have a place to stay on her way back. In addition, she also had to find a way to move out the weapons that had been hidden before, as the Summer Resort could not be abandoned.
After settling in the Summer Resort, Zhou Yunshu and her group continued on their journey.
Because there were so many people, the pace was slower than before. Fortunately, the team had strict discipline and no one treated those who came later harshly, so there were no disputes.
Then Zhou Yunshu applied the method of training the four small teams to the current large team. At the beginning, there was some noise in the team, but later, all they had to think about every day was what to eat for the next meal. They had to train in the morning and evening, and they had to travel in between.
Geng Jiang and others who were riding horses became much quieter, not to mention those who were walking.
Zhou Yunshu practiced all the way to Baoyun Manor, and the people in Baoyun Manor were frightened by so many people coming outside the manor. They thought it was bandits, and they were so scared that they didn't care and hurried home to hide.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the open village gate and the villagers who had run away, and took a deep breath.
Although the previous Zhuangzis each have their own problems, none of them is as heartless as Baoyun Zhuang. They don't even have the intention to protect the Zhuangzi and only want to escape when they encounter danger.
Yan Shilei's face also turned pale. After all, he had been to all these manors before, and he never expected that the people in Baoyun Manor would be so useless.
Everyone was speechless, and Zhou Yunshu walked into the manor with no expression on her face.
As soon as I entered the gate of the village, I found several poles with red and yellow cloth hanging on them standing on the side of the road, with people hanging on the poles.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the scene in front of her and faintly smelled the scent of incense in the air.
She frowned slightly and said to Yan Shilei beside her, "Take someone and gather all the people from Baoyun Manor under that tree."
This village makes people feel uncomfortable as soon as they enter, especially those red and yellow strips of cloth with unknown symbols painted on them.
"yes!"
Yan Shilei led his men away. Zhou Yunshu saw that one of the people hanging on the pole seemed to move, so she said to Chunque beside her, "Put it down."
"yes."
Four poles, three bodies.
The one who survived was a boy of about eleven or twelve years old. His face was pale and his lips were chapped. It seemed unclear how long he had been exposed to the sun on the pole.
When Cen Miaoying came over with water and medicine, Geng Yang and a disfigured woman followed her.
Zhou Yunshu didn't have time to take care of Geng Yang, so he always followed Cen Miaoying and ran errands for her.
As for this disfigured woman, she was specially chosen by Yan Shilei. I heard that people in the Emperor's Army called her the Ugly Doctor, and some called her the Ugly Mother. She was a doctor in the Emperor's Army.
The ugly doctor didn't feel anything about the fact that she had changed her master. For her, it didn't matter where she lived.
She followed Cen Miaoying and checked the unconscious boy on the ground. After saying "He won't die", she began to treat him promptly.
After Cen Miaoying gave the young man some water and he slowly woke up, Yan Shilei drove almost all the people from Baoyun Villa over.
There are about three or four hundred people in Baoyunzhuang, most of them are young and strong. There are almost no elderly people and very few women.
Although they were scared when they saw Zhou Yunshu and so many people coming to Baoyunzhuang, they became even more panicked when they saw the corpses and people being taken down from the poles.
"Sir, how can you let these demons go?"
"Yes, it takes 49 days to get in the sun. That's not enough time!"
"I told you long ago that he should have been bled and hanged, but you were so kind as to not allow torture!"
The young man came to his senses amidst the chatter of the people from Baoyun Villa, and then glared at them with hatred in his eyes.
Yan Shilei noticed Zhou Yunshu's gaze and asked the people from Baoyun Manor, "What kind of demon is this? Why is it hanging?"
The only gray-haired old man among them leaned on his cane and said to Yan Shilei, "These evil Taoists have sneaked into the village and are spreading evil words to confuse the people, using witchcraft to harm people. Of course they must be hung up as punishment!"
The old man seemed to have read some books, and his tone was full of contempt when he spoke of the dead people.
As soon as the old man finished speaking, the villagers around him started to complain to Yan Shilei. They said that these people had cheated them of their money and food, and also lied to them that the Dragon God was angry and that they were not allowed to go up the mountain to hunt or hold sacrifices anymore.
As they complained one after another, Zhou Yunshu took a look at the clothes of the three dead people. They really looked like the clothes worn by people performing shamanism.
"Are they from Baoyun Manor?" Zhou Yunshu asked.
The people in the manor shut their mouths and looked at the old man. Obviously, this old man was the one in charge of Baoyun Manor.
The old man stepped forward and said to Zhou Yunshu, "This old man greets the master."
Zhou Yunshu nodded and looked at him.
"The imperial court has issued a clear decree prohibiting the private practice of witchcraft. They have broken the law and have brought this upon Baoyun Manor. They deserve to die."
"You fart!"
The recovered young man shouted hoarsely to the elder who was highly respected in the manor: "We are originally from Baoyun Manor!"
"Yeah?"
The old man ignored the young man and simply said to Zhou Yunshu, "The master is kind-hearted. When he bought the manor, he took in many homeless people. However, not all of them have clean backgrounds, and the Yin family is one of them."
"Ever since the Yin family arrived, the couple has often used the gods and ghosts to extort money from the villagers..."
"You're talking nonsense! My mother is a witch doctor, but she never exploited you. It was you who turned against me and killed my parents and family. You're the ones who sacrificed me!"
"Shut up, you arrogant boy!" the old man interrupted the young man angrily.
The young man found strength from nowhere, but he slowly stood up and pointed at the nearby mountains. He said to the people of Baoyun Manor, "You are blaspheming the gods and repaying kindness with hatred. The gods will surely punish you with fire from the sky!"
It was just the nonsense of a child, and no one present took it seriously. But the terrible thing was that as soon as the boy finished speaking, black smoke actually rose from the nearby forest.
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