Chapter 343 Do we have a grudge?
Chusan raised his eyelids, glanced at the people whispering around him, then continued to stand beside Zhou Yunshu with his eyes lowered.
When the gong sounded, everyone in Baoyun Manor looked towards Chunque who was beating the gong.
After successfully attracting the attention of everyone present, Chunque stood beside Zhou Yunshu with an expressionless face.
After Zhou Yunshu and the others calmed down a little, the clear and bright voice reached everyone's ears.
"I just received guidance from the Dragon God when I was taking a nap under the Dragon God statue."
"The Dragon God said that someone in Baoyun Manor was using his name to slaughter innocent people, causing him to bear undeserved karma. The Dragon God's cultivation was hindered, and he was extremely angry."
Zhou Yunshu raised her hand and pointed at the old man and the new man on the pile of firewood. "The Dragon God is merciful and only puts the blame on the culprit. Therefore, the old man and the new man will become the last sacrifice of Baoyun Manor."
As soon as the last two words came out, the villagers around couldn't help but cheer!
Oh my God! They finally don’t have to live in fear anymore!
Although they are active in looking for sacrifices, when the sacrifice really falls on them, they are more desperate than anyone else.
After the people of Baoyunzhuang celebrated their 40th birthday, they lived in fear almost every day, fearing that they would be the next person to be sacrificed.
Now it’s over, there will be no more sacrifices!
The joyful atmosphere was quite contagious. Even the new and old family members had their sad and uneasy hearts instantly soothed after hearing Zhou Yunshu announce the news.
If the death of the old and new can bring peace to the family, it doesn't seem so unacceptable.
Besides, hasn't Baoyun Manor been doing this for nearly twenty years? The old and new have long reached the age of sacrifice.
Since their grandfather, mother and others can be sacrificed, then the new and old people who are stepfathers and fathers can certainly be sacrificed as well.
Not to mention that he is still the head of Baoyun Manor, so he should give his last bit of energy to Baoyun Manor.
The new and old family members were standing right opposite him, so he could clearly see the changes in the expressions of his filial sons and grandsons.
Then, Xin Lao was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood on the cloth in his mouth, and the smell of blood instantly filled his mouth.
He has given so much to this family, but these unfilial descendants actually want him to pave the way for them!
He really wanted to shout, really wanted to scream, really wanted to recount to the people of Baoyunzhuang everything he had done for them over the years!
He thought that apart from the sacrifice, he had not done anything to let Baoyun Manor down, and he even helped them become rich and fill their stomachs, but what an ungrateful bunch of people!
Tung oil was sprinkled on the firewood pile. When the old and new people were making ferocious noises and yelling at their family members, Yin Qing stepped forward with a torch. When the embarrassed old and new people turned to look at him, he threw the torch at the firewood pile.
The fire suddenly jumped up high, and the young and old people in the middle of the fire howled, but the villagers who were watching around had smiles on their faces.
Zhou Yunshu just sat there watching the funny scene in front of her, and turned and left without waiting for the sacrifice called "cause and effect" to end.
Wu Gui and his group also left behind Zhou Yunshu, and for a moment only Yin Qing and Ji Yan were left standing there.
They would not leave. They wanted to watch the old and new burn to death in the flames with their own eyes, and watch him go to "serve" the Dragon God with their own eyes.
“Ahem!”
When they arrived in the yard, Wu Gui coughed twice, and Zhou Yunshu and Kang Jingyu's eyes immediately followed her.
"Are you still feeling unwell?"
After Zhou Yunshu asked Wu Gui, she shook her head and said, "It's just a little choking."
She looked at Zhou Yunshu and asked, "When are we leaving here?"
Wu Gui didn't like this place, or rather, after passing through so many manors since leaving Dongchuan, the one Wu Gui hated the most was Baoyun Manor.
It's really rotten from the inside out, so rotten it's disgusting.
"We need to stay for a few days, and then we'll leave after we're done."
She also had to figure out the plague rumor. If it was true, Zhou Yunshu would need to readjust her plans.
But fortunately, it was really just a rumor, a means for the new and old to deepen their control over Baoyunzhuang.
After the massacre of Yuncheng, the bodies were not left exposed in the wilderness to cause a plague. Instead, the survivors in Yuncheng moved the bodies together and burned them.
At this time, Yuncheng had almost become a deserted city, but Zhou Yunshu still wanted to visit this deserted city as planned.
During the few days she stayed in Baoyun Manor, Zhou Yunshu and Yan Shilei re-established the rules and punishments for Baoyun Manor. She left half of the more than 1,600 people she got from Ren Huang in Baoyun Manor, and took another 50 people away from Baoyun Manor.
With so many new people joining, Zhou Yunshu was not afraid that the people in Baoyunzhuang would make a fuss, not to mention that Zhou Yunshu also kept Yan Shilei.
She looked around and found that only Yan Shilei could lead people to suppress this group of people.
After leaving Baoyun Manor, the closer we got to Yuncheng, the fewer people we met. Occasionally, we saw some people, but they were mostly refugees.
The local government had already fled long before Yuncheng was massacred and Kuixian fell. Until now, no government officials from either side have returned. Yuncheng and the area around Kuixian have truly become a lawless area.
In places where there is no government or even no aristocratic family to keep people in check, there are especially many bandits and roving criminals.
But they still had some sense. They didn't dare to confront a team like Zhou Yunshu's, with so many people and weapons. They even had to prevent Zhou Yunshu and her group from coming to rob them.
Zhou Yunshu and her friends arrived in Yuncheng five days after leaving Baoyun Manor.
The tall walls of Yuncheng were covered in black gray. There must have been a fire before. Half of the city gate was missing and was wide open with no one guarding it.
There were still people living in Yuncheng, but when the scattered people saw Zhou Yunshu and so many people walking in from the city gate in a disciplined manner, they instantly disappeared into the streets.
Zhou Yunshu sat on her horse, looking at the looted and deserted Yuncheng before her, and said to the people around her, "Let's find a place to stay first."
It is not accurate to say that Yuncheng is an empty city, because if you observe carefully, you will find that there are quite a few people in Yuncheng, but whether the place they live in was originally theirs is another matter.
Jing Gao led his men to investigate ahead, and after finding a suitable place to stay, he went back to find the large group where Zhou Yunshu was.
Zhou Yunshu and her group stopped in the middle of the road at this time, and Chunque grabbed a so-called "local" and came to Zhou Yunshu.
He was young and had a slingshot in his hand. If Chunque had not been quick enough, he would have scared the horse away with the slingshot.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the boy who was glaring at her with hatred in his eyes and asked, "Do you know me? Or do we have a grudge against each other?"
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