Chapter 307: Drugged
There was a roar in the village chief's mind, and he shouted out: "Tu Subo!"
"The child of the Tu Su family!"
"Go and save them!"
The villagers who arrived rushed forward and frantically helped the person on the ground to his feet. However, what they were facing could no longer be called a "human".
Flesh and blood were tangled, bones lay horrific, and the strong smell of blood filled the air. Among the wounds and torn flesh, scattered gray wolf hair and sharp, terrifying tooth marks could be seen everywhere.
Hu Hongsheng brushed away the blood stained on the man's face with trembling hands. After taking a look, he felt relieved: "It's not Tu Subo!"
“This one isn’t either!”
Although the victims are all human beings, people's feelings vary in closeness and distance.
No one in the village knew these two people who were torn beyond recognition by wild wolves. Compared with the more familiar Tu Subo, their life and death did not seem so worrying.
The people who were originally worried suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. They reached out their hands to smell the air, and the air fell silent again.
Hu Hongsheng gritted his teeth and said in a trembling voice, "Our manpower is limited, and it's difficult to compete."
With an angry roar, as if in response to his words, a sharp wolf howl suddenly broke out from the other end of the threshing floor, making the eyes of everyone present instantly dyed red by the flames of anger.
"Chase!"
"We must not allow these beasts rushing down from the mountains to harm innocent people again!"
The torches danced in the night, and the flames reflected the anger on their faces, as if they wanted to devour the wolves.
The villagers quickly divided into two teams. One team immediately rushed in the direction of the wolf howling, ready to fight the wolves; the other team loudly called out the names of Tu Subo and Uncle Guo.
However, in this boundless night, apart from the wolf howls that constantly irritated people's nerves, no one responded to the names of Tu Subo and Uncle Guo.
Everyone's heart was filled with worry, wondering if they had encountered any misfortune, and the shouting became more and more anxious.
Deep inside the haystack, Cheng Jingen, dressed in coarse linen, looked at Tu Subo with a complicated expression and whispered, "They're all looking for you. Aren't you going to go out and answer them?"
Cheng Jing'en was also very surprised to see so many people coming to see Tu Subo.
After all, Tu Subo had a bad reputation in Kyoto when he was young. People of all ages could not help but frown and spit when they mentioned him. Some even wished that the gods would take him away as soon as possible to prevent him from continuing to harm the world.
However, in a short period of time, this dandy young man who was once feared by everyone has become a person that people in this small village care about and do not want to see die.
Cheng Jing'en's eyes flashed with a hint of teasing, but Tu Subo still kept his eyes closed and asked, "Have you cleaned up all the tails? Will those beasts hurt anyone else?"
"It's been taken care of."
"I've been spreading animal-luring powder along the way, luring the wolves down the mountain. Combined with the powder you sprinkled on the rice bags, the wolves have gone berserk and will only target the few people with the scent. They won't harm anyone else."
"Besides, we made such a big noise tonight and attracted so many villagers. There's no chance that the wolves that hurt the villagers will escape from the village."
"But the situation with those little thieves is different."
Cheng Jing'en gently twirled the piccolo in her hand and said sarcastically, "They're just a few clowns. Why are you making such a fuss?"
"Just because a few bags of rice were stolen, do you have to pay with your life?"
"This is not just about rice."
Tu Subo listened intently to the noise approaching from afar and said nonchalantly, "This is to kill one to warn the rest."
"The Tusu family has taken root here. Their fields, granaries, and grain are all eye-catching targets, naturally attracting greedy eyes and also tempting criminals."
"Small actions alone cannot serve as a warning. Only lessons stained with blood can draw a line in this land that deters others from crossing."
Some people died here driven by greed. The scene was horrific and terrifying.
From then on, everyone who had been near the Tu Su family's threshing ground would never forget the red flesh and blood that was torn apart that night, and those who were greedy would truly feel fear.
Those thieves must pay with their lives.
Immortality is not enough to be a harsh lesson.
A smile flashed in Cheng Jing'en's eyes, and he didn't say much. When he noticed someone hurried over, he gently touched Tu Subo's arm, then jumped over the haystack and quickly disappeared into the night.
Tu Subo closed his eyes contentedly, and his breathing gradually became steady.
The first person to discover Tu Subo was Uncle Liu.
Uncle Liu first shouted excitedly, then found Tu Subo lying there motionless, and cried out in horror: "Oh!"
"What's wrong with Tu Subo? Why does he look like he's passed out? Quick, get some people to take a look!"
"Uncle Guo!"
"Uncle Guo, what a mess! Why are you still snoring so loudly? Oh, wake up!"
The people who came over shouted anxiously. The village chief came closer with a torch in hand and suddenly realized something. He shouted sternly: "Quick, bring water!"
"Quick, pour some cold water on it!"
"This doesn't seem like a normal coma, it's more like being drugged!"
Two streams of water, like clear springs, suddenly poured down, pouring down like a torrential rain on the snoring sleeper. Tu Subo covered his cheeks with his hands, finally waking from his deep sleep. Uncle Guo, who was still dreaming, was choked by the cold water and had no time to open his eyes before he burst into a heart-wrenching cough.
The village chief hurriedly ordered others to come forward and help them: "Hurry, help them up and give them water immediately!"
"People who have been drugged need to drink plenty of water! Otherwise, how can they wake up so easily?"
Firm hands grasped the chins of the two still drowsy men, forcing streams of clear water into their mouths. Some, impatient, even felt the bowls were too small and grabbed their gourd ladles, attempting to roughly pour the water in their faces.
Tu Subo really couldn't bear it anymore.
He was actually pretending.
How can it be justified to be inexplicably treated like a water balloon and then be poured down with water?
Finally, after enough water flowed into his body, Tu Subo seemed to slowly regain consciousness. His body was wet with mud and water, his eyes were confused and his expression was extremely innocent, as if he was completely unaware of what had just happened. He blinked his confused eyes and for a moment he didn't know where to start.
Amidst Uncle Guo's violent coughing, the village chief approached Tu Subo, patted his cheek, which was still covered with water droplets, and shouted loudly: "Child of the Tu Su family, do you still recognize me?!"
Tu Subo lowered his head and coughed a few times, then answered in a hoarse voice, "Village Chief?"
"Why are you here?"
The village chief slapped his thigh and shouted, "We're lucky to have made it!"
"If we hadn't come, you would have been drugged and dragged away by wild wolves, becoming their dinner. Who knows when someone would have discovered you!"
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