This day was no different from any other day.
Smoke rose from the chimneys of every household in Liangjia Village.
"Anzi, something happened." Hu Zi suddenly called Shen An.
Shen An opened his eyes.
Hu Zi pointed in the direction of the village: "Look."
Chen An looked down the mountain and saw that the originally quiet village was bustling again. More than a dozen young and strong men walked into the village. Chen An had been a soldier, and he could tell at a glance from the way they walked that they were from the Northwest Army.
What are they doing here at this time?
Could it be that Lu Feng sent him?
No, no, no, it's not Lu Feng. These people obviously know Liang Chengyi and are very familiar with this place...
Is he here to pick up the goods?
I heard from Liang Xiu that when the medicinal herbs are ripe, they will send people over to collect them.
But this season isn't right, it's not the season to harvest herbs yet...
Just when Shen An was suspicious, something seemed to happen over there.
Hu Zi frowned in shock: "They killed someone..."
The dead man was a farmer beside Liang Chengyi. He was hacked to death with a single blow, and blood splattered everywhere. The others cried out in fear. Liang Chengyi stepped forward and smiled apologetically: "Gentlemen... Gentlemen, what happened?"
His body was also shaking slightly.
The leading man was tall and strong. He patted Liang Chengyi's face and said, "He's too noisy."
Liang Chengyi swallowed his saliva and said, "Don't be angry, gentlemen. I'll go and call the villagers to gather."
The guy just said it was too late and it might not be a good idea to call everyone out at this time, and then he was hacked to death.
These people are so scary, they kill without blinking an eye.
and……
Liang Chengyi had a bad feeling in his heart.
But he dared not say or do anything, so he could only ask his men to notify the villagers to gather next to the big willow tree in the village.
"I don't think it's right." Chen An said to Hu Zi, "I'll sneak in and take a look. You go to Erya's house and take Grandma Liang and Erya to hide in the mountains."
Hu Zi touched his head and said, "If I go like this, will they believe me?"
He was tall and strong, with a ferocious look. The children in the village would cry when they saw him, and the dogs in the village would bark a few times when they saw him.
Shen An took out a grasshopper made of straw from his pocket and said, "Give this to Erya."
Hu Zi took the grasshopper away, and Shen An hid in the dark and watched everything below. He couldn't see clearly just now because he was far away, but now that he was close, he could see clearly that the person in charge was from the Northwest Army, named Yang Songbo, who had had a conflict with Shen An before.
After Liang Chengyi gathered everyone together, a few villagers were still unhappy and kept complaining that the noodles would become clumpy if they were not eaten.
"Be quiet." Liang Chengyi shouted, and the villagers shut up.
"Is everyone here?" Yang Songbo asked the villagers below.
In fact, not all of them were there. Some people were in confinement after childbirth, some were elderly people who were too old to go out, etc. These outsiders would not count the people in person, and they would just cover for each other and the matter was resolved.
"Everyone is here." Liang Chengyi also said so.
He saw the leader smile, and seemed to say something, but also seemed not to say anything. Liang Chengyi was in a daze after that. He heard the pleas for mercy and cries of surprise around him. He saw that the people who came today were like wolves rushing into a flock of sheep, slaughtering the villagers wantonly...
Because Auntie Fatty ran too slowly, half of her head was cut off. Blood splashed all over Liang Chengyi's face, and he could hardly stand due to the burns...
He wanted to say stop, but his throat felt like it was blocked by a ball of cotton and he couldn't make a sound.
"Help……"
"ah……"
“Save me…”
This is what hell on earth is like.
Chen An had not expected these people to suddenly take action. He thought that they had discovered something and came to Liangjia Village to silence them.
He clenched his fists and wanted to help, but if he went out alone, he would only hurt himself, expose his identity, and implicate his family.
The massacre lasted for half an hour. When everything finally calmed down, Liang Chengyi finally regained some sanity.
"Why?" He finally uttered three words from his throat.
Yang Songbo's face was covered in blood. He smiled and patted Liang Chengyi's face: "Your village has been exposed, so we must get rid of it, otherwise we will all die."
If you have to choose between dying and someone else dying, of course you would choose someone else to die.
Liang Chengyi wanted to say something, but he couldn't open his mouth. He knew that if what he said made these people unhappy, he would be dead.
Fires were lit in the village, one, two, three...
Eventually the entire village was engulfed in flames...
Liang Chengyi followed those people, took one last look back at the village, and left without hesitation.
It's not his fault.
He had no choice.
Yes, I had no choice.
At first, he just wanted the villagers to have enough food to eat and live a good life...
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