This is not the first time that the Northwest Army has committed such a one-sided massacre.
Yang Songbo and his men had massacred civilians and claimed military merits before, but unexpectedly, this time they actually wiped out an entire village.
Chen An has lived here for almost a year and has rarely left the house. Liang Xiu's home is on the edge of the village, so he has never met Yang Songbo and the others.
If only I had discovered it sooner...
Chen An felt that his thoughts were unnecessary. If he had discovered it earlier, it would have been useless. Money can move people's hearts. Not to mention the people in Liangjia Village, wasn't he also tempted at that time?
People are afraid of being poor and can do anything.
Although the people in Liangjia Village had various problems, Shen An still felt horrified and helpless when he saw them die so tragically. Just as he was about to leave, he saw a staggering figure in the firelight. Shen An looked into the distance and saw that those people didn't notice this side, so he rushed over, picked up the child and left quickly.
Hu Zi, Liang Erya and Grandma Liang were found on the mountain. Grandma Liang looked at the village with flames rising to the sky and shed tears silently.
Liang Erya's nerves were originally tense, but after seeing Shen An, she could no longer hold back. She threw herself into Shen An's arms and burst into tears.
"Wow, Brother Shen, the village is gone, the house is gone..." Erya cried heartbreakingly. She was also a little girl, and she was already scared after experiencing such a thing.
Chen An patted her head and comforted her for a long time. Grandma Liang held the child that Chen An had rescued and sighed: "This is the child of Li Laosi's family at the head of the village. He has never been able to speak since he was a child... Alas..."
The village is gone, the home is gone, she is just an old thing, it doesn't matter if she dies, but what will happen to these children?
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Nanqiao Village was as lively as ever. Liang Xiu sat on the big rock in front of Shen An's house and looked out. The position was good as he could hear the gossip of the villagers under the big tree not far away.
The daughter-in-law of so-and-so was caught cheating.
The parents-in-law had a big fight, but the daughter-in-law didn't repent and even beat the old man...
Liang Xiu sighed, saying that the world is really going downhill.
Su Wei came to bring him food. After overhearing what was happening, he said to Liang Xiu, "Those are Old Man Liang and Old Lady Liang. They deserved to be beaten. Finally, someone can control them."
Liang Xiu took Su Wei's bowl and asked, "Ah? Is there something hidden?"
Su Wei glanced at him and thought, Brother Shen's friend is indeed a gossipy person...
So Su Wei recounted to him the evil deeds of the Liang couple, how they abused Sister Liang, how they abused their own granddaughter, and how Sister Liang's bastard ex-husband sold her out...
Liang Xiu was stunned when he heard this.
The Liang couple really deserve to die.
After dinner, Liang Xiu sat here and listened to all kinds of gossip in the village. During this time, he also heard about Su Wei and Shen Yan, especially the glorious deeds of Shen Yan. Liang Xiu found it unlikely. Shen Yan was a teacher and looked weak. How could he do those things?
Shen An also told him a lot about his younger brother, saying that Shen Yan had been well-behaved, cute and timid since he was a child, and never caused trouble.
What the villagers said may not be entirely true.
Liang Xiu heard about Shen An again, saying that no one dared to mess with him when he was a child, and he became even more lawless when he grew up.
He's simply the village bully...
Liang Xiu: "..."
These villagers are really talking nonsense. He has known Shen An for such a long time. He is just a young man with a bit of gangster spirit and a good temper. How could he hit or scold anyone?
He shook his head. Just then, some villagers passed by. Liang Xiu greeted them, but the man glanced at him and hurried away.
Liang Xiu: "..."
In the next few days, Liang Xiu found that there were always people coming here out of curiosity, but they didn't come in. This reminded him of when Chen An was in Liangjia Village. At that time, there were villagers from Liangjia Village who came to see him. After all, Liangjia Village didn't often have outsiders, so it was rare for someone to come. There was also a girl in the village who liked Chen An, but because Chen An came from an unknown background and looked like a poor guy, the girl's parents found out and strictly stopped him.
"What are you looking at?" Liang Xiu called a child over. The child came over trembling and stared at the house behind Liang Xiu in horror.
Liang Xiu asked again, "What are you looking at?"
"Look...look at the haunted house."
ha?
Liang Xiu thought he had misheard. What kind of haunted house was this? Why was it so strange?
The child swallowed and pointed at the house behind Liang Xiu and said, "This is the haunted house."
"What haunted house?" Liang Xiu thought it was ridiculous. If he said that other houses in the village were haunted houses, he would believe it, but this house was newly built, so how could it be a haunted house?
The child was about to speak when he heard someone behind him say, "Zhang Xiaoman, what are you doing here?"
When the child named Zhang Xiaoman looked up and saw Xu Can, he was so scared that he shuddered all over and turned around and ran away.
Xu Can walked over from not far away and entered the house silently carrying a lunch box.
Liang Xiu was able to walk in slowly while holding onto the wall. After all, he was young, in good health, and recovered quickly.
When he came in, Xu Can had just put the food on the table.
"What are Brother Liang and Xiaoman talking about?" Xu Can asked casually.
Liang Xiu always felt that this half-grown boy named Xu Can looked gloomy, and for some reason he was a little creepy.
"Nothing, the kid said this is a haunted house."
Liang Xiu also found Xiaoman's words a little funny.
Xu Can glanced at Liang Xiu and asked, "Brother Liang, are you afraid of ghosts?"
Liang Xiu said, "It depends on the situation."
If there were no ghosts, then he would definitely not be afraid. What people call not being afraid is because they don't believe it. You don't believe that there are ghosts in this world, and you have never seen them, so you say you are not afraid.
If ghosts really existed in this world, people would definitely be afraid of them.
"Is that so..." Xu Can said with a smile, "That's okay. If you get scared living here, just stomp your feet hard and the ghost won't dare to come out."
"Really?" Liang Xiu didn't understand why people would stamp their feet out of fear of ghosts?
"Can stomping your feet scare away ghosts?"
Hearing this, Xu Can glanced at him and smiled.
"No, stomping your feet can kill ghosts."
Liang Xiu: "..."
Why does Xu Can look so sinister and not like a good person?
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