Chapter 70 Hiding in the Cave
Chen Xiaohua ran to the middle of the mountain and suddenly felt a dull pain in her lower abdomen. She endured it so hard that cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She looked at her husband Gu Yun and mother-in-law Wang in front of her.
"Husband, wait for me, my stomach seems to be a little uncomfortable, please support me."
Upon hearing this, Wang turned around and started to curse: "Bah, you are running for your life now, and you are still pretending to be sick? What's wrong with you? When I was pregnant with Yun, I went up the mountain to chop firewood at eight months old. Stop being so pretentious!"
Then she looked at her son Gu Yun who was supporting her, and sobbed, "Yun'er! Look at the wife you married. She couldn't stand you just supporting an old woman like me, and she even cursed the baby in her belly to compete for your favor."
Gu Yun looked at Chen Xiaohua and saw that her face seemed to be a little pale. She was a little worried. After all, the baby in her belly was his. He said to Wang: "Mom, I see that Xiaohua looks pale..."
Before Gu Yun could finish his words, Wang suddenly sat down on the ground, slapping her thigh and crying.
"Woo woo! It's not easy for me! My son forgot about me as soon as he got married! What's the point of me living? I won't run away. I'll just wait here for the bandits to come and chop me to death! So that I won't get in the way."
Hearing this, Gu Yun quickly helped Wang up and said, "Mom, what are you talking about? How could I abandon my own mother? I have always remembered your teachings. Dad died after being conscripted into the army. It was you who raised me up with so much hardship. I will listen to you all my life."
Then he looked at Chen Xiaohua and said, "Xiaohua, my mother has a hard time. She is so old! Her legs and feet are not convenient, I have to take care of her. We are running for our lives, just bear with it, maybe she will be fine soon."
After saying that, he supported Wang and continued walking up the mountain, leaving the pale-faced Chen Xiaohua behind.
Chen Xiaohua looked at the two people who didn't even turn their heads. Somehow, she couldn't help but feel a sense of regret in her heart. But looking at Gu Yun's elegant and gentlemanly back, she was reluctant to leave and had to follow him while holding her stomach.
At this time, everyone in the Xu family and many villagers in the village saw the cave and were surprised to go into the cave to hide. Before Xu Xiaoju went in, she happened to see Xu Zhiyi and the head of the village family walking down the slope.
She cursed him in her heart, "What a fool!" He didn't hide in the cave but went to the hillside instead. She had never seen anyone so stupid.
The bandits at the foot of the mountain dismounted, lined up in a row, and searched directly from the bottom of the mountain to the top.
Villagers from Liuhe Village and people fleeing famine were hiding in the grass. When they heard the bandits' voices getting closer, they couldn't help shaking.
"Ah! Mother!"
A child from an unknown family suddenly screamed, and everyone, realizing they were exposed, stood up and ran away.
"Fifth Master, it turns out they were all hiding in the bushes"
The fifth boss looked at the people who were running around in panic, his eyes filled with excitement like a cat playing with a mouse.
Then he waved his hand and said, "Catch up with him and kill him!"
"ah!!"
"Don't kill me...Ah!"
The bandits chased after them and stabbed them with a brutal blow, killing more than a dozen people.
“Have mercy!”
"Please spare my son! He is so young and doesn't know anything! If you want to kill him..."
The couple knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but before they could even finish their words, the bandits slit their throats.
A six-year-old boy nearby burst into tears when he saw his parents lying on the ground.
"Wow, Daddy..." The little boy's voice stopped instantly and he fell beside his parents.
"Fifth Master, there's a cave over there. I guess they're all hiding inside!"
Upon hearing this, the Fifth Master burst into laughter: "Haha...haha...here he is walking into a trap and waiting for us, right? Haha...haha!!"
The others also laughed.
Xu Zhiyi also heard the noise and knew that the bandits had spotted everyone hiding in the cave.
The village head thought that most of the villagers had taken refuge in the caves. If bandits got in, there would be no one left alive! His sense of responsibility kept coming up. What should he do to give the villagers a glimmer of hope of survival?
Mrs. Hu looked at the head of the village. Although she didn't say anything, she knew what he was thinking just by looking at his expression as they had been married for many years. She immediately muttered angrily:
"Put away your bad intentions. Do you want to use our family's lives to exchange for the lives of those ungrateful bastards?"
Upon hearing this, the village head shook his head, sighed and whispered: "Alas, I have been the village head for twenty years, and I think I have done my duty to everyone in Liuhe Village. This time, I will leave it to God!"
Just as he finished speaking, screams were heard from the cave.
Xu Zhiyi felt a chill in her heart when she heard this. As a person who traveled from the modern era to the peaceful era, even when she had a fight with the refugees a few days ago, she had deliberately avoided their vital points and did not kill them. She dared to fight, but when it came to killing people, her mind told her that she couldn't do it.
But now she felt the people falling one by one outside and the strong smell of blood, which made her truly realize the brutality of this dynasty.
If they are accidentally discovered, the only outcome will be a fight to the death. If you want to survive, you must let them die.
Xu Zhiyi climbed up quietly and took a secret look. He saw five or six bandits guarding the entrance of the cave. If he stood up at this time, they would definitely find him, so he had no choice but to lie down obediently.
The villagers of Liuhe Village in the cave were so scared when they saw their companions falling down that they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
The Fifth Master glanced through the crowd, looking at those young girls, his eyes full of smiles: "Oh, look, these women are all quite pretty."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the women present hid behind their families.
The bandits nearby saw this and started to make fun of him.
"Hey, what's wrong? Are you shy?"
"Haha, our Fifth Master is still the most charming. Look, the beauties are hiding in shame!"
"Fifth Master, you have to give us brothers some of the leftovers you picked out to satisfy our cravings!"
Upon hearing this, the Fifth Master waved his hand and said, "Take the women back to the village, and kill the old men!"
When Old Lady Xu heard this, she was so frightened that she couldn't stand up and sat on the ground, shaking: "Woo, don't kill me, I have two granddaughters. If you catch them, we will be relatives, right?"
Upon hearing this, Old Man Xu immediately agreed: "Yes, yes, yes, please, gentlemen, let our family go!"
Xu Xiaoju and Xu Yunyue couldn't believe what the two elders said. They were their granddaughters! How could they treat her like this?
The Fifth Master looked at Old Lady Xu and Old Man Xu with disdain and said, "Except for the young woman, kill everyone else!"
When the villagers in the cave heard this, they were so scared that they wanted to rush out to fight for a chance to live, but they were stabbed in the chest by the bandits standing at the door.
"Ah!!!" The villagers were so frightened when they saw this situation.
Xu Xiaoju and Xu Yunyue were lifted up by someone, and they were so scared that they struggled desperately.
"Mom, Dad, save me, save me"
Everyone in the Xu family looked at the dead man lying on the ground and was so frightened that they dared not say a word.
Xu Xiaoju suddenly remembered something and shouted, "Please let me go, I have a younger sister, she is prettier than me, I know where she is hiding, woo woo"
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