The next morning, Ma He was the first to get up. Seeing the two corpses at the door, one of which was a woman's, he couldn't help but say, "Boss, we haven't eaten meat for several days. Why don't we cook this corpse?"
Wu Zhuang was a little scared when he heard this, but when he realized that it wasn't him who was being cooked, he suddenly felt less scared. Although he had been a jerk before, he had never thought of eating people! Ma He saw his fear and said with a smile, "This human flesh will be delicious when cooked."
After saying this, he called on the other brothers to drag the man away. The body had been killed in the second half of the night, so it wasn't frozen solid yet, making it easy to handle. Wu Zhuang watched them, feeling sick to his stomach. Although he had been a thief before, he had never had the urge to kill. This was the first time he had witnessed such a cruel scene. He could still bear it last night, but now seeing such a scene made him feel sick and want to vomit.
Ma He saw this and said disdainfully, "Hurry up and leave. Don't delay us from eating meat."
The white meat was rolling in the pot, and Wu Zhuang ran outside to digest it. When the villagers saw the family at the entrance of the village being killed, anger burned in their chests. The village chief brought people to ask for an explanation.
This was after Datong had told them that Ma Dong had been murdered. Seeing them setting up a huge pot in the yard with white meat boiling on it, Village Chief Ma stumbled and said, "They, they're boiling people! Report to the authorities! Arrest these refugees! We're going to report this to the county government."
After seeing this, Zhu Luo smiled and said, "Old man, we are only staying here temporarily. We will naturally go back after the epidemic is gone."
Village chief Ma looked at the man in front of him and felt a chill in his heart when he heard him say this. Does he need to kill the whole family just to stay with him?
During the standoff, one of the people behind Zhu Luo suddenly began to twitch all over, his face turning black. Seeing this, Village Chief Ma couldn't help but step back and said, "Epidemic! Someone in their group has been infected with the plague!"
The man holding the shovel behind him originally wanted to drive them out, but he didn't expect to encounter such a person with the plague. He was a little scared for a moment and kept backing away. You know, this plague can be contracted without anyone knowing.
Village Chief Ma was also frightened, but he still sent people to the county to find officials to suppress them. Zhu Luo seemed to see their intentions and sneered, "Old man, I was originally just planning to rest here. Since you are so ignorant, don't blame us for being rude."
When the people behind Village Chief Ma heard this, many of them, full of blood and anger, stepped forward and said, "Village Chief, fight them! They are going too far."
"That's right, to avenge our villagers."
Zhu Luo couldn't reach an agreement, his expression changed, and he said, "Brothers, go!"
The Majia villagers rushed forward with axes and shovels, and the scene immediately became chaotic. Even the pot of meat cooking in the yard was kicked over. When the sick man ran to fight them, the Anma villagers directly stabbed him in the back with straw forks.
Seeing that his brothers were unable to resist, Zhu Luo shouted, "Quick, retreat! Run." The people from Majia Village chased them until Wu Zhuang led him into the woods and they gave up the idea of chasing them.
After driving them away, Village Chief Ma saw that many people were injured, and some even died from excessive blood loss. For the first time, he hated himself for not building a gate like other villages, so that the people in Ma Laosan's family would not die.
However, they didn't know the severity of the disease yet, and were still immersed in the joy of having driven them away. The next day, many villagers began to develop high fevers, their faces flushed. Village Chief Ma had no choice but to harness his ox cart and head to the city. The gates of Yuguan County were now closed, so if they had any problems, they could only wait at the gates and wait for the soldiers to come out before they could speak to them.
He waited until noon before one of the officers finally opened the door. He quickly stepped forward and said, "Officer, help! Everyone in our village has a high fever. Please, officer, please help us get a doctor to treat them!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Qi said with a serious expression, "How many people have a fever?" Village chief Ma replied, "About thirty people." His expression became even more serious after hearing this. So many people have a fever. Could they have been infected with an epidemic?
"Tell me quickly what happened in the past few days." Village Chief Ma then told Wei Qi what happened yesterday morning. He frowned and said, "So you said they have already hidden in the woods and are carrying the plague?"
Village Chief Ma nodded. Seeing Wei Qi's face darken, he explained, "We were short-handed at the time, otherwise we would have captured them and brought them to you." Wei Qi heard this and ordered the guards below, "Go and get a doctor. Have them go to Anma Village. If they've just had a fever, maybe they can be cured. Bring some lime with them, too."
After hearing this, his men immediately said, "Yes, Captain." After Wei Qi finished his instructions, he looked at Village Chief Ma and said, "When you go back, gather all the people with fever together, clean their homes, and sprinkle them with lime."
After handling the matter, he asked someone to report to the county magistrate, and he took his men and doctors to Ma'an Village. This time he wanted to catch the people with the plague, otherwise the villages here would also be infected.
Time goes back to one day ago,
After Wu Zhuang led his men away, they headed into the mountains. He realized there was another way to get into Changjiang Village besides the main gate. The mountain path was difficult to navigate, and they hadn't eaten since their wanderings the previous night. Only after confirming that no one was chasing them did they dare sit down and rest.
Ma He said, "Boss, we ran in such a hurry, where is the food still? Shall we go back to get it tonight?"
After being hit on the head, he said, "Why are you replying? Do you want to be chopped down by them with axes? Go count how many brothers we have."
Ma He glanced at the boss, not daring to speak. He rubbed his head, which was hurt from the beating, and obediently counted. After a while, he came back and said, "Boss, we still have eleven brothers now."
So many people were killed. There were twenty-six or twenty-seven following him before, but now there are only eleven left. He can't swallow this anger!
"Damn it! We'll fight back tonight! We'll catch them off guard."
Ma He echoed, "Boss, you're right! We've been exiled here from the south, and this is the first time we've been so embarrassed! We can't swallow this!"
Zhu Luo glanced at Wu Zhuang and asked, "You are most familiar with this area. Are there any places where we can hide temporarily? Find us a cave to rest first. We will fight back tonight."
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