Chapter 35 The Mutilated Female Corpse
Li Shiyue and his group arrived in a donkey cart. They brought the cart so that they could store the things they bought and easily take them back.
However, as Li Shiyue walked along the official road leading to the prefectural city, she could vaguely smell a stench of decay. At first, she thought she might be mistaken, but the stench of corpses was too obvious to ignore.
"Brother Shiyang?"
Li Shiyang turned to look at Li Shiyue, and the others also looked at Li Shiyue.
Ever since Li Shiyue said those words in front of everyone that night, that women shouldn't always rely on men for protection and that they should stand up for themselves and learn to resist, the people of Li Family Village have more or less felt that Li Shiyue is no ordinary young woman.
Not to mention, when the men cleaning up the corpses of those refugees saw the crotches of the refugees killed by Li Shiyue and her sisters, even though they were all strong men, they couldn't help but clench their groins and quickly walk away when they saw Li Shiyue, such a young girl.
Along the way, everyone naturally noticed that Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian were strong enough to be strong men.
Therefore, when Li Shiyang said he wanted to bring his two young daughters, Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian, into the city, no one objected.
Or perhaps they don't dare to object.
Li Shiyue was not afraid of the stares she was getting. She frowned and said to Li Shiyang, "Can't you smell it?"
The stench of decay wafted on the wind.
Li Shiyang suddenly realized that he had indeed smelled some strange odors earlier, but he hadn't thought much of it. Now that Li Shiyue had mentioned it, he realized that it was indeed the smell of a corpse.
But the mortuary outside the city is not on the road leading into the city!
Li Shiyue drew a machete from his waist and said to everyone, "Everyone, grab your weapons. It'll be more reassuring to have something in your hands."
After Li Shiyue said that, Li Wangshui was the first to respond. He immediately pulled a machete from the cart and took it into his hand.
Sure enough, just as Li Shiyue had said, after the donkey cart had traveled some distance and the city gate was now faintly visible, a female corpse, already quite decomposed, lay openly by the roadside.
Yes, it was a female corpse!
Holding a machete, Li Shiyue carefully approached the body. Looking at the female corpse on the ground, which was mostly rotten but still barely clothed, she felt nauseous.
"Sister, don't come any closer!"
Unable to bear it any longer, Li Shiyue turned around and pulled Li Qiutian, who was walking over, to the other side. She squatted down and vomited a few times before she could stop feeling nauseous.
Li Qiutian patted Li Shiyue's back worriedly, "Shall I get you a bowl of water?"
Li Shiyue shook her head, suppressing her nausea. She stood up and turned to Li Shiyang, who had already seen the mutilated female corpse, and said, "Brother Shiyang, there's a corpse left unattended so close to the city gate. I wonder what's going on at the city gate ahead?"
I suggested that we send two people to check it out first. If there are any problems, they should come back quickly and we can discuss it together then.
Finally, Li Shiyang sent out Ma Zi and Wei Zi, who were fast runners.
Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian cut some dry grass by the roadside, and together they dragged the female corpse to the grassy area beside the road.
Since the tools weren't handy, they used wild grass to completely cover the female corpse, which served as a way of burying her.
Li Shiyue stood in front of the pile of wild grass, her face bearing a faint sadness.
At this moment, Li's father kept a safe distance from Li Shiyue, as if afraid of picking up something from her.
Li Shiyang walked over to Li Shiyue and said, "You have done your best to collect his body, that's enough, don't be sad."
Li Shiyue shook her head: "I don't feel sad, and they're not people I know."
"It's just that life is hard in this world, so I have some feelings about it."
Li Shiyang looked at Li Shiyue, who was a head shorter than him and at most reached his shoulder. Although he had never had any contact with Li Shiyue in the past few days, he felt that Li Shiyue was not like a young girl in her prime, but rather had the air of an elder who had seen it all.
Let's not talk about this anymore.
Brother Shiyang, do you think we can still go into town to buy salt today?
If we can't get into the city, what will we do with the salt?
On our way to Dengzhou, will we pass through any other cities where we can buy salt?
Just as Li Shiyang was about to answer, he looked up and saw that Ma Zi and Wei Zi had run back.
Pockmarked and Mole, covered in sweat from running, quickly caught their breath and said to Li Shiyang, "Let's walk along the path through the wild grass."
There was a strong stench along the way, and we encountered quite a few corpses that looked similar to the woman's body.
Some...some..."
Ma Zi looked at the moles and couldn't bring himself to say it. He sighed and continued, "Some of them look like they've been eaten by someone. They must have died a few days ago. They were small children, and judging by their size, they were only two or three years old."
The child's remaining body had teeth marks, meaning he was eaten alive!
Before everyone could accept the news, Ma Zi continued, "If we go any further, we'll see that the city gate is packed with people, lying down, sitting, all of them."
But the city gates were closed, tightly shut.
I have good eyesight, and if I look up at the city wall, I can see people standing there.
Ma Zi and I stood on the grass for a while, and then we saw someone at the city gate trying to go forward, and the people on the city wall shot arrows down!
We were terrified, watching as the arrows shot and killed several people at a time.
Seeing this, we didn't dare stay any longer, so we quickly took a side path and came back.
Li Shiyue hadn't expected the situation in the prefectural city to be so serious. "It looks like we won't be able to enter the city."
Li Shiyang said, "I do have another method, but I don't know if it will work."
He turned around and said to the crowd, "If Pockmarked and Mole are not mistaken, then those outside the city must be refugees who have fled from various counties due to famine. It must be because the prefectural city does not have enough food and water that no relief has been provided."
But it's also possible that the prefect was unwilling to share the limited food and water with the refugees, which is why he closed the city gates, intending to wear them down.
"What method did Brother Shiyang suggest?"
"When I was still studying in the prefectural city, I met the son of a city guard by chance. Although he was not very talented in studying, we got along well. After drinking together a few times, I learned from him about a gap in the city wall."
If we can find that gap, we might be able to sneak into the prefectural city to buy salt.
If we miss the prefectural city, it will be difficult to find a small town to buy salt on the way to Dengzhou.”
Li Shiyang frowned. "If the prefectural city is like this, the smaller cities must be in even more trouble."
Since Li Shiyang had said so, everyone agreed to go find the breach in the city wall he mentioned, so that their trip wouldn't be in vain.
"But I've never been to that place, and I'm not sure if I can find it."
If we all go, it might be too conspicuous.
So, I led the way, and Sister October and Uncle Wangshui went with me. Both of them were strong and had the courage to fight. If they encountered anything on the way, they would be able to fight back.
how? "
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