Chapter 205 Revenge
A desperate dog will jump over the wall. They know that their true colors have been discovered and this gang will definitely not tolerate them, so a fight is inevitable.
The man holding the knife would do whatever it takes to save himself, even if he might be hit by an arrow, he would run away and rush towards the direction where there were women and children.
A dozen men with knives scattered around. The women and children who would scream, howl, and run away if they were seen on the periphery. They were the easiest to deal with, but today, as if they had seen a ghost, no one ran away and no one was afraid. He picked two of the softest persimmons who looked the easiest to pinch, two young ladies who looked to be in their early ten years old.
But even such a young lady stared at him with shining eyes.
That was clearly the look of someone seeing prey.
The weapons they got from the rebels, the shiny swords that made them invincible in the periphery, were useless here. Before he could rush over and swing the swords, the two children over there and another teenager next to him had already picked up long sticks and rushed towards him? ? ? ?
A long stick, a piece of wood, what good is it?
In the past he could just snap and snatch the object away, but today, the three long sticks in the hands of the three children were too powerful and he could not catch them at all. They were like flexible snakes, hitting him from top to bottom and middle, making him jump and scream. After a few rounds, his hands were hit so hard that he couldn't even hold the handle of the knife, and he fell to the ground with a snap. He was also hit hard on his shoulder, back and legs. His knees bent in pain, and he knelt down with a snap, and was beaten by the long sticks and could not get up again.
It’s reversed, it’s reversed, everything is reversed.
He was holding a knife but he was the one who got beaten.
How could this be???
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Forty-seven people.
Nineteen people had arrow wounds on their bodies, eleven or twelve others tried to resist and escape but were beaten down with sticks. The remaining dozen or so, including women and some cowardly people, were all tied up.
The Zheng family was obviously in a bad mood. Thinking of the misfortune that Zheng Danniu had suffered in the county, and the fact that Shen Lie had a victim, Shen Jin, on his side, the people from the two villages all looked at Chen Lie and the Zheng family father and son.
Shen Lie was easy to deal with. He asked Shen Jin directly: "Do you want to do it yourself or do you want me to help you?"
Shen Jin had never experienced such a thing before, but even though his hands were shaking, he firmly raised them to take the knife from Shen Lie: "I'll do it myself."
Shen Lie saw that he was extremely tense, and rubbed Shen Jin's head: "Okay, no need to be here, I will teach you later."
Looking at the four tied brothers, it was as if they were looking at four dead people.
As for Zheng the Butcher, his eyes were red and he was holding a bloody butcher knife in his hand. Zheng Dalang looked at his father and said, "Dad, call my sister out. She has to point out the enemy and she has to see this revenge taken."
Otherwise, his sister will never be able to get out and get well in her life.
Butcher Zheng obviously knew that this was probably the only way to help his daughter get out of that nightmare. He nodded and looked at Zheng Erlang: "Go, and ask your mother and sister-in-law to accompany you."
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This was the first time that Sang Luo saw Zheng Danniu since the time she delivered the medicine.
She seldom comes here. Zheng Danniu's condition is not good and she basically never leaves the house. She never runs into him in the few times she comes here. She only knows that her fever has subsided.
Only now did I realize that Zheng Da Nv was in a dazed state, holding a straw pillow in her hands, and was supported by her mother and sister-in-law on her left and right. When she saw a bunch of people tied up outside, Zheng Da Nv didn't react at all, and all her attention was on the straw pillow in her arms.
Butcher Zheng walked over and wanted to pull his daughter back, but he had a bloody knife in his hand, so he had to stop and said, "Girl, come and see who this is."
He walked a few steps towards the tied woman. One of the woman's feet was cut in half, and only the other half was still connected to her leg. She was in so much pain that she wanted to faint, but she was still conscious and did not faint. She was in so much pain that she was covered in cold sweat and her whole body felt like she had been soaked in water.
Butcher Zheng pulled her hair back, revealing the woman's complete face for his daughter to see.
Zheng Da Nv was still coaxing the straw pillow in her arms. Zheng's mother had already recognized who it was. She held Zheng Da Nv's hand and clenched it tightly. Zheng Da Nv felt pain from her mother's hold. She subconsciously looked at her mother, then looked in the direction her mother was looking.
Her eyes were lifeless at first, but when she recognized who that person was, her pupils suddenly shrank, and she shuddered. Her expression suddenly changed, and she hugged the straw pillow in her arms and backed away, crying and calling out for her parents and brother randomly as she backed away.
Zheng Erlang's eyes turned red, and he supported Zheng Da Niu: "Don't be afraid, Da Niu, we are all here, tell your second brother, who killed Yuan Niang? Who cut your flesh?"
“Yuan Niang, Yuan Niang.” Zheng Danniu cried, hugged the straw pillow and hid behind Zheng Erlang, shaking her head: “Don’t touch my Yuan Niang, don’t touch my Yuan Niang.”
She didn't listen to her brother at all.
Zheng Erlang turned around and grabbed her: "No one can touch you. Your parents are here, and your brother is here too. Tell me, who touched you before?"
Zheng Da Nv started to sob and buried her head in Zheng Erlang's chest, crying and calling for her second brother.
Seeing that she was not as frightened as before, Zheng Erlang tentatively led the man to the woman and said, "Don't be afraid. I will avenge you and Yuan Niang. Just tell me who they are."
The closer Zheng Erlang led Zheng Daniu, the more terrified the woman became. She had no idea that Zheng Daniu was still alive. How could she be alive? Wasn't she already...
The woman's breathing became rapid until she met Zheng Danniang's gaze. She looked at her with her trembling chin raised, "She, she was the one who took Yuanniang away. They cut me with a knife. My Yuanniang, my Yuanniang."
Zheng Daniu hugged the straw pillow tightly and then hugged her own hands: "My arms hurt, brother, my arms hurt, my legs hurt."
The woman shook her head repeatedly and said to Zheng the butcher and even some villagers around Zheng's family whom she didn't know at all: "Zheng Da Niu is crazy. How can you believe a madman? How can crazy words count?"
Butcher Zheng had already kicked it and asked his daughter with red eyes: "Big girl, look again, is there anything else here?"
Together with Zheng Dalang, the father and son pulled the tied men up by their hair one by one and lifted their faces up for Zheng Danv to see. Most of the people who were pulled up were indifferent, except for three men in the second row who refused to cooperate and lifted their heads up. Finally, they were kicked several times by Zheng the butcher and lost their strength. They were pulled up like dead fish.
Little did she know that when Zheng Danniu saw the faces of the three men clearly, she trembled all over and stepped back grabbing her clothes. Then she realized that the three men were tied up and kneeling, and were even shorter than her. She was less afraid and her hatred emboldened her. She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she pounced over and snatched the butcher knife from her father's hand.
Before Sang Luo and the others who were still watching on the sidelines could even react, she had already pounced on those people.
All the fear, pain, collapse and despair seemed to have finally found an outlet in the repeated swings of the knife. The knife light was accompanied by loud cries of collapse, and the vague curses from the mouth were even difficult to distinguish. One could only roughly hear Yuanniang, beast.
Shen Ning and Xu Wenyin were startled and stepped back, hiding behind the wall of people and not daring to look. Shen An, Xu Wenbo, Erniu and Zhou Silang, who were still young, were also frightened and took a step back.
Sang Luo vaguely guessed something, her heart sank, and she turned her eyes away, unable to bear to listen or watch any more.
No one tried to stop Zheng Danniu because most people could guess what had happened. There were countless Zheng Danniu and her children in this world. They were just lucky enough to escape into the mountains and avoid such a terrible fate.
The Zheng family did not stop her. Zheng the butcher waited until his daughter was exhausted and dropped the knife, then he went over and caught it with one hand.
The more than 40 kidnapped people saw their three accomplices and the woman they kept die so tragically that two of them became wet and peed their pants out of fear. Even those who had done many evil things and were brave became weak and collapsed on the spot. In the entire area outside the village, the only sound could be heard, Zheng Danniu, lying in her father's arms and crying loudly, crying until she was hoarse.
But this kind of crying made Zheng's mother and Zheng Dalang's wife look expectant, because they had never seen her cry like this since they rescued the person. They wished they could hug her straw pillow and curl up in the corner of the bed every day, curling up in her own world.
Mother Zheng walked over and tentatively called out, "Big girl?"
Following the sound, Zheng Danniu looked at her mother, then her eldest sister-in-law, eldest brother, and second brother, one by one, as if she had just met a relative. Finally, her eyes fell on her father's empty sleeve. Some of her vague memories finally became connected, and she held the empty sleeve and cried.
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When the older men of the Feng family saw that Zheng Danniu's eyes had become clear again and the family had cried together, they stepped forward and asked Chen Lie, "What do you think we should do?"
Those people, naturally, refer to the four brothers who harmed Tian Ya.
Shen Jin stared at Zheng Danniu and the pool of blood for a long time, his body shaking, his hand holding the knife trembling, and he was struggling between his conscience and his conscience.
He was shocked and admired Zheng Danniu for being able to take revenge so quickly and efficiently, but he was not as brave as her.
Seeing him like this, Chen Lie said to the elders of the Feng family, "I don't know how many lives they have taken. We can't keep this group alive. Let's deal with them all."
Several elders from the Feng family nodded, but they were at a loss as to how to deal with the situation.
After all, we are all ordinary people. We have killed chickens before, but it would be a bit timid to do it to a stranger.
Chen Lie saw their reaction and understood. He said, "Don't make it difficult. There's no need to dirty our hands with people like this. I'll take care of it. Just pick a few strong men to help me escort the man."
There was no need for the old man to point the finger, as more than a dozen men from the Feng family, Zhou family, Gan family, Zheng family, and even Dong Ge'er's eldest brother stood up.
The Zheng brothers went back and got some things made of rattan sticks for dragging, and brought two drying mats. They dealt with the four dead themselves. As for those who were still alive, their weapons had long been taken away by Xu Wenqing and his people. At this moment, they were tied up tightly with a rope, waiting for Shen Lie's words.
Chen Lie looked at Chen Dashan and said, "You take everyone back first. I'll take Xiao Jin and Wen Qing out for a walk."
Chen Dashan nodded: "Okay, then I'll take everyone back first."
A half-grown child should see blood and gore, but today is enough. Later on, Xiao Jin will take revenge himself, and as for Xu Wenqing, Chen Lie obviously wants to polish him.
Chen Lie looked at Sang Luo, who guessed what he was going to do and warned him, "The blood smells strong, be careful."
"Don't worry, go back and rest first, I'll be back soon."
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There was a short section of the road that overlapped, and the people from this village also came to see them off, so a large group of people turned around and left the village near Zhou's house. However, after they had walked a few steps, Shen Lie, who was walking in front, stopped.
From a distance, I looked at a grove of trees in front of me on the right.
The people behind the bushes also knew that they had been discovered. Seventeen or eighteen young men and teenagers came out one after another holding axes and long sticks.
Chen Lie looked at them; they all looked familiar. Many of them followed them for morning jogs at a distance every day, and he also watched them train secretly from a distance outside the village.
There was indeed some bloodshed on their side, so Chen Lie said, "They are not good people. I don't know how many lives they have taken in the outer circle before they came to the inner circle."
The implication is that they are not acting this way for no reason.
His explanation made the leader of the group so anxious that his tongue almost got tied: "No, no, we just want to see if you need our help."
Shen Lie smiled and said, "No, thank you very much."
The man smiled innocently: "I didn't help much, I don't deserve your thanks."
The young men and boys behind them were all excited, but they also knew that Chen Lie and his men were on a serious mission. Two of them were brave enough to ask, “Shall we help you escort them?”
There are more than forty people.
Chen Lie looked at the two young men, thought for a moment, and nodded: "Okay, thank you very much."
The two young men were so happy that several people of similar age stepped forward and said, "We will help too."
Having six or seven more helpers is naturally a good thing. It was a fork in the road. Sang Luo said something to Shen Lie, and then took Shen Ning and others to prepare to follow Chen Dashan and the others.
As a result, the group of people didn't know how she knew her. When Sang Luo passed by them, everyone from the oldest to the youngest called out in unison, "Madam Sang."
He even bowed his body.
Sang Luo: “…”
She could only nod to them and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
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More than forty people were pushed, pulled and whipped into an old forest with no traces of people. Most of them had arrow wounds on their bodies. It was snowing heavily, and the clean snow was dotted with bright red spots.
One winter morning, after snowing for several days in a row, the sun finally came out from the sky, but it only had the shape of the sun but not its warmth. When we entered the old forest, the sunlight could not penetrate into the forest, and we felt cold to the bone.
After Chen Lie looked around and chose a good place, the people who were still holding on in front were now scared to death. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy. The women inside dared to say anything.
Shen Lie didn't even move his eyes. He just pulled out the oldest of Shen Jin's four enemies, waved at Shen Jin, and before Shen Jin could see clearly, he cut the man's tendons in his hands and feet cleanly.
The man screamed and sweated profusely, but Shen Lie didn't pay him any attention. He just asked Shen Jin: "Do you remember this position?"
“You can want to seek revenge like the Zheng family’s wife, but if you are not used to that kind, look at this. In this old forest, the beasts have already been starving in the middle of winter.”
Shen Jin's breathing became heavier, thinking of the day when he picked up Tian Ya in the suburbs without any news, his cheeks were tense, and he relaxed for a while before saying, "I know, I can handle the other three myself."
Shen Lie stood up, Xu Wenqing also knew what was going on, and helped Shen Jin to subdue them one by one.
Shen Jin handled one and he sent one up.
There were screams in the woods. The thirty or so people at the back were almost scared crazy by the scene. Except for a few young men who volunteered to come in later, none of the people who followed to escort them were cowardly.
They confiscated a lot of weapons, including several knives, axes, hatchets and hoes. At this time, it didn't matter what they were, as long as they could achieve their goal.
The legs of the young men who came to help escort the people were a little weak, but they had hidden behind the trees and listened in the morning, so they actually knew who these people were. What they feared most on the periphery was this group of evil spirits. The older ones gritted their teeth and bravely took a few steps forward.
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There were screams one after another above the old forest. Those who had been so powerful in the outer circle for several months and had robbed, killed and beaten almost all of them were done to death. They felt that their lives were not satisfying and went to the inner circle to find new targets. When they set out, they never thought that they would lose their lives as soon as they entered the inner circle and encountered the first wave of people.
They died in such a horrible way, lying in the snow and ice. The whole forest was filled with a strong smell of blood, but they were still alive.
Still alive.
I heard the roar of beasts, one roar after another, getting closer and closer.
At this moment, I wish I could bleed to death, or freeze to death, or at worst be scared to death, which is better than being alive and conscious and being bitten to death.
But they had no choice, because besides the smell of blood, another different fishy wind was already blowing over.
Before they died, what flashed before their eyes were the desperate and frightened faces of those who had been stabbed by their knives.
In the end, it overlaps with these people themselves.
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Snow started to rise from the sky again. With just a good snowfall, the world would return to peace and cleanliness.
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