"Ah Dong! Did you do the job of wiping out everyone in the village?"
Xu Yuehuai came up behind A Dong and immediately asked him a question.
After hearing this, A-Dong slowly turned his head.
Xu Yuehuai noticed that A Dong had gone blind in one eye; the entire eyeball was gone.
When she was at a distance, she only saw the outline of Ah Dong and did not see any change in his eyes. Now that she saw this scene, she was somewhat surprised.
"Can you see my eyes? Do you know why my eyes are like this?"
"Ever since you left, they've wanted to kill me! They've wanted to take my life!"
"They called me a monster, said I was possessed, and wanted to exorcise the evil spirits from me!"
"They're not trying to exorcise me, they're just afraid I'll hurt them, so they want to kill me!"
As Ah Dong spoke, he looked extremely dejected, forcing a bitter smile.
"So you just killed all the villagers?"
"They've helped you for so many years, why would you do this?"
"If you have the ability to escape, then don't cause so much bloodshed!"
Xu Yuehuai really couldn't understand why A Dong could be so ruthless as to kill more than a hundred people in the village.
Upon hearing this, A-Dong let out a few cold laughs.
“I didn’t kill them at all. When they tried to kill me, I struggled to escape and I don’t know anything after that.”
"So they were all dead. They really brought it on themselves. They deserved it. Good riddance!"
Xu Yuehuai noticed that A Dong's mental state seemed a bit off, and wondered if what A Dong was saying might not be true.
She turned to look at Qi Guze beside her and asked for his opinion.
Do you think what he said is true?
Qi Guze said, "He has no reason to lie to us."
However, a short while later, A Dong suddenly rushed forward with a dagger in his hand, intending to harm Xu Yuehuai.
Qi Guze was protecting Xu Yuehuai. When he saw A Dong rushing over with a dagger, he kicked A Dong away.
"What are you doing? Why are you targeting us? Is someone deliberately instructing you?"
Qi Guze guessed that A Dong might have escaped with someone's help, and that their encounter here might not be a coincidence.
Ah Dong lay down on the ground, coughed painfully a few times, and then said to them, "Do I need a reason to kill you all?"
“If you hadn’t suddenly appeared in the village, I wouldn’t be like this. Maybe I would have stayed in the village and lived an ordinary life.”
"But because of your arrival, I am now homeless, and everyone in the village has died. You may have done this, but you are now crying wolf and blaming me. You are disgusting!"
Xu Yuehuai never expected that A Dong would misunderstand them so much, even blaming them for the deaths of the villagers, when they had treated him so well.
"What each person does and what choices they make is mostly unrelated to others. The fact that you've come to this point is not our fault at all. It's all your own choice, and you can't blame anyone else."
Xu Yuehuai spoke to A Dong, but A Dong's eyes were extremely cold as he looked at her, like a demon crawling out of hell, staring at her as if he wanted to bite off a piece of her flesh.
"It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be like this! Stop making excuses! You must have killed the villagers!"
Ah Dong seemed to be possessed, completely ignoring what Xu Yuehuai and the others were saying, and placing all the blame on them.
Xu Yuehuai saw that A Dong had lost his normal mind and seemed to have become a madman who only knew how to kill. If they ignored A Dong, he would probably do something even more vicious and hurt other innocent people.
She then said to Qi Guze, "It seems that Adong has a mental problem. We can't just leave him here. Let's take him back later!"
Qi Guze had the same idea and quickly nodded in agreement.
Then Qi Guze went straight up and sealed several major acupoints on A Dong's body, rendering him unable to move. He then dragged him to the tent they had set up.
Pei Xuan was somewhat surprised to see Qi Guze return with A Dong.
"Your Highness, what should we do with this person?" Pei Xuan asked Qi Guze.
Qi Guze said, "He's having a mental breakdown right now, we can't just leave him out there. Send someone to keep a close eye on him, and once he's recovered, we'll find a place to release him."
Upon hearing this, Pei Xuan immediately did as he was told, and A Dong was placed under their supervision.
Over the next few days, they bought supplies at the market, stockpiled some daily necessities, and prepared a lot of dry food for their journey.
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened! That Ah Dong has escaped!" Pei Xuan suddenly rushed over and told Qi Guze and the others.
Xu Yuehuai's pupils dilated in surprise.
"How could Ah Dong suddenly escape when so many of you were watching him?"
Pei Xuan said, "A Dong is skilled in using poison; those guarding him have all been poisoned unconscious."
"So Ah Dong knows how to use poison. That makes sense. The villagers who were burned to death were all unconscious from the poison. Perhaps Ah Dong didn't start the fire, but he was the one who poisoned the villagers."
"And the poison in the dry rations the village chief gave us was probably also put in by A-Dong."
As Xu Yuehuai analyzed and spoke, a glint suddenly appeared in her eyes.
After learning that A Dong was skilled in using poison, Qi Guze also came up with a good idea to take advantage of A Dong.
“Since Ah Dong is so skilled with poison, he might be able to help us in the future. Now you should take some men and bring Ah Dong back.”
Qi Guze ordered Pei Xuan to hunt down A Dong and bring him back. Pei Xuan immediately went to carry out the order.
The place where A-Dong escaped must be near this village. They searched around the village, and as soon as they smelled a special scent, they knew that A-Dong must be in the vicinity.
After searching for a long time, Pei Xuan and his men finally caught a whiff of A Dong's scent on a small path.
They quickly and secretly moved forward, intending to pursue Ah Dong.
But as they continued forward, they found no trace of him. Could it be that Ah Dong wasn't around?
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