Gu Hong was really a little angry. They didn't know each other at first, so couldn't his words and actions bring back memories for her? And now she still had no suspicions?
Shen Ning thought: “…”
Although the words made Ana Shen feel strange, she still raised her eyes and engraved the appearance of the man in front of her into her mind.
"General, your handsomeness is unprecedented. Even a common woman like me can recognize you from a thousand miles away after only one glance."
Gu Hong gritted his teeth and said, "I think you don't remember the face, but the outfit."
The atmosphere suddenly became extremely weird, and Ana Shen smiled and avoided the words.
"Thank you for your mercy, General. I will convince everyone as soon as possible."
Several leaders knew that the officers and soldiers wanted to release the common people and it had nothing to do with them.
Even after their tendons were cut, they were still struggling. "What are you still hesitating about? Hurry up and kill those people from the government office! You are all members of the Black Cloud Village. Do you really think you can escape the blame?"
Shen Ningsi said with a smile: "Everyone came to Black Cloud Village to eat and survive, not to die in the fight against the officers and soldiers. Those who have committed many evil deeds in Black Cloud Village are unforgivable, but those villagers who saw their children starved to death do not deserve to die! They did not commit evil with you, and became..."
"What's more, they didn't just starve your children to death."
Shen Ningsi's face darkened, "Most of you are from the village at the foot of the mountain. Do you know why there is no water source suddenly?"
The air condensed for a moment, and the third in command's confidant was furious, "Shen Ningsi, I'm going to tear your mouth apart!"
He held the dagger in his hand and was about to slash at Shen Ningsi's face.
Shen Ningsi had not anticipated this situation. She was born in a peaceful and prosperous era, and things like using knives had never happened in her life.
Looking at the dagger falling straight towards his eyes, Shen Ningsi seemed to be able to hear his own heartbeat.
Under extreme tension, Shen Ningsi felt that his body was completely out of control.
Just when the tip of the knife was only a palm's distance away from her pupil, a pair of bony hands grasped the man's wrist. Shen Ningsi seemed to feel the chill from the tip of the knife.
A cold sneer came from behind her, and her eyelids were covered by the warm and dry palms. Shen Ningsi could only hear the sound for a moment.
"ah!"
The man's screams, accompanied by the sound of breaking bones, were particularly terrifying.
"Drag him away." A careless voice came from above.
Shen Ningsi came back to his senses and quickly pulled the hand covering his eyes, "Thank you, General, for saving me."
She glanced behind her and saw that the tall village gate had been shattered into pieces and the black-clad cavalry were already standing inside the village. Although they had not taken action, everyone knew that as long as this general gave the order, the Black Cloud Village would really be razed to the ground.
"I saved your life, and you just brushed it off with a simple thank you?"
“…”
Shen Ningsi's previous touched emotions instantly vanished, and she put on a fake smile, "What thank you gift do you want, General? I will definitely satisfy you even if I sell everything I have."
Gu Hong raised his eyebrows and rubbed his fingertips, as if he was still missing the warm feeling he had just touched.
He looked Shen Ningsi up and down, his Adam's apple moving slightly, "You don't need to sell everything you have. I'll have my own way to thank you in the future."
He whistled and waved his hands without looking back, "I told you I'd give you a quarter of an hour, but there's not much time left."
Shen Ningsi's face turned serious, and she didn't have time to think about what the man meant by the future. She turned around and said, "Wanning Village is indeed short of water, but it's not to the point that you can't find a drop of water in your village."
"It's because the water flowing to the village was cut off at the source, so you were forced to come to Black Cloud Village to find water." Shen Ningsi spoke word by word.
"You chose to join the Black Cloud Village, so even if they starved your children to death, you accepted it. But have you ever considered that your desperate situation was caused by the people of the Black Cloud Village from the very beginning?"
Shen Ningsi's face darkened. "They plotted to kill people, and you still want to fight for them? In my opinion, you should tear these bastards apart alive, and use your merits to offset your sins. Only then can your past deeds be wiped out!"
"You're talking nonsense! How can you say you're cutting off the water supply? Who has the ability to do that? Besides, Black Cloud Village is also short of water, and no one has extra water to drink!"
"Am I talking nonsense?"
Shen Ningsi pressed on, "If there is no water source, then why do the heads of the family always have red lips and white teeth, and their lips are never chapped? If there is a lack of water, how can they grow mustard greens that require a lot of water to grow?"
She looked back at the pale-faced villagers and said, "Although you can't eat meat, you'll always have plenty of juicy vegetables. They're all grown with the water that originally belonged to you."
Shen Ningsi felt heartbroken.
She remembered the painful look on the woman's face as her child starved to death. The people of Heiyun Village were simply rotten mud.
Shen Ningsi wept bitterly with each word, "They cut off your water supply, and yet they still expect you to work for them out of gratitude. Their crimes are unforgivable, and damnation to the eighteenth level of hell is not an exaggeration."
"you!"
Someone was about to rush forward, but he saw the military officer standing not far behind Shen Ningsi giving him a nasty smile.
Remembering the man's hungry wolf-like eyes, the man who had just mustered up the courage took a step back.
"You...don't just talk nonsense, show me the evidence!"
"evidence?"
Shen Ningsi laughed sarcastically, and she turned back to look at Fan Xing.
"Master Fan, could you please go to the hilltop to the east and see if there is a well?"
"East?"
A villager exclaimed, "Didn't they say that place is full of jackals and wolves? Didn't the boss tell us not to go there?"
He glanced at the pale-faced boss, and somehow guessed the truth. He screamed and rushed towards the boss.
"What have we done wrong? You asked for money, gave us money; you asked for food, gave us food! Why did you cut off our water supply?"
Accompanied by the roar, the entire Black Cloud Village was in an uproar.
Shen Ningsi looked at the scene in front of him and lowered his eyes silently.
Even if the villagers won the fight, it would be of no use because they had already lost the most important thing in their lives.
Fan Xing returned with his men not long after. He glanced at Shen Ningsi in surprise and said, "There is indeed a well in the east. We sent people down to investigate. This well was not dug directly downwards, but led to all directions."
"In other words, all the water from this mountain is gathered in this one well."
After these words were spoken, the villagers unexpectedly quieted down. After getting the confirmed result, they sat down on the ground with confused expressions.
Most of the villains in Heiyun Village were already lying unconscious on the ground with blood all over their heads. Some of them even tried to crawl out of Heiyun Village, but were kicked back by the people of Gu's army.
Gu Hong glanced at Shen Ningsi and said, "You are quite capable. You have only been in this village for one day and you have figured out the location of the water source."
He had also been with Shen Ningsi day and night for half a year, so how come he didn't know that this woman was so smart?
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