Li Lanzhen quickly returned to the road.
She simply didn't have the courage to go back into that room!
After vomiting for a while, she felt a little better, but she didn't dare to look back at the family.
She continued walking to see what the situation was like in the other households in the village.
What puzzled Li Lianzhen was that, apart from this family, she had already walked through half the village. The courtyards and houses of these families were all clean and tidy, but there was no sign of human habitation. However, it did not seem like they had fled to escape famine, because the furniture in each house was still complete and there were no signs of damage.
Therefore, it seems that the person who killed the first family at the entrance of the village was probably seeking revenge or for some other reason, and did not harm any other families in the village.
But where did the other families in the village go?
While thinking, Li Lanzhen looked at each house one by one and finally arrived at a large courtyard near the foot of the mountain.
This courtyard is very grand, with blue brick and tile houses, double doors, and a sturdy and heavy appearance.
The gate to the courtyard was unlocked.
Li Lanzhen used the large stick in her hand to push open the heavy courtyard gate, and the entire courtyard came into view.
The courtyard was paved with blue flagstones. The main building was tall and had three sets of double doors. There were three rooms in each of the east and west wing rooms.
There should also be a backyard.
Li Lanzhen looked at the plaque above the doorway in the middle of the main room.
This turned out to be the village's ancestral hall.
She didn't go any further; instead, she turned back, intending to take another look at the other side of the village.
Unexpectedly, she was hit on the back of the head with a stone, which hurt her a lot.
"Who is it? Show yourself!"
Li Lanzhen turned around, gripping the big stick and electric baton tightly in her hands, glaring angrily into the ancestral hall.
She could sense that the stone that attacked her was thrown from the ancestral hall.
Moreover, the aim was very good, but the force wasn't very strong; it must have been thrown by a child.
Seeing that there was no movement inside the ancestral hall, Li Lanzhen stepped inside.
She thought to herself that no matter what the child's purpose was in hitting her, she had to find him and see what was going on!
Was the child alone? Or was the entire village hiding in the ancestral hall?
If everyone in the village is here, how could such a tragic situation have occurred at that house at the village entrance?
Generally speaking, if such a thing is discovered in a village, everyone should go and bury it.
Li Lanzhen didn't make a move; she simply used a large stick to push open the door and immediately hid to one side of the door.
She stood and listened for a while, and when she found no movement inside the ancestral hall, she went into the courtyard of the ancestral hall.
Li Lanzhen stood in the courtyard of the ancestral hall and observed for a while.
No cellars or similar structures were found in the yard.
Judging from the size of this village, there should be more than a hundred people.
If there were no cellars in the ancestral hall, how could so many people be hidden?
Li Lanzhen dragged her large club, the first one striking the ground, making a buzzing sound on the blue stone slabs.
She did it on purpose, to scare and warn the people inside.
Upon reaching the main entrance of the ancestral hall, one sees that the black paint on the gate is somewhat faded.
The door was unlocked, leading Li Lanzhen to guess that someone might be living here.
Li Lanzhen pushed the door open with a large stick, preparing to defend herself.
She walked step by step to the altar where the ancestral tablets of the village were placed, and stood still.
Behind, on the entire wall, memorial tablets were neatly arranged in layers.
Many of them are newly added, crudely made, and the handwriting on them is childish, clearly children's notes.
Li Lanzhen noticed that the memorial tablets and offering tables were very clean, and there were even a few wild fruits on the offering tables.
This further confirmed her suspicions.
There are people in this village, but for some reason they have all gone into hiding.
Suddenly, Li Lanzhen's ears twitched. She felt a gust of wind coming towards her calves from under the offering table.
She quickly jumped to the other side of the offering table and swung the big stick in her hand.
Where he had just stood, a gleaming sickle and a child's arm appeared.
Immediately afterwards, a child emerged, raised a sickle, and viciously slashed at Li Lanzhen.
Li Lanzhen quickly used the baton in her hand to block the attack.
And he shouted, "Why are you hurting me?"
Suddenly, the child stopped wielding the sickle, but still glared menacingly at Li Lanzhen.
"You're a woman, a female assassin! You killed everyone in our village, wasn't that enough? You had to wipe us out too!"
"Don't even think about leaving our village today!"
Then he stared at Li Lanzhen and shouted loudly.
"Sister Shanxing, come out! Let's all attack her together! It's a woman, let's kill her!"
Li Lanzhen looked at the boy, who was only about 14 years old, but his courage, boldness, and resolute gaze impressed her.
At this moment, the ancestral hall was filled with more than a dozen children from all sides.
They were all holding sickles or sticks, and they surrounded Li Lanzhen.
At this moment, standing opposite Li Lanzhen was a girl of about 16 years old, with big, dark, bright eyes.
But the anger in her eyes seemed to want to burn Li Lanzhen to ashes.
"What are you doing here? You've slaughtered everyone in our village, leaving only a few children. Are you still not going to let us go? Cut the weeds and wipe out the roots!"
Our village chief has already said that there are no assassins in our village, nor have any other children come here.
Since you're here today, why don't you stay in the village?
After saying that, she shouted loudly.
"Form ranks! Engage the enemy!!"
At her command, the children immediately began to circle around Li Lanzhen like a revolving lantern.
Before long, Li Lanzhen noticed that the children were forming two concentric circles, one inside and one outside, rotating clockwise and the other outside counterclockwise.
Look at these children, they walk lightly and steadily, they must have learned kung fu.
She wondered who had taught them martial arts.
Why was this village murdered?
Moreover, they were all killed.
Were the murdered villagers buried by these children?
Why were the people from that family at the edge of the village left in their home, their bodies rotting and covered in maggots?
Suddenly, Li Lanzhen remembered that she was still wearing this black tracksuit.
Although she removed the black cloth covering her face on the way, she still looked like a black-clad assassin, didn't she?
Perhaps this is why the children wanted to kill him.
Having figured out the reason, she said with a smile.
"Children, you've got it wrong. I'm not the killer you're talking about. I'm just a woman who fled here from famine."
I have children and grandchildren, and the people in the village.
It was the first boy to come out and kill Li Lanzhen, pointing his gleaming silver sickle at her.
"You're lying! You said you were a villager who fled famine, but you're very strong, so you seem to know martial arts!"
How could a rural woman know martial arts?
Li Lanzhen chuckled and said.
“My whole family, regardless of age or gender, is very strong. However, I don’t know martial arts. My children and grandchildren are with my in-laws, oh, my in-laws are hunters. They know a little martial arts and teach my grandchildren every day. I want my grandchildren to learn some martial arts.”
Because on our journey to escape famine, we encountered many bad people who wanted to steal our food and kill our relatives, and we were helpless.
Now that we've escaped into the mountains and settled down, I want my grandchildren to learn some martial arts so they can protect themselves and their families!
Perhaps it was these words that touched the children. They looked at each other and then all turned their attention to the girl named Shanxing.
The girl exchanged glances with everyone, then turned to look at Li Lanzhen.
"Are you telling the truth? Where are the people from your village? Where are your children and grandchildren? Did you bring them all to our village?"
Li Lanzhen shook her head.
"No, we live in the mountains. More than 100 people from our village fled famine and came to this mountain. Only about 30 households remain."
We dared not register our household in Youzhou City, so we hid in the mountains.
We've been living there for over a month now. We live in caves, and there's land in the valley where we've planted vegetables and grains.
Shanxing frowned and asked, "How did you find this place?"
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