Looking at the people who were still wailing and crying, Song Tantan wiped his eyes and said loudly, "A-Xun, let's help bury them."
Although it was chaotic outside the city, it was not as chaotic as inside the city. Apart from this group of people, no other rebels were seen. After burying the baby and his father, the rebels piled them up and burned them.
If they are not burned, the bodies will easily cause an epidemic once they decompose. Burying them would be too much work, and we couldn't keep up with the workload. So we could only pour some oil on them and burn them.
They pointed out the direction to the baby's family, telling them to go to Xiayang Village to take refuge there. Song Tantan and Ye Moxun then took Abao into the city.
Even from a distance from the city gate, one could hear the sounds of fighting and killing coming from inside the city, mostly screams of agony; one could tell the scene was horrific without even looking.
The three of them quickly entered the city. Inside, all they could see were dead bodies, and blood was everywhere on the ground. The overwhelming stench of blood made their stomachs churn.
Song Tantan held her breath, suppressing the nausea, and finally took out three masks, one for each of them. Although they weren't very effective, they could at least block out the smell a little.
Ah Bao stared at the mask for a long time before trying to put it on.
"Abao, take us to your house first." They'll rescue Abao's mother and sister first, then do something else—Song Tantan hadn't decided what exactly they'd do yet.
Abao led the two through the city's alleys, winding and turning for at least half an hour, before pointing to a dilapidated house ahead and saying, "That's my home, Mother, Er Ya."
The door to the house was wide open. Abao called out several times but no one answered. When he went inside, he found the house in a mess, clearly indicating that someone had come in and vandalized it.
"Mom, Er Ya, where are you? Don't scare me! Mom, Er Ya, you can't be hurt! Waaah!" A Bao cried as she searched every room.
Song Tantan and Ye Moxun were also helping to search, but they didn't find the person. However, they heard screams coming from next door. Without thinking, Song Tantan and Ye Moxun ran to the next door one after the other.
In the neighboring courtyard, a woman was fiercely striking at several burly men with a five-foot-long bench. The woman was incredibly strong; she carried the heavy bench as easily as if it were a stick, and she used all her strength to strike the men each time.
"You crazy woman, if you don't stop, I'll chop you up right now!" a burly man with a thick beard roared menacingly.
"Go ahead and chop me! If you've got the guts, kill me! Otherwise, I'll fight you to the death! If you don't give my daughter back, I'll make you all die!" She couldn't protect her eldest daughter after she was taken away, how could she lose her youngest daughter too? Er Ya was only ten years old, how could she let someone ruin her like this?
Song Tantan immediately spotted the thin little girl tied up with rope in the corner, watching her mother and the others fight to the death with terrified eyes.
Damn it, what time is it? Boss Cao's men are still thinking about forcibly taking women. It's disgusting and they're practically asking for death.
Ye Moxun watched as Song Tantan rushed over with a knife and started slashing wildly, and he sighed. It was just a matter of a handful of medicine powder, why did he have to do it himself? It was so time-consuming and tiring.
However, seeing her angry expression, I didn't intervene. If she didn't vent her anger, she would definitely hurt someone. Let her have her way.
At this moment, Abao also ran over after hearing the sound. She cried out, "Mom, Erya, are you alright?" She ran over to untie her sister and then helped her sister stand next to her mother.
Abao's mother was still in a daze, watching a young boy suddenly descend from the sky to help her fight the bad guys, but she didn't expect to see her eldest daughter return safely in the blink of an eye, so she couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Baby, it's good that you're back, it's good that you're back, are you alright?" She couldn't bring herself to ask the rest of the question, and could only cover her face and cry.
"Mother, I'm fine. Everyone who was arrested that day is fine. We met some good people and were rescued." They were lucky that day because someone rebelled and fought with Cao Laoda's men. So they weren't taken to Cao Laoda immediately, but were locked in a room.
They were only starved for two days before being brought out. Unexpectedly, the city became even more chaotic. The group of them took the opportunity to try to escape. Because the place where they were imprisoned was close to the city gate, they ran towards the outside of the city when the gate opened. However, they were still caught up with.
Fortunately, he escaped to Xiayangchun, where he was captured again, but was quickly rescued by two young heroes.
"It's good that you're alright. So this young hero was brought back by you. That's wonderful! The three of us are saved." Abao's mother hugged her two daughters, crying and laughing at the same time.
Those people were beaten into retreat by Song Tantan. A few tried to escape, but Ye Moxun sprinkled some medicine powder on them and they died from poisoning. Soon, Song Tantan also dealt with the rest of the people.
As Ye Moxun watched her deal with others, she herself was also covered in blood. She pursed her lips, walked over, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the bloodstains from her face. "Next time, just use medicine powder directly. It will save you some effort." Anyway, she had plenty of medicine powder stored in her space.
"What should we do next, Ah Xun?"
"Send Abao and her two daughters out first, then come back to do something big." Ye Moxun looked at her with gentle eyes.
So they didn't linger and took Abao and her two children out of the city. Along the way, they rescued some more people. When they ran out of the city gate, they counted that there were more than twenty people following them, including men, women, and children.
After sending the people back to Xiayang Village, Song Tantan and Ye Moxun didn't care anymore. They just gave them some weapons for self-defense and told Abao to take the people up the mountain to hide. They took Taishan with them and returned to the city. After all, they had important things to do, and the longer they dragged it out, the more dangerous it would be.
What big thing are they planning to do?
Ye Moxun said, "Xiangyang City is in chaos. Duke has probably already received the news. It won't be long before he sends troops to take over Xiangyang City. Once Xiangyang City falls into his hands, the people will have no way to survive. So we must stop him."
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