diskusbooks Chapter 153 Strange Village (1)
Chapter 153 Strange Village (1)
Li Lanzhen quickly returned to the road.
She really didn't have the courage to enter that room again!
After vomiting for a while, she felt a little better, but she didn't dare look back at this family.
She continued walking forward to see what was happening in other families in the village.
What surprised Li Lianzhen was that, except for this family, she had walked through half of the village, and the yards and houses of these people were all clean, but there were no people. But it didn't look like they were fleeing from famine, because the furniture in every household was still complete and there was no sign of damage.
From this point of view, the person who killed the first family in the village was probably seeking revenge or for other reasons, and did not harm other families in the village.
But where did the other families in the village go?
While thinking and looking at each house one by one, Li Lanzhen came to a large courtyard near the foot of the mountain.
This courtyard is very grand, with blue brick and tile houses and double doors that are sturdy and heavy.
The courtyard door was not locked.
Li Lanzhen used the bludgeon in her hand to push open the heavy gate, and the entire yard appeared before her eyes.
The courtyard was paved with blue stone slabs. The main house was tall and had three sets of double doors. There were three rooms in each of the east and west wing rooms.
There should be a backyard.
Li Lanzhen looked at the plaque above the door in the middle of the main room.
It turns out that this is the ancestral hall of this village.
She didn't go in, but turned back and prepared to go to the other side of the village to take another look.
Unexpectedly, she was hit on the back of her head by a stone, which hurt so much.
"Who is it? Come out!"
Li Lanzhen turned around, holding the baton and electric baton tightly in her hands, and glared at the inside of the ancestral hall.
She could feel that the stones that attacked her were thrown from the ancestral hall.
Moreover, the aim was very good and the force was not very strong, so it must have been thrown by a child.
Li Lanzhen looked inside the ancestral hall and saw that there was no movement at all, so she walked in.
She thought to herself, no matter what the child's purpose for beating her was, she had to find him and find out what was going on!
Is the child alone? Or are all the villagers hiding in the ancestral hall?
If all the people in the village were here, then how could such a tragic situation happen to the family at the entrance of the village?
Generally speaking, when a village discovers such a situation, everyone should go and bury the people.
Li Lanzhen did not take any action. She just pushed the door open with a bludgeon and immediately hid beside the door.
She stood and listened for a while, and when she heard no movement inside the ancestral hall, she entered the courtyard.
Li Lanzhen thought about it as she stood in the courtyard of the ancestral hall and observed for a while.
No cellar or anything like that was found in the yard.
Judging from the size of this village, there should be more than a hundred people.
If there was no cellar in the ancestral hall, how could so many people be hidden?
Li Lanzhen dragged a big stick and hit the green stone slabs with it, making a buzzing sound.
She did this on purpose to scare and warn the people inside.
When I arrived at the gate of the ancestral hall, I saw that the door was painted black and looked a little mottled.
The door was also not locked, so Li Lanzhen guessed that someone might be living here.
Li Lanzhen pushed the door open with a bludgeon and prepared for defense.
She walked step by step to the altar where the tablets of the ancestors of the village were placed and stood still.
In front of the entire wall at the back, tablets are neatly arranged in layers.
Many of them are newly purchased, crudely made, with childish handwriting, and they are obviously children's notes.
Li Lanzhen discovered that the tablets and altars were very clean, and there were even a few wild fruits placed on the altars.
This further confirmed her guess.
There are people in this village, but they are hiding for some unknown reason.
Suddenly, Li Lanzhen's ears moved, and she felt a strong wind blowing towards her calves from under the altar.
She quickly jumped to the other side of the tribute table and swung the bludgeon in her hand.
A shiny sickle and a child's arm appeared where he had just stood.
Immediately afterwards, a child came out, raised a sickle and slashed at Li Lanzhen viciously.
Li Lanzhen quickly used the stick in her hand to block.
and cried out, "Why are you hurting me?"
Suddenly, the child stopped the sickle in his hand, but still looked at Li Lanzhen with a fierce look.
"You are a woman, a female killer! You killed everyone in our village, isn't that enough? You must kill us all as well!
Don’t even think about leaving our village today!”
Then he stared at Li Lanzhen and shouted loudly.
"Sister Shanxing, come out, let's attack together, it's a woman, let's kill her!"
Li Lanzhen looked at the boy, who was only about 14 years old, but whose courage and resolute eyes made Li Lanzhen admire him.
At this time, there were more than a dozen children standing on all sides of the ancestral hall.
They all held sickles or sticks in their hands and surrounded Li Lanzhen.
At this time, standing opposite Li Lanzhen was a girl about 16 years old, with big dark eyes that were bright and lively.
But the anger in her eyes seemed to burn Li Lanzhen to death.
"What are you doing here? You have slaughtered all the people in our village. We are the only ones left. Are you still going to let us go? Cut off the roots!
Our village chief has already said that there are no assassins in our village, and no other children have come.
Since you are here today, please stay in the village."
After saying that, she shouted loudly.
"Set up the formation! Kill the enemy!!"
At her command, the children immediately began to circle around Li Lanzhen like a revolving lantern.
After a while, Li Lanzhen realized that the children were forming two circles, the inner circle was rotating clockwise, and the outer circle was rotating counterclockwise.
Look at these children, they walk lightly and with steady steps, you can tell at a glance that they have learned Kung Fu.
She wondered who taught them martial arts?
Why was this village murdered?
Moreover, they were all killed.
Were the murdered villagers buried by these children?
Why was the family at the head of the village left at home, their bodies rotting and covered with maggots?
Suddenly, Li Lanzhen remembered that she was still wearing the black sportswear.
Although she took off the black cloth covering her face on the road, she still looked like a killer in black, didn't she?
Maybe this is the reason why the children wanted to kill themselves.
After figuring out the reason, she said with a smile.
"Children, you are mistaken. I am not the killer you are talking about. I am just a woman who escaped from famine and came here.
I have children and grandchildren, and people in the village.”
It was the first boy who came out to kill Li Lanzhen. He pointed at Li Lanzhen with a silver sickle and said.
"You're lying! You said you were a villager fleeing famine, but you're very strong and it looks like you know martial arts!
How can a rural woman know martial arts?"
Li Lanzhen said with a laugh.
"My family, regardless of gender, age or status, is all strong, but I don't know martial arts. My children and grandchildren are following my in-laws, who 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 the way 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 have escaped to the mountains and settled down, I want my grandchildren to learn some martial arts so that they can protect themselves and their families!"
Perhaps these words touched the children. They looked at each other and then all cast their eyes on the girl named Shanxing.
The girl looked at everyone and turned to look at Li Lanzhen.
"Are you telling the truth? Where are the people in 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. There were more than a hundred people in our village who fled famine, and later came to the mountains, and only about 30 households are left.
We didn’t dare to go to Youzhou City to register our household registration, so we hid in the mountains.
We have been living there for more than a month. We live in caves and there is land in the valley, so we grow vegetables and food.”
Shan Xing frowned and asked, "How did you find this place?"