Chapter 178: Xiaocheng Chaos (18) [Please give me a monthly vote]
Unlike Xiaocheng, which used to be a prosperous and indulged in luxury, Xiaocheng now seems to look like a bit in troubled times. Every household is closed, and the entire city has only a few pitiful lights.
The whole city was quiet, with only the sound of scattered insects and the sound of metal collision between the joints of the armor. Gong Shuwu followed Chu Yao and the two rushed straight to the butcher''s house. There were no people in the bustling night market, and the stalls were scattered around the roadside, making them feel desolate.
Even though he was as cold and hard as Gong Shuwu, he couldn''t help but sigh.
This is war.
Even if the enemy has not really entered.
However, quiet does not mean that the city is "dead". Dirty things happen all the time in the invisible dark corners, such as robbery and murder. There were two dead bodies in the alley leading to the butcher''s house, and their temperature had not completely dissipated.
Gong Shuwu stepped on a blood pot made up of blood gathering of two corpses, leaving blood footprints on the muddy and smelly road.
He said, "Oh, it''s late."
It would have been great if it could be earlier.
Perhaps the old and young people on the ground can save their lives.
Chu Yao looked calm and said with a blank expression: "No matter how early you come, it is useless. It is a good thing to see the King of Hell earlier."
These two should be the grandsons of beggars who make a living by begging nearby.
When the rebels came, they were still hungry and thin. Against the backdrop of the rebels'' siege, ordinary people were in danger, let alone giving them kindness to help them.
Living one more day is just a day of sin.
Gong Shuwu sighed lightly when he heard this, and he agreed in his heart.
It is obviously a fallacy, but it is most suitable for it in the present moment.
It can be seen how this world is...
No one spoke for the rest of the road.
Chu Yao was familiar with the butcher''s house and felt something was wrong as soon as he approached. As a "rich family" among the nearby people, the butcher''s home is neat and cleaner than the neighbors.
His wife and parents are diligent and clean people. They never accumulate garbage in front of the door. Anyone who pours dirty water in front of his house will be pointed at his nose and scolded for a long time. At this moment, there was a mess in front of the door, and an unspeakable stench drifted in the air.
The wooden door that used to be washed every now and then was split in half by some sharp weapon. Chu Yao stretched out his hand and pushed it, and the remains of the wooden door scattered on the ground. A string of dried blood stretched along the door to the room, and the hemp rope for drying clothes in the yard was broken.
Chu Yao''s heart skipped a beat.
Change from small walk to fast walking.
Gong Shuwu also hurriedly followed.
The same thought flashed through the two of them—
Something happened!
The butcher''s house has four rooms in total.
Not big, you can search it in a short while. Apart from the messy furniture, there are not many things left, and there are no living people. If there was no such string of blood outside the house, they could still comfort themselves. The butcher''s family hurriedly packed their bags and fled after receiving the news.
but-
Gong Shuwu looked at Chu Yao''s back and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something to comfort Chu Yao, but he swallowed it back when the words came to his mouth. Nothing to say now is useless.
How can Chu Yao, as a teacher, feel good when he loses two students at once, even if he has not been together for a long time?
The atmosphere was almost frozen, making people breathless.
"Oh, let''s be sad..." Gong Shu Wu said.
Chu Yao''s cheeks were tense and he endured his anger.
"What kind of sadness is it for you?"
If something really happens, will the murderer be kind enough to collect the body of the butcher''s family? That pool of blood may also be an animal...
all in all-
You have to see people alive, and you have to see corpses when you die.
Chu Yao''s hand clenched in his sleeves slightly tightly into a fist. A lot of nails that had not been trimmed for a while had grown, leaving a crescent mark on the palm of his hand. That''s it, but the ominous premonition becomes stronger and stronger.
He said, "Try to find people before the rebels attack in."
If the rebels attack in, and then they will be in chaos and want to find a few people, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack, with little hope.
Gong Shuwu said: "Then go to a few nearby stores to see."
No matter if you escape or be killed, you can always find out what you can find. Chu Yao was about to nod when the two of them heard an extremely low noise - shark, shark, shark, shark, shark, shark, shark. They looked at each other and looked for the sound.
The movement came from the corner of the woodshed.
They moved away the piled up debris and finally found the source of sound in the cracks, a dirty, scattered thing. In the dark night, my eyes emitted a strange light.
I looked closer and saw that it turned out to be a cat.
Chu Yao recognized it at a glance.
“Su Shang!”
He lowered his voice.
Perhaps when he heard a familiar name, the cat meowed faintly and let Chu Yao carry it out obediently. This kitten is Su Shang. Qishan is worried that there will be any changes in tax robbery. He is worried about staying in the bandit camp, and he is afraid of making trouble by keeping it by his side...
Coincidentally, Lin Feng liked it quite a bit.
So Lin Feng was asked to take care of Su Shang for the time being.
As soon as Su Shang arrived at Chu Yao''s hand, he couldn''t wait to lick his fingers and palms, and a grievance and weak meow came out of his mouth.
The cat, held by the shoveler Qi Shan in the palm of his hand, is more clingy and cute than other raccoon slaves, and is not afraid of being angry.
Chu Yao: “…”
Even though he didn''t like cats, he was still soft-hearted by Su Shang''s shouting. He poured some water for it, soaked the dry food and handed it to eat.
Gong Shuwu also recognized this as a treasure cat that Qi Shan raised and said, "It is also a good sign to find this little guy..."
Chu Yao nodded absent-mindedly.
But there is only one good news.
They found that the neighbors nearby were also in the same situation as the butcher''s house. Some houses had blood stains, some were clean, and some were also traces of fighting. They had no way to inquire.
The search scope is expanded again.
Only two gangsters who committed crimes were found in the alley. The territory of these two gangsters was on the other end of Xiaocheng, and it was unclear about the situation nearby.
Seeing that he couldn''t find anything, Chu Yao winked at Gong Shuwu. The latter understood it and exerted force with his fingers.
Only a short whimper was heard, and the corpse''s neck fell to the ground at a twisted angle, with no sound.
"What should I do..."
There was still no clue until the second half of the night.
At a loss, Gong Shuwu found that there was a little orange red above the city gate. However, in a while, the orange red slowly expanded and became more and more prosperous.
There was a faint sound of killing.
Gong Shuwu''s heart was shocked: "Has the rebels outside the city attacked the city again?"
Chu Yao shook his head: "It doesn''t look like..."
If it was a rebel siege, the killing shouts would be clearer. The location of the orange-red flames was not right, but it seemed like something happened in the rebel camp!
As Chu Yao judged, Xiaocheng City Wall is fine.
However, it does have something to do with them.
To be precise, it is related to Shen Tang.
After they solved Yan Cheng, they wanted to meet with Chu Yao and the others as soon as possible, but they encountered some accident on the way.
The two saw a group of rebels escorting a batch of food and grass by.
Originally, I was going to avoid it, but-
I can’t stand the enemy and insist on giving away the heads enthusiastically!
?The unlucky and disgusting monthly ticket list in October is fine if you don’t mention it.
??[About the slowing pace, the plot becomes water]:
??When raising pigs and scattering pigs before, some readers mentioned that the plot of Qishan has also mentioned a lot more recently.
I admit that there are problems in this regard. In fact, long articles cannot avoid this problem. However, the recent updates are slow, and the defects are even more serious. However, I still have to explain that slaughter pigs are part of farming and are more common. In the future, not only will slaughter pigs be raised, but also silkworms will also raising textiles and dyeing farming and planting trees. Otherwise, I would be sorry for the natural craftsmanship and the skills of Qimin. Oh, Lin Feng’s literary heart and the way of scholars are also related to this...
??The main line of this article is that Tang Mei takes the road to winning the championship, but she does not walk this road alone. Her friends and opponents are part of this road. The last ten chapters are the home of the plot of Qishan, which leads to the "Holy Land of Mountains and Seas". If anyone who reads the relevant chapters without disdaining water, he will know that only a part of the "Thousand Mountains (thousands of Schools in the "Shushan" has appeared. Before Tang Mei appeared, this world was the home court of Confucianism and military affairs, and the Legalists and Taoists played soy sauce, and the rest were either in decline or had not appeared at all.
??I don’t know if the shop is too big and it will collapse, so I can only say that I can try my best.
??Qi Shan’s plot is important for his background, writing about the person’s past, connecting some previous foreshadowings, and filling in the pit, rather than how the county magistrate died.
Of course, looking at the water is also related to my slow update and long-winded narrative.
There is still some chatting, and I will write the chapter tomorrow.
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(This chapter ends)