As expected, Xu Yue felt much better. She didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but she felt that she could no longer smell the aroma of meat.
The members followed suit, as if they took out handkerchiefs to cover their mouths and noses, and those who didn't have handkerchiefs had to cover them even after tearing their clothes.
After everyone was armed, Xu Yue glanced towards the backyard and heard Wen Qing's whistle. Two people were left looking at the villagers in front of the fire. They raised their swords and led the members to the backyard.
In the front yard, I could faintly smell the stench of feces and urine. Now that I was inside, the stench hit my face. You can imagine the physical and mental torture that the villagers who were imprisoned in this must endure.
I thought there would be many villagers still alive, but unexpectedly, Wen Qing and others killed the robbers guarding the door, and when they opened the fence of the toilet, only about thirty people were left inside.
This was obviously not the first time the robbers had eaten people. They specifically picked tender-boned children and women to eat first.
There were only two women and children left in the toilet, and they were able to escape by being hidden by the villagers.
I don’t know what the robbers did to them. The villagers here have lost trust in people.
The door was opened by Wen Qing and others. Even though Wen Qing said that he was here to save them and the damn robber was already dead, they still huddled in the dirty toilet and refused to come out.
As long as Wen Qing comes closer, they will let out ear-piercing screams and react very violently.
"Chief." Seeing Xu Yue coming with people, Wen Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief, "They refused to come out. No matter what they say, they don't believe that we are good people."
Xu Yue glanced into the dim toilet. In the darkness, dozens of pairs of eyes were staring at the door warily. When she saw her sticking her head out, she shrank into a ball in fright.
Xu Yue frowned and walked out, looked around, and then walked towards the front yard.
On the pile of corpses, I found the heads of the robber boss and second boss, put on gloves, picked up the two heads, returned to the toilet, and put them at the door.
"Bring the torch and let them see clearly whose head this is." Xu Yue ordered.
Wen Qing stared at Xu Yue's hand for three seconds, then took a deep breath, suppressed her frightened heart, and turned around to get the torch.
As I walked, I sighed in my heart, the leader is so brave!
He had been mentally preparing for a while when he killed the guard just now, but he didn't expect that the leader was carrying the head like a wooden pillar.
Regarding this, Xu Yue said that she was trained by her family. Compared with her parents and brothers, she pales in comparison.
The torch was brought, and Xu Yue inserted it directly into the gap at the door of the toilet, clearly shining a light on the two stubborn heads at the door.
Unsurprisingly, a harsh scream came from the toilet, but if you listen carefully, you will find that it is not a scream of fright, but a scream of anger and hatred.
Xu Yue asked Wen Qing to take someone to find a water tank, bucket, basin or something to fetch water. She waited until the noise inside subsided before speaking.
"We are the Xu Jiajun, and I am Xu Yue, the leader of the Xu Jiajun. I passed by your village and wanted to camp in the village for the night, but I didn't expect to see the behavior of these beasts."
"I, the Xu Jiajun, have never tolerated these beasts and have killed all these robbers. You can come out with confidence!"
"I have ordered people to bring clean river water. You can get water at the door to purify yourself, and then go to the front yard to collect the property stolen by the robbers."
After Xu Yue finished speaking, there was no movement in the toilet.
Wen Qing shook his head, feeling helpless and feeling pity for the villagers.
Seeing that the villagers would not come out for a while, Xu Yue waved to Wen Qing and others and left with them.
Before leaving, he dragged the guard's body away and threw it on the corpse mountain in the front yard, intending to leave it to the villagers for their own disposal.
As for the big pot, Xu Dalang had already buried it under Xu Yue's order.
This courtyard is the main home in the village. It is an earthen courtyard with two entrances. It is one of the largest courtyards in the village.
It's a pity that this barren and desolate village can't even compare with Kingfisher's hometown. Xu Yue asked the members to pull out the belongings that the robbers had grabbed. They only had a few kilograms of coarse grains, two pieces of linen, and a few hundred dollars.
There are many empty wine jars scattered in the courtyard. It seems that all the valuable things in the village have been replaced by these robbers with expensive and weak wine.
No wonder they want to eat people. The harvest of this village is too little. If they don't eat people, they can't feed so many robbers.
Wen Qing frowned and sighed: "Looking at the traces, this gang of robbers has been in the village for some time. How come the local officials didn't react at all to such rampant robbers?"
Wen Qing, who grew up in Youzhou, spent the first eighteen years of his life selling his body for meat. Although he had no dignity, his stomach was always full.
The local prefect is not a very good person, but he is not a very evil person either. The people live a pretty good life and there are not many robbers.
In addition, there was a kind-hearted state pastor, Zhao Yu, who was stationed above, and the court's border troops were also practicing from time to time, so the life was generally peaceful.
Later, when Xu Jiajun came, life became easier, and having enough food was no longer a problem.
Not only can they have enough to eat, but they are also safe and secure, because there are no robbers in Youzhou because of Xu Jiajun, only laborers in the mines.
Wen Qing once went to the mines to perform condolence performances for the workers. To be fair, being a laborer in the Xu family's military mines was better than being a wealthy civilian in other states and counties.
In the mine, as long as you work conscientiously and on time, you can live in a dormitory made of cement and red bricks and have three meals a day.
Because it's a lot of labor, there's plenty of oil and water in the meals.
Except for the lack of freedom, everything else was beyond Wen Qing's imagination of mine workers at that time.
But looking at it from another perspective, isn't this suitable for those robbers with well-developed limbs and simple minds?
Collective actions, what time to do, and what to do are all clearly arranged. If you get used to it, you will feel that such a life is not bad.
This is also the reason why the workers in the mine came to the mine because of punishment, but they did not cause trouble or cry out to go back.
This is purely modern military management, which is very suitable for these reform-through-labor personnel.
Therefore, the various conditions he saw on his trip south always made Wen Qing sigh, "It turns out that the people outside are living like this."
Because in his impression, the Xu Jiajun would never tolerate the existence of robbers.
They will even be particularly active in looking for robbers who have slipped through the crackdown, just to add one more worker to the mine and promote the progress of the entire industrial system.
This spirit "touched" many robbers who tried to escape Youzhou and started a new business in other states and counties.
The main yard here is really not suitable for people.
Xu Yue and others led the few villagers in the courtyard who were almost boiled to the outside of the courtyard, and found an updraft where they could not smell the various smells in the courtyard. Then they went back to drive the ox cart over and set up camp.
When Xu Da handed the curious-looking twins to Xu Yue, Xu Yue had already taken a bath by the river and changed her clothes.
Wen Qing and others also washed themselves. No one wanted to be stained with the bloody smell of the robbers.
