Seeing that everyone was unwilling to speak, Uncle Zhang stood up.
"Tian Laosan, you have been gone for too long. We all thought you would never come back, and so did Xiu Xiu..."
"No, this is impossible," Tian Laosan's mouth twitched: "Xiuxiu is a good and obedient child. She promised me to stay here quietly and wait for me to come back. How could she think that I won't come back?"
"This is the agreement between me and her!"
Uncle Zhang advised: "I know your relationship with Xiuxiu. It's precisely because Xiuxiu can't live without you. She wanted to go down the river to find you when we weren't paying attention, but she was swept away by the flood. You also know that,
The folks are not very good at swimming. If I could, I would be willing to die in the flood in exchange for Xiuxiu's life, but you know, if I go into the water again, I will only die together..."
Hearing Uncle Zhang's words, Tian Laosan was dumbfounded.
Xiuxiu went down to the river to look for herself, but was swept away by the flood?
Why, why is this happening?
If he had known this earlier, he should not have left the hill at all. Even if he died on the hill, he would still be happy to stay with his granddaughter for a few more days.
But now, he has given away the white-haired man to the black-haired man.
He simply couldn't accept this fact.
"No, you are lying to me. You teamed up to lie to me, right? Xiuxiu was not washed away by the flood at all, but was hidden by you. You want to tease me, right?"
He jumped off the water wheel, grabbed Uncle Zhang's collar and said fiercely: "Uncle Zhang, tell me where you are hiding her!"
Seeing that everyone still didn't speak, Tian Laosan's mood collapsed instantly.
Kong's originally strong hands gradually loosened Uncle Zhang's collar, and his whole body collapsed weakly on the ground. His face gradually became pale, and even his voice became weak.
"Please, please tell me that Xiuxiu is not dead, she is still alive, she must be still alive."
"She is so cute, and she always advises me not to work too hard. At night, she always likes to run outside to pick up large leaves to fan me. I also have to make delicious food for her and send her to school..."
"How can you tell me she's gone?"
As he talked, Tian Laosan's expression became numb. He did not shed tears and stopped talking. He just looked motionless and blankly in the direction of the flood like a petrified statue.
He knew that there was always a place in that direction where his granddaughter existed.
Qin Huaidao couldn't bear it and wanted to say something to persuade him, but he didn't know what to say.
At this time, leaving him alone for some quiet time may be the best option.
Just then, a little girl walked out of the crowd.
"Uncle Tian, Xiuxiu was not washed away by the flood, she was killed by these adults."
As soon as these words came out, Tian Laosan was struck by thunder. His sadness, sadness, and all his emotions turned into shock. He couldn't believe what he heard: "You, what did you just say?"
At this time, the villagers were no longer calm. The little girl actually easily revealed the fact that they had planned to hide for the rest of their lives.
The expressions of the little girl's parents changed drastically: "Li'er, what are you talking about? Come back quickly!"
After saying that, he wanted to rush forward, take the little girl back, and stop her from talking.
Qin Huaidao's eyes became extremely cold. He raised his crossbow and fired. The arrow was shot in front of the little girl, scaring her parents so much that they did not dare to go any closer.
Holding a crossbow in his hand, he shouted coldly: "I, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Qin Huaidao, can't bear to see people doing all kinds of evil. Let this little girl explain clearly, what happened to Xiu Xiu?"
Hearing that this man was the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, how could the many villagers dare to move? On the hill, except for Tian Laosan and the little girl named Li'er, everyone knelt down and worshiped: "The common people pay homage to your majesty, long live your majesty."
Seeing that the villagers were all honest, Qin Huaidao also stepped onto the hill, walked towards the little girl and said gently: "No one can stop you now. Go ahead and tell the truth you know, and I will protect you."
The little girl then pointed to the adults.
"It's them. They don't believe that Uncle Tian will bring people back to save everyone. They also laugh at Xiu Xiu and stimulate Xiu Xiu by saying that if she has the ability, she can jump into the river like Uncle Tian. Xiu Xiu only jumped because she was not very good at it. She didn't slip and fall at all.
Down into the river.”
When Tian Laosan heard the truth, he felt as if he had been beaten with a baton for eighty years, and his whole body was in pain.
"You, you..." He looked at the villagers in front of him in disbelief: "I have traveled to countless places just to find someone to save you, but you have harmed my granddaughter like this. Why do you do this to me? Why?"
"hateful!"
Tian Laosan suddenly pulled out Qin Huaidao's sword and rushed towards the villagers, holding the knife high and about to hit Uncle Zhang. Uncle Zhang felt guilty and did not dodge, but silently closed his eyes.
Qin Huaidao did not stop him.
Just as the blade was about to hit Uncle Zhang, Tian Laosan suddenly stopped, threw away the knife in his hand, stepped back and cried, blaming himself.
"Tian Laosan, you are so useless. You can't even protect your granddaughter. How can you have the dignity to live in this world? You deserve to die, you deserve to die!"
"What the hell do I still have to live for!"
In a few words, Tian Laosan seemed to have a flashback. After taking a few steps back, he rushed towards the flood and plunged into it. His figure was instantly submerged by the flood.
"Oops." Qin Huaidao didn't expect this man to be so strong-willed. He threw himself into the river without saying a word. He quickly asked Luo Wu to save him, but there was no one on the water at this time. How to save him?
The water wheel was swung up at the same time, and they spread around trying to find traces of Tian Laosan, but what was waiting for them was a corpse.
When he came up, Tian Laosan was washed away by the flood.
Looking at the corpse flowing away in the distance, Uncle Zhang finally couldn't face himself anymore, and knelt down in the direction of Tian Laosan with a plop, silently shedding tears.
These villagers finally realized their mistake and knelt silently into the distance.
The silence speaks.
Just as the flood was raging, everyone performed a water sacrifice ceremony for Tian Laosan and his granddaughter. Everyone threw one of their belongings into the flood as an apology and sacrifice to the two people.
After a long while, Uncle Zhang struggled to get up, his face seemed to have aged many years in an instant.
He murmured to himself: "It shouldn't be you, it shouldn't be you, we are the ones who deserve to die, Tian Laosan, we are sorry for you."
Qin Huaidao glanced at these villagers and ignored them. Instead, he turned to the little girl and said, "People's words are scary. When you grow up, you must not become like them. Do you understand?"
The little girl named Li'er nodded affirmatively.
After the silence, the people who should be saved were saved. These villagers indirectly killed Tian Laosan and his granddaughter, but they did not take action directly. In the final analysis, it was a moral issue, and it would not be a problem if they killed them.
We can only save them and let them fend for themselves.