The gatherings in the Miao village did not stop because the foreigners left.
Compared with the invasion of foreign tribes, the betrayal of the same tribe made the Miao people even more angry.
Ah Lan, this outlier who was born into the Miao ethnic group, has not been loved by the Miao people since childhood and has always been protected by certain people.
Now he has finally become the sinner of the entire clan!
For the sake of foreigners, they actually want to destroy the sacred objects of the Miao people!
The whole incident was clearly seen by many people, and the news quickly spread throughout the Miao village.
No Miao people could tolerate such a thing, and more and more Miao people began to gather around.
The crowd near the Gu Pond has dispersed, leaving only a group of people working with the Great Witch to clean up the lamp oil in the Gu Pond.
Ah Lan was tied to a bamboo pole with a rope and carried like an animal to the open space outside the Miao ancestral hall.
The Miao people gathered together to form a barrier, connected torches to form fire dragons, and shouted like mountains and tsunamis, all thinking of A-Lan.
"Burn her!"
"Burn her!"
Everyone repeated the same sentence.
This seems to be the same treatment as before, but it is very different.
The crimes of foreigners still need to be discussed, but as for A Lan, her crimes no longer need to be discussed. The only road waiting for her is death.
As the Miao people escorting Ah Lan arrived, the bamboo pole with Ah Lan tied up was inserted into the makeshift burning rack in the open space.
The patriarch himself poured oil into the rotten wood below and raised the torch himself.
The wind was very strong at night, and the howling wind blew away a spark, which made everyone's hearts lift.
I was afraid that a few sparks would fall into the oil-covered firewood pile.
The patriarch walked up to A Lan. As long as he let go of his hand, the woman in front of him would be plunged into a sea of fire.
At this time, the Miao people's indignant shouts also stopped, and all eyes were focused on the patriarch.
"Alan, you have caused a huge disaster this time."
Alan didn't answer, but just stared at the torch in the patriarch's hand.
At this moment, there was finally a trace of fear in A-Lan's eyes, perhaps she finally felt the smell of death.
The conversation at this moment seemed a bit redundant. Seeing no response, the patriarch shook his head helplessly, then slowly narrowed his eyes and waved his arm downwards, and the flames were about to touch the oil.
But at this moment, outside the crowd, somewhere in the Miao village suddenly heard a loud noise!
"Boom!"
A pillar of fire rose into the sky, like a fire dragon crawling out of the ground and shooting straight into the sky.
The fire only appeared for a moment, and then the rising flames burned crazily, accompanied by black smoke, and a strong smell of smoke drifted into the venue where the crowd gathered.
Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned.
It took a few seconds to hear someone shouting: "No! That's the direction of the Gu Pond!"
"Raise the Gu Pond!" The patriarch's scalp went numb, "Quick! Go put out the fire!"
For a moment, everyone panicked.
The Gu Pond is the most important place for the Miao people. Flames rose there. Could it be that the Gu Pond was on fire?
The crowd began to disperse, everyone started to get water, and fewer people paid attention to A Lan.
"Brother!" Miao Yong ran over, "Could it be that she has accomplices?"
"What are you still doing here? Hurry over and see what's going on! Nothing will happen to the Gu pool!"
"But what to do with this woman?" Miao Yong pointed at A Lan.
The patriarch turned around, looked at A Lan's blank eyes, and frowned: "I'll leave her to you."
After saying that, the patriarch put the torch into Miao Yong's hand, and watched the fire in front of him rush into the chaotic crowd.
The patriarch's intention was very obvious when he did this. He couldn't bear to do it himself, so he handed over the execution task to Miao Yong.
Miao Yong naturally understood, but when he got the torch, the violent Miao man was stunned for a moment.
There were only two people here, Miao Yong and A Lan, and the flames were only a punch away from the oily firewood.
Miao Yong only needs to move down slightly, and a new flame can instantly engulf the woman in front of him.
but……
Miao Yong frowned, looked at the torch in his hand, and looked at the smelly oil dripping on the firewood pile...
Several times you could clearly see Miao Yong trying to lower his hand, but in the end he stopped.
"Kill me, I won't hate anyone."
Alan spoke calmly.
"Did your accomplices do that fire?" Miao Yong gritted his teeth and asked viciously.
"Is it still meaningful to say this now? I am a sinner of the Miao people, and I am willing to die."
"But...but I, Miao Yong, have never killed anyone of my own race!"
Ah Lan was a little surprised. She really never thought that Miao Yong would say something like this at this moment: "You can't bear it?"
"..." Miao Yong squinted his eyes, struggling in his heart, "Yes! I just can't bear it! I can't do it! Although you are the scum of our Miao people, you are the same race after all!"
With that said, Miao Yong threw the torch far away: "But I won't let you go! The task of killing you must be left to others!"
As soon as Miao Yong took off the torch, there was movement in the darkness!
With a "whoosh" sound, a crossbow arrow pierced Miao Yong's neck.
Miao Yong's eyes widened and he looked at the roof of the stilt building next to him, pointing at the darkness under the night without saying a word.
Xia Shang appeared, jumped from the roof of the Miao ancestral hall, went directly to A-Lan, quickly untied A-Lan, and then pulled her into the darkness behind the ancestral hall.
All this happened so fast that A Lan didn't even react until he heard Xia Shang's voice: "Let's go!"
"Brother Xia..."
"Now is not the time to talk, get out of here quickly."
Xia Shang's expression was very serious. He held A Lan's waist with one hand and was about to rush out of the darkness.
But Ah Lan held him back: "Brother Xia, was it your poison dart just now? Could it be..."
"Don't worry, I saw everything just now clearly. That poisonous arrow will not be fatal! This is also an opportunity that Miao Yong has won for himself!"
A Lan didn't know what Xia Shang meant, but Xia Shang almost killed Miao Yong before.
As long as Miao Yong had the motive to burn Alan to death, the poisonous arrow given to him by Xia Shang would not be that simple.
However, Miao Yong's performance was indeed surprising. If he hadn't thrown away the torch in the end, Xia Shang would not have dared to take action.
"Also, Brother Xia, are you raising the Gu pond..."
"My aunt, don't worry about this. I just asked people to burn down the big witch's house, as well as several stilt buildings nearby. Even if the poison pond will be affected, it won't be too big."
"Oh...that's good!" Alan breathed a long sigh of relief.
The joy after the panic made A Lan very excited. As he ran, he stared at Xia Shang and asked, "I didn't expect that Brother Xia would actually come to save me!"
"Brother Xia, where are we going now? Will A-Lan have to follow you for the rest of his life?" (To be continued)