newbobooks Chapter 180 Human Bones
Chapter 180 Human Bones
Fortunately, after everyone killed the group of people, they distributed some food. In addition to the dried mushrooms they had dried a few days ago, each family still had some food left.
In addition, they had already lent food to Erxi and Zhuzi's family before, so although everyone was reluctant to lend it to Lu Laosan this time, they still gave it.
Except for Erxi's family, all other families in Lujia Village gave gifts to Lu Laosan.
This time was the same as before. Except for Lu Tianming and Yao County Magistrate's family, the rest of the families sent dried locusts.
Lu Laosan accepted the things given by everyone and kept bending down to express his gratitude.
Lu Qingqing also took out ten kilograms of dried locusts and handed them over. Lu Laosan looked at the bag that Lu Qingqing handed over, feeling mixed emotions.
Apart from thank you, I didn't know what to say for a moment.
Lu Qingqing didn't say much. She put down her things and went back.
After practicing the Liuhequan taught by Master Yan for some time, she has become familiar with all the moves, with only a few parts not being smooth.
Today, her master wants to see the results of her practice, so she plans to ask her master for advice on a few areas where she is not doing well.
After Lu Laosan packed up his things, the old village chief gave him a mat and he set up his sleeping place next to the old village chief's house.
Because he didn't have a bucket, the old village chief asked him to drink water from his family.
At this time, Lu Laosan also knew that Master Yan was teaching everyone martial arts for free. Seeing that everyone had started, he hurriedly followed Lu Tianxin to practice together.
Lu Tianxin practiced martial arts with Lu Laosan, and he always felt that Lu Laosan had changed a lot, but he couldn't think of anything else except silence.
More than ten days passed, and the flood at the foot of the mountain showed no signs of receding.
The situation on the mountain has become more tense these days.
There was fierce fighting on the mountain ahead, sometimes people would fight just to grab a wild vegetable, so many people began to migrate inward.
Fortunately, among the people passing by, the largest group had only eight or nine people.
But no matter how many people there are in the team, when passing by the cave, they will stare at the cave gate, trying to see what is inside through the door.
Lu Tianming was worried that someone would get so hungry that they would attack them. In order to intimidate the people outside, he asked the men guarding the cave to practice outside with their swords.
The effect of this action was immediate. Most passers-by hurried past and no longer dared to stare at them.
As more and more people poured in, robberies and killings often occurred near the mountain where Lu Qingqing was and the pond further in.
Every few days, people would go to the pond to fetch water, and they would often see corpses along the way.
As for the area near the pool, the fighting was even more intense.
The people who went to fetch water yesterday found some uneaten bones nearby.
At first, everyone thought they were just animal bones, but Wang's father, who was accompanying the team, recognized them as human bones.
When the king's father returned to the cave and told everyone what had happened, everyone looked heavy-hearted.
When there was nothing to eat during the escape from famine, there were indeed cases of cannibalism, but now there are not only wild vegetables but also animals in the mountains.
The further you go into the mountains, the more edible wild vegetables you can find. Most of the refugees in the mountains eat wild vegetables or insects.
But there are always people who want to eat meat!
The animals in the mountains are very vigilant and often run away before humans get close.
It is difficult for an inexperienced person to hunt animals in the mountains!
Relatively speaking, hunting and killing one's own kind is much easier.
Lu Qingqing secretly guessed that these man-eating fellows must have eaten human flesh before!
That's why they choose to prey on their own kind when there are other options.
There is a group of people lying in ambush there, and the area near the pond is almost the most dangerous place in the mountains.
However, even though everyone knew that the area was dangerous, they still had to go get water.
When the weather is hot, no matter how frugal households are with water, it will be consumed quickly.
After learning that there were attackers, Lu Tianming adjusted the water-fetching team.
The usual six or seven men were changed to ten men, and among them there must be one or two men with better martial arts skills.
Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang were among the first group of people to fetch water today, and everyone was very cautious along the way.
Lu Qingqing discovered that this time she rarely saw refugees fighting alone.
I don’t know whether they are hiding or being killed!
When they were almost near the pool, everyone became even more alert.
Lu Qingqing took off the bow and arrow from her back and strung the arrow.
At the same time, everyone in the team listened carefully to the movements around them, and unconsciously slowed down their pace.
When they were about to reach a slope, Lu Qingqing raised her hand to stop everyone's actions.
Everyone immediately put down the buckets they were carrying and drew the big knives from their waists.
Lu Qingqing shouted loudly towards the front:
"Come out, I've found you!"
Soon, a head appeared from behind the slope and looked at them, and then a group of people walked out from behind the slope.
Lu Qingqing quickly looked at the people who came out. They were a group of twelve thin men, some holding knives and some holding wooden sticks.
The leading man looked up and down at everyone in the team, and finally his eyes fell on Lu Qingqing.
He looked Lu Qingqing up and down twice, his eyes fell on the bow and arrow in her hand, and said with disdain:
"Hey, can a little girl like you handle a bow and arrow?"
Then, he looked at Qin Lang and the others in front of the team and continued:
"Look at this little girl, she's so delicate and tender. How about this? I won't make things difficult for you. If you leave this little girl here, I'll let you go..."
Lu Qingqing didn't waste any time talking to him and decided to let him try the power of the bow and arrow directly.
While the man was still muttering, the arrow had already shot towards his chest.
The man collapsed before he could finish his words.
After a brief moment of shock, the rest of the people scattered and looked for places to hide from the arrows.
As soon as the man finished speaking, Qin Lang's eyes turned cold, and he rushed towards the nearest person with a knife in hand.
The rest of the team also formed groups of two and rushed towards the nearest attacker with knives in hand.
After shooting the arrow, Lu Qingqing climbed up the nearest tree, raised her bow and aimed around.
The advantage of being on high ground was obvious, and those who had been hiding in low places were discovered instantly.
Lu Qingqing raised her bow and shot towards that place. With the dull sound of the arrow entering the flesh, the people in the team also ran over following the arrow, chasing and killing the attackers from all directions.
A quarter of an hour later, the last attacker who escaped was also killed.
Lu Qingqing found their hideout nearby, and a layer of white human bones was scattered on the ground not far away.
Some of the joints that had not been chewed clean had already rotted and deteriorated, emitting a foul smell, and a group of mosquitoes gathered there on the bones.
There was no food in the hideout, and after searching the bodies, they found not even a few copper coins.
Everyone picked out some useful items from the hideout and planned to pack them up and take them away later.
Looking at the twelve corpses on the ground, Lu Qingqing was worried that the corpses left behind would deteriorate and cause an epidemic.
The crowd dragged the bodies of the attackers and threw them into a deep ditch nearby. With a dull thud as they hit the ground, the bodies disappeared completely.