books44 Chapter 325: The Tragedy of Dongxi Village
Chapter 325: The Tragedy of Dongxi Village
The woman sobbed for a long time, and suddenly grabbed Chu Xiaomu's hand tightly, saying: "General... there are so many people coming here... so many... they... they are all jumping... they are biting people..." Her face looked very frightened.
Chu Xiaomu thought that she had suffered such a great shock and seemed to be in an abnormal state, so he could only comfort her softly and said, "Don't worry, it's okay. You take a rest first, we will think of a way." Seeing a piece of felt cloth on one side of the tent, he wanted to help her lie down over there.
He also felt that her palms were burning hot, and thought that she must be suffering from some serious illness. However, he was not a doctor, and he had no medicine to cure diseases and injuries, so he could only sigh secretly.
The woman's entire body began to tremble again, as if she had caught a cold and was twitching uncontrollably. She said in a strange voice, "I...my chest...feels so uncomfortable...my heart...my heart is beating so fast..." Her eyes rolled up, and she immediately collapsed, falling to the ground on her side, motionless.
The three were shocked and hurriedly lifted her onto the felt cloth. They shook her and called out to her, but she did not respond. Chu Xiaomu sniffed her breath and found that she was dead. He uncovered her hair and found that it was also covered in blood, with two rows of fine teeth marks that were particularly eye-catching.
Only a few quick words of conversation passed in half a minute, but Chu Xiaomu felt as if he had experienced a very long time. He had no idea what was going on and what to do next.
The sun was shining brightly outside, but Chu Xiaomu felt like he had fallen into an icy cave. Not only was it very dark inside, but the chilly air surrounded him, wrapped him tightly, and soaked him...
The three of them uncovered the surrounding tents one by one, and sure enough, all the villagers inside had died, either two or three people, or four or five people, and no one was spared. There was a slightly larger tent, in which lived two old people, three young people, and two children, all lying on the ground in a mess. The older of the two children was only four or five years old, and the younger one was a girl, but only one or two years old... Chu Xiaomu took a closer look and found that everyone's neck was indeed bitten with two rows of teeth holes, and the scarlet color became more and more terrifying the more he looked at it.
Zhou Weiyi burst into tears when he saw the two children died so pitifully, and ran out of the tent. Chu Xiaomu and Zhang Hou hurriedly chased after him.
Zhou Weiyi was seen poking a haystack in the open space with his spear, crying, "Brother Xiaomu, what...what on earth is going on? They...they are so miserable...those two kids...are so young..."
Chu Xiaomu held him down, holding back tears and saying, "I don't know either. But... we will definitely avenge them, don't worry."
Zhou Weiyi stopped, wiped his tears, and asked, "Brother Xiaomu, what killed them? Have you figured it out?"
Chu Xiaomu shook his head and said, "I don't know either. When your brother and the others come, we will send two people to report to the Dongzhong Army. They should know who killed the people in the village."
Zhou Weiyi asked: "Should we light a beacon?"
Chu Xiaomu thought for a moment and said, "We can't be sure if they are from Saudi Arabia. If they are not, if we send out a message hastily, I'm afraid it will cause chaos in the Nanding Army, which would be even worse."
Zhou Weiyi nodded and said, "Brother Xiaomu, I'll listen to you."
Chu Xiaomu plucked up his courage and shouted loudly in the village: "We are soldiers from Bicheng, can anyone hear us?" He shouted several times in a row, but there was no response. He thought that this village was not that big, and if we shouted so loudly, anyone who was not deaf would definitely hear us. Now no one responded, obviously all the villagers in Xidong Village had been killed. None of the three people wanted to see the tragic scene in the tent again, so they stopped opening the remaining tents to see. Zhang Hou had always wanted to see the lovely shepherd girl, but at this time his fear was greater than his longing, so he had to endure it honestly and sat beside Chu Xiaomu sighing.
The three of them walked to the middle of the hillside, waiting for Zhou Weide and the others to come over.
About an hour later, Zhou Weide and Wang Gang and four others hurried over.
Chu Xiaomu briefly described what he had seen, and everyone looked at each other, speechless. Su Mishun was so frightened by Chu Xiaomu's simple description of the tragic situation that his hands and feet were shaking, and the spear in his hand almost fell to the ground. Zhou Weide slapped him on the shoulder and said, "You coward, what's there to be afraid of a dead person? They are not evil spirits!"
Su Mishun shuddered violently and said in a crying voice, "Brother De'er, you know I'm timid, so don't scare me." Zhou Weide laughed and called him a coward again.
Chu Xiaomu also said that two people were needed to go to Dongzhong Army to report the news. Perhaps only they could find out the real culprit of the injury. However, everyone's main responsibility was still to patrol the border as scouts. They could not stay here for long. The movements of the Sha people were more important than this matter.
Wangang said, "I will go with Xiao Zhen to report to the Dongzhong Army. He knows how to tell the direction and his horse is strong. You guys stay here and be careful."
Chu Xiaomu nodded and said, "It's not that close to the Dongzhong camp. You have to be careful along the way. If you encounter danger, you must save your life first."
Wan Gang and Lin Zhen agreed and were about to ride out when they suddenly saw a group of Bicheng soldiers, about seventeen or eighteen in number, coming from the east.
When the team of soldiers came closer, they could see clearly that the person leading them was Gao Tinggeng, a sergeant captain of the Dongzhen Camp who they had met more than two months ago.
Gao Tinggeng also saw Chu Xiaomu and others, and shouted loudly: "Brother Chu, Brother Zhang, hello. I didn't expect to see you here." His voice was full of joy.
Chu Xiaomu and his party hurried over and said solemnly, "Captain Gao, something big has happened in Xidong Village!"
Gao Tinggeng was stunned and asked, "Big thing, what big thing?"
Without waiting for Chu Xiaomu to answer, Zhou Weide shouted, "They are all dead, all dead!" Zhou Weiyi started to cry again.
Gao Tinggeng and the others looked incredulous and said, "Dead... What do you mean dead?"
Chu Xiaomu said solemnly, "Captain Gao, there may be a monster in Dongxi Village, or maybe an evil spirit..."
Gao Tinggeng still didn't believe it and said, "How can there be so many evil spirits in our Bicheng? Are you mistaken?"
Chu Xiaomu said: "We arrived around noon. Probably last night, everyone in the village was bitten to death. We checked every tent and found no one alive."
Gao Tinggeng then became nervous and said, "Are you serious?" Seeing that everyone in Chu Xiaomu's team had an ugly look on their faces and did not seem to be lying, he waved his whip and led everyone to the village without waiting for Chu Xiaomu to answer.