webnovelfull Chapter 634 There is something wrong with this village
Chapter 634 There is something wrong with this village
Huo Yisheng informed him, "Shi Lao San is dead."
Ye Shu had a good memory and remembered almost everything he had said to her.
So, as soon as he said it, Ye Shu immediately knew who it was: "The Shi Lao San who sent Zong Hui to Batangao back then?"
Huo Yisheng nodded: "Yes!"
It turned out that Zong Hui had gone on a rampage in Batangao, and had gotten a name from the village chief Xiang Jiarong by threatening and forcing him. Huo Yisheng then immediately asked someone to investigate.
However, these days it is very difficult to find a person just by his name.
If it were before, Huo Yisheng could have directly revealed his identity and used his power to suppress the situation, and he would have quickly turned the entire Wumu Town upside down.
But now he has to keep a low profile, hide his identity, and protect the secrets of the camp and the mine.
Therefore, we can only plan secretly and slowly find someone.
However, the people under him are all extremely capable, and it is obviously much easier for them to find someone in a place than for others.
But in the end, what they found was a dead person.
Or a person who has been dead for more than ten years.
A chill ran down Ye Shu's spine. "So, this man died after sending Zong Hui to Batang'ao?"
"Was he murdered to silence him?"
Huo Yisheng: "It's hard to say right now."
After all, the domestic situation was not particularly stable more than ten years ago, and people had a hard time. The death of a few people was not a big deal.
He said, "I have to check it out."
He came over, took Ye Shu's hand, and asked, "How are you feeling now? I'm going to Wumu Town tomorrow. The food has arrived. Can you come with me?"
This was agreed upon beforehand, to go to Ebony Town together. She took out some of the food from the space bag, and then mixed it with the borrowed food and transported it back to the camp.
After all, the people delivering the food will not contact anyone other than Huo Yisheng, and will leave immediately after the contact.
Therefore, except Huo Yisheng himself, no one knew how much food was given by the higher-ups.
Ye Shu nodded: "I can."
Huo Yisheng hesitated: "Do you want to go down the river again today?"
Ye Shu smiled: "Not impossible!"
So the next day, Ye Shu got on the ox cart in high spirits and followed the supply team to Wumu Town.
The explanation she gave to others when she went to Ebony Town was that she was looking for medicine.
It takes more than three days to reach Wumu Town by ox cart from the camp.
They will not enter any villages along the way.
Almost everyone takes turns driving the cart and sleeping on the cart.
But this time, because Ye Shu was brought along, they would set up camp on the spot at night.
Fortunately, it is summer now. Although the summer nights in the wilderness are a bit chilly, it is not very cold if you live in a tent and cover yourself with a warm quilt.
Besides, Ye Shu always has Huo Yisheng, a human heater, by her side, so it is really not easy for her to get frozen.
The next afternoon, the team entered a village, a rare occurrence.
Ye Shu didn't ask, but guessed that this must be the hometown of Shi Lao San.
Huo Yisheng comforted her: "This is Baoshan Village. We will stay here for one night and find out what's going on."
He also told her: "Be careful and don't get too close to the villagers."
Ye Shu remembered that an infectious disease broke out the year they first arrived at the camp. They needed to refine effective medicine, but they lacked medicinal materials, so they went to several local villages to collect and purchase them.
At that time, Baoshan Village was unfriendly and left a deep impression.
Huo Yisheng felt relieved when he saw that she remembered.
They had fake identities, officially produced, which were indistinguishable from the real ones, and Ye Shu's big belly also made them let down their guard.
So the village chief looked at it and said nothing, only saying:
"Just stay here, don't run around. This is deep in the mountains, full of wild animals and poisonous insects. If you get caught by mistake, don't blame us for not warning you!"
The village chief lent them a dilapidated thatched hut at the entrance of the village. If it rained, it would rain both inside and outside.
Huo Yisheng pushed the cart into the house, spread the bedding on it, and let Ye Shu lie down and rest.
Ye Shu held him back and whispered, "The village chief just spoke in such a sarcastic tone that it gave me goosebumps!"
She thought for a moment and then added, "Besides, the way he looked at me just now was very unfriendly."
Her intuition is usually very accurate, so there must be something wrong with this village!
Huo Yisheng himself did not have a good impression of Baoshan Village among the Eighteen Villages. In addition, Shi Laosan had died inexplicably, so he wanted to come and find out for himself.
Now after hearing what his wife said, he was even more certain that there was indeed something wrong with Baoshan Village.
He tucked the quilt in for her: "Okay, I got it. Have a good rest. Xiao Gao and the others are here to protect you. Don't be afraid."
Huo Yisheng set out with a team this time. On the surface, it was an eight-person supply team, but in fact, there were more than a dozen people hiding in the dark.
He took advantage of the dim night and wandered around the village.
At the same time, a team of people in secret were also investigating the periphery.
Ye Shu lay down for a while, but he no longer felt sleepy, so he started to help Xiao Gao prepare dinner for everyone.
At this moment, a cry for help suddenly rang out from outside: "Help! Someone fell into the water!"
Xiao Gao and the others stood up instantly, but did not go out. Two of them went to the door to see the situation, and the rest either hid in the dark or protected Ye Shu.
Xiao Gao warned Ye Shu: "Sister-in-law, don't go out, wait and see what happens!"
They are usually very alert when traveling.
Ye Shu chose to listen to them.
Sure enough, not long after, several children rushed in from the door, running and shouting for help: "Help! Big sister, help! There are bad guys outside!"
Huo Yisheng didn't know when he came back. He jumped off the wall and fell from the sky.
He picked up a piece of firewood from the fire in front of Ye Shu, swept it in front of them, and shouted, "Stop! Don't come near!"
The children were so frightened that they stopped immediately and hugged each other.
Huo Yisheng held up a torch and asked them, "Who asked you to come? What are you doing here?"
The leading child immediately said, "Someone has fallen into the river over there, aren't you going to save him?"
Huo Yisheng said coldly, "Why should we go and save him?"
Child: “But you live in a house in our village.”
If you live in a house in the village, do you have to go out and save people?
This logic is a bit strange.
Ye Shu observed the children calmly.
The children were watching them, and suddenly said, "You can't even save people, you're not good people!"
"That's right! You are not good people. You are not allowed to live in our village. Go away!"
As he spoke, he picked up clods of dirt and stones from the ground and threw them at Ye Shu and the others.
Huo Yisheng narrowed his eyes and raised his hand. Xiao Gao and others immediately jumped out, tied the children's hands behind their backs, and threw them out.