"It's just a cellar, what's there to see? Enough?" Lu Xingchi asked behind him.
Bei Nuan nodded and took the initiative to leave the yard.
Lu Xingchi followed her, and before going out, he glanced back at the abandoned yard.
The purpose of Lu Xing's late arrival here was to find the person hiding in the cellar, but unfortunately he couldn't find it.
According to the requirements of the system, Lu Xingchi had to follow the route of his previous life again.
The way to go is not to strictly step on the footsteps of the previous life step by step, but to check in at a series of key locations given by the system.
And stay in each place for enough time, not shorter than the previous life.
So this time, even if Xiao Ji doesn't need to be sent home, Lu Xingchi will definitely come to Yao Town to sign in, and he must stay on the mountain for a few days.
The last life was in Yao Town, when Bei Nuan threw himself on Luo Er and was seriously injured on his waist, and he took two days to leave.
This time, Lu Xingchi made a careful calculation and found that the time of going up the mountain was the same as the previous life.
The infected eldest of the Luo family has already entered the town, and something will happen soon.
The first thing Lu Xingchi did after going up the mountain was to go to the abandoned old house to find Luo Da who was hiding in the cellar.
As a result, the cellar that was supposed to hide people was empty, and there was no one at all.
The time was right, but the man in the cellar miraculously disappeared.
Lu Xingchi was not reconciled, he simply searched all the old houses with no one nearby, and didn't even find a single person.
After Lu Xing turned around a bit late, returned to the old house, and searched inside and out, Bei Nuan just happened to come.
A Yao town so big, it couldn't be more coincidental.
Bei Nuan didn't know anything about the twists and turns in Lu Xingchi's mind, and reported to Lu Xingchi about the meeting on the top of the mountain just now.
"Are we going to withdraw now?" Bei Nuan asked Lu Xingchi.
There is no way to find someone infected, and the risk is too great.
The crowd in Yao Town is dense. The key is that there is only one road up and down the mountain. It is difficult to walk, and it is narrow and steep. If there is an accident, even if Lu Xing is late, it will take a lot of effort to break out of the encirclement.
If you're not careful, someone might get hurt.
Bei Nuan looked up at Lu Xingchi and suggested seriously, "Let's go back to the top of the mountain now, call Du Ruo, and then go find Jiang Fei and Tang Tang together."
Bei Nuan paused, thought about it, and added, "I'll bring Xiaoji's family with me, let's go down the mountain first."
People in other towns, let them seek their own blessings.
This statement is not really holy.
Bei Nuan didn't have the heart to raise the Virgin in front of Lu Xingchi, and only wanted to bring her people down the mountain.
Lu Xingchi looked down at her and suddenly smiled.
He reached out and rubbed her head, "Don't be afraid of this. Let's go to the top of the mountain to see what's going on."
He said so, Bei Nuan had to follow, worried.
Bei Nuan thought to himself, according to the plot in the book, when they tortured the second son of the Luo family, the group of people in the town who had been searching everywhere found Luo Da who was hiding in the cellar.
But now Luo Da is gone, they have nowhere to look.
However, maybe the plot twists and turns left and right, and it can get back to the original track. People in the town can still find Luo Da, but it's just somewhere else.
I hope so.
Fortunately, everything is as usual at the top of the mountain, the crowd is still meeting, and there is nothing unusual.
Du Ruo held the meeting with relish, as if he wanted to eat a melon seed.
Fortunately, Jiang Fei and Tang Tang also came up.
The team got together again, and there was another Lu**ss town, Bei Nuan felt more at ease.
Bei Nuan took out the crossbow and spikes from the space and quietly handed them over to Lu Xingchi, "You take it and be prepared."
Although he knew that he could shoot spikes without a crossbow, he was used to holding a crossbow to hide his eyes and ears.
Lu Xingchi smiled and took it.
Jiang Fei's dagger was always hidden on him, but Bei Nuan didn't need to worry about it.
Du Ruo opened his mouth, and Bei Nuan hurriedly said, "I won't give you that knife. You don't want everyone to not have a meeting, just look at you, right?"
The middle and second shape of the knife is too exaggerated.
The people in the town continued to meet, and soon there were new developments.
They were furious because they brought up the culprit who let people in - the second child of the Luo family.
Luo Er was on duty guarding the gate with two other people last night, and happened to meet his eldest brother coming back.
During the routine examination, his elder brother kept it secret, but it was found that there was a bite wound on his wrist.
According to the rules, everyone politely invited him out again.
At that time, I made it very clear to the injured Luo family eldest, that he was going to recuperate outside, and he would come back after two days when he was really fine.
But the Luo brothers are notoriously close.
The two of them grew up, their parents were working in other places, the eldest brother was like a father, and Luo Er was almost brought up by his brother.
Later, my elder brother went out to work, and he kept sending money back to help his younger brother build a new house and marry a daughter-in-law.
This time, my brother was accidentally injured on the way home.
Luo Er couldn't bear it, and felt that it was too dangerous to be surrounded by zombies, so he secretly put his brother in again while the other two were not paying attention.
The movement of opening the door was not very neat, and was noticed by the other two people.
After the two finished their duty, they quietly followed Luo Er home. Sure enough, they saw the boss of the Luo family who slipped in and was gobbling up food at his house.
The two went up to catch them, Luo Er and them fought together, and by the time they beat Luo Er and chased after them, Luo Da had already disappeared.
Luo Er is now tied up, standing in the front open space, being scolded by their patriarch surnamed Luo.
The patriarch persuaded hard for a long time, and assured Luo Er that even if his brother was found, even if his brother had turned into a zombie, he would not be killed, and he would be driven out of the town.
Unfortunately it is useless.
This Luo Erniu was left alone, and he didn't say that he didn't know, but he was determined not to make a sound.
He didn't speak, but instead made everyone believe that he actually knew where his brother was hiding.
This matter is too serious, no one can cover it up.
Xie Yuanqing had been standing beside him, but now he suddenly spoke.
His voice was as gentle and calm as ever.
"It stands to reason that the patriarchs are all there, so it's not my turn to talk too much, but if we don't find the boss of the Luo family, everyone will die together. Now there is no other way than torture."
Several patriarchs agreed, discussed it, and invited out an iron staff that was more than half the height of a man.
The iron rod was dark, and the front end was half the width of the palm of the hand, and it seemed to be quite a few years old.
The Luo family spoke earnestly and said to the second son of the Luo family, "If you tell the truth about where your brother is hiding, you will be able to suffer less."
Luo Er shook his head, but still refused to make a sound.
No way, the patriarch raised his hand.
The person who took the iron rod raised the iron rod and slammed it against the back of the second son of the Luo family.
The second child of the Luo family screamed and knelt down.
His cry was so miserable, Bei Nuan trembled in his heart.
Luo Er did not let go, and the iron rod continued to smash.
The top of the mountain is eerily quiet now.
Bei Nuan could hear the muffled sound of the iron rod hitting the flesh. Luo Er's screams gradually subsided, and blood seeped from his body through his clothes, staining a large area.
Bei Nuan in the book was beaten and couldn't get up for a long time. Luo Er was beaten so much, I don't know what happened.
Bei Nuan in the book rushed up at this time.
She squeezed out of the crowd and told them to stop, but unfortunately no one listened to her.
So she pounced on Luo Er.
Before the hitter had time to stop, Bei Nuan was sturdy with an iron rod on his waist.
She was small and weak, and the stick almost broke her waist.
As a result, Jiang Fei went up and directly stabbed the person who took the iron rod, and the team and Xie Yuanqing faced each other and quarreled.
If only from the point of view of increasing the value of the Virgin, Bei Nuan, as a standard Virgin, should rush to protect Luo Er as in the book.
Of course Bei Nuan wouldn't be stupid, and let himself suffer for no reason.
But are you going to start
Bei Nuan hesitated.
The original idea was to find Luo Da, hand it over, and let this matter pass smoothly.
Unfortunately, the plot was twisted, Luo Da was not in the cellar at all, and no one could be found.
This matter is of great importance. If he is not found out, the whole town may suffer together.
Bei Nuan actually fully understood Xie Yuanqing's approach in his heart.
Furthermore, Bei Nuan also felt that Luo Er deserved what he deserved.
For the sake of his brotherhood, he should have given a beating for the safety of the whole town.
However, the iron rod hits people too hard.
Even if Bei Nuan was mentally prepared and knew that he was going to be beaten, the scene was still much more tragic than Bei Nuan expected.
What is right and what is wrong, Bei Nuan can't think clearly for a while, and his mind is a mess.
While hesitating, he suddenly realized that Lu Xingchi was looking down at her.
Immediately afterwards, Bei Nuan found that Lu Xingchi's hand tightly clasped her hand.
His hands were like iron tongs, firmly controlling her, as if he was afraid that she would run forward on impulse.
Luo Er was lying on the ground over there, but he was still biting hard and didn't let go.
Xie Yuanqing asked the beating person to stop temporarily, squatted down and asked him, his voice was still very gentle, as if the elder was talking to the naughty and wrong junior.
"Where is your brother hiding? As long as you tell us, no one will beat you again."
Luo Er continued to shake his head.
Du Ruo suddenly said from the side: "This is an ethical dilemma, called the time bomb dilemma."
What
Bei Nuan looked up at Du Ruo inexplicably.
Du Ruo explained: "What this dilemma is about is that a time bomb is about to explode. Once it explodes, it will cause countless casualties. The criminal will not say where the bomb is even if he lives or die. In this case, should he be tortured to extract a confession?"
Bei Nuan didn't speak.
Lu Xingchi said: "Utilitarians will think that in order to save so many people, there is no problem in doing so, while those who oppose it will think that torture itself is problematic."
Du Ruo said: "And once this kind of opening is opened, who will decide in the future when torture can be used? It is easy to be abused by people using power."
Bei Nuan thought, you two really have a good time, and are still discussing this.
No matter what the predicament is, let's solve the immediate trouble first.
According to the plot of the original book, someone should have discovered Luo Da at this time and brought Luo Da who was about to mutate.
Is the plot really so crooked that it can't come back
Over there, Xie Yuanqing saw that Luo Er was determined not to move, and his opponent raised his hand.
His subordinates did not bring Luo Da, but brought two other people.
One is a young woman and the other is a little girl of three or four years old.
Luo Er was not moving at first, but when he saw the two of them being brought up, he suddenly struggled.
Xie Yuanqing is still in the calm and gentle tone just now, and now he has more accusations, "If you don't say it, we can only do it on your wife and children. Don't you even care about them?"
Xie Yuanqing made a gesture, and the man with the iron rod raised the iron rod.
The woman was so frightened that she screamed desperately, and hugged the little girl. The little girl was sobbing, but now she burst into tears.
The next stick was about to fall on their mother and daughter.
Bei Nuan was startled.
Bei Nuan knew how fierce the iron rod was, and the little girl probably couldn't even take it.
Du Ruo next to him has already opened his mouth to stop people: "Wait a minute!"
Du Ruo pushed aside the crowd and pushed to the front.
Xie Yuanqing didn't wait for him to come forward, he raised his hand and told the beating person to stop.
The call to stop was too fast, which made Bei Nuan deeply suspicious. In fact, he didn't intend to really start.
"What are you waiting for? What can you do?" Xie Yuan glanced at Du Ruo.
Du Ruolaipi, "I'm not thinking about it."
Xie Yuanqing was a little speechless, and asked calmly, "No?" He waved his hand, and the person who took the iron rod raised it again.
Lu Xingchi had already pushed Bei Nuan to the front.
"Give me some time," Lu Xingchi said, "you all stay at the top of the mountain, and I will go to the town to find someone myself."
Du Ruo also said, "I'll go too."
He is not afraid of zombies, but he is really suitable for finding people.
Xie Yuanqing said slowly: "You are looking for it? Where are you looking for? The town is so big, when are you going to find it?"
The patriarch next to him also said, "If I listen to you, what if something goes wrong and even you all turn into zombies? With so many people in Quanyao Town, can you be held responsible?"
Bei Nuan squeezed over with them, her mind was spinning all the time, and then a flash of light suddenly appeared.
"Xie Yuanqing, I know where he might be hiding, give us ten minutes!"
Her voice was sweet and sweet, Xie Yuanqing glanced at her calmly, raised her wrist, and looked at the watch on her wrist.
"Ten minutes," he said.
He agreed happily, and Bei Nuan immediately regretted that he was too short, and bargained with him, "Twenty minutes. Is twenty minutes okay?"
Xie Yuanqing replied: "Fifteen minutes, the matter is urgent, no more than one minute."
Bei Nuan grabbed Lu Xingchi's arm, pulled him around and ran away.
"Where to?" Lu Xingchi followed her.
"I thought about where he might be hiding." Bei Nuan said as he ran, "Let's look for it. It doesn't matter, if we can't find it, we'll think of another way."
Bei Nuanla landed late and rushed to Xie Yuanqing's house in one breath.
Fortunately, his home is also on the top of the mountain, not far away.
As soon as Bei Nuan approached, he saw that the courtyard door was locked, but there were people guarding the door, some of Xie Yuanqing's subordinates.
Bei Nuan is beautiful, she just came here today, and a few people recognized her at a glance.
"Our brother Xie is having a meeting in the square." They thought Bei Nuan was here to find Xie Yuanqing.
"I know, it was you Brother Xie who asked us to come over and have something to do." Bei Nuan faked the imperial edict, and then added, "Just go into the yard, not the house."
Several people knew that Xie Yuanqing treated Bei Nuan unusually. After discussing for a moment, they unlocked the door with the key and put her and Lu Xingchi in.
Bei Nuan walked in with Lu Xingtian without hesitation, and stopped in front of a clump of blooming dahlias.
Next to the flowers is a large manhole cover made of wooden strips.
Every family here has a cellar for sweet potatoes in the courtyard, and the cellar of the patriarch's house is here.
The last time the little princess passed by this clump of flowers, her hair suddenly exploded, and Bei Nuan saw from a distance that there was a cover on the slope next to the mountain.
But Bei Nuan didn't know what it was at that time.
It was clear now that it was the cellar cover, much newer than the cellar cover in the abandoned yard, but the same style.
Dahua's reaction was so abnormal, maybe it was because there were strangers hidden inside.
Yao Town is so big, if you want to find a place to hide, the patriarch's house is the best place to hide.
Anyway, no one uses the cellar now, and even if others want to search, they can't think of searching the patriarch's house, which is the least likely to hide people.
small book booth
And the boss of the Luo family might already know that the rich and powerful Xie Yuanqing lives in the patriarch's family, and no one dares to move.
It's called blackout.
It's not difficult to get in. The courtyard wall is so short that you can come over once you turn it over. Luo Da is a local and knows the way.
However, Bei Nuan was just guessing, not very sure.
When Lu Xingchi saw the cellar, he was already carrying the crossbow and pulled Bei Nuan behind him.
He kicked open the wooden cover.
In the cellar, there was indeed a person curled up. Suddenly, the cellar cover was lifted, and he looked out in horror.
This is still a human being, not a zombie.
"I count to three, come out." Lu Xingchi pointed his crossbow at his head.
When he came out, he could only see clearly in the sunlight. It was a man in his mid-thirties. Because he was hiding in the east, his clothes were so dirty that his hair was covered in dirt.
The most conspicuous thing is that on his right wrist there is a new wound that sees blood, obviously bitten.
This person must have been infected, because Bei Nuan saw that the whites of his eyes were the same as those of Du Ruo, covered with red blood.
Lu Xingchi asked Bei Nuan to take a few steps back and led the young man out.
The young man had probably been hiding for too long, his legs were weak, and his movements were very slow. Every few steps he took, he seemed to be kneeling, and he moved forward slowly under the force of the crossbow.
The three slowly moved back to the spring.
This person is indeed the boss of the Luo family.
Because as soon as they appeared, the audience was drowned out by cursing.
The head of the Luo family hated it so much that he snatched the iron rod from the hand of the person next to him, and wanted to pull it down at Luo Da.
Lu Xingchi grabbed the iron rod with his hands, "Don't beat him, he seems to be infected, and there is a virus in his blood."
His meaning is obvious, if there is a wound on his body and the blood of the boss of the Luo family is stained, there is a risk of infection.
As soon as these words came out, a large space was instantly vacated around the boss of the Luo family.
Luo Er, who was lying on the ground, opened his eyes, saw his brother coming, struggled to get up, and hugged his brother's leg.
"Don't hit my brother..."
Change happens in an instant.
Afraid of being beaten, Luo Da, who was squatting on the ground with his head in his arms, twitched a few times and raised his head.
A pair of eyes were blood red.
Everyone else was far away and out of reach. The one closest to him was his younger brother, and he bit Luo Er's neck in one bite.
Xie Yuanqing raised the gun, Jiang Fei took out the knife, and Du Ruo grabbed the person with his bare hands.
But no one was too late.
A spike went where it was supposed to go in an instant.
Luo Da's movements were like a freeze frame, and stopped, and after a few seconds, he slowly fell backwards.
Luo Er could see his brother's changes clearly, and was shocked and scared for a while.
It seems that he never thought that his brother would really become a zombie, and after the mutation, he was the first to attack.
The place was silent.
Many Yaozhen people went up the mountain as soon as they heard the wind. This is the first time many people have seen someone mutate with their own eyes, and it is also the first time they have seen zombies attacking people.
For a long time, Xie Yuanqing spoke, his voice still calm and gentle.
He pointed to Luo Da, who was lying still, and instructed his subordinates, "Take him outside the town and bury him. Be careful when handling it."
They found a piece of plastic wrap, wrapped Luo Da, and carried him through the crowd.
The crowd silently made way for them.
"Patriarch," Xie Yuanqing said politely, "everyone has seen the horror of zombies. I think it's not good for us to guard the door like we are now."
He was right, if this happened again today, Yaozhen might not be so lucky.
A patriarch said: "Let's send a few more people every day to supervise each other..."
Xie Yuanqing interrupted him, "The villagers in the big hometown in Yao Town would not have the heart to put people in. It is unforgivable and excusable."
He glanced around, "None of my brothers are from Yaozhen. They have no relatives and no reason here, and they don't know anyone. It might be better if they also help everyone guard the door."
He made a lot of sense, and everyone below agreed.
Several patriarchs discussed with each other and felt that this was indeed a solution.
Bei Nuan and Lu Xingchi looked at each other.
Both of them knew in their hearts: Xie Yuanqing was taking this opportunity to unknowingly transfer the actual control of Yaozhen into his own hands.