Wen Qingzhu tied the bandage and nodded with a smile: "I can see that your Lord Gu is a good soldier who does his duty! The people of Dingyuan will definitely feel at ease when they are here!"
"That's not true! Our Captain Gu is the most beloved among all the patrol soldiers!"
"You kid is itching! How dare you praise me so wildly in front of adults! Go and help!" Gu Kuo stood up and pulled away his talkative subordinate.
He smiled and turned away.
Wen Qingzhu saw that Guo Kuo didn't look good and suggested, "My medical skills are pretty good. How about I take my pulse?"
"It's really not necessary! It's against the rules to ask adults to bandage me!" Gu Kuo insisted on refusing.
Wen Qingzhu shook his head: "What rules! You are getting hurt for the sake of the people!"
Gu Kuo suddenly pointed in the direction of the mountain forest and said: "There is another village over there! When we passed by, it was already massacred!"
"What!" Wen Qingzhu turned around and quickly got on his horse.
He planned to rush over with the remaining half of the troops, but Gu Kuo immediately stopped him: "Sir! We have checked! There are no living people over there! We have rescued those who can! For your safety! It's better not to go there! "
"No! I have to go!" Wen Qingzhu turned his horse's head and led the rest of the people over.
Gu Kuo looked at the village behind him, then at the direction Wen Qingzhu and the others were leaving, and finally got on his horse and followed Wen Qingzhu and the others.
The village was a bit far away, and it took them two quarters of an hour to arrive.
As soon as he arrived at the village, Wen Qingzhu saw several corpses lying on the ground, covered in blood.
Wen Qingzhu slowed down and ordered the soldiers: "Follow me and search! All the Huns soldiers we find will be captured alive!"
She rode in and arranged for the team to spread out in a certain direction to search.
Wen Qingzhu, on the other hand, rode his horse and went from house to house looking for them.
She was very nervous now. Yang Liu said that the uncle stayed at her daughter's house last night.
He just left, and the whole village was massacred!
Thinking of what happened last night, Wen Qingzhu still felt guilty.
When she met the uncle for the first time, she did not believe that he was an ordinary person, so she cautiously stopped Lei Shuo from asking again.
But he didn't expect that when the uncle saw that Lei Shuo was at his daughter's house and it was midnight, he would rather go to his daughter's house later than send them back to the city gate first.
Unconsciously, Wen Qingzhu's eyes became moist.
She didn't believe the uncle, but he was worried about them.
Obviously if I was cautious enough, I should have let Yang Liu and the others stay for a while, or moved the people from this village away!
Why! She didn't do this
After searching five or six households, Wen Qingzhu suddenly saw a familiar bullock cart.
This time there are no cattle, only a cart is left here.
She quickly dismounted and walked inside.
As soon as he entered the house, he saw a familiar figure lying on the ground.
Wen Qingzhu stopped immediately and his body stiffened.
It took her a long time before she forced herself to step forward and confirm the uncle's face.
What shocked her was that the uncle's eyes were gouged out, his tongue was cut out, and his nose was cut off.
There was blood in the eye sockets, blood in the nose bones, and blood in the mouth.
Looking down, the uncle's hands were cut off and his stomach was stabbed several times.
Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but kneel in front of the uncle, and touched the uncle's body with trembling hands.
"Why... why is it so cruel..."
Later, when Gu Kuo and others came in, they were all shocked when they saw the tragic death of this old man.
Wen Qingzhu's tears finally fell uncontrollably, and his voice was so choked that he couldn't speak at all
Could it be that the uncle helped them last night, and the so-called Xiao Wang has been following them and did not dare to retaliate against her, so he came to kill the uncle and his family to vent his anger.
Wen Qingzhu stared at the uncle's body in confusion, tears falling down.
At this time, the sound of wooden boards colliding was heard from behind the main room.
Everyone raised their heads, and Fu Jiajun was even faster.
After a while, a pale boy wearing patched clothes appeared in front of her.
As soon as he saw the old man on the ground, he cried loudly: "Grandpa! Grandpa!"
The little boy cried loudly and struggled to come over.
Wen Qingzhu was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand: "Let him come over!"
The subordinate let go, and the little boy immediately ran over, threw himself on the uncle and cried: "Grandpa! Grandpa! Wake up! Grandma is dead, and my mother has been taken away! You can't leave me! You are not the most painful person." Mine? Why don't you wake up?"
After crying for a long time, the little boy finally lost his strength.
Wen Qingzhu stood up and looked around the room. There was a water tank in the kitchen behind the main room.
She went over and asked for a ladle of water, handed it to the little boy, and said softly: "Here."
The little boy looked into her eyes blankly, not knowing why, and reached out to take the water ladle from her, took two sips and then put it down.
He asked: "Who is sister?"
As soon as these words came out, Gu Kuo immediately looked at Wen Qingzhu with incredible eyes.
Wen Qingzhu no longer cared about anything at this time and regained his voice: "Sister, I'm here to help you. Can you tell me your name?"
"My name is Tu Dan." Hearing Wen Qingzhu's original voice, the little boy named Tu Dan relaxed even more.
Wen Qingzhu pulled him over, turned his back to the uncle's body, and asked softly: "How old are you this year?"
"Five years old." Tudan couldn't help but lean against her.
Wen Qingzhu touched his head and asked, "Do you still remember what happened from yesterday to today?"
At the mention of this, Tudan started to tremble all over.
Wen Qingzhu simply hugged him tightly and comforted in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, these are my sister's soldiers. They will protect you, and my sister will protect you."
"Yes." Tudan nodded and said after a long time, "Yesterday, grandpa came over to deliver food and medicine to my mother and grandma. Later, grandma found a gold nugget in the cart. She insisted on saying that grandpa was getting rich, so she didn't take them with her. Go live in the city! Follow grandpa and make trouble. Grandma even had a big quarrel with mom because of this, saying that if grandpa hadn’t been hiding his secrets, dad wouldn’t have died.”
"Gold? Is there gold in the cart?" Wen Qingzhu immediately thought of Lei Shuo. Last night, she wanted to give the uncle gold.
Tudan continued: "Well! There is really gold! I was the second one to see it. Grandpa came and said it was given to him by his benefactor, and he didn't know. We were noisy until very late, and everyone went to bed. Later, there was General Yang came to look for grandpa, and grandpa let him go. Grandma and grandpa quarreled again, and then... Later, during breakfast, the Huns came... He, they started robbing things and killing people... Grandpa took my mother and I hid in the cellar..."
"It's okay, it's okay! I'm here! What happened next?" Wen Qingzhu stroked his head and comforted him.
Tudan thought of the screams and cries last night, as well as the Huns who spoke words he couldn't understand, as his worst nightmare.
He didn't want to think about it at all, but he subconsciously felt that if he didn't say anything, he might not be able to help his sister.
Tudan grabbed Wen Qingzhu's sleeves and said in a trembling voice: "Later, those Huns found the cellar. Mother hurriedly hid me behind the chaff bag and ran out. Not long after, I heard Mother The screams…”
"I will help you find your mother." Wen Qingzhu leaned his head in his arms and stared straight ahead.
Tudan immediately raised his head: "Mom is not dead yet?"
"Maybe not dead, but no matter what, I will take you to find your mother." Wen Qingzhu looked down at him, his eyes full of sadness.
No matter how many conflicts the elder generation has, they always love their children.
In a life-or-death situation, I still choose to protect my children first.
Tudan nodded seriously: "Okay! I believe in sister!"
Wen Qingzhu already roughly understood what happened.
She looked sideways at the uncle's body behind her, fearing that the cause was still the piece of gold given by Lei Shuo.
Otherwise, the uncle would not have died so miserably.
After all, even if the Huns kill people, they kill them directly. They will slowly force a person to death, and they must want more.
For example, I want to find more gold from the uncle.
Outside the door, Yang Liu rushed over and was a little startled when he saw the two people in the house.
He walked in quickly and saw the bodies of the little boy and the old man. He was shocked: "This is not..."
Wen Qingzhu stood up and helped Tu Dan up together: "Well, it was the uncle last night. He died. Now only his daughter's son is still alive."
Yang Liu looked at Tudan and then at the uncle's body that was not human, gritted his teeth and blamed himself: "It's all my fault!"
"No! It's the Huns' fault!" Wen Qingzhu corrected him, his voice extremely calm.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside the door. Lei Shuo hurried in, but saw the uncle's body on the ground at a glance.
Her legs went weak and she almost fell to her knees.
Fortunately, Lei Yan, who also followed behind, stepped forward and supported her: "Are you okay?"
After they came in, Lei Shuo saw Wen Qingzhu's expression and knew that she had already investigated thoroughly. He held back tears and asked, "What on earth is going on?"
Wen Qingzhu looked at him: "The Huns soldiers slaughtered the village and killed most of the people here. The uncle was found to have a piece of gold. The Huns soldiers thought he had more and tortured him. Finally, he bled to death."
Lei Shuo could no longer control himself and knelt down, looking at the uncle's body and crying: "It's all my fault! My fault! I shouldn't have given him the gold! You originally stopped me, but I You have to be good at making your own decisions! In the end, it’s up to the uncle...the uncle..."
Her voice was so choked that she could no longer speak.
Wen Qingzhu led Tu Dan over and asked Lei Yan to help Lei Shuo up: "You did make a mistake, but the fault was not yours in the first place. It was the Lu Jiajun, the Zhao Jiajun, and even the Fu Jiajun who failed to protect them."
"No! It has nothing to do with Fu Lie!" Lei Shuo shook his head and continued to blame himself.
Wen Qingzhu didn't persuade her much and just said to her: "I promised Tudan to take him to find his mother."
"You are going to the Huns!" Yang Liu was the first to react.
Lei Yan and Lei Shuo each grabbed one of her arms: "No!"
Wen Qingzhu looked back at the uncle's body: "Don't you think it's possible?"
Lei Shuo was the first to let go, but she immediately followed and said, "I want to go too!"
"No!" Lei Yan and Yang Liu spoke again.
Wen Qingzhu ignored them and led Tudan out of the house.
She raised her head and glanced in the direction of Shuangfeng Mountain, and told herself: Sometimes, maybe we should be more ruthless!
Especially for foreigners like the Xiongnu!
Worried that the Huns would invade again, Wen Qingzhu left three hundred Qingqi on the spot and used this village as a stronghold to guard the place and guard against those who tried to enter or exit the mountains and forests.
Wen Qingzhu had a feeling in his heart that they would come again.
This might just be the beginning.
Yang Liu wanted to persuade him, but Wen Qingzhu ignored him, making him more and more anxious.