Chapter 36 Mass Burial Mound

In the darkness, there was a rustling sound, and then several figures appeared in a small forest.

"The mass grave is in front." Li Xiaodao pointed.

Passing through the woods, I vaguely saw a piece of land in front of me, which was the famous mass grave in the town.

"Come on, don't fall behind, let's go quickly."

Li Xiaodao tightened his clothes, and gave instructions to the people beside him.

After he finished speaking, he bent down and grabbed the old beggar's legs. Compass and Wei Shu left and right, and the three of them worked together to carry the old beggar's body quickly through the woods.

The leaves were rustling, the surroundings were gloomy, and I always felt that there was something weird inside, which made people shudder.

"Would there be...ghosts there?"

A gust of cold wind blew, and the compass suddenly trembled, and the whole body felt a little chilly for no reason.

"Shut up!" Li Xiaodao rebuked in a low voice.

He doesn't believe in ghosts and gods. If it is really useful, there will be so many injustices in the world.

"Don't dawdle, we need to speed up, Ye'er and Fat Miao'er are still waiting for us in the ruined temple."

With a cold face, Li Xiaodao quickened his pace. After a while, the three of them walked through the woods and arrived at their destination.

The place is covered with white bones, dirty and messy, and there is an extremely sour and rotten stench in the air. There are countless flies, ants, and moths.

"Let's leave him here!"

Compass stopped, not wanting to move forward.

"No!" Li Xiaodao shook his head, and refused without thinking.

He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said, "Let's go in and bury him."

"Buried?" Compass screamed, almost losing his voice.

As if he was afraid of being heard, he covered his mouth with a guilty conscience, and lowered his voice: "Are you kidding?"

"This place is so eerie, we have to bury him here!"

Li Xiaodao didn't say anything. It's unknown whether it was out of guilt after the murder, or simply because he was afraid that the body would be found. He insisted on burying the body and insisted on going his own way.

"Why bury it, wouldn't it be better to wait for him to be eaten by wild dogs?"

Luo Pan couldn't figure it out, so he turned to look at Wei Shu: "Bookworm, what do you think?"

Wei Shu pursed his lips. Compared to Compass' panic and Li Xiaodao's irascibility, he seemed extraordinarily calm. He said three words softly: "Bury it!"

Two to one, without support, Compass had no choice but to follow Li Xiaodao's opinion.

The three of them carried the old beggar's body and walked all the way to the mountain bag piled up with bones.

"Bury him down there."

Li Xiaodao let go of his hand and put down the old beggar's leg.

"Ouch!" A burst of nausea made Compass involuntarily want to vomit.

Although they are beggars, they are used to being dirty and have even robbed wild dogs for food.

But let him dig out the rotten bones with his hands, he still can't accept it.

It stinks!
It really stinks!
"Let's go pick up some thick twigs."

Wei Shu pushed the compass behind his back, and dragged him into the nearby woods after Li Xiaodao.

An hour later.

Inside the broken temple.

Liu Ye'er and Fat Miao'er sat side by side in front of the ignited fire. The two of them looked at the fire, wondering what they were thinking.

"When are they coming back?"

After an unknown amount of time, Fat Miao'er turned around and asked Liu Ye'er.

"It should be soon."

Liu Ye'er frowned imperceptibly, and said "soon", but she didn't have any confidence in her heart.

According to her calculations, the mass grave is not too far away, and an hour is enough to return.

At this moment, the three of them hadn't appeared yet, so Liu Ye'er couldn't help worrying if something happened to the three of them.

Encountered wild dogs, or... people!

"Are you sleepy?"

Liu Ye'er stretched out her hand and gently stroked Fat Miao'er's head, asking softly.

No matter how she guessed, she couldn't say it, and she couldn't make Fat Miao'er worry about it.

"Go to bed if you're sleepy." Liu Ye'er turned her head and looked at the floor.

"No." Fat Miao'er shook her head slowly.

Originally, they should have fallen asleep at this time, but today is different.

Whether it was Fat Miao'er or Li Xiaodao, or Liu Ye'er, Compass, or Wei Shu, it was their first time to kill someone, so it was inevitable that they would be upset and unable to sleep.

"Then are you tired? If you're tired, just lean on my shoulder for a while." Liu Ye'er gently pressed Fat Miao'er's head down, and leaned against her shoulder.

Like close sisters.

"Ye'er, you're so kind!" Fat Miao'er's fluffy little head arched, feeling a little moved.

From the first day she came to the ruined temple, Liu Ye'er has been helping her.

Help her comb her hair, help her spread the quilt, help her wash, help her wipe her face, cover her with a quilt at night, and put her to sleep.

Even when the old beggar was embarrassing her, Liu Ye'er rushed to help without hesitation, and did not choose to run away.

Fat Miao'er was deeply moved by all of this, and a warm current poured into her heart.

She stretched out her arms, wrapped Liu Ye'er's arms affectionately, raised her head, and said softly: "Ye'er, we will always be together from now on."

"Okay!" Liu Ye'er pursed her lips and smiled, not bright, but very comfortable and sincere.

"Squeak!"

At this moment, the sound of moving the wooden door sounded, and Liu Ye'er and Fat Miao'er stood up and looked up.

Three familiar figures appeared dragging their tired bodies.

It was Li Xiaodao, Wei Shu and Luo Pan.

"What's the matter?" Liu Ye'er ran over quickly, held Li Xiaodao's hand, and asked anxiously.

"It's okay, it's all settled, don't worry." Li Xiaodao nodded at Liu Ye'er reassuringly.

Liu Ye'er let it go with her heart hanging, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good! That's good! You came back so late, I thought it was an accident, and I was very upset."

As Liu Ye'er was talking, she sat down with a few people by the fire again.

Wei Shu picked up a branch and picked the fire to make it burn more vigorously, and then explained to Liu Ye'er aloud: "We buried Uncle Gui and went to the stream to wash, so we came back late .”

"We are very careful, absolutely no one will find out." Compass answered.

Li Xiaodao also nodded affirmatively, suddenly remembered something, stretched his hand to his cuff, and took out a string of copper plates from inside.

There are not many copper plates, about one hundred wen, and they are tied together by a straw rope.

"This belongs to Uncle Gui. We found it when we buried the body."

Li Xiaodao handed over the money to Fat Miao'er, asking her to keep it, and said: "Everyone of us will give Uncle Gui five coins every month, and there will be hundreds of coins in a few years, which is far from enough."

What Li Xiaodao meant was very simple, the money was originally theirs, so they took it and returned it to the original owner.

Not prickly, not guilty.

Fat Miao'er nodded, took the copper plate, and silently put it in his cuff.

After a few seconds of silence, he raised his head and said in a deep voice, "This is not a place to stay for a long time, we must leave."

(End of this chapter)

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