Paper horse incense shop

Chapter 48

I tore off the vine and grass wall at the door a few times. Now with the light of a simple torch, the cave was finally no longer pitch black.

The smell of blood still lingering in the air has not dissipated, but this time, I no longer have any fear.

I stepped over the broken body parts on the ground, holding a torch strong enough to burn myself, and walked step by step towards the stone crevice in the cave.

If I am not mistaken.
  I held the torch to explore the surroundings and stepped across the cracks in the rocks.

Perhaps the light in my hand was too dazzling in the darkness. The moment I entered the cave, I heard several muffled sounds.

Live!

Those women are indeed here!
  I was overjoyed, and at the right time a startling roar came from my ears:
  "Nana!"

Father Lu, who had been following me, stepped forward and hugged Luna who was lying in a pool of blood.

Her chest was still rising and falling slightly.

She was alive, but only alive.

The light in Luna's bright eyes had dissipated, turning into a pool of silent stagnant water.

Her limbs were weirdly twisted. Father Lu took off his own coat with tears in his eyes and put it on Luna's body, wanting to give her some warmth.

But Luna didn't respond.

My heart hurt so much that I didn't dare to look any further. I carried a woman who was also dying nearby and walked out of the cave with heavy steps.

I snorted each woman, and then quickly transported each woman out of the cave.

One trip, two trips, three trips.
  A total of twenty-three trips, a total of twenty-three women.

The last person to be transported was Luna, whose life was hanging by a thread.

Her condition was worse than I thought, her breathing was weak, and her face and body were covered with large and small wounds and teeth marks.
  It's hard for me to think about what she's been through since I left.

This tragic situation made Father Lu, a tall man with a resolute face, burst into tears and almost fainted:

"Nana. Nana"

This sad voice hit my ears, and I didn't dare to listen anymore, so I could only turn away and check on other women.

I have no medical knowledge, but I know that the situation of these women is not optimistic.

A woman in her thirties was in the most serious condition. She was skinny, but her frame was relatively large, so when she entered the box, most of her lower thighs were cut off.

The remaining limbs of her legs were tied very tightly with a band. The blood was not flowing and they were already black and blue. The fractures were simply treated and a thin layer of herbs was applied.

Those livestock villagers obviously used this kind of binding to mutilate their limbs before amputation.
  The more I watched, the more uncomfortable I felt. I knelt on the ground and held the dying woman's head on my lap to make her as comfortable as possible.

The woman seemed to have been in the dark for a long time, and she was a little confused when she suddenly saw the light. She squinted her eyes for a long time and couldn't open them.

I asked her softly:
  "Sister, our rescuers will be here soon, hold on."

The woman shook her eyelids and opened and closed her lips with difficulty. She seemed to have something to say, but she couldn't form words because she couldn't speak for a long time.

I asked with tears in my eyes:
  "Do you want to say your home address? Or do you feel uncomfortable? Immediately, I swear, I guarantee that someone will come immediately and take you to the hospital. You will be fine soon."

The woman shook her head gently and opened and closed her lips with great effort. I leaned down and listened carefully.

The woman's breath was very shallow, and she said:
  "Yao Mei, grandma bought you a birthday gift. Remember it."

"But, grandma was arrested and delayed. Grandma, go home immediately."

The woman spoke the words very softly, and looked at me with her warm and kind eyes.

In other words, looking at others through my appearance.

I saw my string of tears on her pale face. I touched her face with trembling hands and shouted hoarsely:
  "Ama, Ama! Don't sleep, soon, someone will be here soon." Hearing my name to her, a light suddenly burst out of the woman's chaotic eyes, like a flash of light, and suddenly became clear and revealed a touch of love. smile:

"Yao Mei——"

Then, after really returning to the light, he fell into the abyss.

I held her still warm body, not knowing how to react.

She didn't say anything about her family, she didn't mention her pain, and she probably didn't even remember her name.

She was just thinking about the birthday gift she promised to buy for her little daughter before she was abducted.

She did not have a name until her death, but she was a mother.

Maybe, just like my mother.

I just held her in my arms until noisy footsteps sounded on the mountain road.

The footsteps were approaching, but before they even got there, the questioning voice came one step ahead:
  "Tu Liubai! Why are you here!? Did you bring outsiders to the cave? Did I tell you that if you call the police, this matter will never end! Do you still want to stay in the village?"

The person speaking was the village chief of Shibi Village, who had a kind smile yesterday, but now his face was already distorted, mixed with overwhelming anger.

With the village chief taking the lead, other villagers also started to criticize:
  "You are such a heartless child, and you brought an outsider to steal your wife. Tu Laoer really gave you so much food for nothing."

"That's right. If it were my child, I would have drowned him and sent him to the back mountain. Haha!"

"What should we do now? These women have been moved out. Did you just say that all the men are dead?"

"By the way, where are the guards?"

The crowd obviously thought of something and immediately fell silent. Many eyes looked around, somewhat surprised and uncertain.

When I looked at it, I saw several half-body parts of men that I had placed at the entrance of the cave.

The group of men did not escape there. I dragged them to the entrance of the cave specifically to frighten these unruly people.

Sure enough, when they saw it, the crowd immediately became uproar and commotion, looking at each other and not daring to look into the cave.

The people brought by Father Lu started to take action first. No one thought it was dirty. Each person carried a dying woman on his back and walked back along the way they came -

Ready to go home.

This time no one tried to stop them, but a few old men without eyes followed them with playful smiles:

"You can't move these women in one trip. In this case, we can help carry them on the mountain road. We can charge one thousand yuan each."

How could Father Lu let these beasts touch them again?

Not to mention that it looks terrible, but just in case some people have the intention of killing people and silencing them without any evidence.
  That’s a few lives!
  Father Lu's face was livid, and he almost felt sick inside, but he also knew that starting a conflict now was not a good idea.

But I didn't have as many scruples as Father Lu, so I gently put a woman on my back and shouted angrily:
  "Go away!"

Many faces that were relatively familiar before saw a little ridicule on their lips when they saw me. There were a few older men with disapproval on their faces, and they seemed to want to teach me a lesson.

I sneered:
  "If we have time to stop here, we might as well go see the cave."

"The guards all died in the cave. They died miserably. Their flesh was scattered on the ground. I can't take them out, so I'm just waiting for you."

I glanced at the villager who suddenly turned pale, and said word by word:

"You should think about who will collect the body."

"I also want to think about whether you will be like them when you go in."

(End of this chapter)