Chapter 1570: Deserted Well
Chapter 1570: Chapter 1570: Deserted Well
Mrs. Lao Fang saw her daughter being ravaged by so many Rong people, and Village Chief Tang dared not come to rescue. She was in despair, wanting to burn the house and perish together with these Rong people.
But the house couldn’t be burned. Once it caught fire, thick smoke would rise, alerting the Rong people lurking in nearby villages about the incident happening in Tang’s Village, and they would immediately send a messenger wolf to notify the Rong General for an early attack.
Mrs. Lao Fang trembled with fear, unable to hear what Hong Dao was saying.
Hong Dao saw that she was too shocked and feared she might impulsively set a fire, quickly pointed at the slain Rong people, saying: "These Rong people are dead now, they can no longer bully you. Quickly put down the torch and pine oil, and take care of your daughter."
Mrs. Lao Fang’s mind buzzed in chaos, she only managed to hear a few words. But seeing those Rong people who bullied her daughter were killed, she refrained from burning the house, dropped the torch and pine oil, rushed into the house, held Tang Ling, and cried bitterly: "Sister Ling, my dear girl, it’s okay now, they’re all dead, we’re safe now~"
Seeing Tang Ling was still undressed, she quickly grabbed a blanket to cover her, holding Tang Ling while crying.
Hong Dao hurriedly extinguished the torch, grabbed the pine oil, and threw it into a bucket under the eaves, then turned around to kill Muguer, who was trying to escape.
With a crunch, the knife chopped off one of Muguer’s arms.
"Ah!" Muguer screamed miserably, nearly fainting from the pain. But as a Warrior of the Witch God, he was determined to send a message to Lord Troop Commander even at the cost of his life, dropping the saber, trying to take out signal smoke to send a message to the Rong people in the nearby villages.
Hong Dao was quick and sliced off half of Muguer’s palm with a swish, preventing him from pulling out the signal smoke.
"Tie him up!" Hong Dao severed Muguer’s tendons on his hands and feet, and commanded the accompanying soldiers.
"Coming." The soldiers responded joyfully, instantly tying up Muguer and gagging his mouth to stop him from making any strange sounds to send messages.
Speaking of this, everyone felt a lingering fear. These Rong people not only had messenger wolves but also signal smoke, and the Rong person they met last night could emit strange sounds to command wolf packs.
No wonder Great Chu lost three city pools, the Rong people were truly formidable.
To be honest, they managed to kill those five small Section Leaders quickly because they took advantage of them being distracted.
Village Chief Tang heard this from inside, peeked through the window to see the dead Rong small Section Leaders, and finally dared to come out, trembling, pointing at Hong Dao and his men, he asked: "Who, who are you? How did you get into Tang’s Village? Aren’t you afraid of what will happen for killing Rong people? You’ve doomed our entire village!"
With a bang, Hong Dao kicked him over, angrily saying: "We are Kangrong Soldiers from the south, killing Rong people is our duty, are we supposed to fear them? Yet you, a grown man, watched the Rong people ravage your daughter without helping, and even after they died, you still fear them. Are you even human?!"
Hong Dao was also shocked by today’s events; he had only heard of the Rong people’s terror before, but he realized their vile nature after witnessing them firsthand today.
Village Chief Tang was hurt by the beating, dared not criticize Hong Dao further but still warned: "This is my home, all the property is mine. You are soldiers of Great Chu, you’re not supposed to bully your own people."
At his words, Hong Dao slapped him twice, knocking out one of Tang Village Chief’s teeth.
Village Chief Tang cried from being hit but dared not speak any more foolish words.
"Brother... my father invites you inside~" A timid five-year-old boy clutching the door timidly said to Hong Dao.
Hong Dao, afraid of deceit, clenched his knife, took two soldiers, and entered the house.
Inside, Village Chief Tang’s two sons were lying in bed, both had their legs and feet broken, unable to get off the ground. There were three boys standing by the bed, aged between ten and three years.
Tang Laoda looked at Hong Dao, tearfully asked: "Rong people, are they dead?"
Hong Dao nodded: "Yes, the Rong people in your home are all killed. Our other soldiers are infiltrating the villagers’ houses in batches, exterminating Rong people. Soon, these beasts will be cleaned out."
After hearing this, Tang Laoda cried out in frustration, mournfully shouted: "Jin Niang, you can rest in peace~"
Tang Laoda’s wife, Fang Jin Niang, was tormented by the Rong people for two months to protect her children and was ravaged to death days ago.
Tang Laoer’s wife was a bit luckier, she jumped into a well and died as soon as the Rong people came, avoiding being ravaged.
After shouting, Tang Laoda hurriedly told Hong Dao: "Rong people are crafty, there are a few hiding in an abandoned well at the old village in case something happens in the village. Hurry to the abandoned well in the old village and kill those Rong people!"
He again told his eldest son: "Brother Jun, quickly lead these Military Officers to the old village."
Hong Dao was taken aback, unexpectedly discovering the Rong people left something in reserve, spoke to Tang Jun: "Lead the way. If you encounter Rong people on the road, don’t be afraid, just say a few words to delay them, we will quickly kill them."
Tang Jun, albeit only ten years old, matured significantly after months of life-and-death struggles, nodded: "Rest assured, sir, the young boy understands."
He turned back to Tang Laoda and said: "Don’t worry, Dad, we will definitely kill those beasts and avenge the victims in the village!"
With that, he ran with Hong Dao and the others, spat at Village Chief Tang when passing by, infuriating Village Chief Tang, who wanted to curse but feared being beaten by the two remaining soldiers, and dared not speak.
Tang Jun was familiar with the village, he knew which household had hidden Rong people, leading Hong Dao and the others past these houses without stopping, even when occasionally hearing screams or the clashing of weapons, he remained calm. Soon he led Hong Dao and his men to a dilapidated old house not far from the old village’s deserted well, hid in it, said: "It’s that deserted well, those beasts are hiding underground... it’s the escape route they left to send messages, which our little aunt secretly told us~"
He couldn’t help but tear up saying the last sentence.
Aunt suffered greatly due to her beauty; she initially wanted to end her life but was threatened by the beast leader, who said if she dared die, he would stew them.
Aunt had witnessed what happened to her younger sister, knowing these beasts were capable of such atrocities, did not dare to die.
"Hide here, we will sneak over and soon send them to meet King Yama." Hong Dao instructed, sneaking over with the soldiers.
Qin San Lang taught Hong Dao a lesson last night, so this time Hong Dao didn’t fight the Rong people under the well head-on but threw poison down instead.
With two bangs, poison bags were smashed into the bottom of the well and dispersed, the poison permeated. Although the Rong people at the bottom were wearing masks, their eyes were exposed, and the poison entered through them, rendering them unable to take out the signal smoke before being poisoned unconscious.
Hong Dao, afraid they might release signal smoke, covered the wellhead with a broken door panel immediately after throwing the poison. Only after no sound was detected from below did he let the soldiers remove the door panel.
"They should all be down." Hong Dao was confident in the Gu Family’s poison, left five people to guard, took a hooked rope, and along with three subordinates, descended to the well bottom, indeed found three poisoned Rong people... and a messenger wolf.
Dammit, exactly how many messenger wolves do the Rong people own? Why are these damn things so many?