Xue Nan looked in disbelief at the Uncle Wu who had grown up with her. How could her life become as light as paper in his mouth?
What's more, those are the true friends she finally made.
"Take me to Qingshui Village!" Xue Nan choked, but still pretended to be calm. Maybe she couldn't change her father's decision, but she couldn't sit idly by and ignore them. She had to save them!
But why did Uncle Wu let Xue Nan take the risk?
"Girl, it's useless for you to go. You can't save them. It's because they are in the wrong team." Uncle Wu said earnestly.
"I don't care! Take me to Qingshui Village! If they die, I won't live either!" Xue Nan cried out of breath, trying to make Uncle Wu relent.
But Jiang was still too old. Uncle Wu waved his hand to hold down the men in black who were trying to subdue Xue Nan, asking them to step back. Then he said seriously to Xue Nan: "Girl, have you ever thought about it? If you go over so recklessly, you will end up with the master." Do it right?”
Xue Nan didn't react for a moment and looked at Uncle Wu in confusion.
"Do you know how difficult it is for me these days? The Li family and the Shen family, headed by Lu Mingyu, are all working against me, trying to replace me in the Chamber of Commerce, and the prefect has been finding fault with me. Now I am under attack from both sides. !”
"What's wrong with Wan Yu and the others? Why are they locked up in that Qingshui Village?"
"Girl, do you know who are the people in Qingshui Village?"
Xue Nan has never heard anyone around him say anything about his father. What does Uncle Wu mean by saying that?
Seeing that Xue Nan calmed down, Uncle Wu slowly stepped forward and tried to take away the hairpin, but Xue Nan noticed: "Back off! Just stand there and say, don't come over!"
"Okay, okay!" Uncle Wu had no choice but to stand on the spot and continue: "The people in Qingshui Village are refugees who escaped from the north! They were suffering from serious contagious diseases, so the master arranged for them to live in Qingshui Village temporarily, but before Someone actually ran out a while ago, entered the city, and was beaten to death by the eldest young master of the Lu family in the gambling house!
The gambling house is a place where fish and dragons are mixed. The master is worried about harming the people, and is even more worried about the fall of Qiantang because of this matter, so he decided to secretly execute Qingshui Village. Now you have a dead end in the past, and there is a risk of letting this matter be exposed. Do you know this? Will it kill the master? "
Xue Nan's thoughts couldn't help being led away by Uncle Wu, and she began to waver: "But, why do you want to harm Wan Yu and the others?"
"Girl, it's not that I want to harm them, it's because Lu Mingyu is so popular and keeps asking about things in Qingshui Village again and again. He wants to murder the Xue family! I'm just protecting the Xue family and you." Uncle Wu explained the whole thing. Going back and forth, brainwashing Xue Nan with half-truths and half-falsehoods.
"No, it's not!" Xue Nan instinctively resisted this information.
"Girl, you are too young and have not experienced such things. As long as you know that I will not harm you, Uncle Wu will not harm you either!" With that, Uncle Wu tried to get closer to Xue Nan again.
Yes, neither father nor Uncle Wu would harm him, but they were harming Lin Wanyu!
Xue Nan came to his senses and stopped Uncle Wu again: "Stop, I don't care what daddy plans, I just want Lin Wanyu and the others to be safe!"
"Take me to Qingshui Village!"
Uncle Wu didn't expect that Xue Nan, who had always been sensible and obedient, would become so rebellious for a few friends he had only known for a few months!
"Girl, do you really care about the master and the life and death of the Xue family for a few outsiders?" Uncle Wu looked distressed and tried to persuade him one last time.
"I didn't. It's just that Lin Wanyu and the others are innocent, and Shen Ningxin and Li Peirou are even more innocent. Isn't it ridiculous that dad took the lives of several women to consolidate his position?"
Seeing Xue Nan being so stubborn, Uncle Wu sighed deeply, waved his hand and said to the man in black: "I can't persuade you anymore, just do it, don't hurt the girl."
As soon as he finished speaking, the men in black surrounding Xue Nan rushed towards Xue Nan like an arrow from a string. They kicked off the hairpin, subdued Xue Nan who was unable to restrain a chicken, and brought him into the villa.
On the other side, in Qingshui Village.
When Lin Wanyu woke up slowly, she found herself in a dilapidated thatched hut, surrounded by darkness and a sour and rotten smell filling the air.
She didn't dare to make loud noises for fear of causing some unknown danger.
Through the moonlight, she slowly saw her surroundings clearly, as well as the two figures lying not far away.
"Bai Lu, Ning Xin!" Lin Wanyu wanted to stand up, but a wave of dizziness made her sit down weakly. In the end, she could only crawl to Bai Lu and Shen Ning Xin.
Lin Wanyu shook them a few times: "Bai Lu, Ning Xin, wake up quickly!"
But before the two of them woke up, Lin Wanyu saw what sounded like the smell of wine coming from outside.
Why is there such a strong smell of alcohol here?
Lin Wanyu stood up slowly and walked to the window. When she saw the lights at the entrance of the village, her eyes widened in disbelief.
what happened?
Lost?
where is this place?
Lin Wanyu didn't dare to delay any longer, so she hurried back and shook Bai Lu and Shen Ningxin vigorously, finally waking them up.
Similarly, they both felt dizzy and weak when they woke up: "What's going on? What's wrong with us?"
Lin Wanyu didn't dare to waste time. She opened her bows from left to right and helped them up together: "We should be in a village. There is a fire starting outside. They want to burn us to death!"
When Bai Lu heard about the fire, she immediately became energetic: "What do you mean, girl, why do you want to burn us to death?"
But there was a crying sound in his voice, which showed that he was very frightened.
Shen Ningxin was also frightened and turned pale: "Where's Peirou, has she been caught?"
"I don't know, but we have to get up and find a way out!" Lin Yunyu only roughly guessed that the other party was Lu Mingyu's enemy. As for why he was so ruthless in his attack, she couldn't figure it out.
But she doesn't want to die yet!
"We are divided into three groups. I will go to the entrance of the village to find out who is setting the fire. Bai Lu, please be careful and find out if there is any other way out of the village. Ning Xin, you..."
Lin Wanyu thought of countermeasures as quickly as possible. When it came to Shen Ningxin, she seemed to be stunned and didn't react.
"Ning Xin!" Lin Wanyu raised her voice, put her hands on her shoulders and squeezed hard: "I know you are scared, but you must cheer up now. Listen, you go to other houses in the village to see if there is anyone else alive. When you’re done exploring, you’ll come back here to gather, you know?”
Shen Ningxin was really frightened, and her round eyes were filled with tears.
"Ning Xin, did you hear that?" Lin Wanyu's voice became more urgent, finally regaining Shen Ning Xin's consciousness, and she nodded in panic to express her clarity.
In the end, Lin Wanyu was afraid that they would not be able to find the house they came back to, so she placed a branch with the word "well" at the door to mark it.
The three girls were very scared, and their legs were weak when they trotted, but they were determined and followed Lin Wanyu's instructions to divide their troops into three groups to investigate.
Lin Wanyu carefully moved towards the entrance of the village through the shadows of the night. After a while, she saw a few people at the entrance of the village, so she found a hidden position and squatted down, listening to what was going on outside.
One of the men said: "If you don't have enough wine, go transport some more and make sure it's poured all around the village, so that the fire can start quickly!"
Then a few of them left, perhaps to move the wine.
The few who stayed threw dry wood into the already lit fire and fanned it, making the fire grow bigger and bigger, blocking the road to the entrance of the village.
"Let's go, let's light some over there." The man pointed in the direction of Lin Wanyu and walked over, skillfully taking out the sparks and lighting the pile of thatch that had been piled up here.
Clouds of black smoke came out, making Lin Wanyu almost cough, but she tightly covered her mouth and listened to the conversation between the two men.
"Do you think those girls are awake?"
"Hey, so what if you wake up? There is no other way out in this village. If you wake up, you will be burned alive."
As soon as these words came out, Lin Wanyu felt her heart go cold. If it was as he said, Bai Lu would probably not gain anything.
Then their voices continued:
"Why do you think Mr. Xue wants to kill these girls? It's not them who offended Mr. Xue, it's that boss Ming!"
"What do you know, how can I get your love and affection here?"
"Yes, yes... and also, I'm a little scared..."
"What are you afraid of?"
"You said so many people in this village were burned to death, will we suffer retribution?"
"Fart! The refugees in Qingshui Village eat those iceberg grass every day and they can't survive. What's the difference between burning and not burning? Don't scare yourself with suspicion!"
"Yes, yes, you are right."
Lin Wanyu couldn't hear the rest of the words. They were setting fire to the village bit by bit.
Lord Xue...from the Xue family?
The smoke was getting more and more choking, and for fear of disturbing others, Lin Wanyu had to cover her mouth and evacuate. She looked back at the entrance of the village where the fire was already very strong, and at the few men who were carrying wine jars not far away. Her heart felt like it was falling into an ice cellar. .
If it was the work of the Xue family, then Xue Nan would naturally be fine.
I just didn't expect that Xue Dingmao already hated Lu Mingyu so much that he would risk the lives of several girls to warn him!
The methods are so cruel!
And since this is Qingshui Village, why did they suddenly set fire to it before waiting for the poison from the ice grass to take effect? Could it be that he was trying to cover up some crime?
Lin Wanyu couldn't think of it for the moment, but based on the information he got so far, there was no other way out of the village, and it was about to be surrounded by fire from the outside.
Also, I think the houses in this village are filled with drugged refugees.
Let them be burned alive in their sleep...
So cruel!
Returning to the original room, Bai Lu and Shen Ningxin had not returned yet. Lin Yunyu first went to the next room to take a look. Sure enough, two people were sleeping. She went up to check their breathing and found that they were still alive.
But it's hard to say later.
After walking out of the house, Lin Wanyu looked up at the night sky full of stars, and couldn't help but feel sad.
In fact, if the three of them immediately went to the edge of the village that had not been set on fire and climbed out of the wall, they might still have a chance to survive, but the whole village of refugees would have to perish in the flames.
Not her Holy Mother Heart.
With so many lives in front of her, how could she feel at ease if she gave them up?
