"Did they succeed?"
"Successful" Baoben showed a sad smile.
He still remembered that it was a pretty good day, and it didn't rain continuously all day.
At that time, most people in the village were infected with the disease and were very weak and could only stay at home.
Originally, there were two doctors in the village, he and his master, but the disease came from evil spirits, so how could they cure it?
His master was locked up due to excessive contact with evil spirits and became insane. He could only use things like guana grass to make placebos to treat the villagers.
That day, when he went out to pick Ming grass, he happened to meet a group of shogunate soldiers.
There were not many of them, just a small team. According to them, they were ordered by the head of the family, Kujo Takayuki, to inspect the situation on the island.
Due to the chaos caused by the evil spirits, the frontline troops of the shogunate army were severely afraid of war. If not for this, the situation here would not have attracted the attention of this big shot who was far away on Narukami Island.
It has been a while since this team came to Ba Ying Island. It was fine in the first few days, but as the exploration progressed, they began to have headaches. Some team members began to cough up blood, have nightmares every night, and even developed skin rashes. , there is a tingling and moist feeling in the chest.
This is a precursor to the epidemic, and many people in the village cannot afford to fall ill because of such symptoms.
At that time, he naively thought that since the shogunate army knew the true existence of the evil spirit, they would definitely find a way to suppress the evil spirit again, or even if it didn't work, they would find a way to reduce the influence of the evil spirit.
But later he realized that he was wrong.
Under the leadership of his company, they went to Feimu Village. Out of his natural trust in the shogunate, he talked a lot about the situation in the village, the diseases of the villagers, and the difficulties of the village.
This group of soldiers lied that they had understood the situation and had received orders from above to take them away to Narukami Island for treatment.
Upon hearing the news, the villagers were overjoyed and helped carry the villagers affected by the disease to the boat parked in Wuming Village.
Although Wen Bing suffered some physical effects at that time, he did not become one of them.
However, he didn't know until later that the so-called treatment was actually just a scam. The real purpose of this group of people was to kill these villagers to avoid future troubles.
Not only do they want to kill people who have been infected by the disease, but those who have not been affected much yet are also among their targets.
Since we want to avoid future troubles, we must kill everyone to truly avoid future troubles.
This team sank the boat in a remote place on the sea, and the boat carrying most of the villagers sank into the sea.
Later, the team returned to the island.
This time, their target is them who are still alive.
However, this group of soldiers failed to do so.
It has been some time since they returned to the island. Many villagers who continue to live in the village have been affected by the evil spirit, claiming to be able to hear the "Word of God" and becoming a little crazy.
The most serious one is the village chief Wujin.
He is the youngest and strongest warrior in the village.
After the town was destroyed, he immediately led people to build a shrine, organized people to buy food from pirates, asked the shogunate and Kaijijima for help, and tried his best to maintain the stability of the village.
But God did not fulfill his wish.
The harder you try, the more desperate you become.
In the end, he fell into madness, the most complete madness.
They followed the instructions of the evil spirit and began to sacrifice the villagers' lives to the shrine.
Wen Bing also noticed something unusual at this time and left the village.
As soon as this group of soldiers returned to the village, they were surrounded by crazy villagers. After the melee, only one person escaped.
In front of the altar of the shrine, the frightened soldier told the truth, which also made the villagers go crazy.
Blood, chaos, madness, evil.
That was the greatest living sacrifice.
After that, the few people left in the village became increasingly rare. Today, apart from him, there is only one child named Changji in the village.
Although the village chief is still alive, he sits cross-legged in front of the shrine all day long and has been completely assimilated by the evil spirit.
After hearing the whole story, Jiang Bai didn't know what to say.
This story is just like the atmosphere on this island, depressing, desperate, and breathless.
Jiang Bai did not ask the person in front of him whether he had stopped him or whether he was an accomplice. These had no meaning.
The tragedy has been caused and cannot be changed.
The person in front of him is also deeply affected by the evil spirit, and his days are numbered.
The only child who survived, if there was a chance, he could be taken away from here.
Looking at the silent Jiang Bai in front of him, Baoben suddenly said: "I want to ask you to do me a favor."
"What's the deal?"
"I would like to ask you to take Choji away."
"Aren't you afraid that I'm on the same side as those shogunate troops?"
"I'm afraid, but I have no other choice."
No one has come to Feimu Village for a long time. How much of what happens here will be known to outsiders?
He chose to tell this young man what happened without expecting him to do anything. He was just unwilling to let what happened in Feimu Village be buried with their deaths!
At least, after his death, there is still one person in the world who can know the truth here.
Jiang Bai looked at him, "Take him away, what about you?"
Baoben showed a wry smile, "As a pharmacist, although I can't cure the disease, I still know my own physical condition."
He won't survive this month.
"Changci is still young and has not been affected much. He still has his mother and he still has a future."
"If he is willing to come with me, I will take him to a safe place." Jiang Bai sighed. He was indeed too kind.
"Thank you." Bao Ben showed a shallow smile.
This was probably the most relaxing day for him in a while.
"I'll take you to find him." Baoben took Jiang Bai out of the door. It was not raining outside, but thunder flashed from time to time.
"Because of what happened in the village, the character of Changji's child," Homoto thought about his words, "is not very good."
"What's wrong?"
"Some are snobbish and greedy for money, and may not be very likable, but this kid is not bad at heart."
Baoben quickly took Jiang Bai to a house. Next to the house, there was a shrine. A child was placing tributes made of clay on the shrine as a sacrifice.
"Changci!" Baoben shouted.
"Uncle Baoben, why are you here? What is this?" Changci ran over.
He looked eight or nine years old and was very thin. Because he lived alone with no one to greet him, his clothes were dirty and his hair was messy.
He has some freckles on his face and is not very good-looking, but his eyes are very bright.
It is a kind of brightness that holds hope for life, which is completely different from preserving capital.
(End of chapter)
