On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

Chapter 35 The Broken Female Corpse

Li Shiyue and his companions came here driving a donkey cart. They came here so that they could store the things they bought and it would also be convenient for them to take them back.

But while walking on the official road leading to the provincial capital, Li Shiyue vaguely smelled a foul odor. At first she thought she might have smelled it wrong, but this very obvious corpse odor was too conspicuous.

"Brother Shiyang?"

Li Shiyang turned around and looked at Li Shiyue, and the others also looked at Li Shiyue.

Ever since Li Shiyue said in front of everyone that night that girls should not rely on men for protection and should stand up and learn to resist, everyone in Lijia Village has more or less felt that Li Shiyue is not an ordinary girl.

Not to mention, when the men who were cleaning up the bodies of the refugees saw the crotches of the refugees killed by Li Shiyue and her sisters, even though they were all strong men, they couldn't help but tighten their crotches and squeeze their legs together and walk away quickly when they saw a little girl like Li Shiyue.

Along the way, everyone naturally noticed that Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian were stronger than strong men.

Therefore, when Li Shiyang said that he wanted to bring the two little girls, Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian, into the city, no one objected.

Or rather, they don't dare to object.

Li Shiyue was not afraid of the looks coming over, she frowned and said to Li Shiyang: "Didn't you smell it?
The stench of corpses wafting in the wind."

Li Shiyang suddenly realized that he had indeed smelled some strange smell just now, but he did not think much about it. Only after Li Shiyue said this did he realize that it was indeed the smell of a corpse.

But the charity cemetery outside the city is not on the road leading into the city!

Li Shiyue pulled out the hatchet from his waist and said to the crowd, "Everyone should grab a weapon. At least you have something in your hands, so you won't be panicked."

After Li Shiyue said this, Li Wangshui was the first to respond to Li Shiyue's words. He directly pulled out a hatchet from the cart and held it in his hand.

Sure enough, just as Li Shiyue said, after the donkey cart had traveled for a while and the city gate could be vaguely seen, a much-decayed female corpse was lying openly on the side of the road.

Yes, it was a female corpse!
Li Shiyue walked closer carefully holding a hatchet. She felt sick when she saw the female corpse on the ground, which was already mostly rotten but still naked.

"Sister, don't come over here!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Li Shiyue turned around and pulled Li Qiutian, who was about to come over, to the other side. She squatted on the ground and vomited a few times before she stopped nausea.

Li Qiutian patted Li Shiyue's back worriedly, "Can I scoop a bowl of water for you to drink?"

Li Shiyue shook her head, suppressed the nausea, stood up, turned around and said to Li Shiyang who had already seen the broken female corpse: "Brother Shiyang, there is an unattended corpse so close to the city gate, and I don't know what's happening at the city gate in front?

I suggest that we send two people to take a look first, and if there are any problems, come back and tell us so that we can discuss it together."

Finally, Li Shiyang sent out the two men, Ma Zi and Mole, who were fast runners.

Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian cut some hay on the roadside, and together they used the hay as a cushion to drag the female corpse into the weeds on the side of the road.

Since they didn't have the right tools, they used weeds to cover the female corpse completely, which was considered a burial.

Li Shiyue stood in front of the pile of weeds, with a hint of sadness on his face.

Father Li stayed away from Li Shiyue at this moment, as if he was afraid of getting contaminated by something.

Li Shiyang came over and said to Li Shiyue: "You have done your best to collect his body. That's enough. Don't be sad."

Li Shiyue shook her head: "I don't feel sad, and he's not someone I know.

It’s just that life in this world is not easy, and I feel a little emotional.”

Li Shiyang looked at Li Shiyue, who was a head shorter than him and only as tall as his shoulders at most. Although he had never had any contact with Li Shiyue in the past, after getting to know her over the past few days, he always felt that Li Shiyue did not look like a young girl, but rather like an elder who had seen a lot.

"Let's not talk about this. Brother Shiyang, do you think we can still go into the city to buy salt today?

What should we do with the salt if we can’t enter the city?

On the way to Dengzhou, are there any other cities we pass by that we can buy salt from?"

Just as Li Shiyang was about to answer, he raised his head and looked forward. It was Ma Zi and Mole who ran back.

Ma Zi and Mole Zi, who were sweating profusely from running, came up to him, took a breath and said to Li Shiyang, "Let's go forward along the path through the wild grass.

There was a lot of stench on the road, and we encountered many corpses similar to the female corpse.

Some have some"

Ma Zi saw that Mole couldn't say anything, so he sighed and continued, "Some of them looked like they were eaten by someone. They must have died a few days ago. They were children, probably only two or three years old.

There are tooth marks on the child's body, he must have been cannibalized!"

Before everyone could accept the news, Ma Zi continued, "As we walked further, we saw that the city gate was crowded with people, some lying down, some sitting, all full of people.

But the city gate was closed, tightly closed.

I have good eyesight, so I looked up at the city wall and saw people standing on it.

Mazi and I stood on the grass for a while, and then we saw someone at the city gate trying to move forward, and the people on the city wall started shooting arrows down!
We were both scared, so we just watched the arrows shoot down several of them.

Seeing this, we didn’t dare to stay any longer, so we quickly took the path and returned.”

Li Shiyue didn't expect the situation in the city to be so serious. "It looks like we can't enter the city."

Li Shiyang said, "I have another idea, but I wonder if it will work?"

He turned around and said to the crowd, "If Ma Zi and Mole Zi are right, then those people outside the city must be refugees from famines in various counties. It must be because the city has no extra food and water, so there is no relief.

But it is possible that the prefect did not want to distribute the limited water to the refugees, so he closed the city gates and wanted to starve these people to death."

"So what is the method that Brother Shiyang is talking about?"

"When I was still studying in the city, I met the son of a city guard by chance. Although he was not very talented in studying, we got along well. After a few drinks, I learned from him about a gap in the city wall.

If we can find the missing part, we might be able to sneak into the city and buy salt.

If we miss the city, we may not be able to enter the small town to buy salt on the way to Dengzhou."

Li Shiyang frowned, "If the capital city is like this, those small cities may be even more difficult."

Since Li Shiyang said so, everyone naturally agreed to look for the gap in the city wall that he mentioned. This way, their trip would not be in vain.

“But I’ve never been to that place, and I’m not sure if I can find it.

If we all go, I'm afraid it will be too conspicuous.

So, I led the way, and Sister October and Uncle Wangshui went with me. They were both quite strong and had the courage to fight. If they encountered anything on the way, they would also be able to fight back.

how is it? "

　Thank you for reading.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)