The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

The person who had shouted paused and immediately stopped talking.

When he saw the swords in everyone's hands, his legs went weak and he knelt down on the muddy ground with a thud.

"Hero, spare my life!"

We were so hungry that we wanted to beg for some food to survive!

We are all honest people, and we have never killed anyone!

We are willing to offer up the women of the village; we beg you heroes to spare us this time!

The man at the front spoke and began to kowtow.

The people following behind also knelt down and began to kowtow repeatedly.

His forehead slammed onto the muddy ground, and the dirty mud flowed down his forehead, covering most of his face.

Seeing them kowtow repeatedly, Qian Chengzhi and Bai Song both looked at Lu Qingqing.

Lu Qingqing nodded to Bai Song.

Bai Song understood her meaning, took two steps forward with his knife, and spoke in a cold and sharp voice.

"You bunch of troublemakers, you're all blind as dogs."

How dare you block my way! You're asking for trouble!

It's just that we men are in a hurry to get on our way. Otherwise, we would have arrested you bunch of troublemakers and thrown you into jail, where we would have subjected you to all the torture instruments!

You have fifteen minutes to clear all the stones from the road!

"If it gets too late, I'll let you experience what I, Uncle Bai, can do!"

The man at the front, upon hearing that they were government officials, glanced at the large sword they carried, his face showing even greater fear, and he responded repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, sir, rest assured, we will clean it up immediately, and we promise it won't delay your journey!"

As he spoke, he knelt down and took a few steps back, leading a group of men to begin clearing away the stones.

Seeing that they had started working, Bai Song instructed Yan Xu to lead a group to keep an eye on them.

He then retreated to Lu Qingqing's side and whispered:

"Sister Lu, I don't think these villagers have much guts."

He was probably starving in the winter and trying to scavenge food from passersby.

Lu Qingqing stared at the men working over there, feeling that something was amiss.

But they couldn't find anything for the time being, so they had to suppress their awkwardness.

The group chatted as they walked toward the carriage.

Before they could even get on the carriage, they could faintly hear a woman's cries for help coming from afar.

Lu Qingqing turned around and saw that the man who was moving stones not far away had frozen and was quietly looking back.

At this moment, Yan Xu led his men forward to check on the situation.

The man leading the crowd quickly stepped forward, smiling apologetically as he explained.

"Sir, that's a crazy woman from the village shouting nonsense."

After the woman went mad, she would scratch and bite anyone she saw.

You'd better not go, lest you get hurt.

Yan Xu stopped in his tracks when he heard what he said.

At this moment, the woman's voice came closer.

"Help... they eat... people, they... eat human flesh..."

The sounds from afar came intermittently, but were muffled by the rain and could not be heard clearly.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang had specially trained their hearing and were able to hear a few key words.

While Bai Song and the others were still stunned, Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang's expressions had already turned cold.

Seeing that the men carrying stones had stopped and were staring at them, the two men did not show any unusual behavior.

At this moment, the men were all scattered and standing on the road.

Once they make a move, they will inevitably scatter.

By then, it will be troublesome to arrest them!

Lu Qingqing had an idea. Seeing that they were still standing there without moving, she scolded them with a stern face.

"You'd better move the stones quickly! If you waste time, you'll be in big trouble!"

The man in the lead breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she didn't intend to go to the village to check.

"Sir, we'll do it right away, we'll do it right away!"

As he spoke, he led his men to continue moving stones.

To avoid attracting attention, Lu Qingqing beckoned the group to continue walking towards the carriage.

Seeing that they were far enough away, he whispered to Bai Song and Qian Chengzhi:

"That woman was shouting, they eat human flesh!"

Upon hearing the words "cannibalism," Bai Song and Qian Chengzhi's eyes widened in shock.

Bai Song was still somewhat hesitant.

The cannibalistic refugees he had seen before were clearly not normal.

The men I just saw all looked like honest, simple farmers.

Judging from the weapons they were carrying, they were all common farm tools such as hoes, sickles, and machetes.

Do these seemingly normal people really eat human flesh?

Qian Chengzhi, standing nearby, readily believed Lu Qingqing's words.

He had seen refugees eating human flesh when he was traveling.

However, that happened a long time ago.

Hearing this suddenly still startled me.

"Miss Lu, what do we do now?"

Lu Qingqing glanced sideways as she got into the carriage.

Seeing that the men were still watching this area while they were working, I knew they hadn't let their guard down.

"First, drive all the cars to the rocks, and then everyone should follow."

When they relax, take the opportunity to surround them.

We'll see how things unfold when the time comes.

If these guys really did feed on human flesh, they'd probably have harmed countless people by now!