Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw two people standing outside the cave entrance, all soaked. They were Wang Daxin and Han Sanqian from the village.

When Han Sanqian saw the village chief and others, he felt relieved and fell down.

Everyone quickly helped Wang Daxin and Han Sanqian into the cave.

Wang Daxin cried out in a hoarse voice, "Village Chief, I finally found you."

Han Dachuan poured some water for Wang Daxin: "Brother Daxin, drink some water first."

Han Sanqian also slowly woke up. After being fed some water, his first words were: "Fengye Village is gone, those beasts..."

"Boom!"

Everyone looked back and saw the fifth uncle lying on the ground with a pale face.

Doctor Liu hurriedly gave my fifth uncle an injection.

Fifth Uncle opened his eyes and asked with tears streaming down his face, "You two, tell me clearly, what do you mean Fengye Village is gone? Where are the others? Why are there only the two of you?"

After Fifth Uncle finished asking, Wang Daxin and Han Sanqian were crying so hard that they couldn't speak.

The villagers were extremely anxious and were about to continue urging them to leave, but Han Qingyun stopped them and said, "Let them cry out their anger first."

Han Hongzhi almost fainted when he heard the words "Fengye Village is gone." But he was the village chief and the backbone of the Fengye villagers, so he had to hold on.

Wang Daxin and Han Sanqian had not rested for two days and two nights, and had no food or drink. They ran all the way here and were already exhausted. They just held on for a breath. When they saw the villagers, the sadness and despair they had felt along the way were finally vented.

Tired of crying, they both fell asleep.

The villagers were extremely anxious, but they didn't dare to disturb them. Just looking at the two of them, they knew they must be exhausted. So they let them get some sleep first and deal with everything after they woke up.

Perhaps because they had something on their minds, the two did not sleep for too long.

Two hours later, Wang Daxin and Han Sanqian woke up one after another. They were still crying and unable to speak, but they were much better than when they first arrived.

The villagers cooked porridge and asked them to eat some first, but the two said they couldn't eat more. It was only after the fifth uncle scolded them that they ate while crying.

After dinner, the two finally calmed down and began to tell everyone what they had experienced.

"The day you left, Li Gui, Erxi, and the others were all worried. We packed up everything at home and were ready to leave as soon as the situation got worse."

"There were a few other families in the village who left the day after you did. But they were all going to stay with relatives. They didn't leave together, nor did they come in this direction."

"At noon on May 14th, a yamen runner came from the town and told everyone in the village to notify each other and to flee if possible."

"The people who went to our village to inform ours were from Lizi Village next door, but they themselves didn't really believe it and even suspected that the yamen runner was suspicious. They only followed the mayor's orders to inform each other, so they had no choice but to do so."

"But everyone in our village knows what happened. Li Gui, Er Xi, and more than a dozen other families in the village have packed up their things and are ready to come find you that day."

"But Erxi's wife suddenly had to give birth, and Erxi said he wouldn't leave. If something really happened, he would go hide in the mountains. Many villagers thought the same."

"Before Erxi's wife died, she insisted that Erxi go to her parents' home and tell them to flee immediately. She was afraid they wouldn't heed the county's instructions...Her words made the other young wives who were originally leaving with her no longer want to leave. They all wanted to go back to their parents' home to make sure it was safe before leaving."

"The commotion lasted until night. Li Gui and I were worried about the safety of traveling at night, so we decided to leave early the next morning with our wives and children, regardless of whether anyone else left or not..."

At this point, Wang Daxin slapped himself hard several times, covered his face with his hands, and shrugged his shoulders as he whimpered: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault. Why didn't I leave earlier?"

Everyone felt sorry for what they saw. Today, only Wang Daxin and Han Sanqian came here. Li Gui and Wang Daxin's wives and children were probably no longer around.

Han Sanqian patted Wang Daxin's shoulder, his eyes also filled with tears. He calmed himself down and continued speaking after Wang Daxin had finished what he was saying.

"Daxin and Li Gui left on the morning of the 15th. I wanted to go with them, but my grandfather...my grandfather only wanted us to go, but he himself refused to leave. How could we let him go..."

Han Sanqian's grandfather, whom everyone respectfully called Third Uncle, was already seventy-eight years old. He was one of the few elderly people in the village who were unwilling to leave their hometown.

"Before lunch, when the villagers were preparing to cook, those beasts rushed into the village and attacked everyone they saw. We knelt down and begged them to take away everything and spare our lives, but those beasts refused to listen and just kept killing."

"Those people like Liuzi and Liu An who hid in the mountains didn't make it. Those bandits and beasts actually brought hunting dogs in. We could even hear the villagers screaming in pain in the mountains."

"Those of us who stayed in the village were also massacred. My mother, my eldest brother and his wife, my second brother and his wife, and my nephews and nieces, all died. All died."

"Grandpa and Dad held me down tightly. Grandpa told me to find you. Grandpa said that as long as you are still here, Fengye Village will not be extinct..."

"I took advantage of the time when those beasts went into the mountains to look for people and sneaked away from behind the house."

"I ran from the village to the town, and all along the way there were dead bodies, dead bodies everywhere."

"When I met Daxin, he was crying while holding his wife's body. Li Gui's family, as well as Daxin's wife, son and daughter, were all dead. Daxin said he had just gone to the bathroom and came back like this."

"I was afraid those beasts would come back and run into us again, so they took Daxin away and ran all the way to Wanxian Mountain. They saw the mark you left at the foot of the mountain, and only then did they find this place..."

After he finished speaking, Han Sanqian also held his head and cried. The words he had just said had exhausted all his strength, and he was now speechless.

The villagers had already burst into tears. My fifth uncle held on for a breath, but fainted again after hearing this.

Han Hongzhi pinched his fifth uncle's philtrum and kept wiping away the tears from his eyes.

"Cry, shed all your tears tonight. Starting tomorrow, we'll continue our journey. Third Uncle is right, as long as we're still alive, our Fengye Village will not be extinct! We must strive to survive, survive, and see that bastard King Lin suffer the consequences!"

"Yes, live, live!"

The villagers shouted loudly to encourage themselves and those around them.

Han Qingyun looked up at the sky, but still couldn't hold back his tears.

From the time Lu Yanyan first told him that King Lin's army massacred the entire Wuping County, to now this incident has actually happened.

He could never understand why the eldest prince, who was known for his kindness and was so valued by the late emperor, could be such a cruel and perverse person?

It is obvious that the eldest prince had always been the patron saint of the Dayu Kingdom before this incident.

And Prince Lin’s staff, don’t they know that such atrocities will only make Prince Lin lose the support of the people?

No minister or common people would be willing to follow such a cruel king...

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