Lord Chu’s Wife is Wild

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"Shhh!"

Just as Lu Sheng was about to speak, the wind started to blow outside the door.

The old man hastily blew out the lamp, and instructed the two in a low voice: "Don't make any noises or speak when you hear any sounds."

The two looked at each other and nodded obediently.

"Knock-knock-knock-"

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, one after another, a total of three knocks.

"Grandma, is the ghost coming again?"

The two children moved towards the old man one after another, each holding one of her arms, and speaking timidly.

"Don't be afraid, the grandma is here, it's all right!"

The old man patted the two of them on the shoulders and coaxed them softly.

"It's not ghosts outside, it's people."

Lu Sheng spoke softly.

She has been hunting ghosts for many years, how could she not know whether there is a person or a ghost outside the door?

The gust of wind just now was just a coincidence.

This Wenshan Village is at the foot of the mountain, and it is actually normal for the wind to blow at night.

Unexpectedly, the old man said in a low voice, "Whether it's a human or a ghost, it's equally scary here."

Wenshan Village suffered from a severe drought, and so did the nearby villages.

At this time, what else can there be besides gluttons?

"They eat people!"

The little girl's eyes were full of fear.

"eat human?"

Chu Sihan frowned.

Lu Sheng was shocked, has it reached this level?

"Grandma, can you tell us what happened in this village?"

"What else can it be?"

The old man said blankly: "It has been two years since the drought, and almost all the edible and inedible things on the mountain have been eaten. Why is it so surprising to eat people?"

Having said that, the hands of the old man on the shoulders of the two children trembled slightly.

"Since the situation is so difficult, why did you let us in?"

Chu Si asked coldly.

The old man smiled slightly after hearing this, "Because the food is gone."

The food she hid had been eaten this morning.

Whenever the wind blows these few days, there will be a knock on the door. She looks through the crack of the door but sees no one.

There were knocks on the door for several days in a row, and no one was seen each time.

She was quite old, so she naturally believed in the existence of those things, so when Lu Sheng and the others knocked on the door today, she hurriedly turned off the lights.

It wasn't until he saw the light through the crack of the door and heard Lu Sheng's voice that he boldly opened the door.

"Then what's the matter with cannibalism? Does the yamen care?"

Hearing Lu Sheng's words, the old man couldn't help but smile wryly.

"What does the yamen manage? The harvest has been halved in the past two years, and this year there is no harvest. There is not even enough tax to pay. Some even have to make up for last year's old grain to pay."

"Everyone begged the people in the yamen to wait until next year to collect taxes. Not only did they not get any sympathy, but they were interrupted by the people in the yamen. They were beaten to death."

The old man looked at the two of them with cloudy eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "You should have felt it all the way in. There are only three of us, grandparents and grandchildren left in this whole village. The others either starved to death or were killed, or else , just crossed the mountains and left this place, there is no one left.”

Lu Sheng frowned, "Didn't you say that the severe drought started a few months ago?"

"There was already a severe drought two years ago. A few months ago, everyone saw that life was hopeless, so they started to resist. It's a pity that the officials are in power and only care about themselves. How can they care about the lives of the people?"

Chu Sihan's expression was very ugly.

The county magistrate here didn't report such a big matter, and they didn't receive any news from their side.

For killing so many people, the county magistrate of Yongfu town really deserves to die.