bayedsolid Chapter 420 He is dead, but I am still alive. What's wrong with eating one bite?
Chapter 420 He is dead, but I am still alive. What's wrong with eating one bite?
The villager ignored him without blinking, and continued to repeat the action of throwing the knot in his hand.
Yu Jiusi stepped forward and held his hand, whispering, "My fellow villager, please accept my condolences... I also know that you want to bury the dead, but corpses from disasters are very susceptible to epidemics, so... it's best not to touch them."
There was a look of pain on his face as he said this.
He could understand the thoughts of these disaster victims - the death of their loved ones was painful enough, but they had to watch their bodies exposed in the open, unable to let them rest in peace. How could they bear to watch this?
But Yu Jiusi had to do the evil thing and he couldn't let the villagers touch the corpses.
But who would have thought that the next moment, the villager who threw the knot raised his head.
Completely different from Yu Jiusi's guess, there was no trace of pain in this person's eyes, not even a trace.
On the contrary, this person's eyes were fierce and there was no humanity at all.
He stared at Yu Jiusi viciously and said something that Yu Jiusi would never forget in his life.
——"If you want to eat, you have to scoop it up yourself."
--"What?"
——"If you want to eat meat, get it yourself. If you dare to steal it from me, I will beat you to death."
——"Eat meat? Fish?"
Whether it was the villagers' fierce gazes or these two incomprehensible words, they all made Yu Jiusi feel as if his brain had been hit by a heavy hammer, making him dizzy and his eyes black.
He seemed to not understand, and seemed unwilling to accept it, so he asked again: "What kind of meat do you eat?"
The villager grinned at him and squatted down.
Before Yu Jiusi could even stop him, the villager took a sip of water and drank it in big gulps.
"what--"
The villager who drank the sewage seemed to feel very comfortable. He narrowed his eyes and asked Yu Jiusi: "Do you want some broth?"
"......broth?!"
Yu Jiusi took half a step back, as if he finally understood what the villagers said.
He stretched out his hand tremblingly, pointed at the water, and shouted in disbelief: "You fished up the body to eat the meat? Eat the flesh of the dead?!"
The muscles on his face, his lips, and even his eyebrows began to tremble uncontrollably.
The corpse floating on the water was not really good-looking. Yu Jiusi simply couldn't imagine, how to eat human flesh?
Or dead body flesh that has become rotten and swollen.
He covered his stomach with one hand and pulled the villager's sleeve with the other, trying to drag him away.
But he couldn't understand how a person who was so hungry that he was just a layer of skin left could still have so much strength? How could he not be able to pull?
"Go!" Yu Jiusi yelled, tears in his eyes.
"I won't leave!" The villager raised his head, his eyes red, "There's nothing left! There's nothing to eat! Where's the meat?"
He pointed at the shiny water with a crazy look on his face: "There is meat over there! That's meat! Why should I leave!"
"That's a human being!" Yu Jiusi looked extremely painful.
"Human?" The villagers laughed. "So what if I'm a human? I'm a human too! He's dead, but I'm still alive! I'm almost starving to death, so what's wrong with eating him? Why can't you let me eat a bite? He's already dead, why can't you help me? Help me survive, what's wrong with that?!"
Help him... to survive.
Yu Jiusi's hands fell limply, and a tear fell from the corner of his eye.
He could no longer utter the words that were stuck in his throat.
——Why not eat meat paste?
Eating human flesh? Why not eat minced meat?
What should he say?
He couldn't say anything.
At that time, he just wanted to ride back to Changnan Prefecture and chop off Ning Shunyou's head with a sword.
If you want to eat, just eat Ning Shunyou, Yu Jiu thought.
Peel off his skin, drink his blood and eat his flesh.
"Food..." Yu Jiusi's voice was hoarse, "The food will be here soon, at most half an hour, you wait a little longer, don't eat human flesh, okay?"
He thought his words could bring a little joy to the villagers.
To his surprise, the villagers turned a deaf ear to his words.
Yu Jiusi pulled his wrist and repeated, "Food, the relief food from the imperial court, is on its way here, can you wait a little longer?"
He only hated that he didn't bring any food with him.
The villagers' eyes were still dull, and they sneered, "Food? The court? Don't be ridiculous, the officials won't care about us. They hope we starve to death and won't even accept our corpses."
"What do you mean by that? Didn't Ning Shunyou say he was here?"
"Ning Shunyou?" The villager's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist. After a moment, he said "Oh", "Are you talking about the prefect?"
A surge of anger crept into Yu Jiusi's heart. He looked into the villagers' eyes and said, "Yes, the prefect, didn't he come here?"
Perhaps it was because Ning Shunyou was too hated that a glimmer of light appeared in the villagers' eyes.
He pointed in the direction of the village entrance and said, "He sent people to watch us and not let us leave the village. He would chop off the head of anyone who dared to go out."
After the villager finished speaking, he raised his hand again and made a "hand-raising, knife-falling" gesture towards Yu Jiusi.
"He dares!" Yu Jiusi's heart suddenly sank and his fists clenched with a clattering sound.
“He dared.” The villagers looked towards the entrance of the village. “The person who was hacked to death has been dragged away.”
Maybe it was because Shiduo talked to Yu Jiusi for a few more words that the villager gradually regained his consciousness. He finally had the ability to think and asked Yu Jiusi, "Who are you?"
Yu Jiusi's nose felt sore again.
If Ning Shunyou hadn't stopped them from leaving the village, they wouldn't... wouldn't... have fished out the body.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, the villagers asked again: "Isn't there someone guarding the entrance to the village? How did you get in?"
"I..." Yu Jiusi felt a lump in his throat and suddenly didn't know how to start.
They didn't even dare to walk towards the village entrance, nor did they dare to try to go out. How scared were they?
"You..." The villager looked at the armor on his body, suddenly widened his eyes, raised his finger and pointed at him, breathing rapidly, "You are...you just mentioned the court, food..."
Before Yu Jiusi could answer, the villager's eyes rolled back and he fainted.
......
"How are you today?"
This was Yu Jiusi's second time stepping into Jimu Village. Although the smell here was still unpleasant, it was much better than the last time he came.
The soldiers worked day and night and finally drained all the water in the village.
However, the collapsed houses, the wet ground, and the painful groans that can be heard everywhere still show the tragedy of this place in the past.
Team Leader B said in a deep voice: "We have checked every household in the village. Some families have buried the bodies, while others are still keeping the bodies at home."
It was called a coffin place, but in fact it was just a straw mat wrapped around the body and placed on a bench.
After seven days, the funeral will be held.
"How many deaths have there been so far?" Yu Jiusi asked.
Team Leader B closed his eyes and clenched his teeth. "So far, the number of deaths in Jimu Village is known to be... 832 people."
Yu Jiusi knew clearly in his mind that where there are knowns, there are also unknowns.
This number is too heavy. Team Leader B panted and continued, "37 people were reported missing by their families. Most of them were away when the flood occurred, or secretly went out to find food."