Hutao uses me to judge my performance

"We met that friend about two months ago. We had a friendly exchange with him and then sent him away."

"Oh?" Jiang Bai raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is it like our friendly communication?"

He emphasized the word friendly, and the meaning is self-evident.

The speaker just laughed and did not dare to answer the question.

Of course it will not be friendly communication.

They are so poor that they go out to eat mushrooms in the wild. What kind of moral bottom line can they be expected to have?

"Speak!" Jiang Bai shouted sharply, grabbed the wandering warrior by the collar, and lifted him up.

"I'm afraid it's not just killing people and selling goods!"

In this wilderness, it is normal for such things to happen. As long as the bodies are thrown away casually, the two warring parties will not care about these trivial matters.

Jiang Bai stared at them coldly, releasing his pressure without reservation.

The few wandering warriors were watched like this, and they felt as if they were going to die on the spot in the next moment!

"No, no! How could it be! We just robbed some money and didn't harm anyone's life!"

Jiang Bai's expression softened slightly and he let go of his hand.

Several wandering warriors hurriedly explained to each other one by one.

"It was also a rainy day. Seeing that he was well-dressed and alone, we asked him to borrow some money."

"General Thunder and Lightning, we definitely did not harm his life! If we did, let the thunder strike us to death!"

"We are samurai. Although we don't serve our master, we still have basic samurai ethics! If we take his money, we will never hurt his life again!"

Jiang Bai had no ability to detect panic and could only tell whether what they said was true or false from their expressions.

Although there are some hidden elements, most of it is still true.

Just as a precaution, Jiang Bai took people out of the cave one by one, asked for details, and then compared the information given by each person to restore the most realistic scene.

They did meet Wen Bing two months ago, and they did rob him of a lot of molas, but they didn't do anything wrong and left some molas on him.

Later, they saw him once in Feimu Village. At that time, they originally wanted to go to Feimu Village to buy food, but not only did they not buy the food, they were also frightened and they never dared to go to Feimu Village again.

As for why he was scared, it was naturally because the people in Feimu Village were crazy.

In order to appease the evil spirits, some people actually sacrificed human blood in front of the shrine!

The gloomy sky, the surging thunder, the shrine with a strange light, the stone steps covered with blood, the sword-wielding samurai, and the man with scarlet eyes who stared at death.

Even as low-class warriors, they were frightened by this crazy and cruel behavior.

After listening to all the stories, Jiang Bai's brows furrowed into a Sichuan shape.

Human blood sacrifice!The client's death cannot be related to this human sacrifice, right?

As a foreign adventurer, the client is in a foreign country and unfamiliar with the place, so it is easy to be selected as a sacrifice object!

"Tell me carefully about Feimu Village!"

Jiang Bai heard Wan Ye talking about this village. The Feimu Village in Wan Ye's mouth was just an ordinary village located near the bones of the big snake and made a living by collecting crystallized bone marrow from the bones. How did it become so evil?

"Feimu Village was actually normal before, but things started to go wrong after the town was destroyed..."

Jiang Bai interrupted the wandering warrior, "Wait a minute, is Feimu Village affiliated with the shogunate or Kaiji Island?"

The leading Kairangui said matter-of-factly: "Of course he is affiliated with the shogunate!"

"So, are you sure that the town object was really destroyed by the shogunate?"

Jiang Bai felt that something was wrong with this matter.

Yaojima Island was originally the territory of the shogunate. What was the shogunate trying to do by destroying the town that suppressed the evil spirits on their own territory?

To influence people at Coral Palace?

But let’s not talk about whether the people in the Coral Palace will be affected by doing this. The first ones to die will be our own people, right?

This kind of damaging move will completely kill the enemy [-] times and damage yourself by [-]!

"This"

Several wandering warriors were not sure, and they didn't know how the town object was destroyed, but suddenly one day the town object was destroyed.

As for which party did it, they think it was the shogunate army!

The shogunate's army destroyed the town's treasures in order to destroy the Coral Palace army that captured Hachijima Island!

"It seems that you don't know either." Looking at their expressions, Jiang Bai knew that they didn't know about this kind of thing either.

There is some doubt as to who destroyed the town property.

Chapter 442 The Shadow of Blood Sacrifice

"I saw a military camp on the island. Is it from the Coral Palace?"

"Yes."

Although a few wandering warriors felt that Jiang Bai lacked common sense, they didn't think much about it and just assumed that he didn't pay attention to this.

"Isn't the shogunate's military camp not on the island?"

"There were defenders before, but they withdrew after being captured by the Coral Palace. They should be somewhere in Kannazuka. The two parties have been fighting back and forth on Nashi Beach."

They didn't dare to get close to these places, but standing on the top of the mountain, they could see the scene of Nashi Beach from a distance, where soldiers from the two sides were fighting and blood flowed into the river.

"I see, let's go on."

"About a year ago, when we were still at Kannazhong, Kaiji Island attacked Kannazhong. The battle between the two parties caused a huge explosion in Tatao Sand. The inside of Tatao Sand became extremely dangerous, and the Mikage Furnace Heart was also discontinued. The Snake Bone Mine was also closed, and many workers had no work to do and nowhere to go, so they all came to Feimu Village."

"We also came from Kannazuka at that time."

"At that time, Feimu Village was still normal, but due to the increase in people, food was somewhat scarce."

"One day after that, Kaiji Island raided the defenders of Haji Island and occupied Hachi Island. Later, the evil spirits broke out."

"We think it was the shogunate army that did it because the shogunate army withdrew at that time. Except for the people from the Coral Palace, the people who stayed on the island were from Feimu Village. The destruction of the town property had no impact on the shogunate army."

A few wandering warriors said something to each other, but they roughly restored what happened on the island.

Jiang Bai glanced at them unexpectedly, "You know it quite clearly."

"There's nothing we can do. We're just little people. The war might affect us at some point, so don't pay too much attention."

"And what we know is not a secret. Anyone who is on the island can see the withdrawal of the shogunate army."

The little people have the sorrow of the little people. In the middle of a war between two parties, they can only hide and survive.

And we must always pay attention to the actions of both parties, so as not to be accidentally affected and become a lonely ghost in the war.

No matter which party destroyed the town property, the people living on the island would be the ones most affected.

"Feimu Village is near the skeleton of the big snake and was the most affected. Because of the influence of the evil spirits, many people in Feimu Village got sick, and with the continuous rain, some people became crazy and died of many diseases.

"After we knew there was an epidemic in Feimu Village, we didn't dare to go there. The only time we went there was because we were really out of food and wanted to find something to eat, but we saw the blood sacrifice."

The expression on the speaker's face was hard to describe, and he had a shadow on Feimu Village for the rest of his life.

Jiang Bai had an idea of ​​the general development of the situation on the island.

Although war is a cruel thing and uses every possible means, destroying town property and affecting a large number of innocent people is still too disgusting.

"Were the soldiers stationed on the island not affected?"

"I don't know, but I think the soldiers they patrol are quite normal, and I haven't heard of anyone getting sick or going crazy."

Jiang Bai thought thoughtfully, "Then it seems that they should have a way to fight against the evil spirits."

The evil spirit is the remnant of the demon god after the death of the great snake Orobas. Haji Island believes in Orobas, so it is not surprising that it can fight against this evil spirit.

"Okay, I know almost the news."

Jiang Bai is going to Feimu Village to have a look. Since the client has appeared in Feimu Village before, then going to Feimu Village may be able to find out what happened to him and how he died.

"Since you have told me so much news, I will give you this. It is best to leave this island as soon as possible."

Jiang Bai took out half a bag of rice and put it on the ground, put on his bamboo hat and coir raincoat and walked out of the cave.

They are all poor people living under the shadow of war. Although they have done some small evil, it is not something harmful to nature, and there is no need to be too harsh.

Looking at the bag of rice, several wandering warriors were silent for a long time, and one of them wiped the tears from his eyes.

Only they themselves know how difficult it is to live here.

There was endless rain, endless thunder, and haunting spirits everywhere. They didn’t know how long it had been since they had eaten white rice. They had almost eaten all the nearby violets, river fish, and all kinds of animals. .

From Kannazhong to Bayun Island, it's not that they don't want to leave this dangerous place, it's just that they have nowhere to go.

Jiang Bai crossed the narrow gap between Wuxiang Blade and saw a village not long after.

Viewed from a height, the village is not big, with sparse houses and a somewhat dilapidated appearance. Even though the rain has stopped, few people go out for a walk.

Taking advantage of the break when the rain stopped, Jiang Bai ate a simple meal of dry food and walked towards Feimu Village.

Although the village seems to be very destroyed from a distance, once you enter it, you can feel the dead atmosphere even more.

Jiang Bai pushed open a nearby wooden door that was ajar. The musty smell of the house penetrated his nose, and the smell of corruption made Jiang Bai hold his breath.

There were only empty wooden beds and tables in the house. Because the house leaked, there was even a puddle of water on the ground.

It was obvious that no one had lived here for a long time.

Jiang Bai checked each house one by one. Most of the houses were like this, moldy and rotten, with no traces of human life.

Until Jiang Bai came to the south of the village, near the better-built residences.

Hearing footsteps, a weak-looking man walked out of the house.

It seems that Jiang Bai is a little confused, "There are already many outsiders coming to Feimu Village, are you?"

"Hello, my name is Jiang Bai. I'm here to see a friend of mine. His name is Wen Bing."

"Wen Bing." Hearing the name, the visitor was in a daze for a while, and it took him a while to remember.

He sighed, opened the door, and invited Jiang Bai into the house, "My name is Bao Ben, and I am the doctor in the village. Come in and sit down."

Jiang Bai glanced at him with some worry, "Is your body okay?"

This doctor who saved his fortune was pale, his lips were bloodless, and he was so thin that a gust of wind could blow him away.

"I know my body well." Baoben shook his head, walked into the room, pulled out a chair and poured Jiang Bai a glass of water.

"There is a lack of food in the village. There is nothing to entertain you, you can only drink water."

Jiang Bai walked to the house. This house was slightly better than the house he had seen before. Because there were people living in it, it didn't have the smell of rotten wood.

He held the cup but did not drink.

"I'm the one who should be sorry. I came here without permission. Mr. Baoben doesn't have to entertain me."

Bao Ben shook his head. He poured himself a glass of water and drank it. "You are Wen Bing's friend, so you are also my friend. You still have to treat guests well."

Chapter 443 Kill Everyone

"Do you know Wen Bing?"

"Yeah." Bao Ben sighed, with a complicated look on his face.

"He lived in the village for a while."

He used to take care of such a Liyue native who stayed here and was unfamiliar with the place he left his hometown, but now there are not many people left in the village.

"Then he is now?"

Jiang Bai did not reveal that he knew Wen Bing was dead.

Blood sacrifices have happened in this village. Maybe Wen Bing died in the blood sacrifices.

Before the remains are found and taken back for burial, it is still necessary to find out how the client died and what happened here.

Baoben stared at the tea cup in his hand and was silent for a long time before saying: "He left the village on a rainy day a month and a half ago. I went out to look for him, but couldn't find him. At that time, he was very ill and already very weak. "

He didn't say it directly, but Wen Bing could imagine it with his toes.

Jiang Bai also fell silent. He lowered his eyes and tried to pretend to be sad, doubtful, disbelieving, and other complex emotions when he knew something happened to his friend.