Chapter 32 15:26

To say that I have any good feelings for the people of the Black Rock Miao Village is unlikely. After all, this village has done too many things that have angered the people. But I lived in the Black Rock Miao Village for a period of time, and I don’t have any hatred for the ordinary Black Miao people.

I don’t know whether they were innocent in the whole matter, but during the days I was trapped, I knew their lives very well. They were no different from ordinary hardworking people, working from sunrise to sunset.

Due to the lack of arable land in the village itself and its isolation, their lives may be even more difficult. In addition to cultivating some thin land and raising livestock, they often have to go out hunting.

They didn’t show any hostility towards my presence, and after we got to know each other, they would often give me a smile and greet me in their half-baked Chinese.

When the master came forward, my heart suddenly rose to my throat. These more than a thousand Miao people were here to defend their land, but even though they had guns, they were only a minority. Most of them only had hunting knives and sticks. Even if they had the advantage of the terrain, they would be certain to die if they fought against the well-equipped special forces.

Among them, I also saw a dozen teenagers, whose childishness had not yet faded from their faces.

At this moment, Master spoke: “Liezhou, those old monsters in your village probably didn’t expect us to come so quickly, so they sent you here to resist in a hurry, didn’t they?”

Lie Zhou looked at my master, and there was not much hatred in his eyes. There was only helplessness and a look of giving up. He held the big knife at his waist with one hand, and I could see that he was very nervous.

At this time, I also saw Bu Zhou. He stood behind Lie Zhou with a pale face, looking a little scared. All along, Bu Zhou had thought of himself as a prince, arrogant and domineering. This was the first time I had seen him like this.

Although I hated him, I didn’t feel any sense of relief when I saw him like this and about to face his fate.

Bu Zhou also saw me. In the silent standoff, he moved out a little, trembling, and said to me in a low voice, “If I die, tell Ru Xue for me that I can’t marry her, but I still like her.” After he finished, he shrunk his neck and retreated.

This scene was supposed to be funny, but I couldn’t laugh. I realized that Bu Zhou was not a brave person, but Ru Xue in his heart had given him so much courage that he dared to stand up and say that sentence at the moment when the two armies were facing each other.

I didn’t say anything sarcastic to him, but I nodded very seriously in the face of his hopeful gaze.

“Maybe you won’t die.” Master naturally saw everything, and suddenly said something shocking.

I was shocked and looked at the master. Could it be that the master had a way to save the lives of these ordinary people? I was as shocked as most people, but the master was the highest commander of this operation, and no one would question the master’s decision at this time.

L眉 Zhou’s eyes flashed with a look of doubt, but at the same time I saw hope in his face. He also knew that what Master said was only a possibility, and there must be some conditions behind it. He looked at Master and didn’t know what he was thinking.

Master seemed to have whetted everyone’s appetite, leaning forward and resting his body on the horse’s neck, he said, “Although this place is remote, it is not a poor, desolate place cut off from the world. Why don’t you run?”

Just now he said that they would not die, but now he is asking why they are not running. Lie Zhou obviously did not react to his master’s leaping thinking. He subconsciously said, “We know that you want to deal with our village. We have thought about running, but this place is surrounded by troops in various names within a hundred miles. Do you think we don’t know?”

“You knew about it!” Master said with a smile on his face.

In order to coordinate this operation, the state had long since set up a dragnet, and the goal was to catch the dog by closing the door. Unless the people in this village plunged into the mountains and never came out, absolutely no one would be able to escape. But even if they plunged into the mountains, they would not be able to escape in the subsequent dragnet-style search and arrest.

The people in the relevant departments know how terrifying the demon insect is. This operation simply cannot allow a single fish to escape, as this would bring about instability for the entire country in the future.

“Master Jiang, you have always been the guardian of our village. I have always respected you. Your apprentice was ordered to be captured in our village, and I have always treated him with courtesy. Are you trying to toy with me, Lie Zhou, before the battle?” Lie Zhou suddenly spoke angrily.

“I don’t mean to toy with you.” The master said, searching his eyes before continuing, “Lie Zhou, you’re a pitiful chief. You’ve brought down only ordinary clan members, not a single one of the Gu Miao or the Wu Miao. Have you been sent down here as cannon fodder? I want to ask you, is this Black Rock Miao Village still the Black Rock Miao Village? Is it the Black Rock Miao Village of your Black Temple, or has it become a tool for use by those old monsters and those with ulterior motives?

I once heard Ru Xue say this, and Gao Ning also hinted at it. The Black Rock Miao Village is actually internally divided. It has already been divided into two parts. One part is the ordinary Miao people, led by Lie Zhou, and the other part is the old monsters, the Gu Miao, the shamans, and other high-ranking people.

After all, immortality is not something that everyone can enjoy. Being reduced to a tool for others without reason will make anyone with some thoughts feel indignant. Like other Miao villages, regardless of the guxiao or shamans, they are the ones who protect the village, and they are never a privileged class above others. When the village is in trouble, these people will be the first to stand up, not the ordinary villagers. This Black Rock Miao Village is good, and the ordinary villagers have become cannon fodder to intercept us.

“Master Jiang, just say what you mean.” Upon hearing my master’s words, Lie Zhou’s facial muscles visibly twitched, and it was clear that my master’s words had struck a nerve, making him less calm.

“You can leave. There are troops waiting for you outside. The state will punish those who are guilty, and those who are not will be allowed to continue living. You can build your new village next to the Moon Weir Miao village. The state has never wanted to wipe out the Hmu people. What do you think, Lie Zhou?” Master said to Lie Zhou seriously.

Lie Zhou’s expression changed, and he looked at his master with anger in his eyes. “You want me, Lie Zhou, to be a traitor?”

“Rebel clan?” The master showed a look of surprise, then pointed at the direction of the mountain top and said, “I always thought that the rebels were them, how did they become you? I still don’t understand why you want to use the lives of the whole clan to defend the traitors! In my eyes, although the Black Miao are a clan of warlike and fierce people, they have never been people of fair play. Ask yourself, because of the appearance of a certain kind of worm, what has become of your Black Miao clan? The inherited gongshu was abandoned, and all became gongshu derived from the bug. Witchcraft declined, and all thoughts were on the bug. Are you still Hmu people? You are afraid of becoming slaves of the bug!

Every word of the master’s was resounding, and Lie Zhou had no way to refute it. The conflict between the chief of the village and some old monsters was not unique to his generation. In fact, it had been going on for over a hundred years. The master’s words undoubtedly ignited the resentment in his heart.

He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then turned and said to the clan members behind him, “Master Jiang is no stranger to you. You have all heard what he said. Do you want to stay and fight to the death, or do you want to choose Master Jiang’s method? Give me your opinion. If you are willing to leave, raise your right hand. If it is the majority, I, Lie Zhou, will take everyone out of here even if I am cursed.

As soon as Lie Zhou finished speaking, Master suddenly shouted, “If there is one person who rebels here and a bullet is fired, there will be absolutely no room for choice.”

The words were spoken in a loud voice, rolling out, full of oppressive deterrence, making those who heard them tremble. As the master’s voice fell, the soldiers of the special forces silently opened the gun locks. The sound of the gun locks opening one by one brought pressure that was no less than the master’s roar.

The master was forcing Lie Zhou to make a choice! He was also afraid that there were diehards in the group, so he deliberately put pressure on them.

Sure enough, under this pressure, some people began to raise their right hands, and some even shouted, “I can die, but if you take our women and children away, they won’t treat us as their own people!”

At this point, I also noticed that there were women and children in the middle of the crowd. It turns out that the abandoned children were really abandoned without a trace. No wonder the conflicts in this village have been so deep for centuries.

But if you think about it, if a person has touched the threshold of immortality, then for that person, nothing is more important than immortality.

The man’s cry immediately resonated with the people, and many people immediately raised their right hands without hesitation. At this time, someone asked, “What is guilty? Will the guilty die?”

This question made many people hesitate again. Could a battle that could have been resolved without bloodshed suddenly turn sour?

It was 3:26 p.m.