Chapter 127: Resurrection from the Dead

Lu’s carelessness allowed him to succeed and she suffered a loss.

When she reacted, she directly picked up Su Xinguang, slapped him in the face, and was about to throw the little boy out.

Su Xinyang appeared just in time, hugging her leg and biting down hard.

“Ah!” Mrs. Lu shouted in pain.

All this happened so fast that no one else in the Su family could react.

When they finally did, they rushed forward and separated the three of them.

Once they were apart, Mrs. Lu wanted to step forward and teach the two boys a lesson, but Old Man Su scolded her.

“What are you making!”

“Boss, wife, please calm down for a moment.”

Madam Lu immediately stopped, but she still looked at the Su Xinyang brothers with unkind eyes.

How could Mrs. Li, the second daughter-in-law, let go of the opportunity to ridicule Mrs. Lu? She said in a provocative tone, “Sister-in-law, I’m not telling you. My uncle has just left.

It’s too much for you to bully two little ones like this. You are an elder, after all. How can you treat a junior like this without fear of embarrassment?”

“Dad just promised my uncle to take good care of the two little ones, Ayang, and you are going to treat them like this? Take your father’s words seriously.”

Old Man Su scowled and glared at Mrs. Lu.

Mrs. Lu wanted to refute, but when she thought about the current situation, her explanation fell flat.

She knew the second brother and sister might have something waiting for her.

She didn’t defend herself at all and admitted her mistake directly, “Dad, I was impulsive just now.

The child pushed me down, and it was really painful, so I acted rashly.”

Old Man Su’s face softened slightly, and he then turned to Su Xinyang. He ordered, “Both of you, please stay calm and stop causing trouble for me.”

Su Xinguang was unconvinced and wanted to refute, but was stopped by his brother.

“It’s very late today; let’s go and rest. Early tomorrow morning, we will dig a hole next to it and bury the third child.”

No one dared to object and went to rest.

The two Su Xinyang brothers stood next to Su Xiaozhong’s body, their small frames nestled tightly together, hands clasped, eyes red from crying and filled with fear for the future.

Their biggest support was gone, and they no longer had any willful capital.

“Brother, I’m afraid,” Su Xinguang whispered, nestling into his brother’s arms.

Su Xinyang gently patted his back, “Don’t be afraid, my brother will protect you from now on.”

“Yes.”

Early the next morning, Old Man Su was going to take his family to dig a hole in the nearby woods.

Mrs. Lu was reluctant but had to obey the arrangement.

As they had just dug a small hole, there was movement from behind, and countless refugees rushed forward, as if savage beasts were chasing them.

Seeing that something was wrong, Old Man Su immediately called for everyone to stop.

He managed to halt a fleeing man and asked, “What happened?”

“There are gangsters arresting people! Please let go; I’m running for my life!” The man shook off Old Man Su’s hand and hurriedly ran forward.

When Old Man Su heard this, his expression changed drastically, and he shouted to his family: “Leave quickly!”

“Grandpa, where is my father?” one of the children asked, panic rising in their voice.

“I can’t control it!” he replied urgently.

Su Xinguang wanted to stay, but Su Xinyang thought of their father’s dying instructions. Gritting his teeth, he took his brother’s hand and ran forward.

Su Xiaozhong’s body quietly leaned against the tree trunk, unnoticed by anyone.

No one in the Su family noticed that the body that should have been cold was still warm at this time.

The Su Xinyang brothers were young and did not understand this principle. The rest of the Su family had never touched his body after his supposed death, so naturally, they did not discover the secret.

The refugees on the official road were like ants doused with boiling water, scurrying around to avoid the savage beasts behind them.

Old Man Su glanced behind him, then at the mountains and forests on both sides, and finally at the people running in front.

He made a decision in his mind and took the lead in running toward the dense forest.

The rest of the Su family followed, plunging into the cover of the trees.

A group of extremely vicious people, with a dozen or so on horseback in front of them, wielded long knives hanging at their waists.

They used absolute force to subdue everyone on the official road, regardless of age or gender, capturing anyone who was alive.

Behind them, a team of seven or eight people was tying up the captured refugees.

They only needed to bind the hands of these individuals and secure them to a rope, while a small number of their group guarded and drove them forward.

As they continued to move, the line of tied captives grew longer and longer.

The man at the front looked at the fleeing refugees and spat viciously, “These rats escaped really fast.”

“Hmph, no matter how fast they are, they can’t outrun my horse.”

“How many people have been captured so far?” the leading man asked someone beside him.

The person next to him glanced at the captured group and accurately reported, “There are one hundred and fifty-six people.”

The leading man frowned, “Too few.”

“You lot, hurry up and go over there. Don’t stop until we catch three hundred fat pigs today.”

This group was hundreds of meters away. On a tree trunk a few meters away, Su Xiaozhong frowned and opened his eyes with difficulty.

His eyes, which should have been dull, now contained a trace of confusion, but gradually that confusion was replaced by fierceness.

That stern expression quickly returned to calmness, like a clear pool with no bottom visible.

Su Xiaozhong patted his forehead, and just as he was about to stand up, the pain in his body made him fall back down again.

He raised his eyes and looked around. What should have been a magnificent place was now replaced by wilderness.

He is…

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves and the voice of a man echoed on the official road.

“Boss, there is another person over there who is not afraid of death.”

Everyone turned to look at Su Xiaozhong.

“Oh, you look like that. You just woke up.”

The leading man glanced at Su Xiaozhong and then looked away.

The men quickly stepped forward, lifted Su Xiaozhong without any explanation, and dragged him to the slave team at the rear.

Su Xiaozhong wanted to struggle, but he noticed that his body was unusually weak, as if he were injured, and he could not break free from his captors at all.

Even if he were not injured at this time, he would be no match for this group of people.

He chose not to resist and allowed them to take him away.

Upon arriving at the team, when he saw the long line of people with their hands tied, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he roughly understood who this group was.

The person responsible for the escort tied up Su Xiaozhong’s hands. Seeing that he was compliant and did not resist, the whip in his hand did not fall.

“Oh, it’s rare to meet someone who doesn’t resist.”

Su Xiaozhong responded with a flattering smile, “Brother, you are giving us a way to survive. I can’t thank you enough.

There’s no reason to resist. I’m all alone. If you leave me, I’ll die sooner or later. But if I follow your brother, there may be a way to survive.”

These words surprised the escort.