Chapter 135: Corpse on the Riverbed

“I, I don’t know what’s going on.”

Yun Niang didn’t want to feel this way, but her body was out of her control.

She felt tired when she was tired and uncomfortable when she felt uncomfortable.

Li Si handed the burden to his brother and squatted down. “Come up.”

Yun Niang hesitated for two seconds before slowly climbing onto his back.

Li Rui noticed his little cousin’s behavior and sighed inwardly. New marriages are different; at this moment, he was still willing to pamper his wife.

Li Rui’s wife nudged him with her elbow, “Learn a little bit.”

“I can’t learn.”

“Humph.” Li Rui’s wife snorted in dissatisfaction.

Li Si’s mother watched this and felt sorry for her son. She looked at her daughter-in-law with a critical gaze, “Asi, the shoes on your feet are in such tatters. Why don’t you worry when you walk on the road?”

Yun Niang understood that her mother-in-law was giving her a hard time.

She quickly patted her husband on the shoulder and said, “Sir, please put me down quickly.”

Seeing that his mother looked unkind, Li Si complied and set her down.

“Mom, Yun Niang’s calf is sore. I just…” Li Si started to explain.

Li snorted, “That’s strange. I haven’t heard her say that before. I saw other people’s carriages today, and now her calves hurt.

If it hurts so much that she can’t walk, she should go to the front and ask if they will let her ride in their carriage.”

Yun Niang felt reprimanded by her mother-in-law and couldn’t speak up. She lowered her head, afraid to say a word.

How could she be so shameless as to ask for a seat? There were many people, and they all took turns riding. There wouldn’t be room for her.

The only reason she was able to go with them now was because of Li Rui’s family’s request.

If she offended others and they no longer wanted to travel together, she would become the scapegoat.

She would never dare to do such a thing.

I married into the Li family, but I am not from the Li family. I have to rely on my husband-in-law for everything.

I live my life based on the looks of my parents-in-law. How dare I ignore the importance.

Just now, my calf was really sore, so I dared to let my husband carry it on his back so that I could rest and relieve myself.

“Mom, stop talking.” Li Si stopped her and held his wife’s hand distressedly.

Seeing that the boy was so hopeless, Mrs. Li gave him a fierce look and stopped caring about the young couple.

Seeing that her mother was no longer paying attention, Li Si knelt down again and urged, “Yunniang, come up here and I’ll carry you for a while.”

“No.” Yunniang didn’t dare anymore.

“Hurry up.” Li Si pulled her up forcefully with a straight face.

The group of people walked about thirty miles, and it was getting dark. They found a pretty good place and started to camp and rest.

After a day’s walking, everyone was exhausted, but the adults still had to work, and so did the children.

Su Baozhu led Xiao Taohua, Xiao Yanggui, and their children into the edge of the forest to collect firewood, while Su Yin built a fire for the stove.

There was a dry river on one side of the official road. Su Yin, Madam Xu, and others went to the river to pick up some stones and build a simple stove.

Madam Xu walked in the front, and as soon as she reached the river, she exclaimed.

“Ouch!”

Everyone was startled and stepped forward one after another, and saw several corpses in the dry river bed.

It should be said that they had seen corpses a long time ago and wouldn’t be so scared, but the corpses in the river bed died miserably.

Most of them had their heads separated, and one or two corpses were cut in half and split in two.

The flies buzzed and the stench hit your face.

Su Yin just frowned at the horrific corpses in front of her, but the clothes they were wearing made her heart tighten.

The clothes of these people were not of ordinary standard; they were all of government standard, unlike the clothes of officers and soldiers.

She knew too little about the Great Yong Dynasty and couldn’t recognize them, but that didn’t stop her from asking others.

Su Yin said to Madam Xu and the others, “Go farther away to pick up stones. Don’t come here.”

Even without Su Yin’s instructions, they wouldn’t dare to pick up stones there.

Su Yin and the others took a few rocks and returned to the camp.

After arriving at the camp, Su Yin asked her second cousin, Yang Hua, to help pick up some rocks and went to look for Nan Jingzhi herself.

As soon as Wan Sanye saw the girl running towards Nan Jingzhi, he smelled an unusual scent. He quickly stood up, patted the dust off his body, and followed her.

Nan Jingzhi was sitting on a large rock, holding a piece of grass in his mouth and fanning himself boredly.

As soon as he saw Su Yin and Fatty Wan approaching, his eyes lit up.

“Is something wrong?”

Su Yin nodded.

Nan Jingzhi didn’t stand up but only asked, “Is it far?”

It was too far, and he wasn’t willing to leave.

Walking every day was unbearable for anyone. Even in a carriage, he couldn’t bear it.

If it wasn’t for his own survival, he wouldn’t have endured such hardship.

“It’s not far, just on the riverbed in front.”

Nan Jingzhi took a glance and saw that the distance was neither far nor close.

“Is it important?”

“It’s important.”

Nan Jingzhi stood up and said, “Let’s go.”

Zhang Bingliang saw the three of them walking towards the riverbed, said something to his father, and followed them.

Li Rui was helping his family repair their resting place for the night. Li Rui’s father saw what was going on and nudged him with his elbow.

“Brother Rui, go and take a look. See if they need anything?”

Li Rui looked in the direction his father indicated and happened to see Su Yin and his group walking towards the riverbed.

“Dad, they don’t need anything at first glance.”

Li Rui knew very well that they were a group. Now that they were walking in that direction, several families might have something to discuss, so he didn’t want to get involved.

“You kid, you’re usually pretty smart. Why are you so stupid now? You don’t have any brains. It doesn’t matter if you go over and ask.

Now we are following them. If they have any ideas or plans, we will have to participate, you can’t be ignorant.”

Li Rui naturally knows this, but it’s not a good idea to go uninvited since he just joined today.

If they want to discuss, they will naturally call them.

Under various urgings from Li Rui’s father, Li Rui had to get up.

He trotted all the way to catch up with the four people.

“Su Yin, my father asked me to ask if you are in any trouble?” Li Rui said implicitly.

The people present were all smart people, and they all understood and didn’t care.

“It’s nothing. I just found something. You might as well come over and take a look.” Su Yin said.

Seeing that they were not angry, Li Rui slowly let go of his worries and said, “Okay.”

The five of them walked to the riverbed together. Su Yin had seen this before and was very calm, but the other people were not so calm, especially Li Rui and Zhang Bingliang.

Both of them were disgusted by the scene and their stomachs were churning.

The two wanted to vomit, but seeing that the others were calm, they held it back. Holding back his nausea, he looked at the bloody scene.

After the initial shock, Nan Jingzhi’s expression became solemn.