Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 194 Ancestral Hall

"Young master, what is this? It smells like alcohol, but it's much stranger than alcohol." A soldier poured alcohol on the corpse and asked Song Chunlin what this thing was.

Song Chunlin smiled mysteriously: "Hehe, it's used to start a fire, be careful not to get it on yourself."

When the soldiers heard that it was incendiary, they immediately became cautious, fearing that the strange liquid would splash on them and set them on fire.

In fact, there is gasoline in Song Chunlin's space, but that stuff has a stronger smell, so it is better to use alcohol, which is also quite flammable.

After waiting for the soldiers to finish pouring the two bottles of alcohol, Song Chunlin threw a fire starter into the pit. The fire in the pit instantly ignited, and the people standing by the pit opened their eyes wide.

"Wow, this thing is really used to start a fire, right?"

Song Chunlin smelled the burning smell of the flames licking his flesh and felt a little nauseous. He quickly evacuated the pit and left the rest to the Gu family army behind him.

Gu Fengyue saw him coming and asked him if he wanted to go back first. Song Chunlin thought about it and decided to go back as there was nothing for him to do here.

It just so happened that the food there had already been sorted out. Because it was still a lean period, every household had no extra food. Therefore, even though the Tatars had robbed so many villages, all the food added up to only 60,000 kilograms, which was just enough for these villagers to survive the most difficult months.

The team transporting food was slow, so Song Chunlin didn't wait for them. He picked out the most handsome horse, fed it a handful of alfalfa produced in the space, and then became friends with Brother Song Chunlin.

Song Chunlin rode his horse in front and soon caught up with the group of girls and boys. For some reason, some of them were reluctant to leave. Song Chunlin took a look and saw that they were all girls and boys. The children did not show any other emotions.

Song Chunlin stepped forward and asked the escorting soldiers, and the soldiers said that those people did not want to go back.

One of the brothers whispered, "Everyone in my family is dead. What will happen if I go back?"

Another brother beside him also had a sad look on his face: "We are already broken and withered now. Even if our family is still around, who would be willing to keep people like us at home?"

Song Chunlin felt uncomfortable after hearing this, and the soldiers around him could only patiently explain to him: "The young master probably doesn't know that the chastity of girls and boys is extremely important. People like them will mostly be driven out by their families even if they return. Even if they are not driven out, they will not be able to find a good marriage. When ordinary families hear that they were abducted by barbarians, they..." The soldier didn't say anything else, but those who understood understood.

Song Chunlin also understood. Although he did not think these people were wrong, in the eyes of the feudal ancients, losing chastity was indeed a huge matter.

The people in front of us are afraid that they will be gossiped about by the villagers when they return. Some of them have their entire families killed by the Tatar barbarians, so there is actually no point in going back or not.

But even if they didn't go back, they couldn't just leave the people behind halfway, so the soldiers were a little embarrassed and even thought about splitting up into two groups.

Song Chunlin walked up to the people who had stopped and looked down at them.

"Although what I said may sound like a sarcastic remark, as long as people are alive, what problems can transcend life and death? Since you can pick up the butcher knife and chop your enemies to death, why don't you have the courage to face a few idle words? What's more, you are right, the ones who are wrong are those Tatar barbarians. Now, even barbarians can be chopped to death. I don't understand what else in this world is difficult for you."

Song Chunlin's words contained spiritual hints, and many people felt shocked after hearing them. Yes, they could kill the barbarians with their swords, so what else in this world could stump them?

Seeing that their expressions were somewhat relaxed, Song Chunlin continued: "Don't worry, go back with these people. If all your family members have died, or if you feel that you can't live at home, you can come to the government office to find me. I will definitely come up with a way for everyone to settle down."

After getting Song Chunlin's assurance, those who were most resistant began to relax and thought that it would be better to go back and take a look. Even if their family members didn't welcome them, they could just take a look and give up.

If worst comes to worst, the young master also said that they could go to the government office to find him, and they would just become slaves, so they accepted it.

Song Chunlin didn't know that they thought he would take them as slaves. If they knew, they would definitely be in tears and laughter.

In short, the team finally started moving again. Everyone hadn't slept all night and had killed so many Tatars. Although they drank the spiritual spring water, it was only a temporary solution and not a permanent cure. The team moved very slowly. In order to ease the emotions of these people, Song Chunlin also slowed down and followed them back to the village.

The place where we chased the Tatars last night was quite far away, and we didn’t see the first village until the sun was high in the sky.

This is not the village that Song Chunlin and his team came to rescue last night, but many people were killed by the Tatars as well. The dead have been placed in the ancestral hall. The village chief unfortunately died last night, and it was the village chief's son who organized everyone to restore order.

Because they were often robbed by barbarians, everyone became numb to it and even developed a very mature set of ways to deal with it.

Song Chunlin used his mental power to take a quick look and discovered that these people's so-called coping method was to dig cellars at home and hide the food in the cellars. The entrances to the cellars were generally quite hidden. The Tatars did not find it last night, and they actually allowed their village to retain most of the food.

Although the food was saved, the lost people could not be brought back. After the robbery, the village population was reduced by one third, which was considered a relatively small loss.

There were several children from this village. The village chief’s son saw his son at a glance. He never thought that his son could come back, and he hugged the child and cried excitedly.

Several children were quickly taken back by their families, while a few remained standing. One of the girls walked forward, took a child's hand, and nodded slightly to the garrison.

"This is my cousin, my parents and his parents..." She didn't say the rest. After calming down, she took her cousin's hand and walked to the village chief's son. After asking where the bodies of her and her cousin's parents were, she took her cousin to claim them.

With this girl coming out, others also came forward. After they knew that the bodies of their relatives were placed in the ancestral hall, they went to the hall together.

At this time, a sharp voice shouted: "People with bad personal ethics cannot enter the ancestral hall, Dali, you must not let any bad people into the ancestral hall, lest it pollutes our ancestral hall ground."