Leaving the Country

The sky was already beginning to lighten.

These people were afraid that they would make too much noise and be discovered if they waited until dawn, so they moved with great force. In addition, they were very strong. With a strong pull, the villagers who were tied up and strung together were pulled and dragged forward even though they were unwilling.

Who are you people? What are you doing?!

"Is there no law in this world?! What right do they have to kidnap people from our village?!"

"Let me go!"

Seeing that everyone was being dragged away from the village, the villagers were both anxious and angry, and they all spoke up.

However, the five people completely ignored them and hurriedly walked in the opposite direction from the mountain people who usually went into the city.

The village chief's wife, thinking of her daughter who was still at home, burst into tears. However, no one cared about her tears. No matter how much she didn't want to leave, her body was dragged forward uncontrollably, leaving a long trail on the mountainside.

Tong Jialiang, who was tied up at the back, did not shout.

He glanced back with some apprehension, but dared not make it too obvious.

He was afraid of being discovered by the kidnappers.

However, he did not find Han Weishu in the crowd. On the one hand, he was relieved that she had probably escaped, and on the other hand, he was very worried about her being alone.

When Han Weishu saw these people about to leave, she wanted to follow them immediately.

But seeing the village chief's wife crying in the crowd, she suddenly remembered that her child was still inside the house; the kidnappers hadn't taken the child with them.

So she thought about it and decided to stay for the time being. After all, the doors of the houses below had been opened by the kidnappers and were not closed. And since this was deep in the mountains, it would be bad if the child were carried off by wolves.

Once the group had walked away, Han Weishu estimated that they wouldn't notice her at this distance, so she let Qiuqiu off her and quietly followed after them.

After watching Qiuqiu quickly catch up with the people who had left, Han Weishu emerged from the shadows and hurried into the village chief's house to check on the baby inside.

She checked the child's pulse and found that the child was simply asleep and otherwise unharmed. So she went out, closed the door, and then went to check on the other rooms one by one.

They discovered that all the able-bodied people in the entire mountain stronghold had been taken away, leaving only a few old, weak, sick, and disabled people.

They were truly old; the remaining elderly people were all emaciated, and it was clear that they were at the point where their hands and feet would tremble just standing up.

There was also a middle-aged man with a broken leg.

Apart from that, only the little baby from the chieftain's family remained in the small mountain stronghold.

Han Weishu took out a bottle of stimulant from her Storage Bag and waved it under the noses of the people who had been drugged.

This was prescribed by Elder Huang from their sect's pharmacy; they didn't know if it would work on this sleeping potion.

When she saw that the others had regained consciousness slightly after a short while, she thought that Elder Huang's skills were indeed quite good, and the medicine was quite effective.

When the few remaining villagers woke up, they were confused to find that they had been moved to the same room, with Han Weishu also present.

Han Weishu briefly explained what had happened, and then, under their suspicious gazes, carried a bag of rice from the chieftain's house, and also brought over the chieftain's baby, handing it to them, saying:

"Take care of this little one for now. You can all eat and use the bag of rice and flour from the chieftain's house here for the time being. I have to catch up. I'll try my best to rescue the child if possible, but as you can see, I'm such a small person, so don't get your hopes up too high."

Seeing their distrustful looks, Han Weishu knew that since she and A-Liang Liang had arrived yesterday, and their village had suffered misfortune today, she wasn't entirely trustworthy to them. So she said:

"Whether you believe me or not is irrelevant. Anyway, this little kid is your imposter. Whether you want to take care of him or not is up to you. I can't control anything else. That's it, I'm leaving."

As she turned to leave, an elderly man spoke up:

"Child, be careful yourself. I hope you can rescue the people of our village... Thank you so much..."

Han Weishu paused for a moment, but did not respond with a word of agreement. She then chased after Qiuqiu.

Just then, the baby in the arms of the middle-aged man with the broken leg started crying loudly. An old man slowly stood up, thinking about making her something to eat.

The other elderly people also tried their best to stand up and offer their help.

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Meanwhile, Han Weishu followed the direction Qiuqiu.

Fortunately, those people weren't walking very fast because they were keeping to the pace of the mountain people, Han Weishu rushed forward and quickly caught up with them.

After confirming the direction, she had long ago recalled the Qiuqiu to continue covering her body to prevent the cultivators from discovering her.

But she didn't dare to rush into providing assistance.

And so, she followed the group for two whole days and nights.

Unbeknownst to her, because the mountain village was located in a remote area, after traveling for two days and one night, they had gradually crossed the border of the Pusi Kingdom.

It wasn't until she followed these people to a vast grassland and discovered a spirit ship docked there that she belatedly realized she might no longer be within the territory of the Pusi Kingdom.

She hid in the dense forest in the distance and didn't dare to go out.

From afar, they watched as those people chased the villagers and Tong Jialiang onto the hearse.

It was only then that she noticed that these people were all wearing the same uniform. Because it was dark and she had been following at the back of the group, she hadn't noticed this at all.

This uniform is clearly the standard design of a certain sect.

However, she had seen the clothing styles of the three major sects of the Pusi Kingdom, and none of them resembled the clothes worn by the people in front of her!

Therefore, it is highly likely that these people are not cultivators from the Pusi Kingdom.

Thinking about it this way, Han Weishu's expression became serious.

Unexpectedly, cultivators from another country secretly came to the Pusi Kingdom to kidnap people.

Moreover, when she examined the spirit ship closely, she discovered that there were many people on it, bound tightly just like the mountain villagers who had been tied up.

It was obvious that these cultivators had not only kidnapped the bandits.

At a cursory glance, it appears that there are as many as three or four hundred people who have been tied up!

What are they trying to do?

Once everyone was on board the spirit ship, it quickly took off.

Seeing that it was impossible for her to catch up with the spirit ship on foot, Han Weishu had no choice but to wait until the spirit ship had flown far away before telling Qiuqiu to catch up.

He stayed put, pondering his next move.

Should I go home and ask my father for help, or should I report this directly to the authorities?