"no!"

Seeing that Li Zhi was so decadent and disgusted with herself, Qiu'er became very anxious and immediately threw herself on him and buried her head in his arms.

"That's not the case! The young master is a good man!

There was a severe drought last year and there was no harvest from the fields. Because they did not want to starve to death, many people like the slave family were displaced, looking for survival everywhere and became refugees.

Others turned a blind eye to the refugees like us, and some officials even ordered people to drive us away.

Only Young Master takes me in, so Young Master is a good person!

The slave family followed the crowd and wandered around, but no one took them in.

The crowd got smaller and smaller as they walked away, and by the time they reached the boundary of Yingchuan, there were only one or two thousand people left among the originally dense crowd!"

Speaking of this, she seemed to have thought of some terrible scene, hugging Li Zhi tightly and trembling.

Li Zhi was also attracted by Qiu'er's story. Seeing that she was scared, he gently patted her on the back.

After a while, Qiu'er's mood gradually calmed down and she continued: "Young master, are you feeling guilty for killing more than a dozen people?"

After saying this, Qiu'er raised her head and looked at Li Zhi, only to see that her face was full of tears and her expression was miserable.

"Does the young master know that the slave family has also killed people?!"

Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this and looked at her in disbelief. Then he thought of something and looked at her with loving eyes and patted her on the back.

"Qiu'er doesn't have to lie to appease me. I'm fine. I just can't think about it for the moment."

Qiu'er shook her head, buried her head in his chest, and said in a muffled voice: "What I said is true, and it is not to comfort the young master.

The person the slave family killed was Chun'er's brother!"

After saying this, she hugged Li Zhi tightly, as if she wanted to draw strength from him.

Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that this soft and frail little woman in his arms had actually killed someone!

However, there must be some reason for Li Zhi to trust Qiu'er. Otherwise, how could Qiu'er act like this with her weak personality?

With this idea in mind, Li Zhi asked Qiu'er softly.

"Why did Qiuer kill people?"

"Some people in the refugee group where the slave family is located may be going crazy with hunger. When someone dies of starvation, they will... give that person's body... to..."

She burst into tears when she said this, but she couldn't continue talking.

Seeing this, Li Zhi patted her back gently and said softly: "I understand, no need to say anything."

Perhaps his comfort had an effect, Qiu'er shook her head.

"Young master, please let me finish talking.

I have been holding these words in my mind for a long time, and I don’t want to hide anything from the young master.”

After speaking, she wiped her tears and said with a look of reminiscence on her face: "It was around March this year, and my family was digging wild vegetables. After seeing this scene, I was very scared.

The slave family hurriedly ran back to their father and told the matter to his father. After hearing this, the father told the slave family that these people were no longer human beings and asked the slave family to stay away from those people.

But I didn’t expect that the very next day, dad would find a group of people to argue with those beasts, because I didn’t want to...!"

Speaking of this, Qiu'er clenched her teeth with a look of hatred on her face.

"No, dad and the others were killed by those man-eating beasts because they hadn't eaten for a long time and were too weak! And...!"

At this point, Qiu'er burst into tears, her eyes filled with anger, but she still gritted her teeth and said, "Furthermore, Daddy and others were made into dry food by those beasts!

At that time, the slave family was watching from the grass nearby!

Before he died, my father saw the slave family and winked at the slave family crazily. The slave family knew that it was because dad would not let the slave family go out! So the slave family watched helplessly...!"

When Li Zhi heard this, he hugged her tightly and wanted to give her some comfort, but didn't know what to say.

At this time, I heard Qiu'er continue to say: "After those beasts left, the slave family collected the remains of dad's clothes, built a tomb for dad, and then hurried back to the crowd.

Because of fear, the slave family did not dare to speak out about this matter, so they kept it secret.

In this way, after a long time, after arriving at the boundary of Yingchuan, the crowd gradually decreased from more than 2,000 people to 1,500 or 600 people, many of whom were secretly given away by them...!"

Qiu'er said this, biting her lips tightly, with a look of self-blame on her face.

"If the slave family were bolder and told everyone about this, those people wouldn't..."

Seeing her blaming herself, Li Zhi comforted her and said, "I don't blame you. You are just a weak woman. It is human nature to dare not say anything when things like this happen. There is no need to blame yourself."

Although Qiu'er knew that Li Zhi said this to comfort her, she still felt at ease.

"Thank you for your comfort, sir. My family is fine."

Li Zhi was afraid that she was still immersed in self-blame, so he changed the topic.

"Then what? How did you deal with that group of people?"

Hearing this, Qiu'er replied: "The slave family saw that they were getting more and more outrageous and couldn't bear it anymore, so they told everyone about it."

Speaking of this, her face was full of memories.

"The slave family remembers that it was a sunny day. After the slave family told everyone about it, everyone was very angry, so they gathered hundreds of people to surround those beasts!

Because the Nu family witnessed their father’s tragedy with their own eyes, they were afraid

They made the same mistake again, so they didn't dare to follow.

But the people who came back said that those beasts had been killed by them."

Li Zhi heard this and asked Qiu'er with doubts.

"Although these things are related to you, you didn't do it yourself. Why would you say that you had killed someone with your own hands, and it was also Brother Chun'er?"

Hearing this, Qiu'er fell into her own inner world and said slowly: "Just after everyone kills those beasts.

One day, Chun'er's brother came to visit the slave family. The slave family remembered that he was so hungry that he could hardly walk, so they gave him a wild vegetable cake.

After he devoured the cake, he cried loudly and begged the slaves to kill him!

The slave family was at a loss at that time, so they asked him the reason, but unexpectedly..."

Speaking of this, Qiu'er looked complicated and continued after being silent for a while: "I didn't expect that he was actually one of the murderers of daddy!

Just because he came to see Chun'er on the day when those beasts were killed, he was not killed.

Because he was used to eating meat every day, after the death of those people, he could not adapt to the days of hunger and fullness, so he became so hungry that he couldn't hold on for a few days.

He came to the Nu family but wanted to die and entrusted Chun'er to the Nu family.

The slave family couldn't resist his pleading, and because of the hatred of killing his father, he hated him very much, so... he just...!"

At this point, she couldn't continue and looked at Li Zhi timidly, fearing that he would hate her because of this.

Li Zhichang sighed and patted her back gently to comfort her.

"There is an old saying: The revenge of killing one's father is irreconcilable! That person deserves to be killed!"

Hearing what he said, Qiu'er felt relieved. Seeing that he was still frowning, Qiu'er stood up and looked at him seriously.

"Young master is still feeling guilty about the murder? If you accept us, you are a great good person!

No matter what the reason is for the young master to kill someone, the slave family believes that the young master’s original intention was definitely not this, otherwise the young master would not feel guilty.”

Li Zhi shook his head when he heard this.

"I have let go of those things. I was just lamenting the complexity of people's hearts."

By this time, Li Zhi was no longer sleepy, so he sat up with a quilt on his back, held Qiu'er in his arms, and said to her warmly.

"Since you told me a story, let me tell you a story too."

Upon hearing this, Qiu'er immediately became energetic, found a comfortable position in his arms, and listened quietly.
Chapter completed!