A knife in love

Chapter 1412

At this time, it was almost dusk, and Li Qiufeng didn't dare to move forward rashly. Looking left and right, there were patches of weeds and bushes in front of him.He thought to himself, since Majiazhuang had been prepared for a long time, this gray line was definitely not the only trap set.It was a fluke that I didn't disturb the Majiazhuang all the way, so I must not go on indiscriminately.Thinking of this, he raised his head and looked at the big tree that almost covered the entire sky. With a touch of his right foot, his body rose into the air and landed lightly on a branch of a big tree, and bounced up again, several ups and downs. After that, he stepped on the branch and jumped to the top of the tree more than three feet high. Then he found a thick branch and sat down, planning to find a way to sneak into Majiazhuang after dark.

Half an hour later, it was already dusk, and the woods became darker and darker.The big tree that Li Qiufeng was leaning on had luxuriant branches and leaves, and it was surrounded by tall trees, so even though the branches he was sitting on were very tall, he couldn't see the surroundings clearly.

When Li Qiufeng was thinking about how to sneak into Majiazhuang, he suddenly heard footsteps and voices faintly coming from Nanshou.Li Qiufeng was startled, and hastily held his breath, only to hear footsteps getting closer and closer, and he had arrived under the tree not long after.These people walked and talked, and only one of them said: "Old Xu, you can't say that. Although you are not from our Ma family, who in the Ma family looks down on you? You have a lot of money every month. You have enough food and clothing. The cost is the same as ours. Your Xu family is just an outsider, what else do you want?"

The other person is probably the "Old Xu" that this population calls "Old Xu". He sneered and said, "Same? Don't think we don't know. The last time you went to Daxue Mountain for business, your children surnamed Ma and Hou Everyone got a reward of two taels of silver, why didn't our other surnames have none? If it weren't for Hou Lao Wu drinking and going crazy after losing a bet, we people with other surnames would have been kept in the dark, and foolishly gave you Ma, The Hou family worked hard."

Hearing what Old Xu said earlier, that person was a little anxious.He only heard him yelling: "What is the basis for your statement? If it really happened, you can complain to the owner of Ma Zhuang. What's the use of telling me these things?"

Old Xu sneered and said, "Complain to the owner of Ma Zhuang? Do you want me to end up like Boss Bai and Yang Changqing, with the whole family disappearing and no bones left?"

The person before said tremblingly: "Old Xu, are you, are you crazy? How dare you say such treasonous words, do you want to kill yourself?"

At this time, these people had stopped and stood at Li Qiufeng's feet to speak.I only heard Lao Xu sneer and said: "Since our village is called Majiazhuang, it is only natural for people surnamed Ma to eat more and wear more, and get more money. Your surname is Hou, and you are married to the Ma family. The wife is proud of her belly and gave birth to a rich man like the Ma Zhuangzhu. The Hou family followed the Ma family to eat and drink spicy food. We outsiders shouldn't have any complaints. It's just that many people in the village have died inexplicably in the past few years. The Ma and Hou families always want to give us an explanation, don’t they? There are children of the Ma family who went to Daxue Mountain with the owner of Ma Zhuang to do business, and there are also people from your Hou family, and most of them are people with foreign surnames. I met robbers and thieves on the road, and those who died were people with foreign surnames, but you, the children of Ma and Hou, were unharmed. Could it be that the knives, guns, bows and arrows in the hands of the robbers and thieves also have eyes, but they couldn’t greet us people with foreign surnames? The brother died outside, leaving orphans and widows at home. It stands to reason that the village should provide some pensions and support. But you Ma and Hou families don’t care about it, and some people even went to the homes of these brothers who died in battle to extort money. , bullying widows, all kinds of evil things, people can't sit idly by..."

Before Old Xu could finish his words, the man from before was furious and shouted: "It's the opposite! Xu Jiye, you bastard is so bold and reckless, don't you want to rebel?!"

Li Qiufeng thought to himself, so this old Xu is called Xu Jiye.Unexpectedly, a Zhuang Ding in Majiazhuang has a very elegant name, which is much nicer than those vulgar names like Wang Sange and Yu Laoer.

Xu Jiye smiled and said: "Old Hou, you are right, we are going to rebel! Otherwise, we don't need to deceive you today. Tell us the location of the silver cellars of Ma and Hou, and then tell us Hand over the key to us. As long as you are obedient, not only will we not embarrass you, but you can also get a piece of the pie after we get it."

Hou Laowai said in a trembling voice: "Brothers, you, you don't want to be deceived by that bastard Xu Jiye! The owner of the Ma Zhuang, the owner of the Ma Zhuang, is cruel, just relying on the few of you, how can you beat him... ..."

Hou Lao didn't finish his nonsense, but Xu Jiye said: "We are not just a few people. To tell you the truth, the children of the Xu, Liu, Zheng, and Sun families in Zhuangzi have made blood alliances, and they have agreed to kill them all. The Ma and Hou families. As for the other small families, they have been exploited by your Ma and Hou families all these years. If there is a big change in Zhuangzi, which side will they stand on, hehe, I don’t need to say more , you Hou Laowai should be very clear."

Xu Jiye's words seemed to have moved Hou Laowai.Hou Laowai was silent for a while, and then said in a trembling voice: "Old Xu, although my surname is Hou, I have not bullied you like them, and I have taken care of your Xu family on weekdays. You are going to do big things, and I will stay out of them. Participating will definitely not ruin your affairs. I will just pretend that what happened today didn’t happen, and everyone will not violate the river, wouldn’t it be good?”

Xu Jiye sneered and said, "Old Hou, do you think I'm a three-year-old kid? Now that you know about our business, you can either work with us or keep your mouth shut forever. You can only choose one of these two paths." .”

Xu Jiye paused at this point, and then continued: "You only have one life in this life, you have to think about it. You, Hou Laowai, were originally considered a character in the Hou family, but your father died of a sudden illness the year before last. Death, your third uncle took the opportunity to take the position and became the head of the third house of the Hou family. Since then, your status as the eldest grandson of the third house of the Hou family has plummeted. The errand of the garden was taken away by your third uncle's youngest son. The fat errands for procurement are gone. If it wasn’t for your mother’s surname Ma, which made your third uncle a little scrupulous, I’m afraid he would have drowned you in the pond long ago.”

Xu Jiye talked eloquently, but Hou Laowai remained silent.Li Qiufeng thought to himself, this guy surnamed Xu is very good, and he is so good at sowing dissension, every sentence he wants to say reaches the heart of this Hou Laowai.From this point of view, the undercurrents in Majiazhuang are much worse than the monolithic Wangjiazhuang.Ma Yuanwai is rude and seldom literate, after all, he is a bit worse than Wang Zhuangzhu in his handling of things.

Xu Jiye persuaded him for a long time, and finally said: "Old Hou, you just said that you have taken care of our Xu family on weekdays, which is true. It is precisely because you and I have some friendship that I can persuade you to let you and us Make a fortune together. Otherwise, there will be great changes in Zhuangzi, and the Ma and Hou families will definitely become the target of public criticism. At that time, each family will deal with the Ma and Hou families together, and the two families will be wiped out. If you are still mixed with them, With the nest full, how can there be any eggs? Old Hou, it's about your family and your life, you have to make up your mind and don't make a big mistake!"

(End of this chapter)