Gao Wu: My martial arts training relies solely on hard work

Chapter 11 Meeting Chen She again
Inside the thatched cottage.

Zhao Xuan's eyes were gloomy.

The day after the Hu family arrived, Chen Ergou's parents died, and their bodies were hung from a locust tree at the entrance of the village.

On the third day, the village chief and his family were hung from the locust tree.

On the fourth day, reinforcements arrived and searched for clues from house to house.

After a while of rummaging through boxes and cabinets, the ox-horn bow he bought for a huge sum of one tael of silver was confiscated.

The reason is that it is a suspected murder weapon and it needs to be taken back for a thorough examination.

By the way, 35 copper coins and the remaining ten kilograms of dried meat were confiscated from him.

If he hadn't been prepared and hid the money in a secret place like under the stove, this time he would have gone bankrupt rather than injured.

The other villagers were no exception. All the valuable things in their homes were confiscated by the government officials.

This was not for tracking down clues, it was clearly a door-to-door robbery.

Not only that, he was imprisoned at home in disguise. He could neither go hunting in the mountains nor practice his bull power at home, which made him feel uncomfortable all over.

Sometimes he really wanted to fight out at all costs and live on the run from now on.

The villager who was caught sneaking away and had his leg broken helped him regain his sanity.

The Hu family and the county government teamed up and sent people to block all exits. Day and night alternated like a dragnet, making it difficult for people to escape.

Three poles in the sun.

The investigators beat the gathering drum as usual and summoned all the villagers, including Zhao Xuan, to the entrance of the village.

The leader, like yesterday, first promised a lot of money and told the villagers that anyone who provided valid clues would be rewarded with one tael of silver.

Then he threatened that if Master Hu could not be found, the whole village would die, and that would be the fate of Chen Ergou and his family.

It is old-fashioned and has no technical content, but it is enough to scare a group of mountain people who have never seen the world.

This is why some people take risks and escape in the dark.

There are really no clues, and the fear of death is real.

Not long after, there was a commotion in the crowd, and another group of people came.

The first two people immediately walked side by side. On the left was an old man who was richly dressed, with gray hair and energetic.

The strong man who has been in the limelight these days is serving carefully at the side. He is obviously an important figure in the Hu family.

On the right side is a young man wearing black attire, with the word "capture" embroidered on his chest. He is followed by several government officials. He is obviously a member of the government and has a high status.

Zhao Xuan's ears were sharp and he saw the young man glance towards them from a distance, frowned and asked, "Have you found him?"

The officer on the side replied: "If we go back and arrest the head, we will see no one alive and no body after death."

The young man turned his head and looked at the old man of the Hu family: "How long do the Hu family plan to pursue?"

The old man said resolutely: "Follow it to the end."

The young man sneered: "Then the Hu family can go after it themselves."

Then he ordered his subordinates: "Go and release the people. Leave two people to assist the Hu family in investigating the case. The rest will go back to the county office. Gangsters have been everywhere since autumn. There are too many things to do. We don't have time to waste in this poor and remote place."

The old man's expression changed when he heard this: "Yu Baotou, you can't say that, my Hu family..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yu Baotou: "This sentence was not said by me, but by the county captain. I heard that it was the meaning of the county magistrate."

"If you, the Hu family, have any objections, you can go and raise them with the county magistrate. He asked us to accompany you. I will have nothing to say."

"By the way, the county magistrate also said that there are 120 people in Dishan Village, and the total tax revenue in spring and autumn is [-] taels."

"One person is missing. The Hu family will make up 50 taels and hand it over before winter."

The old man's face turned green and white: "One person's annual tax is less than three taels of silver. Why does the Hu family have to pay 50 taels?"

Isn't this blackmail?

Yu Baotou sneered: "Can't these people only pay taxes for one year?"

"In my opinion, it is passed down from generation to generation, more than 50 taels?"

"Of course, if the Hu family feels it is unreasonable, they don't have to make up for it."

The old man's face turned red. As the saying goes, "the county magistrate has a broken family." How dare the Hu family refuse to give it to him?
This new county magistrate is so cruel-hearted. He, the Hu family, is very filial during the holidays, but he is so unkind.

No matter what he thought, Yu Baotou waved his hand, and except for the two government servants who were usually close to the Hu family, all the others evacuated.

As for whether the Hu family withdraws or not, he has no control over the life and death of the villagers in Dishan Village.

He even wished that the Hu family would act mischievously and cause the county magistrate to be so angry that he would exterminate the Hu family and confiscate their property, so that he could get a piece of the pie.As soon as the people from the county government left, the strong man immediately asked: "Uncle Six, what should we do?"

The old man scolded: "Trash, what else can you do besides leaving? Kill them all? Can you afford to pay 50 taels to an untouchable?"

The Hu family is rich, but they can't afford 5000 taels of silver.

Even if he could afford it, the money didn't come from the strong wind, so how could he pay it all just to kill a few mountain people.

The strong man was scolded, but he still had the courage to ask: "Then forget it, where is the head of the family?"

The old man snorted coldly: "I'm going to tell the head of the family that if he can't control his son, why should he drag the Hu family to be buried with him?"

"As for this low-mountain village, we can't take action. It will be bad luck for them if they run into bandits robbing homes and houses."

The strong man understood immediately: "I'll contact you right away."

The old man reprimanded: "Let's wait until the limelight has passed."

Zhao Xuan was speechless for a while.

How come there are such stupid people in this Hu family?

If you collude with bandits to massacre villages, won't the government suspect you?

You say there is no evidence?

If you are weak and he is strong, what evidence do you need?
Are you so used to being domineering that you can't even use your brain?
Hey, he still wants to stay in the village and enjoy himself for a while.

As a result, when the Hu family evacuated, he would have to consider moving.

……

in the afternoon.

The Hu family, who still found nothing, gradually evacuated their people.

Before leaving, in order to vent his anger, he burned down the tile-roofed houses of the village chief and Chen Ergou's family.

After they left, some of the villagers cheered that the bully was finally gone.

Some cried because everything in their homes except food had been robbed by the government servants.

Only Zhao Xuan knew that there was still a disaster waiting for them.

But he didn't say anything.

Once he came, even if he said it, no one would believe him. It’s hard to leave his hometown. Who would give up his ancestral property because of other people’s unfounded speculation?
Secondly, once the Hu family knows that it was him who said it, they will definitely not let him go.

The poor are alone.

At present, he cannot withstand the revenge of this behemoth of the Hu family.

The next day, Zhao Xuan met Chen She.

He hired a bullock cart to take his parents to live in the county town.

Everyone in the village praised him for his filial piety.

Zhao Xuan, who was the only one who heard the conversation between the two Hus, guessed that Chen She might have heard something and took his parents to seek refuge.

He took the initiative to say hello to Chen She: "Fifth brother, long time no see."

Chen She looked at Zhao Xuan for a moment, then asked with some uncertainty, "Are you Zhao Er?"

The face looks like.

With this physique, they are as good as two people.

Zhao Xuan smiled and explained: "I have eaten enough recently and gained some weight."

After speaking, he pulled Chen She aside and asked in a low voice: "Did Brother Wu hear anything?"

Chen She glanced around and whispered, "What do you know?"

Zhao Xuan smiled bitterly: "Er Gou's family is dead, and the village chief's family is dead, do you still need to ask?"

Chen She sighed: "There are some people we really can't afford to offend."

"Forget it, what did you think about what I told you last time?"

The old thing was brought up again and he was recommended to the Wang family as a sparring partner.

Zhao Xuan sighed: "Besides being a slave, is there no other way out?"

Chen She said seriously: "Yes."

(End of this chapter)