After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 903: Killing Power

Dangdang Dangdang!
On the 29th, the entire town of Taifeng was bustling with activity.

The four village chiefs, along with their village heads, led the selected disciples from each village to the Silifang assembly point.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"Chief Kong has led the students from various villages in Zhennan Township to here!"

It seems that Village Chief Kong finally won first place.

To secure first place, Chief Kong had students from remote villages arrive at Kongjia Village two days in advance, providing them with meals—three meals a day.

The villagers in the remote village were very cooperative in order to provide these three meals, arriving early.

Therefore, as soon as Chenshi (7-9 AM) arrived today, Village Chief Kong led all the students from the villages under his jurisdiction to Silifang.

Clerk Guan, Clerk Miao, Qin Cunquan, Clerk Lü, and Master Lu, who came to help Clerk Guan because he was on leave for his wedding, were all speechless.

Relying on his status, Master Lu spoke directly: "Village Chief Kong, as a village chief, first of all, you should be like Master Qin, leading the villagers to prosperity; secondly, like Clan Chief Lü and Village Chief Zhou, you should educate the villagers well and lead them step by step towards a better life; and thirdly, like Village Chief Miao, you should prevent the villagers from breaking the law."

"If none of the above works, then it would be a great thing to make things less difficult for the villagers."

The slaps were so direct, it was no less humiliating than being slapped in public. Kong Lichang's face burned with embarrassment.

Master Lu continued, "Remember this. All the students from the villages under Chief Kong's jurisdiction arrived at Chenshi (7-9 AM), making him the top student in the entire town... Chief Kong, you've worked hard. Take the students to settle in first. They'll be spending the night at the Wu family's residence."

"Yes, thank you, Officer Lu." Village Chief Kong had lost all face and wished he could throw away the first place.

But he deserved it.

The Kong family has been committing crimes. If there were no solid evidence, the village chief Kong would be in jail!
Those from the other villages and hamlets arrived in town in the afternoon.

But the students selected from Ghost Village arrived in town very early... Their village chief is Elder Qin, and they can't let him down, so they have to get there early!

Grandpa Qin also cared about them. He personally led them to the west entrance of the town to meet up with Village Chief Zhou and the others. Then they went to Silifang to report and register. Finally, he took them to the Wu family's house to settle down.

Many of the students and their children felt that the house was unlucky.

But the clerk said, "The reason we're letting you students stay overnight at the Wu family's residence is to tell you that even if you have power, you can't use it to commit crimes, or the Wu family will be your fate!"

"Force can be used to fight enemies, but it must not be used to harm the people. Those who abuse their power to harm the people will be executed according to the laws of Wei!"

Village Chief Kong: "..." Are you saying this specifically for my Kong family to hear?
"All students, please rest here and do not fight. Food will be brought to you. After 5:30 PM, the house will be completely sealed off. The gates will be opened at 5:00 AM tomorrow." After giving his instructions, the clerk Guan left first.

Two hundred and twenty young men from various villages stayed in this house... There were so many people that they had to sleep on the floor.

After the clerk and his men left, they immediately started making a ruckus and went to chat with people they knew.

At first, everyone was quite good at pretending. After all, before they came, the village chief, the head of the village, and the clan chief all told them not to bully others, and that they had to pretend to get through the night.

Therefore, before dark, the students were all quite peaceful.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"The food is here! Line up for your food!"

At the hour of You (5-7 PM), Ying Zilin, Zhou Rong, and others led a group of students carrying loads of cooked food to distribute to the students. This was one of their tasks for the day.

"Dinner's here! Dinner's here!"

"What are you going to feed us? Is there any meat or vegetables?!"

The students were very excited. Some children from wealthy families didn't want to wait in line and wanted to cut in line to be the first to get their food.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"Line up!" Si Pei shouted. "If anyone dares to cut in line, I'll report them to the clerk, and you can forget about going to the village martial arts academy!"

Upon hearing this, the young men from the Miao and Kong families looked at him with dissatisfaction. However, seeing that Si Pei was dressed in rich clothes, they knew that he was of high status and suppressed their dissatisfaction.

"All students from the Kong family and the Zhennanli Police Station, line up properly! If you dare to cut in line or bully others, don't blame me, Kong Shengwu, for beating you up!" Kong Shengwu shouted, his glaring eyes sweeping over everyone present. The younger students were terrified and dared not utter a word.

Even the mischievous children like Kong Sanshuang quietly distanced themselves from Kong Shengwu.

Seeing this, Ying Zilin was displeased, but he remembered what Xun Laoqiong had said: weapons are dangerous, and it's not a big deal if the trainees are a bit rebellious.

Ying Zilin then stopped interfering and instead led the students to distribute meals to the younger students.

But he underestimated Kong Shengwu.

Kong Shengwu was very dissatisfied with the food he received. After Ying Zilin and the students left and the gate of the Wu family mansion was locked, he immediately said, "Village Chief Kong is my uncle, my grandmother is Village Chief Kong's mother, and even the constable Kong is inferior to my family. I think the distribution of this food is unreasonable... Hey you over there, Niu Zaoyang, right? How old are you? You're full after just a few bites. We fifteen or sixteen-year-olds are still growing. You should give us half of the food."

He added, “Have you heard of the concept of hometown cliques? Scholars form hometown cliques, and we warriors need to do even more so. My Kong family has many members, and I, Kong Shengwu, am a respected figure in the Kong family. If you join me now, you will definitely not lose out!”

Kong Sanshuang glanced at Niu Zaoyang... He felt a little sorry for the kid. Why was he always being bullied? And it was always by members of the Kong family who bullied him.

No, then shouldn't this be the fault of your Kong family?
If you feel sorry for Niu Zaoyang, then stand up for him and criticize Kong Shengwu.

Kong Sanshuang said, "I can't do it. In front of Kong Shengwu, I'm the one who gets beaten up too."

"Sorry, this is my food. I'll eat it myself. I can finish it." Niu Zaoyang refused and started looking for a place to sit down and eat.

"Kid, you're actually quite polite!" Kong Shengwu laughed and called to his men, "Shenggui, Shengliang, Sanshuang, Erwang... Charge! Take Niu Zaoyang's food!"

He also pointed at the students from Niutoupo Village and said, "This has nothing to do with you. Don't come looking for trouble. I bullied Niu Zaoyang because he harmed my Kong family because of the 'sending to the countryside' incident. He really ruined my Kong family. So this is a personal grudge. Don't get involved!"

Kong Sanshuang: "..."

I've already reformed, so please don't drag me down with you.
And then there's Niu Zaoyang, who cut in line.

That's why I let slip that Kong, the constable's wife, has powerful relatives on her mother's side.

In the end, the Kong family had to compensate the Qin family for land, Tang the scholar lost face, and Tang the scholar broke ties with the Kong and Hu families. But these were all grudges between the village head, the Hu family, and the Tang family's elders, and had nothing to do with Niu Zaoyang.

Kong Shengwu felt that all of this was caused by Niu Zaoyang. If Niu Zaoyang hadn't held Kong Sanshuang accountable for cutting in line, perhaps none of this would have happened.

As the head of Kong's branch, he had to maintain the dignity of the Kong family head in order to consolidate the status and interests of his branch!
You see, there's no such thing as trouble without a reason; they all want to intimidate others.

"Go! Drag Niu Zaoyang out here and beat him up!"