Counting on your fingers, the fifth marriage is coming

Chapter 189 Twelve Linked Villages (Part )

"Which girl is she?" Chi's mother asked him curiously.

Chi Jiangdong turned around and said angrily, "What girl? The one I have an engagement with is only this one person, right?"

Mother Chi was shocked when she heard this: "You, the one you are talking about... can't it be that liar girl named Xu... No, didn't you go to cancel the engagement? Why do you still like her?"

Chi Jiangdong said with a dark face: "I don't like her. My withdrawal doesn't count. She has to break off the engagement to cancel the contract. Now I have nothing to do with her anymore."

Just as Chi's mother was about to continue asking questions, she heard a noise coming from the bonfire. Her attention was drawn over and she saw a group of people evacuating the crowd.

One of the middle-aged men wearing a horned hat saw Chi's mother, was surprised for a moment, and then strode over.

"A-Lu, and Jiang Dong, what are you doing... Never mind, hurry back to the Golden Deer Village, something big has happened."

Chi Jiangdong turned around and saw that it was Uncle Biao, the helmsman of the village. He was holding a torch and had a scar across his dark face. Ordinary people would be frightened when they saw him, but Chi Jiangdong had been with him since he was a child and had long been accustomed to it.

"Uncle Biao, what happened?"

Chi's mother also put away her playful attitude and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"

"It's the government officials who are here... Well, you guys go back first. When your father comes back, he will tell you and your son that the bonfire party will not be held today."

There were people all around, and Lu Biao didn't want to talk to them in detail. He waved his hand and took people to disperse the crowd.

Chi's mother couldn't wait any longer. After thinking for a while, she decided to chase after him.

"Lu Biao, what happened?"

Uncle Biao glanced around and told the others to go first, and then he made a long story short with her: "There have been big changes in the court recently, and these landowners have started to get restless. I guess they are planning to attack our village. The government has sent soldiers over, and there has been quite a commotion..."

Chi's mother exchanged glances with him: "Is it Prince Ke?"

He nodded.

Chi's mother didn't ask any more questions. Instead, with a sullen face, she turned around and took Chi Jiangdong on a boat back to the top of Jinlu Village.

The two of them waited in the hall for a whole night, and it was not until dawn that Master Chi came back exhausted.

"father."

Chi Jiangdong hurried to meet him.

Chi's mother also stepped forward: "Husband, how is it?"

When the leader of the Chi Village saw them, his frown relaxed a little. He patted Chi Jiangdong on the shoulder and asked, "Did you guys stay up all night?"

Chi's mother patted him angrily and said, "How can you sleep? Tell me quickly, what's going on now?"

Village Chief Chi found a chair and sat down, sighing, "This is a difficult matter. As you know, our Twelve Linked Villages have been involved in a lot of lawsuits in recent years in order to merge. These cases have been piled up in the government. Now they have turned against each other and want to settle all the cases together..."

It is normal for people in the underworld to fight and kill each other, but once someone reports these things to the police or the government intervenes, the nature of the matter changes. As the saying goes, all under heaven belongs to the king. Since these people are on this land, they are naturally under the jurisdiction of the local government.

However, on weekdays, both sides maintain a subtle tacit understanding: people in the underworld do not interfere in the affairs of the government, and people in the government do not interfere in the affairs of the underworld.

Mother Chi slammed the table in anger: "Haven't we explained all those things to them? Besides, why did they let it go at the beginning, but now they are bringing it up again and re-examining the old case? Is it to force us to submit?" Chi Jiangdong didn't understand what was going on. He asked in confusion: "Dad, Mom, what's going on?"

The leader of the Chi Village said: "Since our Twelve Linked Villages formed an alliance, we have become the largest underworld force in Wei Ran. You should know that it is impossible to reason with words... In the past, the officials of Wei Ran were afraid of our Twelve Linked Villages, but they always kept to themselves..."

"But the wind has changed recently. When Emperor Yue makes a move, all forces will change accordingly. Prince Ke knows that his power is not as great as Prince Shou's, so he must be worried about being liquidated by Emperor Yue. Therefore, he has no time to take it slow. Instead, he is desperate and plans to use the government to force the Twelve Linked Villages to serve him."

"They are just local government offices. Why should we be afraid of them?" Chi Jiangdong didn't understand.

But the leader of the Chi village had some thoughts: "Of course we are not afraid of the soldiers they sent, but once we start fighting with them, there will be no turning back. When everyone in the Twelve Linked Villages is labeled as a bandit, it means that we will completely break with the court, which is not what the people in the village want."

They just want to live in peace and freedom, not to rebel, so it is not a good idea to openly oppose the government.

"What should we do? Let their government officials come in and out of the Twelve Linked Villages and arrest our people at will to kill or imprison them?" Chi's mother asked indignantly.

Village Chief Chi did not return home all night, so he discussed with the other eleven village chiefs that night and finally came up with a solution that was not a solution.

"The only solution now is to take a risky tactic. They are using their power to pressure us, so we will use their spear to attack their shield. As long as our Twelve Linked Village can establish a relationship with the royal family, these officials will be afraid to act rashly."

Mother Chi's mouth twitched: "How can ordinary people like us get connected with the royal family?"

She almost said, "Are you crazy trying to get close to a rich and powerful person?"
At this point, the leader of the Chi village was no longer sleepy. He sat up straight and said seriously, "Under normal circumstances, we would not be able to marry her, but we happened to meet Emperor Yue who was planning to choose a concubine from the best men in the country. As long as one of the good men in our village is chosen, I would say that becoming the male queen of the country or a noble concubine would also help us to have a say."

Mother Chi was so shocked by his "wishful thinking" that she was stunned for a long time before she hesitated and asked, "Then which good man are you going to ask?"

She admitted that there were indeed many good men in their Twelve Linked Villages, but Emperor Yue was used to eating "fine bran", so how could he eat their "coarse grains"?

Ever since Chi's father said that Emperor Yue was going to choose a concubine, Chi Jiangdong was stunned.

The leader of the Chi Village did not notice Chi Jiangdong's abnormality. He continued to talk to Chi's mother: "I heard that Emperor Yue likes good-looking people."

So superficial?

That's easy.

Mother Chi thought for a moment and recalled: "As for good-looking girls in our village... there are quite a few, but most of them are married, and the only ones who are not married are..."

Chi Jiangdong suddenly shouted: "Dad, Mom!"

Chi's mother and the leader of Chi Village were shocked.

"What are you shouting suddenly?"

"Do you know who Emperor Yue is?" Chi Jiangdong had a complicated expression.

"What?"

"Ok?"

They looked at Chi Jiangdong in confusion, not understanding why he was saying these at this time.

Chi Jiangdong wiped his face, looked up at the sky and said, "She is Xu Shanshan."