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Xiao Letian nodded his head: ”Not bad, although you were a little arrogant before, but you still have to put in effort when doing things, go find Dragon Lord later to get the 300 mu of silver!”
”Many thanks for the lord's reward. This servant has kowtowed to you …” Jiao Si'er could be considered as having milk as his mother. Now that Xiao Letian had a large amount of silver in his hands, he was even more intimate than his own father. What kind of bullsh * t Ministry of Internal Affairs mission was this?
Xiao Letian smiled obsequiously, then asked, ”There's still the seven hundred mu of mission later, I wonder if you have any miraculous methods?”
”This grandpa will watch. Against these lowly commoners, we'll have the complete set of family heirloom …” Jiao Si'er reported to Xiao Letian in a flattering manner.
Just as he was betting with Xiao Letian, the henchmen from Beijing had already started their second step of their plan. A few figures within the snow and wind were stealthily approaching these ice-cold villages.
”Quick, quick, quick...” The snow was too heavy. If he didn't hurry up, the road would be sealed. When that time came, he wouldn't be able to run even if he wanted to … ”You two village's east, you three west, and the rest come with me. We will follow the courtyard we identified earlier in the day, and after we succeed, we will each run away and return to the city to meet up …”
Under the command of the leader, these figures disappeared into the darkness of the village. At almost the same time, the village watchdogs started barking. Perhaps because they were cold and hungry, the dogs could not even bark.
The wealthier families in the village, with oxen and horses tied up in the barns, became the target of the attacker. A few figures flashed on the walls of the barns, followed by several rays of black light that flew out.
The flying Wu Guang was as fast as snow as an axe. The high speed spinning axe was directly aimed at the large animal, the heavy iron weapon instantly cut through flesh, the blade edge embedded into the bone.
This time, the pot exploded. The docile old Yellow Ox snapped the rope with a 'moo' and smashed its head into the room. Half of the mud wall had collapsed from the impact. Some of them had their necks cut off by blades, while some of them had their heads hit, causing chaos in the fleeing village.
”Retreat …” ”Hurry up and retreat …” The ambushers didn't hesitate to run outside the village. When the villagers came out from under the hot blankets, only their backs were left standing.
The village was already in a complete mess. The cries and curses from the village shot up into the sky, looking at the dead large animal s. Many of the elderly couldn't take the blows and fainted right then and there in the snow.
”What a wicked person, what a wicked person …” ”Is this still letting us live? Animals, even animals are worse than animals …”
”Let's report it to the officials, we can only report it to the officials. It must be those foreigners from this morning, let's go to the The yamen of the same knowledge to report to the officials, those bunch of rascals!”
The hot-blooded youngsters took up hoes, forks, sickles and the like and were about to rush towards the Tanggu City, but the Village Chief stopped them.
”What do you all want? What do you all want? Do you want to rebel? Since it's already curfew in the city at night, you guys are planning to rebel by raiding people into the city. When that happens, the Old Master can send troops to suppress you.
”Those bastards are waiting for you to cause trouble. After that, they can naturally arrest you. At that time, you guys will also have to sell your houses and land …”
The village chief's words were reasonable, but youngsters were not someone who could be stopped with a word or two. Looking at the large animal twitching in its pool of blood, all of them cried in pain.
”These animals are the life of our entire village. Big fellows depend on these animals to plow the ground in the early spring. Killing them is like killing my family. Without them, what should we do?” ”How can we live next year …”
In the time of late Qing, there were not many doctors who could treat humans, let alone veterinarians, even if there were veterinarians, it would still be useless for them to do so. This kind of deep, bone-deep wound could not be treated at all.
”I won't be able to live this long …” Finally, someone broke down. A woman in the crowd ran out like she couldn't take the blows anymore. ”I'm going back to my parents' home. I can't live anymore. How can I live …” In the end, he tripped over something and fell flat on his face.
The woman sank into the snow. She didn't get up, but continued to cry. Soon after, the crowd began to cry as well.
”The old people and the children and the women all go home and all the men form a team... Tomorrow morning, I will enter the city. I will go to The yamen of the same knowledge to complain, I don't believe that there is no law under the heavens! ” The Village Chief said harshly.