However, when he saw the fire coming from the south, the leader who was still stubborn and refused to leave realized that something was wrong.
He just returned to the village immediately and summoned everyone in the village. When people saw the fire, their subconscious reaction was to put out the fire. However, when everyone headed towards the fire, a group of young people sent by the village chief to the south of the village , two or three people came running back soon. They shouted anxiously, "Everyone, run away. They plan to set fire to the mountain and kill us all. We can't stay here anymore. There are hundreds of them here, and they are all alone." All of them carry knives.”
Upon hearing this, everyone present immediately became unable to sit still. Everyone was in a panic, and the old village leader was even more furious after hearing about the situation over there, and he fainted immediately.
At the last moment, Xinguan was more calm and calm. He immediately organized the panicked crowd. He said loudly, "Don't panic, everyone! Let's pack a few valuable things first, and then let's come out and go together!" "
"Those who have cars will give priority to the elderly and children. Those who are young and strong can run with me. I have seen that there are the least trees in the east. Although some people may block the road in the east, everyone can pack up and follow me. Let’s run together, I will never let everyone die trapped in this.”
I don’t know why, even though Xinguan had only been with everyone for half a day, he still had an inexplicable aura of convincingness about him.
It seemed that if you followed him, you could escape safely.
Therefore, under the command of Xinguan and the dispatch of Chen Ke, the elderly and children soon got on the donkey cart first, followed by the women. As for the young men and strong peasant women, most of them chose to follow Xinguan and move forward quickly.
Under Xinguan's command and the cooperation of everyone, everyone quickly escaped from the encirclement after a quick march.
Then the fire in the back mountain became more and more intense. People looked at the blazing fire and felt a sense of desolation in their hearts.
Lulin Village is the land where people have lived for countless generations. People work hard on this land and open up wasteland. The most important thing about building Lulin Village like this is that now they have just planted the spring seeds and were counting on a good harvest in the second half of the year. However, after such a fire, everything is gone.
And if there is no food, this year's autumn harvest tax cannot be paid. When they think of this, everyone feels despair.
When they were desperate, a desperate voice suddenly sounded in the team, "Where is my mother!!!"
That was the voice of a young man.
After hearing this, everyone who was already feeling depressed immediately surrounded the young man.
The young man's name is Tian Daniu, and he is also a man from Lulin Village. Because his family is poor, he still has not married a wife even though he is thirty-six years old. Now he only lives with his mother.
It can be seen how anxious he was at this time.
He only searched all the donkey carts in the village, but could not find his mother.
When Chen Ke saw this, he naturally also helped Tian Daniu find Tian Daniu's mother. After all, he was responsible for taking care of these old people, and he naturally couldn't let it go.
However, no matter how hard he searched, he just couldn't find Tian Daniu's mother.
At the same time, Tian Daniu seemed to realize something, and he immediately growled, "No, I'm going to find my mother!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Tian Daniu was about to walk towards the burning village.
Chen Ke and a young man on the side immediately stopped Tian Daniu, "Brother Daniu, you can't save your aunt if you go over now, and you may risk your own life in it."
Chen Ke only cooperated and said, "Yes, Brother Daniu, don't be impulsive!"
Tian Daniu's eyes turned red as soon as he heard Chen Ke's voice.
"Am I impulsive? Chen Ke, ask yourself, does this matter have anything to do with you! If it weren't for you, how could we have offended the people in Anxi Town? The organizer of these old people is also you, why! Why are so many people, you I just forgot about my mother."
Then Tian Daniu said excitedly, "Is it because you hate my mother for always arguing with your mother when she was young, so you deliberately ignored my mother?"
Speaking of excitement, Tian Daniu even grabbed Chen Ke's clothes with a ferocious expression and gnashed teeth.
Unexpectedly, Tian Daniu would make such a guess, Chen Ke immediately defended himself
He said, "Brother Daniu, I really didn't mean it today. Your mother and I carried him into the car long ago. Everyone in the car can testify."
Hearing Chen Ke's words, several old people immediately defended Chen Ke, "Yes, A Ke did carry Mrs. Tian on his back to the carriage!"
Another person immediately patted his palms and said, "Oh, I forgot. After Chen Ke left, Mrs. Tian said that she still had something to take with her, saying that she had to take the money for the land deed at home, and then she said I went back to get things, but everyone was leaving in a hurry, so I didn’t pay attention to this aunt."
Hearing this, Tian Daniu could only let go of Chen Ke dejectedly. Originally a strong man in his thirties, he just covered his face and cried when he heard these words. At that moment, he looked like a child.
At this time, the fire had engulfed the entire Lulin Village, and Chen Ke and the others knew that it was too late to go back. The only thing they could do now was to hold Tian Daniu down and prevent him from rushing into the fire and dying in vain.
Tian Daniu gritted his teeth and looked at the scene of the fire, and then said word by word, "I'm not done with those bastards from Anxi. I will definitely make them pay with blood!"
After hearing Tian Daniu's words, although others did not lose their parents, everyone lost their homes. Everyone just gritted their teeth and said, "I want them to pay with blood!"
However, if this kind of thing escalated into a bloody fight, it would obviously be very uneconomical. Therefore, Xinguan immediately said to the others, "Don't get excited, everyone. We don't want to confront them head-on, otherwise our losses will definitely be greater."
Then he whispered, "You can come with us to the county. We now have the accounts of those people in Anxi Town. As long as we find the masters of the county, we will definitely be able to make them pay their debts." Wrong for wrong.”
However, after hearing Xinguan's words, no one raised their arms and shouted. Everyone just looked at Xinguan like a fool.
This is not because Xinguan is too naive, but because these people have never left Lulin Village for generations, and the biggest place they have ever been is the town.
The greatest official I have ever seen is just a village official.
They are frogs trapped in a well, and all they can see is the sky above the ground below their feet. Therefore, they did not understand Xinguan's words, let alone have any idea, so they were just listening to Xinguan shouting.
"Where is the county seat? How do we get there? Where do we live? Can those gentlemen take care of us? They won't catch us and beat us up, right?" A young farmer asked.
"As the saying goes, officials protect each other. How can they care about us? Don't listen to this guy's nonsense." Another old farmer in the village refuted Xinguan's words. It was obvious that this old farmer might be relatively well-informed compared to others. The kind of person who has lived in the world, so what he said still has a certain concept, although his concept is also somewhat generalized.
At this time, Xu Zhilan took the initiative and said, "You can understand this as officials protecting each other, but not all people in this world are of the same mind. Officials are also human beings. Some of them do it for success, some do it to serve the court, and some do it for They can plead for the lives of all people in the world. Therefore, as long as these original intentions are different, their paths will also be different. We can ask their opponents for help, and the probability of being dealt with will be much greater."
Hearing Xu Zhilan say this, the others only looked thoughtful, and then only one of them raised his hand and said, "I'll go with you! If we can use external force to eliminate these wolves, then of course it will be A good thing."
"We are all barefoot anyway, how can we be afraid of him wearing shoes!" Chen Ke said loudly.
After the words fell, everyone felt that what Chen Ke said made sense, "Yes, we who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes!"...
"We are coming with you! We must go to the county to find someone to help and bring them all to justice!"
With the cooperation of these young people. Chen Ke was also happy to lead them away from here. However, before they could get out of the mountain, a hundred or so thugs from Anxi Town on the other side also gathered from the town and the place where they set fire to the mountain. .
Although they estimated that most of the people in the village had been burned alive by the fire at this moment, or that some people were still struggling to survive in the fire, he thought that no matter how hard those people struggled, they would not be able to escape the fire.
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However, even though they were so sure, they did not dare to underestimate the enemy at the moment. After all, even if one or two people escaped, if these people went to the county town, it would definitely be a big trouble for them.
In addition, he suspected that those who stole the account books were hiding in this village, so wouldn't it be better if the fire could burn those three people to death.
And when hundreds of them were guarding the protective belt outside Lulin Village, they saw a few villagers from Lulin Village actually coming this way. In an instant, the eyes of the group of people looking at the leading consul changed.
"Boss, they are really coming here!"
At the same time, there were people hiding in thatch piles who were counting how many people came here at once. To their surprise, almost none of the dozens of families in Lulin Village stayed at the fire scene, and In addition, they also saw Chen Ke and his party.
When these people saw Chen Ke and his party, endless hatred flashed in their eyes. This look even included the pregnant woman who was pregnant with Liujia.
Of course, their hatred is not directed at Chen Ke, but at suppressing the citizens of Anxi Town.
Fortunately, the consul brought hundreds of people to block the door today, otherwise these people might not be able to deal with the villagers of Lulin Village.
But even so, the consul did not dare to underestimate the other party. He just waved his hand immediately and made everyone hiding in the grass jump out.
