Although Chen Ke had already guessed that this group of people would try to catch the turtle in the urn, when they suddenly jumped out of the grass, Chen Ke was obviously still very frightened.
Not only Chen Ke, but also the people from Lulin Village were shocked.
Looking at the hundreds of people blocking the intersection, everyone suddenly had a bad feeling in their hearts.
"Hit me! Don't let any of them leave this village!" Following the order from the leading consul, this group of people immediately began to kill the people in Lulin Village. Their method was very simple. The main purpose is to block the passage with the threat of violent beatings.
Anyway, their goal was just to get these people burned to death in the fire.
At first, everyone in Lulin Village was forced to retreat steadily by these 100 people. Although some people tried to break out of the crowd, the people who broke out were quickly beaten to the point where they could not even fight back.
Facing such a blockade, everyone felt a sense of despair. Just when this group of people didn't know what to do, a black figure flashed in front of them like a strong wind.
Before everyone could react, they saw that at some point, on the hostile side, Xinguan, dressed in black, was holding a knife on the neck of the consul who instigated everyone to take action. @
As for the child in his hand, he had already given it to Xu Zhilan.
"If you don't want to die, tell them to stop. If you want to die, I will send you all into the fire." Xinguan threatened.
Although the consul was accustomed to not caring about other people's lives, he took life and death lightly.
But when it was his turn to face this matter of life and death, he seemed particularly uneasy.
His legs were almost weak with fear, and he immediately begged, "Hero! We have something to talk about, please don't get excited."
"We have nothing to talk about. Should we let the people of Lulin Village go and I'll spare your life, or do you want to die with the people of Lulin Village! You'd better make a decision on this matter quickly, otherwise when the fire comes, all the things I have on my hands will be destroyed." The knife shows no mercy.”
As if he thought this was not enough to intimidate the consul, Xinguan only pressed the man's neck a little tighter, and then a blood mark appeared, and blood flowed from his fragile neck.
After feeling the pain and blood, the man became even more aware of the threat of the man behind him. and the imminence of death.
Looking at the fire not far away, thinking that even if his mission was not completed, he would not lose his life, the consul immediately made a decision.
"I'll let it go! I'll let it go! Stop taking action, everyone, let everyone out of Lulin Village!" the consul shouted almost impatiently.
Fortunately, these thugs obeyed his orders. When he was held hostage by Xinguan, these people directly surrounded Xinguan. When they heard the consul's surrender slogan, they naturally just silently gave way.
As the passage opened, the man only asked Xinguan in a low voice, "My hero, can you let me go now?"
However, Xinguan was indifferent. He said in a tearful tone, "My hero, I did everything you said. You won't break your promise."
As if he disliked the man for being noisy, he only whispered, "I have to let them go away before I can let you go. Otherwise, what will happen if you and your men go back on your word? We don't have as many people as you, so why are we just waiting to go?" Die?"
After hearing Xinguan's words, the man scolded Xinguan in his heart for being too troublesome.
But he said with a complacent smile, "My hero, how could we do such a thing? Since I said let them go, I really let them go. Besides, even if I really don't let them go, can't you still survive among a hundred people?" Take my life."
Regarding this person's words, Xinguan only explained, "I don't want to cause unnecessary casualties."
The man wanted to speak after hearing this, but Xinguan said to him, "Shut up!"
After hearing what Xinguan said, the man was still a little afraid of Xinguan, so as soon as Xinguan threatened him, he decisively shut up.
Xinguan threatened the man and waited on the road until the mountain fire engulfed the village and headed east. Xinguan estimated that the people in Lulin Village should have already taken the road to the county seat, and the fire was very powerful. These hundreds of people might be burned.
Therefore, when people felt the fire and heat and were restless, Xinguan finally let go of the consul, and then he only said to the other people guarding the consul, "You
Let's leave quickly! If you don't leave, the fire will burn you! "
As soon as they heard about the fire in Xinguan, the group of people immediately rushed to the town. At this time, who still remembered to take action against the person who held them hostage.
After Xinguan let go of the consul, he quickly left here with the sword in his hand. He chased towards the main road to the county town with a clear goal.
Fortunately, he was good at Qinggong, so it didn't take long for Xinguan to catch up with everyone.
On the other side, the fire that destroyed Lulin Village only burned ragingly in the village. The current flames not only attracted the attention of the neighboring village, but also the people in Anxi Town could feel that the temperature today was obviously much higher than in the past, and This feeling of heat only made people also notice the fire over there.
This mountain fire lasted for seven days from the time it started to burning. If anyone was unfortunate enough to stay in the mountain, most likely there would be no bones left. Perhaps the only thing they are thankful for right now is that there were people in each village and town long ago. They were made of protective tape, so the fire would not burn their heads.
But even if these people's heads were not burned, the village next door was still much hotter than before out of thin air. Plant ash started to fall in the sky. What was even more exaggerated was that after the birds and beasts in the forest felt the heat, they They also fled to villages and towns one after another. It would be okay if they were ordinary birds and animals, but they were afraid that those tigers, big insects and other beasts would directly eat people and damage the crops planted by people.
The people in Anxi Town looked at the soaring fire and said, "That seems to be the direction of Lulin Village. With such a fire, the people of Lulin Village will be unlucky."
The county town of Anxi is obviously more grand than the town. Although it is not as good as the capital city, it at least uses glutinous rice bricks to build the city walls, and the streets in the city are made of bluestone.
The passers-by on the road are not only dressed in gorgeous clothes, but at least they are all decent.
Therefore, when this group of people came to the county town, the people in the county town only thought that this group of people were refugees fleeing famine.
However, they have always been quite tolerant of this kind of refugees, so even if they were not begging on the street, people would throw coins at them on the road.
A group of people in Lulin Village didn't feel any shame at the opponent's behavior of throwing coins. After all, after facing the threat of hunger and death, dignity and face were not as important as a meal of steamed buns.
If all lives are lost, then this dignity will be empty words on paper.
And now that they have lost their homes and everything, they are no different from refugees.
But even so. They have not forgotten the reason for their hard work.
So after buying a few steamed buns to fill their stomachs, they headed towards the Yamen.
In the backyard of the Yamen on the other side, a group of female relatives immediately started crying after hearing the rest call from Anxi Town.
"What! You said that the house in the east of Anxi Town was set on fire? What about my Yingying? Where is she? Tell me! Where is she now?" A woman in the hall asked the others excitedly humane.
After hearing the woman's questioning, all the servants who were sent to look for the young lady just acted silently.
"Madam, the fire that day was so sudden. When we remembered it, the fire surrounded the yard. We couldn't get in at all. The old lady and gentleman could only watch the fire engulf the yard." Finally. Still a housekeeper whispered about the last scene he saw in Anxi Town that day.
When the housekeeper mentioned this, the woman almost fainted from tears.
"My Yingying, if the master had not sent Yingying over at that time, how could something happen to my child?" the woman cried in a low voice.
Facing the woman's accusation, the man dressed in official clothes only lowered his head in despair.
He couldn't think of better words to comfort his wife. After all, he was the one who insisted on sending Yingying to stay with the two old people. Now that something happened to the child, how could he have the face to say anything.
What's more, that child is also his own child.
Therefore, no matter how much the woman scolded him, he could only remain silent.
"I'm sorry, ma'am," he whispered.
The woman ignored him and continued to cry her sorrow.
And when all the sadness disappeared, only urgings came from the hall
"Sir, someone beats the drum to complain!"
Hearing this, the master was about to wave his hand to everyone and said, "There will be no trial today, please let them go back."
However, the police officer below immediately added, "Sir, these people are suing the gang in Anxi Town for embezzlement, perverting the law, and deceiving the superiors and subordinates! And it is very likely that the accident of the eldest lady has a lot to do with them."
As soon as he heard the catcher's words, the old man became more energetic. You must know that he has been checking the affairs of Anxi, but he didn't know how to intervene.
Therefore, he arranged many undercover agents to set up in Anxi Town early.
It's a pity that those people were very vigilant. Most of the people he arranged never returned. In addition, the people there did not submit petitions to the county. He just wanted to use this as an excuse to intervene in Anxi Town. He could only think of it again and again. Failed.
Now that the people from Anxi Town came to his door, how could he miss it?
He could only glance at his wife, and then whispered, "Madam, I'm going to see what happened. If we can find out what happened with the fire that day, we can also help Ying." Did Ying give an explanation?"
After hearing what the other party said, although the woman was still sad, she still nodded cooperatively.
Therefore, the county magistrate also packed his clothes and went to the main hall of the Yamen.
When the county magistrate and his entourage arrived at the yamen gate, they saw that the yamen gate was already crowded with spectators, and there were almost dozens of people beating drums and complaining, plus those who came to complain.
