A group of bandits on horseback, armed with various weapons, rushed into Chenjiazhuang like wasps crossing the border. They not only robbed Chenjiazhuang of a lot of food, money and women, but also killed many people.
When the news reached Zhaojiazhuang, Zhao Feng was immediately shocked and hurriedly grabbed the person who came to deliver the message and asked.
"How is it possible? Why did bandits invade Chenjiazhuang?"
Upon hearing this, the messenger sighed and said to Zhao Feng.
"I don't know that, but those bandits are extremely vicious, and they not only want to steal money, but also want to kill people!"
"The purpose of my message this time is to make every village along the way ready to hide those things as much as possible."
"Okay, I won't tell you any more, I have to rush to the next village!"
Zhao Feng suddenly became very anxious. He quickly took out two taels of silver from his pocket and stuffed it into the hand of the messenger.
"Brother, please tell me carefully, who has died in Chenjiazhuang?"
The man who delivered the letter weighed the money in his hand, then smiled bitterly and said to Zhao Feng.
"Brother, it's not that I don't want to say more, but too many people have died, and the entire Chenjiazhuang is bleeding like a river!"
"The first one to die was the famous carpenter from Chenjiazhuang, and the situation of the others was not much better!"
"No more words, I really have to go!"
After the messenger said this, he rushed towards the next village, while Zhao Feng stood there stupidly as if he had been struck by lightning.
Zhao Feng did not expect that Chenjiazhuang would be bloodbathed by bandits, and his father-in-law would also die under the sword of these bandits!
Soon, some other villagers in Zhaojiazhuang also heard the news and ran to the entrance of the village to ask Zhao Feng about the situation.
"Brother Zhao, why are there bandits coming down the mountain?"
"Yes, I heard that Chenjiazhuang suffered heavy losses. I wonder what the specific situation is?"
Zhao Feng's face turned pale, he shook his head bitterly at those people and said.
"Dead, many people are dead!"
"Why did those bandits come at this time?"
The villagers in Zhaojiazhuang were all frightened. At this time, the three brothers of the Li family walked out of nowhere and pointed at Zhao Feng fiercely.
"Shouldn't I ask you why those bandits came?"
Zhao Feng's expression changed and he turned to look at the three Li brothers.
Someone in the village asked the three of them.
"What do you mean by this? Please tell me clearly! Could it be that the Zhao family brother colluded with the bandits?"
The three Li brothers sneered, shook their heads and said.
"Although he didn't collude with the bandits, he built a water tanker and gave many people in the village a bumper harvest!"
"This year, disasters have hit all parts of the country, and those bandits have always made a living by robbing money and food. This time the price of food has risen sharply, they must be targeting these villages that have had a bumper harvest!"
"It's because of the waterwheel he built that the bandits came here. If we didn't have a bumper harvest of food, those bandits wouldn't be able to come to our village. Chenjiazhuang is an example!"
After hearing what the three Li brothers said, some of the unreasonable villagers couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and then started to accuse Zhao Feng.
"The boss of the Li family is right. If our village hadn't had a bumper harvest of food, those bandits wouldn't be thinking about our village!"
"Yes, food prices have increased in other places. Only our two villages have had a bumper harvest of food. Isn't this an obvious way for bandits to come and rob us?"
"It's all your fault, what should we do now?"
After hearing the accusations from these villagers, Zhao Feng slowly reacted, then frowned slightly and forced himself to calm down.
The three brothers of the Li family showed proud expressions. They kept encouraging the villagers, as if they wanted to punish Zhao Feng verbally and writingly.
At this moment, Zhao Feng waved his hand and said angrily.
"You guys are talking nonsense!"
The villagers were all stunned for a moment, and Zhao Feng snorted coldly and said to them.
"If you think about it carefully, even if our food harvest is not good, wouldn't those bandits go down the mountain to plunder if they are short of money and food?"
"What the bandits do is murder and rob goods. No matter whether we have so much food here, we will not stop these bandits from coming!"
"Those bandits killed so many people and robbed those people of their food and money. In turn, you have to speak for those bandits, thinking that they have their own reasons and that we deserve to be robbed. If you really think so, It wouldn’t be unfair for the bandits to kill you!”
After hearing Zhao Feng's words, these villagers suddenly woke up from a dream.
Then everyone's expressions became very ugly. Indeed, as Zhao Feng said, no matter whether they have money or not, as long as these bandits are short of money, they will come and rob them.
Their village did get a good harvest because of Zhao Feng, but this was not the reason for the bandits to rob them, nor was it the reason for them to blame Zhao Feng!
Zhao Feng looked directly at the villagers and said to them.
"I will go to the county government office later and ask the county boss to send officials to help."
"If it fails, let's find another way!"
The villagers nodded quickly, looked at Zhao Feng with great gratitude and said.
"Brother Zhao, you are a tiger-fighting hero. If you ask the county master, he will definitely help you for your sake!"
"Whether we can survive this time depends entirely on you!"
The villagers looked at Zhao Feng with great expectation. Zhao Feng nodded and then said to the villagers.
"But I need two people to go to Chenjiazhuang for me to take a look at the situation, and bring back the situation there to tell me!"
The villagers looked at each other, but soon two young men raised their hands directly.
"I'll go! Brother Zhao, just feel free to go find the county master!"
Zhao Feng nodded gratefully, then pulled the two of them aside and spoke to them in a low voice.
"After you see the situation in Chenjiazhuang, don't tell the ordinary villagers. I'm afraid they won't be able to bear it."
Both of them nodded seriously, saying that they would only tell Zhao Feng and not anyone else.
Only then did Zhao Feng go home and tell Chen Rou and Chen Man to stay home while he quickly drove to the county town.
Fortunately, Chen Man has not left since the last time he came here. Otherwise, I am afraid that Chen Man would also be poisoned.
Zhao Feng did not dare to tell the sisters what happened in Chenjiazhuang. After all, what happened there was only hearsay, and he had to wait for the people he sent to see it in person before he could find out.
