Qin Feng stretched hard and was about to go back to the back house to check on Li Xiaolan, but suddenly he heard a loud roar coming from outside the county government office.
"What? Is there such a thing?"
"You rebelled against him! Come on, take me to see it. If it's true, I have to break that thief's legs!"
Qin Feng heard Ning Hu's loud voice and immediately changed his mind and walked out of the county government office. He happened to see Ning Hu, led by several soldiers, angrily walking towards the east of the city.
"Little Marquis, what happened?"
Hearing Qin Feng's shout, Ning Hu stopped quickly, but the anger on his face did not diminish at all.
"Brother Qin, it's just a trivial matter. You don't need to worry about it. I'll just take care of it."
Little things?
If it was really a trivial matter, how could it alarm Ning Hu? Although Changshui County is now firmly entrenched and there is no need to worry about enemy attacks for the time being, this is after all a war period, a sensitive period, and any small thing may lead to catastrophe.
Under Qin Feng's questioning, Ning Hu told the truth.
It turned out that a fight broke out in the east of the city. The reason was the distribution of supplies, which led to a fight between the two clans. A total of more than 40 people were involved.
Knowing the whole story, Qin Feng couldn't help but frown: "A large-scale fight with dozens of people is considered a trivial matter?"
"Come on, take me to see you."
Qin Feng did not dare to be careless. After all, it was difficult to guard against house thieves during the day and night. If such a large-scale conflict was deliberately fanned by Xi Zuo lurking in the city, it would be a big deal.
Seeing that Qin Feng wanted to go, in order to prevent accidents, Ning Hu simply called Liu Ming, leaving Zhang Zhenhai alone to guard the city gate in case of emergencies.
The three of them led two soldiers, a total of five people, and walked toward the east of the city.
Because there had been no fighting recently, except for the two soldiers, Qin Feng and the other three were wearing warm clothes and no armor.
When we arrived at the scene of the incident, the scene was indeed a mess.
The fighting between the two sides has ended, but they are still facing each other, and there are still more than a dozen injured men, women, and children lying in the middle.
You know, in all clan fights, men, women, old and young always fight together, and the weapons are all kinds of, including hoes, kitchen knives, sticks, whatever you can get.
When faced with clan fights, these ordinary people can often unleash a morale that is no less than that of the regular army.
It is precisely because of this that clan fights are often extremely violent, and human lives are caused, simply by basic operations.
At this time, the two sides were accusing and yelling at each other. In order to find out what was going on, Qin Feng did not rush to stop it, but stood aside and watched.
It can be judged from the words of both parties that these two clans, one with the surname of Wang and the other with the surname of Zhou, are both common surnames in Changshui County.
However, since the city has been sealed off, the number of people staying in the city is small, and the clansmen from outside the city cannot come over, so the two sides can only gather the clansmen on the spot. The strength of the two sides is also about the same, with about twenty people each. .
The leader of the Wang clan was a middle-aged man in his forties, pointing at the opposite side and shouting curses.
"You idiot, Zhou, I have long disliked you!"
"Last time our clan renovated a house, the foreman who took the lead, your surname Zhou, extorted an extra six hundred cash. I will remember this account for you!"
"In the past few times when supplies were distributed, you, Zhou, took advantage of being related to the logistics officer and took more. But this time, the supplies distributed to our Wang family were reduced by 10%. This is unbearable. Tolerate!"
"You have to fucking spit it out, otherwise, I will fight for this right until today is over, even if I am in front of Lord Qin!"
Faced with the scolding of the man surnamed Wang, the old man surnamed Zhou opposite him was not to be outdone.
"Haha, what are you barking for? It's louder than the wild dogs in the city."
"Our Zhou family has many female dependents and a prosperous population. Naturally, we need to distribute more supplies. It is reasonable and reasonable."
"Your Wang family is very small, and you have the most bachelors in the city. You don't mind being embarrassed, bah!"
"That's right, the logistics officer who distributes supplies is from our Zhou family. Are you greedy? Bear with it."
The Zhou clan members present all agreed and mocked the Wang clan members proudly.
"Hey, you guys are just jealous and don't like others."
"If there is such a relationship, you are more ruthless than us. We are all on the same road. Why are you pretending to be loyal and courageous to me here?"
"The supplies are short? You deserve it! If you can, go and complain to Lord Qin and see if Lord Qin has time to pay attention to you."
"That is, what kind of person is Lord Qin? How can he pay attention to a pariah like you?"
Listening to the yelling and scolding from both sides, Liu Ming, who was standing next to Qin Feng, his face gradually darkened.
After much hesitation, Liu Ming still tentatively suggested something in Qin Feng's ear.
"Master Marquis, these troublemakers should be beheaded as a warning to others."
Qin Feng was not surprised at all by Liu Ming's cruel suggestion. After all, Liu Ming specializes in intelligence assassinations and "punishment." Even if he is described as a "close-up criminal officer," it is not an exaggeration at all.
Moreover, Liu Ming did not simply kill, but had laws to follow.
During the war, the city was under martial law, and these people dared to gather together to fight, which was a capital crime in itself.
However, considering that the people of Changshui County were inexplicably involved in this war and were extremely innocent in the first place, and they also put in a lot of effort to defend the city, the method of "killing them all" is still too heavy-handed. Some.
Moreover, Qin Feng had finally won the hearts and minds of Changshui County by relying on a series of favors. Now he suddenly went on a killing spree. From now on, the people would no longer dare to sincerely help Qin Feng, and the gains would outweigh the losses.
Qin Feng winked at Liu Ming, telling him to calm down and watch for a while.
Ning Hu on the side couldn't stand it any longer and shouted in a low voice: "Brother Qin, can you hear me? Those people said that it was the logistics officials who pretended to be doing it for their own benefit. How could there be such a scum in our army?"
Ning Hu was heartbroken. The reason why he reacted so strongly was because the "Anjun benefits" given by Qin Feng were all top-notch. Even though he was not short of money, he still had to do some sneaky business and ruin Qin Feng's reputation. It was really terrible. The heart can be killed.
Qin Feng pressed his hand and said comfortingly: "Not all the people in charge of logistics are from us. There are also many government officers from Changshui County, as well as some highly respected gentry and village sages."
"Didn't the Zhou family say that? The logistics officer who distributed the supplies is also a member of the Zhou family. It is estimated that it is a temporary sign in the local area and is not one of ours."
After hearing this, Ning Hu's dark complexion improved slightly. He would never allow people in his team who abused their power and acted for personal gain.
At this moment, the quarrel between the Wang family and the Zhou family became more intense.
