Before joining the army, Liu Da must have gone directly to settle the score with the two guys who had done the dirty work. But now after receiving training in the army, he has learned to analyze problems calmly. Even if he goes to the Yamen, he still has to present evidence. .
No one gets the stolen goods, at least the suspect has to be caught. Even if he doesn't catch anyone, he can't make the magistrate believe him with just his mouth. The most trivial things like this can be settled with a few words of comfort.
Liu Da didn't bring a musket when he came back this time. He only had a waist knife and a bayonet, neither of which were long-range weapons. He didn't even have a crossbow at home. If he wanted to catch the person who set the fire, he had to get the enemy as close to the target as possible. Do it yourself.
This is still based on the fact that the person who set the fire will do it again. If he only sets it off once and then stops, then there is no chance of catching the person.
The fire only burned most of the family's harvest, and it would not affect the rent given to Liu Gui's family. If the person who set the fire wanted to kill his family, he would have to do it again to achieve his goal.
"Mom, don't cry. It's just some wheat. It's not worth a few bucks. It's no big deal. After we move to the city, we don't need to farm anymore. If you break your body from crying, the soup and medicine will be more expensive than wheat. There are so many, even dozens of taels each won’t cure the disease!”
Seeing his mother in tears and worried that her harvest had been burned down by gangsters, Liu Da could only give her good advice.
Just like fighting, this is not something that can be solved by crying. You must first plan, then prepare, and finally take action.
"Yes, mother, Da is right. Our family is not suitable for growing crops. We only have a few acres of land, and we can't make much profit from it. There are many jobs in the city. Becoming a bricklayer is more profitable than growing crops. There are so many!”
At this point, Liu Tong had no choice but to follow his younger brother's advice. After paying back the rent to Liu Gui's family, he really had to find a profitable job. It was impossible to support his family with just these few acres of land.
"Sister-in-law, please stop going to the fields today, clean up at home, and accompany your mother by the way. Just the two of us in the fields will be fine!"
Liu Da was worried that his mother would get angry because of this incident, so he asked his sister-in-law to stay at home, and the two brothers were relieved.
"good!"
Liu Tong's wife, Mrs. Yang, was also afraid that her mother-in-law would not think about it, so her uncle's arrangement was the best.
After the family had breakfast, the Liu Tong brothers went out to the fields to continue harvesting crops.
"Shall we set fire to that dog's house again tonight?"
"There's no rush! Wait a few days until he collects all the wheat from the fields, and then we'll serve him a pot!"
"Okay! That's it!"
After the fire was successfully set, Guan Shun and his brothers Guan Shuo, Guan Yan, Guan Yu, Guan Gu, etc. fell asleep soundly at home. They discussed it again after dawn, but decided to take action in the end.
When all the wheat is burned up in a fire, let Liu Dan explain it to the landlord Liu Gui. They will have a good show and see whether it is Liu Da's face or Liu Gui's harsh whip.
After Guan Shun was scolded by Liu Da, he wanted to vent his anger, but the Guan brothers had no connections in the government office and did not dare to kill easily. Moreover, there were dozens of officers and soldiers living in the village, so they thought of setting fire to it. trick.
Let's light a small fire first to vent his anger on eldest brother Guan Shun. When the time is right, put in a big one again, and Liu Da's family will not be able to eat. Finally, a few buckets of shit were thrown in, so that Liu Da's family could eat enough shit.
Didn’t Liu Da make Guan Shun eat shit?
Now their family has no harvest, and they all have to eat shit!
"Dazi, how are you?"
"What can I do! Are you here to see a joke?"
"That's what you said! You want me to come here in person to see a joke?"
Zhang Shen and Liu Da joined the army at the same time, they both joined the East Palace Guards, and they were from the same village. They grew up playing together, so naturally they were very close.
They were just assigned to different companies, but it didn't affect their communication with each other. After all, they were from the same village. According to city people, the two of them were close friends and could talk about anything.
Zhang Shen's platoon was responsible for the autumn harvest in Liujia Village, but it made it easier for Zhang Shen to go home to visit relatives, which was much easier than Liu Da who had to ride back.
I heard there was a fire at Liu Da's house last night, so I came here to check on the situation. I just didn't see him when I went to his house, so I went down to ask.
"Then what are you..."
"Do you know who released it?"
Zhang Shen didn't believe that the wheat in Liu Da's house would grow naturally. Although the weather was dry, it was definitely not to the point where the sun would still catch fire. What's more, the fire happened at night, so it couldn't have been the moon lighting the fire, right?
"Yesterday when I came home from the farm, I ran into Guan Shun and Xu Shu. I scolded those two guys, especially Guan Shun!"
"I see!"
After listening to Liu Da's narration, Zhang Shen almost understood that those two guys deserved the scolding, and they were asking for it. Liu Da's talkativeness was all practiced in the army, so of course they were no match.
It was probably out of resentment that he set the fire at night. This speculation is quite logical.
"What? You still want to take revenge on me?"
Liu Da stopped what he was doing and waited for the other party's reply. Even if they didn't mean it, it didn't matter. After all, it was his family's business.
"Hehe! Revenge requires payment!"
Zhang Shen chuckled and said, rubbing it with his thumb and index finger, meaning that you have to get money to work, and no one can do it for free these days.
"Money is easy to talk about, but it's just you? Guan Jiaguang is only a dozen men!"
As long as he can catch the arsonist, Liu Da is willing to pay for it out of his own pocket, even if it means taking out all the money he has saved in the past few months. It's just that the Guan family is not easy to deal with, and the two of them together may not be able to fight.
"Tsk tsk! Look what you said, uncle, am I someone who overestimates my capabilities? As long as the money is in place, we can recruit a whole class of people!"
Zhang Shen would not go out alone to avenge Liu Da!
Since we want to deal with Guan Shun, it means starting a fight with the Guan family.
It's definitely not possible if you have a small number of people on your side, so you have to get all your comrades on board.
"Okay! You boy has grown up!"
Liu Da finally understood what Zhang Shen meant. This was not to avenge his family, but to treat the matter as a business.
"Tell me, how much do you plan to pay?"
"... If you bring ten people, I will pay you ten taels of silver!"
"Twelve?"
"I only have so much money! Do it as much as you like!"
This is the money Liu Da plans to rent a house in the city. Since someone is willing to help, let's put the renting matter aside for now.
"Deal! When the time comes, the money and goods will be settled! One more thing, if someone is killed, it will be yours alone!"
"Hmph! Am I someone who is afraid of death? If the Guan family is looking for death, I will just take their heads!"
"You're cruel! Just wait for the letter! I'll let you know when I'm ready!"
Liu Da agreed to all the conditions proposed by Zhang Shen. Even if a verbal agreement was reached, he still had to go to his class to discuss it.
Four days later, all the wheat in Liu Da's field was harvested. After removing the stalks, they were all put into bags and piled in the yard. The wheat straw was also piled quite high.
After the busy work, the brothers were very tired, so they took a shower and had a rest as soon as possible. After night falls, the only sound heard in the yard is the chirping of crickets.
"Quick! Come up!"
At midnight, Guan Shuo laid his hands on the courtyard wall and looked around. When he found that there was nothing abnormal, he called his brothers to take action quickly.
The Liu Da family's dog was hit and killed by the Liu Gui family's carriage at the beginning of spring. Liu Gui didn't even pay compensation, so the matter was dropped. This was convenient for the Guan family brothers.
If there is a dog in the yard, the dog's ears are much sharper than human ears. It will bark incessantly when it hears any movement, and the people in the house will get up quickly after being awakened.
"Goudazi and his family are just waiting to eat shit!"
Last time it was Guan Yan who threw the torch, but this time it was Guan Shun who did it himself. Otherwise, he would always feel unhappy. It would be best to burn Goudazi's house until it burst into flames.
Guan Yan used flint to light the stick wrapped with oilcloth. Guan Shun caught it at the top of the wall, aimed at the wheat stack not far away, made two gestures, and threw it out.
"Enemy attack!"
"Catch them alive!"
Just when the torch was lowered, someone suddenly shouted in the yard, and several black figures suddenly ran out from the corner.
"No! There's someone!"
"Run!"
Guan Shun suddenly felt something bad. Maybe someone had already ambushed him, waiting for him to come and set fire to him. He had to escape immediately. Once he was caught, it would be bad.
"Pah! Pah! Pah..."
There is a wider avenue passing through Liujiacun, and Liu Da's house is on the edge of the avenue. When running, the Guan brothers instinctively drove along the avenue, which made it easier for the officers and soldiers to shoot with muskets.
Bird guns still have good accuracy at a distance of more than ten or twenty steps. Especially when five or six people shoot at two or three targets, the hit rate can be guaranteed.
"ah……"
Guan Yu felt a pain in his back, screamed suddenly, and fell to the ground like a dehydrated carp. After struggling hard, he still couldn't get up and continue running.
"Fourth brother!"
When Guan Shuo saw Guan Yu fell to the ground, he hurriedly ran over and tried to help him, but it was not easy to lift a living person weighing hundreds of kilograms and walk away, and the weight would rest on him alone.
Just when he was struggling to help Guan Shu up, the officers and soldiers behind him were already chasing him. As a last resort, Guan Shuo could only draw his sword, intending to kill the officers and soldiers first.
"Dang~! Uh..."
However, his two attacks were no match for a soldier who had been professionally trained in stabbing. Guan Shuo used his waist knife to fudge him, and then he was stabbed through the stomach by a sharp bayonet, and blood began to spurt out of his mouth.
"I fought with the dog officers and soldiers!"
The youngest Guan Gu saw his second brother stabbed to death by officers and soldiers, so he rushed over desperately with a wooden stick.
He didn't even meet him, and followed in Guan Shuo's footsteps, falling to the ground and looking at his dying brother in front of him.
"Squad leader! Two more are running away!"
"Haha, where can we run? The two of them are looking at the corpse here and go to inform the platoon leader that the Guan brothers openly set fire to Liu Da's food and stabbed me and others with weapons. 'Tian Chutou' led the way, and the rest They all follow me straight to Guan’s house!”
"yes!"
The word "Shen" means "Tian Chutou". This was Zhang Shen's nickname in the army. It was very special and it was not easy to pronounce it wrongly, so it spread.
Zhang Shen told squad leader Yuan Yongxu, who thought about it for a while and then agreed. As long as Liu Da was willing to take the blame for everyone, everything would be solved.
Later, Yuan Yongxu learned from Zhang Shen and Liu Da that the Guan family was by no means a good person. They had been working as slaves for Liu Gui all year round. Moreover, he had personally seen the appearance and behavior of the Guan brothers, and he could conclude that it would be difficult to deal with this family. Will get into trouble.
Killing a good person and taking credit for one's merit is a capital offense, but killing a gangster in the village is a completely different matter.
It's best not to kill anyone. If the other party attempts to resist, you will have sufficient reasons to suppress it.
Ever since they heard about the rebellion that attacked the officers and soldiers in Lijiacun, everyone felt relieved.
As long as the scale of the incident in this village is not larger than that in Lijia Village, it will be a trivial matter in comparison.
"Open the door! Open the door!"
"Knock me out of the way!"
"Woof! Woof! Woof..."
"Monitor, be careful, they have several dogs at home!"
"Climb over the wall! Throw a grenade at me!"
Now that there was dog meat to eat, Yuan Yongxu didn't believe that any dog could withstand a grenade.
As long as this thing explodes, not even the armored dog Tartar can withstand it.
"Boom~!"
After a loud bang, the barking sounds in the yard suddenly stopped, leaving only the wailing sounds of a few injured local dogs.
"Everyone in the room, come out! You are suspected of sneak attack on the officers and soldiers, and must be screened quickly. If you do not comply, you will immediately be regarded as disobeying the order!"
Yuan Yongxu is an experienced veteran. He knows that the Guan family must know about the arson. He will probably not sleep yet. He will not rush into the house, otherwise he may be attacked by surprise. It is better to let the other party come out of the house.
"Master Jun! We are just common people and we must not dare to sneak attack Master Jun!"
Although the lights were on in the room, no one came out. Only some people shouted outside to clarify their identity and attitude.
"Whether it is yes or no, it all needs to be decided by the Yamen. You must obey the order, otherwise we will shoot!"
The other party really had something to do with the arsonists, and he obviously knew the inside story, but now he actually tried to fight to the end. Upon seeing this, Yuan Yongxu issued an ultimatum.
"Master, why are you embarrassing us? As long as Master is willing to settle the matter, we are willing to pay fifty taels of silver!"
The people inside were still the same as before. Perhaps they guessed that there would be no good results if they went out directly, so they came up with a way to spend money to defeat the enemy.
"Hey! You're quite rich! You know how to spend money to make peace! But you made the wrong calculation. You can keep these fifty taels of silver to buy yourself a coffin! Shoot!"
The money was quite a lot, but he had already killed two or three people, so there was no room for relaxation. He had to go all the way, so Yuan Yongxu flatly rejected the other party's good intentions.
"Pa bang bang..."
The six soldiers in the squad started shooting at the paper windows of the house. Although they didn't know where the target was, as long as they could frighten the opponent, you couldn't expect a high hit rate when fighting at night with doors and windows separated. .
"what happened?"
After hearing the gunfire, platoon leader Zou Yiming ordered the troops stationed at Liu Gui's house to gather immediately, and then rushed to the scene with a squad of soldiers.
Yuan Yongxu reported the outline of the incident without adding any extraneous details. Liu Da was the victim to begin with, and the Guan family were not good people at all.
"Fuck! You're just causing trouble for me!"
After hearing this, Zou Yiming scolded him angrily, and then ordered the squad he brought to join the battle. Since the opponent was a family of ruffians, there was nothing to worry about. If anything happened, Yuan Yongxu would be the one to take the lead.
"Master, don't fight! I'll come out soon!"
It was a cannon and an explosion, which frightened the Guan family. They were afraid that the officers and soldiers would rush into the yard and massacre their family. If they surrendered earlier, they might still be able to save their lives.
"A bunch of shameless things! If you don't eat the toast, you will be fined with alcohol!"
Yuan Yongxu cursed angrily and asked his men to be on guard, forcing people to come out of the house one after another to go to Liu Gui's house.
