A large group of people surrounded Su Qi'an's house in Dongshan Village, and most of them were villagers watching the excitement.
At this time, Qin Ziyin stood in front, his cold face filled with anger.
Who would have thought that shopkeeper Guan, who sells coffins, would be so shameless and come back openly to demand money for the coffins.
Everyone present knew what shopkeeper Guan was thinking. It was because they saw Su Qi'an not returning for three days and wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail him.
Although everyone understands, most villagers will not take this risk. If nothing else, just the manpower brought by shopkeeper Guan this time is different from last time.
Not only did he look fierce, but he also exuded a bandit spirit. He was probably a bandit from the mountain.
Thinking of this, these villagers adhere to the principle that doing more is worse than doing less, and everyone is chilling.
But this matter was a major matter after all, and these villagers could ignore it, but as the head of the village, Old Man Li stood up.
Village Chief Li touched his gray beard and said with a bit of displeasure on his face.
"Shopkeeper Guan, what's the purpose of your coming here this time? Didn't you agree with me last time? Judging from your posture today, you don't mean to be kind."
"Although this old man is miserable, he is still the head of a village. If you let you bully the villagers in this way, I don't need to be the village head."
Village Chief Li's words really shocked Shopkeeper Guan.
Shopkeeper Guan knew everything about Dongshan Village being attacked by big insects down the mountain, and how Su Qi'an led several hunters to the wild forest to capture big bugs.
The last time I took someone to ask for money, not only did they not get the money, but my nephew almost lost his life. He broke an arm and is still lying in bed.
This matter is just to put shopkeeper Guan in the face. Although Guan is in the coffin business, he has also made some spare money, and he is a shameless person.
It doesn't matter if Su Qi'an has a reputation as a scholar. These days, everything is lacking, but there is no shortage of civilian scholars. The shopkeeper can't swallow this tone.
For this matter, shopkeeper Guan spent a lot of money and specially invited some bandits from Dongzi Mountain to support him.
He planned to secretly teach Su Qi'an a lesson, but who would have thought that Su Qi'an would order him to hunt tigers in the wild forest? This was a god-given opportunity for Shopkeeper Guan.
Shopkeeper Guan would not miss such a good opportunity, and after three days, Su Qi'an was probably killed by a tiger.
Everything went smoothly when he first entered the village, including finding Qin Ziyin, but this old man Li, who rarely stood out, not only supported Qin Ziyin, but also stopped talking as soon as he opened his mouth.
Obviously Bao Qin Ziyin is Bao Ding.
How many days did it take? What kind of ecstasy soup did Su Qian pour into Old Man Li, so that Old Man Li's character changed so drastically?
Old Li is not afraid of the shopkeeper, but after all, he is the head of a village, and his reputation is still there. If he is really anxious, it will be difficult to please him.
But if he leaves like this, shopkeeper Guan will be even more humiliated.
Shopkeeper Guan was silent for a while, then offered his hand to Village Chief Li and said in a deep voice.
"Since the village chief has said so, Guan will naturally give the village chief some face. But after all, Guan is a businessman. There are rules in our industry. There is no reason to take back what is sold."
"I don't want to make the matter bigger. Let's just pay five taels of silver and the matter will be over."
"Hey! Five taels! What's the difference between this and robbing money?"
"Shh, please stop saying a few words. This matter has nothing to do with you. Be careful of getting angry."
"..."
As soon as Shopkeeper Guan said these words, there was an uproar immediately.
For five taels of silver, even they have to work hard for half a year or even more than half a year.
No matter how expensive a coffin is, for them, it costs only one yuan at most, but shopkeeper Guan can increase the price fifty times with just one word.
It can't be said that he is not ruthless.
Qin Ziyin's face turned livid and he said angrily, "Shopkeeper Guan, have you gone too far? Although my husband is away from home, the Su family is not letting you bully him!"
"Don't say five taels, I won't give you even a penny!"
"That's right, five taels. You're crazy about money. It's okay, sister Qin. We still have to deal with this today. We won't give you a penny."
"Yes, if there is no man in the family, you can be bullied. Sisters, no matter what you say today, you must protect Sister Qin."
As soon as Qin Ziyin's words came out, there were a few chatters around him. At the same time, three or five women walked out of the crowd and protected Qin Ziyin in front of them.
Qin Ziyin knew these people, they were all the wives of hunters in the village, and those hunters followed Su Qi'an to Yelinzi and have not returned yet.
Shopkeeper Guan raised his eyebrows, obviously not expecting that the Su family's wife, who had always been weak, would not only be so strong, but also lead several Orion wives.
It seems that this matter is difficult to solve today, but this also plays into the hands of shopkeeper Guan.
The Orion wife is indeed arrogant, but compared to the bandits in Dongzi Mountain, she is like an eagle catching chickens.
When the time comes to take action, the shopkeeper is not responsible for what will happen.
Shopkeeper Guan glanced at Village Chief Li, shook his head and said, "Village Chief, you've seen it too. I've thought about this. It's a pity that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in your village don't agree, so there's nothing we can do."
As soon as he finished speaking, shopkeeper Guan looked at him and signaled. The next moment, a dozen gangsters gathered behind him, with clenched fists and fierce looks on their faces, and they moved towards Qin Ziyin and others step by step.
Village Chief Li's expression changed as he watched this scene. He was about to reach out to stop him, but the next moment, he was kicked away.
"Humph, where did this old thing come from? He just wants to die!"
"Brothers, after finally going down the mountain, I met these naughty little girls. What do you think I should do?"
"Haha, of course I have to teach you a lesson."
Behind them, a roar of laughter immediately erupted. The eyes of these big men were like a pack of hungry wolves, constantly looking up and down at Qin Ziyin and several other wives and sisters-in-law.
As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed a few people. Although most of the onlookers remained silent, seeing what happened today, most of the villagers burst out with the vigor that a man should have.
Everyone yelled and beat more than a dozen gangster men.
Although he was very powerful, facing these veteran bandits, he was beaten to the ground by the big man in a few blows.
One of the villagers was trampled under his feet. One of the leaders, a big man, sneered.
"Hey, where do you have the guts to do something to me? Do you know who he is! He is from Dongzishan!"
"If you dare to come forward again, believe it or not, your entire Dongshan Village family will be wiped out!"
Just these words made the villagers who were filled with indignation just now turn earth-colored, and many of their clenched palms were trembling.
Dongzishan bandit, the intimidating power of these five words is comparable to that of the Lingbei County Government, and in some aspects, even stronger than the County Government.
Dongzi Mountain is the highest mountain in Lingbei County. Not only is the terrain difficult, it is also the exit from Lingbei County. It is the closest to Dongshan Village, about ten miles away.
A group of bandits gathered on the mountain. They would come down the mountain every year and come to the villages to rob homes and houses. To do this, Lingbei County dispatched a large number of officers and soldiers to suppress the bandits.
But the effect was not good. For more than 20 years, the county magistrates changed several times, but the bandits in Dongzi Mountain were suppressed more and more.
It can be said that the bandits that every village in Lingbei County fears most are the Dongzishan bandits.
These villagers probably expected that shopkeeper Guan would hire some thugs, but who knew that shopkeeper Guan actually hired bandits from Dongzi Mountain?
In this way, no matter how angry these villagers were in their hearts, thinking about what these bandits said just now, they still dared not take action.
They know very well how ruthless the bandits in Dongzi Mountain are. Those guys are all desperadoes, and they can do things like wipe out an entire family.
Looking at the people who were shocked by his words, the ridicule on the faces of these gangster men was self-evident.
His eyes turned and fell on Qin Ziyin and other young wives and sisters-in-law. He stuck out his tongue, revealed a hidden look, and sneered.
"Ladies, go up the mountain with me and enjoy the good days. I will love you very much."
After saying that, the dozen or so big men looked like hungry wolves and rushed towards Qin Ziyin and others.
"ah!"
The imaginary pitiful screams did not sound, but instead a heart-rending wail.
Everyone was stunned and looked around.
I saw the leader, a man full of gangsterism, with his body curled up like a prawn. On his arm, a sharp arrow penetrated his back in an instant.
The wailing sound did not last long, and then, an arrow pierced the sky, and this time it hit the forehead.
The huddled big man's body went limp and he immediately lost his breath. The ground was soon stained red with large swaths of blood.
This scene not only stunned countless villagers, but also the bandits who were unscrupulous and showed obscene looks just now were stunned on the spot.
But bandits were bandits, and they quickly came to their senses. The next moment, they stretched out their palms, trying to pull someone to help them.
But then, three arrows shot rapidly from a distance.
The speed was so fast, almost in the blink of an eye, when everyone came to their senses, the bandit who had just stretched out his hand to pull people was pierced by three arrows, like nails, in the forehead, chest, and stomach.
As soon as the body collapsed, he died immediately.
If these bandits just now were still lucky, they wanted to take advantage of them and make a last-ditch effort to escape.
But seeing their comrade who reacted the fastest die in front of them on the spot, these bandits were immediately stunned.
Without thinking, he ran away as fast as he could.
But this time, they were like prey being targeted. No matter how far apart they were or how far apart they were, a few weird arrows would always be shot from behind them in time.
Like the scythe of death, it keeps harvesting their lives.
This was a one-sided massacre. Arrows were fired continuously. After the fifteenth arrow was fired, the last bandit fell to the ground with the back of his head penetrated.
The people who shot the arrows didn't know whether they were too far away or did it deliberately. Except for a few people who fled at the beginning, they were killed by one arrow. The remaining six or seven bandits still managed to breathe a few breaths.
They struggled to move slowly, trying to escape, but the villagers behind them who stood there did not give the bandits a chance to escape.
Holding shovels and hoes in each hand, they slowly stepped forward, ready to end the criminal life of the bandits.
It was not the kindness that surged in the hearts of these villagers, but a sentence that rang in their ears before the bandit fell to the ground.
"If they leave alive, it will be your family members who die tomorrow."
It was these words that made these fearful villagers quickly know what they were going to do next.
