"Yes and no!" The village chief said expressionlessly.
Xiao Ran motioned to others not to move and got off the carriage himself.
Seeing Li Hua poke his head out from inside with a bit of panic on his face, the village chief felt a little proud.
"Stop pretending, is Li Tieniu in the car?" The village chief looked confident.
"Oh? The village chief is kidding me? What should I do with a corpse?"
Hearing Xiao Ran's stubborn words, the tall man just now came out: "I've seen it all, you put people in boxes!"
Seeing the tall man, Xiao Ran's eyes suddenly turned cold.
"You think so?" Xiao Ran stared at the man.
The man was so stared at by Xiao Ran that he could only bite the bullet and said, "Yes! We both saw it!"
As he spoke, he looked at his companions.
"Xiao Ran! You are deceiving all of us!" The village chief stared at Xiao Ran, and now he had grasped Xiao Ran.
Thinking of being embarrassed by Xiao Ran in the past few days, he was a little angry.
"You deceived us like this and actually wanted to exploit our labor force! It's really abominable!" the village chief roared.
As soon as this was said, everyone agreed.
"Oh? What do you want?" Xiao Ran looked at the village chief and didn't panic anymore.
An ordinary person would probably report to the official directly, but these people blocked Xiao Ran here, and it was obvious that they had other agendas.
"Simple, as long as you can shut our mouths, we won't tell the government." The village chief sneered twice.
As for how to block it, of course it costs money!
"Isn't the money I gave you enough? You want more?" Xiao Ran looked at the greedy faces of this group of people, feeling a little disgusted.
"That's because we don't know!" The tall man snorted: "How about some money to pay the beggar?"
"Yes! Are you sending beggars away?"
Xiao Ran glanced at a few people coldly: "Okay! Since you don't like it, then stop all acquisitions."
Hearing this, the village chief trembled slightly in his heart, but he still said: "You can stop, but you must compensate each of us in Taohua Village one thousand taels of silver, otherwise..."
"Otherwise, will you report me to the government?" Xiao Ran interrupted the village chief directly.
The village chief stared at Xiao Ran and said nothing.
"No money!" Xiao Ran said coldly.
"Let's go!" Xiao Ran said to Laifu.
Just as he was about to get on the carriage, he was stopped by the villagers.
"If you don't give me money, don't even think about leaving!" The village chief spoke first.
Xiao Ran gave him a cold look: "Are the villagers of Taohua Village planning to change careers and become robbers?"
Upon hearing the word robber, the faces of the group of people changed slightly.
"Of course not, but you don't want the government to know about it, right?"
Listening to the village chief's threatening words, Xiao Ran was a little unhappy: "Oh? What do you know?"
"Who can prove that Li Tieniu is in my car?"
"He saw it? Is there any evidence?" Xiao Ran looked at the tall man.
The tall man frowned: "The evidence is on his carriage!"
As he said that, he pointed to the old man's carriage, but he saw them personally putting Li Tieniu on the old man's carriage.
Seeing the tall man's vow, the village chief was confident: "If you are not afraid, we will report it to the official!"
Anyway, the purchase has been terminated, and the worst case scenario is to break up with Xiao Ran directly.
"Go ahead!" Xiao Ran was confident.
Seeing Xiao Ran like this, the village chief was so angry that he was shaking!
"Bring this person down to me! Let's report to the official!"
With that said, the villagers went to search for the carriage.
"Stop!" Xiao Ran roared angrily: "Who gave you the power?"
"We are seeking justice! You deceived the government! We can't stand it anymore!"
The village chief stared at Xiao Ran. At this point, Xiao Ran was not going to pay, so don't blame them for being rude!
"You can report it to the officer, but you are not qualified! If anyone can search at will, what else do the officers and soldiers do?"
"No! You've run away long ago!" The village chief looked like he had seen through Xiao Ran.
"Oh? There are so many of you, are you still afraid that I will run away?"
Xiao Ran crossed his arms and the village chief glanced at Xiao Ran.
"You go and report to the official, the rest of us will keep watch." The village chief shouted to the tall man.
The tall man was obviously a little surprised: "But if the official reported..."
They won't be able to get their money.
"go!"
The village chief yelled angrily, and then the tall man left hesitantly.
Throughout the whole process, Xiao Ran looked at the village chief coldly.
The village chief stared at Xiao Ran, not missing any change in Xiao Ran's expression.
"Xiao Ran, don't say I won't give you a chance. If you pay now, we can still discuss it!"
"One thousand taels per person?" Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows.
The village chief nodded, thinking Xiao Ran agreed.
Sure enough, you still have to scare him. After all, when the officers and soldiers come, it's not as simple as giving money.
"Dream!" Xiao Ran snorted coldly.
One thousand taels per person can directly bankrupt the Chu family! The village chief really dares to think!
I really thought the Chu family was taken advantage of!
"I won't give you a penny! You have to spit out the money I gave to Peach Blossom Village before!" Xiao Ran said fiercely.
The village chief's face turned blue and white in turns: "If you just speak harshly, you will all be in jail in a while."
The two parties were in a stalemate, and the village chief simply gave in.
Xiao Ran was unwilling to give money. In this case, simply letting Xiao Ran go to jail would be a relief.
It seems that he didn't expect what would happen to Taohua Village's livelihood in the future without Xiao Ran!
After a while, a sound of footsteps came from behind. Seeing the officers and soldiers approaching slowly, the village chief felt a little proud: "Xiao Ran, you brought this on yourself!"
The officers and soldiers came to Xiao Ran, and the tall man had already informed the officials of the situation.
"We need to search." The officers and soldiers said, "If we find someone, we can convict him."
Xiao Ran shrugged: "Okay, you can check."
Seeing Xiao Ran's confident look, the village chief felt something was wrong.
"Check!" the officers and soldiers ordered, and several officers and soldiers behind opened the curtain of the carriage and let Chu Yanhong and others get out of the carriage.
Chu Yanhong led the old man to stand next to Xiao Ran. She was a little scared as she watched the officers and soldiers search inside and out, and things fell down.
Li Hua also came out of the carriage from behind. The moment he saw Li Hua, the village chief breathed a sigh of relief.
If Li Tieniu is still alive and Li Hua is here, Li Tieniu should not be able to escape.
Soon, the officers and soldiers almost turned the carriage over, and no one was seen.
"no one!"
After hearing what the officers and soldiers said, the village chief's face turned pale and he subconsciously looked at the tall man.
"what happened?"
"Impossible! I obviously saw it!" The tall man pulled his companion.
"Yes! I saw it too!"
The two insisted, and the officers and soldiers became a little strange.
"Could it be hidden in the box again?"
The tall man pointed to the luggage at the back.
The officers and soldiers looked at the luggage. It was all clothes and stuff, and the box was pressed underneath. They really didn't see it just now.
"Take out all your luggage!"
The box was also pulled out by the officers and soldiers. This may be the only place where someone can hide.
Several people stared at the box, and the officers and soldiers slowly opened it.
"There are only clothes in there!"
