In the middle of the night, Lantang Village, which had been dormant for a long time, suddenly became noisy again.

Aunt Guixiang rushed out of the room without even putting on her clothes: "What? A thief broke into Qing'er's house? Is he okay?"

"He is fine. He just happened to meet Qingge'er coming back and was caught by Qingge'er outside the yard. They were four strong guys, and they looked unfamiliar. They were not from our village or Shiqu Village. I didn't recognize them." Lian Shi had a gloomy face. Today, his mother, his sister and his brother were also at Shen Qing's house. If those thieves really went in, the consequences would be disastrous! Lian Shi was so angry that his teeth were about to bleed when he thought of this!

Village Chief Zhao also hurried out of the house, put a thick cotton jacket on Aunt Guixiang, and called a few of his boys to light torches and gather the young men in the village. After doing all this, he hesitated and asked Lian Shi: "Are those thieves okay?"

Although villagers usually don't report to the police, and the village chief and clan members deal with the case according to village and clan rules, it's not acceptable if too many people die at once. When Village Chief Zhao thought of the dead wild boars being carried down the mountain, he was worried that Qing Ge'er's men would not take the matter seriously.

Aunt Guixiang glared at him fiercely: "Are you okay? You don't care about your own villagers, but you care about the thieves?"

Village Chief Zhao smiled bitterly: "I'm just afraid that Qingge'er will get angry and beat him to death."

Shen Qing really wanted to beat him to death! He was already in a bad mood. Song Kaiji's parents were still alive or dead. He looked depressed and depressed. Shen Qing felt distressed. Song Kaiji proposed to go to Zizhou to find his parents. Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei were willing to go with him, and Shen Qing agreed.

"But, can it be a few days later? I have some things to deal with at home." Shen Qing was in a lot of trouble. The Chinese New Year was coming soon. If he was not there during the New Year, he would have trouble explaining to the village and the Miao family.

Song Kaiji paused and said, "Actually, you don't have to go. It's just the three of us. Let's take the two of them with us." He pointed at Li Liang and Li Li, who were tied up like dumplings by vines. Before the end of the world, Zizhou was not far from Hongcheng. It took more than an hour by high-speed rail and three or four hours by car. But now the road conditions have deteriorated everywhere, and there are abandoned cars and zombies blocking the road everywhere. Adding the time of searching, it will probably take five or six days or even longer to go back and forth.

With such a long time, who knows what will happen on the road? There is a certain risk in the first place. Shen Qing is just an ordinary person, unlike Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei who are superpowers. Song Kaiji doesn't want him to take this risk with him.

This was originally his own business. If he joined Shen Qing's team, it would be fine if he couldn't help Shen Qing, but how could he bring trouble to Shen Qing?

"Don't say that." Shen Qing waved his hand. He wanted to go a few days later, not just because of the New Year: "As you said, who knows what will happen along the way? It's better to be well prepared. The three of you don't have the best abilities. What if you encounter too many zombies and run out of abilities? In my opinion, we should buy more guns and bullets, as well as things that may be needed on the road. Cars, gasoline, maps, vine seeds, metal... Or we can hire a few people with stronger abilities to accompany us on this mission."

Shen Qing was not actually afraid of danger. The zombies would not attack him, so he was probably the safest among them.

Song Kaiji calmed down. After Shen Qing said this, he also felt that he was a little impulsive just now, so he wanted to leave immediately.

They were all so angry at Li Liang that they lost their minds! Shen Qing was right. If they were not well prepared, it would be dangerous for Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei to follow him!

"It's my fault. I was just too anxious..." Song Kaiji closed his eyes, feeling very guilty. Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei were both very righteous people. They agreed to go with him as soon as he asked. But he didn't consider them carefully.

Shen Qing held his shoulder and comforted him, "Don't think too much, we don't blame you. This happened suddenly, and it's normal to be confused in a hurry. You take a good rest and calm down. Leave the preparations to Sister Weiwei and Brother Xiao Tang. We will set off in five days, how about it?" Considering that even if Song Kaiji's parents are not dead, it will not be an easy task to find them, Shen Qing said, "This time we are more prepared, we can stay there for a while and look for them carefully."

Song Kaiji was anxious, but he knew what Shen Qing said was right, so he could only agree. Shen Qing forced him to go to the room to rest, and arranged for Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei to do something: "Sister Weiwei and Brother Tang, please work harder these days. I'll leave the exchange of weapons and gasoline to you. Don't go to sell vegetables. Sister Weiwei, please make more food for Auntie to cook and put in Brother Song's space. You should also leave enough food for Auntie for a month."

Then he looked at Li Liang and Li Li and said, "Just tie them up like this and feed them something every day. Don't let them starve to death. We will need them to show us the way when the time comes."

He discussed the details with Qu Weiwei and Tang Wenjie until late at night before rushing back to Lantang Village. Thinking of the wolf howling he heard last time, Shen Qing brought a crossbow back to the village this time.

It was not the composite crossbow, but the wooden crossbow that he and Song Kaiji learned to make. Shen Qing planned to dismantle the crossbow when he got home and reassemble it when he needed it. In this way, who would know that he had hidden weapons at home that the government did not allow private ownership by the public?

Shen Qing was quite proud of his own cleverness. However, when he arrived at his doorstep in the moonlight, he saw several unfamiliar figures clinging to the wall of his house.

This courtyard is near the foot of the mountain. When the hunter Liu family built it, they were afraid of wild animals coming down the mountain to invade, so they built a very high wall. Fortunately, the few people were afraid to climb up for a long time. When Shen Qing found them, they were climbing up like a stack of monks, one stepping on the shoulders of another.

Thinking of Miao who was alone at home, Shen Qing finally understood how Song Kaiji felt when he wanted to stab Li Liang to death. He was so angry that the blood rushed to his head, and he just wanted to use the crossbow to kill all four people right away!

He just needs to put the arrow on it and gently pull the trigger, and those hateful thieves who covet their house will be shot through the brain like zombies and will never threaten his family again!

Shen Qing restrained himself again and again, finally suppressing the surging killing intent. After all, this was not the end of the world. Not to mention how to deal with the murderer, how to explain to the government - he had neither the ability to compete with the government, nor the rich experience of killing people to perfectly hide this matter.

It is wrong to kill people casually. Shen Qing took a deep breath. He was affected by the end of the world. He killed too many zombies and sometimes lost some respect for human life.

Shen Qing put the crossbow aside, picked up a stick as thick as his arm, quietly moved behind the four men, and hit them on the back of their necks one by one with the stick, knocking down the three people who were waiting below.

The guy on top suddenly felt his shoulders empty and nearly fell off the top. He used his hands and feet to hold on to the top of the wall. "Brother, what are you doing? I haven't even sat down yet. Why are you leaving so quickly?"

However, no one answered him.

"Second brother?" The man on the wall was stunned. With the moonlight, he could only see a person standing in the shadows at the bottom of the wall, but he couldn't see his face clearly. "Why is there only one left? Where is he?"

The only answer he got was the stick in Shen Qing's hand.

When the village chief and a few young men arrived, these people were still asleep. They were tied up tightly by Shen Qing and thrown into the yard. It was the coldest time of the year, and their faces were blue from the cold. Zhao Youdang took a look and almost couldn't breathe: "This, this, this... is he dead?"

What you fear will come true!

Shen Qing was sitting in the main room, trying to comfort Miao and Second Aunt Lian, who were almost frightened to death. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "No, he just fainted."

Seeing that the village chief seemed unconvinced, Shen Qing went over, picked up a man at random and slapped him a few times. The man groaned faintly and slowly woke up.

Zhao Youdang then breathed a sigh of relief, but the young men who came with him were stunned by this guy's ruthlessness: If this wasn't Shen Qing's home, Shen Qing would look more like a bandit!

Zhao You said hurriedly: "Let's throw him in the main hall. It's too cold today. If he really freezes to death, it will be hard to explain if the matter gets out of hand." He glanced at Shen Qing's expression and whispered: "... As long as he doesn't die, anything is fine."

Shen Qing was somewhat satisfied and allowed Zhao Youdang to have the four men brought into the main room.

It should be this way! Soon, almost all the young and old in the village had reached their deadline, and they crowded into the main hall, unwilling to leave even though they were freezing in the yard. A cluster of torches lit up the small yard at the foot of the mountain, and every time someone came, they would step forward and kick or spit at the thieves.

It's no small matter for thieves to break into the village! It's fine if people from our village steal petty things, but it's dangerous if people from outside break into the village! If they can steal from Shen Qing's house today, they can steal from their house tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow they dare to burn, kill, rob, and bully men and women in the village! This means they don't take Lantang Village seriously at all. Even those men who don't get along with Shen Qing are so angry when they see those thieves!

The four of them had been awakened by the continuous punches and kicks, and they were groaning, but when Zhao Youdang asked them which village they were from, they avoided answering. But Matchmaker Wei, who came to watch the fun, saw that one of them looked familiar: "Why do I think he looks like someone from the Wang family in Xiaoji Village?"

Among the people in Xiaoji Village with the surname Wang, the only ones Shen Qing had ever met were Wang San and Wang Laonian. Shen Qing was stunned, and pinched the faces of several people to look at them, but Wang San was not among them.

Matchmaker Wei quickly squeezed to the front. She had been afraid that she would offend Shen Qing because of the matchmaking. Now she had a chance to show off and she had to seize it! Pointing to the older one, she said, "This is their eldest son, Wang San's eldest brother! Their mother wanted Wang San to marry into the family in order to find him a new wife. Old lady Wang brought him to my house to make trouble. I have seen him, there is no doubt about it!"

Shen Qing sneered twice. This old lady Wang was really obsessed with her family's money. She failed to sell her son, so she stole it instead, right? He turned to look at Zhao Youdang: "Village Chief, what do you think we should do? We are an orphan and a widow, so we have to rely on you to make the decision for us."

Although he said this, to Zhao Youdang it sounded like he was saying, if you don't give me a satisfactory answer, I will have to kill them all myself.

Zhao Youdang shook his head. This must be his hallucination. Qing Ge'er was just a little bit fierce. How could he kill people at will? !

However, knowing that the other party was from Xiaoji Village, Zhao Youdang was also very angry: "I will go to their village chief when the sun rises. They have sneaked into our house. How can such a bad person be tolerated in this area? Let their village chief either beat him with 80 sticks or drive his whole family out of the village. I am not being too harsh. If their village chief is sensible, he should agree. If not, he can report to the police!"

Shen Qing nodded. According to his idea, everyone should break one leg first. However, he was satisfied with Zhao Youdang's idea. Since it involved other villages, Shen Qing didn't want to make himself too prominent. It would be best if the village chief could help him.

After hearing this, the four people lying on the ground could no longer sit still. Whether they were beaten with a stick or driven out of the village, they would not be able to survive: "We are not here to steal, we are here to look for someone!"

Wang Da covered his swollen eye and pointed at Shen Qing, cursing, "It's all this shameless guy's fault. He seduced my third brother, took him away, and also took away our family's money. We just came to get our money back, why did you arrest us?"