Chapter 18 Reasoning

Although the wall was high, there was a pile of firewood at the corner, which provided a good leverage. Chen Kangbo used his hands and feet, like a nimble civet cat, to climb over the wall in a few moves.

He leaned against the wall, looked into the yard, and his heart sank suddenly.

The courtyard was completely silent, as if no one was there. The window of the main room was ajar, and faint voices could be heard coming from it.

Chen Kangbo held his breath and listened carefully.

It was a voice that he was very familiar with. It was his good father, Old Man Chen.

"...Brother Lizheng, please accept this small gift. Lao Liu's future and the reputation of our Chen family are all in your hands."

The other voice was that of the village head who was "out to discuss important matters."

"Brother Chen, what are you doing? You can't do that, you can't do that..." Although he said that, there was no hint of refusal in his tone.

Chen Kangbo's fists clenched instantly, his knuckles turning white. He carefully slid down the wall and landed in the yard.

He didn't rush in immediately, but first slipped to the door of the woodshed where Tian Laosan was imprisoned. The door was locked, but there was a large gap between the door panels. Chen Kangbo leaned over to take a look inside, and his heart sank completely.

The woodshed was empty, with only a few pieces of cut hemp rope scattered on the ground.

The person was indeed released!

A surge of rage exploded from Chen Kangbo's chest!

Good! What a great village head! What a great father!

They accepted his bribes, let the criminals go, blocked their way to report to the authorities, and now they are pretending to be sympathetic! This is to force their eldest family to death!

This was how they were in their previous life. They were deceived by this group of people again and again, bound by their so-called "family affection" and "overall situation", and ended up with nothing left.

If he continues to endure in this life, he would be unworthy of being a reborn person!

Chen Kangbo's eyes turned blood red in an instant, and the string of reason broke with a bang.

His eyes swept across the yard and fell on the neatly stacked pile of firewood in the corner.

Anger burned in his eyes and a crazy idea formed in his mind.

Don't you like to play tricks behind the scenes? Don't you want to suppress the matter?

Then I will make the fire bigger so that everyone in the village can come and see what shady things you are doing in broad daylight!

Without any hesitation, he rushed to the firewood pile, picked up a large bundle of dry firewood, and threw it directly under the window of the main room of the headman's house.

Then, he took out a tinder from his arms, blew up the flame, and went to the pile of dry firewood without hesitation!

The flames jumped up and greedily licked the dry firewood, making crackling sounds and thick smoke billowing up.

Chen Kangbo took a few steps back, picked up a big stone from the corner of the yard, and smashed it hard at the window of the headman's house with all his strength!

“Crash!”

The window shattered, sending glass fragments flying everywhere.

After doing all this, he didn't stop for a moment, turned around and rushed towards the gate of the courtyard, and while running, he roared with all his might:

"There's a fire! There's a fire at the headman's house! Hurry up and put out the fire!"

The loud shouts broke the early morning tranquility of the village, like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, instantly causing thousands of waves.

A fire burns out a black heart

"The fire is coming!"

Chen Kangbo's roar exploded over Pingjiang Village like thunder. The villagers who were still sleeping were startled and jumped out of bed one after another.

"Where's the flood?"

"It seems to be the village head's house!"

"Quick! Grab some weapons and put out the fire!"

Suddenly, the whole village was in motion. Men carrying buckets and shovels, and women carrying blankets and basins of water, all rushed towards the headman's house at the east end of the village.

At the gate of the courtyard, Wang, who was being harassed by Feng Lan and was in a state of panic, heard the shout and saw the billowing smoke coming out of her own courtyard, and was scared to death.

"Oh my God! It's on fire!" She screamed and no longer cared about Feng Lan. She crawled into the yard.

A sneer flashed across Feng Lan's eyes, and then she immediately put on a panicked expression. She ran after Wang, shouting, "Hurry up! The village head and the old man from the Chen family are still in the house! The fire is too big, help!"

Her voice contained a huge amount of information.