At this time, Grandpa Tai and several villagers had already come out.
The old man picked up the sesame ball and was relieved to see that it was not injured.
The villagers picked up the cans on the ground, sniffed the kerosene inside, gritted their teeth in hatred, and kicked the figure in the net frantically.
"This wicked guy is so wicked! He even brought oil with him. He's planning to burn the whole house down!"
"Yes, beat him to death, it's so immoral!"
"Where's the torch? Come and find out what this black-hearted, rotten-livered thing looks like!"
Just as the commotion was going on, Mr. Tai San arrived with his men.
"Did they catch him? I was so worried!"
"Hurry up and see which bastard it is!"
"Exactly, how did our Tai family offend him that he would do such a wicked thing that would wipe out our entire family lineage!"
Soon, bright torches were lit.
Tai Jizu, Tai Jizong and others quickly pinned the figure down and wrapped it tightly with a fishing net, leaving only the head outside.
Old Master Tai placed his sword on the figure's shoulder, and Tai Jizu pulled up the figure's messy hair, revealing a face that shocked everyone!
"Dumb...dumb?" A villager couldn't believe it, looked at him carefully for a while and finally shouted out!
"He's actually mute, how is this possible!"
Everyone was silent. It was so unexpected.
You have to know that the mute has lived in the village for so many years. I can’t say that he has received much treatment from others, but at least no one bullies him, and no one stands by to watch when he is taken care of.
Taijiacun didn't expect the mute to be grateful, but he couldn't repay kindness with evil!
"No wonder I haven't seen this bastard for a long time. It turns out he was plotting something bad behind the scenes!" A villager raised his hand and slapped the man twice. If he hadn't caught him on the spot, he would never have believed it.
Another villager yelled, "You evil-hearted bastard, tell me what's wrong with you! How have your Sixth Uncle and his family wronged you? Last time when we were building the house, I saw your Second Sister-in-law put a few extra pieces of meat in your bowl! Where's your conscience? It's been eaten by dogs!"
Seeing that his old brother didn't look surprised, Master Tai San thought about the many things that had happened before and found some clues. He said, "Let's take it to the front yard and find out why it's causing trouble for our family!"
Old Master Tai had been staring at the mute. Seeing that his expression was filled with regret and suspicion, but without any fear, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart. This mute was sure that he would not lose his life.
He began to speak, "The workshop has been making a lot of money lately, and I don't know how many people are eyeing us. Maybe some of them didn't get a share of the profits, and they don't want us to benefit, so they found the mute to cause trouble. We're all tired after half the night, so let's go back to sleep. I'll lock the mute up at my house for now, and we can ask him questions tomorrow."
Everyone had been lying in ambush for most of the night, feeling tired and sleepy. Now they felt they had caught the person, so there was really no need to continue to endure it.
So everyone responded.
"Okay, let's go back to bed."
"Uncle Six, be careful. Don't untie the mute."
Old Master Tai nodded, but the mute looked a little anxious when he saw that everyone was about to be sent away.
Just as he opened his mouth to speak, Tai Jizong stuffed a ball of straw rope into his mouth, and he almost swallowed it and rolled his eyes.
No one took it seriously. After all, the mute usually screamed and cried loudly, and it was not good to let him make noise in such a dark night.
Soon, the mute was thrown into the empty room of the Tai family, where Tai Jizong often did carpentry work, and the floor was covered with sawdust and shavings.
Everyone said goodbye and went back to sleep. The old man saw them to the door and said, "Don't come too early tomorrow morning. After we deal with it, everyone will stay for lunch and have a good meal."
"Okay, Uncle Six, we've been waiting for you to say that!" The villagers agreed happily without hesitation.
Since the New Year, they couldn't remember how many meals they had eaten at Uncle Liu's house.
The food at Sixth Uncle's house tastes good, is filling, and has lots of oil. Everyone looks forward to having one more meal.
Of course, they didn't eat for free. When Uncle Six's family needed help, they would come whenever they were called. For example, like tonight, even though they knew it was dangerous, no one refused...
Old Master Tai closed the gate of the courtyard, and Tai Jizu had already called out Yang Lihua and others.
Zhuzhu was young and had fallen asleep in her mother's arms. Suddenly woken up, she rubbed her eyes and asked softly, "Grandpa, did you catch the bad guys?"
"I caught him, thanks to Zhuzhu for reminding me." The old man patted his granddaughter's head and told his daughter-in-law, "Take the child to bed, and don't worry about the rest. We're having a dinner party tomorrow at noon, about a dozen people, so cook some good food."
"I understand, Dad." Yang Lihua agreed and went back without asking any further questions.
Liu Dongniang also followed quickly with Chunhong and Erya.
The old man asked his son for his sword and instructed him, "Stay outside and don't make any noise if you hear anything."
Tai Jizu and Tai Jizon were a little guessing and very nervous, but they still nodded in agreement.
As for Zhimaqiu, he was already lying at the door, with his ears perked up vigilantly.
The old man took a deep breath and pushed open the door of the wing room.
The mute looked over immediately. The light outside the door reflected brightly on the blade, and his heart suddenly turned cold.
The old man squatted beside him, the blade at his neck, and whispered, "I actually admire you very much. You've been targeting our family day in and day out for years, pushing us into a dead end step by step. If our family hadn't had a change of luck, you would have succeeded."
The fear in the mute's eyes became even stronger. He had really wanted to attribute today's failure to being bribed and sabotaged, but he never thought that this was what the old man said to the villagers.
The Tai family has always known about his little moves behind the scenes and how many years he has been planning!
I’m afraid I won’t be able to escape easily today!
He whimpered and struggled desperately with his hands and feet, but only managed to knock away a few wood shavings.
The old man exerted force with his hand, cutting the flesh on the side of his neck and blood gushed out immediately.
The mute struggled even harder, but the more he struggled, the faster he bled.
The old man didn't rush to ask him who was behind the scenes, but instead started chatting with him.
"Do you want to know how I knew you were going to set fire tonight? You had the oil ready, you were lying in ambush for half the night, and you knew everything about my house. How did you get caught?"
The mute really quieted down and stared at the old man.
Unfortunately, the old man maliciously changed the subject, "Actually, I'm curious too. Why are you so sure I know that secret that you've been keeping an eye on our family for so many years? You know, I wasn't there when the general passed away, and I retired long ago. Even if you suspect the young general, you shouldn't suspect me, right?"
The mute's eyes lit up frighteningly for a moment, but he wasn't actually sure. After all, he had used so many tricks, and no matter how difficult the Tai family was, even when they were almost wiped out, the old man didn't show any signs of it.
But now that the old man asked this, he admitted it!
Admit that it's in his possession!
"Woo, woo, woo!" He began to struggle frantically again.
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