Inside the house, a group of people were urgently making arrangements for a response. Before they could finish, Ah Hui and Ah Hei suddenly barked a few times towards the outside of the wall. Soon, the sounds of fighting came from outside, accompanied by occasional screams.
Zhou Erfu quickly realized what was happening, his expression softened, and he said in a low voice, "It must be that the guards protecting the pumpkin seeds discovered those people and started fighting when they tried to stop them from entering the house."
He paused for a moment and then said, "Eldest brother, third brother, and fifth brother, you stay here and protect the women in the family. Fourth brother and I will go and help."
Old Zhou grabbed his two sons and said gruffly, "What's the rush? You don't need to come. Someone from the Song family heard the commotion and came out."
Zhou Erfu and Zhou Sifu turned around and looked into the distance. Sure enough, they saw the gate of the Song family next door open. Several servants were standing at the gate with lanterns and looking around. Five or six guards were running over quickly, obviously to help.
"Then we don't need to go out and risk our lives." Zhou Erfu smiled sheepishly, a hint of regret flashing across his face. He actually really wanted to go out and fight.
"We can't relax yet. Who knows if some bad guys will rush in and kill us? We have to protect your mother and the others." The eldest son glared at his second son. Don't think he didn't know what this kid was thinking; he loved to fight the most.
The fight didn't last long, stopping after about 15 minutes. At that moment, the village chief led the strong men of the village, carrying farm tools, to the scene. They were ready to have the whole village gang up on the thugs, who dared to break into Yegou Village in the middle of the night and cause trouble. Even the thorn wall couldn't stop them. They were determined to beat the thugs half to death to vent their anger.
However, the five villains were already dead, leaving the village chief and the others with no room to maneuver.
"Kill them all?" The village chief frowned, his mood complicated.
"We only killed two. We originally wanted to leave three alive, but those three committed suicide by poison. They had poison packets hidden in their teeth, and we didn't have time to stop them." The guards didn't think that these people were there to kill Zhou Laoda's family; they only thought that the other party was after the pumpkin seeds.
The Zhou family also came out of the house at this time. Looking at the black-clothed man who had already died on the ground, they were unable to calm down. Who were these people? Why did they come to capture Xingxing and kill their whole family?
He even had a poison packet hidden between his teeth, preferring death to being captured alive. This kind of behavior is something you only see in comic books. It's unbelievable that such a powerful figure would target the Zhou family.
In the middle of the night, none of the Zhou family members could sleep. The Li sisters were so frightened that they didn't dare to go back to their rooms and stayed close to Zhao Guihua.
"The bad guy is dead, so we don't need to be afraid anymore." Xingxing blinked innocently. Although she felt that things weren't that simple, she was certain that they were safe for the time being, so she didn't need to be too worried.
Zhao Guihua hugged Xingxing, buried the little girl's face in her arms, and gently coaxed her, "Go to sleep, it's getting late, you should sleep for a while."
If we don't stop her, she'll start rambling on and on.
On the same day, the county magistrate, having received the news, arrived at Yegou Village with his men. He had learned of what had happened there the night before, so he set off before dawn. It was still early, and he was already standing in the Zhou family's vegetable garden, staring at the ripe, golden pumpkins.
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