In recent years, the Fu brothers have been diligently practicing martial arts. However, Da Fu and San Fu are focused on their studies, so their skills are average. Wu Fu is a bit better than them, and the best skills are naturally Er Fu and Si Fu.
Erfu and Sifu had no interest in studying and focused all their energy on practicing martial arts. In addition, the two brothers were born with superhuman strength and were naturally suited for martial arts training. Three years later, their skills had improved a lot, and they could even beat Jingjing and Xiaoxiao in a sparring match.
Sifu has always been fast since he was a child, and now he can move as fast as the wind. So he searched around the village and found that there were two officials at the village entrance, but no one else.
There are only four constables; they can easily handle them. However, in order not to alert the enemy, we cannot kill these four constables yet.
They went into the house and found the village chief. The village chief was initially delighted to see them, but then immediately became worried. "There are officials in the village waiting to arrest you. You can't stay in the village for long, or it will be bad if you are discovered."
"Don't worry, village chief, the officials have already fainted. No one will know we were here," Zhou Wufu whispered.
The village chief's expression softened slightly. "What should we do now? Your parents are still in the government jail, and we have no way to help you. The person behind this clearly wants to kill your Zhou family. Who exactly did your family offend?"
The village chief was always very perceptive, so it wasn't surprising that he could guess that someone was framing Zhou Laoda's family.
“Village chief, please don’t ask anymore. We didn’t expect this to happen either. The other party’s power is too great. Ordinary people simply cannot fight against them. You and the villagers should also be more careful. Right now, the person behind the scenes hasn’t attacked you, but we can’t guarantee that they won’t in the future.” Zhou Wufu felt a little guilty. It would have been better not to say this, but if he didn’t remind them, he was afraid that the villagers would be harmed without taking any precautions.
The village chief's expression suddenly became even more somber, but he did not blame him. He simply whispered, "You brothers don't need to feel pressured. What is meant to be will be. Yegou Village has endured so many hardships before and has always survived them. We will surely get through this one safely as well."
The three brothers and the village chief talked for a while, and then the village chief asked Zhao Xiu to go to the kitchen to cook. He had just heard the children's stomachs rumbling, and they must be starving.
Zhao Xiu didn't ask any more questions and went to the kitchen to cook with her eldest daughter, Qiuqiu. Chun Chun also came out of the house. She had been very worried about Zhou Laoda's family. Now that she saw that Erfu, Sifu, and Wufu were all fine, she felt a little better. At least the whole family hadn't been wiped out.
"Dongsheng hasn't come back from town yet?" Zhou Wufu asked casually.
"He wants to take the imperial examination next year, so he spends most of his time at school studying and rarely comes back," the village chief explained casually.
Actually, the village chief was worried that the officials had been coming to search Yegou Village recently, and he was worried that it would affect his son's mood, so he told him not to go back to the village for the time being and to stay at the school. In case something happened in the village, he could escape the disaster in the town.
Zhao Xiu cooked a large pot of rice, steamed many steamed buns, and fried many flatbreads. "There's not much food available late at night, so you can eat the rice with some pickled vegetables. Pack all these steamed buns, and bring the flatbreads which are fried in lard as well."
They couldn't stay in the village for long, and they were afraid. The officials were stationed at their house all day long, so they couldn't even let Fu and his friends stay for a few days.
Without any ceremony, the group devoured the meal in a whirlwind, then packed all the steamed buns and flatbreads into cloth bags. Having eaten their fill, it was time for them to leave.
"Be careful after you go out. Don't worry about anything else. Your lives are the most important thing. As long as you're alive, you can always make a comeback. Remember not to act impulsively," the village chief repeatedly warned with concern.
"Understood, Village Chief. Don't see us off. Be careful someone sees us and uses it against us. We're skilled in martial arts and can take care of ourselves. You can go back now." Zhou Erfu waved his hand and quickly disappeared into the night with the others.
The village chief watched Fu Ge and his group walk away and sighed deeply. He turned around and saw the two constables lying dead in front of his courtyard. He wanted to kick them. It was all because of these so-called constables that Zhou Laoda's family suffered so much.
"Honey, do you think Guihua and her family will be alright?" Zhao Xiu had been extremely worried these past few days, feeling that God was blind and couldn't bear to see their Yegou Village doing well.
In recent years, the Zhou family's life has become increasingly prosperous. After buying a piece of barren mountain, they wanted to plant many fruit trees. Since their own family members were too busy, they would hire villagers to help, paying them wages every day.
The villagers helped Old Zhou's family reclaim wasteland and plant fruit trees. Later, they also helped pick the fruit. They earned a lot of money each month. It can be said that Old Zhou's family became rich and led the whole village to get rich together.
In the past two years, the lives of the people in Yegou Village have become more and more promising. Many children in the village have the opportunity to study in the town, their clothes are no longer all patched, and they can eat meat from time to time.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Laoda's family was suddenly imprisoned, all the taverns in the town, county, and prefectural cities were shut down, and even the house they bought was occupied. Now, the orchard in the village has also been occupied. Those people have too much influence, and the villagers can't protect the orchard.
A few days ago, Zhou Fafu and Zhou Fagen, along with a few others who were close to Zhou Laoda, argued with the people who had taken over the orchard. They were then secretly beaten and seriously injured. Even their families were terrified by those bullies and never had a moment's peace.
"Things will definitely get better. Once that little girl from the Zhou family returns, none of those who harmed the Zhou family will get away with it." Although the village chief didn't know that Xingxing was a princess, he vaguely knew that Xingxing's biological parents were influential figures in the capital and should be able to resolve the Zhou family's current predicament.
“But who knows if Xingxing knows what happened in Yegou Village? She left three years ago and never came back. Will she come back now for the sake of Old Master Zhou’s family?” Zhao Xiu was worried that the child was too young when she was in Yegou Village and had forgotten her parents after leaving.
“Xingxing will never forget Yegou Village. She told me before she left that she would come back again. Yegou Village is also her home.” Chun Chun said firmly, remembering what Xingxing had told her.
"I hope so," Zhao Xiu sighed heavily again.
Erfu and his group did not leave Yegou Village immediately. They went to Lao Zhou's house, where there were no soldiers guarding it. They climbed over the wall and went in, intending to rest there for a couple of days.
I don't need to cook these past two days, and luckily I have honey water, as well as steamed buns and flatbreads given by Zhao Xiu to stave off hunger.
Chen Yuting was young, and after eating his fill, he fell asleep obediently. However, he didn't sleep very peacefully. The little boy would furrow his brow from time to time. This child was precocious and vaguely knew that something bad had happened to his family, which was why he couldn't sleep soundly.
If it were any other two-year-old, they wouldn't have so many worries, and they wouldn't be frowning even when they're asleep.
Zhou Erfu felt sorry for his younger brother and couldn't bear to take him along on the prison break, fearing he might accidentally hurt him during the fight. So he said to Xiaoxiao, "Why don't you stay with us to rescue people? You take Yuting and find a safe place to stay. We'll come find you later."
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