Prince Gong and his entourage arrived at Shanquan Village early in the morning. At the same time, he received news that one of the female guards from the Zhou family had also somehow arrived in Shanquan Village.
It was Steward Gu, who came to supervise the construction, who recognized her. This made Wu Lianlian very uneasy, fearing that something unexpected might happen, so she reported the matter to Prince Gong and asked him to make a decision.
Perhaps feeling guilty, Prince Gong always tended to judge others by his own standards. He didn't believe that Tangguo had gotten lost and wandered into Shanquan Village by chance. Prince Gong assumed that the Zhou family must have sent her there for the silver mine in the mountains.
The silver mine is extremely important to Prince Gong. He relies on this silver mine to turn his fortunes around. He cannot allow any mistakes to happen. That silly girl must die, the Zhou family must die, and any obstacles must be eliminated cleanly and decisively.
"Your Highness, what should we do about the villagers of Shanquan Village? Those villagers are old-fashioned and naive, but they are also overly curious. Once they discover that our people have entered the mountains, they will always want to come and investigate. I'm afraid this will be detrimental to us." Steward Gu, as Wu Lianlian's capable assistant, has been serving Prince Gong's side during this period.
"How many people are there in the village in total?" Prince Gong asked casually.
"No more than two hundred people, about fifty of them are able-bodied young men, and the rest are elderly people, women, and children," Butler Gu replied quickly.
Prince Gong initially intended to kill them all, but then he thought of another idea: "Arrest all the villagers. Send the able-bodied and capable women to the mines, keep the elderly and children as hostages, and get rid of that simple-minded girl as soon as possible—no, interrogate her first, ask her if she was sent by the Zhou family, and what else the Zhou family knows."
I always felt I underestimated the Zhou family; they've come all the way to Shanquan Village—they're practically courting death.
Steward Gu lowered his head and didn't say anything more. All seventy-odd people they had hired last time were killed. Their own men were lucky to survive. The Zhou family members were not so easy to kill. Next time they sent people to hunt them down, it would be best if the prince used his own people instead of letting them send people.
"Why aren't you saying anything? Are you scared by the princess? Do you really think that heaven is on her side? Last time, a master in white saved them. I don't believe that master in white can always be so lucky to save them." Prince Gong smiled coldly.
Butler Gu sighed helplessly, "Your Highness, those white-clad experts have not left. They are staying in the thatched hut rented by the Zhou family. It seems like they are going to protect them for a long time."
Prince Gong narrowed his eyes, a ruthless glint in them. "Since that's the case, then kill the man in white as well. Those who oppose me will perish."
Suddenly, a loud wail interrupted their conversation: "Let go of Grandma! Let go! Candy will beat you to death!"
Meanwhile, sounds of fighting, along with the cries of women and children, could be heard from within the mountain village.
Prince Gong, his face grim, looked in the direction of the sound, then led his men into the village. At this time, all the villagers of Shanquan Village were gathered in an empty courtyard, which was the courtyard of the village chief of Shanquan Village.
Hundreds of men in black stood with knives, staring at the villagers. All the able-bodied men in the village were tied up. Lying on the ground was a big, burly little girl who was badly injured. This girl was Tangguo. This silly girl had desperately tried to save the villagers because she had been asked by the villagers of Shanquan Village to save her after she was seriously injured.
Although she wasn't clever, she knew she should repay the life-saving grace with her life. Unfortunately, she was no match for the many hands that were on her, and was hacked half to death before being tied up and unable to move.
"All of you better behave yourselves. Starting tomorrow, all the able-bodied men and strong women in the village will go into the mountains to mine. The weaker women will be responsible for washing clothes and cooking. The elderly and children will also go into the mountains to work. They can all do things like gathering firewood and picking wild vegetables, right?"
You'd better cooperate obediently, or this will be your fate.
"puff."
"Thump." The burly man dressed as a steward immediately drew his knife and beheaded the villager closest to him. The man didn't even have time to scream before his head fell to the ground like a winter melon.
Bright red blood splattered all over the ground, startling the others so much that their pupils contracted and they didn't even dare to beg for mercy.
The man in charge wiped the blood-stained knife with a rag, quite satisfied with the villagers' reaction. Just as he was about to continue his rampage, he saw Prince Gong leading his men over. He immediately bowed respectfully and paid his respects to the prince.
"Your Highness... Your Highness, all the villagers have arrived, and the matters you arranged have been handed over." The steward almost let slip the secret, his heart skipped a beat, and he secretly glanced up to observe Prince Gong's reaction. He didn't seem angry, and his heart relaxed.
But he still didn't dare to let go completely. He had to find something else to distract the prince. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the silly girl lying on the ground.
The steward rushed forward and dragged Tang Guo over. "Master, this man is a guard from the Zhou family. He injured several of our brothers and killed three people just now."
Prince Gong didn't even offer any candy out of the corner of his eye. He simply glanced at the villagers and then said in a cold voice, "Ask her how the Zhou family knew about this place."
The steward asked the same question again and even whipped Candy to hurry up and answer.
"Pah, pah, pah! Candy doesn't know, she doesn't know anything! You big bad guys killed good people, you'll all die a horrible death, you'll die too!" Candy really didn't know what they were asking. She was angry and started cursing, but she was clumsy with words and her vocabulary was limited. She could only curse a few sentences over and over again.
These few sentences were learned from Xingxing; otherwise, she wouldn't know how to curse.
"Slap slap slap." The manager hit hard, slapping Candy several times, causing the silly girl to bleed from the corner of her mouth, her cheeks to swell up, and the finger marks to turn bluish-purple.
"Pah! You really are a big bad guy, waaaaah!" Candy sprayed blood all over the other person's face, then burst into loud wails, feeling wronged and in pain.
"Waaaaah, waaaaah." No one spoke; the entire village echoed with the silly girl's wails, sounding both tragic and heartbreaking.
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