Chapter 2914: Encirclement
He immediately dared not move, but there was still a lot of noise in other parts of the village, and someone started shouting.
Some families even lit torches. When they saw who was coming to arrest them, they were shocked and angry, and didn't know how to react.
The yamen runners and soldiers followed Bai Shan's instructions and shouted at them to squat down. They only arrested the criminals and would not harm their families...
More than one family was arrested. If it was only one family, although the villagers did not like these hooligans, they would still stop the officers and soldiers from arresting them because they were from the same village.
But looking around and listening to the noises coming from outside, it seemed that there were quite a lot of people being arrested, so they hesitated and did not resist.
The commotion in Xiaojing Village did not affect Dajing Village after all. Bai Shan was satisfied and did not let the soldiers withdraw from Xiaojing Village. Instead, he continued to keep people in the yard to intimidate the villagers, not allowing them to run out or make noise.
Bai Shan took Feng Dashan and Jia Erlang to Dajing Village with his men. After arresting a few more people in the same way, everyone started to act together.
It was already late at night and most of the villagers were asleep. The officers and soldiers simply climbed over the wall and kicked the door open with torches in hand. When they caught someone suspicious, they shone the torch in their face and asked their name loudly. After confirming that it was them, they tied the person up and took him away.
Most of the confused family members did not react. When they finally reacted and ran out, they saw so many soldiers with knives outside, and screams and sounds of grabbing people came from all over the village, as if the whole village was surrounded.
Torches were lit everywhere, and half of the village was lit up with tiny flames. Seeing the commotion in Xiaojing Village, the soldiers and yamen runners escorted their prisoners and retreated in an orderly manner, retreating to the intersection to meet up with Zhou Man.
Manbao squatted on the ground, feeling mosquitoes buzzing around her. Even though she had medicine bags on her, mosquitoes would still bite her occasionally.
Therefore, this medicine should be burned over a fire, and the mosquitoes will be driven away by the smell of smoke.
Seeing them bringing the prisoners back, she said, "Leave two teams to guard the place, and the rest of you to reinforce Dajing Village."
They carried Feng San over as well. Manbao looked at him in the torchlight and said, "He's dead. Why did you use an arrow?"
"The county magistrate shot it," the soldier said excitedly. "Sir Zhou wasn't watching. It was almost dark at the time, but the county magistrate managed to shoot an arrow through the heart. His archery skills are really good."
The bailiff explained, "This is the best way. This kid is very wild. The fields are vast and it's dark. If he turns and runs away, it will be difficult to catch him later."
He said, "If he really gets out and alerts Dajing Village, tonight's operation will fail."
Zhou Man nodded.
Feng Dazhu, who was lying on the ground, moved and looked at them angrily.
Manbao lowered his head to look at him, and thought he looked familiar. He squatted down to take a closer look and asked, "Is that the person in the portrait?"
The bailiff took only one look and said, "Yes, according to Feng Dashan's confession, he is one of Jia Dalang's confidants. Because his family has three brothers in the family, everyone is afraid of them. This man is considered one of Jia Dalang's right-hand men."
Zhou Man: "Why didn't he take them to the county government office?"
"My Lord, you guess he was specially left here to manage their staff. If Jia Dalang gains a foothold in the county government, Feng Dazhu can work with him to do what they want. If Jia Dalang can't make it in the county government, he can withdraw and come back to take over."
Zhou Man looked at the yamen runner in surprise. After looking him up and down, he said, "I think you look a lot like a yamen runner named Zhao Wu."
The yamen runner seemed to have a toothache. He moved his mouth before saying, "Master Zhou, that's my younger brother. My name is Zhao Wen."
Zhou Man: "One is civil and the other is military, what a good name."
She lowered her head to look at the Feng Dazhu brothers who were thrown side by side on the ground, and said to them, "Your name is Feng Dazhu, so is your brother's name Feng Erzhu?"
The two brothers' mouths were blocked, so they naturally couldn't answer.
Zhao Wen answered for them, "Yes, Lord Zhou."
Zhou Man sighed and said, "What a coincidence! The man you killed in Xiaoliu Village was also called Erzhu."
Feng Dazhu still looked at her with hatred in his eyes, but Feng Erzhu shuddered and his face turned pale.
Zhou Man stood up and looked towards Dajing Village. The noise there was getting louder and louder. They also heard someone shouting in the fields.
The people guarding the fields heard the shouting and looked up. They saw a dark figure rushing out from the darkness, followed by shouts and sounds of pursuit. They ran towards the dark figure...
As the people approached, the shadowy figure also saw them. He turned and stumbled around a small bend to continue running. He was familiar with the area. Although he stumbled in the dark, he roughly knew where the ridge was higher. He jumped down, spread his feet and continued running...
The person chasing behind fell to the ground with a thud. Two of them got up and continued chasing, while another went to help the fallen person...
"No, no, no, it hurts so much, I can't move my legs..."
Torches and lanterns were now lit in Dajing Village and Xiaojing Village. Soldiers and yamen runners escorted the captured people to the intersection. The villagers, holding torches, sticks, hoes, and other weapons, slowly followed behind, gradually approaching...
Bai Shan walked out of Dajing Village with County Captain Dong and Inspector Song, and stood in front of the soldiers to block them. He raised his eyes coldly and looked at the villagers from the two villages who had gathered together.
The soldiers and yamen runners also lit torches, illuminating the faces of Bai Shan and the others with exceptional clarity. Even from a distance, everyone could see the expressions on his faces.
He no longer had the gentleness and humility seen in the past few days, and his face was cold and serious.
The villagers were shocked by his expression and slowly stopped, but still held the torches and refused to retreat.
Of course, they cannot just let it go after their family members were arrested. Some of the children were gangsters who always caused trouble for the family, and their family members were angry; but more families still felt that their children were fine, and those bad things were caused by outsiders, and they could not accept that their children were arrested.
Bai Shan's eyes slid across their faces bit by bit, and he said solemnly, "These people are all suspected of becoming bandits and looting other villages. Do you want to resist arrest?"
The villagers didn't say anything. The leading few took two steps forward with torches in their hands, and the others followed.
Bai Shan sneered and raised his hand. A group of twenty soldiers immediately raised their bows and arrows, drawing them to full length and charging at the villagers...
The crowd became agitated for a moment, and the expression of the villager walking in front changed. He couldn't help but step back slightly, but only half a step. After reacting, he stopped again.
See you at 11:30 pm
(End of this chapter)
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