They followed the same direction they had come from, but instead stepped into the lake.
Several burly men fell into the water one after another, but climbed out again. The sixth man said, "Brother, this place seems very eerie! Could there be ghosts?"
The third brother said, "We've killed people before, what are we afraid of!"
The pine needles rustled unnaturally, making a hissing sound that seemed particularly eerie in this deserted village.
It suddenly started raining.
The six of them were soaked to the bone, but they didn't know that the rain was specifically targeting them.
Wherever they went, it rained within a half-mile radius.
They were thugs who were used to killing people.
He was in a sorry state.
"You probably didn't check the almanac before going out today," the bandit leader said.
The cold rain had kept them trapped for several days.
They were exhausted from walking.
When the sun came out, the bandit leader suddenly realized that he and his six men had arrived at a place they had never been before.
That place is Heishan Village.
A place even poorer than Niushan Village.
There are mountains all around here.
The group collapsed to the ground, exclaiming, "This is fucking a ghost! Where the hell is this?! This is…!" After walking for days and nights, they were cold, hungry, and their legs felt like they were about to break.
They didn't even have the energy to do evil anymore.
"Brother, are we going to starve to death here? We've done all sorts of things, from murder to robbery, and now we're stuck in this little village. It's such a coward!" the third brother said.
The group sat there and rested for a while.
In their dazed state, they seemed to see those they had killed walking toward them with disheveled hair.
The bandit leader immediately stood up, drew his knife, and said viciously, "Come on! I can kill you once, and I can kill you a second time! You were killed like chicks when you were alive, and now that you're dead, what makes you think you can do anything!"
Those people are getting closer and closer.
The bandit leader slashed at him with his sword.
To everyone's surprise, the man known as the fourth brother let out a scream, "Big brother, you..."
"Big brother, are you crazy!" said the bandit known as the second-in-command. He looked at the man who was clearly his boss, but whose face changed the moment he looked up.
That was the face of a bodyguard.
It was the bodyguards who were in charge of escorting the goods during their previous robbery. After killing them all, they discovered that what they were escorting was not gold and silver treasures, but dozens of cartloads of ice.
The second brother was startled and quickly swung his knife. The "bodyguard" was quite skilled in life. If it weren't for protecting the owner of the ice in the car, it's hard to say who would have lived and who would have died between him and the second brother.
"Uncle, come play! Come play! Haha, Uncle..." A sinister-looking little girl beckoned to the third brother...
That little girl was only four years old.
Then, her mother suddenly appeared, and the two of them waved to the third child, "Come play! Come on!"
Zhu Laosan was so scared that he wet his pants.
Zhu Laosan is a good boy.
The little girl was dragged into the bushes by him... her anus ruptured and she died. Afterwards, he killed her mother.
"You deserve to die too!" a sinister voice said.
"Please, please, let me go! I...I've never killed anyone!" Old Liu knelt on the ground, crying and begging.
"But you're their accomplice! You stood by and watched someone die! You deserve to die, you deserve to die!"
The sixth man was so frightened that his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground. He grabbed a dagger from the ground and slashed his own eyes, crying out, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I was young and ignorant. I let you die. Please, I'll give you my eyes instead! Please let me go!"
"Your kung fu is pretty good. You need to save a hundred people to atone for your sins, or I still won't let you go." Gradually, the voices of those frightening people faded away.
But a crowd of onlookers gathered around.
However, the sixth member of the gang was no longer there.
"That was terrifying! Yesterday, I got up to use the bathroom at home and saw these five people. They were fighting like 'you kill me, I kill you,' and one of them ran away quickly, otherwise... were they possessed by evil spirits?!"
In the crowd, a burly man in his forties, accompanied by a mentally challenged woman and a one-year-old baby, squeezed through the throng to watch the spectacle.
"Should we report this to the authorities?"
"Let's report this to the authorities! Five corpses lying here in broad daylight is quite frightening!"
Little Fu Bao hadn't had a proper rest for several days, and now she was fast asleep, nestled in her blankets. Chen Yu called her for a long time, but couldn't wake her up.
"Mother, tell her to get some sleep. She hasn't been able to sleep these past few nights, and she finally managed to fall asleep this morning!" Xiao Heng said.
County Magistrate Wang, along with six constables and four servants, and Village Chief Zhao, with over twenty men from Zhao Family Village, surrounded Guhu in a grand procession.
Niu Da is scattering fish feed on the small boat.
When Magistrate Wang saw Niu Da, he was astonished, as if he had seen a ghost. "You...you, are you a human or a ghost?"
County Magistrate Wang visited Heishan Village yesterday and saw that five of the six bandits had died in infighting, and one had escaped. He then imagined a whole drama unfolding in his mind.
To get to Heishan Village, you have to pass through Niushan Village and Haijia Village. Those six bandits are all vicious and ruthless criminals. They must have killed the Niu family, robbed them of their money, and then killed each other over the spoils. The one who escaped ran away with the money.
He was just a butcher who sold pork, and he never expected that Niushan Village would not report a murder.
"What are you trying to do?" Niu Da felt uneasy seeing that the other side had many people while he was alone.
Magistrate Wang immediately understood. The people he had sent had failed to accomplish their task. Seeing that only Niu Da was there, he said, "This Guhu Lake originally belonged to Niushan County. Now, the magistrate has permitted me to enclose this land for fish farming, which is also for the benefit of the people of Niushan County. In the future, this land can also improve the career prospects and economy of Niushan County!"
“Guhu Lake has been taken over by my family, and my family has also promised to give each villager a subsidy of three taels of silver every year,” Niu Da said. “There is a contract to prove it,” Niu Da said firmly.
The villagers who were watching began to discuss:
"Yes! Although Niu Da didn't allow us to fish in the lake, he gave us a string of cash more than Zhao Lizhang did back then!"
Zhao, the village chief, cowered like a lackey and stepped out from behind Magistrate Wang, saying, "Fellow villagers, fellow villagers, this is all a trick. He's just fooling you now, but he'll never give you anything later! Here's what we'll do: as long as we get Guhu Lake, you can catch as many fish as you want!"
The villagers who were watching immediately started discussing again: "What Village Chief Zhao said makes sense. Being able to fish and sell fish at will is much more profitable than getting three taels of silver!"
"That's not how it works. The contract has already been signed. Niu Da has put in a lot of effort, releasing fish fry, feeding them fish, cleaning up Guhu Lake and replacing the submerged water. Besides, Niu Da has sent us half a pound of meat every year for the past few years. Without them, would we be able to eat braised pork for the New Year? We can't be ungrateful!"
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