Qian Xiao wasn't going to put up with this old geezer: "What did you say? That we came to retrieve the stolen grain, and all of you villagers blocked our way? What? Are you planning to protect the thieves? Or are you saying that your Zhu Family Village ganged up on outsiders who came to carry the grain?"
"Or is it that you, as the team leader, are failing in your duties and condoning the villagers' oppression of the people? Did you support this theft? Or is it that Zhu Family Village is no longer under the leadership of the Dragon Kingdom and has become an independent kingdom, no longer subject to our proper Dragon Kingdom laws?"
"You, you, you're talking nonsense!" Captain Zhu was both furious and terrified. If this charge were proven true, their entire village would be doomed.
"What did I say wrong?"
"If this place hadn't been separated from the rest of the country, how could they have shielded criminals and condoned the villagers' collective disturbances? In such a small place, why don't you, as the leader, step forward to take charge, make fair and impartial judgments, and instead hide behind the scenes and tacitly approve?"
The educated youth from both villages were watching from outside. They dared not get involved in these matters. Upon hearing this, they all hissed. This person was too ruthless. If this were true, the entire village would be arrested.
Captain Zhu was so angry he couldn't speak. His face was flushed, and he was panting heavily. He was also filled with regret. How could he have gotten himself into this situation for such a small amount of food?
He knew the girl across from him; she was the only college student in Qianjiatun. No wonder she was able to get into the best university at such a young age; her silver tongue was more than enough to talk to everyone in the village.
An old woman suddenly rushed out, pointing at the money and laughing as she cursed, "You worthless little slut, you think you're in the right just because you've come to our village to cause trouble?"
Qian Xiao didn't hold back. He raised the wooden stick in his hand and slammed it down hard on the finger pointing at him. The old woman turned pale with fright and quickly withdrew her outstretched hand. Was this man a tiger? How dare he lay a hand on an old person?
"Pah, you old good-for-nothing, you old slut, listen to me! The people from our village came here to get back the grain that your villagers stole. Your villagers protected the criminals and even beat people up. I just knocked them out to prevent any accidents. Even if the police came, they would agree with what I did."
"You, you, you dare to insult me?"
"Me, me, me, why wouldn't I dare? Are you some kind of queen in this village, where only you, the magistrate, are allowed to set fires, while we common folk get beheaded for saying a word?"
Even the most ignorant peasant knows that "Empress" is no compliment. In these times, anyone who even remotely touches the remnants of feudalism will not have a good ending. For example, the landlord in their village was ruined and killed by the villagers.
The old woman immediately shut her mouth, not daring to say another word. She thought that her age would keep the young girl in check, but it turned out that the girl was a brat who didn't care about her reputation at all.
Seeing that even his own mother had given in, the village chief took a deep breath and said, "I'm not talking to a little kid like you. Call your village chief over here to talk to me."
"Hey, it's not like I'd be so willing to talk to people who aren't on the same page as us in Dragon Kingdom. Our village chief doesn't have time like you, always thinking about directing the villagers to go out and steal. Our village chief has important things to do, he doesn't have time to see you."
"No rush, our village chief doesn't have time. The police will be here to solve the case soon."
"You, you, you actually called the police! It's not a big deal, why bother the police?" This brat is really making a big deal out of this. Their village has no grounds for this.
"If you have a problem, go to the police. This is something that all the people of China know. Why can't I go? Oh right, I forgot that you don't even recognize the laws of China."
"It's not a big deal, how dare you say something like that?"
"Sending villagers to steal food rations from neighboring villages? Do you know what time it is? Food rations are a matter of life and death! How is this any different from instructing villagers to murder for money?"
“We came to demand our money back, and you openly instructed the villagers to obstruct and protect us, and even allowed them to use force to persecute us, the working class, without cause. I have every reason to suspect your identity. You seem to be a bad element hiding among the people, trying to disrupt the unity of our people!”
Qian Xiao looked at the fat, bloated village chief of Zhujia Village opposite her. His face turned pale and his eyes darted around. Hey, this is interesting. He looks guilty no matter how you look at him. If he wasn't guilty and could just talk back to her, why is he so nervous and scared?
Qian Xiaoshen gestured to Sun Kaicheng with his hand behind his back, and then confronted Captain Zhu.
The only people left standing in the village are some old women and children. The children were frightened by Qian Xiao earlier. That guy took down one child at a time. Who wouldn't be scared? Didn't you see that the person on the ground had his eyes closed? We don't know if he's dead or alive.
The old lady? The team leader's mother was the most formidable old lady in their village. If even that old lady didn't believe them, they certainly wouldn't dare to attack. This brat is a ruthless scoundrel; she shows no mercy to the elderly either. That punch must have hurt terribly.
Even when those old guys are being shameless, they're selective about who they target, aren't they?
Captain Zhu was currently in a state of shock and dazed disbelief. Qian Xiao only needed to keep an eye on these people and prevent them from making any more moves; everything else was up to the police. They were in the right, so what was there to be afraid of?
In that instant, the place became eerily quiet: "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, take some men and keep an eye on the back of their house. Don't let them take advantage of us being in the front to move the grain out from the back."
They arrived just in time; the family hadn't properly stored their grain yet. Seeing the villagers arrive, they realized they couldn't handle the situation themselves, so they offered the villagers benefits, hoping they would come and help them. That's how the whole chaotic situation unfolded.
"Hey, Erdan, be careful."
"It's alright, you go ahead."
Captain Zhu was dumbfounded, not knowing what he was thinking. The old ladies wanted to hurry home to tidy up, feeling that the officials coming later wouldn't be anything good.
Qian Xiao waved his hand: "Aunties and grandmas, please help us keep an eye on them. Don't let them go back and destroy the evidence. I have reason to suspect that their whole village is a huge den of bandits, and there are many things they can't show to the public."
The educated youth from Zhujia Village's eyes lit up when they heard this. If something really happened to Zhujia Village, would their family be able to move to another place? Would they no longer have to stay here and be watched like prisoners?
Erdan had just been beaten up. Sun Kaicheng used his mental energy to investigate and found many things in Zhujia Village that villagers would never have in their homes, especially in the best house in the village, where he suspected he had discovered something extraordinary.
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