Chapter 759 A Grand Scene
Mo Datou went to deliver the message, and Lin Yuesha chatted with the Mo family for a while before returning to the carriage for a short rest.
"Bai Cha, lie down on the other side and sleep for a while. We might not be able to go back tonight."
Lin Yuesha yawned. The swaying of the carriage along the way was soothing to the touch. If Mo Datou returned late, she planned to spend the night in the Mo family's courtyard.
The Mo family only has a few rooms. If the old lady wants to stay overnight, it will be too crowded and inconvenient. It would be better for her to stay in the carriage.
"Miss, I am not sleepy."
Bai Cha's upper and lower eyelids were drooping, so she gently patted her face to refresh herself.
No matter how well the people of Mojia Village speak of her, this is still the territory of the Forty-Eight Villages. What if those people see Miss Fugui and plot against her? As a maid, she needs to be vigilant and not be so presumptuous.
When Lin Yuesha woke up, it was already dinnertime, and Mo Datou still hadn't returned.
"Business is decided by the chieftain; perhaps waiting to see the chieftain has delayed us."
Mo Datou's wife wasn't worried at all. Instead, she used the only meat and vegetables they had at home to cook a sumptuous dinner.
Some villagers slaughtered a sheep; the mutton was fresh, and the main dish was radish and mutton soup.
Cut the flatbread into small pieces and soak it in mutton soup. It becomes soft and fluffy, infused with the aroma of mutton. A bowl of this will warm you up.
After dinner, Mo Datou returned, covered in sweat, followed by a middle-aged woman wearing a drab gray coat.
The middle-aged woman walked with composure, her face bearing obvious tattoos, yet she did not try to conceal them with her hair, her expression serene.
“I went to the village to deliver a message, and just then, Doctor Lian came down the mountain on business, so I brought Doctor Lian to the village.”
Mo Datou wiped the sweat from his brow with his sleeve and introduced the two parties.
"Miss Lin, do you want to buy pork in bulk?"
Lian Qiao was surprised when she looked Lin Yuesha up and down. She had originally thought she was a middle-aged woman, but she turned out to be a young girl.
However, the little girl has a strong presence and must not be an ordinary person, otherwise she wouldn't dare to come to the territory of the Forty-Eight Villages.
"That's right. I want to discuss business with the chieftain. I wonder if Dr. Lian can make the decision?"
"When doing business, you have to find the right person," Lin Yuesha asked Lian Qiao.
"Please come with me up the mountain, Miss Lin."
Lian Qiao took a package and handed it to Mo Datou, asking him to deliver it to a villager's house. She also gave him instructions on how to use the medicine. After finishing, she gestured for Lin Yuesha to proceed.
"Before you came, you must have heard of the Forty-Eight Villages. If you have any concerns, you can wait for our village chief to come down the mountain to talk."
However, there has been an unexpected situation in the village recently, so the village chief is unable to leave and business will have to be delayed for a while.
"No need. Since I want to do business, I'm here with trust in mind. Let's stick to business."
It wasn't like she was checking someone's background; Lin Yuesha didn't care about their past. Interacting with women made her feel more comfortable. Besides, Lin Yuesha had developed a greater sense of trust in the woman.
"Let's not delay, let's go."
Lian Qiao sat in the driver's seat of the carriage and pointed out the way. Lin Yuesha opened the window and took a deep breath. She had experience dealing with mountain strongholds, but Lian Qiao and the others were different.
The laws of the Great Qi state that murderers must pay with their lives; however, if the crime is particularly heinous, the perpetrator will be branded on the face and exiled to the Northwest.
The Ma family, who conspired to kill their cousin Chen Dahua, were only sentenced to immediate execution for such a crime. However, Zhao Sanniang and Xiao Xi, who hired the killer, were exiled to the Northwest, but their faces were not tattooed. In other words, Lian Qiao's crime was more serious.
The people of the First Village avoided talking about the past. Lin Yuesha lowered her head and pondered, trying to figure out what kind of person the female village chief was.
At least they acted decisively and swiftly, and they always sought revenge. The fact that all the provocative villains were wiped out speaks volumes.
The female chieftain was very friendly to the villagers. Lianqiao came late at night to deliver medicine, explaining everything in detail with great patience.
The first village is not far from Mojia Village. After walking a short distance, you can take a gondola up the mountain.
Lin Yuesha's brow twitched as she assessed whether the ropes of the hanging basket were sturdy enough, before she sat down.
"Aren't you afraid?"
Lin Yuesha's movements were so skillful that they surprised Lian Qiao. She always took Mo Datou along mountain paths, but today she had to blow the whistle to let people lower the basket because it was dark and they were in a hurry.
She herself was terrified the first time she sat in it, but she didn't expect a little girl to be so calm.
"I've sat here."
Lin Yuesha admitted that, after observing the situation, she found that the hanging basket in the first village was more reliable than the one she had ridden in before, and there shouldn't be any major problems.
Moreover, this mountain is a rocky mountain, and the gondola is attached to the protruding parts of the mountain wall. In case of an emergency, you can grab onto the rocks and wait for rescue.
Seeing Lian Qiao's puzzled expression, Lin Yuesha explained, "They were once robbed by bandits."
Then, he won over the bandits, and with their protection, they went to the capital together.
Who would believe this experience if I told them?!
"No wonder you're so brave, but I have to be careful, there might be some bloodshed in the village later."
Lian Qiao narrowed her eyes. If Lin Yuesha was timid, it was still not too late to back down now.
"This is not a test for you. We can talk about our business another time."
She was just a little girl, and she was so frightened by the bloody scene that she fainted and had nightmares. Lianqiao couldn't bear it.
"fine."
Lin Yuesha recalled that she had seen too many bloody scenes, with heads rolling at her feet, yet she remained calm and composed.
To do business, you need to know yourself and your enemy. The opportunity to go up the mountain was also a chance for her to understand the First Village, including its supply capacity and integrity.
As they were talking, after a quarter of an hour, Lian Qiao led Lin Yuesha and her servant up the mountain. As soon as they arrived, Lin Yuesha was overwhelmed by the grand scene.
There was a wide, flat area on the mountain, with a bonfire in the middle, and several burly men were tied up in the middle, cursing and swearing.
"Yu Qiuniang, you tigress, you have no sense of romance. No wonder your man leaves you at home to go to brothels and have fun. Who can stand having a block of wood lying next to them all day long!"
The cursing man with a thick beard said, "I'm just a middle-aged woman from your village who slept with you, and you've already tied me up here? Aren't you afraid our chief will come after you?"
Besides, what innocent woman is that? She used to be a prostitute. Just treat her as a patron, why pretend to be a virgin?
Yu Qiuniang, the female chieftain, is even more out of her mind. She dared to arrest him, not knowing that he was the second-in-command of the eighteen villages.
They thought everyone was as easy to bully as the rabble from the original First Village, who were wiped out and unable to fight back. They believed they were the strongest village and were not afraid of Qiu Niang at all!
"I advise you to kneel down and apologize to me right now, and serve me obediently tonight, otherwise..."
The bearded man threatened that he didn't think Yu Qiuniang would dare to touch him unless she wanted to die.
Lin Yuesha frowned, staring at the bearded man's arrogant words. Even though he was about to die, the bearded man seemed to have no idea what was going on. She was an outsider, but she could tell that the First Village was not just joking around or trying to scare people by tying them to the fire.
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