Officer Sun was in a dilemma.
He looked at Shanshui Village. It had only been seven or eight days since his last visit, and in those few days, two watchtowers had already been built.
This means the village was prepared, and the lookout tower was within their sight. How much preparation did Shanshui Village make for areas they couldn't see?
The more he thought about it, the heavier his heart became.
However, since Magistrate Wu has spoken, they must knock on the door. Besides, they came prepared this time with more than 300 people. Are they afraid they can't take down a small village?
"Open the door!"
"We are officials from the Guangning Prefecture government, here to investigate a case. Anyone who refuses to open the door will be treated as a bandit, and their wives and children will be killed without exception!"
Seeing no movement inside, Constable Sun broke out in a thin layer of sweat. Glancing out of the corner of his eye at Magistrate Wu's increasingly dark face, he shouted again, "Open the door first! Our magistrate is an upright official, and he will certainly not wrong you!"
Thinking that the people inside might have really killed all those bandits, it wouldn't be an injustice, so they changed their story: "We know that most of you are honest and law-abiding farmers!"
"Don't worry, we'll only arrest the ringleaders and instigators! Everyone else will be spared. But you must open the doors, surrender, and let us in!"
It remained deathly quiet.
The servant standing guard by the carriage said angrily, "These people are really asking for trouble! We've been treating them so politely, and they still won't open the door!"
"Master, let's not be polite with them, let's just charge in and show them what we're capable of!"
Sun's forehead was covered in even more sweat.
Do these servants even understand anything? If they could just barge in, would they need to rack their brains for an excuse?
They didn't see the dam, the figures peeking out from behind it, or the gate—a solid piece of wood as thick as a person; breaking it down would be incredibly difficult.
Oh, right, they definitely don't care, because they're definitely not the ones charging ahead!
Magistrate Wu also lost his patience.
After years of peaceful life, and being fawned over wherever he went, this was the first time he had been shut out, and by villagers from the mountains who he would never have even glanced at before.
He looked at the clerk and gave the order: "Since they don't know what's good for them, do as we agreed before we came."
Let the people inside know that they didn't come unprepared.
The clerk accepted the order, stroked his mustache, and walked over with a swagger, gesturing to Constable Sun: "Constable Sun, show the people inside a thing or two. Heh, they won't open the door, huh?"
"Once we break through, they'll be in for a world of hurt!"
Officer Sun was not as optimistic as his advisor, but he thought that Shanshui Village only had about four hundred people in total.
Of these four hundred people, after deducting the elderly over forty-five and children under thirteen, there are about two hundred left. Of these two hundred, after deducting women, there are probably only about one hundred strong and healthy men.
Of these hundred men, I estimate that quite a few were injured during the last confrontation with Boss Zhu, maybe twenty or thirty.
Last time, forty or fifty people secretly sneaked in and subdued three households. According to Zhu Laoda's usual vicious methods, all the elderly people in these three households died, and the men and women in their prime all had their legs broken.
There must be at least twenty or thirty people from three households. These people not only cannot help, but are also a burden. There should be about ten men among them.
In other words, there are at most only sixty or seventy people in the village who can truly fight against them!
But we have over three hundred on our side!
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