Chapter 036: Mudslide in Dacong Dynasty
"Mother-in-law." Seeing her mother-in-law being pushed to the ground by Xie Jian, Jia Shi didn't care about Xie Jian and stepped forward to help her up.
Xie Jian searched several houses, the woodshed, and the backyard but still couldn't find his nephew. He became more and more anxious, but he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. After all, Patriarch Xie was the head of the clan. Even if there were many conflicts between them, there was no deep hatred after all.
"Xie Jian, be careful." Shen Heng's terrified voice came.
When Xie Jian turned around, he saw the chief of the tribe holding a kitchen knife and slashing at him with murderous intent on his face. He was frightened and staggered to avoid it.
Shen Heng saw a broom lying on the ground, picked it up and swung it at the clan leader. Li and Jia saw this and quickly came over to grab it.
Xie Jian saw the clan leader waving a knife at him again, with a cruel look in his eyes that wanted to kill him. He was horrified. Why did the clan leader want to kill him?
"Xie Jian, what are you standing there for? Run." Chen Heng saw that the clan leader didn't seem to be stopping. If Xie Jian was chopped by him, he would be crippled at least.
Li and Jia had never expected that even if the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law joined forces, they would not be able to defeat the delicate and weak Shen Heng. Especially Jia, whose fat body was pinned to the ground and beaten, and she could not get up at all.
Shen Heng's back and hair were hurt by Li's grabbing, so she had no choice but to put Jia, who was pressed down on her, down. She stood up and grabbed Li's arms with her backhand and tied them behind her back. When she screamed, she kicked her in the buttocks.
In her previous life, she was a member of the university's martial arts association. She was proficient in Changquan, Sanda, Tai Chi, and elementary sword. Every move was very regular. Although she was not excellent, she passed all of them, which was enough to deal with ordinary people.
At this moment, Chief Xie screamed in surprise: "Hu Bao." The next moment, Hu Bao's loud crying was heard.
Everyone looked over and saw a kitchen knife stuck in the wooden board where Hu Bao was hiding. If it had been a few centimeters deeper, the child would have been chopped to pieces.
"Xie Jian, did you do this on purpose?" Clan leader Xie didn't expect Xie Jian to deliberately run towards Hu Bao, and his face changed with anger.
"Son." Seeing this, Jia was so scared that she ran over and picked up Hu Bao to check.
Li didn't care about outsiders at all and was busy coaxing her beloved baby.
"Where did you hide Min'er?" If he still had a hint of doubt just now, Xie Jian was now even more certain that Min'er was hidden by Xie Changgen. He looked at him with murderous eyes. He must have done something to make him disregard everything.
Xie Changgen's face was filled with fear. If the kitchen knife he had thrown had gone an inch deeper, his grandson would have been dead. At this moment, he just wanted to hold his grandson in his arms and coax him. He said to Xie Jian impatiently, "Your nephew is missing. What does it have to do with me? But as the clan leader, I can ask someone to help you find him."
"Ajian, if it was really the clan leader who did it, he would never hide Min'er in his own home." Chen Heng said anxiously. The longer the time dragged on, the more dangerous it would be for Min'er.
Xie Jian's eyes swept over Hu Bao who was being coaxed by his grandmother and mother.
"What are you going to do?" Xie Changgen looked alert and quickly hugged his grandson in his arms.
Xie Jian clenched his fists. Ever since Min'er was pushed into the pond and nearly drowned, he wouldn't respond to people calling him "hubao". He would avoid children like Hubao as far as possible. Anyone who could call him "hubao" from Master Qi...
"Ajian?" Seeing Xie Jian suddenly leave, Shen Heng hurriedly followed behind.
After half a cup of tea, Xie Jian came to a house that was similar to the Xie family's, panting, with the gate of the courtyard open.
Chen Heng ran out of air and gasped for air. Where was this? Her eyes caught sight of a basket of half-washed water chestnuts beside the well in the courtyard. Jier's house? Why were she here?
Xie Jian had a gloomy face. He did not go into the house, but walked around it and headed towards the two bungalows at the back. When he got closer, he could smell the smell of pig manure and hear a lot of pig squeals.
Jier's family was a butcher. Ever since Jier's mother and Xia's family got together, whenever Xia met them at the market, she would go to their house to buy pork.
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