Chapter 560: A step too late?
Guo Zhengyang was the youngest son of the Guo family who came to seek justice when Zhenbei Hou interrogated Qian Ming a few days ago.
Qian Ming ordered his officers to send the man to the quarry for nearly a year. Because of Qian Ming's execution, the man was sent back two days ago.
Now seeing him like this, the villagers all felt more or less pity for him.
Hearing everyone's questions, Guo Zhengyang forced a smile.
"My father told me that after the crops are grown, this lady will charge five copper coins per pound for them, so I want to plant more and sell them to pay for my eldest brother's medical treatment."
When the villagers present heard this, they felt somewhat uncomfortable.
Because of Qian Ming, his youngest sister is gone, his eldest brother is bedridden and unable to work, and his parents have lost a certain amount of their labor force. So, no matter what, he will have to support this whole family in the future.
"Zhengyang, once my land is planted, I will come over and give you a hand."
"My family only bought two acres of land, and we'll move there after we finish planting."
"We have the same last name, so if you have any difficulties, just let me know."
Some villagers spoke to comfort him and offered to help him. Guo Zhengyang, dragging his tired body, thanked everyone one by one.
"Thank you, uncles, and brothers. I'll go back first."
"Kangming, Xiaobao, the rest of you go and lend a hand and carry the things back to Zhengyang."
"Okay, Uncle."
Several young men from the Guo family came forward, lifted the sacks, and walked towards Guo Zhengyang's house. Guo Zhengyang bowed slightly to Guo Baoquan and left with his head lowered.
Ran Qingxuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. A living person was tortured like this, and the situation at home was like that. Thinking about how the two brothers Qian Tai and Qian Shun, who did the action, were able to escape unscathed, he couldn't help feeling angry.
Her emotions did not escape Gu Yanchen's eyes. When he was thinking of finding an opportunity to ask her, Yang Shuo hurried over from Gu's temporary residence.
Seeing him standing in the crowd, hesitant to speak, Gu Yanchen found Guo Zhanxi, who was standing in the crowd waiting, and asked him to help move it.
Guo Zhanxi was very happy to be able to help the Gu family, so he went without saying a word.
Ran Qingxuan also handed the matter of collecting the money over to Patriarch Lin and asked him to help.
Gu Yanjing took a curious look at it without stopping the work in his hands.
Gu Yanchen thought Yang Shuo wanted to talk about the burned building materials, but before he could open his mouth, Yang Shuo spoke first.
“I wanted to tell you this just now when I was at the government office. This morning when I went to call Uncle Jin, I found out that something had happened at his house.
An hour ago, I saw you guys didn’t come back, so I went back, and that’s it…”
A trace of sorrow flashed across Yang Shuo's face, and he continued, "Uncle Jin's son was seriously injured while fishing, and was taken to the hospital after being carried back. I just went back to see the child, and I found out that Uncle Jin's son had been carried back..."
Ran Qingxuan's heart skipped a beat and he immediately sensed something unusual.
"Brother Yang, you said his son was seriously injured while fishing?"
"Yes, I didn't see him this morning. I asked his neighbors and found out that he was taken to the clinic yesterday. Uncle Jin and his wife were also in the clinic and didn't go home.
When I went there just now... it seemed that his son was dying, and his relatives were preparing for his funeral in the yard..."
After hearing this, Ran Qingxuan looked at Gu Yanchen and asked what he thought.
"Brother Yang, did Uncle Jin's son go fishing with the large fishing boat?"
"How do you know? Most of the young people in their village..."
"Hey, where are you going?"
Before Yang Shuo could finish his words, he saw Gu Yanchen grabbing Ran Qingxuan's waist and using his lightness skills to fly away.
It was the first time for the villagers of Yongfeng Village to see Qinggong. After an exclamation, they were amazed.
When Gu Yanjing saw his brother like this, he knew that Yang Shuo must have said something important to him. He wanted to know urgently, but he couldn't get away immediately.
"Who...can you come and help me move? There might be an emergency at home..."
Seeing that Gu Yanjing was anxious to leave, Lin Sui hurriedly said, "Why don't we wait until the division is over before leaving?"
"It's okay, I trust you all."
After saying that, Gu Yanjing went straight to chase Yang Shuo. The villagers present were quite helpless when they saw the behavior of Gu's family.
"They were earning money, why did they all run away?"
"That's right, if I take more, they probably won't know..."
When Lin Sui heard this, he glared at his family members and scolded them.
"They let us do it on our own out of trust. Aren't you afraid of bringing shame to our tribe by saying this?"
The middle-aged man's face instantly turned red as liver, and he kicked the young man who was talking.
"The child is ignorant. Don't blame me, Chief Lin. Don't blame me."
"Don't make such jokes in the future. If others hear us, they will think we are the same as the Qian family."
"Yes, yes, yes. I will definitely teach this little bastard a lesson when I get back."
The young man who spoke scratched his head and gave Lin Sui an awkward smile.
Seeing this, the surrounding villagers didn't dare to say anything and just waited quietly.
After catching up with Lin Shuo, Gu Yanjing found out why the two had left in such a hurry. After going home to inform them, he harnessed two horses, rode one of them and chased them out of the village.
The Gu family and the Chen family were talking at the Xiao family. Except for Gu Yanzong, no one noticed Gu Yanjing's actions.
On the other side, Gu Yanjing, who had been chasing on horseback for two quarters of an hour, saw the people in front from afar and shouted to stop the two of them.
"Sixth brother, ride over there."
Gu Yanchen was just anxious and performed Qinggong. He had been galloping with Ran Qingxuan for more than 20 minutes without a rest, and his legs were a little weak.
It's not that he's tired, but he's afraid of being late...
"How are you?"
Ran Qingxuan led the horse over and asked worriedly.
"It doesn't matter, let's go over there quickly!"
"good."
After Gu Yanchen carried Ran Qingxuan onto the horse, he also climbed onto the horse.
The three men rode away on two horses at full speed, and it took them more than twenty minutes to reach Jinsha Village.
Along the way, Ran Qingxuan could clearly feel the chest against his back rising and falling violently, while Gu Yanchen had been trying his best to suppress his emotions.
By the time the three men stopped on horseback at the door of Uncle Jin's house, they had already seen white banners and white lanterns hanging in Uncle Jin's yard.
The courtyard was filled with cries, all from the relatives on both sides of Uncle Jin and Aunt Jin.
Uncle Jin sat in the corner of the yard with his back to everyone, holding tools and looking down, not knowing what he was doing.
Ran Qingxuan was riding on a horse and saw a coffin next to his legs, and he was polishing the coffin lid...
This scene is a bit heartbreaking. The coffin that Uncle Jin carefully polished was prepared for his son...
Although some of them were not sure whether Uncle Jin's son was the person Sang Yu mentioned, since they were there, they dismounted and went in to pay their respects.
"You are..."
Uncle Jin's eldest brother, Jin Damao, saw three unfamiliar men and women coming and judged from their clothes that they were not ordinary people.
Just as they were wondering who they were, Jin Guihua, who had met Ran Qingxuan and the others once before, recognized them and hurried to call her cousins in the house.
"Daping, the two masters and ladies who came yesterday are here to pay their respects. Please come out and greet the guests."
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