The villagers of Tangjiaxu were immediately stunned. A naked man with an iron rod could scare them so much that they dared not enter the house, let alone more than ten people?

Zhao Hao was also startled by them. Yu Peng beside him hurriedly explained in a low voice: "This is the way to play with ghosts. What kind of people are you..."

It turns out that this is a method used by the brothers in Caijiaxiang to boost their own prestige and destroy others' ambitions before the film begins. It is similar to the Maori war dance...

The leader of the Tang Society quickly stood between the two gangs and bowed to Zhao Hao, saying, "Sir, calm down and don't hurt the harmony. Wait for me to ask clearly..."

Tang Youde pointed at the head of the Tang Society and cursed, "Tang, if any of my friends are hurt, you can't sell me a single hair!"

"No, no, it's all misunderstanding, misunderstanding..." Tang Shetou nodded and bowed to the two men, almost kneeling down to kowtow, and finally managed to calm Zhao Hao and his group. He turned around and said to the leading villager with a dark face: "Second brother, do you want to die? What's going on?!"

"Alas, it's all the fault of that fake monk." Tang Lao Er first put a accusation on Wu Yu, and then hesitantly said, "We were watering the mulberry fields today, weren't we? Suddenly, the fake monk jumped out, dug a canal, and wanted to divert our water to his fields. Naturally, everyone disagreed, and started arguing..."

"You're talking nonsense!" The door was suddenly opened, and Si Ya came out with her eyebrows raised, pointing at Tang Lao Er and cursing: "When we were repairing the canal last year, my man did the work of you three, why can't you let us water the plants?!"

"It's all because of you two shameless people that God doesn't rain!" Tang Lao Er gave a ridiculous reason with confidence.

But what was even more ridiculous was that all the Tang clan members kept nodding their heads, obviously believing in this statement.

Zhao Hao couldn't help but laugh in anger, beckoned Wu Yu and his wife to come over, and asked, "What shameless thing did you do to make God not rain?"

"Sir, I..." Wu Yu lowered his head in shame.

Si Ya held her head high, thinking that she had nothing to hide from others. "Let this gentleman know that my name is Tang Si Ya. Five years ago, there was a Japanese pirate incident in Dangtu, and my family happened to be visiting relatives in the county town. As a result, my parents and brothers were all killed by the pirates, and I was also captured by them."

"The pirates took the women they had robbed and headed east. When they were about to sail out to sea, they were ambushed by Qi's army." Si Ya was eloquent, unlike any other rural woman. "When I fell into the water, my husband saved me. At that time... he was still a monk."

Wu Yu's face turned even redder, but he held his wife's hand tightly and took over her conversation:

"The army was on the move, so it was impossible to send the rescued women back to their hometowns. The commander ordered them to follow the army and help take care of the wounded and wash the clothes. Later, the women returned home one after another, but Si Ya stayed behind..."

"I just fell in love with him." Tang Si Ya looked at Wu Yu with burning eyes and said, "You keep pestering him all day, saying that he killed so many people and drank alcohol and ate meat. He has violated all the precepts, so what else is missing?"

"Soldier monks can drink alcohol and eat meat..." Wu Yu argued in a low voice.

"Anyway, I just relied on him. I followed him from south to north for five years. Even the Marshal and his senior brothers advised him to return to secular life." Tang Si Ya puffed out her chest proudly and said, "He listened to the Marshal the most, so he grew his hair obediently and came back home with me..."

At this point, the pride on Tang Si Ya's face disappeared, replaced by a chilling chill.

"Over the years, I don't know how many times I have told my husband about the good things about Tangjiaxu, saying that this is a land of fish and rice, and that everyone in the village is a family... But I didn't expect that we treated them as our family, but they treated us as enemies!"

"Don't talk nonsense. Who knows if you slept with the Japanese pirates outside? And you brought a wild monk back!" The second brother Tang finally couldn't help but interrupted, "You have ruined the reputation of our Tangjiaxu!"

"Bullshit! I only have one man, Wu Yu!" Tang Si Ya spat fiercely, "Besides, it's not about this at all! It's because you divided up our land and property, and I took it back forcefully. That's why you spread rumors everywhere and said bad things about my husband and I!"

Hearing this, Zhao Hao basically understood. He raised his hand, signaling Tang Si Ya to calm down.

Tang Si Ya had heard from her benefactor a long time ago that the young man riding the donkey was his master, so she naturally kept her mouth shut.

Zhao Hao turned his gaze to the head of the Tang Society and asked faintly, "You know all these things, right?"

"Well, I have heard something about it." Tang Sheshou hurriedly said with a smile: "But didn't Si Ya also say that? All the land was returned to her."

"You still have the nerve to bring up what you should have done?" Tang Youde sneered and said to Zhao Hao, "You have cultivated the land for five years for nothing, but have you paid the rent?!"

"This..." Tang Sheshou was speechless for a moment.

"Bullshit!" Tang Si Ya sneered, "They thought I didn't know that they had replaced my family's fertile land near the river with lean land near the mountain!"

"Fuck you, you're always doing useless things!" Tang Youde was filled with righteous indignation. Seeing Zhao Hao looking at him strangely, he patted his chest and said, "Sir, don't look at me like this. I have also donated thousands of taels to fight against the Japanese invaders! I can't bear to see the anti-Japanese heroes of the Qi family army being wronged..."

However, Zhao Hao gave him a meaningful look.

Tang Youde was so enlightened that he actually understood what Zhao Hao meant. He thought to himself that the young master was dissatisfied with me for stealing the limelight.

He quickly changed his role and said, "Sir, tell me, what should we do about this? Old Tang will listen to you!"

Zhao Hao nodded in satisfaction and said to Tang Youde, "Old Tang, this young master is very unhappy."

"I understand." Tang Youde responded, and then threatened the head of the Tang Society: "Did you hear that? The young master is very unhappy. If the young master is unhappy, I, Old Tang, will be unhappy too. How can I do business if I am unhappy?"

"Don't worry, don't worry, just come to our village and we will make you happy." The other village leaders were still there, hoping that the world would not be in chaos.

"Please say less, everyone." Leader Tang smiled bitterly and clasped his fists to his colleagues, begging for mercy.

There were only more than 50 households in his village, but they stockpiled nearly 2,000 kilograms of silk. Moreover, he was the clan leader, and he couldn't bear to see his people suffer from a shortage of silk. Chief Tang was so worried about the 2,000 kilograms of silk that half of his hair turned white. That was why he was the first to compromise with Tang Youde.

"Tang Erhu gathered a crowd to besiege his own people. He shall be beaten with a stick twenty times and imprisoned in a bamboo cage for a day!" After everyone quieted down, he gritted his teeth and said in hatred:

"Please use family rules!"

He pointed at Tang Lao Er and said, "Tie this guy up for me!"

Tang Lao Er panicked immediately and begged for mercy: "Brother, you can't turn your elbow outward!"

The tribesmen nearby also hurriedly interceded, "Yes, Chief, he is your brother after all."

"Do you guys want to take a dip together?"

The leader of the Tang clan laughed sinisterly, and all the clan members immediately fell silent and helped him pin Tang Lao Er to the ground.

Soon, several tribesmen came with two red-painted wooden sticks, put them in a bamboo cage and carried it over.

Then the two men pulled out wooden sticks, pulled down Tang Laoer's pants and started beating him!

"Oh, oh..." Tang Lao Er began to howl intermittently.

~~

In the era when imperial power did not extend to the countryside, clan lynching was actually a supplement to the court's punishment. In order to maintain local order, the court would even encourage gentry to discipline the villagers. Generally speaking, as long as no one was killed, the government would not pursue the matter.

Therefore, the head of a clan has extremely strong control over the entire clan. So if Zhao Hao kills the head of Tangshe, it is equivalent to killing the entire Tangjiawei.

"Hey, Old Tang, why doesn't this stick make any sound when it hits someone?" Zhao Hao was extremely mean. He knew that the Tang family would not be cruel to the clan leader's younger brother, but he deliberately asked Tang Youde, "Why not change to our iron stick?"

"I think it's okay. It's better to let Gao Zhuangshi demonstrate it to them." Tang Youde said with a wicked smile.

Upon hearing this, the leader of the Tang clan kicked the clan member who was carrying out the execution to the side, snatched his wooden stick, swung it around and hit Tang Laoer hard on the butt.

"I'll beat you to death, you damned bastard!"

"Ah..." With a cry, Tang Laoer began to struggle like crazy, and four or five people couldn't hold him down.

After being hit twice by his brother, he finally calmed down.

"Hit like this until you hit enough!"

The leader of the Tang clan threw the stick to a member of the clan beside him and said viciously: "If you kill me, it's my fault!"

ps. The second update is here, please vote for me and comment on it~~

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