When Xu Yuehuai learned about this, she also felt it was very strange. Who did such a thing? Was it to try to shift the suspicion onto them?
Then why do it?
This method is rather naive.
Even if the villagers come looking for them, they can't do anything to them; at most, they can just drive them out of the village.
Why would the other party expend so much effort just for this?
While Qi Guze and the others were talking in the courtyard, the village chief had already led a group of villagers to the courtyard where they lived.
"People inside, come out. We have some things we want to investigate."
"Last night, all the poultry in our village were killed, and we don't know where they went."
“Now we’re going to investigate each household one by one, and it’s not just targeting you. I hope you’ll cooperate with our investigation; it’s better for everyone this way.”
The village chief spoke to them, and Qi Guze and the others came out after hearing this.
They all came outside the house and saw the village chief leading a large group of villagers, who were packed together and all carrying farming tools, looking like they were about to start a brawl.
They all looked rather thin now, and the weapons in their hands had lost some of their luster.
Surrounded by so many villagers, they asked, "Did you kill my dog, Dahuang?"
"And my dairy goats, did you kill them?"
"My old hen! Give me back my old hen!"
The villagers shouted, and chaos ensued.
They had no idea who had killed their poultry, but seeing Qi Guze and the other outsiders, they assumed it must have been them.
The place was in complete chaos, and even the village chief's attempts to calm them down were futile.
It's unclear who made the first move, but suddenly a villager picked up some crops and threw them at one of Qi Guze's men.
The subordinate stood still, neither dodging nor retaliating, and was directly hit on the forehead, which immediately started bleeding. It was quite serious, and a large bump swelled up on his head.
When Qi Guze saw those people make their move, some of his men around him tried to quickly protect them.
However, Qi Guze raised his hand, telling those people to stop immediately and not to change their current posture.
If these villagers think they're trying to rebel, it'll probably turn into a real brawl.
When the village chief saw that Qi Guze and his men were being beaten but did not retaliate, he quickly ordered his men to stop.
Actually, the villagers didn't intend to hurt anyone; it was just that someone acted impulsively, which led to the injury.
They stopped only after seeing each other bleeding.
Everyone quieted down and stopped hurting anyone else.
After they stopped, the village chief apologized to Qi Guze and the others.
"We're really sorry about earlier. We didn't mean to hurt you. We just wanted to ask if you knew any clues about this matter?"
“We will take full responsibility for this young man’s injuries. I will take him there for treatment now.”
As he spoke, the village chief sent someone over to help the man take his wounds away for treatment.
Qi Guze said to them, "So our people didn't go out at all, and we don't know what happened in your village. The situation in your village has nothing to do with us."
"Then how do you intend to prove it? How do we know that what you're saying is true? We've already gone to bed last night, and we have no idea what you've been doing."
The villagers said they didn't believe Qi Guze's words at all.
Xu Yuehuai said, "What are you doing? Are you trying to slander us?"
"How can you say such things about things we didn't do?"
Upon hearing this, the villagers immediately retorted.
"We are not slandering you; we are merely asking you questions."
"If you haven't done anything wrong, can't we even ask you a question?"
Xu Yuehuai couldn't stand their sophistry anymore and didn't know how to explain it to them.
Qi Guze said, "You just can't find the whereabouts of your own livestock. Now, as long as I lead you to find the livestock, we can solve this mystery."
"Okay, what you said is very good. Let's all go look for it together."
As the village chief said this, he did not lead the villagers away from there. Instead, he wanted Qi Guze and the others to make way so that everyone could go into their place to search.
Xu Yuehuai hadn't expected these people to be so unreasonable, but since they were on someone else's turf, it wasn't easy to stop them.
Qi Guze reached out and pulled Xu Yuehuai back with him.
After clearing the way, the village chief led the villagers to search the courtyards where they lived.
After searching for a long time, no clues were found at all.
However, some villagers did not believe it and continued to wander around the area for a long time, trying to find clues.
However, there was nothing unusual about this area. The main reason was that Qi Guze and his men had people on guard shifts at night, making it impossible for Keyi's people to get close.
Even if those people wanted to frame them, they simply wouldn't find an opportunity.
Now that this has happened, the villagers have no way to find any clues here, so they have no choice but to leave.
The village chief, along with the villagers, Qi Guze, Xu Yuehuai, and others, searched for the livestock throughout the village.
After searching for a long time, no trace was found.
"Have all those livestock disappeared? Were they disposed of?"
"Who the hell was it that killed so many of the village's livestock?!"
"If I find him, I'll definitely skin him alive and pull out his bones!"
The villagers hated that person intensely, but they couldn't find any clues, and it was already very late, so they had no choice but to go back.
But when they returned to the village, they suddenly discovered that all the remaining livestock had also been killed.
Everyone immediately panicked. Who did this?
"Was it really you? It was all because of you outsiders who came here that this happened. Before, our village never encountered anything like this!"
"It's all because of you! You've been keeping my dog, Da Huang, company!"
The villagers started making a fuss again, leaving Qi Guze and Xu Yuehuai completely bewildered.
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