Chapter 161 The Wolf Comes Down the Mountain Again
"That man said that if we pulled out all the seedlings in his ten mu of land, he would give us five taels."
They are good at growing crops.
This is the first time they have destroyed crops.
More than twenty people squatted down and pulled up the sweet potato seedlings one after another.
Because there were so many people, they finished weeding an acre of weeds in a short time.
The leader said, "These five taels of silver are really worth it."
This kind of work is nothing to these farmers."
The rest of them should be too.
It would be even better if such good things happened every day.
A few people were working hard and pulling out the seedlings quickly when they suddenly heard a few wolf howls.
"Oh no, the wolf has come down the mountain."
"Run! Damn Xishui Village! It's so unlucky! How could there be wolves coming down the mountain?"
They ran and cursed.
Although they ran fast, the wolves ran faster than them, and in a blink of an eye, they caught up with them.
The few people at the back of the crowd were so scared that they wet their pants, their legs were shaking, and they suddenly felt that they could not run anymore.
They knew that today was the end for them.
Since they were pulling up seedlings, they didn't bring any farm tools and couldn't resist even if they wanted to.
If you have a hoe or a shovel, you can fight the wolves.
In a blink of an eye, the wolves surrounded these people and started biting them without mercy.
The next morning.
It was not until Ma Village sent people to look for the Lin family and asked them to go there that Lin Zhiyi learned that the wolves had come down the mountain and more than 20 villagers had been bitten in their fields.
Lin Xiuran: "Dad, this is strange. Why would the wolves bite them for no reason? What are they doing in our fields in the middle of the night?"
Lin Zhiyi suddenly thought of something and said, "Is it possible that they wanted to destroy our sweet potato seedlings? That's why the wolves bit them?"
Lin Xiuyan frowned: "So..."
"I guess they are the parents who bring wealth and fortune."
Lin Zhiyi suspected that this was done by Mu Yunzhao again.
Lin Zhiyi ordered Lin Luchen and Chai Ya to go to the fields to see how many crops had been destroyed.
She also came to Ma Muramasa's home with her father and two brothers.
Before I even entered the yard, I heard a quarrel inside.
As soon as I stepped into the yard, I was surprised by the number of injured people in the yard.
I originally thought there would be only a few people, but I didn't expect there to be twenty or thirty.
The injuries on these people varied in severity, with the most serious one having his arm bitten off by a beast.
It is even more certain that they are the parents who bring wealth and treasure.
That day, Zhaocai and Jinbao came back, and their parents also gave them a lot of prey.
From that day on, she could occasionally hear noises in the yard at night, and there were one or two prey in the yard.
Once she took a few secret peeks and found that it was indeed the parents who brought wealth and treasure to see them at night.
In order to thank them, Lin Zhiyi placed two large wooden basins of spiritual spring water in the yard every night.
When she woke up the next day, the water in the wooden basin was gone. She guessed that her parents, who brought her wealth and fortune, must have drunk it all.
These people must have done something in their fields, which is why they were bitten.
"Muramasa, are you looking for us?"
Before Ma Cunzheng could say anything, the families of the injured all looked over and said, "Our family members were bitten in your fields. You have to pay us compensation."
Lin Fu frowned, "What are you all doing in my Lin family's fields?"
"Lin family? Isn't that Mr. Li's land?" The man realized that he was wrong and quickly covered his mouth.
Lin Zhiyi heard it.
It turns out that these people wanted to destroy Li Wenjing's fields and they had identified the wrong piece of land.
Rather than destroying Li Wenjing's fields, he would rather the person behind the scenes was Mu Yunzhao and it was their Lin family that was destroyed.
If it was directed at Li Wenjing, it would be serious.
"What do you care where we go? Even if it's your field, can't we just pass by? If you don't want others to pass by, you better fence off the Lin family's land to prevent anyone from stepping on it."
Lin Xiuyan frowned, "You can pass by freely. We can't stop wild animals from passing by. You deserve to be bitten. It's not our pets that bit you."
"We were bitten by wolves last night. We've been asking around for a long time. People in your village said you had a wolf at home. Who else could it be if not you?"
Lin Xiuyan frowned, "We do have two wolf cubs at home, they were born not long ago. No matter how powerful they are, they can't bite so many of you."
"We don't care, maybe it's the wolf cub's parents?"
Those who were bitten knew that their medical expenses would be huge.
If they didn't rely on them, they would have no money to treat their injuries and would have to wait to die.
"What evidence do you have that they were bitten by their parents? Even if they were, their parents are not under the care of our Lin family. If you hadn't provoked the wolves, why would they bite you?
At this time, Chai Ya hurried over, breathless, "Master, Miss, our crops in the fields have been destroyed."
After Chai Ya finished speaking, she took a deep breath, and after a pause, she continued, "I don't know which ungrateful person, this beast who gave birth to a son without an anus, pulled out all the crops growing well in our fields, destroying more than an acre of land."
When the Lin family heard this, their expressions instantly turned ugly.
It’s just as Zhizhi said!
Especially Lin Fu, this was the first batch of sweet potato seedlings he planted. He plowed the fields himself, planted, watered and fertilized them himself, and he would go around the fields every morning to see if the seedlings had grown taller.
He has a special affection for these sweet potato seedlings. He didn't even care about them this much when his three children were young.
When he heard that these people had destroyed the sweet potato seedlings, his face became terribly gloomy.
Lin Xiuyan said, "You guys are so shameless. You destroyed our crops, and now you're trying to blame us?"
Ma Muramasa was also furious. "You guys are really lacking in virtue. I'll send someone to inform Muramasa later and force him to give an explanation!"
"We didn't pull it out. What evidence do you have?" As long as they deny it, these people can't do anything to them.
"It's not you? Don't tell me that you came to our fields in the middle of the night to see the scenery? You are not from Xishui Village. Don't you know what your purpose is in coming to our Xishui Village?" Lin Xiuyan said angrily.
"Dad, big brother and second brother, stop talking nonsense with them and report to the police." Lin Zhiyi said.
"That's good. Disasters often hit various places, and the annual grain production is not enough for the people. The imperial court attaches great importance to grain. Those who damage other people's crops in large quantities will be severely punished, and may even be beheaded."
Lin Xiuran threatened deliberately.
The injured people turned pale with fear after hearing this and couldn't help but touch their necks.
Still, still.
The person who hired them really ruined them. Why didn't he tell them that they might be beheaded?
Although the five taels of silver were a lot of money, after dividing it among more than twenty people, there was not much left for them. In the end, they were beheaded and died unjustly.
Lin Xiuran ordered Chai Ya, "Go and call Dalin and Lu Chen to go to the county government office to report to the authorities."
Chai Ya should be.
Those people panicked when they heard this, "No, don't."
Seeing Chai Ya walking out, someone simply stopped her.
Chai Ya glared at the man angrily, "It's not you who pulled out the seedlings in our fields, what are you afraid of? If we have to kill anyone, we'll kill those who destroyed our crops."
They were all farmers and didn't know anything about the law. They were scared to death just by hearing the word "beheading" said by Lin Xiuran.
"We say, we all say..."
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