The night was a little dreary, the stars and the moon were gone, and the whole land was shrouded in darkness.

Half a mile away from the village, hundreds of people with torches walked through the darkness like a fire dragon in the fields, and the quiet night instantly became noisy.

"Hurry up and someone will bandage Ah Jing's wounds, and twenty more brothers with weapons will follow me to arrest the thief."

Everyone heard Chen Xu's shout from afar, and when they heard that Chen Jing was injured, Chen Jing's parents were all shocked and hurried forward, only to see Chen Jing's face pale, an arrow stuck in his shoulder, and blood stained his sleeves red.

The teenagers who had participated in the training camp in the village showed extremely high quality at this time, and more than 100 people immediately gathered around Chen Xu.

"Da Lang, who is setting the fire?"

Lao Likui also came to Chen Xu about this, although he was a little out of breath, he couldn't hide the vigorous anger on his face.

Seeing that the autumn harvest is approaching, the grain that the people in the village are looking forward to is about to be put into storage, but they didn't expect the fields to be burned one after another.

"Don't ask about this matter, let's put out the fire first. Fortunately, Ah Jing and I found it early, and many thieves who ignited the fire had not yet had time to ignite it, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

Li Kui is the same generation as Chen Xu's grandfather, and he is also a kind person, and he has a lot of prestige in the village, and the teenagers of Chen Xu's generation in the clan respect him as Boweng.

When the old man heard this, he hurriedly asked everyone to extinguish the fire.

"Just leave twenty people behind, and the others will be led by Ah Qing to help put out the fire, and then patrol separately, don't let the thieves take advantage of it again."

After speaking, Chen Xu led twenty young people in the clan to arrest the thief with weapons in hand.

With the concerted efforts of Chenjia Village, the fire in Tanaka was quickly extinguished, and when everyone saw the unlit things scattered between the fields, they were all afraid.

After checking that the wound on Chen Jing's shoulder was fine, everyone learned what happened from Chen Jing's mouth.

Because of Chen Xu's bad relationship with Zhang Qi during the day, Chen Jing felt very uneasy in her heart, afraid that someone would come to set fire to the field, so she found Chen Xu to discuss.

Although Chen Xu didn't believe that Zhang Qi's family dared to retaliate so blatantly, the two decided to take precautions just in case.

After all, the autumn harvest is approaching, and Chenjia Village can no longer afford the loss of farmland destruction.

As they were not sure if anyone would come to set the fire, the two did not alarm the others, and after everyone had rested, they began to patrol the fields.

Two hours later, just as they were both tired and ready to go home to rest, they saw a fire blaze in this direction.

It was too dark to see the arsonist's face, but five figures could be faintly seen.

At that moment, the two of them were shocked and angry, and while shouting loudly, they rushed to this place. The arsonist was frightened, dropped the thing that started the fire, and turned and fled.

Before escaping, one person shot an arrow indiscriminately in this direction, but he didn't expect it to hit Chen Jing's shoulder, Chen Xu was afraid that Chen Jing would lose, so he didn't dare to pursue the thief, so he let them escape.

When Li Kui heard this, he was furious, chopped his feet a few times, and said in a hateful voice: "It's too much to deceive people! It's just too deceitful! ”

"The Zhang family bullied me, and there was no one in Chenjia Village?"

Chen Qing was also furious, and immediately pulled out his sharp blade to beckon the children of the clan to kill the Zhang family.

The other teenagers were also filled with righteous indignation, and they responded to Chen Qing's proposal one after another.

"Ah Qing is not anxious, although we suspect the Zhang family, there is no evidence, if we gather a crowd to kill people, wouldn't it be tantamount to rebellion?"

Afraid that everyone would be impulsive and ruin their plans, Chen Jing hurriedly persuaded him, "Besides, now that the city gate is closed, how can you seek revenge?" ”

Hearing the word 'rebellion', everyone was shocked and didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore.

Although the Han Dynasty is terminally ill, the hundreds of years of prestige of the Han Kingdom are still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and are feared.

A young man in the clan shouted: "In this way, let Zhang Qi's dog thief get away with it? ”

Chen Jing looked up and saw that the person who spoke was a young man from the family whose fields were destroyed today.

"Exactly, such a big revenge, how can you not take revenge?"

A few more teenagers said hatefully, and their fields were more or less burned.

"The children of my Chen family, all bloody men, in order to avenge the great revenge, what is the pity of dying?"

There is no shortage of righteous people in the village, and when they saw that several fields in the village were burned, they also spoke out at the moment.

Chen Jing set fire, firstly, to provoke the anger of the people in the clan, and secondly, to find a sufficient excuse for Chen Xu to kill people.

So this time, although several fields were on fire, not many crops were actually burned.

Seeing that everyone's hatred was successfully provoked, Chen Jing was overjoyed, but she pretended to hold her injured shoulder and moan.

When the people in the village heard Chen Jing's groaning, they were all shocked.

The people of the village are simple, and they regard the young children of each family as their own relatives, and everyone asks out loud at the moment, revealing a strong sense of concern.

"Ah Jing, what's wrong with you?" Chen Jing's parents asked anxiously.

Chen Jing saw that everyone's attention was diverted by him, although he felt guilty for deceiving everyone, he said quietly outside: "It's not a big deal, only the shoulder hurts." ”

"A manly man, I can't stand the pain, how can I achieve great things in the future."

The veteran soldier who had retired from the clan had already checked Chen Jing's wound and knew that it was just a flesh wound and that it was not a big deal.

Chen Jing just nodded yes, but she didn't dare to contradict it.

After the veteran reprimanded Chen Jing, he said to the patriarch Li Kui: "Brother, the Zhang family is too deceitful, and my Chenjia Village must not give up, otherwise wouldn't it make people look down on me?" Although I am old, I can still use a knife and a gun, if I can kill a few more people before I die, what is the regret of dying? ”

This veteran, during the training of the middle school children of the Chen Xu clan, taught everyone a lot of battlefield fighting skills, and also told Chen Xu how to configure herbs to invigorate blood and remove stasis.

The old man was the cousin of the patriarch, who had killed the invading Xianbei people in the north when he was young, and was once a brave soldier.

Although he is old now, his blood is still there, and he has to shout for revenge now.

The patriarch reprimanded the old man a few words, looked at the excited clansmen under the light of the fire, and said: "My Chenjia Village has been burned down twice, this matter is simply unique, the matter has come to this, my Chenjia Village will not give up." ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the patriarch continued: "Everyone calm down, wait for Da Lang to come back, see if they have caught the arsonist thief, if they do, we will definitely ask the Zhang family for an explanation." ”

Yanzhou is close to the north, bordering Qingdao and Hebei prefectures, and its people are fierce. In particular, in order to protect the face of the clan, it is also very common for two villages to fight collectively for water.

Over the years, Chenjia Village has relied on the courage of Chen Xu and Chen Hu, coupled with the unity of the clan, so that people in other villages dare not compete with it.

If you don't ask for an explanation this time, it will inevitably make them underestimate, and then I am afraid that they will have to fight for water every year as usual.

Therefore, although the patriarch knew that Zhang Qi's family was extremely powerful, he still said such a thing.

Other clansmen have no objection when they hear this, as the so-called 'skin does not exist, Mao will be attached', and everyone still knows the truth of sharing weal and woe.

Li Kui asked people to count the losses, and then, according to Chen Xu's words before leaving, asked Chen Qing to divide the teenagers into several shifts, carrying weapons to patrol the fields in turn, in case anyone came to set fire again.

After working for most of the hour, except for the teenagers patrolling the fields, everyone returned to the village, and at this time, Chen Xu also returned with twenty teenagers.

Seeing that Chen Xu and the others were returning empty-handed, Lao Likui hurriedly asked, "Da Lang didn't catch the arsonist?" ”

If the arsonist can be caught and sent to the government, even if Zhang Qi cannot be brought to justice, according to the importance of agriculture in various states and counties, and the hostility of the Taishou of Dongjun to the Zhang family, the Zhang family will be disgraced.

If the arson is not caught, even if everyone knows that it was the Zhang family's arson, but because there is no evidence, coupled with the huge power of the Zhang family, unless Chen Jiacun dares to ignore the law to retaliate, there is really no way to take the Zhang family.

"The sky is dark, and we have been chasing for more than five miles, but there is no trace of the thieves, but I don't know where this group of thieves is hiding."

Chen Xu smiled bitterly in his heart, thinking: The only people who set the fire were me and Ah Jing, how could I catch other thieves?

Seeing that everyone was full of resentment, Chen Xu was very guilty.

"Da Lang offended the Zhang family and caused trouble in the village first; caught the thief but let the arsonist escape, and asked the village elders to punish him. ”

Chen Xu knelt on the ground, his face full of shame.

"What's wrong with the eldest brother? If I hadn't carelessly let the thief shoot an arrow, distracting my eldest brother, how would the five thieves escape? If you want to punish me, please punish me first. ”

Chen Jing ignored the wound on her shoulder and knelt on the ground.

The twenty teenagers who followed Chen Xu to arrest the thief chased for a long time and didn't even see a thief, and they were also full of guilt, all kneeling on the ground and saying in unison: "I am incompetent, let that thief escape, I have the trust of the father and elder in the clan, please punish me." ”

Chenjia Village's fields were destroyed twice but the arsonists could not be caught, and they did not dare to retaliate against their enemies, which would inevitably attract ridicule from people in other villages. It is because although there is no great mistake in everyone, they are also ashamed.

In the night, the light of the torches illuminated the land, and looking at the twenty-two clan children kneeling on the ground with guilt on their faces, everyone felt a bitterness in their hearts.

Although the veteran was short-tempered, he was unwilling to criticize these teenagers: "The thief is cunning, how can I blame you for this, don't you hurry up?"

Li Kui's face was ugly, but he also comforted everyone: "Aren't we unreasonable people? Hurry up. ”

The fathers and elders of the clan all moved forward, and while helping the young people kneeling on the ground to stand up, they scolded the Zhang family for being vicious.

Chen Jing's parents also pulled Chen Jing up and looked at their injured son with heartache.

After drinking the Taoist talisman water, Chen Hu's mother's face was much better.

Seeing that many teenagers were pulled up by their families, they also went to pull Chen Xu with Chen's father, but Chen Xu just knelt on the ground, no matter how the two of them pulled him, he didn't move at all.

"I once had a grudge with Zhang Qi at the gate of Puyang City, which caused the destruction of the fields in my uncle and aunt's house; Yesterday, he was in the city for a battle of will, offending the Zhang family, but he didn't want to harm the clan. If Xu can't give the villagers an explanation, he is willing to apologize for his sins with death. ”

Chen Xu knocked on the ground with his forehead, knelt on the ground, and couldn't stand for a long time.

When the crowd heard this, they were all shocked.

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