Chapter 178 - Chapter 178: Not Allowed to Report (1/2)
Chapter 178: Not Allowed to Report
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“Oh my god, if we can get 100 taels of silver, we can live a good life every day!” “That’s right. Let me think. Have any strangers come to the village recently?”
“By the way, didn’t Tie Dan’s wife’s second cousin come once? But he doesn’t look like a fugitive!”
The leader asked, “What does that person do? How is he dressed? Is he a nearby villager?”
The villager said excitedly, “He’s just a ground digger. He’s wearing the same clothes as us. I don’t know how many patches there are on his clothes. He’s from our nearby village. His cousin married into our village. The last time she came, she was visiting her relatives!”
“Yes, yes. But he’s not from our village. Such a person would be considered a stranger, wouldn’t he?”
The leader’s face darkened. They were looking for a stranger. Why would they tell about a local villager?
If it wasn’t for the fact that the timing wasn’t right, he would have dug out their heads to see what was inside!
He took a deep breath and said, “Don’t tell us about the people who lived nearby. We want a living person, and an injured one at that. Did anyone in your village call a doctor?”
Without thinking, the villager said, “Sir, you don’t know, but we’re so poor that we can’t even eat. Who would go and get a doctor!”
“Isn’t that so? Usually, if you have a headache or fever, you can treat it yourself. There’s no need for a doctor.’
The leader did not give up and said, “Think about it carefully. This kind of thing doesn’t happen every day. It’s equivalent to a pie falling from the sky. You don’t have to do anything now and just take a hundred taels. You won’t be able to earn so much even if you dig for a lifetime!”
Although the villagers really wanted this hundred taels, there were indeed no strangers in the village. They shook their heads one after another. “There are really no strangers in the village recently.”
Fortunately, Cheng Yu came late last night and did not encounter anyone along the way. Otherwise, these people would have killed their way over.
Old Zhao happened to drive the ox cart to the entrance of the village. When he saw the soldiers, he was a little curious. He pulled the person beside him and started asking.
“What happened? Why are there so many soldiers?”
A kind-hearted person answered Old Zhao, “They said that there’s a fugitive? These soldiers are here to catch the fugitive…”
Before that person could finish speaking, someone not far away saw Old Zhao coming and shouted, “Why are you only here now? We’re in a hurry to go to town. Hurry up and drive the carriage.”
Old Zhao quickly said, “Coming, coming-”
What did catching a fugitive have to do with him? He was still busy earning money!
Old Zhao had no idea that he had brushed past a huge sum of money.
The group of people did not take Old Zhao seriously. After all, what could an old man know?
If he knew something incredible, wouldn’t he tell them?
When the group of people saw that these villagers did not know anything and were even surrounding them to watch the commotion, they did not want to continue wasting time with them. They directly grabbed someone and asked him to bring them to the village chief’s house.
After the group of people left, the villagers started whispering to each other. Most of the topics were about “100 taels of silver”.
When Chen Xiang came out of the field, the villagers were still discussing. She originally thought that it was just a joke and did not take it to heart.
When she passed by Su Li’s house on her way home, she even looked in and found it strange that there was no sound inside. She walked in again and saw He Yufeng, He Qingyao, and He Qingmu sitting in the courtyard. She thought that perhaps it was because Su Li was not up yet, so the three of them did not dare to make a sound.