Chapter 189 Twelve Chain Villages (1)
"Which girl is she from?" Chi's mother asked him curiously.
Chi Jiangdong turned around and said angrily: "Isn't there only one girl from that family who has been engaged to me from the beginning to the end?"
Chi's mother was shocked when she heard this: "You, the one you are talking about...can't be that liar girl named Xu...No, didn't you go to break off the engagement? Why do you still like her?"
Chi Jiangdong said with a dark face: "I don't like her. It doesn't count if I quit. She has to break off the engagement to terminate the contract. Now I have nothing to do with her."
Chi Mu was about to continue questioning when a noise came from the lively place of the campfire. Her attention was drawn there, and she saw a team of people evacuating the crowd.
One of the middle-aged men wearing a horn hat was surprised for a moment when he saw Chi Mu, and then strode over.
"Alu, and Jiangdong, what are you doing... That's all, hurry back to Jinlu Village, something big has happened."
Chi Jiangdong turned around and saw that it was Uncle Biao, the helmsman of the village. He was holding a torch and had a scar across his dark face. Ordinary people would be frightened when they saw it, but Chi Jiangdong had been with him since he was a child. Already used to it.
"Uncle Biao, what happened?"
Chi Mu also stopped playing around and asked in a deep voice: "What's the big deal?"
"People from the government are here... Oh, you go back first. When your father comes back, he will tell you mother and son that today's bonfire party will not be held."
There were people all around, and it was difficult for Lu Biao to talk to them in detail. He waved his hand and took his people to disperse the crowd.
Chi Mu couldn't wait any longer. She thought for a moment and chased after him.
"Lu Biao, what happened?"
Uncle Biao glanced left and right, and asked the others to go over first, and then talked to her briefly: "There have been a lot of changes in the imperial court in recent days, and these lords who occupy the land are beginning to feel restless. I guess they have all got their ideas from us." The village is here, and the government has sent officers and soldiers over. Anyway, there is quite a commotion..."
Chi Mu exchanged glances with him: "Is it King Ke?"
He nodded.
Chi's mother did not continue to ask any more, but with a cold face, she turned around and took Chi Jiangdong to take a boat back to the top of Jinlu Village.
The two of them waited in the hall all night. At dawn, the leader of the village came back exhausted.
"Dad."
Chi Jiangdong hurriedly greeted him.
Chi Mu also stepped forward: "Husband, how are you?"
When Master Chi saw them, his frown relaxed a little. He patted Chi Jiangdong on the shoulder: "Have you been up all night?"
Chi Mu slapped him angrily: "How can you possibly sleep? Tell me quickly, how is the situation now?"
The leader of the Chi Village found a chair and sat down, sighing: "This matter is difficult to handle. As you all know, our Twelve Chain Village has had a lot of lawsuits in recent years due to the merger. These cases have been backlogged with the government. , now they have turned their backs and want to settle things together..."
It is normal for people in the world to fight and kill, but once someone reports these things to the government, or the government intervenes, the nature of these things changes. As the saying goes, the whole world is not the land of the king. Since they are stepping on this land, Naturally, it is also under the jurisdiction of the local government.
But on weekdays, both parties maintain a subtle tacit understanding. People in the Jianghu do not touch the affairs of the government, and people from the government do not interfere in the affairs of the Jianghu.
Chi's mother was so angry that she slapped the case: "Haven't those things been explained to them? Furthermore, what does it mean to put it down lightly at the beginning and now bring it up again and retry the old case? Is it possible that the purpose is to force us to submit?" Chi Jiang Dong didn't understand what was going on. He said in confusion: "Father, mother, what is going on?"
The leader of the Chi Village said: "Since our alliance with the Twelve Chain Village became a city, we have become the largest political power in Wei Ran. During this period, you should know that it is impossible to just rely on words... In the past, Wei Ran's official family We are afraid of our Twelve Chain Village, but we have always been in harmony with each other..."
"But the wind direction has changed recently. If Emperor Yue makes a move, all the forces will change accordingly. King Ke knows that he is not as powerful as King Shou and others. He must be worried about being liquidated by Emperor Yue, so he has no time to figure it out slowly. Instead, he jumps over the wall in a hurry. He plans to use the government to force the Twelve Chain Village to be used by him."
"They are just local government offices, why should we be afraid of them?" Chi Jiangdong didn't understand.
But the leader of Chi Village had some thoughts: "Of course we are not afraid of the officers and soldiers they sent, but once we fight with them, there will be no way back. When all the people in the Twelve Chain Village are labeled as gangsters, it means We will completely break with the imperial court, which is not what the people in the village want.”
They just want to live in peace and freedom, not the opposite, so it is not a good idea to be openly hostile to people in the government.
"Then what should we do? Let their government officials come in and out of the Twelve Chain Village and arrest our people at will, behead them and imprison them?" Chi's mother asked angrily.
The leader of the pool village did not return all night, so he discussed it with the other eleven village owners overnight, and finally came up with a solution that was not a solution.
"The only solution now is to use dangerous tactics. If they use power to pressure us, we will use our spears to attack their shields. As long as our Twelve Chain Village can establish a relationship with the royal family, these officials' Xiaoxiao will be able to It’s time to throw yourself into the trap.”
The corner of Chi's mother's mouth twitched: "How can ordinary people like us get involved with the royal family?"
She just didn't say, are you crazy for wanting to be like a dragon and a phoenix?
Having said this, the leader of the village immediately stopped feeling sleepy. He sat up straight and said sternly: "Of course we wouldn't be able to climb up in normal times, but we happened to meet Emperor Yue who planned to choose a concubine from among the best men in the country. As long as we are in the village, A good man has been chosen, and he said that being a queen of a country and a noble concubine can help us speak.”
Chi's mother was so shocked by his "wishful thinking" that she was stunned for a while, then hesitantly said: "Then... which good man are you going to call?"
She admitted that there were indeed many good men in their Twelve Chain Village, but Emperor Yue was used to eating "fine chaff", so how could they eat these "coarse grains"?
Ever since Chi's father said that Emperor Yue wanted to choose a concubine, Chi Jiangdong was stunned.
The leader of Chi Village did not notice the strangeness of Chi Jiangdong. He continued to talk to Chi's mother: "I heard that Emperor Yue likes good-looking people."
So superficial?
That would be easier to handle.
Chi's mother thought about it and recalled: "In terms of good looks in our village... there are only a few, but most of them are married, and the only ones who are not married are..."
Chi Jiangdong suddenly shouted: "Father, mother!"
Chi's mother and Chi village leader were startled.
"What did you shout suddenly?"
"Do you know who Emperor Yue is?" Chi Jiangdong looked complicated.
"What?"
"Huh?"
They looked at Chi Jiangdong incomprehensively, wondering what he was talking about at this time.
I saw Chi Jiangdong wiping his face, looking up to heaven in despair: "She is Xu Shanshan."