Chapter 76: Everyone is gathering firewood and the flames are high
Xie Yuan stood up from the kang, thought for a moment, walked to Zhang Yufeng’s body, rummaged through his chest for a while, and sure enough, he pulled it out from the inner lining. A thin booklet.
He nodded slightly. This boxing technique is so powerful and has a long history, and Zhang Yufeng seems to have been hiding it and practicing secretly, as if to give Yu Chunsheng a "surprise" one day, which will probably happen Carry it close to your body.
Xie Yuan flipped through it a little and found that Zhang Yufeng had sewn the exercises into the inner layer of his personal clothes and kept them very tightly. This part was not directly damaged during the battle. The booklet was generally in good condition, with only a few blood stains on the cover. The paper is of good quality and has not soaked into it.
He didn't have time to take a closer look, so he stored the skills first, and then searched a little, but found no precious objects except for the broken silver field deed.
Xie Yuan turned around, picked up all the remaining wine bottles, sprinkled them around the house, and was about to light a fire. Suddenly his ears twitched, and he ducked out of the gate and walked into the courtyard.
The east is only slightly white, the sky is still dim, and a figure stands squarely in the courtyard.
Xie Yuan recognized the person and raised his eyebrows:
"Brother Zhu?"
Zhu Dongming held a big pot in his hand and nodded:
"You're making a lot of noise. I heard it over there. I didn't even shout out to Chen Yun or Wu Laosi. I just asked Zhou Feng to walk around and don't let anyone join in the fun."
Xie Yuan listened carefully. Upon hearing this, I could vaguely hear Zhou Feng's voice floating in the night wind. Come over:
"It's nothing, nothing... I fell while walking the dog... Go back to the house and sleep again, Uncle San... Happy New Year..."
Xie Yuan paused, he Having saved Zhou Feng's life, he is relatively reliable in the village.
"Brother Zhu, you are interested."
Zhu Dongming shook his head and grinned:
"You do good things for the village. I can't help you, so I have to help you."
He moved his nose slightly, and then held a big pot in his hand He handed it to Xie Yuan and said:
"This kind of rice wine won't burn well, it needs animal oil."
Xie Yuan subconsciously took the pot and looked Zhu Dongming up and down, a little confused. Thought:
"Brother Zhu, have you even prepared this?"
"You and Zhang Da are going back to the village during the Chinese New Year, and I was wondering if there would be any problems. But in the middle of the night, I was in a daze, and I actually heard someone coming over here. Movement. Who else in the village dares to trouble someone named Zhang on Thirty Nights?"
Orion showed keen insight and smiled:
“And if you do it, I know you are sure, so I will finish it for you.
” I didn't go in, I didn't look at anything. You sprinkle the oil on the object to be burned, and then pour it on the four corners of the wall to ensure that the fire is strong and it will burn to nothing. Well, you sell me iron poplar firewood at a low price. This winter, my house has a strong fire and my son has not been cold. I will also give you a pot of strong fire. ”
Seeing Zhu Dongming waving his hands, he turned around and went out to look around.
Xie Yuan carefully raised his hand behind his back and carried the pot of animal oil into the house.
This trace cannot be covered up. Zhang Yufeng has an official status at least, so it is best to burn it clean.
Xie Yuan poured the oil according to Zhu Dongming's instructions, picked up the lamp, stood at the door, glanced at the two corpses lying in the middle, and tossed it lightly with his hand.
The candle fell on the corpse, causing a ball of fire to spread in all directions, and climbed up the wall in a few breaths.
Zhu Dongming didn't lie, the fire was really strong.
Xie Yuan turned around and left with dancing flames in his eyes.
After walking a few steps, Xie Yuan met Zhou Feng holding a hunting dog at a corner of the dirt road.
Zhou Feng's dog was originally very energetic and ran forward with the rope stretched straight. When he came out and saw Xie Yuan, he suddenly retracted his fangs and went behind his master's legs, whimpering continuously.
When Zhou Feng saw Xie Yuan, he seemed to be just here to walk his dog in the morning. He turned a blind eye to the blood stains on his body and greeted him with a smile:
"Brother Yuan, happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year, Brother Zhou, thank you for taking the trouble."
"If so, you should. Go back and rest quickly. I'll leave it to you later. Us."
Xie Yuan waved to him and walked towards his home on the hillside.
After reaching a higher place, Xie Yuan looked back and found that the house in the center of the village, which was about the same size as the village chief's home, had turned into a huge fire. There was a commotion in the village. Many people came out of their homes and fetched water from water tanks, wells and rivers near the village to put out the fire.
Zhou Feng ran the fastest with a bucket, rushing to people and occupying the most convenient position to fetch water;
Others saw that he was so active, even if he blocked the way, it would be hard to say anything. .
In the best position, pumping the slowest water, after a group of people had rushed back, Zhou Feng rushed back in a hurry, but he made an ouch and "accidentally" tripped on a rock. , water poured all over the ground, the road became slippery, and Zhou Feng was still lying in the middle, unable to get up for a long time.
The other side.
Zhu Dongming carried a bucket from home. A large bucket of water seemed to be able to withstand the problem, but there seemed to be oily flowers floating on the bucket.
He went to where the person was carrying him and poured the water down. The fire did not weaken and even started to leap up.
Zhu Dongming sneered:
"It's Chinese New Year, please eat oil."
He carried the empty bucket and Shi Shiran went home.
It's not that I don't want another bucket, it's just that I've run out of oil.
There are no people like Zhu Dongming in the village who are obviously mixed with oil, but there are many foreign workers.
No matter how much the village chief yells, there are always some people who take a leisurely walk, and when the water comes near, it does not go into the house, but pours down to their feet.
Many people even ignored the greetings and gathered around the house to watch the fun, unable to hide the joy on their faces.
“I heard that those two are inside?”
Someone winked.
“Really?”
“Really!”
“Both Zhang brothers are inside!”
“They said they drank in the middle of the night Drunk and quarreling, I accidentally spilled the lamp oil and couldn’t get out.”
"That's right, I heard their movements nearby!"
"Really burned to death?!"
After confirming that both Zhang family members were inside, the onlookers gradually overwhelmed He couldn't help but smile and even clapped his hands.
"A good death, a good death! Hahaha...wu...my field deed..."
Some villagers who had their fields occupied cried and laughed.
The land deeds were burned, the land was completely confiscated, and there was no possibility of them getting it back.
Someone with sharp eyes found a box beside the fence at the entrance of the courtyard. They pulled it out out of curiosity, opened it and took a look, and were suddenly shocked:
"Field deeds! There are so many land deeds! There are all the land deeds. Here!”
The onlookers were surprised and immediately rushed forward, and sure enough, they each found their own land deeds.
At this time, the villagers were ecstatic, and many people only thought that God had opened their eyes, and did not think of anything else;
But a few thoughtful people were wondering:
"Why is this box outside?"
The old village chief heard a few people muttering, smoking dry cigarettes, and said slowly :
"If you are fighting, it is not unusual to throw the box outside."
A few people looked at each other and nodded silently:
"That's what the village chief said."
A few hundred people in most of the village could not put out the fire. They surrounded the ancestral house that the Zhang family had built bigger and bigger over the years, and watched helplessly as it exploded. With a sound, it collapsed completely.
(End of this chapter)