frightfiction Chapter 273 The Village's Traitor
Chapter 273 The Village's Traitor
She is just a little peasant girl now. If she can find a prince to support her, and this prince can ascend to the throne in the future, then she can at least have a stable life for a few years.
So maybe this Fourth Prince could actually trade something...
What to take?
Gunpowder was for self-preservation and was her last trump card. Of course, she couldn't just give it away.
Moreover, things like weapons will arouse fear. When someone becomes dissatisfied with something one day, the first person to be eliminated will be you.
So I can only send him some insignificant things, but things that will help him...
what?
She hasn't made up her mind yet, but the better to do it sooner rather than later.
Seeing her stunned, the two people beside her knew that this person was brainstorming again...
"Huanhuan, what are you thinking about?"
Huanxi spoke frankly. After hearing this, Xu Qingzhao's expression changed, and even Yu Yan's expression changed a bit...
"What's wrong with you? Is there any problem?" Huanxi asked.
"Cooperating with the imperial power...is really not the best strategy..."
Both of them have been hurt by the imperial power, and now they want to cooperate with the imperial power...
"Forget it, let's not talk about this for now. At least we can have peace for a while. We've been busy lately. Let's go back to the village in the afternoon." Huanxi changed the subject.
"it is good."
Afternoon Dashi Village
As soon as the carriage arrived at the entrance of the village, the villagers on the wall shouted.
"They're back! They're back!"
Huanxi was puzzled. What was going on? Why did it look so much like a leader going to the countryside?
She jumped off the carriage, and the small door under the wall opened from the inside. The village chief ran over quickly.
"Girl...are you okay?" His tone was full of worry.
"What's wrong, uncle? Nothing happened in the village, right?"
"Let's go inside and talk." The village chief frowned, his expression somewhat serious.
Seeing the village chief like this... something big must have happened in the village. He winked at the people behind him and followed the village chief's steps towards the ancestral hall.
Everything is fine, so you want to open an ancestral hall?
Huanxi was a little nervous along the way, and Xu Qingzhao and Yu Yan behind her were also confused.
When the door of the ancestral hall was opened, the clan leader and several elders were sitting on chairs inside. In the middle was a young man tied up like a dumpling. If you look closely, you can see that there is a rag stuffed in his mouth.
"Chunsheng? Why is he tied up?"
The young man was looking around with horror on his face, and when he saw Huanxi, guilt filled his eyes.
"Girl...it's our Lu family...I'm sorry, that bastard actually betrayed Dashi Village!"
"what?"
"Here's what happened. When I came back from town that day, I called the patrol team from the village to start patrolling the village as planned. As you guessed right, a peddler wanted to come into the village to sell goods. I saw that he was not normal, so I didn't let him in..."
As a result, it was not known whether Chunsheng was sincere or fake, but he secretly let the person in when no one was paying attention.
"Where is the peddler? Has he been caught?" Huanxi asked worriedly.
There were no peddlers earlier or later, but now a peddler came to the village. It was obvious who he was targeting.
"He was tied up, and we did find some dirty things on him..." said the village chief.
"Dirty stuff? Could it be poison?" Huanxi asked casually.
As a result, the village chief and the clan leader just stiffened their necks and said nothing, which was considered as their agreement with her words.
Xu Qingzhao's face was so dark that ink could drip out of it. She stared at the tied Chunsheng viciously.
Chunsheng was a little scared by her stare and rubbed into the corner.
"Uncle, where is the peddler?" Xu Qingzhao asked.
The village chief pointed in a direction, and Xu Qingzhao and Huanxi went in and carried the person out like a chicken.
The peddler was in his twenties, so he should have felt guilty about what he had done. But the man before him was righteous and didn't think that what he had done was wrong.
Huanxi pulled the cloth out of his mouth, and the peddler immediately started yelling.
"You damn woman, you'd better let me go. Do you know who's behind me? If you don't let me go, you won't be able to bear the consequences!"
Even at this time, he is still talking harshly...
Huanxi said with a playful expression, sneering, "Isn't the owner behind you... the owner of Xiang Man Lou? What's there to guess?"
"Then why don't you let me go? There will be no good consequences if you offend Xiang Man Lou!"
"Hahahahahahahahaha, don't you know that the owner of Xiangmanlou was bitten to death by a snake? I'm afraid that what I promised you will be in vain~"
Huanxi's words excited everyone around who didn't know what was going on.
Xiangmanlou is the most luxurious restaurant in town. Common people like them are too embarrassed to look inside even when they walk up to the door. How could the owner be bitten to death by a snake?
wrong
Why did Dashi Village incur the hatred of Xiangmanlou?
A few smart people figured out the key to this in an instant, but they lamented that the retribution came too quickly.
"Impossible! You lied to me! How could there be a snake in Xiangmanlou? It must have been you! You killed it secretly! And then you lied about being bitten to death by a snake!"
Looking at the peddler's impotent rage, Huanxi curled her lips and shook her head.
Interrogating them in front of these elders wouldn't work, so he turned around and gave Xu Qingzhao a look...
"What did Chunsheng do in the middle?" Xu Qingzhao asked.
The village chief sighed deeply, stepped forward and took the cloth out of Chunsheng's mouth, frowned and said seriously:
"Speak for yourself! Think it over carefully before you speak! Do you still want to stay in this village in the future? And your parents, you better speak clearly!"
Chunsheng had regret written all over his face at this time. Facing the village chief's coercion, he trembled and told the conspiracy between him and the peddler.
It turned out that he had known the peddler for a long time, so he looked familiar when the peddler came to Dashi Village.
After careful identification, the craftsman secretly took it home, and then the peddler told him his purpose.
He wanted to poison Shuxiangju and let all the guests who came to Shuxiangju be poisoned.
Chunsheng certainly didn't dare to agree to such a big thing, but the peddler promised that no clues would be found after the matter was done, and the peddler also took him directly to the town to make a fortune, and he could earn at least ten taels of silver a day.
In order to prevent Chunsheng from not believing him, the peddler took out twenty taels of silver and gave it to him.
Twenty taels of silver!
Each household in this demolition project must pay at least 20 taels. His house is right next to the road, so why can't his house be demolished?
For this matter, Chunsheng asked his father to ask the village chief.
But Chunsheng's father was a man of poor temper. He went out and walked back and forth with his hands behind his back for a long time, but he didn't ask.
Later, he went to ask himself and was told that the road in front of his house was uneven and guests had to take a detour, so he took another road. He was also told not to be discouraged, and that the twenty taels of silver would be worth it once the village developed.
But in Chunsheng's opinion, this was intentional to make things difficult for his family.
Huanxi couldn't help but burst out laughing when she heard this.
Yes, she did it on purpose.