On a snowy night, the boiling meat and strong wine are on hand. Sun Tuzi sat cross-legged at the small table, and the two subordinates beside him were eager to drink. The three of them were full of oil and their mouths were clattering.

"If you want to say, we are really wronged. What does this matter have to do with us? It is completely unreasonable for the Great Village Master to scold the Four Village Masters. The Fourth Village Master had long advised them to bring more people, but they just refused. The death of the Six Village Masters and Seven Village Masters has nothing to do with our Four Village Masters." A man with a vulgar appearance sitting in the lower head said while gnawing on the meat.

"Isn't it? We have caused us to run around in search of news these days. We told me that the Great Village Master and the others stayed in the Water Village honestly, and they had to wait for the weather to warm up if they wanted to do things. This cold day in the twelfth month of the lunar month is not a safe life." Another thin man said.

Sun Tuzi, who was drinking, slap in the wine cup and cursed: "Can't your mouth be burned? If you chatter, you'll get out of here. I'll ask you to drink with me to relieve my boredom, but you're not going to make things difficult for me."

The thin man hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, we shouldn't talk too much. The four village masters calm down. The three bald men, give the four village masters a full cup, and we will give him a cup."

The vulgar man hurriedly grabbed the wine jar and filled the wine for Sun Tuzi. The three of them drank a glass of wine. The three bald men wiped the wine stains and said, "Zeng Xiaoyi, let's get the widow Wang later. In such a cold day, let her warm the bed for our four village leaders."

The thin man nodded and said, "It's great, it's not too late. Let's go now. Let's ask the Widow Wang to eat a few bites of meat and serve it more attentively."

The two of them laughed in a daze.

Sun Tuzi waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I have no appetite for her, I'm so old that I'm wrinkled. Besides, I have to calm down these days. Today is the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, and the New Year will be coming in a few days. I guess Master Feng will take action before the New Year. Let's find out the news and report the situation. This time, you can't miss it. You have to take those guys from the north and the few people in the county government all in one fell swoop, so that we can have a happy life."

After hearing this, Santuzi and Zeng Xiaoyi bowed and said, "It's still the four camp leaders who said it right."

The three of them continued to eat and drink. Suddenly, Sun Tuzi stopped the wine glass and frowned. Santuzi and Zeng Xiaoyi hurriedly said, "What's wrong with the Four Village Masters?"

"Don't talk, it seems like there is movement. Listen. It seems to be the sound of fighting." Sun Tuzi whispered.

Santuzi and Zeng Xiaoyi listened carefully. At this moment, everything was silent. After the snow stopped, the wind stopped at night, and the night was very quiet. Sure enough, in the silence, they heard some movement. It was the sound of swords and the noise, and it seemed that someone had started fighting.

"Blow out the lights and go out and have a look." Sun Tuzi shouted in a low voice.

The three bald men blew out the candlelight in one breath, and the three of them got up and came to the window. Sun Tuzi lifted up the curtains that covered the curtains and pushed the window open a gap. Suddenly, the shouts and fights outside became louder, as if they were on the streets of Beicheng.

Sun Tuzi closed the window and took the three bald men Zeng Xiaoyi and the others to the door and secretly opened the door and went outside. Sun Tuzi whispered: "Get the ladder and go to the room."

Zeng Xiaoyi brought the wooden ladder and the three of them quickly climbed up the roof. The roof was covered with thick snow, but the front edge of the roof was flat and would not slide down. The three of them hugged to the west side near the North Street, and lay on the snow and looked up on the North Street street.

The figures swayed on the streets of North Street. Although it was night, you could still see some situations under the reflection of the snow. But more than a dozen black shadows were chasing and fighting on the streets. From time to time, some people screamed and fell to the ground, and some people shouted loudly.

The dozen people chased and fought, from North Street to the city gate, and then entered the alley and disappeared.

Sun Tuzi and the other three were stunned and turned to the east city to look. There was also a fire on the east street. The sound of shouting and fighting came from afar, as if a fierce battle was being fought.

The three of them looked at me, I looked at you, I didn’t know what happened.

"Could it be... the leader of the village brought his men in?" asked the three bald guy in a low voice.

"Impossible. When the leader of the Dazhai attacked, why didn't he tell us? At least we had to open the city gate for them. It was absolutely impossible." Sun Tuzi said in a deep voice.

"Is it because the imperial army attacked? Or was the county government fighting with the beggars from the north?" said Santu.

"These possibilities are not ruled out." Sun Tuzi frowned.

"Do we want to go and have a look?" Zeng Xiaoyi whispered.

Sun Tuzi raised his hand and gave him a chestnut and whispered: "When you go out and see, aren't you looking for death? We'll find out after dawn tomorrow. Get off the room, go into the house, and sleep. Don't drink wine, put away all the wine and meat, and maybe someone will break in in the middle of the night."

Santuzi and Zeng Xiaoyi felt a stern heart. The three of them came down from the roof and returned to the house. After removing the wine and meat, they did not dare to make any noise.

The fighting outside continued to stop until midnight, and the three of them confirmed that something had happened in the city. Except for the arrival of the water camp, the rest were only the imperial soldiers and horses who attacked the city and the fires in the city.

The next morning, Sun Tuzi and Santuzi Zeng Xiaoyi and the other two put on tattered clothes and dressed as beggars to find out the news separately.

Sun Tuzi went out to walk west and went to the street where he fought last night. He saw a large piece of blood scattered on the snow on the street. The body disappeared and seemed to be gathered away. Then Sun Tuzi went to Xicheng to find two of his subordinates and knew some specific information from them.

As a result, the two guys slept so hard last night that they didn't hear anything. Sun Tuzi was so angry that they cursed the two of them and ordered them to go out to inquire, while he walked along the long street towards the east street. When he passed by the intersection of the county government, Sun Tuzi was shocked to see a large group of people standing at the county government gate, with long corpses wrapped in reed mats on the snow. Some people were cursing loudly and crying.

Sun Tuzi quickly flashed into the alley and secretly watched. The group of people carried the bodies swept by the reeds into the big cart one by one and headed towards the West Street, as if they were going to bury them.

Sun Tuzi didn't dare to show up, let alone follow him. He walked around the crossroads from the alley and came not far from Dongmen Square.

There were also many piles of corpses in the East Gate Square. A group of refugee soldiers were carrying these corpses out of the city to bury them.

Sun Tuzi was thinking about it and couldn't figure it out. He retreated to East Street and saw Old Man Zheng, who had originally run a small restaurant on East Street, standing at the door of his house, leaning his head and looking around. So he hurriedly approached and secretly asked him.

"What's going on? Why did so many people die? What happened last night's noisy?"

Mr. Zheng looked at the beggar and muttered, "Why are there so many beggars today? Three people passed by in a while and they all came to ask what happened last night, so they didn't want to eat it. It's really strange."

When Sun Tuzi heard this, he knew that the three bald men and the others had come. So he said, "I'm just curious. You old man, if you know, you say, if you don't know, you don't know. We beggars provoke you?"

Mr. Zheng said, "I have never seen such a fierce beggar. Forget it, let me tell you. Two gangs of people in the city started fighting last night."

Sun Tuzi hurriedly said, "Where are two groups of people? Are there people from the county government office and people from the north?"

Zheng said, "I don't know much. I just heard that it was Mr. Wang who came from the north and had a quarrel with his deputy. The deputy colluded with the people sent by the court before and wanted to destroy Mr. Wang. The two sides fought each other and fought for a night. The fight was so fierce that many people died. Alas, this world really doesn't make people live. Forty or fifty people died in one night. They were all wrapped in reed mats and dragged them out to bury them."

Sun Tuzi was shocked and then happy. He sighed, "Oh, that's really a sin. It's strange that they actually started fighting on their own."

Zheng said, "What's so strange about it? Everyone wants to be the boss. If you don't have to fight, don't you have to fight? Alas, this day is the end. Life is like this, and you're still fighting and killing. Forget it, I won't tell you anymore, you won't cause trouble."

Boss Zheng sighed and turned into the room, closing the door with a clang.

Sun Tuzi was in a state of excitement and did not dare to stay for a long time. He went to the alley and left quickly.

Not long after, Sun Tuzi received a summary of the news from his subordinates at his residence in Beicheng and learned the whole story of what happened last night.

What Mr. Zheng told him was right, but not completely right.

Last night's battle was indeed a battle between the refugee armed forces, and it was indeed Wang Guangzu and his deputy Zhou Che who fought with their subordinates, killing and injured fifty or sixty people. Zhou Che was originally short of staff and was no match for his opponent, but a new county magistrate Li, who came to the county government, led his subordinates to help Zhou Che, and fought with Wang Guangzu's subordinates.

But the cause of the incident was not that one mountain could not accommodate two tigers, but because of uneven distribution of spoils. To be precise, it was for women.

Santuzi said that the news he found out from Dongcheng was: the night before yesterday, a group of refugees escaped from the north overnight. It is said that the family members of a large clan in the north escaped. Among them, there were more than 20 beautiful young women, the wives, daughters, concubines and maids of the large clan.

Wang Guangzu and Zhou Che actually had a frustration because of these women. The wife and daughter of this clan were all beautiful. They made a fuss in order to steal them into their hands. Zhou Che suffered a loss and took people to ask County Chief Li for help, which eventually led to this battle.

Santuzi said that he took a special risk to confirm that he did see many women in the big house of Wang Zuguang, a refugee in Zhangjia Garden in the east of the city. The women were locked in the house, dressed in colorful clothes, and looked very different from ordinary women. Because of fear, he did not dare to look at them up close, but it could be seen that they were all young and beautiful women.

The news was confirmed by two other subordinates. The news they received from others was that Wang Guangzu and Zhou Che had a frustration over robbing women.
Chapter completed!