A servant rushed from outside the mansion gate and reported to Chaoji Road inside. He passed through the front yard of the mansion, bypassed several verandas and rushed to the main hall of Chaoji Road. At this time, a strong man was standing there. He leaned out from the room and saw the running servant rushing towards him without thinking. He stared at the servant with a pair of tiger eyes and said, "Why are you panicking? What happened?"
The servant was sweating profusely and wiped the patches of sweat on his forehead. He was panting and out of breath, and said: "Uncle, it's not good, it's not good. Zang Hanzhong from the east of the village has brought a large number of people to our house. Went to the orchard,"
"What are they doing in our orchard?" Chao Jidao asked the servant.
The servant didn't have time to lick his chapped lips and hurriedly replied: "I don't know, I guess I don't have any good intentions. They drove a large number of cattle into our fields a few days ago. Today I saw them from a distance. The ax and machete look like they are meant to chop down our fruit trees..."
"What, this dirty bastard, after I gave him three points, he became more and more arrogant. He really thought that I, Chao Jidao, was easy to bully." Chao Jidao felt angry, rolled up his sleeves, waved his hand and said: "Gather brothers ,copy guy, come and fuck with me,"
"Yes," the servant received the order and immediately ran out quickly. He struck the gong, and within a short time, men numbering fifty or sixty gathered in the front hall.
Chao Jidao walked around from behind the screen in the front hall, holding a simple knife in one hand, and wanted to call the brothers to follow him. At this time, a man came up quickly from the stage in the front hall. This man had a Chinese character, a face, big eyes and thick eyebrows. He has a short, lean beard and looks like a general from a distance. He is dressed in a soap-colored cloth. The muscles all over his body are clearly outlined. Just by looking at the few steps he takes up the steps, he looks like a general. I know that this person's skills are definitely not ordinary.
"Brother, what happened," the man asked Chao Jidao.
Chao Jidao looked up at the sound and saw that this person was his younger brother Chao Gai, and said: "You are just in time to come back. That old bastard at the east end of the village has led his people to cut down our fruit trees." Chao Jidao said Call the brothers to go.
Chao Gai knew now that Zang Hanzhong must have come to stir up trouble again. There were only two big families in Shijie Village, one was the Chao family and the other was the Zang family. Although one of the two families lived at the east end of the village, and the other At the west end of the village, and in Yuncheng County, each has its own shop and business. Originally, there was no conflict between the two families, but there was a quarrel between the two families because of "a wall".
It’s a long story. This wall was originally the outer wall of the side yard of Chao’s family. Because the rats made a lot of noise, they dug out the bottom of the wall. After being exposed to wind, rain and sun all year round, it became even more unstable. Who would have thought? It was the early morning after a rainy night. Zang Hanzhong, who had not been to the west of the village for ten years, happened to pass by this dangerous wall early in the morning. In Chao Jidao's later words, "This wall just fell down like this." "Although he didn't kill Zang Hanzhong, he still broke his dog's head. Then Zang Hanzhong took his son Zang Ao and all the servants to find him.
Zang Hanzhong pointed to his bandaged head and asked the Chao family to explain, not to mention an apology, but also to compensate him three hundred taels of snowflake silver. At this moment, the Chao family still fully understood what was going on, and the servants couldn't see it. The overbearing energy of the Zang family not only did not welcome them in, but the disciples gathered together and lined up a courtyard with guns, guns and sticks, which stunned the Zang family members who came to the door and made a lot of noise. Chao Jidao After finding out what happened, they realized that it was really the outer wall of their house that collapsed and hit someone. They hurriedly shouted back and welcomed the Zang family and his son in. They apologized to Chao Gai repeatedly and entertained them warmly. But after all, this was the outer wall that collapsed on its own. It was not man-made. Even if it was brought to the attention of the government, it would still be classified as a natural disaster or a man-made disaster. If you had to pay compensation, you would definitely not be able to pay the price of 300 taels.
The Chao family could see that this was clearly blackmail for demanding a high price and paying it back on the spot. Not to mention that they didn’t have so much cash on hand. Even if they did, with Chao Jidao’s violent temper, under such circumstances, a person Even if they don't give me any money, the matter goes to the government. In the court, the father-in-law is right and the mother-in-law is right. Each family has its own side and no one gives in. Moreover, both families are large households in the county. The county magistrate couldn't afford to offend anyone, so the magistrate surnamed Wu came up with a clever way to broker a deal between the two families. As a result, the matter went on for a long time and was shelved.
Originally, this matter was not complicated, but in the end, the two families formed a feud and fought openly and secretly. The matter became more and more troubled. When the county magistrate saw that the two families had no intention of restraining, he changed his mind and simply turned a blind eye. He turned a blind eye and allowed the two families to fight fiercely, reaping the benefits for himself, and the retainers of the two families often clashed with each other over this matter. They were beaten when the county town met with the county town, and the village was beaten by the village. In short, it was They seek bad luck for each other and cause trouble for each other.
Later, Chao Gai couldn't stand it any longer and even came to his house to make peace. However, the Zang family insisted on paying three hundred taels of silver and refused to let go. Chao Gai repeatedly refused to negotiate. Chao Gai's request for peace failed. The Zang family's arrogance became even more arrogant. Not only did they secretly set fire to the Chao family's fodder, but they also dug deep pits around the Chao family. Taking recent events as an example, Zang Ao, the only son of Zang Hanzhong, even The herds of cattle were driven away and trampled the fertile fields of the Chao family. Seeing that the rice harvest season was about to come, he did not expect that all the blessings of this season would be wasted by this group of beasts. Chao Jidao was so angry that he immediately sent out several skilled disciples. , when the Zang family was caught off guard at night, they secretly opened the fence of the cattle pen, threw a few firecrackers, and frightened the buffaloes inside. Repeatedly, the Zang family's courtyard was made a mess. The Zang family's chickens and dogs chased it restlessly all night. In the end, at one o'clock in the morning, most of the items were still missing.
The Zang family father and son, who had suffered such a dumb loss, were not willing to give up. Instead of restraining themselves at all, they even intensified their plots for revenge. Seeing the ruins of the first hospital, the Zang family father and son closed the door and thought of countermeasures. Although Zang Hanzhong's methods were ruthless, he didn't have any brains. He was just single-minded in doing things and just did whatever came to his mind. However, his precious son was different. He had a pair of evil eyes and turned around, and he was full of bad ideas.
Zang Ao was no exception this time. He came up with a countermeasure in a blink of an eye. If they cut our cattle, let's cut their trees. Anyway, they have already lost their rice. If they don't even have the fruit, they will not be able to protect themselves this year. , how can they open a porridge shop to give out porridge and rice as usual? The rules handed down from their ancestors cannot be broken, but since they are doing good deeds, they cannot use old rice to make porridge. When the time comes, they will have to take out the old rice and old grain. Where to put their face and how to survive in the coming year, they themselves should suffer the loss of being dumb.
The idea was finalized. Zang Hanzhong originally wanted to wait until night to go, but his precious son refused. He patted his chest and pointed at the village man in the first courtyard and said, we are not afraid of him, so why go secretly? On Nanshan Mountain, we can't speak. If we move faster, they will all be chopped off by him before they can react. But then again, it doesn't matter even if they see it. Look at Chao Gai's bearish appearance, he can kill us. How about it.
So Zang Ao picked up a simple knife, took Zhuang Ding, carried a machete, and carried an ax, and the group quietly went to Nanshan. However, on the way, a servant of the Chao family who had returned from the county town happened to take a look. Then, in a hurry, the previous scene happened.
When Chao Gai saw that his brother was going, he rushed forward and said: "Brother, they are bullying people too much. I will go."
Chao Jidao thought that his younger brother not only had great prestige in the world, but also had good martial arts, so he handed the plain knife to Chao Gai and said, "Be careful."
Chao Gai nodded, took the Pu Dao and held it in his hand. He waved his hand and led all the disciples to rush straight to Nanshan Mountain. Chao Gai did not dare to neglect and ran all the way. However, it was still possible to wait until they reached Nanshan Mountain. It was a little late. The fence on Nanshan Mountain was not only demolished by the Zang family, leaving a big gap, but those Zang family members were already crowded around the fruit trees, wielding knives and axes vigorously.
"Stop," Chao Gai's thundering roar startled all the Zang family members, and they couldn't help but look at each other and stop.
When Zang Ao saw his enemy coming, he stepped on the trunk of a fallen fruit tree and said in a provocative tone: "What are you waiting for? Brothers, chop it down for me."
"Wantless," Chao Gai rushed up in three steps and two steps at a time. The people from the Cao family followed closely behind, rushing over like a tide. Chao Gai shouted: "Who dares to do something to me?"
"Why, are you looking for trouble?" Zang Ao saw that Chao Gai's attitude was indeed a bad one, so he slashed the fruit tree with his machete, and with a roar, he gathered the Zang family's men and moved towards Chao Gai. Wait for everyone to come down.
Two groups of men and horses took a position in front of the orchard, with a half-foot-wide gap between them. Both sides were filled with strong men with swords drawn out of their sheaths. The enemies were extremely jealous when they saw each other. Not only were their teeth clenching, but Both pairs of eyes were staring with hatred, as if they were about to bleed.
Chao Gai took a step forward and shouted to Zang Ao in front of him: "Zang Ao, I'll give you every opportunity, but you don't know how to praise me."
"The person named Chao, let me tell you, from now on, this orchard will be named Zang." Zang Ao tilted his chin a little, raised a proud posture, waved his hand and said: "Someone is here to carry the Chao family's pile boundary." come over,"
As he spoke, several muscular men came up with a long, square wooden stake in their arms. With a loud shout, they raised it up and placed it in front of Zang Ao.
Zang Ao patted the wooden stake and said, "Move this guy back. It will be an advantage for you, kid. This orchard will be worth the three hundred taels of silver."
Chao Gai sneered, his bright eyes fixed on Zang Ao's face without saying a word.
When Zang Ao looked at Chao Gai, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble. He said, "What are you going to do?"