At night, a group of people hurried on their way under the bright moon. A cart of gold and silver treasures reflected the misty moonlight, making the surrounding villagers' breathing quicken.
Chen Ren and Betty walked at the front. He comforted the crew in a low voice, and occasionally looked up at the night sky, looking forward to the return of the briquettes.
But until the group returned to the village, there was no trace of Bao Ya. Instead, a black shadow hung on the wall of the village chief's house, which stopped the group in their tracks.
On the wall where the moonlight cannot shine, a long pole was hung through the dead Fugui, hanging on the wall, swinging from side to side with the night wind.
Seeing the person who was still alive when we parted today, his body was already cold at this moment. Anger surged in his heart. He picked up Nuoqiu behind him, who was breathless, and kicked him into the shadow of the wall. He raised his scabbard and hit him hard.
Hit him in the stomach.
"You really deserve to die." Chen Ren was furious at this moment and wanted to kill this beast that was causing harm to the village immediately.
"Why can't I kill him after he killed my son? What's the point?" Nuoqiu's tone was filled with contempt as he realized that his life was temporarily safe.
"Do you dare to kill me?"
Anger made Chen Ren's cheeks twitch slightly, and the mention of Nuo Youwei made him grit his teeth. It is true that the village chief cannot be harmed before he is found. As for the confession of the thug, it can only be used as a reference and cannot be fully trusted.
"Come and kill me." The shouting words kept ringing.
Chen Ren breathed out a heavy breath, suppressed his anger, and did not vent his dissatisfaction on Nuoqiu. There was no need to be like a dying person.
He turned around and grabbed the thug who was still conscious and took him to a place some distance away from the team.
"How did Fugui die?"
"Village chief, no, Nuoqiu beat him to death. The grain collector notified Nuo Youwei to collect the grain, but he didn't see Nuo Youwei. Later, he extorted a sum of money from Nuoqiu. We were all supervising the grain collection that day, and we didn't have time until the next day.
Several people came to Xiaonuo Village to look for Nuo Youwei, but they never came back."
"Nuo Youwei is suspicious, but there can be no conflicts during the food collection, otherwise no one will be able to bear the blame of the tribe. We can only wait until the food collection is completed."
"When we came, there was only one rich man left in the village. We learned from him that Nuo Youwei was dead. He lied to us and said that he had found a poison that could kill the entire tribe, so you went to execute it."
"Then we fell into your hands." The thug said with a sad face as he stammered what happened in Changnuo Village in the past few days.
Chen Ren frowned in thought and did not judge what the thug said.
Seeing him sinking, the thug remained silent and tremblingly revealed his final trump card.
"I know where Nuoqiu's money is hidden. Don't kill me. I'll take you there." The thug hugged Chen Ren's calf with both hands and burst into tears: "I will just follow Nuoqiu and beat the thug. I have never killed him."
Man, I don’t want to die.”
Glancing at the thug who was crying and crying, Chen Ren just threw him back into the pile of villagers.
"quack"
Looking up, the briquettes flew toward the team in the moonlight.
"How did you find it?" Betty rushed over anxiously, her eyes nervously staring at the briquettes.
"Gah" its eyes were stuck on the back of Betty's hand, and Betty was stunned on the spot.
"The wooden house, he is in the wooden house." Tears moistened her eyes, and an excited shout came from her mouth.
"Keep an eye on them, we'll come back as soon as we go." Chen Ren pulled Betty and ran towards the wooden house, not forgetting to tell the villagers present.
Running all the way through the forest, the wooden house soon appeared in front of us. The dim yellow lamp illuminated a small area, and only a vague figure could be seen.
The familiar shout of "Dad" made the figure in the room stop.
Betty rushed over and hugged each other tightly.
"Girl, what's wrong?" The village chief's voice was old, and he was still a little confused about the situation. He gently stroked the girl's head in his arms to soothe her sobs.
"Village Chief, why did you run into the wooden house?" Chen Ren followed and stepped into the house. He was very puzzled that the village chief ran into the wooden house. Is this because he was afraid that they would be implicated if they failed? It didn't make sense.
"Girl, don't I want to go to sea with you? Why haven't I done much work for many years? I came here today just to clean up the house for the girl. I told Fugui about my coming here, didn't he tell you?"
After Chen Ren listened carefully on the sidelines, he told the story about how the village was attacked and Fugui died tragically after he left. The village chief stiffened as if he had been struck by lightning. He said he was sorry for Fugui.
The three of them quickly returned to the village, where there were still things that needed to be handled by the village chief.
Neither Chen Ren nor Betty participated in the matter of dividing the gold and silver. Everything was decided by the village chief. With their relationship, the villagers would naturally not raise any objections.
The two of them walked on the alternate path under the moonlight. They were preparing to set sail tomorrow, and it was best to finish everything they had to do today.
Changnuo Village has arrived.
Looking up, there are many more houses than Xiaonuo Village. No wonder Xiaonuo Village is often bullied.
Nuoqiu's house is located in the middle of the village. The courtyard made of bluestone is much more upscale than the surrounding adobe houses.
Coal Ball's three eyes glanced back and forth, and his wings raised to point to the formal bluestone courtyard.
"Bang!" Chen Ren kicked open the wooden door and strode into the courtyard.
The loud noise in the middle of the night caused many houses to light up with candlelight and people to come out to check.
The lights in the Qingshi courtyard were also turned on immediately, and many servants came out with portable oil lamps to check.
"Tired of living? Come here to cause trouble." A man who looked like a butler, his tone became unkind when he saw that there were only two of them and they were thin.
"Nuoqiu has been captured by us. He came here today to get back the money he stole from my crew. It has nothing to do with you. Get out of the way." Chen Ren spoke calmly and glanced at the servants around him. They were all ordinary people. He was nothing.
Desire to fight.
When they heard that their village chief had been arrested, there was a commotion among the crowd, and the noise suddenly filled the yard, and several people even got out of the way.
"Stop making noise," the steward shouted to stop the crowd from continuing to make noise.
"You said that I was caught by you, do you have any evidence?" He turned to Chen Ren and yelled. Then he shouted to a few people who were already thinking of retreating, "If you run away, what will I do to you when I come back?"
After three sentences in a row, the situation calmed down. This butler has something.
"Hey, what kind of evidence do you need?" After saying this, Chen Ren unsheathed the black sword at his waist and struck at the bluestone wall beside him.
A knife mark ran through it, and through the gap, more and more villagers could be seen gathering outside.
Ah, I don't know who screamed first, and the crowd in the courtyard instantly broke up and ran away. The housekeeper was also frightened by this scene and fell to the ground, unable to stop the servant from escaping.
Without any obstruction, he followed the coal ball's guidance to an inconspicuous stone house in the corner.
The shadow of the knife flashed, and the stone house opened in response. The stone house was not large, but there were three boxes neatly placed inside. Betty's treasure box was among them.
Betty quickly rushed into the stone house, opened the boxes, and carefully counted them.
Chen Ren opened the other two treasure chests to check. One contained some gold and silver, and the other contained a delicate shell with ten holes densely covered in it.