Settlement of Accounts (fourth update)

Author: Egret Ye Qilin

Settlement of Accounts (fourth update)

The villagers looked at each other in shock. Those who came back to their senses looked for Lao Yang’s family in the crowd, but found that none of Lao Yang’s family were in the square!

Yang Mu said loudly: "Old Yang's family wants my life, but they don't care about everyone else's life and death! If the fire spreads, it won't burn down the entire village!"

Aunt Wang also came back to her senses, remembering that when she just woke up, she saw the fire all over the sky, and her legs became weak from fear.

She said angrily: "Old Yang's family is trying to kill us!"

Immediately, some villagers came to their senses and shouted loudly, asking for trouble with Lao Yang's family.

But when everyone kicked open the door of Lao Yang's courtyard, they found that no one in Lao Yang's family was there, and there were many water tanks placed under the courtyard wall near the ancestral home. Is this to prevent the fire from spreading?

No one can see that the old Yang family has been prepared for a long time to burn Yang Mu to death, and the whole family has escaped to prevent harm to Chi Yu!

The villagers became even more angry. Even the patriarch and Li Zheng had dark faces, and secretly decided to clean up the old Yang family!

So, the men continued to put out the fire, and the women began to search the village for Lao Yang's family.

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At the same time, the county seat, Yixiangfang.

Shopkeeper Lu stayed up late at night and walked back and forth in the room from time to time, looking upset.

In the afternoon, when Diao Youde was extorting money, he met Hang Qiurong and was scared away.

After returning to Sifang Gambling House, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became. Today he had completely offended Yang Mu. If Yang Mu said anything in front of the Hang County magistrate, it would probably be bad.

Besides, that girl might be an eighth-level master, and it would be really bad if she comes back to trouble her.

Diao Youde immediately went to Yixiangfang and found Shopkeeper Lu.

After the two discussed it, they felt that instead of being humble and settling their differences with Yang Mu, it would be better to keep doing nothing.

If Yang Mu and his family were burned to death, the Hang County magistrate would not be able to do anything to them without evidence, but he could avoid future trouble forever.

Immediately, the two of them decided on a plan for the day. They would first send someone to pour sweat medicine into the well at Yang Mu's house, and then set it on fire in the dead of night.

Diao Youde did this smoothly and went without any hesitation.

But this was the first time Shopkeeper Lu planned to kill someone, and he was feeling uneasy and uneasy.

He had been waiting for news in the shop since nightfall, and it was almost past the ugly time. He had not received any news about Diao Youde, and he gradually became restless.

Suddenly, there were three long and two short knocks on the door.

Shopkeeper Lu opened the door in three steps followed by two steps.

A man in black flashed into the room and said to Shopkeeper Lu: "Our Master Diao asked me to tell you that the matter has been settled. Shopkeeper Lu can sit back and relax from now on."

Shopkeeper Lu took a step forward and asked, "Have you confirmed that the person is dead?"

The man in black said firmly: "First I poured the sweat medicine, and then I poured the fire oil. I set the fire with my own hands and watched the fire burn. There was originally a brother watching from the back mountain, but we evacuated first and he had to wait.

At least half an hour. Master Diao was afraid that Shopkeeper Lu would be impatient, so he asked me to report the news first."

Shopkeeper Lu asked again: "Will there be any evidence left?"

The man in black said confidently: "The torch fell on the firewood pile in the yard, and the person was burned alive. No one can detect anything, so don't worry!"

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Lu's heart dropped and he said excitedly: "That's great! Please tell Master Diao that I'll treat him to a drink someday!"

As he spoke, he put a banknote into the pocket of the man in black.

Since Diao Youde conspired with Shopkeeper Lu, it was natural that Diao Youde contributed and Shopkeeper Lu provided the money.

The man in black collected the money and walked out into the night.

Shopkeeper Lu was so excited that he walked back and forth for a few steps, then picked up the tea bowl, drank all the tea in one gulp, and sneered: "Little village girl, if you don't die, the Hang County Magistrate will cause trouble for me. You forced me to do this."

!You can’t blame me for being a ghost!”

…

Zhupo Village.

In the early morning, the countryside fell into silence.

Because there was kerosene, a lot of water was used to put out the fire, and the entire yard was completely burned.

Yang Mu stood in the courtyard, feeling extremely distressed. This courtyard had cost nearly a hundred taels of silver to build, and it was also her first warm little home in this world.

Mu Dalang was injured. He walked to her limpingly with the crutch he borrowed from Blind Man Zhou, and said softly: "Now that we know the mastermind behind the scenes, there is naturally a way to restore everything."

Yang Mu turned to look at him. The two of them looked at each other, blackened by the fire, and couldn't help but smile, and the depressing atmosphere was slightly relieved.

Now that the fire has been put out, it's time to settle the score.

Yang Shitou, Qiuqiu and Hei Daya were handed over to the care of Aunt Wang's family. A quarter of an hour later, Yang Mu and Mu Dalang entered the county town in an old man's donkey cart. There was also a person tied to the cart - "Black Shadow"

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Sifang Gambling House is one of the best gambling houses in the county. It opens at night and closes at dawn.

At this time, it was dawn, there were no customers in the casino, and all the thugs had gone to sleep. There was only one waiter who was going to the door, preparing to close the business.

The donkey cart stopped directly near the Sifang Gambling House. Yang Mu dragged "Black Shadow", pushed the guy who was holding the door open, kicked the door away, and entered the Sifang Gambling House arrogantly.

Mu Dalang followed closely behind, leaning on a cane.

The clerk was pushed and staggered. He chased after Yang Mu and asked, "Hey, who are you? Do you know that this is Master Diao's plan?"

Mu Dalang turned to look at the clerk and said in a deep voice: "What I'm looking for is Diao Youde, call him out!"

The guys were all amused: "Sifang Casino has been open for so long, and I have never seen such an arrogant person."

Yang Mu turned to look at him with an unkind expression, "You'll see me today!"

She raised her head to look at the private rooms on the second and third floors, and said loudly: "Diao Youde! I'll count to three, and if you don't show up, I'll go to the county government hall to find Magistrate Hang now!"

"One, two..."

Diao Youde was woken up in his sleep, heard the words "Hang County Magistrate", and ran out in a hurry.

When he saw Yang Mu running around and standing downstairs, he thought he saw a ghost.

"It's you?!"

Last night, after he waited for the man in black who set the fire to come back and explain the situation, he slept peacefully without waiting for the "black shadow" at all.

In his opinion, if Yang Mu's family drank the Mongolian sweat medicine, they would definitely die in the sea of ​​fire, with no chance of survival.

Leaving a "black shadow" to identify the body was just his calm way of doing things, just in case.

But he didn't think there would be an accident, and the lookout was even less likely to be caught.

Yang Mu looked up at Diao Youde, threw the "black shadow" on the ground, and said loudly: "Get off here!"

Diao Youde felt his scalp numb, this girl was holding a witness in her hand!

He was speechless!

He rolled his blind eyes and confirmed that Yang Mu and Mu Dalang were the only two people coming to the gambling house, and he couldn't help but feel evil and fearful.

Now on his chassis, if he kills people and silences them, destroys the corpses and eliminates all traces, who knows?

He made up his mind, raised one hand, smiled sinisterly, and uttered two words: "Close the door!"

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