NCCnovel Chapter 264 Something unexpected happened
Chapter 264 Something unexpected happened
Half an hour passed and Li Cunxi still hadn't caught any fish. He lost his patience, put down his fishing rod, and went to the barbecue grill.
Hu Jinghui flipped the grill and handed the two grilled fish to Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao who had just come out of the river.
Wu Yanhao, whose lower body was almost completely wet, sat down carelessly, took the grilled fish and started eating it.
"Brother Jinghui's skill in grilling fish is really good. This fish is grilled crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, which really pleases me."
"But I think this meal is probably not complete."
Wu Yanhao changed the subject, stood up and looked into the distance.
Li Cunxi had just put the grilled fish to his mouth and was about to take a bite when he saw Wu Yanhao doing this, so he followed the other's gaze and looked into the distance.
I saw a group of people chasing a man in the forest hundreds of meters away. They were wearing purple clothes and holding knives. They looked like bad guys. The man was not running very fast, probably because he was injured. Seeing there were people here, he gathered all his strength and ran towards this side.
"It's probably not a good thing."
Wu Yanhao commented succinctly.
"Indeed, if it was a good thing, it wouldn't have come towards us. There were so many people holding machetes and there were only four of us."
Li Cunxi returned to the carriage and took out the Youlan Sword. Wu Yanhao also took out the Autumn Wind and Fallen Leaf Sweeper that he took out from the Wu family treasury. Li Yuanfang picked up the chain knife, walked past the three people, and rushed straight towards the group of people in purple and the man who was coming towards them.
Hu Jinghui reached behind his waist, drew his sword, and then stood in front of Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao.
The three had no intention of stepping forward to help, they just watched Li Yuanfang charge alone.
After all, they were all people who had participated in the Battle of Enjizhuang. They were all very clear about Li Yuanfang's strength and were quite confident in him.
Li Yuanfang, holding a chain knife, walked past the wounded man who was coming towards them, and rushed into the group of people in purple behind him. He raised his knife and cut the tendons of the first man's hand, then the second, the third... and so on until the last one.
A group of people in purple shouted loudly and covered their hands in pain.
Li Cunxi turned around, picked up a wooden stick, bit the grilled fish on it, and looked at the group of people in purple with an expressionless face.
This group of purple-clad men looked like neither members of the Snake Spirit nor members of the Iron Hands, because not only did they not have hoods covering their faces, they also did not have the Iron Hands' standard purple hats.
"Go and see what kind of stuff it is."
Li Cunxi walked forward while speaking.
The man covered in wounds finally couldn't hold on any longer when he saw Li Cunxi coming over, and fell to the ground.
Wu Yanhao approached the man, stretched out his foot and kicked him, but seeing that the man was unconscious, he ignored him and followed Li Cunxi to the vicinity of the group of men in purple.
These purple-clothed men had already arrived near the grassy marsh by the river. The tendons in their hands had been cut and they were in excruciating pain, but shouting could not relieve the pain. They could only scream and look at Li Yuanfang.
"What is your identity?"
Li Cunxi found a stone to sit on and asked while eating grilled fish.
"Boy, you'd better remember your current posture. You will know what a painful lesson is later!"
A man in purple who seemed to be the leader turned to Li Cunxi and said viciously.
"I am really unhappy that people always say such things to me. Let me guess your identities."
As Li Cunxi spoke, he looked at the man in purple.
"The linen clothes are not rough, and not something that ordinary people can afford, and there are so many of you. You are not government officials, but you are all holding the swords of the constables. You are so aggressive to people, I guess you are like this every day, and you are used to this kind of behavior."
"So, what kind of person can own official weapons and wear clothes that ordinary people can't afford?"
Wu Yanhao on the side had already come to a conclusion. He took a step forward and said vaguely:
"The answer is obvious. You are from the county magistrate's family."
"It would cost a lot of money to mass produce these finely crafted uniforms. Only the county magistrate can get so many standard weapons if you are not an official. Third, your attitude is obviously that you are not afraid of any retaliation, especially in Liang County."
"Then, the only person who meets all these conditions is the county magistrate."
Li Yuanfang frowned, stepped forward and put a knife to the leader's neck.
"Tell me, why are you chasing this man?"
The leader snorted coldly and turned his head away.
"Will you tell me or not?" Li Yuanfang moved the knife closer.
"Little Za, I'm telling you, you must remember whose neck you are holding the knife to. When we get to the county magistrate's court, I will make sure you know who your father is!"
The purple-clothed man at the head of the group had a look of disdain on his face, and showed no fear even when his tendons were cut.
He looked at the faces of Li Yuanfang, Hu Jinghui, Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao one by one, as if he wanted to remember all four of them.
Li Cunxi didn't care about this and just sat on the rock eating grilled fish.
"Yanhao, just ask, I'm a little hungry." Li Cunxi said lightly.
Wu Yanhao nodded, quickly finished eating the meat from the grilled fish, pulled out the fishbone and threw it on the ground, then pointed the tip of the wooden stick at the man's crotch.
"I don't like nonsense. I'll ask you once, why are you chasing this man? You'd better answer me honestly."
After Wu Yanhao finished speaking, he kicked the leading purple-clothed man to the ground, with the tip of the wooden stick pointing at the man's crotch. He held the stick tightly in both hands with a very creepy expression.
"Okay, now you can choose to answer or not."
“Xiao Za, you better remember this…Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”
The purple-clothed man in the lead could only scream before he could finish his words.
Wu Yanhao pulled out the tip of the wooden stick and pointed it at the abdomen of the man in purple.
"Second time, will you tell me?"
“Ahhhhhhhh, Xiaoza, you deserve to die!”
Seeing that the man was still being stubborn, Wu Yanhao was too lazy to say any more words and inserted the tip of the gun containing liquid into the abdomen of the man in purple.
This would not cause fatal injuries, but it was enough to cause people great pain. The purple-clothed man in the lead, who was bleeding from many places on his body, screamed louder and louder, but still said nothing.
Li Cunxi sighed, pointed at the group of purple-clothed people who were already frightened behind him, and asked:
"If you don't want to die, then say so. Otherwise, you've seen what happened to your leader."
A group of purple-robed people knelt on the ground tremblingly. One of them raised his head and cried:
"We are the thugs of County Magistrate Chen Bo's family. This man is a villager from Xiaoliu Village outside Liang County. A landlord took a fancy to their land, so he bribed our County Magistrate..."