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Chapter 57 The Death of Xu Laifu

A prickly head said: "I saw old Mengtou take a few people from the city to Hongshu Village. I heard that he was going to buy land. I haven't seen any other outsiders."

"Acquisition of land?" Obscure Moon frowned, isn't the land in Hongshu Village also heavily salinized?How can someone buy fields that are barren?

Hearing this, Xu Jingyang seemed to have guessed something, and lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "I guess, the people who bought the saline-alkali land are the Gongsun family, because they got the prescription, and they must need the saline-alkali land to make soil salt."

Xu Jingyang's words made everyone realize suddenly.

When Xu Laifu's sister heard about it, she quickly said, "Then let's go to Hongshu Village to look for it. If we can't find it in Hongshu Village, then we can directly smash the gate of Gongsun's house!"

Xu Laifu's elder sister is usually reticent, but this time she is going all out to find her younger brother. This is the first time Ozuki has seen her talk so much.

Then, everyone rushed to Hongshu Village, which was only four or five miles away, and it took an hour to walk there.

At this time, in the dilapidated house in Hongshu Village, old Mengtou was holding a hatchet, thinking about which finger of Xu Laifu should be chopped off.

And the second steward of the Gongsun family was reading the message from the Patriarch Gongsun just now.

I saw a note that was sent saying:

"Don't investigate the method of boiling earth salt again, don't let the news out about this matter, and get rid of that old Mengtou who knew about it."

After reading the message on the paper, the second housekeeper's face was full of entanglement and melancholy. He originally wanted to get promoted through this matter, but seeing that this matter was about to be completed, the owner of the house refused to let him continue the investigation.

Alas, it's really unlucky to be urged, the upper part moves its mouth, and the lower part breaks its legs.

The old Mengtou on one side didn't know that he was about to face a catastrophe. When the second butler finished reading the letter, he quickly dropped the hatchet in his hand and ran over happily.

"Second steward, how is it? What is Patriarch Gongsun's order?" Lao Mengtou asked shyly, with a smile on his face. He thought it was Patriarch Gongsun's letter to reward him.

Hearing Lao Mengtou's question, the second butler also had a bright smile on his face: "Patriarch Gongsun said that you have done a good job in this matter, and I want to reward you."

"Oh, it is right to do your best for Lord Gongsun. The little old man thanked Lord Gongsun first."

Lao Meng arched his head and asked impatiently: "Second steward, what reward will the Gongsun family give to the little old man?"

The second housekeeper still had a smile on his face, and then waved to Lao Mengtou: "Come here with your ears."

When the unsuspecting old Mengtou heard this, he ran over in a hurry, his eyes narrowed into slits with a smile.

The second housekeeper clung to Lao Mengtou's ear and said in a low voice, "Patriarch Gongsun said that he will reward you with a knife."

"what?"

Without waiting for Lao Mengtou's reaction, the second butler quickly drew out the dagger from his sleeve, and stabbed Lao Mengtou's heart.

With a pop, the white knife goes in and the red knife comes out.

Old Mengtou stared in disbelief, looked at the dagger stuck in his chest, and was about to speak when he was kicked away by the second housekeeper.

Old Mengtou had a dagger stuck in his chest, half of his chest was soaked in blood, blood foam was dripping from the corner of his mouth, and he said intermittently: "You, why?"

The second housekeeper snorted coldly: "Hmph, why? You are not worthy to ask this question."

It wasn't until seeing Lao Meng dying that the second housekeeper pulled out the dagger.

"You guys, come back with me quickly, we won't investigate the matter of boiling salt." The second butler wiped the blood from the dagger, and then instructed the other servants.

The servants didn't ask much about this, but immediately nodded and replied: "No!"

"By the way, housekeeper, what should we do with this child?" A servant pointed to Xu Laifu who was hanging from the beam of the house, dripping blood continuously.

The second butler glanced at Xu Laifu, who was covered in blood, and said two words coldly: "Kill it."

"promise!"

As soon as the second housekeeper finished speaking, the servant stabbed Xu Laifu twice in the chest.

With two pops, the short knife sank into Xu Laifu's chest. Before he could cry out, his short life was ruthlessly ended.

A servant suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Housekeeper, what about the saline-alkali land we bought? It's useless now."

This servant belonged to the one who didn't open the pot and carried the pot. Originally, this kind of stealing the chicken without losing the rice had already made the second housekeeper very angry, so he even raised his mouth.

When the second housekeeper heard this, he felt really unhappy. He spent so much effort on the layout and acquired so many saline-alkali lands, but he didn't use any of them. He was really pissed.

The second butler, who was so angry, slapped the servant a few times and shouted angrily: "Are you a stupid pig? You still have to ask me such a simple question? You won't sell it to those villagers at a high price!"

The talkative servant covered his face, and responded again and again: "Yes, yes, Mr. Butler is smart."

"Check to see if these two people are still alive. After checking, we can retreat." The second housekeeper put his hands behind his back and ordered the servant to check again to see if the two were completely dead.

"My lord, there is no breath at all, there are already two corpses."

"Okay, let's go back home for business."

As soon as the servants of the Gongsun family left, the Xu family arrived at Hongshu Village.

Hongshu Village has a small population, almost all males are dead, and the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled.

The villagers of Hongshu Village saw that the Xu family and his party were coming aggressively, so they didn't dare to cause trouble. Facing the money offensive of the moon, they also actively cooperated with the Xu family to find people.

Not long after, Xu Laifu covered in blood was found in the desolate dilapidated house, along with the body of old Mengtou.

Xu Laifu's emaciated body was like a withered straw, soaked in the blood on the ground, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Xu Laifu's elder sister cried a few times when she saw her younger brother who was tortured and killed, then rolled her eyes and passed out.

When the Xu family saw Xu Laifu's miserable death, all of them had red eyes.

It was the first time for Ozuki to see such a bloody scene, her little face turned pale with fright.

Shen Yinxing's expression was also terribly cold, she stepped forward to check the corpse, and then said: "Laifu's corpse still has residual heat, and it is not stiff, it seems that he just died not long ago."

Xu Jia beat the wall with some self-blame: "Damn it, it's still a step too late. If I had thought of it sooner, Laifu would not have done it."

"Don't blame yourself, if you want to blame it, you should blame that goddamn Gongsun Li." Seventh Aunt wiped her tears and cried, "What a good boy Laifu is, he eats whatever he does, never picky eaters, and often helps work."

Obscure Moon looked at Xu Laifu's wounds all over his body, tears kept rolling in his eyes.

The wound on Xu Laifu's body was turned outwards, with a scarlet grin, it really hurt to look at it.

Obscure Moon wiped away her tears: "Aniang, we must not let Gongsun Li go!"

Shen Yinxing nodded, she remembered that Xu Laifu often followed her buttocks, always yelling at each other, hoping that she could teach him some peerless magic skills.

At that time, she also taught him a few tricks casually, but it was a pity that she would never have the opportunity to teach him again.

"Laifu! Laifu! Laifu!" After Xu Laifu's sister woke up, she rushed over without hesitation and hugged her brother's body tightly.

"Wuuuu, Laifu, my sister brought you home, my sister cooked so many delicious things for you, my sister won't say you are greedy anymore, open your eyes and look at my sister."

Sister Xu Laifu's cry was miserable and desolate, it was heartbreaking to hear.

The rest of the Xu family couldn't bear to watch, and turned their backs with red eyes.

Just when everyone was mourning Xu Laifu's tragic death, a voice as thin as gossamer came into everyone's ears.

"Sister. I'm fine. Don't worry." Xu Laifu, who had lost his breath, actually spoke with trembling lips.

Hearing the voice, everyone was shocked at first, and then burst into ecstasy, the child is not dead!
Xu Laifu's elder sister looked at her younger brother in disbelief, trembling with nervousness: "Woo, my brother is still alive, still alive!"

Shen Yinxing also did not expect that the child would survive, so he hurriedly sent people to the village to find some ointment and cloth strips, and made a simple bandage for Xu Laifu on the spot.

Soon, Xu Laifu was wrapped up by Shen Yinxing and turned into a mummy.

Since Xu Laifu suffered from traumatic injuries, it is easier to treat them. Shen Yinxing, who has been in the army for many years, can be regarded as half an expert in treating skin and flesh injuries.

When she was bandaging, she carefully inspected the two fatal wounds on Xu Laifu's chest. Judging from the technique, the perpetrators just stabbed randomly.

As for Xu Laifu, he was very lucky, he was not seriously injured, and just now it was estimated that he bled too much, so he faked his death.

Xu Laifu, who "resurrected from the dead", let everyone breathe a sigh of relief. It's okay, it's okay, it's good that people are still alive.

"Thank God, thank God for returning my brother." Xu Laifu's sister knelt on the ground and kowtowed excitedly.

For her, this feeling of losing and regaining, the ups and downs, is really too exciting, and she never wants to experience it again.

"Sister Yue'er, sister Yue'er, the matter of boiling salt...I...I didn't say a word." Xu Laifu struggled to look at Obscure Moon, and said intermittently.

Obscure Moon was also excited, crying and laughing on her small face: "Yeah, Brother Laifu is awesome!"

Shen Yinxing patted Xu Laifu's head: "Okay, don't talk for now, save some strength, and when the injury heals, I will teach you the peerless magic."

Hearing that the Fifth Aunt was finally going to teach him the peerless martial arts, a smile appeared on Xu Laifu's face: "Hey, good! I'm going to be a hero in the future! I'm going to be an interstellar hero!"

Seeing this, the rest of the Xu family also laughed.

Xu Laifu, a child who survived a catastrophe, must have future blessings!
Back at the camp, the scud-legged Xu Jia immediately went to ask Xu Laifu for a doctor. The wound on Xu Laifu's body had only been dealt with in an emergency and still needed to be recuperated.

Except for Xu Laifu's sister who was taking care of Xu Laifu in the tent, everyone else gathered to discuss how to settle accounts with Gongsun Li.

During this period of time, Gongsun Li has often tripped up the Xu family.

"If you want me to see it, just report it to the officials and sue the Gongsun family for kidnapping and extortion. It's a waste of life!"

"No, no, the government and the gentry wear a pair of trousers. If we file a complaint, we might be bitten back."

"Yes! We have no evidence now. If we make a rash accusation, we will probably be bitten back and charged with slander."

"I can't figure it out, why did they even kill Lao Mengtou?" Xu Jingyang frowned and rubbed his chin.

"That's right, isn't Lao Mengtou helping them all the time, and he didn't ask anything, why even Lao Mengtou wants to silence him?"

While everyone was talking about it, a strange voice came from the corner: "Hey, I can tell you why."

Everyone looked up, only to find a mountain of meat sitting in the corner of the tent.

The person who spoke was Yuan Pangpang. In fact, he had been following the Xu family to help find people.

It's just that everyone's attention was on looking for Xu Laifu at that time, and they didn't notice him.

Xu Jingyang looked at this strange fat man and asked, "Who are you?"

"Father, he wants to come to discuss business with us." Ozuki, nestled in Shen Yinxing's arms, interjected.

After hearing this, Xu Jingyang asked in confusion: "About business? What kind of business are you talking about? Do you want to order bamboo tube salt?"

Because everyone is busy looking for Xu Laifu today, they all stopped their work. Currently, there are only more than 30 tubes of salt in bamboo tubes.

"No, no, no," Obscure Moon waved his hand: "This fat man didn't come to buy salt, he came up with 1000 million taels of silver to buy our method of making earthen salt."

"1000 million taels!" Erya Niang immediately screamed after hearing this: "My God, how much is 1000 million taels of silver?"

Aunt Seven patted her: "It's enough for you to spend several lifetimes."

When they heard that Fatty was going to pay 1000 million taels for the method of making earth salt, everyone present was very excited.

That's 1000 million taels, which is an astronomical figure for them.

Now they are lucky and can only earn a few dozen taels of silver every day, and this person actually earns 1000 million taels per mouth!
Immediately, everyone looked at the fat man, as if they were looking at the God of Wealth.

"How about it, 1000 million taels, will you sell it or not?" The fat man enjoyed the staring eyes and raised his chin.

After the fat man finished speaking, the Xu family turned their attention to Ozuki again.

Because the method of boiling earth salt was thought up by Ozuki, everyone felt that this matter still depends on Ozuki's decision.

Obscure Moon shook her head: "I want to know everyone's opinion. Everyone is involved in selling salt, so I also want to hear everyone's opinion."

"Yue'er, I don't think it's too late to discuss this matter in the future. What we need to discuss now is how to get justice for Xu Laifu, not about business."

Shen Yinxing, who had been silent all this time, spoke, and pointed out that everyone had deviated from the topic of this meeting.

Seeing that Xu Laifu was injured like that, Shen Yinxing, who had always loved children, was furious. She couldn't help but want to take revenge on Gongsun Li.

She, Shen Yinxing, never holds grudges, and avenges her revenge on the spot!
Therefore, she is already trying her best to restrain herself by being able to sit here quietly and listen to everyone's discussions.

"Yeah, what A Niang said is right", Ozuki nodded, she could understand A Niang's eagerness.

Immediately, Ozuki turned around and said to everyone: "I have a plan, which can not only take revenge on Gongsun Li, but also do a good job in business."

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