Chapter 847: Chapter 850: Capture Them First
Yang Ming’s brow furrowed as he saw the villagers, each holding sticks or something of the sort, looking ready for a fight, shouting harshly, "No one thinks of leaving, get off the carriage."
"Yes, hurry off the carriage."
"No one can escape."
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Although they didn’t know what was going on, even a fool could see that these villagers were coming for their family of three.
Yang Ming hurriedly jumped off the carriage, and Xiaoxiao also got off with the child in her arms.
Seeing his wife come out, Yang Ming quickly shielded her behind him, his face cold as he asked, "Folks, what do you mean by this?"
Xiaoxiao looked towards the crowd, each face filled with anger as if they wanted to eat their family of three alive. Xiaoxiao was very puzzled, just spending one night here, how could things become like this? They hadn’t done anything wrong.
"Village Chief, arrest them, don’t let them escape."
"Right, arrest them all."
"Village Chief, arrest them first, then report to the authorities."
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The villagers were all talking, leaving Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming completely confused about what had happened, escalating to the point of involving law officials. They couldn’t afford any delays; their son’s time was running out.
At this moment, there was a person standing at the front of the crowd, presumably the Village Chief they were talking about. His face was very unpleasant, one might say he was filled with rage. He yelled at the villagers, "Arrest them first."
Upon the command of the Village Chief, several villagers approached Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming.
Yang Ming quickly protected Xiaoxiao, taking a defensive stance. The villagers who came forward were unable to catch Yang Ming; they could see he was capable of fighting, so a few more villagers joined in, determined to capture them.
Yang Ming didn’t want to harm the villagers, but given the situation, he had no choice; he knocked the sticks out of their hands and had to fight back.
Although the villagers were many, they didn’t gain any advantage. Yang Ming knew he could only fend them off temporarily. Sooner or later, he would be overpowered and caught. He shouted, "Why on earth are you trying to catch us? If we’re going to die, let us at least die knowing why. I’m not someone you can easily bully."
However, these words did not convince the Village Chief, and Yang Ming was forced to continue fighting, preventing the villagers from getting close to his wife.
At this time, seeing that they didn’t gain any advantage over Yang Ming and were hit back, the villagers turned their anger towards Shitou’s mother and son.
One of the villagers gave Shitou’s mother a fierce shove. She was blind, and the sudden push directly knocked her to the ground.
The villager shouted while pushing, "It’s all your bad luck’s doing. Why did you take them in? How many people do you intend to harm?"
Little Shitou, seeing his mother being bullied, cried out, "My mother is not a jinx, don’t push my mother."
The villager angrily pushed Little Shitou too, shoving him onto his mother, and yelled, "Your mother is a jinx, and so are you."
"My mother is not a jinx, and neither am I," Little Shitou cried, denying it.
The villager, still relentless, said, "Village Chief, we can’t let these two jinxes stay in our village anymore. Drive them away, otherwise, our whole village will suffer."
At this time, other villagers also chimed in agreement, "Yes, drive them away."