Chapter 102: Bullying
There are many villages named after surnames under Youzhou, such as Zhaojia Village, Jiangjiatan and Qiaojiazhuang. Generally speaking, the village is named after what surname it is, and most of the people who live in it also take this surname. The situation in Gaodian Village is a bit special, and there are not many families with the surname Gao. The reason for this starts with its history.
In the beginning, Gaodian Village was just a small village with no name. It wasn't until a pair of Gao brothers who migrated from afar opened a grain shop on the side of the official road that the small village began to become lively, and gradually people called this village Gaodian Village. With the increasing prosperity of Gaodian Village, many families with different surnames began to move in, especially after the Li and Yao ethnic groups moved in to escape the war, Gaodian Village quickly developed from a village to a town, becoming the most prosperous town in Youzhou. It's not one, it's the first.
However, Youzhou has not been a peaceful place since ancient times, and after the war, Gaodian Town has lost its former prosperity and has reverted to a small village under the rule of Jinghai County. The once thriving Gao clan has also declined, and only the two big clans of Li and Yao and other unknown small clans are left in the village.
For example, Jiangjiatan was originally called Chen Liutan, but with the decrease of Chen and Liu's surnames and the increase of Jiang's surname, the village was renamed. Then according to common sense, Gaodian Village should also be changed to Li Yao Village, but I don't know what kind of psychology the villagers have, the name of the village has never been changed. Even the government saw that Gaodian Village was too populated as a village, so it wanted to divide it into two and renamed it Shanggao Village and Xiagao Village in order to facilitate management. But under the strong opposition of the villagers, in the end, it had to be stopped.
Therefore, although the Li family is only one of the miscellaneous villages in Gaodian Village, there are 800 households in Gaodian Village, and there are nearly 300 households in the Li family. Although Zhaojia Village is a single-surname village, and most of the villagers are from the Zhao family, its population is no more than 100 households, and the number is far inferior to that of the Li family.
People say that the people of Youzhou are strong, but this is not a rumor. Many years ago, the people of the two villages fought for trivial matters, and they fought for several months, which is not surprising in Youzhou. The sturdy Youzhou people often rush up to the fight with kitchen knives, firewood knives, hoes and everything that can be used as weapons. The father fell on the son, the son fell on the grandson, the male in the house was gone, and the women followed. Fight until the last man. For thousands of years, this kind of aggressive and courageous blood has penetrated into the bone marrow of Youzhou people, but under the education of the former prince, the temperament of Youzhou people has only been slightly restrained, but if it really touches their bottom line, they will definitely not give up.
Now Zhao Qiao's mother and daughter are openly slandering the ancestors of the Li family. Obviously, he has violated the bottom line of the Li family, this matter must not be good, and the eight achievements are going to be real.
Although Zhao Zhengyi has long despised the old Zhao family, he doesn't want to care about them if he can. But after all, the old Zhao family belongs to the same Zhao family, and Zhao Zhengyi, as the patriarch, has the responsibility to protect the interests of the Zhao clan, and cannot ignore the old Zhao family. If outsiders wanted to repair Lao Zhao's family, he would have to lead his clan to help Lao Zhao's family resist.
In this way, if the situation is not well controlled, it will turn into a large-scale fight. And this kind of thing is a civil fight, when the first prince was in power. The government will also take care of it. Nowadays, most of the officials in Youzhou are vegetarian and will definitely not send troops to stop them.
Although this is the boundary of Zhaojia Village, the two clans are completely at a disadvantage compared to their Zhao clan. Moreover, I heard that Li Zhongqiang, who passed away, was kind and benevolent, and made a lot of good karma in Gaodian Village, and those who benefited may not be able to contribute, but most of them will contribute. Therefore, once the fight starts, in addition to the Li family, there will be many other villagers in Gaodian Village who will come out to help.
In this way, their Zhaojia Village will definitely suffer heavy casualties. But this is all the sin done by the old Zhao family, how innocent their Zhao family is!
No way! These two things that are trying to kill must be stopped! Hurry up!
That's what I think about. Zhao Zhengyi rebuked angrily; "Zhao Zhengping! You still don't want those two girls to shut up! ”
Of course, the shrewd old man Zhao knew that if Zhao Qiao's mother and daughter continued to make trouble, their old Zhao family would definitely be unlucky. But since Zhao Chengqing hooked up with Wen's second son, she felt that she had a basis, and even her father didn't pay much attention to it. At this time, she scolded and became addicted, so she didn't care about anything, and Old Man Zhao couldn't stop drinking.
The situation must not develop any further, Zhao Zhengyi immediately decided to ask a few sturdy and capable women in the village to stop Zhao Qiao's mother and daughter.
Where would the unconscious Zhao Qiao's mother and daughter be obediently restrained, trying to escape with their teeth and claws, and their mouths were still unclean. The healthy women were angry that the mother and daughter had caused trouble to Zhaojia Village, and they refused to cooperate. He was ruthless and killed.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Qiao's mother and daughter hurriedly called for help to Old Man Zhao and them.
Old Man Zhao also knew that the situation was serious, so of course he would not pay attention to it. But Zhao Yongnian stood up and stopped the women from arresting people.
Like Zhao Chenglan, Zhao Yongnian is also a master who can't afford to make a profit, how can he come to the rescue if there is no benefit?
Just now I saw that his mother and sister were surrounded by several healthy women, and he always hid behind Old Man Zhao without saying a word. But Zhao Chengqing, who was so good at dying, actually named him in public and begged him to come over and save himself. If it was normal, Zhao Yongnian would definitely treat it as if he didn't hear it, regardless of whether Zhao Chengqing lived or died.
But as soon as he thought that Zhao Chengqing would soon marry into the Wen family as a young grandmother, Zhao Yongnian couldn't remain indifferent. If you can hug the thigh of the Wen family, Da Lang's future and a large amount of money will all have hope. Now if she doesn't reach out to help Zhao Chengqing, she will hold a grudge, and these benefits will be gone.
So Zhao Yongnian, who was full of interests, gave Zhao Erlang a look and asked his son to go with him to save people. But Zhao Erlang may not be a pure good person, but he can still distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil. He understood very well that Zhao Qiao's mother and daughter deserved it, and seeing their unrepentant appearance, it was not worth his rescue at all. Thinking of the miserable situation of the eldest aunt and mother and daughter, where is there any sympathy for Zhao Qiao's family? Even the family affection has almost worn out. Therefore, Zhao Erlang only didn't see Zhao Yongnian's eyes for him.
Zhao Yongnian saw that his son didn't know whether he was intentional or unintentional, but he ignored him, and he had no choice but to go into battle alone. But even though he was only one person, he was so open-minded that he didn't know how to pull with a few women. Although those women were strong, they were women's families in the end, although they knew that Zhao Yongnian would not really touch them because of their husband's family, they were not good at entangling with him, so they had to retreat temporarily.
Zhao Chengqing, who was so confused, saw that he was even more proud, so he jumped up and down even harder. This time, not only the people of the Li clan, but even the good tempers of other people in Gaodian Village have been polished, and they are all gearing up.
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Zhao Chengqing didn't care at all, and said aggressively: "I can tell you that the eldest lady of the Wen family who is married to me is the one who entered the palace and became a mother, and the second son of the Wen family I want to marry is Wen Niangniang's brother-in-law, and the uncle of the country!" Our old Zhao family will soon be a relative of the emperor! If you mud-legged people dare to do it in our house, I will let the yamen arrest you one by one and let you sit through the prison! ”
Zhao Chengqing's threat was indeed effective, slightly deterring some timid and fearful people, but more importantly, it aroused the indignation of the Li family.
This is a clear battle to bully others!
The patriarch of the Li clan finally couldn't bear it anymore and said loudly: "Brother Zhao, you are also a reasonable person, tell me, what should I do about this today?" If you can't give us an explanation, don't blame my brother for taking care of you people who don't speak human words in your realm! ”
After that, Li Zhongde, who was angry, did not wait for Zhao Zhengyi to respond, and directly asked several young men in the clan to come forward to subdue Zhao Qiao's mother and daughter. What is the difference between men and women? Hmph, in his opinion, the things that insult the ancestors are all pigs and dogs, do you still use male and female treatment of pigs and dogs?
The young and strong people of the Li clan were not those healthy women, and they subdued the mother and daughter with teeth and claws and tied them with ropes prepared in advance. The matter has come to this, and the two are still clamoring for death. However, when they saw that the young man who was accidentally scratched by them in the chaos took off his socks directly, intending to reward each of them with one, the arrogant mother and daughter finally stopped.
The Li clan is slapping the old Zhao family in the face, and even more so slapping their Zhao family in the face! Although Zhaojia Village is small, it is a rich village in ten miles and eight townships, and among several nearby villages, Zhao Zhengyi has the highest prestige and is the most praised, how could he have suffered such anger? It was embarrassing and indignant.
Although Zhao Zhengyi understands very well that Li Zhongde is understandable for doing this, he understands in his heart that it is one thing, and whether he can accept it or not is another matter.
On the spur of the moment, Zhao Zhengyi wanted to command the clansmen to take back Zhao Qiao's mother and daughter - even if the women of his Zhao clan were extremely evil, they must be dealt with by their clan, and An Neng was bullied by outsiders?
Just when Zhao Zhengyi was about to make an unwise move, at this critical moment, a slightly immature but sonorous voice sounded.
"Patriarch Grandpa, please also uphold justice for my eldest aunt and my cousin, and expel Zhao Chenglan and Zhao Chengqing, the two poisonous women, from my Zhao clan!"
"The family has a family law, and the family has a family rule". Each family has its own rules, but what is common is expulsion - a punishment that is only taken by the clan if a member of the clan commits a heinous sin that brings shame on the whole clan. There are some unsuccessful children in each family, but they are rarely expelled from the clan. Therefore, as soon as Zhao Sanlang's words came out, not only the Zhao clan, but even the Li clan were stunned. Everyone was anxious to find out what these two men had done. (To be continued.) )