Chapter 141: Flowers and Trees (I)
Xiaohonglin is located about two miles southwest of Liwen Village, the terrain is flat, a tributary of Tangshui, Xiaohong River traverses it from west to east, bringing abundant water to the land, making the land extraordinarily fertile, and it is one of the famous high-yield grain areas in Xiaohe Township. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
There are thousands of acres of grain fields in this area, of which 1,000 acres in the north were purchased by the Li family decades ago, and more than 1,000 acres of farmland close to the west is the land of the Zhang family, another big family in Xiaohe Township.
But ten years ago, a rare drought in a century made the soup water bottom, and the Xiaohong River was only a trickle, and the Zhang family simply built a dam to stop the water, seeing that the grain was about to be short of water and the harvest was lost, the Li and Zhang families broke out in a fight with hundreds of people in order to compete for the water source, and five people died, and the two families have since formed a bond.
And just three days ago, the conflict broke out again between the Li and Zhang families over the land, and Li Dayin's second son was beaten to death by more than a dozen Zhang family descendants, and the conflict began to intensify.
At night, Zhang Junbao once again took more than 20 descendants to cross the ditch and enter the land of the Li family, Zhang Junbao wanted to build a tomb for his father on this land, Tangyin has the tradition of recognizing the grave and not recognizing the land, once the tomb was completed, the title deed was successfully transferred, whether it was Li Wencun or Qianshan Village, the Li clan people could only acquiesce to Zhang Junbao's occupation of this land.
In fact, this land has nothing to do with the Zhang clan, but Zhang Junbao bought it privately, and he used his prestige as a patriarch for ten years to pay for a group of Zhang family descendants to work for him.
In front of the ravine stood three officials, they were sent by the county lieutenant of Luo to prevent the two families from fighting again, nominally neutral, but in fact they were protecting the children of the Zhang family from crossing the border to build the ancestral hall, once the children of Li Wencun came to negotiate, they would intervene to stop it.
The time has come to two o'clock, the burial chamber of the Yiguan Tomb has been dug on the two acres of land near the Xiaohong River, several ox carts are carrying green bricks to this side, more than 20 descendants of the Zhang family are busy carrying bricks, and several plasterers are starting to build the outer wall under the light of torches.
Zhang Junbao stood on a big rock and commanded his children to carry bricks, and five cauldrons had been erected in front of him, boiling glutinous rice mortar, which is the necessary adhesive for building walls, once they are dry, the walls will become extremely strong and will not collapse for a hundred years, this is Zhang Junbao's plan to occupy this fertile land permanently.
Zhang Junbaozhi looked at the vast fertile land in front of him proudly, it was his dream for many years to take this land as his own, at the beginning of the year when Li Wenyou and he competed for the Wang family's fleet, he put forward this condition at that time, and sold him ten hectares of fertile land on the side of Xiaohonglin, but Li Wenyou refused, and he didn't expect that the mountains would not turn around, and this land still fell into the hands of him Zhang Junbao.
However, Zhang Junbao was a little strange in his heart, it was very quiet in Li Wencun tonight, and no one came to stop him from building a tomb, could it be that they were already afraid?
But Zhang Junbao thought of Li Yanqing, he felt that Li Yanqing would never give in so easily, he must be playing with something, especially Li Yanqing is the new Xie Yuan of Xiangzhou, who is in the limelight, has a great influence in the government, and is by no means comparable to a squire like himself.
When the county lieutenant heard that the incident involved Li Jieyuan's fellow villagers, his attitude became ambiguous and left in a hurry, leaving only the three officials to perfunctory themselves.
Zhang Junbao secretly gritted his teeth, no matter what Li Yanqing wanted to do, he would repair his father's well-dressed tomb first!
At this time, just a hundred steps away from Zhang Junbao, a black shadow was staring closely at Zhang Junbao's back, he slowly opened his bow and arrow, and a wolf's tooth arrow aimed at Zhang Junbao, 'Boom! The bowstring sounded, and the wolf's tooth arrow came out of the string, shooting towards Zhang Junbao like lightning, and the man in black threw away the quiver, turned around and ran, and ran towards the small red forest a hundred steps away.
Poor Zhang Junbao had no defense, the arrow shot into the back of the head, he screamed, rolled down from the boulder, and was killed on the spot, and the children of the Zhang family, who were carrying the green bricks in the distance, heard the screams and ran forward to check the situation.
I saw an arrow shot into the back of the old patriarch's head, the tip of the arrow came out of the forehead, and the person was already dead of anger, and the children of the Zhang family shouted in horror and looked around, it was dark all around, and there was still a trace of the archer.
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At noon the next day, there was a major incident in Lushan Town, Zhang Junbao was shot to death with an arrow, after all, Zhang Junbao was one of the four squires of Xiaohe Township, and he was killed, of course, causing great shock among the villagers.
And the arrow shaft is engraved with the words 'Liangshan Songjiang', Song Jiang is already famous and famous in Shandong, but the reputation in Hebei is not significant, not to mention the countryside of Tangyin County, almost everyone doesn't know who Song Jiang is, let alone where Liangshan is?
Everyone secretly guessed that this Song Jiang must be a Jiangyang thief, who was bought by someone to assassinate Zhang Junbao, everyone couldn't help but think of the Li family, it is said that Zhang Junbao is fighting for land with the Li family in the past few days, although there is no evidence, but the Li family is the most suspicious.
Nearly noon, a team of linen and filial piety came to the gate of the Li Mansion, this is Zhang Junbao's family came, they carried a coffin, there were dozens of people, they put the coffin in front of the gate of the Li Mansion, and began to cry, crying while asking Li Wengui to pay for his life.
It's no wonder that they came to Li Wengui, although the Zhang family suspected that it was the people from Li Wencun who bought the murder, but there were more than 20 Li clan people in Li Wencun, who should they go to?
The final target can only be aimed at Li Wengui, first, Li Wengui is the patriarch of the Li clan and forces Li Wengui to hand over the murderer; Secondly, his family property can also afford to lose, this truth can the Zhang family not understand.
The Zhang family cried in front of the gate of the Li Mansion, the people of Lushan Town came to see the excitement, and after a while, hundreds of people were around the water, at this time, the gate of the Li Mansion opened a crack, and Li Wengui walked out surrounded by more than a dozen family members, Li Wengui roared with a blue face: "What does it matter to me that your family is dead, what are you making trouble here!" ā
As soon as his words fell, Zhang Junbao's second son Zhang Mu jumped up and scolded: "Li dog thief, you dare not do it, my father is dead, your Li family must pay for your life!" ā
The rest of the Zhang family also threw rotten eggs and stones at Li Wengui, Li Wengui couldn't dodge, was hit by a few rotten eggs, and his whole body was smelly, more than a dozen family members hurriedly dragged him in, and the door was slammed shut.
Li Wengui went back to the room and took off his coat, and stomped his feet angrily, "It's obviously a good thing done by those bastards in Li Wencun, but let me take responsibility, what is this called?" ā
The chief housekeeper stepped forward and suggested: "In my opinion, the Zhang family is making trouble without reason, nothing more than trying to blackmail money, the lord had better go to the county to report to the officials, forgive them for not daring to confront the government, so that at the same time, the lord's responsibility can be abandoned." ā
At this time, the family came to report, "Du Baozheng is here!" ā
The previous capital of Xiaohe Township has been served by the four squires in turn, every six years, when it was the turn of the Li family, it was Li Wengui, but because he moved to the county and stepped down early, he was succeeded by Li Zhen, Li Zhen stepped down after the turn of the Tang family, and now Tang Huai's grandfather Tang Lian is in charge.
Li Wengui was also about to send someone to invite Tang Lian to mediate, but since Tang Lian came to the door in person, Li Wengui hurriedly greeted him.
Tang Lian did not enter the middle courtyard, but stood in front of the foyer and waited, after a while, Li Wengui hurriedly walked over, as soon as the two met, Li Wengui complained: "What does Zhang Junbao have to do with me, there is a wrong, there is a debtor, they should go to the real murderer, what is it to block my door?" ā
Tang Lian said lightly: "Although this is the truth, the Zhang family believes that Zhang Junbao's death is related to you, and they ask you to hand over the murderer, admit that you are the instigator of this matter, and then compensate for all losses!" ā
"What!"
Li Wengui's eyes widened, a nameless fire ignited in his heart, and he said angrily: "What evidence do they have to say that this matter has something to do with me, he blocked my door with a coffin, I want to sue them!" ā
Tang Lian shook his head and persuaded: "If you sue the official, the matter will be big, I suggest that it is best for you to sit down and negotiate by yourself, and I can bring you together." ā
"I can't accept it!"
Li Wengui refused, he knew very well that once he sat down to negotiate, it would be tantamount to admitting that Zhang Junbao's death had something to do with him, and the sons of the Zhang family were all skinners, and they would not let go of themselves without blackmailing thousands of dollars, and he must not show weakness from the beginning.
"This is difficult, the Zhang family refuses to give in, you don't want to give in, even if I have the heart to mediate for you, I can't do anything!"
"It's not a matter of negotiation or not, it's a matter of paying for life by killing, obviously it has nothing to do with me, can I admit this kind of thing? It seems that I was completely wrong to hope for mediation, and I should report it to the government so that the government can investigate the case! ā
While the two were talking, there was a sudden sound of gongs and drums outside, Li Wengui was stunned, and hurriedly ordered the family, "Go and see, what's going on again!" ā
The family hurriedly rushed away from the side door, and after a while, he ran back and said, "Master, Jiang Zhixian is here!" ā
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