Following the footprints on the ground, Yuan Xi and the others followed the Wen brothers all the way back to the open space in front of the Wen family fort.

There are already quite a few people around here. The spring sowing had not yet begun, and the tenants were not yet fully busy, and when they heard the movement, they all came out to see the excitement.

The road in front of Wenjiabao was wide, and the trees on both sides had been cut down. On the road, there are marks of wheels rolling on each side, which have been repeatedly pressed and concave, and in some places the black dirt has been turned out, making it look very muddy.

Zhang San knelt on a mat, the other corner of the mat was rolled up, and a person was lying in it, his face was covered, and his body was covered with blood.

After the Wen brothers arrived, the crowd automatically separated, and the Wen family's family members also drove out and stood on the periphery.

Zhang San noticed the abnormality, looked up, and then howled and cried.

Wen Qian, the boss of the Wen family, frowned, stood at the front, lifted the corner of the mat, looked at the face inside, and then closed it again with a gloomy face. His brother stepped forward, and several people discussed a few words. I heard Zhang San's cry getting louder and louder.

Crunch, Yuan Xi and others also arrived. You have to find a good place to watch the play, Yuan Xi asked the onlookers to separate the crowd to the side, and he stood in the best position in the middle, looking at the people on the field. Those onlookers were a little dissatisfied, but when they saw the appearance of Zhao Yun and a few pro-soldiers, they didn't dare to speak. In his mouth, he gave way to Yuan Xi in pieces.

The five brothers of the Wen family saw that it was Yuan Xi, hugged their fists and greeted him, and then ignored him.

Wen Qian said to Zhang San, who was crying: "Zhang Laosan, do you want to go back to your brother's land?" ”

Zhang San stopped crying all of a sudden, hung his head and wiped his tears.

Wen Qian sneered and said, "Your brother sold the land to me, but there is a deed, and it is fair to buy and sell." If you want to take it back now, isn't it a fool's dream? ”

When Zhang San heard this, he immediately opened his throat again and began to cry, crying while shouting at his brother's corpse: "Brother, you died too miserably......

Wen Qian said: "You scoundrel, keep your eyes open and see where this is?" If you continue to spread wild, I will have to have someone drive you away. My Wen family has always treated the neighbors as their own, but if someone deliberately makes trouble and wants to take advantage of the Wen family, don't blame the Wen family for being polite. ”

His hand lifted up, spreading out his palm. Immediately, a subordinate of the Wen family handed over a bamboo slip. He carefully read the words on the bamboo slip, and then said: "Look, it is clearly written on it, in what year and month your brother sold the land to me." One hand to pay the money, the other hand to hand over the land, buy and sell, Tong Su is not deceived. How? Do you think that when your brother is dead, you will be able to mess around? ”

When Zhang San was said this, he instantly stopped making a sound, and then said in a hoarse voice: "Where have you ever seen an acre of land sold for a hundred yuan?" My brother's more than a dozen acres of land are all good fields, and they are very fat, so they are sold cheaply. ”

Wen Yong, the fifth elder of the Wen family next to him, couldn't stand it anymore, and jumped out and said, "Your brother is willing to sell it for a hundred yuan, what does it matter to you?" Since this deed is clearly written, and your brother has drawn a charge, is there still a fake? Everyone, this person carried a dead man at the door of my Wen house early in the morning, if it weren't for the fact that he was a neighbor, we would have bombarded him a long time ago......"

Yuan Xi rubbed his brows, and glanced at each other with the businessman surnamed Lin next to him, and the businessman surnamed Lin said softly: "It seems that the show is over." Buying and selling, you really have to look at the contract, if you really draw a mortgage, you can't deny it. This Zhang San, I'm afraid he also wants to make trouble unreasonably. ”

The surrounding tenants are all subordinate households of the Wen family, and they usually rely on the Wen family to live, so they spoke for Wen Yong at this time and reprimanded Zhang San for being greedy.

Zhang San looked at the people around him pitifully, and randomly turned his gaze to the businessman surnamed Lin, seeing that he was old enough, wide and fat, like a person who could speak, so he begged him: "This uncle, you can tell me a fair word, is this one hundred yuan per mu of land similar to robbing?" ”

The merchant surnamed Lin stroked his beard and said gently: "One hundred yuan is indeed a little low, but since your brother is willing to sell it, then this transaction must be counted." ”

Wen Yong raised his hand to the businessman surnamed Lin to express his gratitude, and then said to Zhang San: "Look, justice is in the hearts of the people, what's the use of you making trouble like this, you will only be spurned by others." Don't say a hundred dollars, even if I buy your family's land for fifty dollars, as long as you want, then there is no problem. ”

Zhang San said: "But at the beginning, my younger brother was in a hurry to go out with the army, and he didn't have any entanglements on his body, so he asked you to borrow money, and you had to take the land as a mortgage, yes or no?" He thought in his heart that he would go to the battlefield to make a contribution, and he couldn't go on the road without entanglement, so you took the opportunity to lower the price, so I signed this deed with him, didn't you? ”

Wen Qiantie blushed and said, "So what? Your brother took the money and went on the road, and my Wen family didn't give him a penny! ”

Zhang San said: "At that time, my brother also agreed with you that if he can come back, he will return all the money he borrowed to you, and then ask for the land back." Is there such a thing? ”

Wen Qian groaned. The corners of Yuan Xi's mouth immediately curled, and he glanced at the businessman surnamed Lin again, which means that there is another good show.

"Is that the case?" Zhang San shouted again.

Wen Qian said: "There is indeed such a thing. But now that your brother is dead, according to the agreement, this field will be sold to us forever......"

Zhang San shouted: "Isn't he coming back?" ”

The crowd of onlookers was originally chewing on the root of their tongues and buzzing, but suddenly it fell silent, and the eyes of the audience were focused on the corpse under the straw mat.

Zhang San shouted again: "Isn't he coming back!" The voice was deafening, with a hoarse cry, as if all the helplessness and grief in my heart were vented. The hearts of the audience were shocked.

Yuan Xi squatted down and beckoned the businessman surnamed Lin to squat down and take a look. This excitement can't be over for a while, so it's better to change to a labor-saving posture and continue to watch.

The Wen brothers were suddenly speechless. In front of him, this Zhang San's brother is indeed back, according to the agreement, since he has returned, it is true that these fields can be redeemed. At that time, when it was agreed, there was no provision that he would come back alive or die alive. Since there is no additional explanation, this precondition is valid.

Wen Yong was a little unwilling, and said; "This man is dead, what is the use of plowing the field? Do you still expect him to farm for you? Aren't you messing around......"

Zhang San's own brother died, and there was a sense of grief and indignation hidden in his heart, and the dead were the greatest, so he suppressed the Wen brothers in momentum from the beginning. Wen Yong is young after all, and he speaks a little frivolously, so when he says this, it is inappropriate, and even the onlookers can't stand it. The human psyche is always sympathetic to those who are weak. When a man is dead, he should not be criticized in words.

Zhang San was about to have a seizure, but Wen Qian hurriedly stopped Wen Yong and said to Zhang San: "You want to redeem your brother's field at the original price?" OK! Take the money, one hundred yuan per acre of land, a total of fourteen acres of land, you take 1,400 yuan, the land, the Wen family can return it to you. ”

"Big brother, aren't you cheap him......" The rest of the brothers were a little dissatisfied, an acre of land can be sold for two or three thousand, and now one hundred are collected, if the parity is returned, it is equivalent to losing dozens of times the difference. But Wen Qian is the boss after all, and with a wave of his hand, he doesn't dare to have any objections.

However, Zhang San lowered his head in a quarrel and said, "I don't have that much money......"