Chapter 34 The Tax Collector Arrives and Important News

Chenjiazhuang.

Cellar.

Scar, and fifteen other Hu family members were tied up and staying in it.

The dark and rotten cellar smelled bad, especially when there were fifteen people staring at him, wishing to eat him and cursing him all the time.

Scar was very unhappy now, and kept cursing at the fifteen people.

"What do you know! Staying alive is the most important thing!"

"You traitor! You are the son of our Hu family leader after all, you deserve it..."

"Humph, it is precisely because of my identity that I can't die. If I die, it will be a huge loss to Hujia Village. My useless elder brother has read books and is stupid. His head is full of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and trustworthiness. Therefore, I am the only one who can inherit the position of the patriarch. Once I die, either Hu Ming will succeed to the throne and Hujia Village will become weak and poor, or it will fall into power struggle and civil strife. So I must live, do you understand?"

It must be said that Scar has a bit of sophistry and eloquence. He found a reasonable reason for himself to be afraid of death.

Not to mention, among the fifteen people, the four Hu family members who were arrested for minor injuries were really a little shaken.

What he said seemed to make sense, right?

Hu Ming looked like that... they were not convinced.

But the other five witnessed with their own eyes that Scar was afraid of death and even cut off his own family members' heads to flatter the enemy in order to survive. They didn't believe Scar's words at all!

"Fuck! You sonless shit! I will kill you sooner or later!"

"Hu Dao, your whole family will die!"

"..."

A new round of verbal battles soon began inside.

And there was a very strange phenomenon. Of course, they hated the Chen family, but they seemed to hate traitors more.

Outside the cellar.

Chen Li and a few young men squatted and chewed leaf roots, listening to the verbal battles inside.

Although he didn't quite understand why the clan leader wanted to keep these guys alive, Chen Li believed that the clan leader would definitely not let them have an easy time.

"Alas, the people of Hujia Village are no good. They curse in a soft way. They are neither strong nor cruel. They are a bunch of wimps."

"Hehe, a bunch of wounded people who haven't even eaten. How can they be strong..."

"They deserve it. They killed the old patriarch and wanted to come and rob us. Humph, I only killed one this time. Next time I must..."

"..."

...

The sun rises and the moon sets.

A new day has arrived.

Chen Nuo moves his hands and feet as usual and exercises his body.

Although he is already in the flesh and skin realm, it is never out of date to keep fit. He must always strengthen his body and blood.

Only in this way can he climb to a higher realm better.

However, he has reached the peak of flesh and skin now. If he can't find the bone and muscle realm skills, won't he be trapped in this realm forever?

It's different from medical skills.

Things like skills seem to involve problems such as realm or the essence of life. Unless there is a skill, it is impossible to break through the realm out of thin air.

And according to his uncle, the bone and muscle realm skills were lost when he fled from famine a hundred years ago.

Where can he find it?

So

I can only look for other ways.

"The only place that may have further skills is the county town... It's not the right time yet. Wait a little longer, wait a little longer, it's safer."

Chen Nuo was patient.

But soon, someone else came.

It was Chen Li again.

This kid seemed to be the one who delivered the message.

"Chief! The second family arranged outside the village is back, and the tax collector is coming!"

Chen Nuo stopped and took a deep breath.

He walked out.

He took Chen Li and headed towards the village entrance. As early as yesterday, the staff had been arranged.

As Chen Nuo walked out, Chen Li shouted a few times.

One by one, the young and old men also came to the village entrance.

Banners, gongs and drums, two rows of people stood neatly at the entrance of the village.

When there were more people, the formation was revealed.

Soon, the uncle came too.

In the sun.

On the dusty loess road, a figure riding a horse was looming.

Soon, the figure was revealed.

It was a figure who was not very tall and wore a bamboo hat and a black official uniform with a big word "Liang" written on it.

The clothes looked good, but they were not good-looking.

Looking closely, the horse was also an old horse, with a gray beard, and it certainly did not walk fast.

There were two people behind him, who seemed to be yamen runners, equipped with knives.

The crowd welcomed them with gongs and drums.

The uncle and Chen Nuo stood at the front, also smiling.

The figure turned over and dismounted, walked forward, "Hahaha, Haiping, you old guy are still like this, we have been friends for so long, and you don't mind doing this."

Under the bamboo hat, his face was slightly old, with two small mustaches, and his complexion was still ruddy, and he looked quite healthy.

The smile on the uncle's face became more sincere. "Hahaha, Ning Feiyu, you are the same. If I don't do these things, you will be angry with me."

"Tsk, you are wrong now. Am I that kind of person?"

Chen Li took the reins and led the horse away. The beast will be fed well for a day.

The two yamen runners who followed were also greeted.

"Huh? This is... which descendant of your Chen family?"

Ning Feiyu was a little surprised.

After many years of friendship, he understood the temperament of his old friend. He was really cautious. Otherwise, he would not have such a friendship and would not have made such a strict gesture.

There must be a reason for him to disregard the rules like this!

The great uncle stroked his beard and raised his head slightly, "This is our new clan leader, Chen Nuo, come and meet your Grandpa Ning."

"Hey, that's enough, you're embarrassing me."

As he spoke, Ning Feiyu kept looking at Chen Nuo with a surprised look.

Clan leader, the head of a clan.

If it's true, then no matter whether this young man is a junior or not, he can't accept such a title. After all, he is an outsider and doesn't have such a big face.

He is just being polite, don't take it seriously.

However, clan leader!

Is he really that young? !

Ning Feiyu felt really strange in his heart, but he tried not to show it on his face.

Chen Nuo kept smiling and greeted him.

Behave as properly as possible.

With the mediation of the great uncle, the conversation was quite harmonious.

Soon, the three of them walked in, and the team at the entrance of the village slowly dispersed.

...

Outside the ancestral hall.

A decoration that can be put into the room.

Chen Nuo and the other two gathered here.

Uncle and Ning Feiyu drank old tea, talked about old stories, and counted past heroic deeds.

Chen Nuo listened and echoed.

Actually, he wanted to laugh.

Probably because what the two old men said was basically bragging, such as he used to kill several people with one knife, and he was also a number one figure in the entire Liushui County. The county magistrate had to look up to him, but unfortunately he was shot in the knee and couldn't retreat.

They didn't even drink wine, but they started bragging.

After drinking tea for a while, they finally started to talk about business.

"Don't worry, everything that should be prepared is ready. When the time comes, we will send someone to take it to you. Here, there are these, to cover the tax amount."

"Well, I trust you to do things, but this time, I actually have a very important news to tell you. Others should know less, and your Chen family should prepare early."