There were no screams, no begging for mercy, only the dull sound of iron tools piercing flesh and blood. The eight thieves, wearing night clothes and carrying machetes and hatchets, could not even say a word before being drowned by the surging crowd in Linjiazhuang.
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When the crowd subsided, all the palace lanterns in Lin Wanwan's house were lit up, making the yard as bright as day. At this time, eight tattered corpses were spread out on the ground in the yard. Each villager held a harpoon in his hand, his eyes red.
, their hands trembled slightly, and their hearts filled with a bit of belated panic, they all looked at their clan leader.
Patriarch Lin glanced at the thief who had been cut into a bloody gourd on the ground, and looked at Huanong who was standing behind the glazed door with a pale face. He took a few steps forward and asked through the door: "Where is your wife? Has she been disturbed by the thief?
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Huanong replied with trembling lips: "No, no... no."
Under the light behind her, Lin Wanwan walked down the stairs step by step and came to the door. Just as she was about to open the door, Patriarch Lin quickly made a stop gesture: "Wanwan, don't come out. This has nothing to do with you. You can go without worries."
sleep."
After speaking, he turned to a group of stunned tribesmen and said: "Tow it away with fishing nets, sail the boat, and sink it into the sea!"
Lin Mengbo emerged from the crowd, grabbed the fishing net from a completely stunned tribesman, and began to drag the feet of a corpse into the fishing net without saying a word.
The dark clouds that covered the moon in the sky were blown away by the wind, and the mess in the yard quickly disappeared without a trace. Not even a trace of blood could be seen. The silent Lin clan members brought buckets of pool water and washed it away.
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Silently and slightly trembling, Lin Wanwan sewed the wound on Kunlun's arm that had been opened by the thief. This was her first real-life operation after learning the barefoot doctor's manual by herself. Before, she had tried it with pig skins.
Sun Huiyao had already put on clean clothes and wanted to come over to talk, but Yun Shang drove her back to the servant's room.
Everything seemed to be in order again. Except for the slight smell of blood on Kunlun's body that was suppressed by disinfectant water, there was no smell in the yard outside.
Huanong had already vomited twice and Yun Shang had vomited three times, but it didn't matter. They wiped their faces after vomiting. Except for their excessively white complexions, they looked normal.
Turning off the lights again and falling asleep, the entire Linjiazhuang seemed to have returned to its former tranquility, and darkness swallowed everything. The sea was like a bloody mouth, with waves rushing toward the shore again and again, and a group of old fishing boats rising and falling in the waves.
Floating, looming.
Only Lin Wanwan, who was lying on the bed, could not sleep.
Thinking of how the clan members were silently and methodically handling the aftermath, Lin Wanwan's understanding of these ancestors of the Lin family from thousands of years ago reached a new level.
No wonder they were able to survive the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty. This was not about being stubborn, but being ruthless. People outside said that the sea people were tough. Lin Wanwan understood for the first time how to write the word "tough". They were poor and
Who dares to mess with this ruthless village? You won’t get much benefit, but you may lose your life.
When the thief was first discovered, Lin Wanwan was still processing information in modern times. If she had come back half an hour later, she might not know anything, and Patriarch Lin would solve everything.
Who is eyeing her? On the night of New Year’s Eve, she still comes to her door?
All the thieves who came were gone, and even the knives they brought were tied with hemp ropes and stones and sank into the sea. If Kunlun hadn't suffered a few flesh wounds, everything tonight would have been as if it had never happened.
The people in the front yard were sleeping deeply, and there was a door across the yard, so no one woke up. Little Qingyu also slept sprawled out on the silk quilt, unaware of the movement outside.
Children who sleep well enough will not know what happened tonight.
Lin Wanwan pulled the corner of the quilt out from under Xiao Qingyu's thigh, covered her with the quilt again, hugged her, and took a deep breath of the milky scent of her body, and then she felt that she had really recovered.
Although her body has been transformed by the time and space gate and has become infinitely powerful, and although she has also been violent and injured others out of righteous anger, all this is still different from killing people.
In ancient times without surveillance, human life was like a piece of grass.
The next day, the sun rose as usual, and Lin Wanwan stayed in bed after not sleeping well all night.
Early in the morning, after Xiao Qingyu woke up, she wanted to make trouble with Lin Wanwan. Yun Shang, who was watching outside, heard the commotion, came in and hugged her out. She said with a "shush": "Madam, you didn't sleep well last night. Little Madam, please be good. Let's
Don’t bother me, Mom, Huanong has prepared delicious glutinous rice balls made with rice wine for you!”
Xiao Qingyu glanced at Lin Wanwan, who reluctantly responded to her, then closed her eyes and fell asleep. She nodded and allowed Yun Shang to carry her out.
While sitting cross-legged on her little stool eating glutinous rice balls, Xiao Qingyu looked at Yun Shang, then at Huanong, and asked curiously: "Aunt Huanong, Aunt Yun Shang, why are you so dark under your eyes?"
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The two of them touched their eyes subconsciously after hearing this, and Yun Shang said: "When I think of being able to set off firecrackers in the courtyard on New Year's Eve, I am so happy that I can't sleep, so it's dark now."
Xiao Qingyu laughed when she heard this, showing a row of millet teeth: "Oh, where is the tiger mask that mother prepared for me? Take it out for me later!"
When Lin Wanwan went downstairs, she saw little Qingyu holding a mask and chasing the little crab next door and Daya and others happily. The little elephant that was raised in the backyard had also been released.
Follow the children happily.
After washing up and having breakfast, Lin Wanwan walked onto the village road. She was in a trance as she looked at the busy tribesmen preparing to celebrate the New Year. From their simple and honest faces, there was no trace of the fierce battle last night!
"Master Lin, how about lunch!"
"Mr. Lin, would you like to come over to my house and have some eel? It's just steamed."
Everyone who saw her, regardless of gender or age, greeted her warmly. She was like a walking golden bump in this village, and no one disliked her.
In a large house in Wanghai Town, an old man with a goatee, dressed in silk and a turban on his head, was lying half on the imperial concubine's couch, squinting his eyes and enjoying the pink fists of two girls hitting their legs and shoulders.
Not far in front of him, a man who looked like a butler was bowing, waiting for his orders.
After a while, the old man opened his eyes, looked at him and said, "Are you sure that none of the people who went out last night came back?"
"Back to Alang, no one who went out came back."
"Have you sent someone to the countryside to ask?"
"I've asked around Dafeng Village, Lujiazhuang, and Linjiazhuang. No one mentioned that there was a thief last night. Ah Lang, do you want to report it to the official?"
The old man snorted coldly: "Reporting to the official? Old Xu, you must be confused. I find it funny when you say to report to the official. Go down and send someone to inquire again."