"Chief Village Chief, who is this blind person who offended your old man?"
"The chief of the village, let Liu chop him up alive!"
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In less than an hour, the village owners and deputy village owners of various water villages in Taihu rushed over, and they were all moaning.
When I entered the room, I saw a dozen people standing in the corner with their heads down, and Lawrence Lu was sitting in the middle, his face as sinking as water, and he didn't say a word.
"Chief Village Leader, what kind of regulations do you have? Everyone is here."
Finally, Liu Laosan, who was relatively close to Lu Guanying in the main village, braved the courage to step forward and talk.
"Are you all here? So, as for me, Lu Guanying, I am still of some use in this Taihu Water Village?"
Lu Guanying didn't even raise his eyelids and said "yin and yang strangely".
"General Village Master, look at what you said. Except for the old village master, in Taihu Water Village, your words are absolutely true, and they are more effective than imperial edicts."
Liu Laosan didn't know what was going on, so he could only follow Lu Guanying's words, but in his heart he scolded the guy who had angered Lu Guanying half to death.
"Really? I didn't know my words were so effective?"
Lu Guanying opened his eyes, stood up, walked around the room twice, and looked at the village leader and deputy village master in front of him.
The few of these people have three to five hundred people under them, and the large ones can have over a thousand people.
There are more than a dozen water villages, large and small, and the total number of people now exceeds 5,000, and those directly belonging to Lu Guanying are only 600, not counting the 500 villagers of "Guiyun Village".
The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds.
Therefore, last month, Lu Guanying, at the prompting of his father, promulgated some "rules", which were nothing more than to restrict each village.
In fact, the overall reputation of Taihu Water Village is quite good.
They rely on mountains to eat mountains, and rely on water to drink water. The huge Taihu Lake is enough to support these people.
Not to mention that in the Taihu Lake area, each village also has its own legitimate businesses, shops, restaurants, teahouses, boat shops, etc.
Therefore, it is very rare for strong men to dominate women and oppress good people. Many people come from poor backgrounds and are mostly local folks.
But some time ago, these people came from the north one after another. After staying in Taihu Lake for a period of time, their true colors were revealed.
Lu Guanying also heard some bad news, but it was still within the range he could accept. In order to prevent the slightest change, he promulgated some "rules".
At the same time, Lu Wei was asked to send people to focus on the water village where Qian Liu belonged, which was also a gathering place for bandits from the north.
Sure enough, as soon as Lu Guanying returned to "Guiyun Village" tonight, Lu Wei came to report that Qian Liuyi and his gang had robbed a woman in Taihu Lake.
This might not be a big deal in other cottages, but it is not a big deal in Taihu Water Village, especially since the "rules" have just been promulgated. This is a slap in the face.
Only then did Lu Guanying personally lead two hundred elite villagers to kill Qian Liu's water village.
Arriving early is worse than arriving by chance. At the critical moment, he kicked in the door and rescued Cheng Yaojia.
He also asked people to notify the "Open Xiangtang", which was to "kill one person to serve as a warning to others".
"Lu Wei, reiterate the ban announced last month."
Lu Wei was already prepared. He took out a piece of paper and read it aloud.
"Everyone, our Taihu water village is in disarray. Not only do we have to face suppression by the local government, but our own people sometimes kill each other."
"Even so, the big guys may not be able to have a full stomach, let alone support their families."
"Everyone trusts us, father and son, and is willing to unite and let me, Lu Guanying, stretch my hair. Even if Lu has little talent and knowledge, he is willing to work hard for this career with his brothers."
"But today, there are people who ignore the 'rules' promulgated by Mr. Lu and rob men and dominate women. They want to ruin the reputation of our Taihu Water Village. This is damaging the foundation of our Taihu Water Village."
"Liu Laosan, let me ask you, how would you deal with such a thing?"
"It goes without saying that the mild case is 'three cuts and six holes', but the serious case is that Liu will cut it open for you without the need for the general to take action and leave it to dry."
In the entire Taihu Water Village, Liu Laosan is worthy of being Lu Guanying's best "praise" candidate.
This old man also has seven or eight hundred brothers, because Lu Chengfeng once saved his life in the early years, and now he wholeheartedly follows the Lu family and his son.
"Where are the other village owners?"
Lu Guanying was very satisfied with Liu Laosan's performance and looked around at the other village leaders.
"Three swords and six holes..."
"Chop him, chop him..."
"Not killing is not enough to stabilize the morale of the military, not killing is not enough to make the civilians angry..."
Everyone was eager to show their loyalty, adjusting their book bags and pulling out their words.
"Chief Village Master, I was wrong. I don't dare to do anything anymore. They are the ones who instigated me. I drank two cups of horse urine in one moment before doing such a thing. I beg the Chief Village Master to give me some time to stay."
A way to survive..."
Qian Liu, who was hiding in the crowd, was so frightened that he wet his pants when he saw this situation.
He squeezed out of the crowd, knelt down on the ground, and crawled up to Lawrence Lu.
"Bah, it turns out it's your grandson who has learned how to snatch men and dominate women? I've long disliked you."
When Liu Laosan saw Qian Liu crawling over, he went up and said "Ding Dong Wu Si" and just started talking.
I cried so much during the fight that I lost several molars.
"Okay, Liu Laosan, you don't have to hit him anymore."
"Qian Liu, let me ask you, did you send someone to snatch this woman?" Lu Guanying asked calmly.
"Yes...it's a small one that was robbed, but..."
"Okay, you can grab it. Did you intend to be frivolous with her just now?" Lawrence Lu continued to ask.
"Yes... I drank two more drinks and couldn't control myself for a while, but..."
"Qian Liu, I won't say much else, just 'a strong man dominates a woman' and 'forcibly insults a good woman'. With these two items, I, Lawrence Lu, can't keep you."
"Someone, push Qian Liu out, chop him off, and hang his head on the flagpole at the entrance of the village."
"Starting from tomorrow, let all the brothers in Taihu Water Village come and see what will happen to those who do not follow the rules and do evil."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "In addition, tonight, all these people in the house will be pulled down, beaten with forty sticks, and driven out of the Taihu Water Village."
"Liu Laosan, Qian Liu's people, you review them one by one, and those with bad behavior will be kicked out directly. Those who want to stay will be assigned to your staff from now on."
Without giving everyone a chance to react, Lu Guanying acted decisively and settled tonight's matter, which also eliminated the hidden dangers of the past few months.
Lu Wei and Liu Laosan were left to deal with the aftermath, and Lu Guanying, the boss, was left free.
"Ah sneeze——"
The sound of sneezing came from the corner.
Lu Guanying seemed to have just remembered the kidnapped woman, and wanted to arrange for her to find a place to live first, but found that everyone in the house had already left.
What is going on? Are you all so blind?
"Um...girl, are you okay?"
Lu Guanying didn't know what to ask. As soon as he said this, the woman in the corner actually burst into tears.
Now, Lawrence Lu was even more at a loss.
He hurriedly came to the front and wanted to explain that he was not a "bad person".
But he found that the woman was sobbing non-stop, her face was extremely red, and her eyes were slightly blurred.
"girl--"
Lawrence Lu called, but got no response.
Taking courage, he stretched out his hand and touched her forehead. It was very hot to the touch.
Lu Guanying didn't care so much, wrapped her cloak tightly, hugged her and walked out.
"Lu Wei, Lu Wei, give me the horse on your back——"
Lu Wei, who had been guarding the door, quickly led Lu Guanying's horse, and he also led a team of villagers to get on the horse.
Lu Guanying ignored them. He held the woman in one hand, gathered the silk rein in the other, put the stirrup on the saddle, mounted the horse, clicked the stirrup with both feet, and flew straight to the village gate.
"Everyone, hurry up and follow -"
Lu Wei also hurriedly greeted the villagers, but he was thinking in his heart.
"Young Master, are you too impatient? You just finished punishing others, and you 'brazenly' hugged the girl and drove away. By the way, is this really good?"
Lu Guanying rushed all the way, entered the gate of "Guiyun Village", and called out.
"Someone, go and fetch the doctor from the village, hurry."
Before he finished speaking, he disappeared and ran directly back to his residence on horseback.
In the middle of the night, I was galloping all the way through "Guiyun Village", holding an unconscious woman in my arms, and Lu Wei and the others, two hundred people, were following them into the village.
What do you think of the gatekeepers and night watchmen?
Well, you can think whatever you want, who made him the young master of the village?
Entering his bedroom, Lawrence Lu gently put the woman on the bed, and the maid in the yard also woke up.
"Young Master, you are..."
Lu Guanying ignored their suspicious looks and ordered directly.
"Quickly, you go find a set of clothes, both inside and outside. Two people go in and change all the wet clothes for the woman inside."
The maids didn't dare to ask any more questions, so they had no choice but to obey.
However, when I was changing the woman's clothes, I found that not only was she soaked to the skin, but her clothes were also torn to pieces.
I thought to myself: What about our young master? If you want a woman, there are so many waiting for you in "Guiyun Village".
Looking at the unconscious woman, the two maids felt inexplicably sore and wished they could take their own lives.
Mr. Liu, the doctor in the village, finally rushed over.
In the middle of the night, the old man was asleep when he was woken up from his warm bed.
"Doctor Liu, please go in and see this patient quickly."
Lu Guanying, who was waiting in the yard, saw Doctor Liu and quickly pulled him inside.
The maids had already changed the woman's clothes. After all this trouble, she seemed to be feeling better. The woman no longer cried, but she still had a high fever.
"Doctor Liu, how is the patient?"
"Don't worry, young master, this girl got cold because she fell into the water. She must have been frightened later, and the wind and cold entered her body, which caused her high fever to persist. I will prescribe a fever-reducing medicine for her and she will be fine after drinking it."
The old man raised his eyes and looked at Lawrence Lu, with a "weird" look in his eyes.
"After drinking the medicine in a while, it is best to let her have a good night's rest. She will be fine after a few days of conditioning. For other things, the young owner is not in a hurry, haha..."
What's going on? Why is this old man's eyes so "obscene"?
Doctor Liu wrote a prescription, and his maid went over to grab the medicine, decoct it, and then asked the woman to drink it.
After everyone retreated, Lu Guanying discovered that the bed was occupied by the woman.
Seeing that the third watch had passed, he was too lazy to find a place to sleep, and was worried that something might happen to the woman, so he simply leaned on the bed and fell asleep.
"ah--"
An "earth-shaking" scream came from the bedroom of the young master of "Guiyun Villa", breaking the silence of the winter morning.
Whether it was the boy sweeping the courtyard or the maid waiting outside the door who had already prepared breakfast, they were all startled by the scream.
They looked at each other in a tacit understanding and decided to do whatever they had to do.
Even the maids outside the door could only continue to wait. They had not heard the young master's instructions and did not dare to rush in rashly.
What if I go in and see something I shouldn’t see?
Lu Guanying was also startled and woke up. What came into view was a handsome but slightly frightened face.
An oval face, a pair of big watery eyes, long eyelashes flashing with tears of grievance.
The light was not good last night, but it turned out that this woman was so beautiful.
"Have you...have you seen enough?"
The woman saw Lawrence Lu staring straight into her face, especially at such a close distance that she could feel his breathing.
"Ah...Um, girl, I'm sorry, I...I didn't mean it."
Lu Guanying stood up helplessly, and without thinking, he even knocked over the stool next to him.
This slightly funny move actually made the woman laugh.
She also recognized that the man in front of her was the man who fell from the sky to rescue her last night when she was most helpless.
"Girl, you had a fever last night, so I took it upon myself to bring you back."
"Oh, the maids changed your clothes for you. Your original clothes were already wet and... torn and you can't wear them again."
Lawrence Lu finally returned to normal and felt like explaining the change of clothes in advance.
The woman lay there quietly, listening to Lu Guanying's explanation, looking around, and judging that this was the man's bedroom, she couldn't help but blush.
"How...how do you feel now? Do you want to eat something?"
Seeing that the woman didn't speak, Lawrence Lu asked softly.
When he asked this question, the woman realized that she was really hungry. It seemed that water and rice had not touched her lips for almost a day, so she nodded slightly.
"Come here, bring some breakfast." Lawrence Lu shouted outside.
"Young Master——"
The two maids who had been waiting at the door early opened the door and walked in, carrying a food box in their hands.
"Um... you two serve this girl breakfast."
After Lawrence Lu finished speaking, he stood up and left the room as if fleeing.
In this way, the woman temporarily lived in "Guiyun Village".
Later, after more contact, the two discovered that they actually had so many common interests.
Gradually, they talked about everything, their ears and temples rubbed together, and feelings secretly arose.
"When the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win over countless others in the world."
"Yaojia, do you really want to leave?"
On this day, Cheng Yaojia proposed to say goodbye and return home. She had originally planned to go back to celebrate the New Year.
In order to "catch thieves", I actually went to Taihu Lake. Seeing that the Chinese New Year would be coming in about ten days, this place was still seven or eight hundred miles away from Baoying.
"Then...can I come to your house to propose marriage?" Lawrence Lu finally said what was in his heart.
"Guanying, of course I want you to go. But, I am a disciple of Quanzhen Sect, but you are a disciple of Peach Blossom Island..."
I almost didn’t say, “Since ancient times, good and evil have not coexisted.”
In fact, neither of them knew quite what grudges there were between Quanzhen Sect and "Peach Blossom Island".
It was precisely the people who Cheng Yaojia heard Qiu Chuji say that he should avoid "Peach Blossom Island" when traveling in the world.
But Lu Guanying knew that the senior master of the Quanzhen Sect was imprisoned in "Peach Blossom Island" by his master for fifteen years.
Somehow, they felt that the sects and elders of both parties would never agree to their marriage.
Cheng Yaojia still left, even though she was so reluctant to leave.
It’s not even clear that once this is gone, will there be a day when we will see each other again in this life?
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"Finished?"
Everyone in the hall listened quietly to Lu Guanying's "love story" that happened on the shore of Taihu Lake half a year ago.
"Master, it was my disciple who made a mistake, and I am willing to accept your punishment."
It was easy to sit down and finish talking about the matter, but in the blink of an eye I was kneeling on the ground again.
"Humph, a useless thing!"
"Dongxie" laughed and cursed, and then continued.
"Chengfeng, tomorrow you take Guanying, prepare a generous gift, and go to Baoyingcheng's house to propose marriage and set a wedding date."
"Mo'er, from the Quanzhen Sect, please send a letter to Danyangzi and propose to the Quanzhen Sect as the young island owner of Peach Blossom Island."
Now that "Dongxie" has set the tone, everyone no longer says anything. What matters more is whether they should eat or drink, or celebrate Huang Rong's birthday.
No one seemed to notice that Lawrence Lu was still kneeling on the ground in a daze.
Why doesn't anyone care about me?
What about "good and evil are not mutually exclusive"?
So, why have I been so frightened for the past six months?