Farming and reading family

Huang Xiaolou felt that people die for money and birds die for food, and these peasants would definitely be tempted when they saw the silver.

"I see that there are quite a few of you and your injuries are not serious. It would be better for you to go to the city to find a doctor as soon as possible." Chen Qing said and left.

The people following Chen Qing did not stop either.

"Oh..." Huang Xiaolou wondered what kind of village this was that didn't even look down on money.

Pan Yifang looked at Huang Xiaolou with a gloomy face as he saw that he had failed. He was also scratched on the face by the monkey. Although he did not have a fever, the wound was itchy and uncomfortable.

"Why don't we go to He County earlier?" Huang Xiaolou suggested.

"Didn't that guy say there were monkeys on the road?" Pan Yifang said angrily. "Go pick up a few monkeys and we'll roast them and eat them."

Huang Xiaolou nodded and called two uninjured people to go with him.

They have become accustomed to this during this period. They roast and eat the dead monkeys and sell the living ones.

Chen Qing and his friends saw dead monkeys all over the ground, and a few monkeys in a cage nearby were screaming at them in fear.

Chen Qing hesitated and wanted to open the monkey, but was stopped by Huang Xiaolou.

"Each monkey costs ten taels. If you let them go, you'll have to pay compensation." Huang Xiaolou said as he went over to protect the monkeys.

"Ten taels?" Zheng Yicheng said exaggeratedly, "Why don't you just go and rob?"

Huang Xiaolou smiled and said, "Go to the Zhiwei Restaurant in Qinzhou City and ask around. A table of monkey brain banquet will cost at least a hundred taels, and that's just for one monkey brain."

Everyone was shocked. No wonder these people were so desperate to catch these monkeys.

"And these monkeys are all ours." Huang Xiaolou pointed at the dead monkeys on the ground.

Everyone looked at Chen Qing, wanting him to make a decision.

Chen Qing stared at Huang Xiaolou and said, "Then you'd better leave our village as soon as possible." Then he left.

They just came down to take a look at the situation and didn't plan to do anything.

Huang Xiaolou originally wanted to ask the people here for help, but who knew that each one was more unkind than the other, and he was too lazy to pretend.

Although these dead monkeys cannot be sold at a high price, since they have just died, they can also taste the monkey brains like those rich people.

Chen Qing went back and explained the situation. Everyone was shocked that a live monkey cost ten taels. No wonder those people were so wicked.

"Dad, let's drive those people away quickly." Zheng Yicheng suggested.

Zheng Fengan thought the same thing, but those people didn't look easy to mess with: "Call someone and go together."

The young and strong men of the Chen family also went there. Gao E knew the price of live monkeys. No wonder those people caught monkeys in the spring.

Gao E thought for a moment and looked at Chen Ke: "Doesn't the court have any regulations on this?"

Chen Ke shook his head. "The imperial court does have some regulations to prevent corruption and maintain the integrity of officials, but there are many countermeasures at the lower levels. As long as no one exposes it, there's usually nothing to worry about."

Gao E sighed.

Chen Ke suddenly thought of something: "There should be chicken and ducklings for sale at the market now. If there are any, I can buy some goose seedlings."

Gao E looked at Chen Ke: What is the relationship between chicken chicks, duck chicks and goslings?

"Okay." She thought it would be better to buy a little bit.

They do need to raise some geese. Now they live at the foot of the mountain, and if there are any wild animals, snakes, or insects, making noises would be more useful than dogs.

Zheng Fengan and his men went to chase the man away, but they didn't drive him away immediately. However, Pan Yifang agreed to leave after eating, so they didn't want to be too aggressive.

Chen Jie and Luo Dagang brought a few people to stay and watch them, and let them leave immediately after they finished eating.

Pan Yifang and his team cracked open the monkey's brain, roasted it casually twice, and started eating it without caring whether it was cooked or not.

"Brother, would you like a couple of bites?" Huang Xiaolou called Chen Jie.

Chen Jie felt a chill: "I won't eat this."

"This is a delicacy that only rich people can afford," Huang Xiaolou praised.

Chen Jie rolled his eyes. The smell was far different from that of bamboo worms.

Seeing that they ignored him, Huang Xiaolou stopped talking and just started eating.

To be honest, it is only slightly smoother and plumper than tofu. I really don't know why those rich people spend so much money to eat such a bite.

The group was eating when suddenly someone stretched his neck in pain, his whole body twitching, and his hands desperately grasping his neck...

This sudden change made Pan Yifang's men panic, and they all wanted to put down the monkey heads in their hands and go over to check.

Chen Jie was also a little nervous and signaled their people to move back.

"Let him vomit out what he ate immediately." Huang Xiaolou thought he had eaten something poisonous.

After a lot of trouble, the man still died with his eyes rolled back.

This made Pan Yifang and the others dumbfounded, and they all looked at the monkey heads scattered on the ground.

They had eaten it before and this situation had never happened. How could someone suddenly die?

"Did you poison the water?" Pan Yifang pointed at Chen Jie angrily.

Apart from this, Pan Yifang could not think of any other reason.

"What are you talking about? Why should we poison you?" Chen Jie was angry.

These people have caused them trouble and are now framing them. Who can tolerate this?

"Otherwise, why would our people die?" Pan Yifang stared at Chen Jie.

"Who knows? Maybe you have done too many evil things and offended the mountain god." Chen Jie sneered.

"Bullshit." Pan Yifang picked up the machete on the ground and swung it at Chen Jie.

Luo Dagang pulled Chen Jie away and kicked Pan Yifang to the ground.

Pan Yifang stared at Luo Dagang with bloodshot eyes, as if he wanted to eat him.

"His eyes, his eyes..." It was the first time that Chen Jie saw someone's eyes turn red.

Luo Dagang also saw it.

"Hurry, call Uncle Zheng." The people behind were also panicked.

The man called Uncle Zheng and ran to Chen's house to talk about it.

Gao E had not expected such a turn of events: "Lü Hao, go and report to the authorities on horseback."

Now that someone has died in Baotou Village, they must ask the government to determine what happened.

Lu Hao didn't sleep last night and was not very energetic at the moment, but when he heard this, he was shocked: "What should I do if I encounter a group of monkeys?"

"Ride your horse faster." Gao E saw that Lu Hao was afraid of death.

Lu Hao hesitated for a moment and went to lead the horse.

When Gao E went down, it was not only Luo Dagang who was furious. The whole group of people kept scratching their bodies, some of them had bloody marks on their bodies but were unconscious.

The only one who was sober was Huang Xiaolou. He didn't know what to do. He wanted to stand with the people from Batou Village, but the people from Batou Village held him with bamboo poles and prevented him from getting close.

"Uncle Zheng." Gao E called out and walked over.

"Why are you here?" Zheng Fengan was worried. "Doctor Sun said they might be possessed by mountain ghosts and we can't get close to them." Zheng Fengan was nervous.

None of them had ever seen such a situation before, so this was the only explanation.

Gao E looked at the monkey corpses and the broken monkey brains on the ground, wondering how long these people had been eating this kind of food. If it was not processed properly, it would likely be infected with bacteria and parasites.

And their current condition may be that they are infected with parasites.

She was just guessing, not knowing the details: "I've already sent someone to report it to the authorities. Someone has died here, and it must be handled by the government."