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Lin Feng let his mother, wife, and children go inside first.

Then he took out eight taels of silver and handed it to the bald hoodlum.

The bald thug took the money and prepared to leave.

Then the one-eyed thug who had just taken a liking to his wife came over, leering, and asked, "Brother, how much does your wife cost for a night?"

That person is so despicable.

Lin Feng punched the one-eyed thug in the only eye he could use.

"Go to hell."

The other thugs were about to leave when they saw this and shouted a couple of curses before rushing forward.

"You are looking for death!"

"Damn it, let's all attack together!"

Lin Feng took two steps back, took down the large bow hanging on the wall with his right hand, grabbed six arrows from the quiver beside him with his left hand, nocked the bowstring, and shouted loudly, "Whoever goes up against me will die!"

Zhou Haitao also stood next to Lin Feng, holding a stick.

Since Lin Feng started practicing the Beast Hunting Fist, whenever he uses force, he exudes the aura of a ferocious beast, which is awe-inspiring.

Lin Feng's roar really intimidated these thugs.

"Now that you've paid the protection money, don't cause any trouble. If you want to fight, you'll have to leave a few behind today."

Lin Feng pointed an arrow at Zheng Fugui.

When Zheng Fugui saw the cold glint in the arrow, he felt a chill run down his spine, and cold sweat involuntarily poured down his face.

Village chief Zheng Fugui wiped his sweat and said to the bald thug in the lead, "This family are hunters; they're skilled in martial arts."

This kid was an extremely accurate archer when his father was alive.

When the wild beasts came down from the mountain, one man with a bow shot and killed countless wolves.

Even the bald thug felt that Lin Feng had an extraordinary presence.

If those six arrows were shot, several people here would probably be lying on the ground.

His job was to collect protection money. If something went wrong and he lost a few of his brothers, he would also be punished.

The bald thug reached out to stop everyone, "Everyone, come back. Our mission today is to collect protection money. Don't cause any trouble."

I'll deal with this kid another day when I have time.

Lin Feng thought to himself, "If you want to wait another day, I'll make sure none of you see the sun tomorrow."

The one-eyed thug's only visible eye was beaten into a panda eye by Lin Feng.

He left Lin Feng's courtyard somewhat unwillingly.

"Just wait for me, little bastard."

Lin Feng had seen through these people; they were all a bunch of bullies who preyed on the weak and feared the strong.

The group of thugs left Lin Feng's house and went to knock on the gate of Wang Shanxiong's house next door.

Village chief Zheng Fugui said, "The people living in this courtyard only recently moved to Xiahe Village, and this person seems to have some martial arts skills."

The bald thug, still seething with anger, left Lin Feng's house, thinking, "Even if I have kung fu, I still have to pay protection money."

He kicked the door twice and said, "Open the door now."

There was no one at Wang Shanxiong's house, so naturally no one opened the door for him.

With a series of thugs, a group of hooligans kicked open the gate to Wang Shanxiong's house.

They rushed in and searched around, but found no one or anything of value. They left cursing and swearing.

The thugs of the Iron Rod Gang went from house to house collecting protection money.

The villagers behind saw that the people in front either obediently paid protection money or were beaten up before paying protection money.

They stopped hoping for a lucky break and prepared the money in advance.

When Lin Feng returned to the room, he saw his wife sitting on the bed wiping away tears. He went over and comforted her.

"Wife, don't get angry with these scumbags. They won't live much longer."

Zhou Chunlan glanced at the doorway and asked with some concern, "Will these people come looking for trouble for our family in the future?"

"They have no future."

Zhou Chunlan wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, taking Lin Feng's words as a way of comforting her. "Yes, I'm fine. Evil will be punished, and these people won't last long."

Lin Feng sat on the bed, holding his wife in his arms and patting her back. "My wife is right, their relationship definitely won't last."

Zhou Chunlan got up and walked towards the kitchen. "Okay, I'll go cook."

Lin Feng walked towards the door, saying, "I'm going to Mr. Hong's house to see if these people will make things difficult for him anymore."

Lin Feng carried his bow and arrows out the door, keeping a close eye on the Iron Rod Gang from afar.

When the group arrived at Mr. Hong's house, Lin Feng walked over and said, "There are two people living in this courtyard, one of whom is an elderly person with mobility issues. I'll give you the money, so please don't bother them."

The bald hoodlum looked at the village chief, Zheng Fugui.

Zheng Fugui nodded.

The bald thug squinted and said, "Not bad, you seem to have a lot of money."

Lin Feng tossed two taels of silver over, saying, "Whether you have money or not is none of your business."

After receiving the silver, the group of people indeed did not disturb Mr. Hong.

Mr. Hong and his maid Yue'e heard everything clearly in the courtyard.

If these thugs barged into the courtyard, they would have no choice but to pay them money in order to avoid revealing their identities.

However, if this group of people actually entered the courtyard, they might have wicked ideas when they saw Mr. Hong, who had difficulty walking, and his beautiful maid, Yue'e.

Lin Feng helped them solve their problem, and the two of them were very grateful to him.

Lin Feng didn't enter Mr. Hong's courtyard. He went home, put down his bow and arrows, slung a package over his shoulder, and headed outside.

He walked to the courtyard gate, turned around and said to Lin's mother, "Mother, I'm going out for a bit. Don't bring my share of dinner."

Lin's mother walked over and asked, "Xiao Feng, where are you going?"

Lin Feng patted the bundle on his back. "I'm going to town to sell some animal hides and exchange them for some silver."

After saying that, Lin Feng went out.

He said that only so his mother wouldn't worry. His bundle contained not only animal hides, but also a set of night clothes and two iron rods.

He planned to follow the group of thugs, and if he could find an opportunity, he would wipe them out and get the money back.

Xiahe Village has fewer than 100 households.

As the sun began to set, the group of thugs had already collected their protection money.

The bald hoodlum counted the silver in his money bag.

"One hundred and eighty-three taels of silver. I never expected that a small river village could receive so much silver."

These down-on-their-luck folks are actually quite wealthy.

We'll come back to collect it again in two months.

A round-faced thug asked, "Bald guy, don't we only collect once a year?"

*Slap!* The bald thug slapped the round-faced thug on the back of the head. "You idiot, you said that just to fool these villagers, how could you believe it?"

"If we said we'd collect four times a year, would these villagers still hand over the money so readily?"

The bald hoodlum took out three taels of silver and threw it to Zheng Fugui.

"Thank you so much for today. Please take these three taels of silver."

"Thank you, Baldy Brother." Zheng Fugui put the silver into his pocket with a big smile.

The bald thug said again, "Find a house in the village these next couple of days. Our Iron Rod Gang will send a few brothers to Xiahe Village to stay."

These brothers didn't need to cook; they just ate from house to house in this small river village.

Zheng Fugui understood immediately: they wanted Xiahe Village to help the Iron Rod Gang support their people. The Iron Rod Gang really had no bottom line when it came to doing things.

It seems that Xiahe Village will never have peace again.

"This will likely be met with opposition from some villagers."

The bald thug laughed and said, "Our Iron Rod Gang has allied itself with the city guards. What are we afraid of? We'll just kill a few of the fools, and the rest will behave themselves."

The bald thug looked at the sky and shouted, "Brothers, we did a good job on today's mission. Let's go back and have a drink."

A group of thugs walked out, chatting and laughing.

Lin Feng quietly followed them, carrying his bundle.