Chapter 235 Blackmail
"Captain Lei Xing, you still have the nerve to come back. Let me ask you what you were doing just now?"
The village chief did not say anything. It was obvious that he was very dissatisfied with Lei Xingchang's escape from the battlefield. "I, I just went back to find help."

"Bullshit, you came only after everyone else did, do you think we are blind?"
For a moment Lei Xingchang didn't know how to explain. The village chief then said, "Okay, I forgive you this time, but you won't get any of the tiger meat."

Then they ignored him and led the villagers back to the village. They did not waste time and divided the tiger meat that night. Ordinary people could not afford eighth-grade meat, so it was only distributed to ninth-grade warriors. Those warriors who were not yet of good quality were given a small amount of meat.

The next day, Zhou Chen left the village again. Just like yesterday, the villagers all looked at him with unfriendly eyes, except for the children.

Those children had eaten Zhou Chen's meat yesterday, and they looked at Zhou Chen with friendly eyes. They originally wanted to come forward to say hello to Zhou Chen, but were scolded by the adults in the family. After hearing their parents' scolding, they dared not come forward again.

Zhou Chen smiled and shook his head at them, then ignored them and went straight to Xiaoqing's door.

As soon as he walked in, Zhou Chen saw a middle-aged man lying on the wall of Xiaoqing's house, saying some dirty words. Zhou Chen frowned and walked up behind him. Zhou Chen's footsteps were very light. The man had no cultivation at all and could not hear Zhou Chen's footsteps at all.

Zhou Chen said, "Brother, what are you doing here?"
The man was startled and sat down on the ground, "You, where did you come from? Are you looking for death? You dare to scare me."

"Don't worry about who I am. What are you doing climbing on someone else's wall so early in the morning and saying dirty words?"

The man said angrily, "Get lost, what do you care what I say?" Zhou Chen shook his head and reached out to grab his collar. At this time, the man had just stood up and saw Zhou Chen reaching out a hand. The man raised his right hand without hesitation and tried to open Zhou Chen's arm.

As a result, when he raised his arm to block, he found that Zhou Chen's arm was like an iron clamp. His weak strength was not enough to shake Zhou Chen's arm. Zhou Chen easily grabbed his collar and then pulled him behind. The man staggered and fell to the ground.

The man was speechless, turned around and pointed at Zhou Chen and said, "Do you know who my elder brother is?"
"I don't know and I don't want to know."

"you".

Hearing the strange noise outside, Xiaoqing walked out of the room. The village walls were not high, the highest one just reached the shoulder level.

When Xiaoqing saw Zhou Chen outside the yard, a smile appeared on her face and she said, “Big brother, you are here.”

Zhou Chen ignored the man and turned to look at Xiaoqing with a smile, "Yes, I came to see you." Xiaoqing excitedly went forward to open the door for Zhou Chen.

As a result, he was stopped by the woman in the house. The next moment, his mother Li Xiuhua came out. At this time, the man lying on the ground had left. Zhou Chen saw Li Xiuhua coming out and said with a smile, "Don't worry, he's gone."

Li Xiuhua then stepped forward to open the gate. The moment the gate opened, Xiaoqing rushed out and hugged Zhou Chen's legs.

Li Xiuhua looked at the man walking away and said to Zhou Chen, "Sir, you shouldn't do that. His elder brother is Lei Xingchang, a ninth-rank warrior."

Zhou Chen said "oh" and didn't care, "I'm a little hungry, I wonder if I can ask for something to eat?"
Li Xiuhua nodded and said, "Of course, if you don't mind, sir," and then invited Zhou Chen in. Li Xiuhua cooked in the house while Zhou Chen played with Xiaoqing in the yard.

About twenty minutes later, Li Xiuhua had prepared the meal and was about to call Zhou Chen in to eat when she heard verbal abuse outside the house.

"Where is that outsider? Get out here."

Zhou Chen was about to enter the house when he heard the shouting and immediately turned around to look. He saw a fat middle-aged woman and a middle-aged man coming out of the yard.

Seeing Zhou Chen in the yard, he immediately opened his mouth and said angrily, "Stranger, I didn't expect you, who are well-dressed, to do such sneaky things." Zhou Chen could feel that Xiaoqing's body trembled slightly just now. Zhou Chen squatted down and touched Xiaoqing's little head and said, "Don't be afraid, Xiaoqing, he is here to find me, go back and have dinner with your mother first."

Seeing that he didn't move, Zhou Chen pulled his arm and walked into the house.

"Hey, we haven't made ourselves clear yet, don't leave."

"Wait a minute I won't be able to run away."

After handing Xiaoqing to Li Xiuhua, Zhou Chen turned around and walked out of the yard. Zhou Chen was not angry at his words. After all, as a fourth-rank strong man, he felt it was a loss of face to argue with a powerless person.

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Auntie, you have to provide evidence when you speak. When did I ever do anything sneaky?"
"Don't quibble. The children in our village can testify that you grilled venison at the entrance of the village yesterday."
Zhou Chen nodded and said, "That's right." How come our village doesn't allow people to eat meat?

"It's okay to eat meat, but you can't steal our meat." At this time, the area was already surrounded by villagers. Zhou Chen was not a fool. This woman was obviously trying to blackmail him, but he was in a foreign land now, and the villagers around him would not speak for him.

Zhou Chen shook his head helplessly. Not wanting to waste time talking, he directly took out five taels of silver and handed it over. "Okay, Auntie, stop talking. No matter whether I stole it or not, this silver is my compensation to you. Is that enough?"

When the woman saw the silver, her expression immediately changed. She took the silver with a smile. The other villagers' eyes widened when they saw the silver.

Zhou Chen ignored their looks and said, "Is that okay?"
"Okay, okay, we'll just suffer a little loss today." Then he left with the silver. In fact, the villagers knew in their hearts that Zhou Chen was probably wronged in this matter.

They didn't know Zhou Chen, so they would naturally speak for their own people. They didn't expect Zhou Chen to be so easy to talk to, and he would give them five taels of silver right away.

"Okay, everyone, go away."

Just as the villagers were about to leave, a voice came over, "Wow, I didn't realize you're quite rich, you outsider."

Zhou Chen turned around and saw that it was the man from before who came over with Lei Xingchang. Lei Xingchang came to Zhou Chen and asked, "It was you who bullied my brother just now?"
When the villagers saw Lei Xingchang coming, they all made way for him, but Zhou Chen was not afraid at all. "I'm not bullying him. I'm just teaching a frivolous guy a lesson."

The man who had been bullied before said angrily after hearing Zhou Chen's words, "What did you say? Who are you calling a frivolous person?"

"Do you want me to name you?"
"you"

Lei Xingchang was also a little angry, "Hmph, outsider, I advise you to be careful with your words, don't lose your life because of a word."

Just then Li Xiuhua came out and said, "Fellow villagers, this young man is a good man. Please don't make things difficult for him. It's all my fault."

Zhou Chen looked at him in confusion. Before he could say anything, Lei Xingchang said, "You bitch, it's all your fault. I told the village chief a long time ago that you are a nuisance, but the village chief wouldn't listen. It might be you who caused the tiger monster last night."

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding villagers were immediately furious, "What do you mean it was him who brought this disaster? Get out of the village now, you disaster star."

No matter how patient Zhou Chen was, he was a little angry now, although he kept reminding himself to hold it in, saying there was no need to bother with these ordinary people.

(End of this chapter)