Chapter 6 Attack and Kill
When he returned to the house and found it in a mess, Zhou Chen's hatred for the few people just now increased a lot. However, he did not rush to clean up the room. Instead, he cleaned up all the footprints on his body and then opened the cellar to let Leng Yiyao out.

Since the entrance to the cellar was hidden, it had not been discovered just now. Leng Yiyao found the messy room as soon as she came out. Although she had been prepared, it was still a little hard to accept. Zhou Chen saw what he was thinking and said, "Okay, fortunately those plague gods have left and didn't find the food in the cellar. This is a blessing."

The constables had not left yet, and Zhou Chen and his friends did not dare to make a fire to cook, otherwise they would be discovered. Fortunately, there was some food left over from yesterday. Although it was cold, it was still able to fill their stomachs.

During this time, one could hear the villagers' heart-wrenching cries from time to time. The officials took away their food, which was tantamount to asking for their lives, but they were no match for the officials and had to let them take it.

Zhou Chen had seen before that those officers were not ordinary people. Their strength was all above ten, and even the leader had reached 21. This was why Zhou Chen remained silent.

It lasted for about three hours before the officials were ready to leave. Although they did not receive much grain, they had enough to fill a whole cart. They requisitioned a cow from the people and then let the cow pull the grain cart back.

Of course it was called requisition, but any discerning person could see that the cow would most likely not be taken back.

When the officials arrived at the entrance of the village, they suddenly stopped because the villagers blocked their way. Not only that, the villagers were holding various farm tools in their hands.

Several officers were frightened when they saw the scene in front of them. Only the leading officer put his right hand on the hilt of his knife and said, "How dare you! What are you doing?"
“Give us back our food.”

Seeing their look, several officers stepped forward to persuade them, "Sir, why don't we return the food to them? We are brave men and will not suffer a loss in this situation."

"You are a bunch of losers. You are scared by just a few people." After saying that, the long sword at his waist instantly came out.

The villagers were so frightened that they immediately took several steps back, but even so they were unwilling to retreat.

"I will give you one more chance. If you still don't retreat, you will bear the consequences."

Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, the village chief came over from a distance and said, "Everyone disperse. If the people do not fight against the officials, do you all want to die?"

Several officials drove ox carts through the crowd and headed out of the village.

At this moment, Zhou Chen was silently observing all this behind a big tree in the distance. Just when he was about to go back, he suddenly saw a few people quietly following the officials.

Although he couldn't see their faces clearly, Zhou Chen knew that they were hunters in the village because they all had bows and arrows on their backs. Zhou Chen carefully counted them and found that there were five of them in total.

Afterwards, Zhou Chen also followed quietly. It had been snowing heavily for several days, and the area outside the village was covered with white. About half an hour later, perhaps because they were tired from traveling, several officials found a place to sit down and rest.

They each took out the dry food and drinks they had brought with them, and said, "Boss, this is a great idea. You managed to get so much food under the pretext of collecting grain. Now my brothers will have food to get through the winter."

At this time, someone else said, "Will the county magistrate blame us for doing this?"
"Don't worry about this. Don't forget who has taken away our salaries." Everyone put their minds at ease after hearing this.

While everyone was eating, several arrows flew towards them. The leading constable immediately noticed the danger, dropped his food, and drew his sword to block it. "Everyone be careful." Although the incident happened suddenly, this wave of arrows did not cause any harm to them. "Who is so bold as to attack us?"

Seeing that the first shot failed from a distance, he said again, "Don't give them a chance to breathe, keep shooting at me."

Then the five men continued to draw their bows and shoot arrows. The leading officer saw the direction the arrows came from and discovered the hiding place of several people. After the next wave of arrows, everyone asked, “Where are they? Who are those unruly people who dared to attack us? Come on!

After receiving the order, several officers immediately dispersed and rushed towards Li Ergou and his companions. Seeing this, they all panicked and said, "Ergou, let's retreat."

Seeing someone taking the lead, everyone began to dissuade them, "Yes, Ergou, let's retreat." Li Ergou said angrily, "Do you think we still have a way to retreat? They have already seen us. Today either they die or we die. Shoot now."

After hearing his words, everyone became ruthless. Indeed, they had no way to retreat now. Although the officers had some strength, they would still be shot by the hunters' arrows even if they were very agile.

However, the distance between them was soon shortened to ten steps. Only two of the original six officers were left, and the remaining four were lying on the ground, covering their wounds and wailing.

Li Ergou was the first to throw away his bow and arrow, drew out his long sword and rushed towards the leading constable. The other four also took out the long swords at their waists and rushed forward.

At this time, Zhou Chen also found the place where the officials had rested before. Zhou Chen took out the longbow behind him, then picked up the arrows on the ground and aimed at the officials in the distance.

The biggest obstacle for Li Ergou and his men in dealing with these officials is the guy with a strength of 21. The others are not to be feared, so Zhou Chen plans to help them, but he only has one chance and must leave after shooting the arrow regardless of success or failure.

The target is forty meters away from here. Although he has learned archery, he is not sure he can hit the target with one arrow. Although Li Ergou's strength has reached 21 at this time, it is obviously not enough to face the officer with . On the other hand, the others have the highest strength of only .

However, they gradually gained the upper hand with their numerical advantage. Li Ergou was cut in the chest by a knife without paying attention, and blood immediately sprayed on the snow. Even so, he did not utter a sound.

At this time, Zhou Chen shot the arrow in his hand, and just when the officer was about to pursue the victory, an arrow pierced his left chest directly. He groaned and fell straight down.

Upon seeing this scene, Zhou Chen immediately turned around and fled into the woods nearby and disappeared. Li Ergou only saw a blurry figure and did not see his face clearly.

But it didn't matter anymore. They worked together to deal with the remaining officer, and then they went all out to kill all the people who were shot by arrows.

Their action this time had already violated the law, so there was naturally no way they could leave anybody alive. The officers were so scared that they kept retreating but they could not escape their fate. Li Ergou said calmly, "Brothers, don't blame us. If you want to blame someone, you can only blame you for not leaving us a way to live."

Zhou Chen ran so fast that he didn't dare to breathe, and he fell down several times. He seemed to be unaware of the pain and got up and continued running. He didn't feel anything at the moment, but felt scared afterwards. This was his first time killing someone, and the person he killed was a police officer.

Soon Zhou Chen returned home. The house had been cleaned up by Leng Yiyao. Seeing Zhou Chen coming back, still covered in dirt, she asked, "Brother Chen, where have you been? Why do you look so messy?"
Zhou Chen didn't want to make him worry, so he took a deep breath and said "It's okay" and then went back to his room. Leng Yiyao knew that something must have happened, but she wouldn't ask unless Zhou Chen said anything.

(End of this chapter)