Chapter 71: Dog Eat Dog
Father Ping froze, glanced around, and saw nothing unusual. Could it be that those people dared to kidnap someone in broad daylight?
Third Uncle Shun cautiously led Father Ping’s family to a dilapidated courtyard at the corner of the street, where an elderly villager from Pinghu Village was waiting and immediately ran over upon seeing Third Uncle Shun.
"Uncle Gu, where are the people?" Father Ping asked, puzzled as he looked around the empty courtyard, wondering if the twenty or thirty villagers had already left to take care of some business.
Upon hearing this, Uncle Gu’s eyes reddened, and after cautiously glancing around again, he led Father Ping’s family inside. In the dilapidated house, amid the rough, uneven mud floor and ragged cotton, lay a man.
Father Ping focused his eyes and immediately dropped the bundle he was carrying and rushed over.
"Big Brother Hai," Father Ping said, trembling as he looked at Hai Ye, whose body was covered in bloodstains. Hai Ye was known in the village as a top-notch fighter. When Uncle Hai could no longer escort valuables safely, the only one who could replace him was Brother Hai. However, the Brother Hai he saw now was nothing like the tall man who stood nearly six foot three inches tall as usual.
"What happened?" Father Ping turned and asked Third Uncle Shun.
Third Uncle Shun’s eyes also reddened, and he sighed heavily.
"Ah, don’t even mention it," Third Uncle Shun recounted the events of the day when Father Ping’s family had been kidnapped and the plan they had made, ending with the fact that only Hai Ye had escaped, while the fate of the others was still unknown.
After hearing everything, Father Ping staggered and sat down on the ground, aware that the villagers had always been united, but now, even if he regretted the situation, there was nothing else he could do.
"Third Uncle Shun, what should we do now?"