Chapter 268 Out of Control
But when they arrived at Fabe Village, the situation developed beyond Kevin's expectation.
One thing he guessed was that the landowner Baden was not ready for his next move. Kevin led the villagers to surround the Baden family's house and asked Baden to come out to negotiate in person.
The residents of Fabei Village had never seen such a battle before. The person who dared to surround Mr. Baden’s house must be some kind of strongman. They were all so frightened that they hid in their own homes.
The door of the Baden family is closed, but there are still many servants and thugs inside. They are armed with weapons and household items such as sticks and hoes that can be used as weapons. They climb on the wall to protect the courtyard. The Baden family is the largest landowner in this area. , and did a lot of bad things, because he was always very concerned about the safety of his own home, and built the house he lived in like a small fortress, with people standing on the walls.
Kevin led the villagers to shout outside the wall for a long time. Their target, the landowner Baden, still did not show up, but his butler, a fat guy with big ears and a waistline that was not far behind his master, slowly and slowly The ground climbed onto the wall.
The steward said arrogantly: "You didn't pay taxes honestly and injured Lord Baden's men, but you still have the guts to run wild in Fabe Village!"
Kevin and others were irritated by his attitude and shouted: "Let Baden come out and tell us in person."
The butler said disdainfully: "How presumptuous, Lord Baden can be seen by you untouchables whenever you want? I advise you not to have any wishful thinking, go home obediently, prepare your taxes, and hand them over honestly. Maybe Lord Baden will I will be kind enough to forgive you for your tax-resistance.”
Kevin said loudly: "Huh! Your crime of setting up a war tax privately has been discovered by us!"
"Absurd! Mr. Baden is also following the orders of the Lord's Mansion!"
"Then you should bring out the lord's decree!"
"Nonsense! You can also read the lord's decree?"
"If you can't come up with a decree, it's a lie. Originally, we should have reported it, but if the poll tax can be reduced according to our conditions, we don't have to go to the lord's palace to report you."
The housekeeper was a little surprised after hearing the request of Kevin and others. Then with an extremely exaggerated expression, he put his hands on his ears and said, "What? Louder, I can't hear you!"
"Stop pretending to be confused and let Baden come out on his own! Otherwise we will really go to Lake Town to report him."
"Hahahaha! You have really made me laugh all day long, you are just a bunch of untouchables...hahahaha!"
The butler laughed heartily, but he irritated the crowd outside the wall by saying "untouchable".
"Ouch!" A wailing sound sounded, and the butler's forehead was hit with blood by a stone.
Anger soon replaced the smile on his face. The butler pointed at the crowd and yelled: "You...you are so brave!"
"Kill this bitch!"
The angry crowd hurled more and more stones.
The housekeeper panicked and ordered behind him: "Quick! Dispel these untouchables quickly!"
A group of people soon appeared on the wall. They also held slings and shot stones into the crowd.
The villagers did not expect that there were people inside equipped with slings, and a large number of people were hit and beaten to death.
They stood very densely outside the wall, and the slings did not require any accuracy at all. Some people who were hit in the head and other vital parts fell to the ground not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
The crowd suddenly became chaotic, followed by collective rage.
"Kill these villains!"
They threw everything they could find against the wall.
The stone fighting continued for a while, with people on both sides getting hit intermittently.
The anger of the people outside the wall was getting stronger and stronger. I don't know who shouted: "Kill these bastards! Let's rush in and find out that Baden!"
No one paid attention. I don’t know who got two ladders from somewhere. In short, they appeared, and then the ladders were quickly put on the wall. The angry villagers climbed up the ladders to the top of the wall and met Ba The guards at Dengjia started fighting.
Seeing that the situation was getting a little out of control, Kevin regained his composure and shouted to the people who rushed up the wall: "Just subdue them, don't kill anyone!"
But his voice was drowned in the din, and no one seemed to hear him, or care to listen to him.
People were shouting and shouting, and people kept climbing ladders to the top of the wall. The guards on the wall were quickly suppressed. Seeing that they were at a disadvantage, most of the guards jumped off the wall and ran into the courtyard. Those who couldn't escape had to They held their heads and squatted down, but the angry people seemed not to let these thugs go, and kept punching and kicking them.
The people who crossed the courtyard wall opened the gate from the inside, and the people surrounding the outside rushed in with a roar.
Kevin climbed onto the wall and with great effort stopped those who were still using fists and kicks to retaliate against the guards, but the guards who didn't run away had run out of energy.
"Alas!" He sighed, and then stood on the wall and shouted to the villagers who were rushing into the yard to calm down.
But it was useless. After people rushed into the yard, they banged open the doors of each house, found out the people inside and beat them up indiscriminately. In the eyes of them who had lost their minds, everyone in this house was sinful.
The angry crowd quickly searched the mansion inside and out, but could not find Baden or the housekeeper.
So they tied up the servants in the mansion and forced them to tell them about Baden's whereabouts, but they didn't get any useful information.
During the search, something unexpected happened.
Someone found a room with several boxes in it. When the boxes were opened, the golden light made people instantly dazed.
No mistake, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!
There were a lot of silver and copper coins in the box. How could they, who had been poor for generations, have ever seen so much money?
After half a minute of collective stagnation, the first person who reacted rushed up and grabbed a handful of money and put it in his pocket, then the second handful, the third handful...
But he was soon pushed aside, and the crowd behind rushed up, scrambling to pick up the money and put it in their pockets.
People who were searching in other places also heard the sound and came. The money in several boxes was quickly divided up, and many people even fought because of the snatch.
When there was no money left in the box, the latecomers beat their chests and stamped their feet, regretting that they had not found this place first.
But they soon found a way to make up for their regret. Although the coins were robbed, there were still many things in the house.
Then the chaos officially began. People began to search for property in the house and put anything that looked valuable into their bags.
The Baden family's house made such a big commotion that the villagers of Fabe Village soon knew what had happened.
It was like a bolt from the blue: the arrogant Baden master was beaten away! A group of people from other villages actually robbed his property in his house!
After the shock, they were unwilling: How could they let those people from other villages get away with it!
No, we also have a share of the Baden family's property! This landlord has been exploiting us a lot on weekdays.
So the villagers of Fabe Village also rushed into the mansion. Because they were intimidated by the courage of the previous group of people, they did not dare to ask for the property that had been divided up, so they robbed the remaining things.
The furniture was moved and dismantled, and even the granite bricks they had never seen were knocked down piece by piece and taken away.
Those servants abandoned by Baden were in trouble. They were forced to hand over their money.
Fabe Village is a big village. The Baden family has lived here for generations. There are several independent branches, and some other wealthy families in the village have also suffered...
Only Kevin stood at the gate blankly, wanting to cry without tears. This was not what he had imagined before!
When people lost their minds, he tried to stop his companions from messing around, but it didn't work.
Even when he saw others taking a lot of money, he felt a fiery impulse in his heart, and it was hard to suppress this desire.
What should I do next? Kevin was a little panicked.