The black-bellied peasant girl is reborn, and her weird relatives are mad

"Master, what should we do? Should we rush in?" Tang Si asked anxiously.

Tang Zhongbai waved his hand to stop him, "Don't be impatient. They don't believe we can understand with just a few words. I'll talk to them."

There was no movement inside, so Tang Zhongbai could only shout out, "Friends down there, I'm coming down. Please rest assured, we won't hurt you."

He slowly opened the door of the dark room, raised the torch to the entrance of the cave, and looked inside by the light of the fire.

The scene below really stunned him. A long ladder led to a small dark room, which was surrounded by beds made of wooden boards. There were about twenty men of old and young holding wooden sticks, shovels and brooms in their hands, staring at the entrance of the dark room with fear on their faces.

Standing in front of the crowd was a man in his forties holding a kitchen knife. He had a fair complexion and wore a neat grey robe. He looked solemn and stared at them with burning eyes.

Tang Zhongbai guessed that he was the leader of these people, so he took the initiative to reveal his true identity, "Uncle, my name is Tang Zhongbai, and I am the newly appointed county magistrate of Suanzao County in Chenliu County. This year, there was a severe drought in our county, and now there is an epidemic in the county. I got advice from a master and went to Wuquan Villa to ask for help from the doctor. When our ship arrived here, we met a large barge and came up to negotiate, but they wanted to kill us if we didn't agree. We resisted, and now everyone on the ship has been killed by us. Don't be afraid, you can come out with peace of mind."

Tang Zhongbai was full of emotion, and every word and action he took expressed it sincerely, but the people below still remained skeptical of them, and no one dared to lay down their weapons.

Tang Zhongbai took out a small token from his arms and threw it down into the leader's arms.

"Uncle, this is my official token. Take a look. I really have no need to lie to you. May I know your name? Why don't you come up and we can talk slowly in the dining room?" He stretched out his hand and invited them.

The leader turned the token over and over in his hand, then handed it to a young man in his twenties beside him, "Qin Jun, you were a soldier, come and see if this token is real or fake?"

The young man took the token, took a look at it and said, "Uncle Liu, is it real? But if the token is real, does that mean the person must be real?"

The leader understood, and he threw the token up and said loudly: "Tang County Magistrate, I am Liu Chuan, the manager of the kitchen of this ship. We don't know whether your words are true or not, so how can we trust you?"

Tang Zhongbai shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "Uncle Liu, if you don't believe me, I can't either. But why would we lie to you? We have killed all the people on the ship. We will leave here soon, and before we leave, we have to burn this ship. You have to leave here immediately and run for your lives."

When Liu Chuan heard that they were going to burn the ship, his face changed drastically. "You want to burn the ship, but do you know who the real owner of this ship is? You are now in his territory, aren't you afraid that he will cause trouble for you?"

Tang Zhongbai snorted coldly, "Afraid? I wouldn't have come. Isn't he just the King of Lingnan? This is the territory of the Dawu Dynasty. The entire Dawu Dynasty belongs to the current emperor. When did he allow a small king of a different surname to do evil?"

When Liu Chuan heard him say this, he bowed to him and called out to the people in the dark room, "Brothers, we have finally waited for a good official. He must be a good official who cares about the people to say this. Let's follow him."

"Boss, we all listen to you."

"Okay, guys, let's go up."

Tang Zhongbai quickly made way, and Tang Si and Fuzi stood at the entrance of the cave and helped them up one by one.

The house, which was not big to begin with, was suddenly filled with people, making it impossible to move in.

"Fuzi, the two of us will go ahead and protect them to the dining room." Jiang Muxia walked out the door, holding a dagger, and stood at the door of the dining room with Fuzi to prevent hidden weapons from being thrown from the iron door.

Qin Jun was the last one to reach the door of the dining room. Jiang Muxia turned around and met him face to face. He screamed, "Ghost!" and sat down on the ground, crawling towards the dining room.

Jiang Muxia was speechless. Seeing that everyone had gone to the dining room, she walked to the kitchen, found a clean copper basin, washed her face, and then returned to the dining room.

At this time, candles were lit in the dining room, and the room became brighter.

Jiang Muxia deliberately walked behind Qin Jun and patted him hard. When he turned around, she asked him with a smile, "Brother, do I look like a ghost?"

Fuzi had already explained it to him, and he had recovered from his shock. Looking at the cute little girl in front of him, he blushed, rubbed his nose embarrassedly, and apologized to her, "I'm sorry, I didn't see it clearly."

She smiled, turned around and walked to Tang Zhongbai, and asked him in a low voice, "What's going on?"

Tang Zhongbai nodded to Liu Chuan, pulled her to the door, and whispered back: "I asked, they are all Han people. According to Uncle Liu, there is a mysterious man living in the iron gate opposite. He has been on this ship for seven years and has never seen this person come out, let alone his true face. He only knows that there is a man living inside."

"Man? Is he Wu Jun's man?"

Tang Zhongbai pondered and said, "Maybe, no one knows."

Jiang Muxia looked up at him and asked, "Should we rush in now?"

"You stay here and I'll take Tang Si with me."

"No, we have to share the hardship. Don't think of leaving me behind." Jiang Muxia's eyes were determined. He picked up the whip, called Fuzi and rushed in.

Tang Zhongbai shouted into the room, "Uncle Liu, I'm going to take care of something important first, you guys wait for us here."

After saying that, he quickly stood up and chased after Jiang Muxia.

As she walked, she took out a stone from the small pouch on her waist, flicked her thumb and middle finger, and the stone flew in through the crack in the door.

With a bang, the stone hit the wall and fell down, but no hidden weapon flew out.

While she felt relieved, doubts arose in her heart.

The swallow-shaped dart would not appear out of thin air, it seems the person inside is hiding. The enemy is in the dark, they are in the light, so they must be extremely careful when they act.

She walked in front, asked Fuzi for a torch, and raised her hand to signal the people behind to be careful.

She gently pushed open the iron door and looked around. This side was longer than the passage on the other side, with four rooms facing each other, and their doors were tightly closed.

The corridor was spotless. The wall lamps at the door were off. Jiang Muxia reached out and lit them, and the entire corridor became bright.

The corridor was very quiet and they could not hear any movement from the house, so they could not tell which room had someone in it.

When they all came in, Tang Zhongbai closed the iron gate and bolted it, determined not to leave until all the people were eliminated.

Tang Zhongbai stood by the iron gate, gestured to the three of them, and pointed his finger at the first door on the right as they entered the door.

The three of them understood, gripped their weapons tightly, and walked towards the first door.

Tang Zhongbai raised his hand and pushed the door. It was not locked. He pushed it and the door hit the wall with a bang and bounced back.

Tang Si just raised the torch to the door, and a black shadow flew out of the house like lightning and emerged from their feet. Fu Zi, who was standing behind, raised his sword and stabbed the black shadow fiercely, hitting its body. A scream rang out, and there was no sound the next moment.