As a spokesperson, Zhao Tiezhu arrogantly stood on a dais and gave a disdainful glance at the family members of those able-bodied men.
He was once a member of the poor, but now Zhao Tiezhu felt he was no longer poor. He had escaped the realm of the poor, and was different from the ant-like inferior creatures.
He was now a subordinate of Lian Chengyu. When Lian Chengyu becomes a Tai Ah Divine Kingdom warrior, or even a “Kingdom Knight”, he would be one of the servants of a Kingdom Knight!
You know how great is a Kingdom Knight? A watchdog of a prime minister’s house was equivalent to a grade three official, when that happens, Zhao Tiezhu would be able to have multiple wives, and become successful! How could he mix with these scrounging poor?
“What are you making a din for? What are you making a din for? You bunch of bumpkins still want a miracle drug to save lives. How many of these miracle drugs do you think our tribe has? Do you know the cost of refining a miracle drug?”
Zhao Tiezhu looked despicably down at the ragged bunch of women and children.
But seeing that they had been stunned by his words, he felt like he was now a person of the upper echelon, “If I were to say it bluntly, all you bumpkin lives added up would not be enough to exchange for a miracle drug!”
“You want food? You want miracle drugs? Give up hope!”
“The tribe has previously saved your men’s lives once, and you still expect a second? It was your men who got infected by the plague accidentally. It has nothing to do with the tribe. Too bad for your luck? If you want to blame, blame it on that kid Yi Yun. It was he who got infected and spread it to you. That bastard, even in death he is harming others!”
Zhao Tiezhu had the ulterior motives to fan the flames.
And at this time, someone with a mean voice rang, “Soldier Zhao is right, it’s all because of that jinx Yi Yun!”
This was Lian Cuihua’s voice. She had been mixed within the crowd and had waited for the opportune time to steer public opinion.
“Also that Jiang Xiaorou that seductress! Our Lian tribal clan had kindly accepted that troubled family, giving them food and a place to live, and not only did they not repay us, they even brought disaster on us!”
“Fellow villagers, if you want to blame, blame those two jinxes!” Lian Cuihua shouted at the top of voice, and the family members of the able-bodied men were unable to tell right from wrong in their state of desperation.
Besides, the truth was too complicated for them, making it too hard to understand.
Now with that bitch Jiang Xiaorou gone, she had absconded to avoid punishment! Let’s burn their house! Let’s make sure that she will freeze to death even if she returns! Starve to death!”
“Burning their house is also a form of exorcism, let’s go fellow villagers!” Lian Cuihua took off her tattered cloak and jumped up the stage only with a top and began waving her coat, as if it were a small flag.
People had a tendency towards mass behavior, so they were easily led.
Besides, in their hearts, it was really Yi Yun who had caused their able-bodied men to collapse, causing them to have desperate times ahead. They were most likely going to starve or freeze to death.
Under Lian Cuihua’s instigation, the people besieged Jiang Xiaorou’s house again.
These people were either really angry, or simply following the herd. There were some who did not have the heart to do so.
But the outcome did not change, ten torches were thrown towards Jiang Xiaorou’s dilapidated hut filled with cow dung.
The flames reached the sky.
The crackling sounds were like the cries of the demons. As the tongues of the flames leaked the sky, thick black smoke rose, dying the beautiful red sky black……
From a distance, Lian Chengyu was watching this scene without expression. Burning Jiang Xiaorou’s house was not enough to appease him, it only mattered if Jiang Xiaorou was found.
He calmly said to the Zhao Tiezhu who was standing behind him, “Send down the order, do not affect the desolate bones refinement. Also, when out hunting, if you find Jiang Xiaorou, bring her to me. There will be a reward!”
“Yes, Young master Lian. I will guarantee that it will be done!” Zhao Tiezhu accepted the order before leaving.