We agreed on a famine year, so how come your family has enough rice and wheat flour?

In an instant, the two servants' eyes widened in terror.

The two men trembled violently and knelt down simultaneously, begging for mercy: "Please don't kill us! We were just following orders from our master, we had no other choice!"

Lin Feng's strength is terrifying; it's impossible to see how he wields his sword.

Such strength was overwhelming; resistance would only lead to certain death.

They didn't understand. When Lin Feng was still naive, they bullied him a lot, treating him like a pushover.

Now he's not only awake, but his skills are even better than those of the average hunter.

They are on par with the real masters of house protection in the city.

"Do you have money?" Lin Feng suddenly asked.

The two men were stunned for a moment, then quickly patted their bodies and took out some loose silver coins, which they respectfully placed on the ground.

"Wow, they're really rich."

Lin Feng was somewhat surprised, but he smiled and accepted the loose silver, which amounted to about two taels of silver.

One of them stammered as he explained, "This...this is the money we need to redeem ourselves, but we're giving it all to you now."

"Anything else? I don't have the patience to search you. You'd better hand it all over obediently." Lin Feng said threateningly.

"have!"

The two men trembled, then pulled out a few more coins from their bodies and placed them on the ground. At the same time, they also searched Ah Bing's body and found the money he had been given for ransom.

Lin Feng took it all in his hands, weighed it, and found he had received a total of four taels of silver.

This money was definitely not their monthly salary from Chen Youtian.

Most of them usually rely on the Chen family's name to bully and exploit the villagers.

"Master Lin, we really have no money left. Please, have mercy on us and let us go!" the two pleaded.

"Let's go, I don't hold grudges." Lin Feng smiled innocently.

"Thank you, Mr. Lin!"

The two breathed a sigh of relief, struggled to their feet, helped each other up, and turned to leave.

Just when they thought they had escaped a calamity and were about to go back to report to their master, suddenly a sharp arrow with a triangular arrowhead pierced through the chest of the servant on the left.

The servant on the right paused for a moment, and just as he was about to react and try to escape, an arrow pierced his chest.

Bang! The two servants fell to the ground, twitched a few times, and then went still.

"These armor-piercing arrows are quite good; their penetrating power is decent."

Lin Feng put away his hunting bow, walked over to the two corpses on the ground, and pulled out armor-piercing arrows from their backs.

Seeing their unseeing faces as they died, Lin Feng smiled.

"You're welcome. Be a good person in your next life."

Lin Feng wiped the blood off the arrows, then stabbed the three corpses twice more before leaving with peace of mind.

In the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty, those who sold themselves into slavery were considered the property of their masters and were registered as slaves.

Slaves were not protected by law, and it was almost a crime for masters to beat or kill them.

Lin Feng killed three servants, so he naturally didn't need to worry about being investigated by the authorities, who probably wouldn't even bother to investigate anyway.

He went to the river to wash his face and clean the blood off his body.

Lin Feng continued his journey back to the village.

A moment later, wisps of smoke appeared in the distance.

Several villagers passed by Lin Feng, but their faces were all filled with unpleasant frowns.

Lin Feng inquired and learned the answer.

It turned out that when the widows in the village saw that Liu Yu was not sent to Black Wind Stronghold, they all followed suit and rebelled, threatening to hang themselves overnight if they dared to be sent to Black Wind Stronghold in order to preserve their chastity.

Chen Youtian came up with a plan: within half a month, all the villagers would pool together five bushels of grain and exchange them for ten decent-looking women from the refugee camps on the outskirts of the county town.

This year is a year of famine, and every household has just been robbed by bandits.

They had only managed to get some coarse rice by mortgaging their land deeds.

With winter fast approaching, this little bit of brown rice, along with some grass roots and wild vegetables they dug up, will barely be enough for them to get through the winter.

Now they want to exchange grain for women, giving them away to the bandits for nothing.

No wonder the villagers couldn't laugh; they all hated those widows, including Liu Yu...

As Lin Feng passed by, the villagers' eyes held a hint of hatred.

Lin Feng frowned, said nothing, but his eyes sharpened slightly. He immediately changed his route and headed to Chen Youtian's residence to settle accounts.

Upon reaching the center of the village, a large mansion comes into view, with a pair of vermilion gates and two stone lions in front.

When a gatekeeper saw Lin Feng arrive, he seemed unaware that his master had sent three servants to kill Lin Feng, nor that Lin Feng had regained his senses.

The servant instinctively waved his hand to shoo it away.

"Fool, get out of here, don't come near the Chen family!"

Lin Feng ignored him, picked up his basket, and walked straight away.

"Hey, you idiot, you want a beating, don't you!"

The servant rolled up his sleeves, about to raise his fist, but Lin Feng kicked him to the ground.

"You idiot, you dare hit me? Just you wait!"

Realizing he was no match for Lin Feng, the servant quickly opened the vermilion gate and slipped inside.

After a while, several servants carrying sticks ran out, opened the door, and stared at Lin Feng with hostile expressions.

Lin Feng didn't even glance at them before stepping inside.

Enter the main room.

Three or four servants stood in the room, while Chen Youtian sat directly opposite him, holding his fourth concubine in his arms.

Chen Youtian was quite surprised to see Lin Feng appear.

Those three good-for-nothings actually didn't kill Lin Feng!

Chen Youtian suddenly felt that Lin Feng was somewhat troublesome.

Standing next to Chen Youtian, a servant held an iron chain in his hand, with an extremely ferocious dog tied to one end of the chain.

Upon seeing the unfamiliar Lin Feng, the vicious dog broke free from its leash, opened its blood-red mouth, and roared as it lunged at him.

Lin Feng had killed an African tiger with his bare hands in his previous life, so he naturally didn't take this small fry seriously. He stood with his hands behind his back, calmly looking at Chen Youtian.

Just as the vicious dog was about to pounce on Lin Feng, Chen Youtian finally spoke.

"return!"

"Don't let someone's blood... soil my land!"

The vicious dog immediately stopped, retreated, and sat down next to Chen Youtian.

"What brings you to my house?"

Chen Youtian pinched the fourth concubine's buttocks while giving a forced smile.

Lin Feng sat down unceremoniously on a chair to the side, placed his basket beside him, crossed his legs, and said:

"Chen Lizheng, do you still know that I am a hunter, and I am registered with the government?"

Chen Youtian's pupils contracted slightly.

I know what Lin Feng is trying to say.

He was momentarily careless.

Lin Feng was a hunter who was registered with the government.

When the government conscripts soldiers, hunters are a high-quality source of recruits. They can become archers as soon as they enlist, saving on training costs.

If Lin Feng dies, the government will investigate.

Even if the corpse has been tampered with, disguised as being killed by bandits.

But who can guarantee that those three idiots can perfectly fake the scene?

Chen Youtian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lin Feng was unharmed.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Youtian, pretending to know nothing, laughed and said:

"Lin Feng, of course I know. I am the village head. Although I am neither an official nor a clerk nor a servant, I still assist the government in collecting village taxes, organizing corvée labor, and maintaining public order..."

Chen Youtian's words also carried a hint of warning, targeting Lin Feng.