Chapter 853: Chapter 855: A Delaying Tactic
Yang Ming thought that the people of this village were truly too ignorant, and the Village Chief was the only breakthrough. If the Village Chief was also ignorant, he would break out of the encirclement and take his wife and son to escape. They absolutely could not be cremated here.
Since entering the courtyard, the Village Chief of Anding Village had maintained a cold expression and had not spoken, unclear about what he was thinking. Upon hearing Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming’s words, his expression finally showed a slight change, and he waved his long arms and called out loudly, "Everyone, quiet down, stop making noise."
Sure enough, the Village Chief was the most authoritative person in this village. His loud shout made everyone instantly quiet down, with all eyes on the Village Chief, who was their backbone.
The Village Chief took a few steps forward, walked up to Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming, and spoke coldly, "You two, our village was fine, but you insisted on breaking in. Now you can’t blame anyone else. Ever since you stepped into our village, people have started to fall ill one after another, and you can’t escape this connection. Even if it’s not directly caused by you, you brought the evil spirit. If you don’t want to be cremated, you need to cure the villagers’ illness, then I’ll let you go."
The Village Chief’s words sparked objections from the villagers.
"Village Chief, you can’t let them go, they brought evil to our village."
"Yeah, Village Chief, how can you let them go so easily?"
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The Village Chief raised his arms again and said authoritatively, "Everyone stop arguing, do you all want to live?"
Indeed, once he spoke, everyone quieted down. Everyone wanted to live. The Village Chief continued, "Everyone, don’t worry, they can’t escape from this village. Let’s first give them a chance to help everyone with the treatment. If you are not cured, then burn them as usual."
"..." Xiaoxiao was speechless. Wasn’t this making things difficult? They weren’t doctors, yet these people with illnesses were sticking to them.
She really wanted to go up and beat these people, but unfortunately, she was too weak, so she had to endure it. Yang Ming saw the grievance in his wife, pulled her aside, gave her a reassuring look, then looked at the Village Chief and said, "It’s a deal. If the villagers are cured, let us go."
"It’s a deal. If the villagers are healed, you can leave. But conversely, if they aren’t healed, you can only be cremated here."
"Okay." Yang Ming agreed, this was just a stalling tactic; if he didn’t agree, they would be cremated anyway.
At this time, another villager doubted, "Village Chief, they’re not doctors, can they cure everyone?"
"Yeah, even the town’s doctor said it’s hopeless, can they do it?"
"I think it’s unlikely, just a waste of time."
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Facing these noisy villagers, Yang Ming helplessly said, "Listen to me, everyone’s symptoms are just illnesses, absolutely not caused by any evil spirit. Just see a doctor, and there’s hope. If the town doctor can’t treat it, you can find a County doctor, there will always be a doctor who can heal you."
"It’s easy for you to say, but it’s not that easy to get a County doctor. Also, how do we have the Silver to see a County doctor?"
"Right, didn’t they agree to cure everyone? Then they should pay for the doctor."
"Exactly, it’s their fault. If they hadn’t entered the village, would things be like this? Let them pay."
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