Chapter 1: The Trap of Mei Dahan's Treachery

  The villagers found themselves surrounded by the pseudo-army, and for a moment, there was great chaos. The snow-bright bayonets made everyone's heart cold. Everyone regretted not listening to the Wu Gong team's advice, and as a result, they were blocked in the village by the pseudo-army. A few brave ones shouted at the head of the village to think of a solution quickly. The head of the village cried and told Mei Da Hanjian's demands, and several villagers immediately blew up. They cried out for everyone to help think of a solution, as these were all related to Tongluo Village. If they fell into Mei Hanjian's hands this time, they would not die but would be skinned alive. The crowd was in an uproar, but the smart ones had already retreated to the back. Several relatives from Tongluo Village were isolated and tried to drill back into the crowd in terror. However, the crowd seemed to maintain a tacit understanding and quickly excluded them from the crowd again.

  Several villagers who were isolated from the outside shouted loudly to the surrounding people for help: "Villagers, I haven't done anything wrong to you, and I don't have any dealings with Tongluo Village. That relative is just a distant relative who is not even close. Please ask the leaders to spare us." Several people echoed in agreement. The villagers looked at the few people in front of them indifferently, because they had been singled out, everyone else had gained confidence again, and others scolded these few people for not implicating everyone, and told them to take care of their own affairs themselves.

  Mei Huan-yu looked at everything in front of her with a cold smile, and the attitude of these villagers towards her was clear. Although they lived in the same village, once something happened, they would still take care of themselves. Mei Da Hanjian knew this national character very well, and he only said a few words to isolate those who had connections with Tongluo Village.

  At this point, he waved his hand and the Han traitors immediately surrounded the thirty or so villagers. For a time, it was chaotic, and soon many people were tied up with ropes. Of course, these ropes were also donated by the villagers themselves. Seeing that these people had been caught, the other villagers all showed a relieved expression. Mei Huan-yu sneered coldly at the villagers and shouted: "You are harboring rebels, originally you should all be arrested as accomplices!" He looked at the crowd in a panic and continued to say: "However, since you have so quickly drawn a line with the rebels, it won't be difficult for you. But if you do something wrong and don't get punished, who knows how many people will follow your example? You yourself said whether it is or not?"

  The crowd didn't know how to respond, and a few quick-witted ones already knew it was bad. The crowd suddenly fell silent. However, Mei Huan-yu continued: "Alright, let's do this. To give you all a chance to make amends, choose a few more villagers to come out and do some tasks for our security team as punishment. How about that? We'll be staying here for ten days or half a month, so have these people serve us." As he spoke, he smiled benevolently at everyone, his expression like that of a Buddha saving the world.

  The crowd, unable to do anything else, brought out a dozen or so agile and nimble people. These people stood in front of Mei Huan-yu, each one looking very obedient. Mei Huan-yu chuckled and said: "Before you all do things, I'll set some rules for everyone, lest you say I'm not teaching but punishing." He waved his hand, and several underlings pulled out three people from among these individuals, and also pulled out three people from the relatives of the rioters who had been handed over by the villagers.

  The crowd looked at Director Mei in confusion, not knowing what he was up to, but the answer came out soon. The six villagers were brutally stabbed to death by the pseudo-military and fell to the ground, with blood instantly staining the ground red. The crowd was stunned for a moment, not knowing why this kind-hearted director had suddenly turned ruthless. Soon, there was a burst of wailing among the villagers, and it was the relatives of those villagers who were crying out: "Son, son..."

  Mei Huan-yu continued to smile and said to the crowd: "These few people are being killed for everyone to see. From now on, anyone who has any connection with the rebel party will be killed! However, you don't have to be afraid, as long as you behave yourselves, I, the captain, won't mistreat you. Our security team still needs to stay in the village for a few more days, so if you don't have anything important to do, don't run around randomly. Of course, if there are those who have connections with the Wu Gong Team or the rebel party, feel free to pass on a message: tell them that I want to have a talk with them. If they don't come within a day, I'll kill three of them. And if we continue killing for ten days or so and they still don't come, then there's no need for them to come at all. Hehe, in the end, they'll just have to come and collect your corpses."

  He walked into the selected courtyard with a loud laugh, and the crowd was in an uproar. This traitorous dog is really poisonous, everyone cursed in their hearts, but on their faces, they were all smiling warmly. Except for a few villagers who had unfortunately lost loved ones and were crying loudly while mourning, everything else seemed so harmonious.

  Several fake army company commanders looked at each other, this Commander Mei is really ruthless, with this move those relatives of Tongluo Village will hate each other, one hates the other for betraying themselves, and the other hates the other for implicating themselves. In this way, people close to the Rebel Party are isolated. Moreover, the captain also spread the word that the Wu Gong team would come to rescue these villagers, whether they came or not, this hatred would probably be placed on the Wu Gong team.

  A company commander was the first to react, and he said with a flattering tone: "Great! It's really great...!" As he spoke, he raised his thumbs. The crowd followed suit.

  Mei Huan-yu nodded: "Ma Yi, you little scoundrel has become clever, knowing how to flatter. Ha ha...". Mei Huan-yu burst into a fit of laughter and patted his shoulder in approval. He continued to instruct: "Ma Yi, this time I'm leaving the task of managing the villagers to you. Except for those who have been caught, let the other villagers run wild, don't bother with them. Then lead your men to repair all the fortifications in the village for me. Whether the Wu Gong team comes or not, this must be done well. If they come, let them not leave. If not... hehe, guess what will happen to those countrymen afterwards?" After giving his orders, he laughed and walked into the house.

  Everyone hastily stood up and responded, turning their heads to face the satisfied Ma Yi and congratulating him: "Little Ant, you've got a quick mouth and have managed to get yourself a good job. When it's done well, the big captain will definitely reward you, and then you'll have to treat us all to dinner!" Ma Yi's nickname "Ant" was usually somewhat clever, and everyone generally called him "Clever Ant", which gradually became his name.

  The next day, the Wu Gong team received the news. Everyone was indignant and shouted to rescue their fellow villagers together. Zhang Yun Tian furrowed his brow in thought, this matter is not right, after the traitor's actions, his Wu Gong team will probably have no one dare to approach them again, the hard-won situation will be ruined.

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