Chapter 1731 - 549: Rotten Beast Meat, Inciting Public Outrage (3)

Chapter 1731: Chapter 549: Rotten Beast Meat, Inciting Public Outrage (3)

After Zhang Hai stopped that person, he immediately began to explain. But before he could finish, a middle-aged voice interrupted from the crowd.

His expression froze, and he planned to speak.

"We’ve worked for fifteen hours without even a drop of water, and you give us ten pots of rotten Beast Meat to eat. Only your Tiger Tail Village could pull such a stunt! Dream on if you want us to help build the road!"

"I’ve also traversed Qinghua City. When building the official road, the Finance Department in the city allocated funds, and everyone received some salary. You embezzled the brothers’ silver, which is bad enough, but then you wouldn’t even give us a mouthful of Beast Meat, and served us these ten pots of rotten meat. Are you even human?"

"Shameless! Brothers, we mustn’t build the road for them; let’s go!"

"You’re right. Let’s go back. Tiger Tail Village is too much. If this escalates and reaches Qinghua City, I refuse to believe all the officials there are blind!"

"Go, go, go, let’s all leave!"

......

Someone’s causing trouble.

Why would the Beast Meat rot? Zhang Hai didn’t have time to think about it now. Hearing the crowd, he noticed the provocative words inciting unrest, and he immediately realized what was happening.

His expression changed several times as he stared at the crowd, roughly identifying the people speaking from the direction of the voices, and pointed at them angrily shouting, "You... you... and you... all of you, stand out for me!"

"What? Does Young Master Zhang plan to continue killing?"

"Kill a few more to intimidate us into continuing to work hungry for them!"

"Brothers, if we don’t resist, next time it won’t just be about working. Rumor has it that Cai Qiu suffered a defeat outside, and the 200,000 troops that left two hours ago are going to fight elsewhere. What if the official road is half-built and the enemy attacks, would Young Master Zhang or Cai Qiu care whether we live or die?"

"No wonder so many troops are moving south, now it makes sense..."

"I’ve heard too; if we help Cai Qiu build the official road, and the enemy arrives, they’ll definitely slaughter us all!"

"Risking our lives to build a road without even getting to eat some Beast Meat, what do we gain from it? I’m firm, I’m not doing it, let’s go!"

...... 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

The crowd began to retreat!

These laborers were actually leaving.

Zhang Hai was furious inside, his face alternating between pale and flush. Seeing the crowd starting to retreat en masse, he suddenly drew his sword and charged out, directly toward those he had named earlier.

Thunk...

For some reason, having only run ten meters forward, without even reaching those people, five or six individuals inexplicably closed in around him.

Zhang Hai thought these laborers had gotten bold and were about to attack him, his anger surging further, and he swung his sword at them reflexively.

Thud... Thud... Thud...

With a successive swipe of the sword, the six people who had come close were immediately sliced into halves.

After killing them, Zhang Hai was instantly stunned.

On the ground lay six bodies, unexpectedly four frail women and two youths no older than thirteen or fourteen.

Of course, it wasn’t only him who was shocked.

The laborers who were about to leave were also stunned.

Those closest to the scene saw the six bodies on the ground and looked up at Zhang Hai, their breaths suddenly a bit heavier.

Many people in the back didn’t understand the situation. When they approached to see clearly, their breathing also became immediate and urgent.

Murder, for Zhang Hai, was naturally nothing, but seeing the gaze of those laborers fixed on him, his heart suddenly trembled, and two words inexplicably floated through his mind:

"It’s over!"

He had incurred the wrath of the public.