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My father rushed out of the house with his eyes bloodshot and his head covered in blood, but the broadsword in his hand gleamed coldly, radiating an intense killing intent.
“Dare to lay a hand on my wife and child? I’ll chop every one of you bastards to pieces!”
Seeing his wife and child being bullied was something even the most honest and mild-mannered man could not tolerate.
So when my father came out holding the broadsword, his entire body was filled with murderous intent. When the five Zhang brothers saw what my father looked like at that moment, they had absolutely no doubt that he might actually chop them to death.
In the next moment, the five Zhang brothers immediately became cowards and turned around and ran.
My father chased after them with the broadsword all the way to the doorway. By then, my mother had finally reacted. She rushed up from behind and grabbed him, and only after considerable effort did she manage to stop him.
In fact, my father did not have much strength left at that point either. The five brothers had beaten him badly, leaving a gash on his head that was bleeding. After struggling for a while, he collapsed, unable to fight any longer.
My mother truly did not dare let my father chase them outside. If he lost his temper in the heat of the moment and actually killed someone, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
After that, my mother helped my father back into the house and gave his wounds some simple treatment and bandaging.
Not long afterward, my grandfather returned home with Granny Liu.
The moment he saw the house in complete disarray and saw my father beaten into such a state, my grandfather's anger flared up in an instant.
My grandfather's temper was even more explosive than my father's. If he had been home at the time, the five Zhang brothers would absolutely never have dared come into our house and beat anyone.
Everyone in the village knew that my grandfather had served in the military and fought in battles when he was younger, and that he had a very fiery temper.
When my grandfather picked up the broadsword and was about to go find the Zhang family to demand an explanation, Granny Liu stopped him.
That was because Granny Liu had noticed the distinct slap mark that had appeared on my face.
“Brother Wu, don't go looking for them. Even if you don't go, those people from the Zhang family are already in for a great disaster,” Granny Liu said.
My grandfather was confused when he heard this and asked what she meant.
“What else could it mean? Someone laid a hand on your grandson. That person is definitely going to suffer,” Granny Liu said, shaking her head with a sigh.
If she had not said anything, perhaps things would have been fine. But when my grandfather saw the slap mark on my face, his anger grew even stronger.
He cursed furiously, “Those damn little bastards! They even hit a six-year-old child. Do they have any humanity left? I have to go and get an explanation from them!”
“Brother Wu, listen to this old woman's advice. You absolutely must not go. If you go, things will become even harder to explain. The person who hit your grandson definitely won't live past tonight,” Granny Liu said solemnly.
As soon as she said this, my grandfather froze and asked why.
Granny Liu then brought up what had happened to Third Brother Ma's wife last time.
It was precisely because Third Brother Ma's wife had kicked me several times that she had died in the back hills the very next day.
And now, the people from the Zhang Family had chosen to come at exactly the wrong time.
They could have come earlier or later, but instead they had arrived precisely on the day when I was destined to face my tribulation once every three years.
Weren't they practically volunteering to die?
There was a powerful spirit of an immortal being inside my body. For the past six years, I had continuously been protected by those weasel spirits and fox spirits.
By striking me, they had shown disrespect toward the immortal being inside my body. Those weasels and foxes would definitely not let the Zhang Family off.
When my grandfather heard this, his heart trembled, “This is going to be troublesome.”
Although the Zhang family was in the wrong, they did not deserve to lose their lives simply because they had slapped me.
They were all from the same village, and my grandfather did not want the Zhang Family to lose their lives because of this either.
So he asked Granny Liu if there was any way to resolve the situation.
Granny Liu kept shaking her head.
“There is nothing that can be done. From the moment Wu Jie was born, his fate was destined to be full of misfortune. His entire life will be plagued by disasters and hardships. He cannot escape this three-year tribulation. Either he dies, or someone else dies. We can only leave it to the Zhang Family's fate.”
Although that was the truth, my grandfather still felt uneasy, and he asked Granny Liu, “Does that mean whoever hits him will die?”
Granny Liu nodded.
Then my grandfather asked my mother who had hit me.
My mother said that it was the Zhang Family's fifth son.
My grandfather thought for a while before asking Granny Liu whether there was any way she could help the Zhang Family.
“At the very least, giving them a warning would be good.”
Granny Liu was helpless and could only tell my grandfather, “The ones who will seek revenge against the Zhang Family are definitely those Yellow Immortals and Fox Immortals. I estimate that they will go after the Zhang family's fifth son tonight. Tell the fifth son of the Zhang Family to put several mongrel dogs in the courtyard tonight. Make sure they aren't tied up with ropes.”
“Also, keep several big white geese in the room where he sleeps. Before putting them inside, make sure the geese are well fed. Let them defecate as much as possible inside the room. If you do this, perhaps the Zhang Family's fifth son will be able to escape this calamity.”
There was a reason for doing this.
First of all, the mongrel dogs raised in rural villages were highly spiritual. They were excellent at guarding homes and courtyards.
If a mongrel dog discovered a weasel entering the house, it would certainly chase after it with all its strength.
Moreover, in terms of size, a yellow weasel was no match for a mongrel dog. Under normal circumstances, whenever a yellow weasel encountered a mongrel dog, it would usually be defeated and forced to retreat.
As for the big white geese, they actually worked on much the same principle as the mongrel dogs. Big white geese could also guard a home and courtyard, and they had an extremely strong sense of territory.
They were certainly much larger than yellow weasels, and their beaks had tremendous biting and tearing strength. Sometimes even mongrel dogs were frightened by big white geese and did not dare approach them, let alone yellow weasels.
More importantly, yellow weasels were extremely afraid of big white goose droppings. As soon as a yellow weasel came into contact with goose droppings, especially if its paws touched them, its flesh would quickly begin to rot.
Originally, Granny Liu had not been willing to reveal these things. After all, she was a Horseback Immortal disciple, and the yellow weasels and foxes were all regarded as Immortals. They were beings she absolutely could not afford to offend.
But she could not withstand my grandfather's repeated requests, so she finally told him this method.
However, Granny Liu did not dare guarantee that this method would be enough to save the fifth son of the Zhang Family.
Those yellow weasels and foxes had shown our Wu Family an enormous kindness. It could be said to be a favor as great as heaven itself. Without them, I would never have survived.
But human lives were at stake.
My grandfather was soft hearted. They were all people from the same village, neighbors and fellow villagers. The five Zhang brothers had all grown up under my grandfather's watch.
Although the five brothers were somewhat reckless and unruly, and although they had beaten our entire family, there was no way to justify what they had done.
Even so, they had not committed a crime worthy of death. How could they possibly have to pay for it with their lives?
Regardless of whether the method would work, my grandfather still had to warn the fifth son of the Zhang Family.
So, before it even got dark, my grandfather went alone to the fifth son's house with his hands clasped behind his back.
When he arrived, however, he discovered that the Zhang family's front door was tightly shut. My grandfather knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered.
In fact, the fifth son of the Zhang family was at home that day. He knew my grandfather would definitely come looking for him, so he was too frightened to come outside.
And my grandfather could not exactly break down the door and enter by force.
The five Zhang brothers had all grown up under my grandfather's watch. My grandfather had always commanded tremendous respect in the village, and every one of those brothers felt nervous and afraid whenever they saw him.
At the time, they had acted against my father because they had lost their heads in the heat of the moment. Now that they thought about it, they were all terrified, especially of my grandfather's large broadsword.
My grandfather was still somewhat worried, so he went to look for the other brothers of the Zhang Family.
But these brothers either did not dare leave their homes, were too frightened to stay at home, or, in one case, even sent their wives out to apologize to my grandfather on their behalf.
My grandfather went around the village but returned empty-handed.
All he could do was shake his head and sigh helplessly.
Perhaps this was simply the fate of the fifth son of the Zhang Family.
The next day, the eldest son of the Zhang Family discovered his corpse inside their house.
He had hanged himself from a roof beam.