Chapter 1091
And so, with Pang Yongxiang carrying the bear's head, the group of 6 walked toward Yang Dachuan's house.
On the way, Huang Baoguo, Pang Yongxiang, and the others told Wang An about the situation at Yang Dachuan's house so that Wang An would have some understanding.
The entire Weizigou had only 20-something households and wasn't very large. For safety reasons, the village was basically house next to house, so soon, the 6 of them arrived at Yang Dachuan's house.
When Pang Yongxiang told Yang Dachuan's wife the news that Yang Dachuan had been killed by the bear, she immediately began to wail.
While speaking, Pang Yongxiang threw the bear's head he was holding outside the dugout, saying:
"That harmful bear has already been killed by Young Master Xiao An. This is the bear's head; we can consider this revenge for Brother Dachuan."
Living in these big mountains, in almost every village, people lost their lives to mountain beasts every year. It had always been this way, so many people were already numb to it.
From beginning to end, Pang Yongxiang never mentioned that Yang Dachuan had actually tried to harm someone and ended up harming himself.
The main reason was the old saying, "the dead are the most important," or "when a person dies, the debt is cleared." Since the person was already dead, saying these things was meaningless.
Looking at the still-weeping wife of Yang Dachuan, Pang Yongxiang said to Yang Chenglong, who was standing behind her—Yang Dachuan's eldest son:
"Chenglong, your father is over there by the field in the south pit. You all need to decide quickly: are you going to hold the funeral directly in the mountains, or bring him back and set up a mourning shed outside the village?"
People who died unnatural deaths outside were not allowed to have mourning sheds set up in the village, so Pang Yongxiang's words were perfectly reasonable.
However, although Pang Yongxiang had good intentions, Yang Chenglong questioned him with a thick neck and a loud voice:
"My father died on the mountain, so why did you all come back? And why are you all safe and sound? Tell me, how did my father die?"
When he said the last sentence, Yang Chenglong's eyes were wide open, looking completely like he wanted to eat someone alive.
It must be said that although Yang Chenglong's attitude wasn't great, the question he asked was indeed reasonable.
Pang Yongxiang wasn't irritated upon hearing this; after all, the man's own father had died, and a miserable death at the hands of a bear at that, so having some emotions was normal.
Pang Yongxiang said in a calm tone:
"You know what your father was like. He was too narrow-minded. We had all agreed to wait at the top of the slope and let Young Master Xiao An take the gun to hunt the bear himself. But your father... when Young Master Xiao An walked to the west, your father started banging a gong from the east. He kept banging it and moving closer to the bear. The sound of the gong was so loud that it enraged the bear."
He paused, sighed, and said:
"Sigh, that's how it happened. The bear didn't run toward Young Master Xiao An, but turned around and started chasing your father. You tell me, how can we two-legged people outrun a four-legged one?"
Although Pang Yongxiang didn't say it explicitly, the sequence of events was described very clearly. If one thought about it for a second, one could understand what Yang Dachuan was trying to do when he banged the gong.
However, when people are emotionally unstable, they don't think. Yang Chenglong was exactly like that. After Pang Yongxiang finished, Yang Chenglong roared at them:
"So when my father was banging the gong and rushing toward the bear, you all just stood in the back and watched? You just let my father fight the bear alone? What? Were your families' crops not ruined by the bear?"
When Yang Chenglong's words came out, the 6 people, including Wang An, were collectively stunned.
It was mainly because his ability to understand things was truly different from that of a human.
While Pang Yongxiang was stunned, Ergouzi couldn't help but say:
"Can you understand human speech? It was your father who banged a broken gong, wanting the bear to kill Young Master Xiao An. He didn't expect the bear to not be afraid of the gong sound, and it ended up killing your father instead."
After Ergouzi finished roaring, Yang Chenghu, Yang Dachuan's second son, said:
"My father had no grudge or grievance with this so-called Young Master Xiao An you speak of. Why would he want to kill him?"
The arguing soon called all the people of Weizigou out of their dugouts, and they gathered around.
Many people heard that Yang Dachuan was dead, and a faint smile appeared on their faces. Only a very few showed a hint of sadness.
It was clear that Yang Dachuan had been a village head who had long been resented by the people!
Originally, they just wanted to quietly tell Yang Dachuan's family that he had died on the mountain, but as the villagers gathered, Pang Yongxiang was afraid that if it dragged on, the matter wouldn't be explained clearly, so he spoke up loudly:
"Baoguo went to great lengths to invite Young Master Xiao An to help kill the bear that was ruining the crops, but your father... he wanted to get the help for free and brought out that old trick he used on people in the mountains."
Immediately after, Pang Yongxiang told the whole story.
After Pang Yongxiang finished, Huang Baoguo and the 4 others began to add details and talk about Yang Dachuan's faults, and they even brought up how Yang Dachuan had offended the Ewenki people two years ago.
After they finished, Pang Yongxiang asked indignantly:
"Everyone, tell me, is there anyone who does things like Yang Dachuan? He couldn't kill the bear himself, and he wanted to kill the person who came to help. Is this something a human would do?"
The account from Huang Baoguo and the others, plus Pang Yongxiang's questioning, immediately aroused the anger of those present.
One after another, they began to talk about Yang Dachuan's various wrong decisions in the past and his bullying behavior in the village.
It must be said that the fact that the people of Weizigou hadn't been able to eat for the past two years was indeed directly related to Yang Dachuan, this damn village head.
Just as everyone was discussing heatedly, Yang Chenglong suddenly roared:
"F*** your mothers, have I given you too much face? Do you all not want to live anymore?"
At this moment, Yang Chenglong's eyes were bloodshot, his face was ferocious, and he looked like he was ready to kill someone.
Yang Chenghu also roared:
"Do you think that just because my father is dead, we brothers can't deal with you? Come on, whoever isn't convinced, come out."
It must be said that although these two brothers looked like animals and couldn't speak like humans, their shouting was indeed quite domineering.
And the people of Weizigou, perhaps having feared them for a long time, were immediately intimidated by the brothers' roar.
Seeing that the onlookers had stopped arguing, Yang Chenglong turned and shouted at Wang An:
"Are you that Young Master Xiao An? Who the f*** are you? My father told you to do something, so you should have just done it. You f***ing..."
However, before Yang Chenglong could finish his shouting, Wang An accelerated on the spot, jumped up, and slammed a flying knee into Yang Chenglong's face.
Thanks to "Great Empire Emperor" for the tip, thank you, thank you!
Wishing you a smooth journey and may everything go your way!
Also, for those brothers who have monthly tickets, please give one to your little brother. That thing isn't much use kept, and it will expire next month. Bowing, bowing!
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