But when they arrived at Fabei Village, the development of the situation exceeded Kevin's expectations.
One thing he guessed was right. The landlord Baden was not ready for the next move. Kevin led the villagers to surround the house of Baden's house and asked Baden to negotiate in person.
The residents of Fabei Village have never seen this kind of battle, and those who dared to surround Master Baden's house must be some kind of strongman, and all of them were scared and hid in their own homes.
The gate of the Baden’s house was closed tightly, and there were still many servants and thugs inside. They held weapons, sticks and hoes and other items that could be used as weapons, and climbed onto the wall to protect the courtyard. As the largest landowner in the area, the Baden family, And I have done a lot of bad things, because I have always been very concerned about the safety of my own home, and built the house I live in like a small fortress, and people can stand on the walls.
Kevin led the villagers to shout outside the wall for a long time, their target—landlord Baden still did not show up, but his steward, a guy with a fat head and big ears, whose girth was comparable to that of his master, walked slowly. On top of the wall.
The butler said arrogantly: "You guys didn't pay taxes honestly, you injured Lord Baden's subordinates, and you even have the guts to go to Fabei Village to act wildly!"
Kevin and the others were enraged by his attitude, and shouted, "Let Baden come out and tell us in person."
The housekeeper said disdainfully: "Presumptuous, Master Baden is also what you low-class people want to see? I advise you, don't have any wishful thinking, go home obediently and prepare your taxes, and pay them honestly. Master Baden may I will show kindness and forgive you for your tax resistance."
Kevin said loudly: "Huh! Your crime of setting up war taxes without permission has been discovered by us!"
"Ridiculous! Master Baden is also following the orders of the Lord's Mansion!"
"Then you should take out the lord's decree!"
"Nonsense! You can also read the lord's decree?"
"If you can't come up with the decree, it's fake. We should have reported it, but if we can reduce the poll tax according to our conditions, we don't have to go to the Lord's Mansion to report you."
After hearing the request from Kevin and the others, the butler was a little incredulous, and then put his hands on his ears with an extremely exaggerated expression and said, "What? Louder, I can't hear you!"
"Don't pretend to be confused, let Baden come out by himself! Otherwise, we will really go to Lake Town and report him."
"Hahahaha! You really contracted my jokes for a day, a bunch of untouchables... Hahahaha!"
The steward burst out laughing, but he irritated the crowd outside the wall one by one [untouchables].
"Ouch!" There was a wailing sound, and the butler's forehead was hit by a stone, bleeding out.
Soon the anger replaced the smile on his face just now, and the steward pointed at the crowd and cursed: "You...you are so courageous!"
"Kill this bastard!"
The angry crowd threw more and more stones.
The butler panicked and ordered behind him: "Quick! Hurry up and disperse these untouchables!"
Soon a group of people appeared on the top of the wall. They also held slings and shot stones into the crowd vigorously.
The villagers didn't even expect that there were people equipped with slings inside, and a large number of people were injured and beaten to death.
They stood very densely outside the wall, and the sling didn't need any accuracy at all. Some people who were hit on the head and other vital parts fell to the ground and didn't know whether they were alive or dead.
The crowd suddenly became chaotic, followed by collective rage.
"Kill these villains!"
They threw everything they could pick up against the wall.
The stone war lasted for a while, with intermittent hits on both sides.
The anger of the people outside the wall grew stronger and stronger, and someone yelled: "Kill these bastards! Let's rush in and find that Baden!"
No one noticed, someone got two ladders from some unknown place, and they just appeared, and then the ladders were put on the wall in an instant, and the angry villagers climbed the ladders to the top of the wall, fighting with Ba Deng's guards scuffled.
Seeing that the situation was a bit out of control, Kevin regained his composure and shouted to the people rushing up to the wall: "Just subdue them, don't kill them!"
But his voice was lost in the din, and no one seemed to hear him, or bother to listen to him.
People shouted and yelled, and people continued to climb the ladder to the top of the wall. The guards on the wall were quickly suppressed. Seeing that they were at a disadvantage, most of the guards jumped off the wall and ran into the courtyard. He squatted down with his head in his arms, but the angry people didn't seem to want to let go of these dog legs, and kept punching them.
Those who crossed the courtyard wall opened the gate from the inside, and the people outside rushed in with a whoosh.
Kevin climbed up to the wall and took a lot of effort to stop those who were still retaliating with fists and kicks against the guards, but the guards who didn't run away were already out of breath.
"Alas!" He sighed, and then stood on the wall and shouted to the villagers who were rushing into the yard to calm down.
But it was useless. After people rushed into the yard, they slammed open the doors of each house, found out the people inside and beat them up indiscriminately. In the eyes of them who lost their minds, everyone in this house was a sinner.
The furious crowd quickly searched the mansion inside and out, but they couldn't find Baden and the butler.
So they **** the servants in the house and forced them to tell Baden's whereabouts, but they didn't ask any useful information.
During the search, an unexpected thing happened.
Someone found a room with several boxes in it. When the box was opened, the golden light made people stunned for a moment.
There are a lot of silver coins and copper coins in the box. How have they seen so much money for generations of poor people?
After the group was stunned for half a minute, the first person to react rushed up and grabbed a large handful of money and stuffed it into his pocket, and then the second, third...
But he was quickly pushed aside, and the crowd behind swarmed up, scrambling to pick up the money and stuff it into their pockets.
People who searched in other places also heard the news, and the money in several boxes was quickly divided up, and many people even fought because of the robbery.
When there is nothing left in the box, those who arrived last beat their chests and stamped their feet, regretting that they did not find this place first.
But they soon found a way to make up for the regret. Although the coins were robbed, there are still many old things in this house.
Then the chaos officially began. People began to search the property in the courtyard everywhere, and put things that looked valuable into bags when they saw them.
With such a commotion in the Baden family's house, the villagers of Fabei Village soon knew what had happened.
It was like a bolt from the blue: that mighty Lord Baden was beaten away! A group of people from other villages ransacked his property wantonly in his house!
After being shocked, I was unwilling: how could I take advantage of those people from other villages!
No, we also have a share of the Baden family's property! This landlord usually oppresses us a lot.
So the villagers of Fabei Village also rushed into the mansion. Because they were frightened by the courage of the previous group, they did not dare to ask for the property that had been divided, so they robbed the rest.
The furniture was moved and dismantled, even the granite bricks they had never seen were knocked off piece by piece and taken away.
Bad luck for the servants abandoned by Baden, who were forced to hand over their money.
Fabei Village is a big village. The Baden family has lived here for generations. There are several independent branches, and some other wealthy households in the village have also suffered...
Only Kevin stood blankly at the gate, wanting to cry without tears. This was not what he had imagined before!
When people lost their minds, he tried to stop his companions from messing around, but it didn't help.
Even when he himself saw others taking a lot of money, a fiery impulse rose in his heart, and it was hard to suppress this desire.
What to do next? Kevin panicked a little.