Because he was worried that the people from Shanyang Village would cause trouble at the bun shop, Wang Dalang specially stayed in the bun shop for two days.
Old man Wang was also worried and ran to the county city. In the end, he learned that Lord Zhang had already left. Now, the person in charge of the county office was County Lieutenant Cao. The new county magistrate had yet to be appointed.
They waited for three days, but they did not see anyone from Shanyang Village. Later on, someone came to buy buns and said that a village had suffered a calamity.
"How tragic. I heard that several people had their limbs cut off."
"In my opinion, that's retribution!"
"Even so, I heard that their village was not exempted from forced labor. If this continues, that village will almost be wiped out, right?"
"I heard that their village seems to be about to be driven elsewhere. They said that there's a problem with the feng shui of the ancestral grave…"