The strangers who were detained in the room next to the village brigade headquarters were all released after verification and records were kept.

The preliminary investigation had clarified the matter. An Moxue hurriedly went home to wash her face and comb her hair, changed into a green military uniform, thought for a moment, then put on a military cap, carried a military green satchel, changed into a pair of black leather shoes, and, along with Old Ma, the village chief, and several members of the militia, escorted the three of them in two mule carts to the county public security bureau.

On the mule cart heading to the county, An Moxue applied ointment to the wounds on her face and arms. She asked the old horseman driving the cart, "Uncle Ma, what do you think about this? Should I call my parents' unit?"

Old Ma replied, "We should make a call to explain the situation and see what they have to say."

The village chief also said, "Girl, don't be afraid, good will always prevail over evil."

"Uncle, I think there must be a mole in our village. Otherwise, how would they know all this basic information about me in the village? And know it in such detail? Someone must have been watching me all night. It's not surprising that they would sneak a few strangers in while watching a movie. How the film studio shows movies in our rural area, was it planned in advance or was it just a last-minute notification?"

The village chief said, "The movie screening in our village is normally scheduled for this period after the autumn harvest, when things are more relaxed. However, the exact time depends on which village the projectionist is going to, so it's not certain. But it should be some time later. Yesterday's movie was quite unexpected. The day before yesterday, someone from the film studio came to ask if we would show it in our village. I said that the corn harvest was over, so it was fine to show it. And that's how it was, and we agreed."

"So, according to you, someone has been watching our village all along, waiting for the right moment to show the movie. Was this movie screening not a coincidence, but something they planned?"

"Aren't there two projectionists for showing movies? I didn't see any this morning."

“They were in a hurry to leave for the next task. After we finished our village investigation, I let them go, so you didn’t see them when you came back.”

"Oh! I see. I wonder if we'll be able to catch that Jiang Shi when we get to the county."

There was one Jiang Shi who escaped the net, but Old Ma drove his mule cart so fast that it took only two hours to get to the county.

The three bad guys on the bus were in a terrible state. Their limbs were already broken and they had wounds. The bumpy ride caused them to scream in agony at first, then they would drift in and out of consciousness, groaning intermittently, until finally they couldn't even scream anymore.

When they arrived at the county public security bureau, only An Moxue and the village chief went inside the room, where a junior police officer was sitting at the table.

An Moxue stepped forward: "Hello, officer, I need to report a crime." The young officer looked up at An Moxue: "Okay, officer, what do you need to report? What happened?"

An Moxue said that she was ambushed by four people last night who wanted to capture her, and now three of them have been caught and sent to the police station.

Then the police officer accompanied An Moxue and the village chief out of the house and came to the mule cart outside. An Moxue pointed to the three people lying on the mule cart and said, "Comrade, they were the ones who said they were going to arrest me yesterday, and one of them escaped."

The young police officer looked shocked when he saw the three people in the car. They were in such a terrible state; their arms and legs were broken, they were injured and bleeding, and they were half-conscious.

He went up and checked each person over, then said to An Moxue, "Comrade, did you make a mistake that led to their arrest? Are you hiding something? I know these people; they are from the Armed Forces Department and are all permanent employees. They wouldn't arrest people arbitrarily without reason."

“What illegal thing would I do? If I did, would I dare to report it to the police?” An Moxue said, taking out her educated youth certificate and martyr’s child certificate from her green military bag and handing them to the young policeman: “Comrade, I think you should take this matter seriously.”

The young police officer glanced at An Moxue's identification and advised her, "Comrade, this isn't a big deal. It's probably just a misunderstanding. Why don't you settle this privately?"

"Comrade, he's going to arrest me. He even sent four people, two of whom are retired soldiers from the armed forces department. Isn't this important?"

"Comrade, this might be a misunderstanding. They might have arrested the wrong person!"

"No. I asked, and they said they arrested me."

The young police officer kept trying to persuade them, saying, "Comrade, maybe this is a misunderstanding. They must have arrested the wrong people. Why don't we just let it go? Look, they're quite injured. We won't ask you to pay their medical expenses. How about that?"

An Moxue laughed angrily: "I'll pay their medical bills? I'll demand compensation for my losses! I'll pay their medical bills? Fine! Very well! Alright, I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going to find your bureau chief. Where is your bureau chief?"

The young policeman reached out to stop her, but An Moxue kicked him away. The young officer, caught off guard, landed hard on his backside and sat on the ground, yelling, "Comrade, this is assaulting a police officer! This is assaulting a police officer! This is illegal!"

"Get lost! I have nothing to do with you!" Old Ma hurriedly got off the mule cart and led An Moxue straight to the director's office.

When the junior police officer realized that the matter wasn't resolved and was about to involve the bureau chief, he immediately felt uneasy. Most people are afraid of the police, so why was this girl so fearless and arrogant?

They rushed to stop him, but he couldn't; the village chief grabbed him. An Moxue and Old Ma had already gone to the police station and found the chief.

In the office, the bureau chief immediately stood up when he saw that it was Old Ma: "Uncle Ma, what brings you here?"

Old Ma said, “I came to report a case, but a young man outside wouldn’t let me in, and we had a little conflict. Here, this is the person who reported the case, Comrade An Moxue, a sent-down youth from our village, the child of a martyr, whose parents both sacrificed their lives.” Old Ma pointed at An Moxue and said.

The director turned to look at An Moxue. Her clothes were neat, and she looked heroic in her military uniform. The obvious scars on her face and hands did not diminish her demeanor in the slightest. It was clear at a glance that she could not have been raised by an ordinary family.

Before he could speak, An Moxue said, "Chief, hello, this is An Moxue. I want to report a case. Someone tried to arrest me using the military's name, but I fought back and arrested three people. One escaped. The four people are current employees of the county's armed forces department, two of whom are veterans. The identities of these three people have just been confirmed by a junior police officer outside the county. That junior police officer just tried to persuade me not to report the case and to settle it privately. I suspect he has ulterior motives, or he may be an insider or an accomplice. I request that this person be investigated."

The bureau chief hadn't expected the matter to be so serious, so he took it seriously and inquired about the details.

After recounting the events, An Moxue asked to make a phone call to the military, and the director agreed.