Xia Lei casually mentioned, "It was one thing for them to steal small things in the past, and the people in the brigade always turned a blind eye. But antiques belong to the state. Jiang Zhiqing and her husband should have handed them over, but they kept them for themselves. I don't think that's appropriate."
"I'm going to the police station today to talk about this."
Xiao Zhao never expected Xia Lei to say these things.
He looked Xia Lei up and down. "Since you know it's an antique, you should be able to tell what it is, right?"
“Xia, that antique…” Xiao Zhao stared at him, “could it be a plate?”
Xia Lei's head, which was about to nod downwards, suddenly froze!
How did the police know it was a plate?!
A bad feeling crept into his heart, and he froze for a moment.
Xiao Zhao quickly threw his bicycle to his colleague and rushed forward to tackle Xia Lei, who was still in a daze.
Xia Lei immediately wanted to run away. He was strong and had some martial arts skills, but Xiao Zhao was not someone to be trifled with either. He was a legitimate policeman with considerable strength and skill.
"Officer! What are you doing?!" Xia Lei asked while trying to dodge.
"Xia Lei! Stop pretending! Li Hu, Chen Weiguo from the archaeological team, and his accomplices have all confessed! The last thing you traded was a plate unearthed from the tomb!"
Xia Lei's pupils contracted, and his movements immediately slowed down.
Xiao Zhao found an opportunity and punched Xia Lei in the stomach, then grabbed Xia Lei's arm and threw him over his shoulder!
Xia Lei felt a dull pain in his chest from the fall, and he knew that he had been exposed. He didn't have time to think and his instinct was to run away!
Xia Lei suddenly exerted his strength, enduring the pain to push Xiao Zhao away. Then, he staggered to his feet and tried to run away!
But Xiao Zhao wasn't the only policeman who came over. Another policeman quickly dropped two bicycles and kicked Xia Lei in the back before he could get up!
Xia Lei fell to the ground again!
Xiao Zhao pinned his arm down, while another policeman held his head down forcefully!
"Take out the handcuffs! Cuff him!"
Xiao Zhao shouted!
Another policeman immediately took out a pair of handcuffs and cuffed Xia Lei's hands.
This is the road leading to the brigade leader's house, and it is surrounded by villagers' houses.
At this moment, men, women, and children who were washing up and waiting for dinner at home were all attracted by the commotion outside.
When the old and young men, the older women and young wives, the unmarried girls, and the children of a few years and a dozen years old took a closer look!
Ouch!
Xia Lei was pinned to the ground by two police officers!
The police pulled out handcuffs and cuffed Xia Lei!
"Oh no! Xia, the educated youth, has been arrested by the police!!"
I don't know which scoundrel shouted that, but everyone who heard it ran out of their houses.
"What's going on! What's going on!"
"My God! Xia, the educated youth, has been arrested!"
"Officer! Why are you arresting Xia, the educated youth?!"
"Yes, yes, officers! Xia Zhiqing is a good person! Have you mistaken the suspect for someone else?!"
The villagers started arguing, each saying their own opinion.
Hearing the commotion, Sister-in-law Yu, who was on her way to borrow something from a friend, grabbed her son Dazhu, who was carrying a basket on his back, and rushed inside.
"Oh my god, Xia Lei really has been arrested!" Sister-in-law Yu was extremely shocked, looking incredulously at Xia Lei who was handcuffed. "Could it be that the police arrested the wrong person?!"
Dazhu often went fishing with Zhou Mingli and was quite biased towards the Zhou family. Seeing this, he said, "Mom, we definitely didn't arrest the wrong person. This Xia Zhiqing is not a good person."
Sister-in-law Yu said, "Although he bullied your Aunt Jiang and is indeed not a good man, if he's not a good person, then who is? Zhao Wei? Li Hu? Or Boss Zhou?"
The young boy, Dazhu, pouted, thinking that his mother was being unreasonable.
It's no wonder that Sister-in-law Yu didn't think Xia Lei would do anything bad; it's just that Xia Lei had such a good image in the Shanding Brigade that no one believed he would do anything wrong.
Even though his public image suffered a slight collapse when he had a conflict with Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli some time ago, it was only a slight one, and the others still trusted Xia Lei quite a bit.
It wasn't far from the brigade leader's house, and the brigade leader heard the commotion outside.
His wife, Aunt Lian, called from the kitchen, "Husband, go out and see what's going on!"
She wanted to go check it out too; there were vegetables cooking in the pot, and it couldn't be left unattended!
The captain walked out with a dark face. There's never any peace and quiet. They start making a ruckus first thing in the morning!
The captain yelled at the top of his lungs, "Make way! Make way for me!"
No one listened to the captain; they still surrounded the area, layer upon layer, making it impossible to pass!
Amid the noisy environment, conversations could still be faintly heard.
People were saying things like, "What exactly did Xia Lei do wrong?" "The police are here, there's no mistake!" "Don't push me, watch out!" and so on.
The captain finally realized something was wrong, Xia Lei?
How could Xia Lei have been arrested? How could an upright and courageous man like him have been arrested?
The captain, unable to squeeze in and see what was happening, became furious. He rushed home, found a megaphone, and came out shouting through it, "Get out of the way! What are you all doing here! Have you even looked at your pots and pans?! The food's all burnt!"
"And you there! Your dog, Gou Dan, got pushed and fell to the ground. What if someone steps on him?"
"Scatter, everyone! Don't huddle together!"
It was the loudspeaker that worked. After the team leader shouted like that, the women who were cooking finally remembered that there was still rice in their pots. They ran away reluctantly and in a hurry.
Most of the people dispersed, and the remaining women were those who didn't need to cook.
The captain finally managed to squeeze in, only to see the police officers immediately lift up a person!
The captain was dumbfounded. He took two quick steps forward and asked, "Officer, why did they arrest Xia Lei? What happened?"
Xiao Zhao knew he was the captain and asked, "Is this Xia Lei?"
The brigade leader nodded repeatedly, "That's right, that's right, that's Xia Lei, Officer. Xia Lei is one of the best people in our production team. He couldn't possibly have done something wrong. Is there some mistake or error?"
Xiao Zhao chuckled, "No mistake, that's him we're arresting."
The team leader was dumbfounded, as were Sister-in-law Yu, the old and young men watching the commotion, the aunties and young wives who kept looking around, and the little girl.
Dazhu snorted, "I told you, the police didn't arrest the wrong person! Mom, now you believe me, right?"
The captain and Xia Lei have a good relationship, and... if the police take two people away, they definitely won't get the outstanding brigade award this year.
Maybe it won't be my turn next year!
He hurried over, "Officer, even if you're arresting someone, shouldn't you at least have some evidence? What's going on here?"
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