Chapter 74 Tricks
Wang Laizi was caught red-handed by the two men.
Xu Zhigang took out a rope and quickly tied him up tightly.
"Comrades," Wang Laizi said with a grin, "I just finished relieving myself and I smell bad. How about... you take me to the river to wash up first?"
The stench was so strong that Xu Zhigang covered his nose and looked to Shen Yi for help.
"No way!" Shen Yi narrowed his eyes, seeing through the cunning in Wang Laizi's eyes at a glance. "Don't try anything funny. When we get to the police station, there will be plenty of water to wash you up."
He then said to Xu Zhigang in a deep voice, "This man is cunning and knows the terrain well, keep a close eye on him!"
Shen Yi's face darkened, and he became secretly on guard.
Last time, while chasing this slippery mudskipper, he led me in circles in the mountains, almost causing Xia to get into trouble.
This time, we will not give him any more chances!
When Wang Laizi saw that his plan had failed, his face fell.
The two men, one on each side, escorted him into the city like prisoners.
Halfway there, Wang Laizi glanced around furtively and spoke again:
"Hey, comrades, I need to pee!"
"You lazy bum, always peeing and shitting!" Xu Zhigang kicked him in the buttocks in annoyance. "You just finished pooping and you want to pee again! What tricks are you trying to pull in front of us!"
Wang Laizi shouted with a wronged expression, "I'm old and my kidneys aren't good! I can't hold it in! Just let me go to that tree over there to relieve myself! You can just tie me up like this, and I'll take my pants off."
Xu Zhigang looked at Shen Yi, asking with his eyes.
Shen Yi looked around and, after confirming that there was nothing amiss, nodded.
"You better behave yourself!" Xu Zhigang dragged him to a small tree. "If you dare to try anything funny, I'll beat you half to death before sending you in!"
Wang Laizi nodded with a smile: "Thank you for your trouble, young comrade."
Just as Xu Zhigang was about to loosen his pants, Wang Laizi suddenly raised his foot and kicked the tree trunk hard with all his might!
The sapling shook violently, and a huge brown beehive fell from the tree with a loud "whoosh," and the dark mass exploded instantly!
"You son of a bitch!" Xu Zhigang cursed.
Shen Yi's gaze was fixed on the beehive. When he saw what it was, his expression changed and cold sweat broke out instantly!
"Old Xu! Run!"
Hearing Shen Yi's unprecedentedly urgent shout, Xu Zhigang didn't have time to think and took off running after him!
Shen Yi led Xu Zhigang towards the direction of the water. Both of them were well-trained and quickly reached the water's edge.
"Jump!"
Reaching the riverbank, Shen Yi gave the order, and the two jumped into the icy water without hesitation, quickly diving down.
After an unknown amount of time, the buzzing sound behind them gradually faded away, and the two of them finally emerged from the water.
Xu Zhigang wiped the water from his face, still shaken: "My goodness, a hornet's nest! Getting stung by one of these things is no joke! I saw that dark mass, they all rushed towards that old guy!"
Shen Yi patted his shoulder, his eyes icy: "Let's go back and take a look!"
The two carefully avoided the swarm of bees and chased after Wang Laizi in the direction he had fled.
At the foot of a cliff, they finally found Wang Laizi.
His body was swollen and red, like a pig's head, and he lay on the ground with his limbs twisted, clearly suffering from multiple fractures. Yet, he was still weakly groaning, "Help...help me..."
Shen Yi looked down at Wang Laizi and asked Xu Zhigang, "Do you have a rope?"
Xu Zhigang's eyes widened: "Are you crazy? This guy is in such a state, he won't survive even if we save him!"
"Give it a try."
"Seriously, Lao Shen?" Xu Zhigang tilted his head, giving him a "you're hopeless" look. "They say love makes you stupid, and I think it's true! You just got married and you already want your wife to be a widow?"
He kicked a rock on the edge of the cliff: "Besides, this scoundrel, who set fire to the mountain and harmed educated youth, isn't he deserving to be shot? Why save him?"
"He's dead. Who will testify against Gu Mansheng?" Shen Yi looked at him calmly. "The two of them conspired to harm my wife. Neither of them will get away with it!"
Xu Zhigang suddenly realized: "Oh right! Gu Mansheng is still in the village! Okay, I'll go find you a rope!"
Soon, the two found the rope that Wang Laizi had left behind. Shen Yi tied one end of the rope to a tree and the other end around his waist, preparing to climb down.
Xu Zhigang looked on, swallowed hard, and said, "How about... I do it? You're newlyweds, what if you fall and hurt yourself, and then tonight's wedding night..."
Shen Yi glared at him: "You're too heavy. Keep an eye on things up there."
Xu Zhigang rubbed his stomach sheepishly: "Okay! I'll hold you up here. Even if the tree falls, I'll still be there!"
The cliff wasn't high, and Shen Yi quickly descended.
He checked Wang Laizi's injuries.
"He was lucky; he wasn't seriously injured inside, just his limbs are broken," Shen Yi shouted to Xu Zhigang on the mountain. "I'll tie him up, you pull him up!"
"Okay!"
Xu Zhigang gritted his teeth and pulled with all his might. Wang Laizi, like a broken sack, crashed wildly against the cliff face, howling in pain.
"Ouch! You fucking did this on purpose! You might as well have just killed me!"
"Shut the hell up!" Xu Zhigang gritted his teeth. "If it weren't for you, my grandson, would I have had to go through all this trouble?"
"Didn't you fucking eat?! Take it easy! It hurts like hell!"
"I ate two big bowls of rice at the Liu family's house today! If you move again, believe me, the rope will break!"
"A rope..." Wang Laizi suddenly shuddered, "Where did this rope come from?"
"That's the one I just tied you up!"
"It's all over, it's all over, it's all over!" Wang Laizi's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his voice was distorted. "Pull it! Pull it! I've rubbed this rope!"
"Varied……"
Before Xu Zhigang could finish speaking, he suddenly felt something was wrong with the rope in his hand.
Just then, the rope he was holding was starting to break.
"not good……"
He instinctively grabbed the rope that was about to break, and just then the rope snapped.
When Wang Laizi was halfway down, he fell. Xu Zhigang grabbed the rope but not only failed to stop him, he also fell down due to inertia.
"Old Xu!" Shen Yi's mind went blank for a moment at the bottom of the cliff, and he instinctively rushed towards the direction where they had fallen.
Fortunately, the broken rope got caught on a crooked tree, and Xu Zhigang and Wang Laizi were hanging in mid-air like two grasshoppers.
Xu Zhigang, still shaken, let go and jumped down: "My goodness...that scared me to death..."
Wang Laizi fell heavily to the ground, groaning in pain: "Ouch, my goodness! Are you two sent by the King of Hell to torment me? You might as well just give me a quick death!"
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