As soon as they ran to the door of Cui Shengli's house, they ran into Cui Shengli who was trying to escape with a bag on his back. Without hesitation, they took him down and took him to the brigade headquarters, where he was detained separately from his two sons.
Professor Dong had almost completely checked the house, even the rat holes in the corners. After confirming there was no stolen money or property, the investigating police and the newly joined militia escorted the village chief and quickly headed into the mountains.
After climbing a mountain, we arrived at our destination for the night, Shanlitun. As the name suggests, it's nestled in the mountains. Information is pretty cut off here. Even during the invasion, when we were living a comfortable life, we didn't even notice this village deep in the mountains. Just to illustrate how hard it must be to find.
Looking down from the mountain with a flashlight, the village is not big. On the way here, the criminal village chief said that this village was a bandit stronghold in the past. After several attempts to suppress the bandits, they failed to completely wipe them out. The remaining bandits built the village. Later, it gradually established contact with the outside world. Most of the bandits also turned over a new leaf and opened up land in the mountains for planting.
Today, it's been transformed into the Shanlitun Production Brigade, under the jurisdiction of the local county commune. However, the village suffers from a lack of information, a generally low level of education, and a legacy of banditry, resulting in a fierce and aggressive atmosphere. The village is also remarkably united, retaining a large number of homemade gunpowder weapons. The village chief and production team leader are very protective of their subordinates, and the villagers are also very united.
The biggest problem is finding a wife, because it is too remote in the mountains and it is inconvenient for people to travel and no one is willing to come, so it is difficult to find a wife. The only way is to buy a wife to continue the family line.
Obedient trafficked women might receive fewer beatings. Disobedient women who constantly attempted to escape had their legs chopped off and were chained to the kang (kang bed). The men who bought them slept with them day after day, day after day, until they became pregnant, when they could "rest" for a few months. If you repeatedly screamed, the men, losing patience over time, would cut your tongue with scissors, rendering you speechless. This is why there were many mute women in the village. Young girls, many in their prime, had their lives changed by these traffickers, who were never satisfied with even a thousand cuts.
Professor Dong had been listening to the village chief's confession the entire time, her fists clenched in anger as she worried she'd lose control and kill him. Although she'd seen countless methods of killing people, she'd never actually carried them out, but that didn't stop her from wanting to kill him. Suihe hadn't wanted her to come, but Professor Dong insisted, even knowing she was a liability. She wanted to see these damned bandits apprehended and the women rescued. If there was anything Suihe and his men couldn't handle, she, as a woman, would take on the task.
It was actually quite simple to get the village chief to confess. He didn't hit or scold him, but instead tapped into his weak spot: his two sons. After a brief chat about them and some emotional and logical considerations about their future lives, the village chief couldn't resist. Even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs; even the wickedest of people can still have a human conscience towards their own children.
As soon as the crowd approached the village, they heard the crazy barking of dogs from the village, one after another. Someone was banging a broken gong, and the whole village could hear it. The people in this village were also very alert. In less than a few minutes, many strong men ran out from all directions, holding shovels, three-pronged forks and other "weapons" in their hands.
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