After finishing breakfast, the villagers brought their children to the threshing ground. When many of them saw Hanhan, they wanted to hug him.
Lu Shiyi rejected all of them on the grounds that Hanhan was a little shy, while Su Jin looked around vigilantly to prevent anyone from making a move.
"Shi Yi, the situation outside is so chaotic, how did you get Hanhan out?" Lu Boyuan looked at the family of three in surprise. "The children from the other brigades haven't been found yet."
"I have arranged people for today. Wouldn't it be better if we could catch the person today? Besides, I am holding Hanhan, so there will definitely be no problem." Lu Shiyi was confident that if the other party came today, it would be the end of his life.
Lu Boyuan looked at Lu Shiyi's determined eyes and had to say no more. He only told Lu Shiyi to take good care of Hanhan.
As it approached 10 o'clock, more and more people came to the threshing ground. Su Jin noticed some fiery gazes behind her, so she reached out and quietly pulled him.
"Ayi, someone is watching us from behind!" Su Jin reminded Lu Shiyi in a low voice.
On the surface, he looked to the left calmly, and saw an honest farmer slowly walking into the crowd.
"I asked someone to investigate." Lu Shiyi listened to Lu Shiyuan talking about the four elders who wiped out the family.
Liu Chuchang asked the military doctor to talk about the elders of the clan, and even mentioned that they had died before the house was set on fire.
People from nearby brigades also heard the news of the incident in the Fourth Brigade, and while the seedlings in the fields were dying, they came over to listen to the gossip.
When they arrived at the threshing ground, they learned that the elder of the clan had been killed, and everyone was very nervous.
"The whole family was wiped out in the middle of the night?" a team member from a nearby village whispered to the person next to them. "Did anyone see the person who killed them?"
After they got a positive answer, they were all stunned. In other villages, many strangers appeared. The villagers secretly thought that they should go back and remind the village chief to pay extra attention. It seemed that the strangers only targeted the elders.
Su Jin noticed someone approaching them from behind, and her whole body tensed up, while Lu Shiyi reached out and patted her hand.
"Wife, don't be so nervous!" Lu Shiyi leaned over and told her. "I'll talk to you when I get back."
When people were about to pounce on Lu Shiyi and snatch Hanhan away, several figures appeared at the same time and knocked down the three people who were trying to squeeze in as quickly as possible.
"What are you doing? We just want to get closer and listen!" The three were pinned to the ground, and the nearby villagers hid. "Why are you arresting us?"
Several voices sounded at the same time, and the village chief stopped talking and looked at the other party coldly.
"It's these three. I heard they've kidnapped nearly 10 children, and this time their target is Hanhan." A nearby villager patted his chest, feeling very nervous. "Luckily Shi Yi came along, otherwise, if only Teacher Su was here, those people would definitely not let go."
Lu Shiyi nodded and gave Zong Li a look, and the villager who had just spoken was also taken away.
"You were leaning against me just now. You were following those three guys, weren't you?" Lu Shiyi said sarcastically. "You have a good mental state. Even when your companions were captured, you were still able to chat and laugh with me."
"Please look around and see if anyone around you is not from your village or one of the other five brigades. Please report them," Liu Chuchang said from the platform. "If you find someone you don't know, please report it directly to the patrol members on your left and right."
Many people from other villages who heard the gossip were very nervous, fearing that the people from the Fourth Brigade would say they didn't know them.
"I don't know the guy on my left. He said he's from the First Battalion. Who among you is from the First Battalion and came here to check out the situation?" Lu Feng asked, pointing at the person next to him.
The two people from the First Brigade immediately raised their hands to identify themselves. They were the famous loudspeakers of the First Brigade. They knew everyone in the village and could find out which family had a baby the next day.
"Bu Lu, they're definitely not from the First Brigade," a middle-aged woman in her 40s explained. "The village chief was worried that bad guys would break into the First Brigade, so the captain sent us here to find out what's going on."
Liu Chuchang's lips curled up slightly: "Now is the time for you to truthfully explain your origins."
The villagers stared at the three people on the stage. Some of the villagers were related to the villagers of the first brigade by marriage, so they quickly asked their family members to go over and call for help.
If this matter is not handled properly, the First Brigade will be blamed.
Later, the captain of the first brigade came with several team members. Lu Boyuan told the captain that these people had had dealings with the four elders before the massacre.
A team leader walked around the three people and found that they did not look like they were from the first brigade.
"It's definitely not from our First Battalion. The clothes belong to the First Battalion, but the person is definitely not." A team leader saw the man on the far left and the clothes should be from his brother's house.
The last time we went back to our old house for a dinner, my younger brother and sister-in-law said that one of his clothes was missing from home.
"This set of clothes was lost by my sister-in-law who hung it in the yard. My brother searched for it in the village for a long time. Many villagers remember it." A team leader explained in public.
The villagers attach great importance to the reputation of women, and my brother will not let the villagers gossip if he brings it up.
"Even the captain has told the truth, it's time for you to tell the truth." Liu Chuchang sneered.
The three men fell silent. They had come to the village wearing Zhongshan suits and found that they could not blend in with the village. If they were discovered, they would definitely not be able to escape.
Therefore, the three of them took clothes from different people's homes, but they didn't expect that they would steal clothes from people they knew.
"The other two, do you know whose clothes were stolen?" Liu Chuchang stared at the people in the audience. Members of several teams were present, carefully observing the clothes to see if they knew any.
After the words fell, several team members looked at it carefully. The members of the fifth and sixth teams had seen similar clothes in the village before.
Nowadays, cloth coupons are not easy to get, so the villagers sew marks on the clothes they make, so you can tell that the clothes are made by the She family.
"Achang, let's pack up and interrogate these three people. If there are any problems, send them to the imperial capital in advance." Lu Shiyi reminded Liu Chuchang.
Liu Chuchang agreed immediately. The police stood outside the crowd in uniform. Lu Shiyi waved to the police.
The director of the Public Security Bureau personally led a team over, and several police officers handcuffed the three people on the stage.
"Tomorrow there will be a detailed big-character poster about the family massacre. Each village will post one, detailing the specific circumstances." The director of the Public Security Bureau said publicly.
The villagers began to talk about it. The Fourth Brigade got along well with each other, and the villagers would not kill the two elders for a little benefit.
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