"I will naturally bear the consequences of today's incident." Chun Xiao raised his voice to the crowd. "If I don't get a result from my investigation and kill someone, I will turn myself in to the authorities and go to jail. Do you think this result is satisfactory?"
"I'll take responsibility as well, that's all right, right?"
Everyone fell silent. Let the trial be held. After all, the person who was beaten was not a villager. Yan Bingfa and the others had already taken responsibility for the consequences. They should at least give people a chance to prove themselves.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Yan Dashan, Yan Dahe and several men in the village dragged the other man aside and started beating him up. The man whimpered in pain with his mouth covered.
Seeing that the intimidation was enough, several people took the rag from the man's mouth and said, "If you don't tell the truth today, prepare to die here."
The man was stubborn and refused to speak at first, but after seeing that they were really going to kill him and being beaten to death, he finally told the truth. Stealing would only result in paying some money or spending a few days in jail, but being beaten to death would be too much of a loss.
He and Yan Sanjiang did work together in the county town. When they came back a few days ago, they gave part of the money they earned to their families and kept a small portion for each of them. They went to the gambling house together and won several games in a row and won more than one or two taels of silver. They ate and drank well for a few days, but ended up losing everything one day. Unable to get money at home, they started stealing in the two villages.
A few days ago, he followed Sanjiang to empty Chunxiao's house. He also heard that Chunxiao was afraid of being robbed and was going to use a large sum of money to buy land. He felt that this opportunity was really rare. They were also very cautious. They observed for two days in a row and found that the other party fell asleep as soon as it got dark and had no vigilance at all. So they took action today, and they were caught.
The facts were now laid before him, and Yan Sanjiang couldn't deny them, no matter how eloquent he was or how good he was at making up stories. He looked at his accomplices angrily. He had clearly turned the tables just now, but who knew he'd been defeated by his own people? He suddenly looked dejected. It was over, it was really over.
"This Sanjiang is really good at making things up. He clearly stole the things himself but insisted that he was hanging out with Chunxiao. He made it sound so real that I almost believed him."
"I think he's a complete villain. He did something evil and still threw mud on others. If it weren't for the tough stance of the Bingfa family today, I don't think this dirty water would be washed away. Chun Xiao is really unlucky."
"Uncle Qingquan and Daqiang are both honest people, how come Sanjiang is so reckless?"
Everyone sighed, and a few of them looked at Chunxiao and the others with a hint of apology.
Zhou was already very angry today. She didn't like the villagers very much. There was a leader among them just now, but now they were a bunch of idiots. Although she wanted to curse them, she didn't want to open her mouth. She just stood aside with Chunxiao in silence.
"It's late now, and no one is coming to his house. What should we do with these two people?" Yan Bingfa looked at the head of the village. He was also furious just now.
The village head looked at the two men lying on the ground, who were badly injured. He squatted down to take a look and saw that they were not seriously injured. "First, lock them up in the village ancestral hall. Tomorrow morning, the heads of each family will hold a meeting in the ancestral hall."
After so much trouble, there was finally a result, and Chunxiao felt relieved.
Everyone followed the headman and took the two men to the ancestral hall. Yan Bingfa and Yan Dashan also went.
After everyone left, Chunxiao hurried to the backyard to check on her charcoal. Fortunately, she pushed it at that time and the charcoal was burned. She, Dahe and Zhou put the charcoal into the basket together.
"I see that my father and elder brother are both injured. I will go to town tomorrow." Daha carried the backpack into the utility room.
"Mother, give my second brother a tael of silver and have him go to the pharmacy in town to buy some medicine for injuries. I see that my eldest brother has a black eyebrow corner and probably has some on his body as well."
"Damn Yan Sanjiang." Zhou felt a pang of pain. "I usually thought he was a decent person, but I didn't expect him to be so evil. Tomorrow I will definitely find that old lady Sun and ask for the money back."
"Let's go back and boil some hot water and massage them to loosen the blood stasis." Chun Xiao looked around the room. "How are we going to sleep tonight?"
"Move your father's and the others' quilts over there. Your quilts are ready. I'll bring them back with you later. You can sleep in separate places today. There will definitely be no more thieves."
The three of them took their blankets and returned to the village. Not long after the water boiled, Yan Bingfa and Yan Dashan returned. Seeing them all there, he finally smiled, "After guarding for so many days, we finally got something."
"Hurry up and come in. I'll give you a massage." Zhou looked at Yan Dashan and said, "You too, your wife is waiting for you in the house. You're just catching thieves, but you've only hurt yourself."
"Mother, why don't I go back by myself? It's too late now. Please massage Dad more. There's nothing to be afraid of even if this thief is caught."
"How can that be? There are several quilts here. You can't carry them. Please sit for a while. I will be out soon."
Chunxiao had no choice but to sit in the main room and wait. There was no fire, and it was really cold in the middle of the night. Fortunately, Zhou came out soon with a quilt. The two of them returned to the end of the village together.
After putting on new sheets and bedding and covering myself with two quilts, I couldn’t sleep more comfortably.
"Now that the thief has been caught, I can finally rest in peace. I was so angry today that I wanted to tear Yan Sanjiang's mouth apart. How could he be so good at making up stories? And I'm also impressed by those villagers. They believe everything I say. Do they have any brains?" Zhou became angry again as she spoke.
"Mom, you have to know that there are so many people in this world who just follow the crowd. We can't control others, so we just need to control ourselves. Fortunately, there is another person who is afraid of death today, otherwise I really can't explain it. That thief is really powerful."
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