Everyone's smart enough to tell from some of Chen Hong's words that they must have done something to Lin Xiaoxiao, trying to harm the educated youth, although it's unclear how Lin Xiaoxiao managed to avoid it.
But if they are harming people, shouldn't people be allowed to resist?
Most importantly, Lin, the educated youth, was clearly in the educated youth compound, so he had no opportunity to harm anyone.
It's unclear why Chen Hong and Hu Zi ended up like this, but it was because they had ulterior motives that things escalated.
If they hadn't pulled some tricks, this wouldn't have happened.
Lin Zhiqing had always lived a very proper life. If it weren't for their trouble-making, Lin Zhiqing would never have had any contact with them.
After everyone had thought it through, Captain Wang looked at Zhang Sanqian, who had come along, and said, "You're educated and know more. Tell me, if we report something like this to the police, will we end up getting shot?"
"Or are you saying they'll just be educated inside for a while and then come out?"
Captain Wang believed that once they got inside, it wouldn't be long before they were confessed to by the police.
This charge will establish a crime and result in imprisonment.
Zhang Sanqian hesitated for a moment but still told the truth: "Judging from the current situation, they only messed around, but they had a motive and took action to frame Lin Zhiqing."
"But since no one was actually harmed, the chances of getting shot are slim. At worst, I'll probably serve a few years in prison."
"Their current situation is, in principle, a matter of conduct. They just said that the two of them had been dating for a long time and even talked about the bride price. The three of them went together, and they could say that they mistook one person for another, and that they would do anything."
"In the end, it comes down to a serious issue of conduct. If their statements are consistent, there won't be any severe punishment. They'll just be locked up for a few years and then released. At most, they'll be paraded through the streets together."
The officials on the side were furious when they heard about this punishment. "That's it? The sentence isn't serious at all?"
Zhang Sanqian explained, "It's not serious. None of them are married. As long as they insist that it's their partner and it was voluntary, it's not serious."
"Then Tiger and his gang won't learn a lesson."
Their thinking was that with such a scoundrel in the village, who knew what kind of things might happen to him in the future? If he could stay there, it would save them a lot of trouble.
They originally thought that by severely punishing the person, the villagers would be more wary and behave themselves for a long time, and would carefully consider the consequences before doing anything bad.
Zhang Sanqian glanced at Lin Xiaoxiao and continued, "However, even if you insist they're a couple, it's still three people together... which has a particularly bad influence on that area."
Captain Wang nodded repeatedly: "Yes, who would have thought that three people could do something so shameless."
"Is there nothing we can do? Sending it to the police station is pointless."
The group of people fell into deep thought upon realizing this.
Suddenly, someone slammed their hand on the table.
The cadre who slammed his fist on the table couldn't help but say, "This is simple. Others can't teach us a lesson. Our whole village has the same ancestor, and there are rules set by our ancestors. We're only disciplining the Wang family. Even if word gets out, no one can really say anything, right?"
Captain Wang's eyes lit up. Yes, they were just disciplining the disobedient children in their village. It wasn't like they were trying to kill anyone. Isn't it only natural for elders to discipline younger generations?
Everyone agreed with the suggestion.
Regardless of the era, many families have established rules.
As long as the country's bottom line is not crossed, the government will not interfere.
After discussing it, the group came out of the house.
Captain Wang looked at Chen Hong and Hu Zi lying on the ground, and Zhang San, who had been standing there like a quail, and cleared his throat:
"The incident involving Chen Hong, Hu Zi, and Zhang San has had a very negative impact. Wangjia Village has always been law-abiding and has never experienced anything like this before..."
As soon as Captain Wang opened his mouth, he spoke at length for about ten minutes, listing all the bad influences of the three people and going through them thoroughly before finally revealing the decision they had discussed.
"After discussion by the brigade, it was decided that all three of them would need to be punished with a cane."
This beating with a cane was a form of punishment used to punish criminals in the past.
No one expected that these people would receive such a severe punishment for not going to the police station.
But considering that they originally intended to harm people, it was only reasonable for them to receive this punishment, and many people applauded.
Young people don't know how severe the beating with a board is, but the older generation has witnessed it. If the board isn't held back, the person being punished could be crippled.
The last time this punishment was used was more than a decade ago; this young man didn't know how to use the paddle.
In the end, Captain Wang had to take matters into his own hands, fearing that the young men might not know their own strength and that hitting them lightly would not be enough of a punishment, while hitting them too hard could be fatal.
Once everything was decided, the three people were confined to the bench.
They put two chairs together, then had someone lie on them. Finally, to prevent the person from running away, they took out a rope and tied them tightly, so that the person could lie very steadily.
Then, the village secretary took out the board.
Upon closer inspection, this board was exactly the same as the old one, and because it had been so long, there were still quite a few bloodstains soaking into it.
After subduing the three men, Captain Wang ignored their screams and delivered the first blow.
"ah!!!!"
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