After Erlaizi finished shouting, he lunged at Jiang Linchuan with red eyes. Political Commissar Wang reacted quickly and blocked him in front of him. "How dare you lay a hand on a soldier in front of the military headquarters? You've gone too far!"
"I'm going to kill him!" Erlaizi roared, his eyes bloodshot. "It's because you took my family's gold that my father died!"
Xu Xinghe stepped forward, gently pulled Jiang Linchuan's arm, and stepped back.
She believed in Jiang Linchuan's innocence and knew his skills, but Er Laizi's current mad-like appearance was truly frightening.
She lowered her voice, "Something's not right, it's too suspicious!"
From the delivery of the chicken, to the family heirloom inside the chicken's belly, and then to the sudden news of a human death, each link in the chain is crucial and the tension builds ever closer.
Buying chickens is a minor matter, but when gold is involved, it becomes bribery. Now that human lives have been taken, the nature of the matter has completely changed.
Everything unfolded gradually, as if... someone had deliberately set up a scheme!
Political Commissar Wang held down the struggling Erlaizi, but didn't really use any force.
Now that his father has died, regardless of whether this matter has anything to do with Jiang Linchuan, the military should at least show some humanitarian concern.
Taking action against him now would only make things worse.
"You rascal, calm down!"
"I can't calm down! It wasn't your father who died, so of course you can talk like that without knowing the pain!" Erlaizi shouted, his neck stiff, and whether from anxiety or pain, he actually squeezed out a few tears.
Although he was a local thug, he believed he had a tiny bit of filial piety.
Even if he doesn't give his father a penny on ordinary days, he won't care if the family runs out of food.
Even when someone is truly dead, he can still cry.
Political Commissar Wang gave a wink to the side, and two soldiers immediately stepped forward and restrained Er Laizi.
"Disperse, everyone! Er Laizi, I'll personally accompany you back to Hongqi Village to investigate. We'll get to the bottom of this!"
Erlaizi finally stopped struggling, but stared fiercely at Jiang Linchuan, "You just wait!"
Jiang Linchuan gripped Xu Xinghe's hand tightly, a sense of dejection filling his heart. "Today... I'm afraid we won't be able to get our marriage certificate."
He didn't care about the slander from outsiders, nor did he care about whether he had accepted bribes or not.
All he wanted was to get a marriage certificate and marry the girl he had been longing for as soon as possible.
“There’s no rush to get the marriage certificate, anytime is fine.” Xu Xinghe looked up at him, her eyes gentle yet firm. “The most important thing now is to clear your name. I’ll go to Hongqi Village with you.”
“I’m going too.” Lian Xiao stepped out from behind the crowd, the bloodshot veins in his eyes still clearly visible.
Zhang Cishu, who had been watching the commotion from the sidelines, stepped forward and said, "Count me in."
He also wanted to see what was going on.
Political Commissar Wang selected a few people, and together with Er Laizi, they immediately set off for Hongqi Village.
The villager who delivered the message also had the opportunity to ride in a military vehicle.
Halfway there, the car could be seen billowing thick smoke in the distance, darkly pressing down on Hongqi Village.
Political Commissar Wang's heart skipped a beat, and he said in a deep voice, "This is bad, there's so much smoke, it looks like it's on fire, speed up!"
The car sped along and finally arrived at the entrance of Hongqi Village.
A group of villagers were seen carrying buckets and basins of water, gathered around a charred mud-brick house.
Although the fire was out, the thatched roof was completely burned off, the walls were blackened by soot, and the interior of the house was completely burned beyond recognition.
The village chief squatted on the ground, his face as black as the bottom of a pot. "It's all my fault. When Erlaizi comes back, let him stay in the side room of my house for now."
He had just heard that Erlaizi's father had hanged himself. As the village chief, he naturally had to go in and check on the situation. Unexpectedly, he accidentally knocked over the oil lamp by the bedside as soon as he entered the house.
That thing was actually lit!
It's probably because Erlaizi's father didn't sleep all night and kept the fire burning. He also hanged himself, so he didn't bother to put it out.
When lamp oil was poured onto the straw-covered kang (a heated brick bed), it instantly ignited into a fire.
Erlaizi's family was already dirt poor, without even a water vat. By the time he ran out to call for help and brought water, the fire had already escalated.
Later, when the villagers saw it, they all came to put out the fire, but unfortunately, it was too late.
Although the house hasn't collapsed yet, it's definitely uninhabitable now.
Not to mention, the body of that lazybones' father is still inside, and it's probably burned too!
The village chief rubbed his head in frustration. What was he going to do?
If the house burns down, he can just pay for the repairs.
But if you burn someone's father's body, he can't be restored to his original state!
I'm so worried!
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