Chapter 2910 Arrest Three
The clerk at the side wrote furiously, and it took him a long time to write down the list reported by the head of the village.
It not only contains the name, but also the township, town and village where they are from, as well as the situation of their family.
Bai Shan took it and glanced at it, then lowered his eyes to look at Jia Lichang, "You have done a pretty thorough investigation."
Jia Lichang opened his mouth, wanting to tell the excuse he had thought of long ago, for example, that he wanted to investigate thoroughly before reporting to the county government...
But with his previous behavior, it was obvious that no one would believe him even if he said it, and even he himself knew that his words were too contradictory.
So he closed his mouth dejectedly, lowered his head and said nothing.
Bai Shan handed the list to the clerk and then turned to look at Village Chief Sun.
Village Chief Sun was completely stunned. He was confused throughout the arrest and interrogation, and he is still confused until now.
He was still confused, but when he met Bai Shan's gaze, his whole body trembled, and he immediately started to whimper and kowtow repeatedly.
Bai Shan signaled the bailiff to take the cloth out of his mouth.
Sun Lichang's mouth was freed and he immediately said, "Sir, I know nothing about this matter. I really don't know anything."
Bai Shan said expressionlessly, "This is nothing to brag about or be happy about. There are so many bandits among the villagers under your rule, and you know nothing about it. Maybe you are not as vicious and cruel as Jia Lichang, but your incompetence is definitely greater than his."
Village Chief Sun froze all over and was speechless for a moment.
Judging from the list provided by Lizhang Jia, most of the bandits under Jia Dalang came from Lizhang Jia's village, followed by the hundred households under Lizhang Sun's jurisdiction, and some were from other villages.
If the list reported by Lizhang Jia is true, or not much different, then the number of bandits under Lizhang Sun is second only to Lizhang Jia, and he knows nothing about it. He is so incompetent. What is there to be thankful for?
Bai Shan asked him, "Do you really know nothing?"
Village Chief Sun was in a dilemma as to whether to agree or not.
If he agrees, then he is indeed incompetent as Bai Shan said; if he doesn’t agree, then he is an accomplice!
But he really doesn't know anything.
In the end, Village Chief Sun's desire to survive outweighed his pride. Being incompetent was better than colluding with the bandits, so he nodded with tears in his eyes, "Sir, I really don't know anything."
Bai Shan: "How many of those people that Jia Lichang mentioned just now do you remember?"
Seeing his confused look, Bai Shan added: "It's just the people from your village. You don't need to remember the people from other villages."
More sweat broke out on Village Chief Sun's forehead. "This, this, seven or eight."
Bai Shan narrowed his eyes and asked, "Which seven or eight?"
"Sun Heng, Zu Dachun," Village Chief Sun swallowed and asked uncertainly, "And Zu Dali?"
Bai Shan was sure that his village head didn't seem to be very smart.
He lowered his eyes to glance at him, then finally took the list and asked, "Are the houses in your village compact? Where is Sun Heng's house, and where is Zu Dachun's?"
Bai Shan asked each of them on his list, and after getting a rough idea of their homes and addresses, he took a large piece of paper and started drawing.
Only the approximate location of their houses was drawn, but this was enough for Bai Shan to realize the difficulty of capturing them.
Unlike the relatively concentrated houses in Dajing Village and Xiaojing Village, the houses here are relatively scattered. It would be difficult to encircle them with a combined force, so we can only arrest them separately.
It is not easy to arrest people in Dajing Village and Xiaojing Village. There are many people who have committed crimes in the two villages. Not including the six people who have been arrested, there are a total of 38 people.
Among them, there is a family with three brothers on the list, and three families have two brothers on the list, which perfectly illustrates what family style is and what it means that if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked.
There are a hundred households in a mile, and thirty-nine of them have people who have become bandits. This ratio makes Bai Shan's face even gloomier. In addition to the six people who have been arrested, there are still thirty-three households in these two villages that need to be arrested. There are a lot of people. If you can't hit them in one shot, it will not be easy to catch people later.
These people were not alone. Although the atmosphere in Dajing Village and Xiaojing Village was not good, no one could predict whether their arrests would lead the villagers to unite and resist arrest.
Even County Lieutenant Dong was worried and whispered to Bai Shan, "Sir, either we just capture the bandit leader, or we have to borrow troops from Qingzhou City."
Bai Shan lowered his eyes in thought, then shook his head after a long pause. "If they had become bandits out of necessity, the county could have let them go and only arrested the ringleader. But these people, in a year of good weather and no human intervention, turned to banditry. After plundering the village, they were able to pretend nothing had happened and live their lives in peace. That's not because they're desperate, but because human nature is evil. If people like this aren't punished, where is justice?"
"If someone follows their example in the future because of our county's leniency, where will those victims be placed?" Bai Shan said with a stern face, "So I must punish them severely and show no leniency!"
Then we must catch him.
County Lieutenant Dong also tends to arrest them. These people are too hateful. This place is far away from the county town. As a county lieutenant, it is difficult for him to take care of this place. The atmosphere is not good. These villages may become bandit dens in the future. Therefore, he has to take action now while the situation is not too serious.
"Then my lord will have to borrow troops."
Bai Shan said, "I have already written to Magistrate Lu, and also sent an official document to Governor Guo before coming here. If they agree to send troops, they will send them directly here, but we can't wait for them right now."
Bai Shan turned his head to look at Feng Dashan who was kneeling beside him and said, "Although Jia Dalang is crazy and arrogant, he is also very suspicious. If he wants to change his location, especially to a place like the county government office, he will definitely inform his subordinates."
"If they hadn't received the letter for too long, his subordinates would have realized something was wrong." Bai Shan said, "It's been six days since we took him away from Dajing Village, right?"
County Magistrate Dong was stunned for a moment before saying, "Yes."
"So we have to arrest them tonight. We can't delay any longer. We'll capture as many as we can." Bai Shan snorted coldly and said, "For those we can't catch, this county wants to see if they have the courage to actually go up the mountain and become bandits."
"Send someone to inform Inspector Song and have him cook a meal. After dinner, bring the soldiers down."
County Magistrate Dong had no choice but to agree.
Inspector Song was stationed on the mountain facing Xiao Liu Village. They brought their own dry food and pots and had been feeding mosquitoes on the mountain for four days. They were told to protect Xiao Liu Village at the foot of the mountain, but Xiao Liu Village at the foot of the mountain had nothing to do except harvesting wheat. What was there to protect?
Just when they were getting a little uncomfortable, a yamen runner came to inform them, "The master said that they will take action tonight. Inspector, you should set up the pot and cook now and go down the mountain to gather before dark."
Inspector Song took the document, looked at it, scratched the bite on his face, and asked irritably, "What's going on? Are there really bandits in this place where no birds even shit?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of birds returned to the forest to sleep for the night. When they passed over Inspector Song's head, they dropped a pile of bird droppings on him.
Inspector Song: ...
Yamen runner: ...
The yamen runner looked away with difficulty and said, "Inspector Song, it's because birds don't poop that there are bandits."
My flight was a bit late today, so the update is much later. However, I don't think I'm annoyed by the delay. What annoyed me was that after I got off the plane and took the subway, I went to buy a ticket. There was only one lady in front of me. I saw her clicking on the top-up button. She added ten yuan. After it was added, I thought it was my turn, but it wasn't. She exited and continued to click on the top-up button. Ten yuan, scanned the code, and it was added. I took a step forward...
But she clicked on the recharge again, this time for 30, she scanned the code to pay, I continued to wait, but after she finished the recharge, she exited and clicked on another recharge of 50.
I:……
If time could go back fifteen minutes, I would definitely not line up behind her, but turn around and go to the back of the longer line.
PS: See you at 10pm
(End of this chapter)
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