Inside the land temple!
After listening to Xu Xinyi’s description, Shen Ting thought for a moment and said, “Then, give money?
Or promise to rebuild the land temple after digging it up?"
Xu Xinyi shook his head quickly:
“No, no!
I have just told the villagers that after the excavation, the Investigation Bureau will be responsible for rebuilding it, but the villagers still disagree.
Because this land temple was built by the joint efforts of the entire village.
No outsiders were invited!
According to the local customs, only by participating in the construction of the land temple with one's own hands can one receive the blessing of the land god.
I also said that if reconstruction is not possible, the villagers can be compensated, but everyone is even more resistant.
You know, when it comes to issues of faith, people will be more disgusted if money is mentioned.
They may even feel that we are insulting them for money.”
"Rebuilding won't work, and neither will giving money. Isn't this a double-edged sword?"
Shen Ting frowned.
He is good at investigating cases, but he is not very good at handling this kind of things!
Shen Ting thought for a moment:
“Do you have any solution?
If that doesn't work, I'll ask Yang Xianxing to come over and help negotiate with the villagers."
As the director of Dayang Town Police Station, Yang Xianxing should be familiar with the village head, village party secretary and so on, so things may be easier to handle.
And the outsiders like Shen Ting would definitely not gain the trust of the villagers.
The village chief and the village director were negotiating in the middle, but they were clearly wary when they looked over here.
They and the villagers are actually in the same group.
Naturally, it is impossible to sincerely persuade the middle.
Xu Xin hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm not in a hurry to find Director Yang.
Before you came over, I actually already had a general idea of how to persuade you.
We are like this..."
Around the land temple, the villagers looked at Chen Ting and others and whispered to Xu Xinyi after they arrived, and they all felt a little strange.
Because they found that the police officers at the scene seemed to listen to the young man.
Many police officers were obviously in their forties or fifties, and some even had gray hair, but they still quietly waited for the young man's orders.
"Among those police officers, the one who has the final say is the youngest one?"
"He must be some young master from some family, coming down here to gain experience!"
"Humph, he's living a life of luxury at home, but now he's out here trying to gain experience and bring disaster to us ordinary people?"
“It shouldn’t be that bad!
The work of an investigator is quite hard, so they shouldn't mess around, right? "
“Why not!
It is the children of ordinary people who are suffering, not them.
They dared to arrange for their own children to become doctors and investigators who can heal illnesses and save lives. What wouldn't they be afraid of?"
"He's just a idiot, so we can't let him mess around."
"No matter who he is, he must not be allowed to destroy the land temple."
"Yes, so many of us contributed money and effort to finally build the land temple, and now it's being demolished like this. What's going on?"
"If we can't even protect the land god's hometown, will he still bless us in the future?"
"right!"
"That makes sense!"
"Protect the land temple!"
"Protect the land god!"
…
The villagers were filled with righteous indignation. The more they discussed, the more excited they became, and their voices became louder and louder.
The village chief and the village party secretary hurried over to appease them.
Fundamentally, they are indeed on the side of the villagers.
After all, they are all from the same village and were elected by the villagers. It is impossible for them to turn their elbows outward and side with others.
But they also don't want to make things worse.
Many villagers are stubborn and tend to act impulsively. If they get really angry and a conflict or even bloodshed occurs, they, as the leaders of the village, will have to bear the consequences.
Just when the village chief and the village party secretary were in a state of panic, Xu Xinyi walked to the center of the land temple.
Xiong Beibei, who walked out with her, took out a large loudspeaker from his big backpack and handed it to her with a smile.
Obviously, this guy must have dealt with many things in the village and is very experienced.
Xu Xinyi took the loudspeaker, looked at the villagers, and asked directly:
"Fellow villagers, we understand your desire to protect the Land God Temple.
However, I have a question: what do people usually worship at the land temple?
What are you worshipping?
When the villagers heard Xu Xinyi's question, they were all stunned.
The originally intense situation suddenly cooled down.
"What else can we worship? Of course, we should worship the God of Land!"
"Yes! Is that even a question?"
"What do you mean, you're not taking us for fools, are you?"
…
"Of course I know everyone is not stupid."
Xu Xin smiled and said:
“However, I have one more question.
Why do people worship the land god?
This time, the villagers did not hesitate:
“Pray!”
"Protect the dead!"
"Guide the ghosts!"
…
Xu Xin nodded, then looked at the villagers sincerely, speaking into the loudspeaker in his hand:
“I know that no one welcomes us here.
They also don’t want us to destroy the land temple!
However, the reason we came here this time is actually to help you solve your problems.
To be honest, what we were looking for in the land temple was the body of an innocent victim.
The body is most likely in the base below the land temple.
In other words, if the body is not taken out, then every time people come to worship, they are not only worshipping the land god, but also the ghosts below.
And he was an innocent ghost..."
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