Lu Yuan was accompanied by Sun Zhe, Chen Ke, and Song Heng, who had nothing better to do than come out and see what was going on.
Song Heng whispered to the three of them, "Do you know what? They plan to beat that pork seller to death during the trial! Last night when I went to the factory, I heard them looking for stones nearby! When I got up this morning, I saw that all the bricks that used to be used to build the flower bed in front of my house had been swept away! I guess that pork seller is going to die a horrible death."
"What? They're planning to make their move ahead of time? But there are so many police officers watching! What if they make a move and the police start shooting?" Sun Zhe looked at the people dressed in white mourning clothes with some fear and secretly took a half step back.
"Hehe! Do you think the police had to personally notify everyone before they came yesterday? They could have just posted a notice online. Why did they have to come in person? I think part of the reason was to get the victims' families to take care of this scourge themselves!" Chen Ke pointed to the hands of some people in the crowd.
These people were all carrying weapons, such as bricks and sticks, and each of them was waiting angrily for the police to arrive.
Sure enough, around 11 a.m., five police cars drove up on the main road. The third police car was covered with barbed wire, but it had some bullet holes and two of its windows were even broken.
Upon seeing the police car arrive, the crowd rushed forward in a fit of rage, surrounding the car and demanding the release of the butcher. However, the officers refused to open the car door.
"Nonsense! Get out of the way! Or we'll open fire!"
A police officer leaned out of the car window and shouted at the crowd, but his voice was no match for the angry people.
More and more people surrounded the third vehicle, reaching out to pull the pork seller out of the car, which swayed precariously and nearly fell to the ground.
A gunshot rang out, and everyone immediately fell silent.
A police officer was seen holding a gun, the muzzle pointing skyward and wisps of smoke rising from it.
"Everyone back off! If you don't back off, we'll shoot you on charges of assaulting a police officer!"
Some people in the crowd still didn't believe the police would shoot at them, but they slowly backed away when the dark muzzle of a gun was pointed at them. Finally, the car drove into the designated spot and stopped.
Then several police officers carried chairs and tables out of the car and arranged them in a row. Several police officers held guns and watched the angry crowd warily.
Finally, the door of the third car was opened, and a police officer pushed the dirty pork seller out of the car.
At this point, the situation on the scene was extremely tense. The police officers were all holding their pistols and keeping an eye on everyone. If they saw anyone make a move, they would immediately open fire.
The pork seller, reeking of foul odor, was led by several policemen to the center of the garden, where his hands and feet were handcuffed to tree branches.
Then a balding police officer stood up, took a piece of paper, and began to read aloud the crimes of the butcher.
"Upon receiving instructions from higher authorities, it was discovered that Zhu Minghan, a suspect in the No. 2 District of the New Urban Area of Qingshui City, openly sold pork bitten by mutated rats on August 17th, resulting in the deaths of 75 people! More than 100 people are still receiving emergency treatment in the hospital. This heinous incident has received serious attention from our leaders..."
"Zhu Minghan is hereby sentenced to death! He shall be deprived of his political rights for life!"
Just after the balding police officer finished reading, someone threw a brick at Zhu Minghan from somewhere, hitting him squarely on the forehead. Blood gushed out, covering his entire face. He screamed for help desperately. The officers nearby tried to find the person who threw the brick, but before they could react, a riot broke out in the crowd.
"Kill him! Avenge our families!"
"Kill him! Shooting him is too lenient! Tear him to pieces!"
"We can't let him get away with this! We must make sure he never forgets what he did!"
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It's unclear who started it, but countless others followed suit, and soon the crowd no longer cared about the police officers with guns.
People rushed over the cordon, pushed aside several police officers, and pounced on Zhu Minghan.
The balding police officer, his face filled with shock, shouted loudly at the crowd, "Stop! Stop right now! What you're doing is illegal! Stop it!"
However, people ignored his words and attacked Zhu Minghan with all sorts of weapons.
Zhu Minghan, leaning against a tree branch, was trembling with fear. The blood on his head was painful, and he desperately tried to break free of the handcuffs, but how could flesh and blood possibly open handcuffs made of steel?
The first person rushed up and punched him hard in the stomach, causing blood to flow from his mouth. He begged for mercy desperately, but to no avail.
The angry crowd no longer intended to use bricks to hit him, as killing him would be too lenient, so they used their hands, feet, and even teeth to bite him.
Zhu Minghan was surrounded by the crowd and let out a shrill scream, while the police officers standing by held their guns but never received the order to fire.
This continued for about ten minutes until Zhu Minghan's screams finally stopped and the crowd dispersed.
A pair of empty handcuffs hung from the branches of a dead tree, covered in blood and bits of flesh. The tree trunk looked as if it had been painted with red paint, a bloody and horrifying sight.
Zhu Minghan on the ground had long since died. He had been beaten to death by the people. All the bones in his body were broken, and the flesh on his arms, thighs, and stomach was hanging down in pieces. His internal organs had been pulled out and scattered all over the ground.
The entire flowerbed in the central garden reeked of blood. Upon seeing this scene, Lu Yuan and the other three felt a churning in their stomachs, and Lu Yuan immediately vomited.
The others also turned around and began to vomit. This scene of hell on earth deeply stimulated everyone's brain. If there is anything more terrifying than death, after experiencing this horrific massacre, everyone would have their own conclusion.
The balding police officer looked at the blood-covered crowd with a furious expression, picked up his gun and fired a shot into the air. The sound of the gunshot seemed ironic; the people were already dead, so what was the point of him firing this shot?
Finally, after investigation by the police, based on the principle that Zhu Minghan harmed people first, and the victim's family brutally murdered him afterward, and that the law is to give lenient punishment when there are many people involved, all those who participated in the torture and murder of Zhu Minghan were required to pay a fine of fifty kilograms of rice. If they did not pay, they would be treated as if the rice was used to pay off the debt.
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