Seeing the injured people all over the ground, as well as the two police officers and several drivers who were barely alive, the group hurriedly carried them back to Zone 3 to prepare for some basic wound treatment.
Although the tires of the grain truck and water truck were punctured, Chen Ke, who had been driving long distances for many years, brought some tools and repaired the tires before driving back to District 3.
Section 3 wasn't particularly large, but the wide cement road was relatively spacious, so everyone parked their car on the cement road and began carrying the grain into the supermarket for weighing.
On the other side, several of the subdued robbers had their masks removed, revealing their true faces, and Lu Yuan recognized a few of them.
These same people were present when the man who sold pork was tried in Zone 2 last time; clearly, these robbers were all from the neighborhood.
More than ten people who fought the robbers were injured to varying degrees, including two who died: the father and son. The father was shot in the head and died on the spot, while the son's head was smashed by the edge of a brick and he died on the way back.
The other dozen or so people were not seriously injured, just some knife wounds. They were completely fine after disinfection, bandaging and stitching. As for Sun Zhe, he was relatively lucky. The robber used a cement brick, which hit him on the head. Although it caused some damage, it was the surface of the brick that hit him. He woke up not long after, with only a small cut on his scalp.
Fortunately, one of the girls in Zone 3 was a college student who had not yet graduated. She was quite capable of performing simple wound care and suturing procedures. She immediately took out some things she had brought back from school and bandaged everyone up.
The drivers were all injured to varying degrees. Two of them died on the spot, while the two police officers, who were well-trained and physically strong, had their wounds stop bleeding thanks to the girl's careful treatment.
This battle was arguably the most serious incident in the history of Sector Three, but through everyone's concerted efforts, everyone's food supplies were preserved, and the wounded were respected by everyone.
After finishing all the work, the people of District 3 unanimously agreed that without their help, the food would have been completely wiped out by the robbers. So they discussed it with the police and decided that the food would belong to District 3, and how to distribute it would be decided by everyone.
After much chatter and discussion, they finally reached a conclusion.
Everyone who participated in the battle received 30 jin of grain, and those who were injured in the battle received 50 jin each. As for the father and son who died, there was a middle-aged woman in their family. Without her child and husband, her source of income was completely cut off. Although money was of little use at this time, there were still some things that could not be bought with money, such as some daily necessities. Therefore, everyone decided to compensate the other party with 200 jin of grain in one go. Lu Yuan also decided to arrange a female worker position for her in the rat trap factory in order to take care of her.
The remaining food was distributed equally among everyone. This was the spoils of war from District 3. If it weren't for them this time, these policemen and drivers would probably have died. The people from the other four districts, on the other hand, did nothing to help them. These things had nothing to do with them.
Soon, the food was all divided up, and so was the water. Every household happily carried their food and water with them.
Next came the trial of these subdued robbers, but no one here had the right to decide their fate; that right was left to the police.
The two policemen covered their arms and saluted the crowd, expressing their sincerest gratitude.
Next came the trial. Although several people were injured in the battle, they had gained a lot of food by sheer luck, so they didn't hate the robbers very much. The rest of them cursed the robbers who were kneeling on the ground, and some even picked up stones to throw at them, but were stopped by others.
They weren't the cold-blooded animals in District Two; they couldn't do such a thing. Although some people participated in the brutal killing of Zhu Minghan last time, in that situation, everyone lost control of their emotions, especially with so many people around. If even one person stirred up the crowd's emotions, it would immediately trigger a huge riot.
"Speak! Which district are you from!" a policeman shouted angrily at the seven robbers kneeling in front of him, sitting in a chair.
However, the group was quite arrogant, stubbornly refusing to cooperate.
"Stop talking nonsense! Kill me or do whatever you want! If I even flinch, you're my grandson!" one of the men said arrogantly.
Immediately, a chorus of curses erupted from the crowd.
"Kill him! He's so stubborn! Officer, these days robbers all seem to like killing people! If you can't bring yourself to do it, hand him over to us!"
"That's right! He's already a prisoner, and he's still so arrogant! Let's teach him a lesson!"
"Since he's making this request, why don't we grant it?"
The way these people looked reminded Lu Yuan of some righteous men from ancient times who would raise their arms and shout heroic words when they were dragged to the guillotine. But the other party seemed to have misunderstood the situation. Now everyone hated them to the bone, and no one wanted to worship them.
"Fine! Since you're so arrogant, then let's teach you a lesson!"
As the officer stood up, he muttered a few words to the crowd, and immediately the people next to him ran away with smiles on their faces.
Before long, a few people found some ropes, tied the feet of the robbers together, and then hung them from the tree.
"We'll release you when you're willing to talk, otherwise we'll keep you hanging like this! You'd better watch yourselves!"
After the two officers finished speaking, they ignored the robbers.
To express their gratitude, the two officers made a special call to the higher-ups to explain the matter, stating that the people of District 3 remembered the unity between the police and the people, helped them catch several robbers, and even rescued them, requesting commendation.
Several robbers soon couldn't hold out any longer and immediately expressed their willingness to cooperate.
However, such cooperation is not something that can be achieved simply by asking for it! So, under the supervision of everyone, a group of people painfully begged for mercy while smelling the aroma of food in Zone 3, but no one paid any attention to them.
“I’ll tell you! I’ll confess everything. We’re from District Two, and there are also people from District Five with us. There are more than a hundred of them who have joined a robbery gang and plan to join forces with the robbers in the city to guard the major grain transport routes.”
These words caused an uproar among the crowd.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
