The popularity of Shanshui Village is so high it's practically bursting at the seams!
What does it mean to beg for food? Where do you find hundreds of people coming to beg for food in the middle of the night?
The disaster victims are pitiful and have it tough, but are they really that easy for them? Besides, are those people even disaster victims? Not at all!
Hand them over to take away? If they hadn't been interrogated, they would have even voluntarily sent them to the government office. Now it seems these people are all in cahoots, colluding with each other!
Despite their anger, no one stepped forward to defend themselves; instead, they held their breath and waited for Shui Qing to speak.
Shui Qing remained calm and composed, passing the buck back: "What you say is true, sir, but there's something wrong. They're the ones who used the knives. Go into these houses and see; the dead haven't been buried yet."
As for those people, we're lucky if we can just drive them away; how could we possibly catch them? If you don't believe me, go into the village and check every house to see if they're there.”
Constable Sun wanted to go in and check, but there were only five of them. If they really died here, there were so many desolate mountains. If they were buried somewhere far away, it would be a problem whether they could even be found!
He has a large family to support, so he can't take any risks.
The other four constables, seeing that the village was much better than other places, dared not move their feet easily.
Other villages might have a few brick houses at best, but most others are thatched huts. Here, you can't see any thatched huts. They are either brick houses or mud houses, and even the mud houses have gray tile roofs!
Not to mention the entire village is surrounded by walls! The walls encircle the entire village, and there are guards at the gate.
The village is as impenetrable as an iron barrel. Let alone the five of them, even dozens of people wouldn't be able to get through. No wonder Boss Zhu and over a hundred men were killed here last night.
Since we can't take the person with us, we still need to confirm whether they are still alive and in the village.
Officer Sun turned to the nearest man and said, half threatening and half enticing, "The disaster victims this morning said you arrested dozens of them. The government can't ignore so many lives lost, so if you're hiding anything, you'd better hand it over as soon as possible to save us another trip."
As for whether the person is dead or alive, it doesn't matter. After all, it was wrong of them to come to your village in the middle of the night. If they are really dead, it's not your fault. You just need to hand them over, and we will put in a good word for you with Magistrate Wu.
But if you refuse to speak out even at the cost of your life, and it's discovered, it's a serious crime! Do you understand that it will bring disaster to your parents, wife, and children?
The man, when asked the question, replied with a simple and honest voice, "I understand."
Officer Sun waited for him to continue, but after waiting for a long time, he still didn't hear it.
He took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and patiently asked again, "Don't you have anything to say to me? If you do, I will speak well of you to Magistrate Wu, and nothing will happen to you, nor to your family."
The man continued to shake his head sheepishly, chuckling, "No."
He even told the magistrate that nothing would happen; he's just fooling a fool.
Do you think he's a fool? He thinks they're the fools!
Officer Sun was furious. How could he have ended up questioning a fool?!
He couldn't use the same trick repeatedly, so he took one last look around the village, reluctantly raised his hand, and shouted, "Let's go! Back!"
What I thought was an incredibly simple task turned out to be a complete failure.
They didn't even get a single useful piece of information; how are they going to explain this when they get back?
But it's alright, Magistrate Wu will surely find a way to deal with these unruly people.
They'll see!
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