Zhou Hongsong turned around and glared at him. His big eyes glared even bigger, like two lamps.
Zhao Xiaojun suddenly couldn't say anything more. He was like a duck with its neck being choked, making two "quack" sounds.
His legs were shaking uncontrollably, and he seemed to see Li Jin lying on the road beside the lotus pond covered in blood again in his mind's eye.
Li Xiangdong and Zhou Hongsong pushed the cart in silence, neither of them saying a word.
There was no one on the road around, and it was so quiet that you could hear the cuckoo's clear "coo coo coo~ coo coo~" call from time to time.
There was also the sound of the wind blowing through the roof and the treetops.
Soon, we arrived at the lotus pond. The withered lotus stems stood haphazardly in the water, resembling chaotic geometric shapes.
The water in the pool was rippling in the wind.
There is no fence between the lotus pond and the road, and the lotus pond is lower than the road, with a slope in the middle.
Li Xiangdong and Zhou Hongsong remained silent and made no eye contact; they simply shifted their hands slightly to the right.
"Thump~"
The wheelbarrow's wheel ran over a rock on the slope.
Both hands simultaneously released the handlebars of the wheelbarrow.
"Rumble rumble—bang—"
A large splash of water erupted from the lotus pond!
"Gurgle~"
Soon after, the wheelbarrow and the madman disappeared from the water.
This lotus pond is not deep, only a little over three meters, and the bottom is all silt.
About ten minutes later, Zhou Hongsong pulled Li Xiangdong to tentatively enter the water. As soon as their feet touched the water, they sank into the soft mud.
Just then, sirens suddenly went off!
"Woo-wah—woo-wah—"
Two sidecar trucks sped toward the lotus pond!
Upon recognizing the person, Li Xiangdong's gaze sharpened. He exchanged a glance with Zhou Hongsong, then shouted anxiously to the policeman who had already gotten off the sidecar and was heading straight for them, "Director Chen, quick! The murderer has fallen into the pit!"
The lead policeman was Chen Yigan.
With a wave of his hand, the three policemen behind him immediately went into the water to search for the madman.
He had just received a report that a madman had committed a crime in Lijiapo, stabbing Li Jin, the captain of the Lijiapo brigade, but the man had already been arrested.
In the past year or two, there have been very few serious criminal offenses, especially since it happened in Lijiapo. Chen Yi dared to immediately call his subordinates, who rushed over at lightning speed.
When they arrived at the brigade headquarters, there wasn't a soul in sight, only a room filled with the stench of filth.
They found Zhao Xiaojun, Zhao Huaxing, and others, and no matter how they asked, they all said that Li Xiangdong pushed the suspect to report the case, but they didn't know which route they took.
Chen Yi, a veteran police officer, could tell at a glance that Zhao Xiaojun was hiding something.
He took Zhao Xiaojun aside and asked him a few questions, but the kid's eyes darted around and he insisted that he didn't know anything.
Having no other choice, Chen Yi thought for a moment and headed straight for the lotus pond.
Sure enough, from a distance, they saw Li Xiangdong and a tall man about to go into the water.
...
About fifteen minutes later, the mentally unstable man and his vehicle were pulled out of the water by the police and villagers.
The mentally unstable man was covered in blackish-green mud and smelled foul. He was thrown on the roadside. The police scooped the mud out of his mouth and nose and then checked his heart.
There were also slight fluctuations.
Zhou Hongsong said with lingering fear, "Luckily we rescued him in time, otherwise this murderer would have died easily! Now it's good that he can live to face the punishment of the law."
Hearing this, Chen Yi dared to give him another look.
The mentally unstable man was taken to the hospital by the police for emergency treatment. Chen Yigan took Li Xiangdong, Zhou Hongsong, Zhao Suixin, Zhao Xiaojun, and the person who reported the incident, Li Weijun, back to the police station.
Upon seeing Li Weijun, Li Xiangdong asked softly, "Did you go to the hospital?"
Li Weijun opened his mouth, then finally stammered, "Isn't everything alright now?"
"Oh!"
Li Xiangdong chuckled lightly, then stopped looking at him and strode forward!
Huichuan County Public Security Bureau.
After Zhao Suixin, Zhao Xiaojun, and the others finished giving their statements, Chen Yigan went to Li Xiangdong's room to watch the criminal police team leader, Feng Bing, give his statement through the glass.
Li Xiangdong sat upright in his chair, his expression filled with grief and indignation, and clearly recounted the whole story.
"Captain Feng, my father was stabbed and bled profusely, almost dying. I was only focused on saving him at the hospital, I didn't even think to call the police!"
"After my dad finished his surgery and was fine, I rushed back to the brigade headquarters immediately."
Feng Bing asked, "The county hospital is only three miles from the police station, why go back to the brigade headquarters first?"
Li Xiangdong said angrily, "To be honest, I didn't even think about finding the police at the time. I just wanted to beat that murderer up to avenge my father! But when I got inside, my fifth brother advised me to be rational, and that's when we decided to take him to the police station ourselves."
The father was almost stabbed to death, so the son's reaction is understandable.
"How did he fall into the lotus pond again? And why is Xu Zhonghou so securely tied to the wheelbarrow?"
Li Xiangdong calmly replied, "This madman is incredibly strong. It took me, Fifth Brother, oh, that is, Zhou Hongsong, Zhao Xiaojun, and me to tie him up and put him in the car... Well, Zhao Huaxing and the others went back for lunch. They were busy with this whole thing and didn't eat anything."
"Why did you take the road to the lotus pond? As far as I know, that road is a longer route to the county town."
Feng Bing looked at Li Xiangdong with amusement and asked.
"Hey, we've tied that madman up, but he keeps having these fits of madness. We don't dare cut in and out of the residential area for fear of scaring the elderly and children."
Feng Bing gestured to the policewoman next to him to record the facts, and then asked one last question, "How did the unicycle fall down?"
Li Xiangdong frowned and thought for a while. "The madman kept struggling in the car. He was very strong. If the two of us weren't careful, the car would slide down by itself."
Feng Bing put down his pen, indicating that the recording was complete.
Li Xiangdong stretched his numb hands and feet, said goodbye to Feng Bing, and walked out the door.
"We just received news from the hospital that Xu Zhonghou has been declared brain dead."
Feng Bing suddenly said something from behind.
Brain death means that the heart is still beating, but the person cannot breathe on their own.
In this era, brain death is no different from being dead.
Li Xiangdong slowly turned around and smiled slightly, "It's a real pity. We can't let him be punished by law."
After saying that, he strode out.
The policewoman, who was tidying up the materials, sighed and chatted with Feng Bing, "This Xu Zhonghou committed a serious crime of murder before, but because he was mentally ill, he wasn't sentenced. This time, he escaped from the mental hospital and injured someone again. Although the law can't punish him, God couldn't stand it anymore and punished him..."
She stopped abruptly at this point.
Feng Bing glanced at her and said calmly, "Yes, evil people will be punished by heaven."
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