Chapter 83 Arrival at the Public Security Bureau
The villagers of Dageba Village and two police officers followed closely behind Lin Baozhu, heading towards Wanghuzhai in a grand procession.
About fifteen minutes later, Lin Baozhu stopped in front of a path covered with weeds and pointed into the mountains: "The people are inside, not only are there spies from the Blood Kingdom... but also..."
She took a deep breath, suppressing the piercing pain in her heart, "There are still dozens of children's corpses."
The two police officers' expressions changed drastically, their voices grave: "You mean... all those abducted children... have been murdered?"
"That's right."
Lin Baozhu continued, her voice filled with suppressed anger: "Those children, some were just born, some were only a few months old, and the oldest were only four or five years old... They were all drained of their blood by those bastards from the Blood Kingdom! When I found Donkey Egg today, he had also been drained, but fortunately he was rescued in time and is not seriously injured for now. Police officers, Captain, since the villagers are all here, why don't we go into the mountains together and bring the children out...?"
Before the words were even finished, a chorus of angry curses erupted from the crowd. "You beasts! You don't even spare children! Do you think our country has no one left?"
The captain's eyes were red-rimmed as he hissed and cursed, "These beasts! How many of our people have they killed already?! They don't even spare the children!"
"You bastard! Even being torn to pieces wouldn't be enough to satisfy my hatred!"
"Even in death, my bones will be ground to ashes!"
Lin Baozhu clenched her fists, her knuckles turning white: "It's still unclear whether these beasts have any accomplices. Those with children at home must keep a close eye on them and make sure they don't run around!"
On the path, a few men wielding machetes stayed behind to guard the cart, while the rest followed Lin Baozhu up the mountain. They hadn't gone far when they encountered Yang Sanlang and his men carrying the corpse down the mountain.
“Baozhu! You came so quickly…”
Qin Haifeng carried the child and hurried closer... Aunt Guihua recognized the soft little body in his arms at a glance and exclaimed, "Oh my! My little one! You scared Grandma to death!"
She trembled as she took her grandson from Qin Haifeng's arms. One glance at his pale, paper-like face sank her heart to the bottom. Her thin fingers shook violently as she stroked the child's cheek, tears streaming down her face. Qin Haifeng hurriedly said, "Aunt Guihua, quickly take Donkey Egg to the town hospital! He's still breathing!"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Guihua turned and ran in a panic, carrying the child. However, she tripped over some loose stones and almost fell to the ground with the child. Fortunately, Lin Baozhu caught her just in time.
"Thank... thank you, Baozhu! If it weren't for you, Dandan..."
Aunt Guihua's eyes were red and she said anxiously, "I have to take him to the hospital right away. Baozhu, I will remember your great kindness."
"Auntie, let someone from the village take you there on their bike."
Lin Baozhu looked at the crowd as she spoke. A burly man from the same village immediately stepped forward and carefully took the child from Aunt Guihua's arms: "Give it to me, I'll take it!"
"Thank you... thank you so much!"
Watching Aunt Guihua and the man leave in a hurry, Lin Baozhu's gaze fell on the several corpses that the crowd was carrying, and she said in a deep voice, "Send all the corpses to the Public Security Bureau. As for how to handle them afterward, let the Public Security Bureau make arrangements."
More than half an hour later, a group of villagers with bloodshot eyes pushed carts, cursing all the way to the town. The four carts were lined up, and the corpses covering them were shocking, causing passers-by to stop in horror.
Whenever someone inquired with surprise and doubt, the people of Da Ge Ba Village would angrily and loudly accuse them: "They are the beasts of the Blood Country! They are using our Chinese children for experiments! The cars behind are full of... all children whose blood they have drained!"
The news spread like wildfire. Families who had lost their children followed the cart tracks in a state of panic and despair. When they saw the familiar but now cold faces on the cart, some fainted on the spot from grief.
"You damned beasts! You've all surrendered, so why do you still come to harm us?! What did our child do wrong?! Give me back my child's life—"
A woman screamed in agony. She had two children who had been playing right in front of their house, but they had vanished without a trace. For days, she and her husband had neglected all work, searching frantically everywhere. Her mother-in-law, overwhelmed with guilt for losing the children right before her eyes, had committed suicide.
The husband fell off a cliff while searching for his son and broke his leg... The once happy family was completely torn apart.
"Kill them! Cut them into a thousand pieces! Their deaths are not a pity!"
The people rained down fists and slaps on the four bound agents of the Blood Nation. The intense pain tore at their nerves, forcibly waking the three who had been unconscious from blood loss.
They stared at the angry, bloodshot eyes before them, and blurted out incomprehensible, blood-stained Mandarin.
Upon hearing this, everyone present felt as if their energy had been unlocked, and they fought even more vigorously.
Those who couldn't squeeze in directed their hatred at the remains of the Kuomintang spies on the cart...
Two young police officers shouted at the top of their lungs, "Fellow villagers! Have mercy! Don't kill them! We still need them to interrogate their accomplices! If we kill them, and those accomplices who are hiding aren't eliminated, more children will suffer!"
But the people, consumed by their overwhelming rage, wouldn't listen to any advice. Lin Baozhu and Qin Haifeng stood on the periphery, silently observing.
The people need this catharsis; otherwise, the pain of losing their own flesh and blood would drive them mad.
When the team finally reached the town, three of the four spies had been beaten to death, and the remaining one was barely clinging to life.
Seeing this, Lin Baozhu took out a pill and handed it to Qin Haifeng: "Feed him this, and it will save his life for the time being."
Without hesitation, Qin Haifeng pried open the spy's mouth and stuffed the pill inside.
The pill melted instantly in his mouth. A warm current, carrying his familiar scent, quickly flowed through the agent's dying limbs and bones, as if forcibly giving life back to his withered bones.
He wanted to open his eyes to see who had given him a chance to live, but the excruciating pain made every breath feel like a knife cutting into him, and his consciousness teetered on the edge of darkness.
Meanwhile, in the town's Public Security Bureau Chief's office—
The bureau chief gripped the microphone tightly, cold sweat beading on his forehead, which he repeatedly wiped with a handkerchief. "...According to reliable intelligence, Zhang Baikui is lurking in your town! This time, you must dig him out! And your town has the most serious child trafficking cases! The crackdown is far from sufficient! What promises did you make to me back then? Huh? And what's the result? In the few years since you took office, you've solved only a handful of major cases! If you can't produce some decent results soon, your position will be given to someone more capable!"
The stern reprimand from the receiver finally stopped, followed by a sharp "click" as the call was disconnected. The bureau chief slumped into his chair, dejected. For the past three years, he had sat in this chair, failing to solve a single major case; his record of catching petty thieves paled in comparison to neighboring county bureaus. Was it his incompetence, or the incompetence of his subordinates? Zhang Bai-kui had been roaming the town for so long, and he hadn't even caught a glimpse of him; and then there were those child abduction cases—he'd heard that this morning someone from Da Ge Ba Village had reported that their child had been taken from their home…
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