Chapter 206 I locked him in the wine cellar all night!
Two large basins of cold water were poured at the person who was snoring loudly. Xu Yu finally reacted while covering his face. Uncle Gu, who was sleeping soundly, was choked by the cold water that was poured directly into his mouth and nose. He started coughing violently without even opening his eyes.
The village chief quickly called for help: "Help him up quickly and get some water!"
"Those who are drugged need to drink more water! Otherwise, how can they wake up?"
Those who were still in a daze had their jaws forcibly opened by large hands like iron pliers and water poured into their mouths. Some of the impatient ones thought the bowl was too empty and grabbed the gourd ladle to roughly cover their faces with the water.
Xu Yu really couldn't bear it anymore.
He is pretending.
What happened to me being inexplicably drunk and turned into a water hyacinth?
Xu Yu seemed to have been drunk enough and finally woke up. He was wet and muddy, with a blank look in his eyes and an extremely innocent expression, as if he had no idea what was going on. He looked at the people surrounding him, blinked, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
The village chief leaned closer amidst Uncle Gu's heart-wrenching coughs, patted Xu Yu's tear-stained face, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Xu family boy! Do you know who I am?!"
Xu Yu lowered his head, put his hand to his mouth and coughed a few times, then said hoarsely, "Village Chief?"
"Why are you here?"
The village chief slapped his thigh and shouted, "We are so lucky to be here!"
"If we hadn't come, you would have been drugged and snatched away by a wolf for dinner. I'm afraid we wouldn't know when you'd die!"
"Foolish boy! You didn't even know the wild wolves in the mountains had come down!"
Xu Yu rubbed his face as if he still didn't understand, but the village chief didn't bother to explain to him any further.
Xu Yu and Uncle Gu were obviously drugged and fell asleep unconscious in the haystack, so what happened tonight could not be a coincidence.
Someone with sharp eyes chased in the direction of the wolf's howl and saw it. He quickly ran back and said, "Village chief, we found two more people, and they are not from our village!"
"Not from our village?"
The village chief narrowed his eyes suspiciously, his face dark as water. "Where is he from? Whose family is he from? Does anyone know him?"
There are few strangers in the village. If you occasionally see one, they must be related to the villagers and their origins will be traced.
But who would have thought that when these words were spoken, the person who came to report the news shook his head vigorously while holding a torch.
"Those who found it all said they didn't recognize it and didn't know who it belonged to."
"But these people are probably here to steal grain. There are three carts hidden over there, with seven or eight bags of rice tied to the carts. Several bags have also fallen on the road. Judging from their direction, they are planning to steal the rice from the threshing ground and put it on the carts so that they can leave the village at night when no one is paying attention!"
As soon as these words were spoken, those who were originally confused suddenly understood.
Why were Uncle Gu and Xu Yu, who stayed in the threshing ground, both drugged and bewitched, and why did a stranger rush out of the Xu family's threshing ground to ask for help?
The doubts that had been lingering in everyone's minds along the way suddenly cleared up, and someone angrily cursed, "So they're a bunch of grain thieves?!"
"The wild wolf that came down the mountain might have been attracted by these thieves!"
There have always been wild beasts in the deep back mountains, but no matter how ferocious the beasts are, they are naturally afraid of places with a lot of people. Their movements tend to avoid villages where people live, and there are almost no tragedies of wild beasts coming down the mountain in large numbers to injure people.
What happened tonight was too sudden, and no one had time to think about it carefully at first. But now looking back, we find that there are many doubts that can be traced.
The village chief made a prompt decision: "Regardless of whether he is a thief or not, we must first try to drive away the wolf and rescue the man. We can then conduct a trial slowly after daybreak."
"Xu Yu and Master Gu will leave a few people here, and the rest of you will spontaneously search the threshing ground to make sure there are still thieves hiding. Those familiar with the granary will lend a hand to check how much grain was stolen tonight and how much can be recovered."
After hearing the village chief's words, the villagers dispersed and went their separate ways. The village chief looked at the person who had delivered the message, frowned, and said, "Anzi, how were the injuries of the two people we found later? Are they still alive?"
The man called Anzi curled his lips and shook his head. "How can a wolf, seeing blood, let its mouth run free? When I first found it, it was still wheezing in its throat, and it was gone before I could even ask a question."
If the person killed by the wild wolf was from Luobei Village, or was an innocent person, the villagers would not react like this.
But they were thieves who came to steal food.
You have become a shameless thief, so what does it matter whether you live or die?
Even if there were no wild wolves, those little thieves would be beaten to death or at least half-dead if they were caught by the villagers.
This is the fate of a thief who can't control his hands!
After hearing this, the village chief's heart sank and a lingering gloom covered his face.
Including these two, there are four people who lost their lives to wolves tonight.
When such a serious incident occurs where several lives have been lost, it is not something the village can decide on its own.
"Anzi, get two people to go with you. Go to the county government office at dawn and tell them what happened in our village tonight. Ask the bailiffs to come along and investigate."
Let's find a clear path to find out the true identities of the people who died tonight.
Since they brought their lives upon themselves, they do not deserve sympathy. However, in order to prevent the families of these thieves from causing trouble, the most convincing way is to let the government handle the case.
The village chief quickly set the necessary rules. The victim Xu Yu and Uncle Gu, who was still confused, had no chance to interrupt. The noise in the threshing ground continued until dawn.
The angry villagers became furious. Under the leadership of an experienced old hunter, they not only recovered the body that was dragged away and bitten to death by wild wolves, but also killed three wild wolves.
The threshing ground that used to be steeped in the fragrance of rice was shrouded in an indelible bloody color overnight. The six bloody bodies that were recovered were laid side by side on the ground, covered with straw and white cloth.
Most of the people who had been busy all night anxiously did not leave. Instead, they gathered in the threshing ground and talked in low voices.
When the people from the government office arrive, they are all real witnesses, so they must stay to testify, and no one can be left out.
The news of the wild wolf coming down the mountain caused a lot of buzz, and the old man at home was extremely anxious.
Uncle Xu almost put a knife to his own neck and threatened to die before he forced the old man to agree not to come out rashly.
Uncle Xu is really tired.
He dropped the hatchet to the ground with a clang, rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, and said with a wry smile, "Father, please be considerate of your son."
"The old lady can't even get up from her sickbed. You're so old, if you go out and get into trouble, I'll hang myself to atone for my sin. Will the ancestors of the Xu family forgive me?"
The old man glared at him with a dark face: "Just a few wild wolves, can you really hurt me?!"
"Yes, yes, you are very majestic and powerful. A mere wolf can't hurt you, but there must be someone at home!"
Uncle Xu said bitterly, "Father, please stop arguing with me. Just stay here for a while while I go out and see what's going on. If everything's alright, I'll have to hurry and get Miss Xia out of the wine cellar! I locked her up in there all night!"
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