Wu Dewang said, pulling Old Mrs. Ouyang aside.
"Captain Liu, we've taken the person away first. We also need to take these two people away, because they're involved in kidnapping."
Under these circumstances, they had no choice but to evacuate the old lady first, otherwise something could easily happen later.
Before Captain Liu could speak, a group of people came rushing down from outside the courtyard.
They rushed in.
"The production team leaders, that's them!"
These people actually arrested Captain Five and Skinny Monkey. We were clearly arresting enemy agents, but they're helping them!
"The fifth captain said that if we let them take the person away today, we can't afford the responsibility. This is an enemy agent."
The captain strode forward and noticed the military uniforms on Wu Dewang and his men. His attitude softened slightly, after all, they were soldiers.
"Hello, comrade, what exactly happened?"
My men said they came to arrest enemy agents, but you arrested our men instead.
If there's any misunderstanding, let's clear it up. There's no need to make it like this. And if the other party really is an enemy agent, you must keep your eyes open.
If anything goes wrong, none of us can bear the responsibility.
"Captain, you've come at the right time. These people have been fooled by that old lady."
The old lady said she was a leader, and they actually believed her. Have you ever seen any powerful founding father come here?
Besides, what does it have to do with us that she was kidnapped in the capital?
We can't exactly say we went to the capital and kidnapped her, can we?
Captain Wu is very clever; he knows how to stir up conflict. In this case, the logic makes sense, since neither of them did the kidnapping of the old lady.
Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, the villagers and the production team leader immediately sided with them, since the fifth team leader and the skinny monkey usually stayed in the village.
It's impossible for them to leave here, especially since they're quite far from the capital.
Given the distance, it's impossible for the two of them to have kidnapped the old lady. She appeared here out of nowhere; it would be more accurate to say they were spies.
This created a time difference.
How could the militia members from two villages thousands of miles away have any grudges with the old woman?
Since there was no personal grudge, their actions towards the old lady were solely motivated by fairness and justice.
Sure enough, all the villagers nodded in agreement when they heard this, and they agreed that it was true.
"Yes, PLA comrades, you must investigate this thoroughly. This is not the fault of our militia."
"Release her immediately! This woman might really be a spy. If she were truly a high-ranking official, why would she travel all the way from Beijing to here?"
"Our militia captain is a good man; he's caught a lot of bad guys."
"You can't just arrest our people for no reason!"
"Release them, yes, we demand their release."
The villagers were emotional and outnumbered.
To be precise, most villagers have a concept that the law does not punish the masses.
At this moment, a group of people surrounded Wu Dewang and his group of eight.
The two production team leaders were quite principled.
He hurriedly shouted at everyone.
"Stop fooling around. This is a People's Liberation Army comrade. The People's Liberation Army comrade will definitely handle this matter impartially. If you keep fooling around, be careful, or I'll deal with you."
The villagers' agitation subsided, and the two team leaders turned to Wu Dewang and said,
"Captain Wu, please release the two militiamen first. This must be a misunderstanding."
This makes things difficult for us. Besides, you have no evidence to prove our militia are bad people!
Besides, no one can say for sure whether this old lady is a high-ranking official. Can you provide any evidence?
Wu Dewang smiled slightly at the two team leaders.
"Don't worry, we can produce evidence."
Before we came, our commander personally gave us the mission: to come to your village and bring this old lady, Mrs. Ouyang, back home.
"Why would we come here if we had no evidence? Don't you find that strange too?"
Why would our soldiers come to such a remote village like yours for no reason?
"Moreover, we came here specifically to find Chen Zhiyuan because we know that the Chen couple saved this leader."
“You should be grateful that Chen Zhiyuan and his wife saved this leader. Otherwise, if this old man had been in any danger, you two team leaders, as well as all the villagers, might have been implicated.”
The two production team leaders were startled and puzzled.
"Company Commander Wu, what you're saying is a bit far-fetched. How could you know that Old Madam Ouyang was here from thousands of miles away? You're not gods, are you? Do you think you can predict the future with your fingers?"
"We really did do some calculations."
"Captains, if you don't believe me, since you have a militia company, you must have the means to contact the county."
Let's have our two captains come with us personally. We'll go to the county to verify this. Once we get to the police station, we'll find out the truth. The police station will then call the capital.
The old woman's identity is crystal clear; we must take these two militiamen with us.
Because the two of them were the ones who took the old lady directly to the wooden house on the mountain and wanted to lock her up.
Their actions are highly suspicious, especially since they are making a big fuss about enemy agents searching for this old lady.
Think about it, how easy is it to spot enemy agents?
None of you noticed, only those two did, and they even coordinated with each other.
Besides those two, has anyone else seen this old lady?
At this point, the two production team leaders were unable to uphold justice, mainly because they would inevitably favor their own villagers. However, the fact was that the People's Liberation Army would not falsely accuse innocent people.
No matter the circumstances, people's trust in soldiers always outweighs everything else.
Ultimately, the two captains discussed it privately. The main issue was that the truckload of soldiers from Wu Dewang's company had already arrived in the village.
Seeing the truck and the people inside, the two captains felt a chill.
So Old Lady Ouyang was helped into the driver's seat, and at the same time, the Fifth Team Leader and Skinny Monkey were also put directly into the car, with the two production team leaders personally accompanying them to the county.
Chen Zhiyuan and his mother stood by the roadside and waved to the departing military vehicle.
They finally saw the old lady off, and watched as the villagers stared at them with strange looks.
The two could only slink back to their cave dwelling with their heads down, not knowing what might happen next.
The fifth team leader and the skinny monkey were clearly from that village. They had offended the villagers, which meant they had offended most of the people.
These two villages, along with the surrounding villages, are all related in some way.
Because they protected Old Lady Ouyang, they inevitably offended people.
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