"Are you sure it's him?" Officer Gao paused upon hearing this and asked in a low voice.
The short man nodded without hesitation. He had been a constable for more than a year or two, and he had developed a good eye for people.
Upon hearing his companion confirm that it was Yang's fifth son, Officer Gao immediately decided against going over.
The reason is simple: there are no petty thieves in this town, except for a few bastards led by Jiang Baicheng. They all come from wealthy families, and if they want to seduce, there's a brothel in town where they can go. They just like to stare at respectable women all day long.
Among the relatives of several colleagues in the yamen, there were some who had been harassed by them, so the people in the yamen always felt an itch to get their teeth up whenever these people were mentioned.
I was thinking that if it was just something like harassment, it would be difficult to arrest the person and convict them. At most, they would be detained for a few days and then released.
It's not that the officials in their yamen are incompetent, nor that the county magistrate is incompetent, allowing these troublemakers to run rampant in town. The truth is, no one who has been wronged is willing to testify. When people go to their homes to plead their case, the doors are locked tight; they either claim nothing happened or remain completely silent.
So everyone started thinking about when to arrest and convict people when they committed serious crimes, even if they couldn't be sentenced to death, it would be good if they could be imprisoned for a few years.
However, over the years, several women have been defiled and had their innocence stolen, yet the authorities have still not had a chance to arrest and convict them. Firstly, no victims have reported the case, and secondly, afterwards, the family of the scoundrel who stole their innocence came to their door with money, not only giving them money but also taking the victims back to be their concubines.
In that case, the authorities are helpless! They are truly frustrated by the victim's lack of backbone, and even more helpless because the perpetrator's family has money!
Everyone was thinking, are we just waiting for God to open his eyes and strike them dead with lightning?
Unexpectedly, just last night I heard that Jiang Baicheng was kicked away in the street by a young woman, and today I saw Yang Laowu being taught a lesson. Is it because even God couldn't stand it anymore and specially arranged for someone to come here?
Officer Gao looked around again. The crowd of onlookers had already seen the two of them. Turning around now seemed inappropriate, after all, he was an officer.
Officer Gao had no choice but to grit his teeth, lift his leg and walk forward. He was very unwilling. It was rare for someone to teach that bastard a lesson. He was really late in coming. He should have come half an hour earlier!
He had deliberately slowed his pace, but it was such a short distance; even at his slowest pace, he would arrive quickly.
Hey, you chivalrous young lady up there, your hands must be getting tired by now. Why don't you pretend you didn't grab it and let go? Constable Gao prayed silently.
"What happened here?" Officer Gao asked the onlookers in a businesslike tone.
"Reporting to the officer, we don't know either. Isn't it just a theatrical troupe performing tricks? It's quite novel." A man in his sixties squinted and replied seriously from the crowd.
Upon hearing this, the others nodded in unison, looking at the old man with great admiration. After all, he was old and experienced!
Upon hearing this, Officer Gao's lips twitched. He glanced at the old man and thought to himself, "Not bad!"
The short constable listened from the side, then turned to look at the person still hanging upside down. Logically speaking, he should first ask the person involved what happened to him; he wasn't dead and couldn't speak.
But then he realized his companion's intentions. It wouldn't be appropriate to call it settling a personal score, especially since Yang Laowu really deserved to be taught a lesson, and today's opportunity was indeed rare.
So the short man remained silent and stood aside, listening as his companion asked the onlookers some trivial questions.
However, we can't keep delaying like this.
Officer Gao sighed inwardly before turning to Yang Laowu and asking, "Are you from the opera troupe...?"
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