Chapter 094: Runaway Villagers
Sun Xiang was standing at the door, early in the morning, he had already come back from outside, and he saw that his face was dripping with sweat, as if he had walked a long way. When he heard me mention the abandoned factory, he froze, his expression was complicated, his face was pale, as if he had heard something very terrible.
Sun Xiang's expression was all in my heart, he didn't speak for a long time, but when he spoke again, he was angry. He limped towards us and walked so fast that we realized that his foot seemed to be injured. Last night, Sun Xiang walked well, and this injury was probably suffered early in the morning.
Jiang Jun stood in front of Xu Yi and me, he was worried that Sun Xiang would hurt us, but Sun Xiang stopped when he walked in front of us. He pointed out the door and told us to get out.
Just as I didn't know how to answer Sun Xiang, a few more people came running outside, they looked panicked, and shouted at us as soon as they entered the door.
"Master Sun, something is wrong!" The men were dressed in shabby clothes, and I could roughly guess that they were local villagers. The Master Sun in their mouths naturally refers to Sun Xiang.
Sun Xiang temporarily cleaned up his gloomy face, his eyes swept around us, and when he saw Xu Yi, his gaze stayed for two more seconds. Sun Xiang sighed, turned around and asked what happened to those villagers, those villagers said a word, I said a word, and there was a dialect of Zhushi in the words, and it was not easy for us to understand what they were talking about.
They said it was the snake pit that had been vandalized. I immediately remembered the deep pit that Jiang Jun had stepped into last night, and it was full of severed snakes.
Sun Xiang's face changed greatly, he didn't care about us, and limped out quickly with the villagers.
Jiang Jun and Xu Yi obviously thought of the deep pit, and after Sun Xiang and the others ran out, Jiang Jun was a little worried, he looked at me and said, "Professor Li, you must have guessed it right, that is the custom of the village." Jiang Jun was worried that the villagers would find out about his destruction of the snake pit, but after thinking about it carefully, he decided to go to the villagers to make it clear.
Jiang Jun took the lead and walked in the direction of the snake pit. I led Xu Yi to walk behind Jiang Jun, since Zhou Xiaoruo's skinning case was solved, Jiang Jun's personality is much calmer than the first meeting, he will no longer hold my hand excitedly, saying that he is my admirer, but for what I say, he will still choose to obey unconditionally.
Jiang Jun is an idealist, and he was deeply touched by Zhou Xiaoyu's murder. Staying at the police station in Guangdong City, he is likely to only encounter one extremely bad case in his life, and he is willing to give up his beloved identity as a criminal police officer to follow me, just in the hope of seeking justice for more victims.
Wang Xin told me that he had saved a sum of money and would give it to Jiang Jun when he died of old age. Jiang Jun is not much younger than me, and if he follows me, he will have no source of livelihood, and considering this, I am ready to introduce Jiang Jun to the police academy in City B after all the cases are over.
When we came to the path last night, it was already full of people. During the day, we finally saw the layout of the whole village, the village is actually not big, but we walk on the road at night, and we feel that the village is very winding. Hundreds of villagers surrounded the road and blocked the water, and we were at the back of the crowd, with no way to move forward.
No one spoke, everyone looked forward in unison, Jiang Jun was very short, similar to Xu Yi, and the two of them couldn't see what was happening in front of them at all.
"Professor Li, what's going on up ahead?" Jiang Jun lowered his voice and asked me, everyone didn't speak, and he didn't dare to be too loud.
I didn't answer Jiang Jun, but walked through the crowd and set my eyes on Sun Xiang, who was squatting on the ground. Sun Xiang reached into the deep pit with his bare hands and grabbed out the severed snake bodies one by one, and soon, dozens of snake bodies were piled together. The sun is big, but the sun gives people a very cold feeling.
Sun Xiang stood up, his sleeves rolled up, his entire arm covered with maroon mud, and on closer inspection, there was a red and yellow viscous liquid on it, which was flowing from the snake's body. Someone finally stood up and asked Sun Xiang what had happened, Sun Xiang stood on the side of the road and paced back and forth, and finally walked towards the crowd.
Everyone has great respect for Sun Xiang, and they consciously made way for Sun Xiang, and we know that Sun Xiang is coming towards us. Jiang Jun subconsciously blocked in front of me and Xu Yi, Sun Xiang limped, his trouser legs were rolled up a little, and he could faintly see a red and swollen ankle.
Sun Xiang didn't pay attention to Jiang Jun at all, and he asked me if we did it. Sun Xiang could see at a glance that the three of us were headed by me, and before I could answer, Jiang Jun patted his chest and said that he did it. At this time, Sun Xiangcai looked at Jiang Jun, his eyes were bloodshot, his gaze was scattered, and he was a little cautious.
Jiang Jun explained to Sun Xiang that he accidentally stepped into the snake pit and apologized to Sun Xiang, but Sun Xiang didn't say a word, just looked at Jiang Jun directly. We dug up the whole snake pit, and although we filled it all with the snakes and silt, the villagers could still see that the snake pit had been moved.
Finally, someone in the crowd let out a loud shout, and with it a large rock. The stone was thrown by the villager who shouted, and Jiang Jun reacted quickly and caught the stone as soon as possible. If it weren't for Jiang Jun's speed, that big rock would have hit him on the head.
Jiang Jun was annoyed: "What are you doing, do you want to kill people!" ”
"Shoot him!" The man who threw the stone was not afraid at all, but continued to shout with confidence, and suddenly, everyone's emotions were aroused by the villager, and many people bent down to pick up the stones.
Jiang Jun panicked, he escorted us step by step backwards, no matter how good he was, it was impossible to block so many stones. Xu Yi gripped my wrist tightly, her palms already sweating.
"Forget it." Just when everyone was about to throw the stone in their hands, Sun Xiang stopped everyone.
Everyone listened to Sun Xiang's words, and when Sun Xiang said this, everyone put down the stone in their hands.
"Now you can't go, if something happens, you're responsible." Sun Xiang said this to us, and he waved at us and motioned for us to follow him.
We followed Sun Xiang, and he walked very fast. Others surrounded us behind us and on both sides, as if they were afraid that we would escape, and each villager looked at us differently, some curious, but most of them were eager to eat us alive.
We were impressed by the first villager who was tall, glaring at us all the time.
Jiang Jun quietly asked us if we wanted to rush out, and he said that this group of people was probably crazy, and he didn't know what to do. I asked Jiang Jun to calm down, there are so many of them, we can't run away if we want to.
Back at Sun Xiang's house, his house was very shady, and as soon as we entered, we felt the temperature drop by several degrees. The villagers who came with them still refused to leave, and they gathered around the doorway, constantly looking inside. Sun Xiang sat down at the table and motioned for us to sit down.
It was a long time before Sun Xiang told us that the village had committed a crime, and that everything would have been fine after last night, but we had destroyed the snake pit that he had carefully arranged.
Jiang Jun laughed when he heard what Sun Xiang said. At this moment, someone suddenly rushed towards us, it was the villager who had just started, he was dissatisfied with Jiang Jun's laughter, and he actually rushed in from the door and grabbed Jiang Jun's collar. Jiang Jun immediately stood up and scuffled with him.
Jiang Jun was reluctant to do anything with him and tolerated everywhere, but he relentlessly entangled Jiang Jun, helplessly, Jiang Jun twisted his arm and pressed him to the ground. The villagers outside were very excited and were about to rush in again, but Sun Xiang stopped everyone again.
"Jiang Jun, let him go." I said to Jiang Jun.
The emotions of this group of villagers are too excited, they are indiscriminate, and if Jiang Jun continues to do it, I am afraid that their emotions will get out of control. Jiang Jun let go of his hand when he heard my words, and the man stood up and wanted to make a move, Sun Xiang spoke.
"Qian Er, you go back first." Sun Xiang's title gives us the name of this person.
Qian Er wanted to say something, but Sun Xiang stood up and welcomed Qian Er out.