The descendants of the village chief had a dispute and were hostile to each other, and no one could convince the other.
Finally, two patrolmen came up with the prisoners.
Someone pointed at them and said loudly: "Brothers and uncles, we must kill these two patrolmen immediately, otherwise, everyone will die without a burial place."
But the captive's sons stopped him from moving.
The man just now said sadly: "You don't even think about it, after these two patrolmen get out of trouble, will your father still be alive? He will die sooner or later. Now it's a question of whether he dies alone or many people die."
The captive's son hesitated.
In fact, this person is right.
If they swarmed up and killed the two patrolmen now, their father would definitely die.
However, if they choose not to kill these two patrolmen, they will let them escape.
What happens after they get out of trouble? Will he turn around and kill them?
The captive's son also murmured in his heart.
But the education they have received since childhood is to respect their elders, regard their elders as heaven, regard themselves as earth, and understand filial piety...
These things have been instilled in them since childhood and are ingrained in their minds.
Now suddenly they have to give up completely...
They can't do it, absolutely can't do it.
But if they don't give up, what should they do?
For a moment, these descendants were stunned.
Two patrolmen noticed this subtle situation.
They coughed dryly and said to these people: "Everyone, there is a good saying in banishing immortals, which is to be treated with leniency if you confess and be punished with severity if you resist. If you surrender yourself voluntarily, you can be given a lighter punishment when you are convicted in the future."
Those descendants didn't speak, but their thoughts began to come alive.
The prisoner said: "A lighter sentence...can I avoid death?"
The patrolman said: "That's probably possible. After all, you just wanted to kill me, but you didn't."
The prisoner responded: "Then I will surrender myself."
The two patrolmen rolled their eyes and thought: You are already in our hands, why don't you surrender yourself?
But then I thought, now is a critical period, it's better not to provoke them.
So the two patrolmen nodded and said seriously: "Okay, then you are saved from death."
At this time, other descendants of the village chief were also hesitant to surrender, but they did not make up their minds for a while.
The prisoner glared at his sons: "What are you waiting for? Why don't you surrender yourself soon?"
The captive's son was used to listening to his father's lessons, so he walked over with a low eyebrow.
The patrolman looked at these people with satisfaction, nodded to them and said, "Congratulations, you survived."
These people asked: "What about our punishment?"
The patrolman said: "You attempted murder, so you wouldn't have died in the first place. And now that you voluntarily surrender, your crime will be reduced. Maybe you only need to be beaten a few times to teach you a lesson."
All these people were happy.
The patrolman looked around and said, "But we still have to follow the rules. It's best to put a rope on you. But... there doesn't seem to be a rope here."
The sons of the prisoners also actively helped the patrol to search, but after searching for it, they did not find the rope.
At this time, a patrolman muttered: "Can't we just take off our clothes and twist them into a rope?"
The prisoner's son's eyes suddenly lit up, he clapped his hands and said, "Yes, why didn't I think of that?"
So the men began to take off their clothes.
A quarter of an hour later, there were seven or eight more shirtless people here, tied up with clothes.
And they were tied to each other.
The patrolman looked at the remaining people and said quietly: "Aren't you going to surrender?"
Those people look at me, I look at you, and then sigh: "That's it, that's it. Anyway, these few people left can't make a difference."
In fact, deep down in their hearts, these people wanted to surrender, but they were worried about being killed after surrendering, so they kept hesitating.
Now that all the captive sons had surrendered, these people felt that they had a reason to surrender, so they followed the trend and obeyed the call of their hearts.
After they passed by, they also used ropes to tie each other up according to the established procedures.
After being tied up, he was escorted into the village by the patrol officers.
When they entered the village, the two patrolmen quickly saw Lao Niu.
Now the patrolman has regarded Lao Niu as one of his own. After seeing Lao Niu, he seemed to have seen an ally, and his waist immediately straightened.
When Lao Niu saw this strange scene, his eyes widened.
These two adults arrested all the village chief’s children and grandchildren?
Yes, it was indeed all the children and grandchildren. All of these children and grandchildren took off their shirts and were tied up with ropes.
The patrol is simply awesome.
For a moment, Lao Niu admired these two people.
Originally, he had some murmurs in his heart about dealing with the village chief, but now all those murmurs were gone.
People are like this. It is difficult for them to do something on their own, but it is easy for them to follow the trend. If everyone else succeeds, he will enjoy doing it even more.
Lao Niu left in a hurry, he was informing others.
The patrolman didn't stop him, he knew what he was going to do.
The wider the spread of this kind of thing, the better. The more people know about it, the better. The patrol officer is very happy.
The two of them escorted the village chief's children and grandchildren to the threshing floor in the middle of the village.
The threshing floor is a place where grain is dried.
It is large and flat. Villagers usually like to sit here and chat, but now it is even more suitable for holding meetings.
After the patrol brought the village chief's children and grandchildren here.
Those people were still a little confused and asked the patrolman: "Sir, why are we here?"
The patrolman smiled slightly and said, "Where are you going?"
These children and grandchildren were stunned for a moment and said hesitantly: "Shouldn't... go to the city to interrogate us?"
The patrolman chuckled: "Why bother with that?"
These children and grandchildren were surprised and happy: "No need to interrogate?"
The patrolman said: "That's not true, it depends on the situation."
These children and grandchildren said uneasily: "Then... we don't need to interrogate? Can we go home?"
The patrolman said, "There's no need to worry."
These children and grandchildren began to feel uneasy.
However, he was already tied up, so there was no point in being uneasy.
At this time, the villagers had already entered the scene one after another. Looking at the time, it was already time for the trial.
As the number of villagers increased, the two patrolmen became more and more confident.
Yangwei, Lao Niu, and other activists all stood behind the patrol.
Soon all the men, women and children in the village came.
People who have been given guidance by patrol officers have high morale on their faces, while those who have not been given guidance are timid.
In fact, the whole village has been bullied to some extent by the village chief, but to some extent, they have also harmed others under the coercion of the village chief.
It can be said that no one present is innocent.
Therefore, they were a little scared, not knowing what the two patrolmen were going to do, or whether they were going to massacre the entire village.
Destroying villages was something the imperial court had done before.
But there are usually rebels, otherwise, the whole village will not be massacred easily.
But in this world, things are changing rapidly every day. Who can say for sure?
Just when the villagers were hesitant and uneasy. The two patrolmen smiled slightly and said to them: "Today, we want to complain, not to judge."
"It is the court's business to judge guilty people. Today, we want to listen to everyone's complaints, see what grievances everyone has, and then summarize them and submit them to the court."
A brave villager asked: "What are you complaining about?"
The patrolman said calmly: "You can talk about any suffering. Everyone can talk about it, everyone must talk about it."
Someone hesitated for a while and then said cautiously: "Last year there was a drought and the grain production was reduced. I couldn't eat enough, so I could only eat grass roots and bark to satisfy my hunger."
"I ate a piece of tree bark once and it was terribly bitter. Does that count?"
The patrolman nodded and said, "Of course it's settled. But I'm curious. Are you the only one in the whole village who suffered a disaster?"
The man said: "That's not true, everyone suffered."
The patrolman asked again: "Is that why everyone is eating tree bark?"
The man said: "That's not true. For example, the village chief's family did not eat tree bark."
The patrolman asked curiously: "Why doesn't the village chief eat the bark? Is the bark unpalatable?"
The man laughed dryly: "The village chief is relatively wealthy. He has plenty of fields and food at home, so naturally he doesn't need to eat tree bark. Even if there is a three-year famine, he will still have something to eat."
The patrolman yelled: "I see. But... why does his family have so much land and so much food?"
The villagers were stunned. I didn't think about this problem for a while.
The village chief is the richest person in their village. Everyone has accepted this and never thought about it further.
This... Why is there more fields and more food? Is there any other reason for this? Isn't this normal?
The patrolman said with a smile: "Did they buy all your fields at a low price during the disaster years when you had no food?"
"When the harvest comes and their land prices rise, you will never be able to buy it back?"
The villager nodded: "That's right."
The patrolman sighed: "How cruel, not kind at all."
The villagers said with some confusion: "Isn't this unkind? Isn't this normal?"
The patrolman said: "Aren't you from the same clan? Since you are from the same clan, how can you add insult to injury?"
The villager was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head and said, "Isn't there a saying like that? It's called... brothers, settle accounts clearly."
The patrolman chuckled: "Does my brother settle the scores? Then why does he deal with the disobedient people in the clan in the name of his clan?"
"When I ask for land from you, it's just my brothers settling the scores. When I want to interfere with your family affairs, it's not my brothers who are settling the scores?"
"I would like to ask, is there any widow who is unemployed and has been hired by the village chief to acquire land?"
At this time, a woman came out holding a child.
She said with a tearful voice: "That's me. After my husband died, the village chief said that I was an outsider and wanted to manage my land by the clan and then marry me away."
"Actually, I already had a son at that time, and the land should belong to my son. But the village chief said that my son had a bad background and was not necessarily from his village."
The patrolman shook his head and said with emotion: "How pitiful?"
None of these villagers said a word, because they all had a share in persecuting this woman.
The patrolman laughed and said to them: "Today they are forcing this woman, so you should keep quiet because you can drink the soup after the village chief has finished eating the meat."
"Tomorrow they will persecute foreigners, and you won't say a word, because it has nothing to do with you. It's none of your business, just hang it up high."
"When they persecute you the day after tomorrow, no one will speak for you. Don't you understand this?"
"You have more or less been bullied by the village chief, right? If what I predict is correct, no one among you dares to resist, right?"
These villagers lowered their heads and said nothing.
Suddenly, they all had a feeling.
Today, the two patrolmen seemed to be here specifically to judge the village chief.
When they just thought of this, two patrolmen said loudly: "Our complaint meeting today is specifically for the village chief. The minor problems of other people will be forgotten."
As soon as this statement came out, the enthusiasm of the villagers was immediately mobilized.
Then, Yangwei, Lao Niu and others, who had been arranged in advance, all angrily began to accuse the village chief.
Yangwei burst into tears at the end, describing how he had left his hometown and lived a miserable life due to the village chief's obstruction.
Lao Niu began to feel sad for his dead son and miss his relatives.
The villagers know very well about these things and have even participated in them personally.
But at this moment, they felt extremely sympathetic to Lao Niu and Sheep Tail.
As a result, they were equally angry, and they also shouted that they wanted to kill the village chief.
After shouting for a while, I don’t know who said it: “Where is the village chief?”
So, someone rushed to the village chief's house.
When they were halfway there, they saw the village chief's luxurious house in the distance.
These villagers were even more outraged.
Everyone lives in small huts and doesn't have enough to eat, except the village chief, who lives like an emperor.
Is this reasonable? Is this normal? Where is the law of heaven?
So everyone rushed in and started looking for the village chief.
The village chief was absent and seemed to have disappeared.
So everyone started grabbing things.
The two patrolmen watched all this silently.
They slowly pulled out the knife.
The villagers were a little scared.
The patrolman said calmly: "Da Qin has its own laws. If you want to kill someone, it won't be your turn."
"Whether the village chief lives or dies should be decided by the imperial court. How much of the village chief's belongings were robbed, deceived or stolen? How they should be distributed and how they should be compensated is also a matter for the imperial court. How can you Can you steal it yourself?"
"If anyone disobeys the order, it will be treated as robbery."
These villagers were all scared and nodded one after another, saying: "Yes, yes, we will know."
The patrolman said: "Now, the whole village is going to look for the village chief, see where he is hiding, and catch him as soon as possible."
So the villagers ran away.
The village chief did not hide. The moment the village chief heard the news, he ran away.
But now, the village chief encountered the same problem as Yangwei.
Escape from the village is a long mountain road, and with his physical strength, he can't go very far.
At night, once snakes, insects, rats and ants come out, it will be even more dangerous. .
