This sentence was like a switch. Zhao Erlong, who was trembling with fear, burst into tears. He held Zhao's arm and opened his mouth to cry without any image, with tears and snot flowing from his nose.
"Sister, brother-in-law, you have to save me, our two families are related!"
He didn't say it was okay, but when he said that the men of the Lin family were even more angry, they were unlucky for eight lifetimes to marry into such a family.
Zhao Ruoxia has always loved her younger brother. After her parents passed away, she was not welcomed in her husband's family, and she relied on her family. How could she watch Zhao Erlong being tortured.
"Erlang, say something! Don't you still know Erlong's temperament? He can't do such a thing!"
Lin Laoer kept his mouth shut, why couldn't he do it? In the past, no one in the village knew about the virtues of the two sons of the Zhao family. Only the Zhao family would think that his younger brother was a child who had not grown up, and he pampered him more and more without knowing the heights of heaven and earth.
Cao Tongguang walked in. He had just heard that the patriot caught yesterday was actually related to the Lin family. Fortunately, he believed in the Lin family and did not think there was any connection between the two, but others may not think so.
Uncle Yu knocked on the pot of his pipe, his eyes were cloudy but he could see people accurately: "Then tell me why you appeared in our Lianhua Village in the middle of the night and why you ran to the mountains."
Zhao Erlong's eyes dodge and he muttered with a trace of luck.
"I was fleeing from other places. I accidentally got lost and entered the village. Seeing that it was getting dark and there was nowhere to go, I wanted to hide in the mountains..."
Obviously his words were not convincing and no one in the room believed him except Zhao Ruoxia.
"Erlong has already said, if you don't release him quickly, you will be wronging a good person if you don't look for the child if it is lost. When the time comes, the child will be good or bad, and you will cry!
Erlong, go back with your sister. She will make you some mutton soup and some fluffy white flour steamed buns. You look thin and you need to make up for it. How are you at home? Where are the eldest brother, sister-in-law and the others? "
Zhao Erlong thought he had escaped, and breathed a sigh of relief as he tried to get up. However, he found that his hands and feet were so weak from hunger that he could not stand up, relying entirely on Zhao's support.
There was a loud "pop", and Uncle Yu, who was sitting in the main hall, was so angry that his nose was smoking and he slapped the table.
"You think we are fools! Huh! Have you ever seen a refugee who was dressed like you and who didn't even have a package?"
Zhao Erlong secretly thought that it was terrible. He did not expect to be caught, so it was naturally impossible to prepare a set of tattered clothes in advance.
Zhao Ruoxia, however, kept trying to excuse her brother as if her brain was rusty.
"Who stipulates that you have to wear rags when you flee? Our Zhao family used to be a famous family, so what's wrong with having some wealth? I think you just can't catch anyone, and you want to frame the crime on Erlong at random!
If he can come to Lianhua Village, maybe it is because of God's favor that he was specially sent to me! "
Lin Laosan really couldn't stand listening any more, so he bowed his hands to several elders in the hall.
"Uncles, don't blame me. My second sister-in-law's thoughts do not represent the Lin family. Whether Zhao Erlong is guilty or not depends entirely on the elders.
Yesterday when I was looking for the thief with everyone, I was also present. Zhao Erlong ran away as soon as he saw someone. His behavior was indeed strange. "
What he said was fair and impartial. Uncle Yu's face softened slightly, he smoothed his beard and nodded.
But this could not offset his inner vigilance towards the Lin family. With a wave of his hand, two sturdy villagers came up, one holding a red-hot iron and the other holding a whip soaked in salt water.
These guys usually don't show up easily, but once they do show up, it will definitely be a big event in the village.
The whip cut through the cold wind and hit Zhao Erlong, and the red-hot iron was pressed on the wound. A smell of paste instantly wafted into the air.
Zhao Erlong didn't expect that they would actually take action. He screamed at the top of his lungs that it hurt, and he was dripping with cold sweat. Even a strong man couldn't bear the feeling, let alone him.
Zhao Ruoxia cried and wanted to rush forward to help her brother get whipped. As soon as she got closer, the fierce wind of the whip brushed her cheeks. She was so frightened that she immediately retracted her feet and vented her anger on Lin Laosan.
"You are a murderer, but he is my biological brother. Even if he makes a mistake, for the sake of the family, it's okay if you don't help him, and you add insult to injury.
Lin Laosan, you will be punished! "
She also wanted to help her brother get away, but Zhao Erlong was so scared that he lost his mind.
Seeing that the whip was about to fall again, he howled even louder, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, his forehead was bleeding and he didn't even care. He looked like a madman.
"I said, I said everything, please stop fighting, wuwuwu..."
"I joined them because I was so hungry that I couldn't do anything. I was only responsible for keeping watch, not taking action. The children... those children would take action quickly after being abducted. They had no fixed hiding place... but the goods would be delivered to thirty Leave it to a man named Uncle Fat in Pingling Town."
The boss said that he was not smart and never reused him. In the past few months, the only two businesses that Zhao Erlong had access to were stepping in and looking out, and he didn't know much else.
He thought he would be exempted from punishment by speaking out, but Lin Laoer unexpectedly took the whip and whipped him twice.
Lin Laosan kicked Zhao Erlong on the waist and kicked him two to three meters away.
"You bastard, Uncle Zhao's face has been completely embarrassed by you!"
Zhao Ruoxia didn't care much, rushed forward and hugged her dying brother, crying inconspicuously.
Uncle Yu stood up and waved to the Lin brothers: "Okay, the rest will be reported to the officials and handed over to the government officials to handle. Don't kill anyone."
Seeing the Lin brothers punishing Zhao Erlong, the villagers finally believed that the Lin family had nothing to do with this matter.
Cao Tongguang gathered a few boys from the same village and immediately prepared to leave for Pingling Town, thirty miles away. One night had passed, and he had to hurry up. If the child was resold for a second time, it would be even more difficult to find out the news.
Lin Boss and Lin Laosan are also here. One of them has brains and the other has strength. If there are more people fighting, they will also be able to help.
"Brother Cao, I'm sorry, our Lin family owes you. Once Huzi and Shanwa are found, you can do whatever you want."
Cao Tongguang patted Lin Laosan on the shoulder, and several people drove the bullock cart towards Pingling.
Coincidentally, I happened to meet Song Yin who came to visit on the road.
Song Yin took a rest today and remembered the last time he met Lin Laosan, so he came to visit with a bottle of wine. Knowing that his family had many children, he specially bought two boxes of pastries.
After hearing what happened in the village, he hurriedly said: "You are moving too slowly. That group of people walked all night, and they will have to use fast horses to catch up."
The villagers looked melancholy. They had no horses. They didn’t even have a mule at home.
Song Yin: "There are horses in the government office. Which of you can ride a horse? Come with me and the rest will drive the ox cart."
Cao Tongguang and Lin Laosan immediately stood up from the crowd.
In this way, the team split into two teams and headed towards their destination.
