In order to give face to the mayor and battalion commander, Jiang Xiaoyu did not throw it into the yard, but locked it in a single room upstairs and waited for daybreak to hand it over to Zhu Renxia.
"Ding, fuck your ancestors and let me go!"
"You stinky bandits, you murderous villains, you actually went to Jiangjiacun to bully our locals? I don't think I will settle the score with you tomorrow!"
"Smelly bandit, bad bandit, please loosen your bonds, my wrists hurt from being strangled!"
"It's killing people, it's killing people, help, the bandits are killing people!"
Jiang Xiaoyu yelled in the room, sometimes insulting, sometimes threatening, sometimes slandering, displaying his ability to behave and roll around to the fullest.
After arguing for a long time, no one paid any attention to him, so Jiang Xiaoyu had no choice but to give in and take the pitiful route.
"Brother Ding Xiao, can you let me go? I'm just a thirteen-year-old child, wuwu..."
"Company Commander Ding, please let me go. My brother-in-law will be very embarrassed if you do this."
"Brother Ding, did you hear what I said? I shouldn't be angry with you. I am a poor child without a father and a mother. You don't remember the faults of villains, so just treat me like a fart and let me go, okay? "
"Ding Xiao, are you deaf? Master Jiang Xiaoyu is talking to you, can't you hear him?"
"Hey... is there anyone? I'm thirsty. I want to drink water. I want to drink water!"
But still no one paid attention to him. Jiang Xiaoyu kept fussing for half the night, feeling dry, cold and tired, and finally curled up in the corner and fell asleep.
When Zhu Renxia opened his eyes, it was already bright outside.
"Sigh... I missed something because of drinking. I wonder if anything happened last night?"
Zhu Renxia thought of his plan to "lead the snake out of the hole" last night and couldn't help but slap his forehead, "Zhu Renxia, Zhu Renxia, you really have no control, and you were easily drunk by Jiang Chunmei."
He didn't take off his clothes all night, not even his boots, when the next carp jumped out of bed, hurriedly opened the door and rushed into the yard.
Chunmei was sweeping the fallen leaves with a broom, and Axiu was combing her hair in front of the bronze mirror in the bedroom.
Seeing Zhu Renxia walking out of the room, Chunmei's face turned red, and she lowered her head and said, "Brother Xia, I drank too much last night, don't laugh at me..."
"I also drank too much. Did something happen?" Zhu Renxia pretended to break the film, "I just remember that I was too drunk and you helped me into the bedroom."
"Hmm... nothing happened."
Chunmei put down the broom in her hand and walked towards the kitchen, "I steamed big buns with cabbage and pork this morning and bought tofu buns from the commercial street. Brother Xia, please wash your face and eat quickly."
Zhu Renxia looked at the open courtyard door, frowned and asked, "Xiaoyu didn't come to eat?"
"Didn't Axiu say that he sleeps in the morning and doesn't get up until three o'clock in the morning?"
Chunmei didn't understand what Zhu Renxia said, so she rolled up her sleeves and carried the iron pot into the main room, "Brother Xia, hurry up and wash your face and eat. Let's just leave a few more buns for Xiaoyu."
"I'll go out to change and eat again when I come back."
Before Chunmei could say anything, Zhu Renxia walked out of the yard with his hands behind his back.
As soon as he went out, he saw Ding Xiao pacing back and forth on the street with his arms folded in front of his chest, looking like he was in a dilemma.
"Good morning, Captain Ding!"
Zhu Renxia had a smile on his face and raised his hand to say hello from a distance.
Seeing the mayor leaving the house, Ding Xiao clasped his fists and bowed: "Mayor, I'm here to apologize to you."
"Oh... Captain Ding worked hard all night, what's the crime?" Zhu Renxia looked puzzled.
"Sigh... It's not right for me to talk about this. I shouldn't be as knowledgeable as a child. But your brother-in-law is so annoying. I feel that if you don't discipline him, it will be harder to discipline him in the future." Ding Xiao shook his head and sighed.
"It's exactly what I expected."
Zhu Renxia secretly thought to himself, it seems that his brother-in-law took the bait, and he really did not disappoint!
"What happened to Xiaoyu?" Zhu Renxia pretended to be kept in the dark, "Did you fight with someone?"
Ding Xiao immediately recounted what happened last night, and finally said: "Originally, I wanted to let Xiao Yu'er go, but seeing how nonchalant he was, he even insulted and threatened my brothers..."
After a pause, he explained, "I'm not angry with him for swearing, nor am I afraid of his threats. I just feel that this boy is too naughty. If he is not disciplined, he will become even more naughty as he gets older."
"Mayor Zhu, I didn't give you face, so you can do whatever you want. I accepted the dismissal of my company commander and even the expulsion of me, Ding Xiao, from Chang'an Town!"
"Haha... Captain Ding, what you said is that I, Zhu Renxia, am the one who protects my shortcomings?"
Zhu Renxia smiled and patted Ding Xiao on the shoulder, "What you said makes sense and what you did is right. Jiang Xiaoyu is a naughty boy. If he is not strictly disciplined, he will become even more idle in the future. I will take this opportunity to discipline him."
Ding Xiao showed a grateful expression: "Thank you, Mayor, for your understanding!"
Zhu Renxia smiled and said: "If I protect a shortcoming, what is the difference between me and Tian Zongren? Don't do evil for small things, and stealing gold is not a trivial matter, and I can't condone him!"
"We've locked him up all night, why don't we let him go before the townspeople know about it?"
Ding Xiao felt that the punishment for Jiang Xiaoyu was almost enough. A slight punishment would be enough, but how could he be punished seriously?
Zhu Renxia shook his head and refused: "We must not let him go so easily. He must be taught a profound lesson."
"Well……"
Looking at the mayor's gloomy face, Ding Xiao realized that the punishment had just begun.
"You said besides the small fish, four people were caught last night?"
Zhu Renxia asked with his hands clasped in front of his chest, stroking the beard that was growing out on his chin.
"Two of us are from Wulongshan, one is from Yinma Town, and the other is from Guangxi. Except for the two of us from Wulongshan, the other two have families."
Ding Xiao truthfully reported the situation he had interrogated, "They all admitted their mistakes and admitted that they were obsessed with it. Seeing the huge golden dragon, they thought that the theft would not be discovered, so they took the risk."
Zhu Renxia thought about it for a long time before making a decision: "Just admitting your mistakes is not enough. This is not only related to moral issues, but also related to disciplinary issues. Send me an order to hold a town meeting at the school ground this morning. Everyone must be present so that These guys who were driven by greed and took risks publicly confessed and reflected on their crimes."
"As commanded."
Ding Xiao clasped his fists and agreed, then asked for permission, "Including Jiang Xiaoyu? He is still a young man after all, so let's save some face for him, right?"
"Yes...he is no exception!"
Zhu Renxia said categorically, "He must also go on stage, admit his mistakes in front of all the townspeople, and accept punishment."
"yes."
Ding Xiao had no choice but to accept the order and leave.
When Zhu Renxia returned home, he found that Shi Sanmei was a guest at his home, so he smiled and said hello: "Sanmei got up so early!"
Jiang Axiu said in a panic: "Ms. sir, the third sister said that Xiaoyu is not at home, and the door is open and the quilt on the bed is not spread out. It seems that he did not sleep at home last night. I don't know what happened, you Quickly mobilize the townspeople to search everywhere..."
"Oh... the little fish is missing?"
Zhu Renxia deliberately tested Shi Sanmei to see if she was the one who instigated Jiang Xiaoyu to steal the gold. "Third sister, why did you think of going to Xiaoyu so early in the morning? Do you sleep together at night?"
"No, no, I don't sleep with him."
Shi Sanmei hurriedly shook her head and denied, "We have never slept together. It's all Xiaoyu's nonsense."
"Is your pregnancy a lie made up by Xiaoyu?"
Zhu Renxia was a little surprised. He didn't expect that his brother-in-law would lie continuously.
Although Shi Sanmei was his unmarried daughter-in-law, what he said was a bit unreasonable and even discredited Shi Sanmei.
Jiang Axiu was also a little surprised: "You two have really never slept together?"
Shi Sanmei had no choice but lowered her head and bit her lip, thinking for a moment before speaking.
"Xiaoyu told me that he said this to force you to marry him as soon as possible. We have never slept together, not even once."
Jiang Axiu was so angry that she slapped the table: "This bastard dared to lie to me and smear the reputation of Third Sister. It's really outrageous!"
"Haha... The outrageous things are coming later. I will elaborate on them later."
Zhu Renxia sat on the chair, touched the pork and cabbage steamed buns and took a bite, his mouth was full of oil, "Not to mention, the Chunmei buns are really delicious!"
Chunmei chuckled: "My brother-in-law is missing. Brother Xia, do you still have the heart to eat?"
"Aren't I analyzing where the little fish went?"
While eating, Zhu Renxia asked Shi Sanmei: "Since you didn't sleep with Jiang Xiaoyu, why did you go to see if he was at home so early in the morning? Did you ask him to do something, or did he make a promise to you? whats the matter?"
