I rewrote family history

Chapter 135 The Idiot Avenged You
"Chief Zhong, you are being polite."

"The success of suppressing the bandits this time is due to Xu Cong's risk, but it is also related to Section Chief Zhong's strategizing. If it weren't for Section Chief Zhong, you have enough experience in suppressing bandits, and you didn't scare the snake out of the grass. These bandits... ...Maybe he had already fled Wenfeng long ago, and he definitely won't be caught by us and catch them all!"

The bridal sedan chair was carried by people, Section Chief Zhong flattered him, Liu Changda returned it immediately after calming down.

Although the police station is a bit lower than the other departments of the county office, Chief Zhong has a humble position and is also a prominent figure in the county.Although he was not afraid of offending Section Chief Zhong, there was no need to pretend to be aloof.

The two exchanged a few words, enjoying themselves.

"Thank you, nephew, for saving my life regardless of past suspicions..."

Master Xu Zhi walked out of Xuansheng rice shop with his wife's support on crutches, and thanked Xu Cong with his hands folded.

His waist was discounted, and he was a little hunched between his movements.

Xu Cong kept a cold face and didn't speak.

He just nodded politely.

"It's a pity for the big bug..."

"He was very righteous when he was young, but who knew he would become a thief when he grew up."

Xu Shuwen and his wife also came out together, and fell half a step behind his parents. When he saw the big worm lying in a pool of blood, he couldn't help but shook his head and said with emotion.

The pattering light rain did not know when it turned into moderate rain.

The servants and policemen around the crowd took up oil-paper umbrellas to shield the master and the officer from the rain.

Blood stained half the street.

"Report to the section chief, and all the bandit supporters have also been arrested."

A policeman ran from a distance and saluted.

"Very well, order them to return to the team."

Chief Zhong heaved a sigh of relief.

He looked up at the sky, and continued: "Since all the thieves have been arrested and brought to justice, today's matter will come to an end..."

After the matter is over, it is time to draw a full stop.

"Wait a minute."

"Chief Zhong..."

Xu Cong, who hadn't spoken a moment ago, suddenly stepped forward. He gestured to Liu Changda with his eyes, and then said, "The matter of the bandits can be settled today. But the bandits are nothing more than victims outside Xinye..."

"External damage, I can cut it off and disintegrate with a small plan. However, the real internal damage is far more than that easy."

He pretends to be mysterious.

"Xu Cong, what do you mean by this sentence?"

Chief Zhong's heart skipped a beat, and he asked hastily.

Not only Section Chief Zhong was the one who was surprised, Xu Zhiyong's family was also a little nervous.

"Since the 32nd year of Guangxu, Emperor Guangxu issued a decree announcing a nationwide ban on smoking. The diplomatic envoys also negotiated with the British country and signed the "Sino-British Anti-smoking Treaty". The anti-smoking movement began, from the 32nd year of Guangxu to the third year of Xuantong, after five years, Yanjing closed tens of thousands of smoking dens, and the entire territory of Zhili and Lu provinces realized the complete ban on the cultivation of opium..."

"In the first year of the Republic of China, the anti-smoking campaign was continued, and the "Presidential No-Smoking Article" was promulgated..."

Xu Cong looked at everyone and finished the call.

After seeing Xu Zhiyong's pale face, he smiled with satisfaction, "A few days ago, when I became the deputy head of the clan, I discovered a secret by accident. The former head Xu Zhiyong secretly planted opium for sale , a lot of profit..."

"Xu Cong, don't spout blood."

"How can the old man have such a big smoke..."

Xu Zhiyong quickly slammed the crutch in his hand twice, and argued.

"evidence……"

"Of course I have it here."

While speaking, Xu Cong took out a stack of papers from his arms, spread them out and said, "This is the declaration written by the clan elders when I became the deputy patriarch. It clearly stated that the former patriarch was mean and private The fact of opium. At that time, all the clansmen in the village witnessed it with their own eyes and vividly remembered it, so this matter cannot be faked. Besides, even if the statement is false, the tobacco paste stored in your home should not be fake, right? "

"Since you have never had symptoms after smoking, what are these smoke ointments used for?"

His eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he stabbed at Xu Zhiyong fiercely.

Before Big Chong found him, Xu Shuwen had already revealed the fact that his father planted opium in his conversation with him.Now that there is this crime, he can no longer seek skins from tigers.

As for... the newspaper letter was sent out because he couldn't bear Xu Shuwen's tragic death and the slaughter of all the villagers.

It doesn't mean he doesn't want Xu Zhiyong to die!

Xu Shuwen took a serious look at the black and white writing in Xu Cong's hand, and the patriarch's seal in the lower left corner.

He said in a bitter tone: "No wonder Brother Cong, you insist on letting the family explain all the mistakes my father made. It turns out... that's what you think. But you, but you..."

Before he finished speaking, his body was a little weak and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Tian Huilan helped him in time.

"Smoke cream?"

"Xu Cong..., how can there be any tobacco ointment in my house?"

"As for the proclamation of this clan elder, who knows whether it is true or not, it is not difficult to forge. Before that, I learned the news that the bandits robbed the village, and I sneaked out of Xujiabaozi. It is only natural that the clan hold grudges against me , it is not impossible for you to collude and frame me..."

"Chief Zhong, framed a good citizen. I remember that there was a crime against him..."

Not to be outdone, Xu Zhiyong glared at him.

Smog and wheat are things of the same season, planted in spring and harvested in summer.Now it is late July, the opium in the field has been cut long ago, and there will be no evidence of crime.As for tobacco ointment, something as expensive as gold, how could he stay in Xu's house.

Liu Changda didn't make a sound, but stood beside Xu Cong silently.

Section Chief Zhong's face changed, and he stared at Xu Zhiyong, "If what Xu Cong said is wrong, then the county office will deal with it on its own, and there is no need for Mr. Xu to worry about it, but if it is really found in your house Tobacco..."

"How to punish...you know in your heart."

He said solemnly.

The blood on the ground gradually faded.

Xu Cong sneered and said: "The smoke cream extracted from Dayan is equivalent to gold, of course Master Xu will not put it in Xu's residence. I guess these smoke cream should be in Xuansheng Rice Shop. You two are in-laws... , Mr. Xu, you are in charge of planting opium, and shopkeeper Liu is in charge of selling it. I think where the tobacco paste in the county tobacco shop comes from. Ask some prostitutes and drug addicts. You should be able to find out..."

He's not a supernatural being.

In the past, before he knew that Xu Zhiyong was growing opium privately, he didn't know what Xuansheng Mipu was doing in private.But after learning about this incident, after a little inquiring in the county, you can find out who is selling the smoke cream behind it.

Although Xu Zhiyong and shopkeeper Liu concealed this, they didn't really take it to heart, revealing too many lies.

And the reason why the two "do not hide it" is because even if someone finds out, it is difficult to bring them to justice, so they have nothing to fear.

As for whether the smoking ban is strong or not, you can know it clearly only by looking at the price of tobacco ointment.

(From the end of the Qing Dynasty to before Hongxian, the smoking ban was very strong.)
"Xu Cong, don't wrong a good person."

"Every once in a while, my rice shop has porridge and rice. Everyone knows that my father is a kind-hearted man in the county..."

Shopkeeper Liu remained silent.

The son Liu Dan beside him clenched his fist and cursed angrily.

"The words have already been said here..."

"Chief Zhong, if you send someone into Xuansheng Rice Shop to search, you should be able to find out whether what my disciple said is true or not."

Liu Changda took half a step forward, interrupted everyone's speech, and spoke.

After he briefly said these two sentences, he smiled, "As for the anti-crime. Well... He and Mr. Xu have a bit of an enmity after all, so he may have told some lies. I hope Section Chief Zhong will forgive me. Young man, after all, he is a bit young, and he can't hold his breath."

Can't hold your breath?

Designing to kill the bandit leader and 17 other bandits, this kind of heart is not like ordinary people.

"Go! Search Xuansheng Rice Shop!"

Chief Zhong looked sternly and ordered.

At the same time as the order, he moved his feet slightly, showing a horoscope.

A team of patrolmen in raincoats soon filed into Xuansheng Rice Shop.It didn't take long before they moved out of a locked wooden box.After presenting the wooden box in front of everyone, the inspector ordered shopkeeper Liu to open the copper lock that fell on the wooden box.

The brass lock was opened, and the contents inside came into everyone's eyes.

It is a cuboid oiled paper bag.

"Section Chief, it's... tobacco ointment."

The policeman sniffed it, and stepped forward to salute.

"The evidence is convincing, the two of you...but what else is there to argue about?"

Seeing Xu Zhiyong and shopkeeper Liu's expressions changed, Section Chief Zhong fixed his eyes on them, and said before they could open their mouths.

"No……"

"I plead guilty."

The two lowered their heads and parted ways.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and there was no more blood on the ground.

Xu Cong squatted down, and he turned the tiger's body over with all his strength, changing from lying down to lying down.

The face of the tiger after death was soon revealed, his whole face was bloodless, as if painted with lead powder for women, it was very white, and the two opened tiger eyes were not closed, and It's glaring at each other.

"Big worm, idiot... avenged you."

"Don't worry..., after he goes to prison, he won't come back alive..."

Xu stroked the tiger's eyes with his right hand, and whispered to himself in an unreadable volume.

He took it away.

The tiger's eyes were closed.

The rainwater trickled down his temples and cheeks, gathered at his jaw, and turned into a thin stream of water.

Under the eyes of everyone, no one is willing to hold an umbrella for the dead, for fear of getting dirty.

Not to mention the corpse of a bandit.

He got wet.

"Section Chief Liu, these two prisoners and the gangster, I'll take them down for interrogation first, to avoid accidents..."

Chief Zhong led the people from the patrol room to greet Liu Changda and left quickly.

"Xu Cong, I'm leaving first too."

"I have to go home and report to your mistress that she is safe..."

Liu Changda came over, stuffed an open umbrella into Xu Cong's hand, and then disappeared into the street.

People walked slowly.

At the corner of the alley, there were not many people left.

"Xu Cong, you white-eyed wolf! Last time you made trouble at Shuwen's wedding banquet, I said a few words to you, and you kept it in your heart, and it's the same now. Shuwen invited you to go home and be the deputy patriarch, and this is how you repay Shuwen Wen? Which one of your money for going to school is not borrowed from Shuwen. How pitiful you were selling persimmons at the gate of the school, it was Shuwen who helped you..."

Liu Dan pushed Xu Cong who was half squatting on the ground hard, and pushed him to the ground. Then he held Xu Cong's arms with both hands, and cursed angrily: "You white-eyed wolf, I will kill you, white-eyed wolf! Damn you, you are two-faced and three-faced, and you are making fun of us, right? I will kill your mother, you bastard, I will kill you..."

"Shopkeeper, don't."

A young woman stepped forward and grabbed Liu Dan's arm.

The fallen umbrella was blown away by the summer wind, and it was flying in the air.

boom!
A shot went off.

Liu Dan looked at Xu Cong on the ground in astonishment, "You... how dare you shoot?"

The bullet hit his right hand, but was not fatally wounded.

But he never thought that Xu Cong would dare to shoot.

Shooting a bandit leader is not the same as shooting an ordinary person.The former will be rewarded by the government, while the latter is illegal.

"It just went off by accident."

"Who said... I shot?"

Xu Cong patted the mud on the gown, holding a Browning pistol in his hand, and glanced at Liu Dan who was covering his hands, "If there is another time, it will not be your hand that hits you, but your head. "

"Uncle Chao, let's go home."

He glanced at Er Chaozi who was standing still, picked up the umbrella from the ground, and said softly.

The street to go home was in the direction where Xu Shuwen and Tian Huilan were staying, and the two passed by with their eyes crossed.No one spoke, but everything was in the eyes.

"The son of Shopkeeper Liu just now..."

"Or, do him?"

Er Chaozi said in a low voice.

Being a bandit is not as promising as being an official and joining the army. The two look down on bandits, but that doesn't mean they don't have banditry.

"Chief Zhong will make arrangements..."

"He shot at me and shot me again. There's no hiding it."

"A potential threat, Section Chief Zhong will not let it go. How can Section Chief Zhong not hear about the tobacco ointment business in the county. Liu Dan is not a person who can hold his breath, and Section Chief Zhong will be afraid, so there is no need for you and me to take action. "

Holding an umbrella, Xu Cong paused on the trail.

If he wasn't Liu Changda's disciple, he wouldn't rashly get involved in this matter.

The section chief of the patrol room worried about him, and he was determined not to get along well in the future.

But it wasn't all bad for his teacher.It has been a long time since Liu Changda became the head of the education department.His husband is an oriental school who studied abroad, and the government uses the foreign school...  

In other words, according to seniority, Liu Changda is about to be promoted.

Only one piece of merit is missing.

"you're right!"

Er Chaozi thought about the reasoning behind this, and nodded, "The shopkeeper Liu's son can't hold back, if he shakes out that Section Chief Zhong is related to the sale of tobacco ointment, Section Chief Zhong is not that big of a deal Able to suppress newspaper reports, so... he must die."

"No wonder you're not even angry at all."

"That's right, why are you angry with the dead?"

He smiled.

The two walked for a while, and suddenly, Er Chaozi asked another person.

"Where's Xu Shuwen?"

"If you put his father in prison, it is very likely that his father will die. The hatred of killing his father, this hatred...is not easy to eliminate."

Compared to Liu Dan's recklessness, Xu Shuwen is much calmer...

Reckless people are not to be feared, but calm people are to be feared.

"He..."

Xu Cong clenched the handle of the umbrella, "He is not calm, but indecisive. Besides, he is superstitious about justice. It is true that I reported his father's opium plantation. Even if he hates me, he will not think of revenge on me. After all, I didn't let his whole family die under the guns of the bandits. He knew better than taking revenge on me, the person who should take revenge should be Section Chief Zhong, not me..."

"If I really deal with him, then I will really become a white-eyed wolf."

He took a breath of cold air.

Er Chaozi nodded half understanding.

"Another point..."

"His wife is pregnant."

Xu Cong silently looked at Er Chaozi.

While talking, the two stopped at the door of the house.

"Father, you are back."

Huagou broke free from Lanhua's arms and threw himself into Er Chaozi's arms.

Er Chaozi held Huagou's buttocks and hugged his two-year-old son.You can't hold a child by the waist, it's tiring to hold a child by the waist, it's easiest to hold the baby by holding the buttocks.He rubbed Huagou's bald head, "Did you miss your father? Come out to see him? Good son."

He kissed Huagou's cheeks a few times.

"No, no, Dad said, next time you come back, bring me a wooden gun."

"I want to play with wooden guns."

Huagou shook Er Chaozi's shoulder and said in a childish voice.

"Okay, okay, dad will build you a small wooden gun tomorrow."

"It's late now, you go to bed first."

Er Chaozi put down the flower dog and signaled Lanhua to take it home.

When he came back, he didn't tell anyone except his wife Lan Hua, Xu Cong, and Xu San'er that he was back, because he was afraid of alarming the bandits.Tonight is hands-on night, so the whole family will be guarding at the door.

"father."

When Lan Hua walked away, Xiao Baozi called out "Father" in a muffled voice.

Nothing superfluous.

"How was your homework at the girls' school?"

Er Chaozi asked.

"good……"

Xiao Baozi continued to sulk his face.

"It's not easy for Dad to make money. You have to study hard in school so that you can marry a good family. If you don't study hard, you can quit school early and learn from your mother to become a female celebrity..."

Er Chaozi's face was not very good-looking, he said.

"There are women's classes in the girls' school..."

Xiao Baozi replied.

Hearing this, Er Chaozi didn't want to talk to his daughter any more, he waved his hand and asked Xin Ziniang to lead Xiao Baozi back, and then said to Xu San'er as he walked, "Everything went according to plan today, nothing happened. Xu Zhiyong and the shopkeeper surnamed Liu were arrested and taken to prison. Third brother, you should cheer up and be careful of outsiders. Although there should be no gangsters outside, it is better to be careful."

"Well, I understand that. Will be careful."

Xu San'er nodded her head.

"Father, don't be too nervous, the bandits don't stick together that much. If they really stick together like that, they aren't bandits anymore."

Seeing Xu San'er's nervous expression, Xu Cong comforted her.

"I will stay at home recently, and I will leave after peace."

Er Chaozi also added a sentence.

After the bandit is taken to prison, there will be an interrogation afterwards to see whether what the bandit leader said in advance is true or not, whether there are any absconded people outside, and so on.

After everything is confirmed, he will rest assured and leave Xinye County.

"With Uncle Chao at home, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Xu Cong also breathed a sigh of relief.

All day today, his heart was tense, for fear of doing something wrong.It was his first time to shoot someone.It's just that he has experienced a lot, and he is far more calm than his peers, so nothing went wrong.

But when he got home, he was still the fledgling student, and he would be frightened.

(End of this chapter)