Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 360
Director Zhang pressed the gun with his right hand, and pointed at the crowd with his left hand. His whole body exuded a murderous aura, and the entire courtyard fell into silence.

"Be honest and put down your weapons."

With a yell, many people in front of them trembled in fright, and quickly put down the things in their hands.

Even Xu Damao felt a chill in the back of his head, his heartbeat accelerated suddenly, and he even forgot the pain in his body.

Lou Xiao'e was also very frightened, she had never seen such a thing before.

Not to mention her, even Ran Qiuye and the others who were not targeted trembled and wanted to lean back.

Yang Xiaotao didn't feel much, after all, he was used to it when he practiced stabbing with his grandfather in Yangjiazhuang.

"Let you talk, and then you can talk."

"Don't ask you, just keep your mouth shut."

Director Zhang didn't treat these people specially because they were the sufferers, and spoke very harshly.

The person in front of him had calmed down, Zhang Suo looked at Yang Xiaotao again.

"You say so, do you have any proof?"

Yang Xiaotao nodded, "The evidence is easy, but I need to ask them a few questions."

After hearing this, Zhang Suo was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Yes, as a party and reporter, you have the right to question and assist the police in solving the case."

After hearing this, Xu Damao opened his mouth to object, but Zhang Suo didn't give him a chance at all, his cold face scared him speechless.

Later, Yi Zhonghai and the others heard what Yang Xiaotao said, and wanted to see what tricks this guy could come up with.

These people were scalded by the heating stove, so they can still talk nonsense with their eyes open.

Sha Zhu threw the stick behind when Zhang Suo came, and Qin Huairu hid behind the door when he saw the situation, and they looked like they were watching the show.

The name of the play is, dog bites dog.

After being agreed, Yang Xiaotao nodded and returned to the high platform to look at the crowd below.

"Now, when the person I point to speaks, others are not allowed to speak. Stay here with Zhang. If anyone breaks the rules, just sit on the fence."

There was a commotion among the people below, Xu Damao wanted to speak, but when he saw Yang Xiaotao staring at him, he immediately stood behind Lou Xiaoe with his neck curled up.

Seeing that no one objected, Yang Xiaotao began to scan the crowd.

Unexpectedly, Yang Xiaotao did not get entangled with the three of Xu Damao, but looked at the sufferers behind.

"Instant heat, everyone said that our heater hurt it, that's just right, let's come one by one."

He pointed to the man sitting on the ground in front of him, "Comrade, it looks like your leg was injured, where did you get burned? Are you accompanied by family members?"

It's no wonder that the man wasn't nervous when he was being questioned, guarding so many people.

"I, I was scalded by the hot water leaking from the broken pipe."

"Well, okay, are the family members here?"

Behind the crowd, a young man came over with an iron pipe, "I, I am a family member. This is my uncle."

Yang Xiaotao squinted at the iron pipe in the young man's hand, thinking about it.

But he didn't say anything, "You two go over there."

Yang Xiaotao pointed to one side, and the people around immediately gave way to the open space. The two looked at the fat dragon and thin tiger, but they had no choice but to lean over there.

"This comrade."

Then Yang Xiaotao asked one by one, and after asking clearly, he kept asking people to leave the place.

After 10 minutes, the scene was divided into three groups of people.

The first group included the wounded, family members, and fragments of the heating stove. The number was twelve or three.

The second group consisted of seven or eight injured people, with/without family members, and without heater fragments.

There were no injured people in the last group, they just came to join in the fun, there were four of them.It was Lou Xiaoe and Xu Damao.

There are three groups of people with clear distinctions, and a discerning person can tell that the problem is wrong at a glance.

The three of Xu Damao were left in place, feeling like a sheep being stripped naked for slaughter, feeling uneasy and uncomfortable.

"I, I didn't come together, I'm from the compound."

Xu Damao's knowledge was not good, so he was about to drag Lou Xiao'e away.

Panglong and Shouhu immediately panicked when they saw it, "Brother Da Mao, don't leave us alone."

Xu Damao immediately changed his face when he heard that, these two idiots.

"Lou Xiao'e can go back, silly Mao, you can't."

Yang Xiaotao said something, and then Wang Dashan at the side stopped Xu Damao, stretched out his hand and pushed him back.

Lou Xiaoe looked at Yang Xiaotao's side face, sighed, and walked aside alone, without looking at anyone.

At this time, the people around were more sure that Xu Damao was with these people.

Yan Fugui's eyes kept shining, and he slowly moved to Liu Haizhong's side, muttering softly.

Slowly, Jia Dongxu Shazhu also came over, and the four of them were discussing something under the cover of the gate.

Xu Damao had no choice but to stand where he was again, with a bitter face.

"Zhang Suo, although we are not family members, we are all on good terms. It's not wrong to do a favor for my brother."

Xu Damao rolled his eyes and immediately cried out.

Zhang Suo didn't speak, but Yang Xiaotao said, "Simao, don't worry, let's come one by one."

"Soon, you will know that your relationship is not wrong."

"Yang Xiaotao, you, don't sow discord, you, you are blatantly framing. Zhang Suo"

Xu Damao was still talking, but Yang Xiaotao walked in front of the first group of people.

A dozen or so people watched Yang Xiaotao approach, and they all shrank back together.

It was the first man, "Comrade, this is the one that hurt you."

Yang Xiaotao took over the pipe from the young man.

There was a gap on one side of the pipe, and the man nodded quickly.

"Well, this is indeed a radiator we made."

Yang Xiaotao said, "Are you sure it's the opening?"

Yang Xiaotao asked seriously again, but the man dared not look at Yang Xiaotao, and the young man on the side even supported the man, bowing his head as well.

"Well, sure."

Yang Xiaotao smiled.

"Comrade, you are lying."

"Ah~"

"No, no, it's just this pipe, this pipe broke this morning, water, water came out and scalded me"

The man was startled, and quickly said what he remembered in his mind.

"Okay, don't recite it. It's hard for you to remember so much."

Yang Xiaotao laughed, and the people around heard a lot of laughter, and the man became even more nervous.

But Yang Xiaotao held up his iron pipe to let the people around see the gap in the pipe clearly, "Everyone, take a look, this gap, look carefully."

As he said that, Zhang Suo also took a look. As an experienced policeman, he could see the tricks at a glance, and he looked at the man even more severely.

Feeling Director Zhang's gaze, the man almost bent his legs and knelt down. Fortunately, the young man beside him supported him.

After everyone finished watching, Yi Zhonghai also looked at it, feeling thoughtful.

A small number of people think of something, but most of them are just ignorant.

"Think about it, everyone. If the pipe burst from the inside, according to common sense, what would the gap look like?"

"It could be the same, but it's more likely to be outward. Right."

After Yang Xiaotao said this, everyone had an impression, looked at the gap in the pipe again, and instantly understood.

"But everyone, look, the gap is rolled inward. What does this mean?"

"This shows that the gap is outside, and it was destroyed by force, and it was artificially broken."

Yang Xiaotao sternly asked, walked quickly to the man, and threw the iron pipe on the ground with a thud, the man and the young man were agitated.

"The facts are clear, why don't you tell the truth?"

The man trembled and immediately collapsed on the ground.

"I said, I said."

Seeing this, the dozen or so people behind were all pale and couldn't hold on any longer. They also threw away the iron pipes and iron sheets and sat on the ground with a clatter.

"We said, they told us to do it."

"They said that as long as this is the case, they can come here to ask for money."

"We all listened to them, we were wrong."

Everyone pointed at Fat Dragon and Shouhu in a hurry, telling the truth one by one.

Fat Dragon and Slender Tiger sat on the ground a long time ago, still arguing, "No, it's not me, you guys are talking nonsense, it's not like that."

Seeing this, Yang Xiaotao went to the second group of people.

Before he could open his mouth to ask, several people saw that the matter had been exposed, so how could they dare to persist, and immediately told the matter.

One of the short and thin men even tore off the bandage, but it was a little red, and there was nothing wrong with it.

They were also persuaded by the two of them, and they even used what happened last time to convince them. In addition, many people heard that the people in the courtyard house refunded money, so they wanted to join in the fun and earn some money by the way.

"How do you distribute the benefits?"

Yang Xiaotao asked the short and thin man, but the man didn't hide it either.

"They said, no matter how much money they earn, everyone will give half of it to them."

"I also said that if you are rich, the average injury will cost forty or fifty, the serious one will cost a hundred, and the lying one will cost two hundred."

"This is what the two of them agreed to. If you don't believe me, you can ask them."

As soon as the short and thin man said, someone immediately agreed, and he stretched out his arm and said that such an injury was worth fifty.

The people around heard an uproar.

50 yuan, five yuan for an average family is enough for an adult to live for a month, these people really dare to ask for it.

After listening to the amount, Director Zhang did not succeed, but the figure was too appalling.

With a wave of his hand, without even asking, the four police officers immediately took out silver bracelets and handcuffed the three of them.

Xu Damao was still struggling, "Zhang Suo, I was wronged by Zhang Zuo, it's none of my business, I didn't tell them about it."

But no matter what he said, no one paid him any attention.

"Xiao'e, save me, we have something to do."

"Xiao'e~"

Lou Xiaoe still lowered her head, as if she didn't hear.

"To shut up!"

A policeman couldn't listen any longer, and pressed down on the bracelet with all his strength. His arms were already hurting, but now Xu Damao gasped in pain, unable to speak.

Being handcuffed in front of so many people, after this
Xu Damao's heart was ashamed.

Damn it, if I had known, I wouldn't have provoked Yang Xiaotao.

"Zhang Suo, the matter is clear."

As Yang Xiaotao spoke, he walked up to Zhang Suo with a relaxed expression on his face.

Zhang Suo glanced at him, "It's clear, but what do you say about the beating?"

"Ah, well, I saw that this guy was too rampant at the time, and he was trying to seduce my wife, so I couldn't suppress my anger, so I became a little impulsive."

"I admit my mistakes, and I will control my emotions when I encounter them in the future, and I will not be impulsive again."

Yang Xiaotao acted as if I made a mistake and dare not next time.

Unexpectedly, Director Zhang was unmoved at all, "Stop doing this, mistakes are mistakes, and I will go to the police station in a while and explain what happened."

Ah~~
"All right!"

Yang Xiaotao said helplessly.

After hearing this, Ran Qiuye was a little worried, but Yang Xiaotao came over, "It's nothing, I guess I'm just cooperating with the investigation, taking a note, and I'll be back before lunch."

"Well, you, be careful."

Here, Zhang Suo waved his hand, "Everyone follow me to the police station."

The people below also know that running is impossible, so they can only support themselves, pick up the things on hand, and prepare to follow them to the police station.

At this time, Director Wang from the alley came over with a few people. Hearing that something happened in the courtyard, it seemed that Yang Xiaotao was involved, so he rushed over regardless of other things.

Seeing that Zhang Suo was also an old acquaintance, he told the story again.

Director Wang breathed a sigh of relief, walked up to Yang Xiaotao, stretched out his hand and slapped Yang Xiaotao, "Don't worry about it, little bastard."

Although he was beaten, anyone could tell that it was because of love and protection.

Director Wang didn't care about Yang Xiaotao, he went to the police station, walked up to Ran Qiuye, and comforted him in a low voice.

Yang Xiaotao had no choice but to visit the police station this time.

With the assistance of comrades from the street office, everyone started to go out.

The three of Xu Damao were escorted by the police, their faces were ashen.

Xu Damao looked back at Lou Xiao'e from time to time, hoping to save her, but Lou Xiao'e seemed to be stupid and didn't move at all.

Zhang Suo was about to leave when he saw it, and went back to deal with the matter.

Unexpectedly, there was a shout from behind, which stopped his steps.

(End of this chapter)