Traveling through ancient times to survive

At the same time, Zhao Chengchuan had knocked on the door of the village chief's house.

"Chengchuan, what's the emergency so late at night?"

Zhao Chengchuan ran over, panting: "Uncle Village Chief, my house has been pried open."

"What?!!" The village chief and his eldest son Zhao Desong exclaimed in unison.

"It's true. The thief is lying at my doorstep now."

The village chief was deeply distressed and suffered a great blow: "How could such a thing happen in our mountain village! Boss, light a torch and come with me to take a look."

Zhao Chengchuan brought back the village chief and his son. The main room was illuminated by a burning brazier and five unconscious people were lying on the ground.

The village chief looked over one by one, "This is Boss Liu, these are the two Zhang brothers, and this is Zhao Deqiang and Zhao Defu?"

I couldn't believe it at the end. As soon as the road was opened to the village, three families started stealing things, and some of them were even from the same tribe. Wouldn't there be even bigger troubles in the future?

"Chengchuan, tie them up first, then wake them up one by one and interrogate them."

Zhang Da was the first to be awakened. When he opened his eyes, he found that several people he was traveling with were tied up. The village chief was standing in front of him with a grim expression. His heart skipped a beat, realizing that not only had the plan failed, but he had also been caught.

Zhang Da stammered and begged for mercy: "Village...Village Chief, I know I was wrong."

"Why are you trying to pry open the door? Who among these people is the mastermind?"

Zhang Da's eyes flickered: "This..."

"I might as well tell you that things are not peaceful outside right now. We must not allow theft or other things that destroy unity to happen in our Dashan Village. I must make an example of people like you who have corrupted the morale and punish them severely in front of the whole village to warn everyone not to commit the same mistake again."

Zhao Chengsong added: "Of course we will punish the leader the most severely. Maybe the whole family will be driven out of the village. If you all refuse to admit it, we will treat you as the leader of the gang. If you confess, your guilt can be mitigated. In addition, the crime of harboring someone will be aggravated. If you just lie to fool us, it's fine. We will wake you up one by one and interrogate you individually. It depends on whether you have a tacit understanding."

When Zhang Da heard that his whole family was going to be driven out of the village, he was immediately frightened.

"I said! Don't chase my family out, it's Boss Liu! My mother came to Zhao Chengchuan's house to borrow firewood during the day, but Zhao Chengchuan refused. On the way back, she ran into Boss Liu, who also failed to borrow firewood. Then, she held a grudge and prepared to pry the door open at night. My mother was definitely unwilling at first, but Boss Liu had been slaughtering pigs for many years and was full of murderous aura. He was both bewitching and threatening. My mother had no choice but to ask us brothers to help him out because she was afraid."

Zhao Chengchuan was helpless: "It's not that my family doesn't want to lend it, it's that we don't have it. Why don't you believe it?"

Zhang Da didn't believe it: "Boss Liu said that your family has not only not lost weight, but has gained weight. No one in the family has frostbite. How could you be out of firewood?"

Zhao Chengchuan: "You said we got fatter, that's because I was injured before and my family was in debt. We were skinny from hunger, but now that conditions are better, we've recovered. As for why we didn't get frostbite, it's because we exercise every day and our bodies can withstand the cold. If you don't believe me, ask Brother Li, he can testify that we practice martial arts in the yard every day."

Li Wu nodded: "Yes, I can testify."

Zhang Da was unmoved: "Oh, everyone knows that you two are sworn brothers, how can he not help you?"

Zhao Qing advised: "Dad, don't explain, they just want to rob us, they don't care if we have it or not."

Zhao Deyan agreed, "That's right, Dad. Even if you let them search our house and they don't find it, they will think we hid it. They won't believe it anyway."

Zhang Da lowered his head and said nothing. The village chief ordered, "Boss, drag Zhang Da to the next door first, then wake someone up to interrogate him."

"Zhao Deqiang, Zhao Deqiang, you two brothers have really grown in ability. We are so lucky to have you in our clan!"

Zhao Deqiang's face turned red with shame: "Village Chief, we were wrong. We really have no choice. We can't live anymore."

Before Zhao Deqiang could continue to argue, the village chief interrupted and asked, "You want to rob your tribe members if you can't survive? Is that what I taught you?"

Zhao Deqiang wanted to make another excuse, but the village chief was impatient to hear more lies and started the interrogation directly: "Who is the thief's leader?"

"Boss Liu."

"Why?"

"Today, Boss Liu failed to borrow food during the day, so he wanted to rob it at night. Boss Liu threatened my father to join him, otherwise he would kill people."

The village chief waved his hand and said, "Okay, boss, drag him over too."

When the two brothers were woken up again, their confessions were basically the same, and the truth was out. Liu Lao Da was refused to borrow firewood during the day, so he took the risk and decided to rob directly. The father and son felt that it was not safe, so they forced the other two families to join.

Finally, when interrogating Boss Liu, he admitted straightforwardly: "I was the leader. I admit it. Answer me a question first. Who attacked me?"

Zhao Qing stepped forward and admitted: "It was me."

Boss Liu stared at Zhao Qing intently, and Zhao Qing looked back at him without fear. After a while, Boss Liu laughed out loud: "Hahaha, you little girl are quite capable. No wonder five strong men were defeated by you before we even met. Who would have thought that Zhao Chengchuan's family were such wimps that they had to rely on their underage daughter for support!"

Zhao Dezhang was not convinced: "You are the wimp!"

Boss Liu ignored the little kid and turned to look at Zhao Chengchuan with a fierce look in his eyes: "Zhao Chengchuan, you are lucky! I hope you can always be so lucky!"

The village chief shouted: "How dare you! How dare you threaten the victim!"

Boss Liu was fearless: "You can beat me or punish me as you like. I just regret that I didn't prepare enough and missed a capable person. If I had known earlier, I should have robbed the Li family first, made a comprehensive plan, and then dealt with Zhao Chengchuan."

Li Wu laughed angrily. Was he being treated as a weakling?

Li Wu grabbed Liu Lao Da's neck with one hand and raised it high: "What did you just say?"

Liu Lao Da's face turned red, and he tried to pry Li Wu's fingers with his hands, kicking his legs and struggling desperately. The people around turned their heads to look at the roof, as if there was something attractive there.

Boss Liu's face began to turn purple and his struggles became less intense. Only then did Li Wu throw Boss Liu to the ground.

Boss Liu lay on the ground gasping for breath, not daring to look at Li Wu again.

"Say it again, I didn't hear you clearly."

Li Wu's devilish voice sounded, and Boss Liu's eyes were filled with fear, and he almost shook his head, fearing that if he was a step slower, he would experience the feeling of near death again.

Li Wu was not interested: "It's boring. I still appreciate your rebellious look just now."

Liu Lao Da rushed to the village chief and begged with tears in his eyes: "Village chief, I was wrong, I am guilty, I really deserve to die, please hold me down and punish me."

The village chief was speechless. Where was the person who just refused to repent? Who would dare to believe that the person who was clinging to his thigh now was the same person who was so arrogant just now?