Free Web NovelChapter 196: Chapter 196: Villager Bai Takes the Role
"No need to bother yourself, I already called the police. They should be arriving soon!"
The truck driver glanced at Zhao Youquan as he prepared to call the police and said annoyed.
Zhao Youquan had just wanted to argue when he heard bursts of police sirens not far away, and shortly after, the police arrived here. Two officers got out of the car and walked towards Wang Hao’s side.
"Haha, Wang Hao, you’re definitely done for now!"
While saying this, Zhao Youquan rushed up to meet the two policemen.
"Wang Hao, you should run now. If the police ask later, I’ll say I did it."
Wang Xiaoer hurriedly stepped forward to snatch the shovel from Wang Hao’s hand. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
The other villagers took a step back, feeling that Wang Hao was too impulsive this time, and it was not worth it to get into trouble with the police over this.
Therefore, seeing Wang Xiaoer wanting to take the blame for Wang Hao, they couldn’t help but admire the bond between Wang Hao and Wang Xiaoer. Although Wang Xiaoer seemed simple and naive, he was ready to take the bullet for Wang Hao at the critical moment.
Wang Hao couldn’t help but smile when he saw the two policemen, not taking it seriously at all.
"What exactly happened here? Who dug this deep pit?"
Standing beside the pit, Zhou Yingying pointed at it and asked.
"Officer, I dug this pit. I’m the village chief of Chen Village. Both ponds belong to me. There’s going to be heavy rain tomorrow, right? I thought if it rains too much, the water will overflow, and the fish will escape."
"So I decided to dig a pit in advance to drain some water from the pond. But to think that this Wang Hao actually tried to bury me alive in the pit, it’s just too much."
Zhao Youquan pointed at Wang Hao and cursed loudly.
"Indeed, it’s really going too far!"
Zhou Yingying sighed after looking at the situation.
"Exactly, this is attempted murder. Murder is a crime. Comrade police, you should arrest him quickly!"
At this moment, Zhao Youquan was extremely pleased, thinking to himself that this time Wang Hao was definitely caught by him.
Zhou Yingying, well-known for her uncompromising integrity, as long as she arrested Wang Hao, the medicinal herbs wouldn’t be shipped out, and everything for Wang Hao would be over; the villagers wouldn’t count on following him anymore.
Next spring’s village chief election would definitely be his, Zhao Youquan, without a doubt.
The villagers all shook their heads and sighed, feeling pity for Wang Hao while also despising Zhao Youquan for being cunning and unscrupulous.
But after all, Zhao Youquan was still the village chief, and this entire incident was instigated by him, so for now, the villagers didn’t dare to offend him. They could only silently feel indignant for Wang Hao.
"Officer, this matter wasn’t done by Wang Hao, it was all me..."
"Shut your damn mouth and stop interfering here!"
Just as Wang Xiaoer was about to step forward and take the blame for Wang Hao, Zhao Youquan immediately rushed up to curse at him and pointed at Wang Hao’s nose, shouting loudly.
"It’s him, Wang Hao was just about to bury me alive!"
As soon as Zhao Youquan finished speaking, an enraged Wang Hao kicked him in the chest, sending Zhao Youquan tumbling to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Watch your mouth!"
Wang Hao’s eyes were sharp as swords as he yelled at Zhao Youquan.
"Officer, look at this! Wang Hao is utterly lawless; he dared to hit someone in broad daylight right in front of you. You must arrest him and do me justice! We can’t let such a person endanger society!"
Fearing another beating, Zhao Youquan immediately ran to Zhou Yingying and continued to incite her to arrest Wang Hao.
Zhou Yingying gave Wang Hao a disdainful look and uttered two words.
"Arrest him!"
Following Zhou Yingying’s command, the policeman behind her took out handcuffs and walked over.
"Hmph, Wang Hao, I’ve had enough of your smugness, smugness now takes you inside..."
With a "click," Zhao Youquan’s voice also stopped.
At this moment, the surroundings became eerily quiet, and the villagers all widened their eyes at the scene before them, displaying expressions of disbelief.
"This... Officer, could you have arrested the wrong person?"
Zhao Youquan, looking at his hands cuffed in handcuffs, was bewildered, unbelievably glanced at his hands, and then raised his hands to point at Wang Hao, speaking to Zhou Yingying.
"Officer, it was clearly him who broke the law, why have you arrested me instead? This is completely unreasonable! Could you have arrested the wrong person? Let me go at once!"
Zhao Youquan still didn’t understand, thinking Zhou Yingying was joking with him.
"Unreasonable?"
Zhou Yingying snorted coldly as she looked at Zhao Youquan.
"I don’t have the leisure to be messing with you, and we have not arrested the wrong person, we are indeed arresting you, Zhao Youquan!"
"Why... Why are you arresting me? I didn’t hit anyone?"
Zhao Youquan was still confused and couldn’t figure out what was happening.
The villagers also looked curiously at Zhou Yingying, finding it unbelievable. It was clearly Wang Hao who had hit someone just moments ago, so why hadn’t they arrested him but Zhao Youquan instead?
"Do you still have the nerve to ask? Weren’t you the one who dug up this road? Did you report this to our office when you dug up this public road? Do you have an approval from the town?"
Zhou Yingying asked sternly.
"This... This road belongs to our village. I am the village head, if I say we dig, we can dig, what do we need to report for?"
Zhao Youquan said, ignorant of the actual situation.
"Hmph, you don’t even know this basic common sense, it seems you really are unfit to be the village head."
Zhou Yingying continued.
"Our government has regulations that all public roads and waterways are national property; no individual can damage them at will."
"If there is a need for repairs or reconstruction, it must be reported and filed, and after several levels of approval, work can commence. Your current action constitutes unauthorized use of national property, and in serious cases, you must bear criminal responsibility!"
"What is criminal responsibility?"
A villager, puzzled after hearing the explanation, asked.
"It means going to jail, the kind where you might even wear out the floor from sitting so long!"
Zhou Yingying deliberately spoke slowly and clearly toward Zhao Youquan.
With Zhou Yingying’s explanation, the villagers all understood, and Zhao Youquan was scared stiff.
He never imagined that just by digging a simple pit on a road, it could lead to him facing jail time.
Originally, he had dug the pit just to set a trap for Wang Hao, never thinking that it would backfire on Zhao Youquan himself.
"Now we can go."
Zhou Yingying pushed Zhao Youquan, who was standing there in shock, and led him to the police car.
By now, Zhao Youquan was so frightened that his face had turned pale, and he was walking in a dazed manner, hesitating with every step; when Zhou Yingying told him to move his left foot, he didn’t dare to move his right.
With Zhou Yingying present, the other villagers didn’t dare to meddle, and could only watch as Zhao Youquan was taken away.
After Zhao Youquan was taken away, Wang Hao hurriedly gathered the villagers to fill in the pit, and only then could the truck enter the village.
Because Zhao Youquan had caused trouble at the entrance of the village and wasted a lot of time, Wang Hao had to spend extra money to hire the villagers to help load the goods.
There was quite a lot of medicinal herbs, and even after stuffing five trucks full, they weren’t able to load everything, leaving some to be temporarily stored at Su Zhenping’s house.
After a busy morning and lunch, Wang Hao and Su Lin set out with the trucks towards the county town...
