This news was like a thunderbolt from the blue, which shocked me to the core.
When I followed the villagers to the door of Wang Hu's house, Wang Hu was squatting on the ground watching the ants move, and his mouth was still drooling.
And the way he was dressed was exactly what I saw on the hotel surveillance camera earlier.
Immediately, anger rose in my heart, I stepped forward, grabbed Wang Hu's collar and said.
"Where did you take that girl on horseback? Don't pretend to be stupid for me! Tell me quickly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, I raised my hand and slapped him hard on the face.
Snapped!
The crowd was in an uproar, especially Wang Hu's younger brothers.
Seeing me being rough with Wang Hu, several people cursed me, exposed their arms and rolled up their sleeves, and tried to come forward.
I turned around sharply and just glared at them. Several of them were so frightened that they staggered and did not dare to step forward.
"Chen Xian! Don't go too far! This is a society governed by law. If you hit someone, you will be held legally responsible!"
Several people were intimidated by me and reluctantly used the weapon of law to deal with me.
I sneered and said: "A few gangsters who collect protection fees still know the law?"
"If you want to call the police, go there quickly. Don't make any noise here. Who are you scaring?"
After that, I slapped Wang Hu again!
Wang Hu's face was swollen and red from my pain.
But he didn't seem to be in any pain, and he still laughed silly at me, making snot bubble in his nose.
"Where's your mother? Where's the girl! Say it!" I roared angrily and punched him in the abdomen again.
Wang Hu bowed and fell to the ground, muttering: "Catch the thief! Catch the thief! I want to catch the thief!"
"Damn you!" I was so angry that I was about to step forward again, but at this time, the villagers behind me stopped me.
"Chen Xian, he is already crazy. Even if you beat him to death, it will be useless!"
"That's it, Chen Xian, why are you arguing with a madman?"
I struggled twice, but I couldn't stand the crowd. Under the control of the villagers, I slowly calmed down and realized that it was useless to be impatient.
"Have a cigarette." I raised my hand behind me, and immediately a villager handed me a cigarette and lit it for me.
After taking two puffs, I stared at the crazy Wang Hu lying on the ground and asked, "When did he become crazy?"
"last night!"
"Why are you so crazy?"
A younger brother of Wang Hu stood up and said, "Yesterday at noon, Brother Hu was punched by you, and something started to feel wrong about him."
"When it got dark, he kept saying that he was cold and that he was afraid that if he didn't catch the thief, he would be killed!"
"So, Brother Hu called all of us to his home, and we stayed with him all night."
"Until this morning, Brother Hu was completely crazy! Chen Xian, it's all your fault!"
"If it hadn't been for your punch, Brother Hu wouldn't have gone crazy. You said..."
I looked up and gave him a fleeting look, which scared him into closing his mouth.
Then, I sneered and stepped forward and said, "I didn't kill him yesterday, but he was already burning incense to celebrate. How dare he be so weird about me? Ha!"
I squinted my eyes, fell on Wang Hu, and asked with a smile: "Crazy? Okay, let me think you are crazy for now, don't you want to catch the thief? Come on, eat this thing, and I will take you to catch the thief."
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I waved the cigarette butt in front of Wang Hu.
The look he looked at me was full of excitement.
"real?"
"Really, eat it."
I smiled and put the cigarette butt in his hand.
The hot cigarette butt rolled around in his palm, burning his skin and making a sizzling sound.
However, Wang Hu seemed to have no feeling at all. He smiled and picked up the cigarette butt and was about to stuff it into his mouth.
"Brother Hu! You can't eat this!" A boy stepped forward to stop him and slapped the cigarette butt out of Wang Hu's hand.
Wang Hu suddenly became anxious and shouted: "I want to eat! If you eat, you will catch the thief! You let me eat!"
"You can't eat it! Brother Hu! He's lying to you!" the boy said, stamping out the cigarette butt with all his strength.
Seeing the light on the cigarette end dimming, Wang Hu cried like a child.
"Wow! You bully me, don't let me eat, don't let me catch the thief!"
"You are a bad person! I won't be with you anymore, so go away!"
Behind me, there were even more discussions from the villagers.
"Why did Chen Xian become like this? Bullying a madman? Is it necessary?"
"I see that he is a pretty honest kid on weekdays, but I didn't expect that he was all just pretending!"
"Bullying a lunatic is nothing. If Lao Li knew you were like this, you would be angry to death! It's really an embarrassment to our Hezi Village!"
Listening to the villagers' discussions, I turned a deaf ear and stared at Wang Hu's face, lost in thought.
Judging from Wang Hu's every move just now, his madness is different from what I imagined. He is really mad and is not pretending to be mad.
But this is strange. How can a madman do something purposefully?
I asked: "Has Wang Hu been to the county seat today?"
One of the boys shook his head and said, "No, Brother Tiger has been staying in the village."
"Are you sure?" I looked up at him.
The boy's eyes averted, and after hesitating for two seconds, he nodded heavily.
"I am sure!"
"You fart!" I waved my hand and slapped him.
"I want to hear the truth!"
The younger brother covered his face and said aggrievedly: "Brother Hu ran out early this morning, saying he was going to catch the thief, but we couldn't stop him even if we tried."
"Then Brother Tiger ran away and got lost. We don't know where he went. He didn't come back until an hour ago. Since then, he has been squatting here counting ants."
I said, "He went to the county town and kidnapped the girl I brought back yesterday."
"Do you know why Wang Hu caught that girl and poured chicken blood on her? Did he say she was evil?"
Several younger brothers shook their heads, and one of them explained: "Brother Hu only lets us do things and never lets us ask any questions."
"Then has he been in contact with anyone in recent times?"
"have no idea."
"You follow him like dogs every day, how come you don't know anything?" I cursed angrily.
Several people lowered their heads and remained silent. At this time, the tender voice of a little girl came from the crowd.
"I know!"
I looked up and saw a four or five-year-old girl with watermelon hair.
Her parents were nearby, and her mother gave the little girl a mouthful to tell her not to talk nonsense.
I walked over and asked with a smile: "Little sister, what do you know? Can you tell your brother?"
The little girl glanced at her mother, who smiled and said to me: "Children are ignorant and are talking nonsense."
"Let her speak." My voice turned cold, my mother closed her mouth, and then the little girl spoke.
"Then you have to treat me to more candies than that grandpa gave me, and then I can tell you!"
"Okay!" I touched my pocket, took out a ten-dollar bill and gave it to her.
"You can take this money to the canteen and buy a lot of candies."
The little girl happily took the money and said, "I saw that uncle at the entrance of the village this morning."
"He left with a grandpa. The grandpa also gave me two pieces of candy and told me not to tell anyone."
"Do you know Grandpa? Is he from the village?" I asked.
The little girl nodded: "I know you."
Then, he stretched out his hand and pointed at me and said:
"That's the grandfather from my brother's family!"