After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 128, Episode 0132: Something Happened

But his mother had taught him to be honest since he was a child, and he felt guilty for not bringing such a large box of treasures.

After hesitating for a while, Chen Dayong finally decided to hand it in.

This man was truly simple-minded in some ways. Instead of reporting it to the higher authorities and bringing people over, he relied on his own strength to carry the large box down the mountain.

They are currently standing some distance from the foot of the western mountain. It would take them five or six minutes to walk there empty-handed, but it would only take them five or six minutes to walk directly from the foot of the western mountain towards the village and reach the village committee building.

As it turned out, this simpleton thought that since there was no one in the village committee building today, the old Party Secretary must have been watching over the fields all day, so he turned a corner and carried the box directly to the fields.

Lin Yuexi had already used her mental power to 'see' what was in the box. After a slight pause, she asked Chen Dayong with a half-smile.

"You said you always thought the box contained treasures while you were on the mountain, but after carrying it down the mountain, you realized it contained the people?"

Chen Dayong was terrified. He stood with his legs turned inward, and his face was contorted into a grimace. "I slipped and fell halfway through, and the box fell to the ground. I was worried that the treasure inside would be damaged, so I tried to open it to take a look. As soon as I opened a crack, I smelled a foul odor."

Lin Yuexi: "..."

Old Party Secretary Chen: "..."

He glared at Chen Dayong with annoyance, and Old Party Secretary Chen quickly raised his hand to beckon a squad leader not far away, "Shaoming, Shaoming, come here."

Upon hearing this, the young man called Shaoming quickly dropped his hoe and ran over.

The stench from the box was starting to emanate, but not much. It was only because Old Party Secretary Chen and Lin Yuexi were standing close enough that they could smell it.

Old Party Secretary Chen had lived through the most difficult years, and Lin Yuexi had experienced the apocalypse; both of them were familiar with this smell.

They exchanged glances. Old Secretary Chen still had a glimmer of hope that he might have misjudged the situation, but Lin Yuexi 'cruelly' shattered his hopes, frowning and nodding heavily.

Old Party Secretary Chen's anxiety finally subsided.

But someone who had been a Party branch secretary for decades was different; he immediately made up his mind, took a few steps to Chen Shaoming's side, and quietly instructed him to quickly ride his bicycle to report to the police.

Oh no, someone in their team has died.

The snow had just thawed, and the roads were difficult to travel on, but the county police arrived very quickly, around noon.

They immediately sealed off the scene upon arrival.

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Ren Yan rushed back, her hands waving wildly, "Xi Bao, Xi Bao, something terrible has happened! The commune committee is going to arrest Secretary Chen, and they're going to go into his house to investigate. They say Secretary Chen committed murder."

Lin Yuexi, who was calculating massive amounts of data in her mind and taking notes from time to time, suddenly stopped mid-air with her pen.

"What did you say? Who killed him?" She was sometimes still a little confused.

Ren Yan threw herself against the door, her hands bracing against the doorframe as she gasped for breath, "Secretary Chen, I don't know the specifics either. The area in the field where there's a body has been sealed off by the police, and we can't get in."

"Several groups of people have come and gone. A dozen minutes ago, a group of committee members rode bicycles directly to Secretary Chen's house."

At that time, Secretary Chen was in the fields with the police investigating a case. Today is the first day of work, and Secretary Chen's whole family went out, even bringing their baby who was only a few months old. They also brought their lunch.

There was no one home. The committee members didn't just break down the door; instead, they sent two arrogant young men to the fields to call for help.

So the whole village knew that the committee members had come to arrest Secretary Chen.

Lin Yuexi put down her pen, stepped off the kang (heated brick bed), and put on her cotton boots, asking, "Didn't the police stop me?"

Ren Yan slapped her thigh in frustration and ran inside to get a military overcoat. As she helped Lin Yuexi put it on, she said, "Oh dear, I forgot to mention in my haste that not only the commune's police came to the village, but also the county's. Apparently, a team of county police officers was arresting two fugitives who were running towards us. When they heard about the murder case, they came to the village as well."

Lin Yuexi walked a little faster than usual, but still looked like she was taking a leisurely stroll as she walked out. "Go to Secretary Chen's house first, and try to stop the committee members from entering the house. Don't let anything extra come out of the Chen family."

Her reminder was so obvious that Ren Yan still didn't understand. She just said "Oh" and hurriedly ran towards Secretary Chen's house.

Ren Yan was a bit slow, but fortunately, it wasn't just them who wanted to stop the committee members. Old Secretary Chen's actions in the village over the years had won him many people's hearts, and many educated youths were grateful to him. So when they learned that the committee members were coming to arrest him, many people blocked the Chen family's door.

When the committee was first established, people wouldn't have been so cautious, but they had all seen or even experienced things being added to the room after the committee entered, and they were all afraid.

If they block the committee members, as long as there are many of them, the committee won't arrest them; at most, they'll be kicked a few times. But if they're allowed inside...

However, something still seems off?
Is Secretary Chen really that popular with the people?
When Ren Yan arrived at the Chen family's house, the atmosphere at the door had already become heated, and the committee members had even pulled out their guns.

Many villagers were pale-faced and trembling, but no one around them backed down; it seemed they were all ready to risk everything.
Frame.

Ren Yan: "???"

How did things turn out like this?
A hand reached out and pulled her behind the crowd. "Shh~, hide well, something big is about to happen."

Ren Yan glanced strangely at the female educated youth who was pulling her, Deng Qingmei, who was a quiet and reserved person and they didn't usually have much contact.

Deng Qingmei seemed to have a shy constitution; her face visibly turned red after just one glance from Ren Yan.

Ren Yan quickly looked away, but out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of the hand clutching her clothes, and good heavens, it was also bright red, as if it had been frozen.

"..."

“Wang Sanliuzi, I told you long ago that our village doesn’t welcome you. Don’t think that just because you’re wearing this coat we won’t dare to do anything to you. If you push us too far, we’ll risk everything to take your whole family away.”

"That's right, your entire Wang family is full of ruthless scoundrels and beasts, we're not afraid of you at all."

"If you're so capable, then drive your gun! Come on, shoot at grandpa! Come on!"

"Yes, you're going to open the gun, go ahead."

The villagers were all filled with righteous indignation. Several of the older villagers had bloodshot eyes as if they were seeing an enemy. If they hadn't been forcibly pulled back, they would have rushed forward.

The scene left Ren Yan speechless for a long time.

She had guessed wrong. These people weren't guarding the Chen family's door; they had a grudge against the middle-aged man leading the committee, and the grudge was quite deep.

He nudged Deng Qingmei next to him with his elbow, "Do you know what's going on here?"

Deng Qingmei was among the second batch of educated youth sent down to the countryside. She's been here for quite some time, so she should know some inside information, right?
Deng Qingmei actually knew this and was afraid that others would hear it. However, even a shy person can't resist the "it smells so good" law of gossip lovers. She mustered up her courage and whispered in Ren Yan's ear.