The Courtyard House: Xu Damao's Aunt is the Queen of Women

"Run!!!"

Yu Li was terrified. Seeing that Yu Haitang hadn't been shot, she screamed at the top of her lungs. Yu Haitang, who had already wet her pants, was so frightened that she was too weak to run and just sat there on the ground, stunned.

Hearing that there was someone else nearby, Fan Debiao turned his head and saw that the person's face was also covered. For some reason, he raised his hand and shot Yu Li.

Click—the tortoise shell jammed; the gun didn't fire.

Yan Jiefang snapped out of his daze, his adrenaline surging, his mind going blank for a moment. With a roar, he charged at Fan Debiao with his hoe, slamming it heavily onto Fan Debiao's shoulder.

Crack! His shoulder blade shattered. Fan Debiao groaned, clutched his shoulder, and collapsed to the ground with a thud, letting out a pig-like scream.

Yan Jiefang grabbed the pistol from the ground and frantically pulled the slide, actually managing to pull out the jammed bullet and reset the bolt. He then raised his hand and fired a shot at Fan Debiao.

Bang! The bullet missed Fan Debiao, but instead hit Fan Delong, who came over to help him, in the right calf.

"Awooo!!!!"

Fan Delong, clutching his calves, plopped down on the ground, his screams even louder than Fan Debiao's, his voice cracking.

"Who is it?"

Upon hearing the gunshots, the residents scrambled to their feet, grabbed kitchen knives and rolling pins, and went outside, shouting loudly.

Yan Jiefang was startled, but his rationality returned, and he dropped the gun and ran.

Upon seeing this, Lin Zhengtan, who lived in the east wing of the front yard, rushed up with his two sons to grab Yan Jiefang, and also called on several neighbors to join in, and subdue Yu Li and Yu Haitang.

Yan Jiefang stepped over Fan Debiao and ran to the outer courtyard, rushing towards the back of the gate. Just as he was about to reach for the latch, the gate was violently kicked open.

Two beams of flashlight light shone in, and Yan Jiefang was struck as if by lightning. His blood seemed to freeze instantly, and he stood there motionless.

Two policemen stood at the door, both holding Type 54 pistols, their dark muzzles pointed at Yan Jiefang.

Li Tongrui and Wang Jianshe, police officers from Jiaodaokou Police Station who were patrolling Nanluoguxiang tonight, happened to be patrolling the entrance of Mao'er Hutong when they heard the gunshot. They immediately rushed over and kicked down the door without hesitation.

And just then, they ran into Yan Jiefang, who was on the run.

Li Tongrui shouted sternly, "Hands up! Lie down!"

Yan Jiefang shuddered, hurriedly raised his hands, knelt down with a thud, and lay prostrate on the ground.

At this moment, Lin Zhengtan and his two sons chased after them, startling Li Tongrui and Wang Jianshe so much that they almost opened fire.

"Huh? Police? Don't shoot! Don't shoot!"

Lin Zhengqin hurriedly shouted, "Police officers, we are good people, please don't shoot!"

Wang Jianshe recognized Lin Zhengqin, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked in a deep voice, "Comrade Lin Zhengqin, who fired the shot just now?"

Lin Zhengqin also recognized Wang Jianshe and pointed to Yan Jiefang on the ground.

"He injured two people. Officer Wang, come in quickly, we've caught all four thugs."

Four?

Wang Jianshe and Li Tongrui exchanged a glance. Li Tongrui then pulled out handcuffs, cuffed Yan Jiefang, and dragged him into the yard by the back of his collar.

The residents in the front yard of the house had already turned on the lights, and all the men, women, and children in the yard gathered around. Seven or eight young men and middle-aged men pinned the injured Fan Debiao and Fan Delong brothers, as well as Yu Li and Yu Haitang, to the ground, regardless of whether they were injured or not, and held them down tightly.

Wang Jianshe and Li Tongrui dragged Yan Jiefang in, and while they were holding down Yu Li and Yu Haitang, they managed to pull off the cloth covering the two sisters' faces.

The air fell silent instantly, and everyone stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Yu Li??? Yu Haitang?"

"Huh? How could it be those two sisters! Coming to our yard to steal with their faces covered up like that so late at night?"

"If you're not doing something wrong, are you just visiting relatives?"

"They brought accomplices and guns, how did they even start fighting?"

Li Tongrui threw Yan Jiefang to the ground, bent down to pick up the Mauser pistol, checked it, skillfully ejected the bullets, and put the gun in his pocket.

Wang Jianshe checked on Fan Debiao and Fan Delong's injuries and, while doing so, pulled off the cloths wrapped around the brothers' heads.

"Fan Delong? Fan Debiao? It's you two again!"

The two brothers were repeat offenders. They had been frequently arrested for petty theft since they were around ten years old, and the Jiaodaokou Police Station had arrested them several times. That's why Wang Jianshe knew the two brothers.

Van der Lon cried out, "It hurts...it hurts...help!"

"Hmph, why don't you just die of pain!"

Wang Jianshe glared at Fan Delong, then tore the cloth covering his face, tied it into strips, and used them to stop the bleeding on Fan Delong's leg.

Lin Zhengqin pointed at Yu Li and Yu Haitang, who were huddled together, their faces pale and trembling, and said, "Officer, we know these two women. They used to be Yan Fugui's eldest daughter-in-law and her sister!"

"What about this one?"

Li Tongrui pulled the cloth off Yan Jiefang's face.

"Huh? Yan Jiefang?"

Lin Zhengqin was shocked, and the residents in the courtyard were also stunned.

"Yan Jiefang? You never learn! Your dad, your mom, and your brother are all in jail, and you still dare to break the law!"

"Damn it... what's going on in our compound? Why are there so many ex-convicts?"

"Don't even mention it. The day before yesterday, my daughter went on a blind date, and when the guy heard she was from No. 95 Mao'er Hutong in Nanluoguxiang, he just disappeared."

"Damn it, the Yan family is truly a case of the upper beam being crooked and the lower beam being crooked; they're all wicked."

Hearing the curses from the people in the courtyard, Yan Jiefang felt ashamed, embarrassed, and scared, and he lay on the ground and cried loudly.

Yu Li and Yu Haitang also cried. Being caught red-handed by the police, they would definitely go to jail!

"Waaaaah... We just wanted to dig for treasure, not kill people!!!"

Treasure hunting?

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianshe asked Yu Li a few questions, then rolled up his sleeves and continued digging more than 30 centimeters deeper into the pit that Yan Jiefang had dug, and actually found a small wooden box.

When I opened it, it was full of small yellow croakers!

Everyone in the courtyard was stunned. Yan Fugui was truly cunning, having hidden so much gold in his coffin.

Soon, Li Tongrui and Wang Jianshe split up and asked the residents of the courtyard for help to take the brothers Fan Debiao and Fan Delong to the hospital, with Li Tongrui going along.

Wang Jianshe then took Yan Jiefang, Yu Li, and Yu Haitang back to the police station and began interrogation.

Yan Jiefang, Yu Li, and Yu Haitang were terrified and truthfully recounted how they joined forces to dig for treasure, encountered two uninvited guests, Fan Debiao and Fan Delong, and Yu Haitang was almost beaten to death. Yan Jiefang injured one of them with a hoe and then picked up a gun to injure the other!

Wang Jianshe and the two police officers on night shift looked at each other, speechless!

So unlucky?

Under normal circumstances, Yan Jiefang's actions constituted self-defense. Even if he had killed Fan Debiao or Fan Delong, he would not have been severely punished!

If someone tries to steal treasure but doesn't find it, they'll at most be sentenced to three to five months for theft.

But they are residents of courtyard number 95, so we must report them to Director Zhang of the district public security bureau!

The next morning, when Kong Chenghui, the head of the police station, came to work, he learned about the incident and immediately went to the district public security bureau to report it.

Director Zhang called the city's Public Security Bureau chief for instructions, and was told to sentence him severely and send him to the Ushtala No. 1 Labor Reform Farm in Xinjiang to serve his sentence...